A grumpling party

Hello lovely people,

One of my friends turned 40 a few days ago so we went to a gathering in the pub yesterday to celebrate (commiserate?!).
A lot of my friends are going to be turning 40 over the next 2-3 years...and yes, Dr. Hubby and I are included in that group too!

So, here's the card I made for my friend;

I really don't think he felt this way about it but these party grumpling stamps do make me giggle.   This is the first time I have used more than one of the characters together, using some masking to make a little scene.

I snuck in a bit of my fave corrugated card and of course, I had to put the age on there too!

I hope you all had a fab weekend whatever you were doing and that the week ahead is good to you :-)

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

Card recipe;

Image and sentiment: Party Grumplings by Taylored Expression - Dies to Die For

DP: Vintage Autumn basics - Maja Design

Twine: Ivory button twine - The Ribbon Girl
Twine: Natural button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Dies: Advent drawer deco die set - Tonic Studios

Copic colours;
Bear: E41/42/43/44 & E40/41/42 for tummy & E44/47 for nose
Rabbit: W2/3/4/5 & W0/1/2 for tummy
Cat: W5/6/7/9 & W0/1/2/3 for tummy
Ears / noses: R000/00/01
Blue bits: B91/93/95/97
Ground: W00/0/1/2/3

Vintage racer

Hello lovely people,

Here we go again...a brand new week ahead and as usual I am full of plans to 'get things done.'  We'll see how well that went at the end of the week ;-)

I have another LOTV card to share with you today and the fab new images are really encouraging me to make more male designs.

I'm sure this image will appeal to vintage car fans...and colouring fans too!

Card recipe;

Image: Vintage racer - LOTV

DP: North Pole - Dovecraft

Twine: Ivory button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Sentiment: Happy circular sentiments - LOTV

Dies: Notebook edge die - Clearly Besotted

Copic colours;
Car body: R27/46/39/89/W7
Wheels: W5/7/9
Other grey bits: W3/5/7
Grill: W00/0/2/3
Headlights: YR30/31
Trees: YG61/63/67
Grass: G40/YG61/63
Road: E41/42/43/44
Sun: Y23/35/YR23/24
Sky: B0000/000/blender

I wish you all a fab and productive week!

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

Just my type

Hello lovely people,

I'm busy busy with some custom orders at the moment; isn't it nice to be in demand?!

So, I'm just popping in really quickly with a cute little Valentine's Day card.

The typewriter image (now sadly unavailable) came with some individual pages with sentiments on and also a blank page image, so I chose a typewriter style font to add my own text to the blank page image, cut it out and put a thin foam pad underneath the top.

I was then able to use the same font for the word labels underneath so it's all nicely co-ordinated :-)

Card recipe;

Image: retired digi from Pink Petticoat

DP: A gift for you - Maja Design (available from Live and Love Crafts)

Twine: Ivory button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Dies: Notebook edge die - Clearly Besotted
Paperclip: from stash

Sentiment: done on computer (font: Travelling typewriter)

Copic colours;
Main body of typewriter: W00/0/1/2/3
Darker details on typewriter: W3/5/7
Hearts: R46/59

I hope you all have a good week :-)

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

Grumpling #2

Hello lovely people,

It seems my little party grumpling card (here) was a big hit, both with my blog followers, and Dr. Hubby.
So, here's another one!
These stamps lend themselves to CAS designs and this one was a great way to use up some scraps.

The sentiment is part of the stamp set and makes me giggle every time I read it!

Card recipe;

Image & sentiment: Party Grumplings - Taylored Expressions

DP: from stash

Twine: Ivory button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Punch: Double Dot - Martha Stewart

Copic colours;
Ooops, forgot to write them down - sorry!
I think it was T-series for rabbit with B91/93/95 for cupcake case & candle

Today I am putting the finishing touches to my craft room redecoration with a couple of extra shelves and a curtain pole.  If we get a bit of sunshine (ha!) I'll take some photos :-)

I hope you are having a lovely weekend whatever you are doing.

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

Woo freakin hoo!

Hello lovely people,

Big ooooops...I got so overwhelmed with Christmas and New Year that I completely forgot my DT post for our last challenge of 2015 at As You Like It!

So, I guess my New Year's resolution would have to be to get more organised!
Which actually leads me onto the other reason I have been a little busy over the last few days because I finally got started on my big craft room redecoration project.
There will be photos to come!

While I get on with organising all my crafty stash into my new storage units, here's our new challenge at As You Like It and we have made it super easy for you all because it's...

ANYTHING GOES!

Our sponsor this time is My Mum's Craft Shop

I have to admit that I often don't make a card for Dr. Hubby's birthday as he is really not fussed...which is why this card is perfect for him!

This little bear has a load of other equally grumpy friends in the set and I love them all so prepare to see more (a LOT more) of these chaps!

Card recipe;

Image and sentiment: Party Grumplings - Taylored Expressions

DP: Home for the Holidays - Maja Design (available from Live and Love Crafts)

Copic colours;
Bear body: E41/42/43/44 & E40/41/42 for tummy
Nose: E43/44/47
Hat: B91/95/97
Ground: W00/1/3

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

So now we head off into 2016 and I hope it brings you all heaps of special moments and lots of fun.

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

Little golfer

Hello lovely people,

Monday again...and no work for me...ha ha, the novelty still hasn't worn off yet!  Sorry for rubbing it in :-P

I also had a really lovely weekend with my brother and his girlfriend; several long walks (even catching the sunshine for them!), awesome food cooked by my little bro and lots of fun and games :-)

I hope you all had good weekends too.

On to my card for today and I'm showcasing some LOTV products as part of the Design Collective with one of those rare male designs!

This little chap is utterly adorable and as always with LOTV images, this was a delight to colour.

I knew I wanted a very CAS design to leave lots of white space around the image, and to show lots of the fab DP; isn't this plaid design perfect for the golf theme?

Threading the buttons on the twine was a challenge...those holes are really small!

Card recipe;

Image: Playing golf - LOTV

DP: Winter wishes - LOTV

Twine: Ivory button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Tags: Sentiment tags - LOTV and Family sentiment tags - LOTV
Buttons: from stash

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E25/27
Hat / trousers: E43/44/47
Golf club bag: B91/93/97/99 & YG61/63/67
Jumper: B91/93/95 & YG61/63
Shirt / socks: W00/1
Shoes: YG61/63/67 & W4/6
Clubs: W3/4/6
Grass: YG61/G94/99

I am off for a little more playtime in my craft room since I did all my cleaning this morning :-)

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

Challenges I am entering;

Without Words (for the boys)
A Gem of a Challenge (boys boys boys)

Cute gardener

Hello lovely people,

I'm still here!  I've had a really busy week but finally have a card to share with you!

I'm showcasing some LOTV products today as part of the Design Collective with this Father's Day card...yes, that will be here before you know it!

I am loving my new notebook edge die...this is going to see a lot of use I think!

I felt like I needed a few more male images in my collection and this cute little gardener really appealed to me.

Card recipe;

Image: Vegetable patch - LOTV

DP: Country gent - LOTV
Dies: Notebook edge die - Clearly Besotted

Twine: Ivory button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Sentiment: Happy circular sentiments - LOTV

Charm: Trowel charm - The Ribbon Girl

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E41/43/44
Hat / boots / braces: YG63/67/G99
Shirt: B91/95/97
Trousers: E41/42/43
Fork: E44/47/49 & T0/2/4
Robin: E43/44/47 & R27/46/39
Pots: E97/13/15/99
Carrots: YR18/YR24/27 & G43/YG17
Seed packets: YR30/31/E41
Ground: E41/42/43/44

Any moment now I have friends arriving and we are off out into the sunshine for a long walk followed by some wedding invitation designing and then dinner and drinks :-)

I hope you all have a wonderful bank holiday weekend whatever you are up to!

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

Just chillin'

Hello lovely people,

Well, it's been a weekend of 2 halves!
Yesterday was a day out in the Caterham 7, driving across Wales with lots of other Caterhams for fish and chips in Aberdyfi and driving back again!
It was sunny but quite breezy so we had to wrap up warm but it was a great day out :-)
I'll pop some pics at the end if you're interested.

So, today has been a chilling and crafting day...and a computer game playing and football watching day in the case of Dr. Hubby!

It's not often I venture into the realms of male cards but sometimes it has to be done and LOTV do have some fab images to work with...and fab papers too!

I had the urge to leave lots of white space around this image and keep to a few simple layers of DP; well, there's only so much you can add to a male design anyway!

I had pretty much finished the card when I realised I hadn't put the age on it and now I can't imagine that the card would look finished without that little fishtail banner - it fills that corner of the card so perfectly!

Card recipe;

Image: Lazy afternoon - LOTV

DP: Country gent - LOTV

Twine: The Ribbon Girl

Tag: Sentiment tags - LOTV and Family sentiment tags - LOTV

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E51/53/55
Hat / trousers / shoes: E55/57/59
Jumper / shoes: W2/R27/46/89
Shirt / socks: W00/0/2
Newspaper: W00/0/2/4/6
Tree: E41/42/43/55/57
Leaves / grass: YG93/95/97

OK, I said I would show some pics, so here's a LOT of Caterhams all assembled at the start point; there's more than you can see in this photo too!
Our car is out of shot but that's me in the black jacket standing next to the chap with the red hat on :-)

Here's the only point where we got lost on the route...along with about a dozen other cars...we were all milling around trying to work out where we had gone wrong!

And here's our final destination; the fish and chips were yummy!

If anyone is really interested here's a video clip of us driving across the Brecons - shame you can't really hear the cars, just the wind noise!

I hope you have all had lovely weekends whatever you have been up to :-)

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

Challenges I am entering;
1.  Fab 'n' Funky (masculine)
2.  ABC Challenge (H is for Happy Birthday)

Tag!

Hello lovely people,

Another Thursday and another challenge from us at Crafty Little Fairies and our theme this time is...

ADD A TAG

I had a good old think about what to do for this and then the light bulb came on... my fave way to add sentiments is on little tags so that's what I've done.

I have gone for quite a masculine design and kept it super simple although I now think I should have stitched around the image panel.
I think this card would be lovely as a get well soon or thinking of you card but the sentiment makes it really versatile.

Card recipe;

Image: James - umbrella - LOTV

DP: Hope - Authentique

Tag: Sentiment tags (set 24) - LOTV

Ribbon: twill tape - find similar at The Ribbon Girl

Button: from stash

Copic colours;

Fur: E40/41/42/43

Umbrella: B93/95/97/99 & G21/24/YG63/67 & E44/47

Water: B0000/BG70/B21/blender

Head over to Crafty Little Fairies to check out the lovely creations from my teamies.

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

Hugs,

Kat xx

Challenges I am entering;
1.  Simon Says Stamp (anything goes with buttons)

Dinosaur onesie

Hello lovely people,

I'm back again with a card for another one of my nephews whose birthday is in a week or so.  When he stayed over at ours recently he was sporting a rather fetching dinosaur onesie so when I saw this Tiddly Inks image I knew what I had to do!
The layout is super simple with the text printed on my computer.  I love this font; it was a free one called Skinny Latte if anyone wants to know!

I had great fun using a 'dotting' technique to get a scaly texture on the outfit.  As I was uploading these pics I realised that I hadn't given him any ground to stand on...oops!

Card recipe;

Image: King of the Wild Ones - Tiddly Inks

DP: Dottie card set 1 - Anna Marie Designs

Copic colours;

Dino onesie: YG91/93/95/97/99

Spikes / blob on stick: R08/46/59 & E35

Claws: W1/3/5

Hair: E50/53/35

Crown: YR21/23/24

Stick: E35/37/47

I hope you have had a wonderful sunny weekend; I got about half of the garden tidied up, planted some spring garlic and sowed my tomato and chilli seeds - exciting!

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

Hugs,

Kat xx

Challenges I am entering;

1.  Tiddly Inks (use green)

Buttons!

Hello lovely people,

I hope you are having a lovely weekend and have had good weather; the sun has been shining here all day :-D  After a few busy weekends, I am enjoying a nice quiet weekend at home, just pottering in the garden and my craft room.

Right now though we have a new challenge starting at All Dressed Up and our theme for this is...

BUTTONS

Here is the card I made which is for my littlest nephew's birthday, can you guess how old he'll be?  

I have used the adorable 'Daddy's Little Helper' as he looks so much like my cheeky nephew!

Card recipe;

Image: Daddy's Little Helper - ADU

DP: Vintage Frost Basics - Maja Designs

Tags: Sentiment tags - LOTV

Buttons: from stash

Copic colours;

Skin: E0000/000/00/11 & R30

Hat / patch / dog's neckerchief: YG61/63/67/G94

Trousers / patch: B91/93/95/97

T-shirt: T0/2/blender

Boots: T3/5/7/9/100

Spade: E35/37/47 & T0/2/4 & E50/51/YR21

Dog: E57/47/49 & E34/35/37

Bird: E31/33/35 & YR21

Snail: E31/YR21/23/24 & YR0000/T0/2

Bucket: T0/2/4

Worm: YR0000/000/00/01

Carrot: YR16/18

Ground / dirt in  bucket: E40/41/42/43

This challenge will run until 1st April and don't forget you MUST use an All Dressed Up image or paper to qualify for a chance to win 3 images of your choice :-)

If you pop over to All Dressed Up you can check out all the fabulous creations from my teamies who will show you lots of gorgeous ways to use buttons!

Oh and don't forget to stop by our Facebook Group to keep up to date with all the latest All Dressed Up news and chat to fellow crafters. 

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

Hugs,

Kat xx

Rock on!

Hello lovely people,

I'm back!  It's not often I post 2 cards in one day so if you are looking for my In The Pink card then please scroll down.

I now have my DT card for the All Dressed Up Challenge to share with you and it's about as far from pink as you can get!

I'm not one for New Years Resolutions but I did have a few things in mind that I would like to try more of in 2014 and one of those was male cards.  Regular visitors will know my blog is full of pretty girly cards so I thought I should try to get out of my comfort zone every now and then!

And when I saw the fab new images from All Dressed Up I knew it was a good time to go for it!  We have four fantastic images in this latest release, covering both girls and boys!

Happiness

Love to Dance

Purrrfect Together

Rock My World

How fab are these?  To purchase any of the images please head over to the Shop.

For my design team creation I have used Rock my World and here he is;

I really enjoyed colouring this and the one major difference to all the girly images I usually colour was a lack of hair!

Card recipe;

DP: The Rockstar stack - DCWV

Dies: Precious stars (with the bows cut off!) - Memory Box

Twine - Natural button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Copic colours;

Skin: E0000/000/00/21/11

Green bits: YG93/95/97/23

Blue bits: BG93/95/97/99

White bits of top: B0000/000

Guitar: E57/47/49 & E40/41/42/42

Grey bits: W series

Don't forget our current challenge theme is 'Love is in the Air' and these images would be perfect for this, plus you are in with a chance of winning 3 images of your choice!
You can find the challenge on the All Dressed Up blog and also check out the fabulous creations from my fellow Dressy Girls.
We would love it if you stopped by our Facebook Group to share your All Dressed Up creations and chat to fellow crafters.

I know this was already quite a long post but I just have to tell you that I am going on holiday on Sunday so may not be around too much for the next week.  I am skiing in Andorra with friends and I can't wait :-D

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

Hugs,

Kat xx

Challenges I am entering;
1.  A Little Bit Crafty (man up)
2.  Papertake Weekly (anything goes +/- shaped card)

Nearly forgot...

Hello lovely people,

Apparently having a few days off work has led to me completely losing track of what day it is and very nearly forgetting to do this post for Crafty Little Fairies!  This wouldn't have been so bad except that I also forgot to take the photos of my card and spent a good yesterday evening while trying to get a photo that wasn't awful.  Special thanks to Dr Hubby for holding lamps whilst I played with camera settings.  UDATE: Photos retaken this morning; still not much light but better than last night!

Ok, onto our theme for this week and that is...

Autumn colours

Our sponsor this week is My Crafty Heart with a £10 voucher :-)

This was a tough one for me as I almost never use this colour palette but I did have a new (for me) LOTV stamp to play with and found a scrap of suitable DP hiding in my stash and this is what I came up with;

I hesitate to inflict another poor photo on you but here is the close up... *winces*

Card recipe;

Image : Take it Easy from LOTV

Copic colours;

Skin: E0000/000/00/51 & R30
Hair: Y21/YR23/E31
Hat: E57/47/49
Chair (wood): E23/25/57/47
Chair (seat): Y21/YR23 & YR18/09
Dog: E40/41/42 & E42/43/45
Socks: E40/41/42
Drink: YR30/Y000/Y11
Grass: YG61/63/G94
Book: G94/99 & T0/5

Thanks for visiting and for bearing with my terrible photos,

Hugs, Kat xx

Red, white and blue

Hello lovely people,

It's time for another challenge at Lili's Little Fairies and our theme this week is 'Red, White and Blue.'  Ok, I have to admit to being a little thrown by this one as it is so not the colours I would normally go for.  But then I realised that I could go more vintage with the colours and that I could use one of the gorgeous new LOTV Pretty Vintage stamps and this card was born;

I just adore these new large sentiments and they make it super quick to whip up a card...well, relatively quick in my case as I always have to faff around a bit!

I am giving this card to one of my work colleagues for passing a course, and yes, you guessed right, it's a MALE colleague!  So, I kept my hands off my pretty embellies and just used some manly twill tape and a few stars to finish it off.

Card recipe;

Sentiment: Statements Congratulations set from LOTV

DP: Maja Designs - By the Sea & Vintage Spring Basics

Stars: Quick Kutz die

Twill tape: from Crafty Ribbons

I would like to enter this card in the Sweet Stampin' Challenge which has the theme of 'Not Cute.'

For oodles more inspiration pop over to Lili's Little Fairies and check out the stunning creations from the other Fairies.  Our prize up for grabs this week is £10 to spend at Crafty Ribbons so dig out the red, white and blue and join in the fun!

Thanks for visiting,

Hugs,
Kat xx

Spots and stripes

Hello lovely people,

I have everything crossed that Blogger does as he is told and posts this for me while I am still in bed after going to see Muse at the Ricoh stadium in Coventry last night :-)

Next up, thank you to Donna and Nat for becoming my latest followers - so lovely to have you along!

And eventually on to the main business; my DT card for Lili's Little Fairies and the theme this week is 'Spots and Stripes' - easy peasy right?  I have done a masculine card this week which is so not my forte, but this LOTV image made it a breeze to make  :-)

I have let the DP and image do most of the work here and only added a little twine and button for embellishment.

I have used an image from one of the new LOTV sketch pads, and wow, these are totally amazing.  They are such good value at £6 for 30 images and give you a really nice selection of images to work with.  The card is a lovely weight and the images colour up beautifully with my Copics.

Card recipe;

Image: from LOTV sketch pad 2 - Jack, Patch and Puss

DP: Simple Stories Documented

Sentiment: Personal Impressions Big Sentiments

Twine/button: from stash

Copic colours;

Jack: E41/81/42, YR30 (R000 for paws)

Cake: W00, YR30, Y0000 (E81 for spots)

Red spots/cake filling: R27/29/37

Candles: B93/95 & YR23/27

Do check out the creations from the rest of the Fairies and then break out those spots and stripes and join in our challenge for a chance to win £10 to spend over at My Crafty Heart.

Thanks for visiting,

Hugs,
Kat xx