Sweetie on Kraft

Hello lovely people,

I am so thrilled and honoured to have been designing for Papercraft inspirations magazine every month throughout 2017 but I never seem to get round to sharing my projects, so I thought it was about time I did!

In the June issue I did a Masterclass on colouring on Kraft and it was a special treat to see this as the main cover card too :-)

This little fairy has always been a favourite of mine and I enjoyed the challenge of colouring her on Kraft instead of white card.

This was a very 'me' style of card too, with the shabby chic finish and pretty flowers.  Lots of the goodies on here came from The Ribbon Girl and you can find all the links at the end of my post.

I hope you are all having a good week :-)

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/E51/E30/E11/E13
Hair: E53/E57/E59
Flowers / tunic: BG02/BG05/BG07
Wings / bottom of tunic: BG0000/BG000/BG01
Leaves: G94/G99

Lovely things I've used from The Ribbon Girl;

Gossamer Blue by Lemoncraft	white cheesecloth	15mm ivory asters	miniature ivory cream blossoms
Silver leaf charm	Ivory button twine	3mm-6mm self-adhesive ivory pearls

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Other card ingredients;
Sweetie - Wee stamps for Whimsy stamps
Sentiment tags - Lili of the Valley

Wee fairy with flowers

Hello lovely people,

I hope you are having a wonderful weekend :-)

I had a fab time catching up with an old friend on Friday night and as this post goes live I'm guessing I might be enjoying breakfast with another couple of friends after spending yesterday evening with them...or maybe I'll still be in bed ;-)

Today we have a new 'Use any image' challenge starting over on The Ribbon Girl blog, so you can enter with any type of project as long as you include an image.
There are loads of fab prizes up for grabs too :-)

I had a lovely delivery of new goodies from The Ribbon Girl and couldn't wait to use some of them on my card...the main one being the beautiful papers.  I was delighted to see that Maja Design have re-launched the Sofiero range and you can get the 6x6 pad from The Ribbon Girl, so of course I had to have that as it was a fave of mine previously :-)

I realised it has been quite a while since I coloured a person with my Copics but this sweet little fairy turned out pretty well.

Other than the scrummy papers, the ruffle ribbon was a new addition to my collection of pink ribbons and it really is soooo beautiful :-)

I borrowed a trick from the wonderful Debs with my ribbon and instead of a bow I just cut little fishtails into the ends of a scrap of ribbon and tied it with twine.

Ooooh, and talking of details, I also replaced the yellow stamens in the cherry blossom with pink pearly ones because...well, the more pink the better, right?!

If you find yourself tempted by any of the pretty supplies I've used then you can go straight to the individual products via the thumbnails at the end of my post or just pop over to The Ribbon Girl and have a little browse around!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend :-)

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E50/53/55
Dress: W00/0/1/3
Wings: RV0000/000/R81
Flowers / slippers: R81/83/85
Leaves: G40/YG61/YG63

Lovely things I've used from The Ribbon Girl;

Sofiero - Maja Design	16mm pink ruffle edge sheer ribbon	Ivory button twine	10mm pale pink open roses
Butterfly charm (small)	3mm pale pink pearl stamens

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Other card ingredients;
Flower fairies - Wee Stamps for Whimsy Stamps
Spring foliage - Suw Wilson for Creative Expressions
Other flowers - from stash

Little flower fairy

Hello lovely people,

This is hump day for me after my usual Wednesday off and already I can't wait for the weekend to come around!

I was feeling a little mojo-less yesterday so didn't do much crafting but Dr. Hubby and I did finish watching the last few episodes of series 6 of Game of Thrones...very exciting!

Also very exciting of course is that we have a new challenge for you at In The Pink and our theme this time is...

WHAT'S NEW?
So, we want to see a card celebrating something new e.g. new baby, new home, or a card with some new stash on it
Don't forget we want to see more pink than any other colour!

Our fabulous sponsor this time is The Ribbon Girl 

They have generously provided this gorgeous paper pad as a prize for the winner; isn't that just sooooo pretty!

I have taken the opportunity to use some new stash so here we have a gorgeous new stamp and new lace on my card :-)

In contrast, the papers are very old ones that I just love with a little distressing to the edges.

This cute little fairy comes with a friend in the same set so hopefully I'll have chance to use her soon too.

I've coloured her with Inktense pencils...under close scrutiny from some crafty friends - lol!

Isn't that lace absolutely gorgeous?  The rest of the embellies are fairly standard for me and the tiny pink blobs are from a stamen cluster that I pulled apart!

If you haven't already done so then do pop over to In The Pink and check out the gorgeous creations from the rest of the Pink Ladies.

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Products from The Ribbon Girl;

White cherry blossom

White sweetheart blossoms

Miniature white blossoms

10mm pink open roses

 38mm Charlotte Elizabeth vintage style lace

Card recipe;

Image: Flower Fairies by Wee stamps for Whimsy stamps

DP: Maja Design

Dies: Mini tags by Mama Elephant, Flower heart swirl - Magnolia Doohickeys

Sentiment: Mini messages by Mama Elephant

Inktense colours;

Skin: Baked earth, Madder brown, Saddle brown

Hair: Saddle brown, Oak, Sepia Ink

Dress: Carmine pink

Flowers: Shiraz, Sicilian yellow

Leaves: Light olive

Little Sweetie

Hello lovely people,

I very much enjoyed a day of crafting yesterday, especially as Dr. Hubby was nowhere to be seen for most of the day since he was happily playing a newly released, and much anticipated, game for the Playstation 4!

I had a lovely time experimenting with some more of my new stamps :-)

Now, it's time for a new challenge at As You Like It and we have a lovely theme for you...

YOUR FAVOURITE...FLOWER
...and don't forget to tell us why it's your favourite!

Very appropriately given our theme, our sponsor this time is Wild Orchid Crafts with a £12 voucher

My favourite flower might be a little predictable but it's roses, even more from a card-making sense than IRL!
I love the way roses can be used on both modern and vintage style designs and of course, I love to use 3D roses on my creations, but I have them on the image and papers here too!

It's quite a 'classic Kat' kind of card but I did do a couple of tiny things differently to usual.

The biggest difference is the use of Inktense pencils to colour the image rather than my Copics, and I have to say I am loving these more and more.

I feel happy that I have now figured out how to get a nice flicking effect on the hair which I think adds a lot of texture.

I used a darker Distress Ink to edge my papers and image to give more of an 'antique' feel, so this is Gathered Twigs instead of my favourite Frayed Burlap.

I also didn't take the twine across the entire card...ok, that's a VERY tiny difference - lol!

It's funny isn't it how we all have our favourite die cuts that get used a lot and some that don't...but just sometimes are perfect for a project.  That was the case with this corner die cut that I really like but don't use a lot as it often doesn't seem to suit the card...I hope you agree it found it's niche here!

I have still used my beloved Maja DP but this is some that I haven't used before even though it's from quite an old collection and I am loving the deep blue.

I hope you will pop over to As You Like It and check out the fabulously creative projects from the rest of the team :-)

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Card recipe;

Image: Sweetie - Wee Stamps for Whimsy Stamps

DP: Vintage Autumn - Maja Design (available from Live and Love Crafts)

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts
Twine: Ivory button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Tag: Sentiment tags - LOTV

Dies: Filigree corner - La La Land

Inktense colours;
Skin: 1800 Baked Earth, 1520 Carmine Pink, 1740 Saddle Brown
Hair: 1740 Saddle Brown, 1730 Oak, 2010 Sepia Ink
Dress / flowers: 0830 Navy Blue, 0840 Iron Blue
Leaves: 1540 Light Olive

Wee Cindy

Hello lovely people,

Today I will be in the Cotswold Water Park supporting my Dad as he undertakes his first Ironman distance triathlon...yep, my Dad is totally amazeballs :-)

While I am cheering on my Dad, I have my first official card as part of The Ribbon Girl DT to share with you for the new 'Any Image' challenge starting today.
I'm still grinning from ear to ear at being asked to join the team :-D

Here are the fabulous prizes on offer...

£10 voucher for LOTV

£10 voucher for The Ribbon Girl

Stamp and die from Marianne Designs

I have used some of my new Lemoncraft papers and let me tell you, they were almost left in the 'stroke only' pile because they are absolutely gorgeous!

Some are slightly more aqua-teal shades and some are a slightly lighter aqua-turquoise, which are the ones I chose for this card.

My tiny collection of Wee stamps is now doubled with the addition of this cutie and I know it won't stop there as I totally love them!

I feel slightly bad that I didn't give her sparkly wings but I liked how the spotty wings turned out and didn't want to risk covering it up with sparkle!  I guess I was being selfish - lol!

I really went to town with the pretty embellies for this card and I also used my new sentiment stamps and matching tags...LOVE these!

On top of the bow I added just one little section from the pearl trim; thanks to Debs for the tip about cutting the trim to make cute details!

I hope you are all having a lovely weekend whatever you are up to :-)

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

The Ribbon Girl products;
Forget-me-not 6x6" paper pad - Lemoncraft
25mm white 'Cheltenham' Guipure lace
Limoges blue seam binding
White cherry blossom
Cream hip rosebuds
Tiny white rosebuds
10mm white square pearl trim
Small butterfly charm
5mm sea charm mixed pearls
3mm white pearls

Other products;

Image: Cindy - Wee stamps for Whimsy stamps

Dies: Fancy flourish - MFT Die-namics, Mini tags - Mama Elephant

Sentiment: Mini messages - Mama Elephant
Gloss white Nuvo crystal drops
Other flowers: from stash
2mm white pearls: from stash

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E21/25/29
Dress: B000/00/01/BG53
Darker bands on dress: BG09/57/53/B01
Wings: B0000/000/00/01/BG53
Flowers: B000/01/BG53
Envelope: W00/1/3