Happy bird-day!

Hello lovely people,

It's a flying post from me this morning as I very nearly forgot to write it - oops!  I am continuing my guest DT spot at A Little Bit Crafty and have a mid-way reminder of our current challenge which has the theme...

THE BIRDS AND THE BEES

Since I did bees last time I have gone for birds on this card and brace yourselves, it's a bright one!

The image is part of a set from Digi Stamp Boutique so I have some other cute images to use another time.  I added some Stardust Stickles to the hats and the fun sentiment comes with the images :-)

Card recipe;

Image: Sweet birdie set - Digi Stamp Boutique

DP: XOXO - American Crafts

Loopy edge: Martha Stewart border punch

Twine: Ivory button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Buttons: from stash

Copic colours;

Pinks: R81/83/85

Greens: G000/00/BG34

Yellows: Y15/17/38

Beaks: YR14

Ground T0/1/2/3/4

If you pop over to A Little Bit Crafty you can check out the fabulous creations from the DT.

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

Hugs,

Kat xx

Challenges I am entering;
1.  ABC (J is for just as you like)
2.  That Craft Place (anything goes/Easter)

Spring Tilda

Hello lovely people,

What a fabulously sunny weekend we have had!  I enjoyed spending time with friends including a lovely long walk and some fantastic food :-)
So, not too much crafting time but I just had to sneak a bit of space into my schedule to have a quick play with one of my newly acquired Magnolia stamps.

It's a fairly CAS creation from me today and I felt this sweet image lent itself to a Spring-themed card.  There's so much green stuff popping up in my garden at the moment so the pretty green DP seemed the perfect choice.

Card recipe;

Image: Tilda watering - Magnolia

DP: Sofiero & Vintage Spring Basics - Maja Designs

Sentiment: So wordy sentiments - Amy R

Copic colours;

Skin: E0000/50/000/51/21 & R30

Hair: E41/42/43

Top / shoes: G40/YG61/G21/G94

Trousers: E81/84/87

Watering can: T0/1/2/3/4 and inside T3/4/6

Headscarf: T0/1/blender and greens as for top

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

Hugs,

Kat xx

Challenges I am entering;
1.  Papertake Weekly (Spring has sprung)
2.  Sweet Magnolia (Spring)
3.  Tilda's Town (Easter/Spring)
4.  Diva's by Design (Easter/Spring)

Button up!

Hello lovely people,

Yes, it is Thursday once again (where does the time go to?!) so we have another challenge for you at Crafty Little Fairies and our theme this time is...

BUTTON UP!

This week we are sponsored by the wonderful Whiff of Joy...

Prize - stamp of winner's choice

I am continuing with my attempt to do more male designs and my first choice for men/boys is always the fabulous LOTV.  I had the perfect paper pad to team with this image and used some twine to add a little texture and interest.

Aw, I just love this little chap with his HUGE boat, which was just crying out for some paper pieced sails to give a nice co-ordinated look.  Oh and yes, getting the twine stuck down how I wanted was proper fiddly but I do like the end result!

 Card recipe;

Image: Sailing Boat - LOTV
DP: By the sea - Maja Design
Sentiment: Happy Circular Sentiments (set 8) - LOTV

Buttons / twine: from stash

Copic colours;
Skin: E0000/50/000/51/21 & R30
Hair: E40/41/42/43
Shirt: B21/23/24
Trousers: B95/97/99
Shoes: E42/43/44/47
Boat: T0/1/2 & B95/97/99
Ground: T0/1/2/3/4

Head over to Crafty Little Fairies to check out the lovely creations from my teamies.  I have loads of buttons in my stash and bet you do too so I hope you will join in with our challenge :-)

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

Hugs,

Kat xx

Challenges I am entering;
1.  That Craft Place (buttons)

Music to my ears

Hello lovely people,

Woohoo, it's new release time at All Dressed Up and once again we have an amazing selection of images for you.  Just feast your eyes on this lot...

Easter Bunny

Just So Cool

Little Flower Girl

On My Farm

I have used Just So Cool and gone ultra-CAS this time.  I used Paint Shop Pro to add a few extra musical notes to the image and merged in a different sentiment.

This cool chick certainly looks lost in the music!

Copic colours;

Hair: E35/37/47

Top / shoes: R0000/000/00/01

Waistcoat: T2/4/6

Jeans: B95/97/99

Belt: E37/47/49

Scarf / heart: R30/32/35

Headphones: T6/8/10/100

Ground: T0/1/2/3/4

Do pop over to All Dressed Up to see what the rest of the Dressy Girls have created; they are all stunning! While you're there, check our our current 'Monochrome' challenge and we'd love to see you join in for a chance of winning 3 images of your choice!
Don't forget to swing by our Facebook Group to share your creations and chat to fellow All Dressed Up lovers :-)

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

Hugs,

Kat xx

Wanna dance?

Hello lovely people,

I think I'm on a roll after posting 2 cards on Tuesday and I was crafting up a storm yesterday on my day off!  But today it's all about a new challenge at In The Pink and our theme is...

ANYTHING BUT SQUARE (and no rectangles either!)

I have used my favourite (ok, my only) large shaped Go Kreate die for the base shape... must get my hands on some more of these!

I also used a new Saturated Canary image that came on a CD-ROM with a magazine and has been on my 'must colour' list for a while now.

Card recipe;

DP: XOXO - American Crafts & Back to Basics - Bo Bunny

Seam binding: Tulip Pink - The Ribbon Girl

Shabby white Frantage

Sentiment: Kaisercraft clear mini stamp set

Dies: Precious stars - Memory Box

Copic colours;

Skin: E0000/000/50/51/21 & R30

Hair: E57/59/49

Eyes: E55/57

Lips: R30/32

Tutu / shoes: R81/83/56

Leotard: W7/9/100

Ground: W0/1/2/3

I thoroughly recommend a visit to  In The Pink to check out the fabulous shaped creations from my teamies; they really are wonderful :-)

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

Hugs,

Kat xx

Challenges I am entering;

1.  Simon Says Stamp (happy birthday)

2.  Divas by Design (anything goes)

3.  Saturated Canary facebook challenge (anything goes)

What's the buzz?

Hello lovely people,

I said I had two projects to share today (check out my other post for Top Tip Tuesday here) and I'm thrilled to say that the second is another guest DT spot...

So, I'm joining in with A Little Bit Crafty where our theme this month is...

THE BIRDS AND THE BEES

No, no, not like that, we want to see actual birds and/or bees please!

This was the perfect excuse to use some cute Pink Petticoat digi images and create a little boxed set of notelets.

I created 2 pockets on the inside with each one holding 3 extremely CAS notelets plus envelopes.

Each notelet has a different sentiment and I simply coloured the bees with Copics (Y18, B0000) then added a tiny gem detail to finish.

Ok, just one more shot of it all tied up with pretty organza ribbon...

Card recipe;

Image: Little Bee Cuties - Pink Petticoat

DP: Park Bench - Echo Park

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts
Gems: from stash

Do pop over to A Little Bit Crafty to see all the other fabulous creations and thank you peeps for letting me join in the fun :-)

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

Hugs,

Kat xx

Challenges I am entering;
1.  Wild Orchid Crafts (bling it up)
2.  Papertake Weekly (anything goes)

Buckle up!

Hello lovely people,

Today I have TWO projects to share with you and look what is first up...

Yep, that's right, I'm super excited to be doing a guest DT spot at  Top Tip Tuesday and the theme this time is...

CUTE

I was asked if I would do a tutorial and I knew straight away that I wanted to share how to make a buckle card.
I first saw this type of card here on Lyndsey's blog and just had to have a go myself, so here's a little look at what the finished card looks like...

And here's how to make it...

Cut a 4cm strip from the front right hand side of a 145cm square base card and save the offcut strip for later

Cut a panel of patterned paper to fit the front of the card and 2 panels to fit the inside of the card, leaving a small white border.  If desired, ink and stitch round the edges of all the panels

Glue the patterned paper panel to the front of the card

Take the offcut strip from step one, round the corners at one end then score and fold at 9cm from this end. This will form the 'buckle' strip.

Cut a small panel of patterned paper to fit the front of the buckle leaving a small white border, inking and stitching edges if desired.  Glue panel to buckle strip.

Inside the card mark out a slot roughly 4mm wide on the left hand side 4cm up from the bottom and 3cm from the left hand edge and cut out with a craft knife; the exact size and placement of the slot is not crucial and can be adjusted to fit where you would like it underneath the image

Attach buckle strip to right hand side 4cm up from the bottom so that the fold line of the buckle lines up with the right hand edge of the card and will fold neatly over the front of the card when closed

Glue patterned paper panel to right hand inside to cover the buckle

Stamp and colour image, trim to size and mat onto a piece of Kraft card. Cover back of image panel with foam pads or tape except for where the buckle will pass behind it; you can mark out where the slot will be by placing the image panel on the front of the card and drawing through the slot you have cut out

Cut a 4x6cm piece of white card and attach to the back of the image over where the buckle slot will be; just glue at the very left hand edge and allow it to hang over the foam pads but don't take the backing off the foam pads just yet!

This is the tricky stage; remove the foam pad backing from the image panel and poke the card strip on the back through the slot whilst you stick down image panel on front

This is what it now looks like from the front;

Glue the end of the small piece of card down inside - you can make the card without this little strip but it does allow the buckle to slide in and out much more easily without catching

Glue patterned paper panel to left hand inside to cover the slot and tab

Decorate the front of the card as desired; I have added flowers and tied some twine with tags round the buckle strip.

Here is the inside of the card and you can see that I added a white panel inside to write the greeting on.

I couldn't finish without a close up of the gorgeous little princess Tilda with a touch of Glamour Dust on the stars.

Card recipe;

Image: Tilda catching stars - Magnolia

DP: Sofiero - Maja Designs

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts

Twine: Ivory button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Dies: Lavish branch - Memory Box

Tags: Sentiment tags (set 24) - LOTV

Copic colours;

Skin: E0000/000/00/21/11

Hair: E50/51/53/31/43

Dress / crown: RV000/R81/83/85

Wand: E31/43 & RV0000/000/R81

Socks: RV000/R81/blender

Shoes: W00/0/1/2/3

Ground: W00/0/1/2

This card was made for my niece's birthday; I hope she is still into pink!

Thanks very much to the Top Tip Tuesday team for letting me join in and do pop over to see all their lovely creations :-)
The challenge is being sponsored by the very sweet Sami Stamps so I do hope you can join in for a chance to win.

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

Hugs,

Kat xx

Challenges I am entering;
1.  Cute Card Thursday (floral delights)
2.  Sweet Magnolia (girls only)
3.  Tilda's Town (flowers)
4.  The Ribbon Girl (Magnolia only - girly)
5.  A Creative Romance (spring flowers)