Steaming Hot!!

morning to you all

and I was referring to the hot kettle and it's contents :) in case you were thinking you were going to find something else here :)

Well as you did not then maybe I can interest you in the midweek squeeeeeeeeeeakkk!!!!!! for the

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge

where the theme is currently

Monochrome

as chosen by little old me :)

So here is my midweek creation, but do not forget to hop over to see the rest of the design team fabulous eye candy to inspire you

I made a birthday card using the majority of the earth tones, so creams, browns, beige's all except the little grey bunny :)

The flowers, pearls, fancy buttons and strings of pearls along with those little cream bows are all from the Hobby House, you can find the shop link in my left side bar.

Here is a close up of the image

Do hop over and join us for the challenge :)

 Don't forget, you too may submit your House-Mouse, Gruffies and Happy Hoppers creations directly to THE Official House-Mouse Designs site found HERE!  

I would like to welcome my new followers, and thank all of my wonderful visitors who take the time to leave me such inspirational and kind comments, and this then allows me to hop on over and visit you in return.

I would like to enter this creation into the following challenges

Chocolate Coffee Cards - Flowers

Crafty Catz - Birthday

Docerela - Anything Goes

Just add ink - Just add Bows

Pattie's Creations - Animals

Sister Act - Anything Goes

2 Sisters - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

hugs

Kate

xxxxx

Winter has arrived

Good morning to you all in the land of blog

well on my card it has, with all the snow and snowflakes and outside too, here is another of those cards ready for the MIL to sell, just loving these quick makes

So I am sharing with you a card I created using some of those gorgeous products from the 

Hobby House

This is Holly, from the Wee Stamps Hobby House Topper sheet - Holly Time, I have teamed her up with that gorgeous navy blue and yes those fabulous vintage feel Kanban papers.  I added some lace, some die cuts which are Memory box and Marianne, some ribbon and added the final touches of

Hobby House Jingle Bells

and

Raindrop Echo Designs by Whimsy Stamps and Shapeology Dies

and pearls

and that image not hand coloured it is a topper and  I have added fran tage to the topper and stickles to the wings

If you want to see more of the Hobby House products or be inspired by others hop and see us on 

The Hobby House Blog

or

Facebook 

or visit the

 Hobby House Website 

A warm welcome to my new followers, and I would like to thank all of my wonderful visitors who take the time to leave me such inspirational and kind comments, and this then allows me to hop on over and visit you in return.

I would like to enter this creation into the following challenges

The Crafter's Challenge - Dies/Punches

Crafting by Design - Anything Goes

Creative Belli - Ribbon/Pearls

Divas by Design - Monochrome

Perfect Sentiment - Snowflakes

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

Bearly Mine - Anything Goes

Creative Card Crew - Christmas

Creative Craft - Ribbon

LEJ - Layers

Party Time Tuesday - Anything Goes

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Hugs and Enjoy Your Day

Kate

xxx

That Christmas Feeling!!!!!!!!!

Good morning to you all in the land of blog

Today is my day to showcase some of those gorgeous products from

Wild Rose Studio

I decided to use some of those wonderful Christmas Images and made a card and a candle set using

Posting Letters

with the gorgeous Annabelle

So I will start with my card and apologise for the change of lighting on my photography.

I used Kraft as the base colour and then layered with some of my older paper pads, that old I have not font on them.  I then added my image and the nestie banner/ribbon sentiment before adding my full array of flowers in the main from the  Hobby House and of course a sprinkling of the Hobby House pearls.

Here is the image coloured in copics with stickles for the glitter and some white gel for the snow, the image is from Wild Rose Studio and is called

Posting Letters

Now apologising again but the candle photography is a little heavy to say the least but here we go

Here is the side view showing the matching florals again from the Hobby house in the main.

The top view now this is from one of the wonderful pearl flourish sets from the Hobby House, and fits perfectly around the top wick.

This is the rear view and the sentiment is the same inside the card, you can see the added lace at the bottom on this one too.

and finally the image on the candle, Annabelle looks great on a candle doesn't she.

If you want to see more of the Wild Rose Studio collection or be inspired by others hop and see us on 

Facebook 

or in the 

Wild Rose Studio's gallery

A warm welcome to my new followers, and I would like to thank all of my wonderful visitors who take the time to leave me such inspirational and kind comments, and this then allows me to hop on over and visit you in return.

I would like to enter this creation into the following challenges

Paper Creator - Make it Chrismassy

Sparkle and Sprinkle - glitter

Amusing Challenge - Pearls and Gems

OSAAT - Anything Goes

Hugs and Enjoy Your Day

xxx

Upcycling

Good morning to you all in the land of blog

Today sees the next challenge at the 

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge

with the theme of chosen by little old me which is

Monochrome

take a look at this amazing sponsorship line-up

Joanna Sheen LTD

 ($10 Gift Voucher)

and..............

My Creative Classroom 

(Free Class)


a fab $25 Electronic Gift Certificate
good for shopping at HMD's online store. 

 The Official Site of House-Mouse and Friends!!

 and...

wow so many wonderful sponsors :)

and
We are super excited to announce that STAMPENDOUS is the next company producing our beloved House-Mouse & Friends! Stop by their Challenge Blog to get inspired and enter your very own projects into their challenges. The link can be found HERE. 

The Official Blog of STAMPENDOUS Rubber Stamp Company can be found HERE.

House-Mouse Designs® stamps can be purchased at the STAMPENDOUS site HERE. 

here is my inspirational piece, but do hop over  to the main challenge site to see the rest of the amazing inspiration from my sister meeces :) I do have to warn you this may be slightly photo heavy

I was asked to create several of my altered tins for my MIL who wants to add them to her new hobby of selling on craft stalls, best of both worlds, I enjoy creating and she sells them and I get some money back - bonus :)

So here is one of those tins, this one started life as a dog tin full of biscuits.

This is the front view

On this view you can see the lace around the top lip, the image our adorable House Mouse with an appropriate sentiment, the gorgeous Hobby House flourishes, please see the link in my sidebar and one angle of the flowers all paper and hand made with the addition of Hobby House pearls and brads.

This is one of the side views, here you can see the handmade flowers a little better, I used a range of dies, I am sure you will spot all of your favourites.

Here is the other side again with those flowers :)

This is the back with the sentiment on it, the die is a nestie by the way - this is the one I could not use until I got my new wax papers, genius whoever created that

This is the top, the bobble is made of black honeycomb paper (love this stuff) and the edging is plaited black ribbon from the Hobby House.

The image close up coloured in warm, cool, neutral and toner greys.

and I thoroughly enjoyed creating this although it lasted a few days and maybe a little over indulgent in the pearls department but I think very worth it.

Do hop over and join us for the challenge :)

 Don't forget, you too may submit your House-Mouse, Gruffies and Happy Hoppers creations directly to THE Official House-Mouse Designs site found HERE!  

I would like to thank all of my wonderful visitors who take the time to leave me such inspirational and kind comments, and this then allows me to hop on over and visit you in return.

I would like to enter this creation into the following challenges

Crafter's Cafe - Flowers

Divas by Design - Anything Goes

A Creative Romance - Dies or punches

Chocolate Coffee Cards - Anything Goes

Crafty Ribbons - Anything goes with ribbon (woven ribbon on the lid)

2 Sisters - Recycle

CMC - Anything Goes in Any Colour

Sweet Stampin - Glamour and Glitz

Simon Wednesday Challenge - Celebrate September - HM image from SSS

hugs

xxxxx

The Holly and The Ivy with the Winter Wonderland Design Team

Good morning to you all in the land of blog

Today sees the next challenge at the  

Winter Wonderland

Where Team Icicles are in the hot seat, with the very talented  Pauline hosting with the theme of

The Holly and the Ivy

Our fabulous sponsor this week is

Wild Rose Studio

offering the lucky winner to of their wonderful stamps.

Now I decided to go with the Holly aspect of the theme so here is my take on the theme but don't forget to hop over to the main challenge blog to check out the wonderful inspiration there for you.

As you know I adore my House Mouse images so could not resist using one of them.

The base layer here is a pearlescent red and I have used up some of my old papers again.  The grand decorative circle nestie had an issue in the machine, so I adapted it slightly.  The sentiment sits on a nestie banner/ribbon and all finished off with the little red bow, lace and pearls from the Hobby House.

Here is a close up of the image

As always I would like to thank all of my wonderful visitors and followers for their inspiring comments, which encourage me and allow me to hop over in return to see their gorgeous work and welcome my new followers.

I would like to enter the following challenges

Creative Card Crew - Christmas

Loves Rubber Stamping - 1 2 3 recipe

Fitztown - Pearl, Lace Ribbon

MarkerPOP - Anything Goes

4 Krafty Girlz - Anything Goes

Divas by Design - Anything Goes

Lady Anne's - Anything Goes

Penny's Paper Crafty - Two or More DP

Hugs

xxx

You are so Special

Good morning to you all

Today is my day to share with you my creation for

Wild Rose Studio

so here is

Emily with Ted

I made a birthday card using the no line technique for the first time

The base layer is some textured kraft card and I have used those gorgeous new papers from

Wild Rose Studio - Blackberry Lane

and the sentiment 

Wild Rose Studio - Birthday Circles

on the Nellie Snellen circle small die

I used my grand nestie circles to create the lovely layer and then added those gorgeous embellies, in the main the flowers are from the hobby house, the ribbon and pearls and little antique bird charm are also.  The dies are from Memory box and Cheery Lynn. You can find all the Hobby House products on their site.

Here is a close up of the image using the no line technique, TH DI Old Paper and coloured in copics.  I added some frantage around the image too.

I would love to hear what you think of my first attempt.

If you want to see more of the Wild Rose Studio collection or be inspired by others hop and see us on 

Facebook 

or in the 

Wild Rose Studio's gallery

A warm welcome to my new followers, and I would like to thank all of my wonderful visitors who take the time to leave me such inspirational and kind comments, and this then allows me to hop on over and visit you in return.

I would like to enter this creation into the following challenges

Victorine Originals - Birthdays

Anything Goes - In the Garden

Creative Craft - Ribbon

Created with Love - Anything Goes

Parade Your Crafts - Birthdays

Stamp and Create - Birthdays

Fab n Funky - Ribbons

Hugs and Enjoy Your Day

Kate

Ah to Sit by Candle Light

Good morning to you all in the land of blog

Today's post is to remind you all of that fabulous challenge for

The Hobby House Challenge

as we are at our midway point

That theme again 

Hobby House Artists

Kenny K, Mo Manning, Sylvia Zet, Elizabeth Bell

The prize

 (not including postage)

Here is my inspirational piece however do also pop over to the challenge site to see the rest of the awesome inspiration for this challenge.

I made a decorative Christmas Candle

now I have been asked is this for burning, would think you would not want to, but if the electric failed so long as you pull off all the wonderful embellishments then yes you could light it as don't think that the embellishments would look good charred :)

 using my current favourite rubber stamp by the Artist

Sylvia Zet

Those gorgeous Hobby House products are:

Image - Whimsy Rubber Stamp by Artist Sylvia Zet - Winter Fairy

Pearl Strings

Rhinestones

Ribbon

Stickles

Pearls

The florals consist of

Mulberry Roses

Mulberry Cherry Blossom

Mulberry Poinsettias

and here are some close ups

The front view

The floral side view

The rear sentiment view

and a close up of the copic coloured stamped onto tissue paper image, with those added stickles for the fluffy bits and pearls for the flower centres and you can see the rhinestones on close up too.

If you want to see more of the Hobby House products or be inspired by others hop and see us on 

The Hobby House Blog

or

Facebook 

or visit the

 Hobby House Website 

A warm welcome to my new followers, and I would like to thank all of my wonderful visitors who take the time to leave me such inspirational and kind comments, and this then allows me to hop on over and visit you in return.

I would like to enter this creation into the following challenges

4 Krafty Girlz - Anything Goes

CMC - Flowers inspired me

Happy Stampers - Use a Stamp

Penny's Challenge - Anything Goes

Chocolate Coffee Cards - Anything Goes

Wags N Whiskers - Ribbons and Bows

Hugs and Enjoy Your Day

Kate

xxx