A gorgeous teddy

Hello lovely people,

I have been making the most of a couple of days off work to get ahead with all my crafty projects, although I have had to do a little housework too!  I also had a lovely coffee date with Dr. Hubby this morning and we shared a piece of amazing chocolate fudge cake - yum :-)

While I am back to work, it's time for a new challenge at As You Like It and our theme is...

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

Our sponsor this time is Dies to Die For with a £15 voucher

This is a tough choice as I love teddies and fairies and use both a lot on my cards, but the cute and cuddly factor of teddies makes them the winner for me.
I may also be heavily influenced by a certain little bear who has a special place in my heart, and always features on my Christmas cards... it's James bear!

I've gone for the easy option of a pre-coloured art pad image (not available any more) and a simple layout.  I distressed all the edges and added lots of Frantage and sparkle...which you can't see, but it's there on some areas of the image - lol!

I also added a couple of chipboard snowflakes which I have sponged with white acrylic paint, and a sentiment strip cut from the DP.

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

I keep telling myself that it's only 2 days until the weekend - hurrah!

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

Card recipe;

Image: Furry Christmas art pad (DISCONTINUED) - LOTV 

DP: A Gift for you - Maja Design
Stampendous Shabby White Frantage

Chipboard snowflakes (DISCONTINUED) - The Ribbon Girl 

A special pink card

Hello lovely people,

For those of you wondering where I have been, it has just been a busy week and a fab weekend with family.  I have a couple of days off at the moment though and am enjoying a little me (craft) time :-)

But now it's time for a new challenge at In The Pink and our theme is...

MOTHER'S DAY OR SPECIAL LADY

We know that not everyone will be making Mother's Day cards so any card for a special lady will do and we'd love it if you told us who it's for.
My card is for my mother-in-law's birthday but I always struggle to put names on cards so you can't tell from looking at it - lol!

She enjoys gardening so I bought this stamp with her in mind and of course, it works so well in pink!  I used the out-of-the-box technique to cut it into a circle to match the doodled frame of the stamped image.

Card recipe;

Image: Sunny Days and Smiles - LOTV

DP: Always and Forever - LOTV

Dies: Die-namics circle stax, Anja's vintage swirls - Marianne Designs

Lace: from stash (East of India brand)

Twine: Ivory button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts

Tag: Sentiment tags - LOTV

Copic colours;

Bear: E40/41/32/43

Wheelbarrow: E35/37/47/49

Presents: RV0000/000/R81/83/85/R59 & V20/22/25

Butterfly / tulips: R81/83

Grass / leaves: YG61/93/95

If you pop over to In The Pink you can check out the fabulous creations from my teamies.

I will be back later today with another card so for now, thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave.

Hugs,

Kat xx

Challenges I am entering;
1.  As You Like It (fave 3D texture object - mine is more of a combo than 1 item as I love lace layered with twine tied in a bow with a flower on top - it just looks so elegant)
2.  A Creative Romance (bingo: pink, flowers, pearls)
3.  Totally Gorjuss (happy birthday)
4.  The Ribbon Girl (birthday)

Polaroid James

Hello lovely people,

It's Thursday again but this one is not a normal Thursday for me as I am currently on a skiing holiday in Andorra!
While I am hopefully whizzing down the slopes we have a new challenge for you at Crafty Little Fairies and the theme is...

TEDDIES

It's a double sponsor week so we have prizes up for grabs from...

Live and Love Crafts

AND

Marianne Designs (prize is these 2 lovely stamps)

I am sure this one will be a popular theme and I certainly had a lot of stamps to choose from...mostly of a certain little bear so you won't be surprised to see him on my card...

This is one of the newest releases from LOTV and I have cropped the image and popped him in a frame cut on my Cricut to look like a Polaroid picture.

Card recipe;

Image: James - Daisy  - LOTV

DP: My Girl - American Crafts
Sentiment: Mini clear stamp set - Kaisercraft
Button: from stash

Copic colours;

Fur: E30/31/55/43

Flower: RV32/34 & G21/24

Background: B0000/000/00

If you pop over to Crafty Little Fairies you can check out the fabulous creations from my teamies.

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

Hugs,

Kat xx

Challenges I am entering;
1.  Inky Chicks (cute animal stamp)

Lovely James

Hello lovely people,

I had a wonderful weekend catching up with my friends and despite the wine consumed on Saturday night I was feeling quite sprightly on Sunday morning!
Today I have had a day off work so have been getting in some crafting time and I have a little CAS card to share with you today featuring one of the new LOTV James bear stamps.
I am enjoying making CAS cards at the moment and this one was a CASE of a fab layout that Lisa did (see the original here), although I have added the chevron strips at the sides.

I love all the different ways to colour James so this time I tried a new colour combo and tried for a very soft effect with lots of light fur and small amounts of shading.  I guess I was trying for something akin to what others achieve with distress inks and I'm really quite pleased with him!

Card recipe;

Image: James big heart - LOTV

DP: December documented - Simple Stories

Twine: Ivory button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Tags: Sentiment tags - LOTV

Copic colours;

Fur: E30/31/55/43

Heart: R37/39/59

Patch: T1/2/3

Rose: R39/59/89 & G94/99

Shading all round image: T0 (just to stop it being so bright against the Kraft!)

I think this little chap is destined to be Dr Hubby's Valentine's Day card as I know he is a fan of the CAS card!  So, that will be a first for me, not forgetting it was coming up and making something at the very last minute!  Oh, and there is no chance he will see this on my blog before then as he really is not that interested!

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

Hugs,

Kat xx

Challenges I am entering;
1.  As You Like It (fave CAS - for me it usually involves fussy cutting, strips of DP and some twine with tags - I like the pops of colour against the clean background and it's great for male cards!) 
2.  Cute Card Thursday (so sweet)
3.  Totally Gorjuss (furtastic)
4.  Craft Mojo (all things new - my gorgeous James stamp!)

Lace and pearls at Crafty Little Fairies

Hello lovely people,

OK, I think it's actually winter now folks and the heating is on a lot in my house but I am one of those people that always feels the cold.  I haven't quite got to the stage of wearing socks in bed yet but I'll keep you posted!

Anyway, enough of the weather and on to our new challenge at Crafty Little Fairies where we have the theme of...

LACE AND PEARLS

Our sponsor this week is Live and Love Crafts with a £10 voucher for our lucky winner and I know I could spend this in a flash - it's one of my favourite places to shop!

I really wanted to have another go at making a criss-cross card; you can see my first tiny little one here.  I was able to make a good sized one (140cm square) out of a single piece of card this time since I ordered some A3 Kraft card from Anna Marie Designs.  It is a lovely weight (270gsm) for making base cards from but works well for matting purposes too.

I cut several label shapes with my Cricut and layered them together to make a large tag to go inside - there is a blank panel to write a message on.

The image is quite small but I think it works well on this criss-cross design and the cute bear is perfect for so many occasions.

I really went to town with the embellishments on this one and made sure I added plenty of pretty pearls!  I even took the original flower centres out of the sweetheart blossoms and replaced them with pearls!

Card recipe;

Image: You are my sunshine - LOTV

DP: Always and Forever paper pad - LOTV

Scallop square: Nestie die

Scallop edge: Martha Stewart edge punch

Lace: 18mm 'Teresa' lace - The Ribbon Girl

Seam binding: Light beige from Wild Orchid Crafts

Flowers: from Wild Orchid Crafts

Pearls: from The Hobby House

Copic colours;

Teddy: E41/42/43

Flowers: RV0000/R81/83/85/R39 & E47

Grass/leaves: YG91/93

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges;
1.  Inky Chicks (pearls and swirls)
2.  Sweet Stampin' (tags)
3.  Totally Gorjuss (3 DPs)
4.  Divas by Design (make it pretty)

I hope you will visit the rest of the Fairies at Crafty Little Fairies as they have been hard at work creating some wonderfully pretty cards to inspire you.

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

Hugs,
Kat xx

Good luck bear

Hello lovely people,

Happy Liliday to everyone!  Yes, it's time for another challenge at Lili's Little Fairies and this week we want to see 'Good Luck' cards.  This might not seem too easy at first but it can be wishing someone luck for anything you like; leaving to have a baby, a new job, a driving test etc.
Or, like me you could make a fairly non-specific good luck card... although I don't think it would work for a bloke!

I have used one of the Posy Trio stamps so I made quite a wee card, just 10x10cm for the base and this is the first time I have done a criss-cross design - I really like the style though so will definitely be doing this again.

The tag inside pulls out and there is space to write a message on it.

The image is coloured with Copics, cut out with a Nestie circle and layered onto a Nestie scalloped circle.  I may have gone a little mad with the pearls but I really love these teeny tiny little ones - just so cute!

Card recipe;

Image: Posy Trio from LOTV

DP: Kaisercraft - Tigerlilly
Scalloped edge: Magnolia DooHickey Die - Tilda Lace

Seam binding: from Wild Orchid Crafts

Pearls: 2mm ivory silk from The Hobby House

Copic colours;

Bear: E41/42/43 &E44 for nose

Flowers: R81/83/85 & G21/YG61

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges;
1.  Wild Orchid Crafts (lots of layers)
2.  The Ribbon Girl (add a die cut)
3.  The Hobby House (anything goes)

Don't forget to pop over to Lili's Little Fairies to see what the rest of the DT have created and I hope you can enter our challenge for a chance to win £10 to spend at Crafty Ribbons!

Thanks for visiting,

Hugs,
Kat xx

Lovely lilac

Hello lovely people,

Before I get to the important stuff I just have to share that my craft room re-fit has all been completed but I haven't got round to taking photos of it so can't show you how awesome it is yet!  I won't keep you waiting much longer!

So, onto that important stuff and that is my Totally Gorjuss DT card.  We are sponsored by Crafters Companion this week and have this fab bingo grid for you to work with - you know the drill;

I went for the  'lace, string and pearls' column and no, I haven't got my DTs mixed up, I just decided to use a LOTV stamp because I love them so much!

I returned to my beautiful Maja papers before I had withdrawal symptoms and went for the lovely purple tones with a bit of added sparkle on the flowers using Frosted Lace Stickles.

I have used this stamp so many times and don't think I will ever get bored of it as it is so versatile and lovely to colour.

Card recipe;

Image: Teddy Bouquet from LOTV

DP: Maja Vintage Spring Basics (available from LLC)
Label shapes: cut with Cricut
Foliage: Memory Box Lavish Branch die

Lace: from The Ribbon Girl

Sentiment: Personal Impressions Big Sentiments

Twine / eyelets: from stash
Pearls: from The Hobby House

Copic colours;
Bear: E41/42/43
Flowers: BV0000/000/00/01/02 + RV91/93/95 + Y21/26
Grass: BG90/93
Wrap/letter: W1

 I would like to enter this card in the following challenges;
1.  Live and Love Crafts (50 shades of lilac)
2.  By the Cute and Girly (flowers)
3.  Papertake Weekly (anything goes +/- 2 stamps)

I hope you can pop over to the Totally Gorjuss blog to see the lovely creations from the rest of the DT and thanks so much for visiting me,

Hugs,
Kat xx

Bookmark bear

Hello lovely people,

I hope you all enjoyed yourselves over the bank holiday weekend and wasn't it fab to have some sunshine?  I did loads of gardening which did cut into my crafting time but I can't really complain about that can I?

Anyhoo, it's challenge day over at Lili's Little Fairies and this week it is time for something a little bit different as our theme is 'Anything but a Card.'  I decided to make a corner bookmark and think I will be keeping this one for my own use!

This is the first time I have used one of these cute mini stamps from LOTV and it is the perfect size for a bookmark.  I coloured it with Copics, cut it out with a Nestie then layered it onto a scalloped circle cut with my Cricut.
Here is a shot to show the bookmark 'in action' (on a Sherlock Holmes book in case anyone is wondering!);

Card recipe; 

Image: LOTV Posy Trio

DP: Maja Design Vintage Spring Basics

Lace: from The Ribbon Girl

Fancy edge: Martha Stewart edge punch

Copic colours;

Bear: E42/43/44 + R30 for ears

Flower: BV00/01/02

The rest of the Fairies have created some fab projects that aren't cards so do pop over to Lili's Little Fairies to take a look.  We have Crafty Ribbons sponsoring us this week so the lucky winner of our challenge will have loads of beautiful ribbons and more to choose from!

Thanks for visiting,

Hugs,
Kat xx