Just a Little Bite please

Good evening to you all in the land of blog

Although the wind was a little too nippy for my liking today, it was still a lovely day and even more so as I got to pop around to see Sue and browse through her large amount of surplus crafty bits.  Managed to find a few bits for future creations and had a catch up with Maz. On leaving popped to Grimsby Crafts to drop off another class creation for the future and Matt then purchased me my Easter Egg (nope not chocolate, but another round the page punch), so had a coffee with Lynn and then headed home.

Now I had spent a couple of days colouring images in the sunshine, but found this extremely difficult to then match the papers to the colours I had used.  I am so use to working the other way around.  So spent this evening, placing the images already created onto cards, and also then created four more cards, with the images not coloured - so that I can sit in the sunshine tomorrow (fingers crossed) and be able to colour the image to match the papers on the card itself, so much more my style.

So here is one of the little guys that I coloured up in the sunshine.

He is a LOTV image, and such a natural looking fisherman.  I used a base green card and contrasting colour and some very old male papers from my stash, not really neglected, they just come out every time I need to do some of the male cards for the household.  I have used a MS edge punch and my nestie ovals and oval scallops.  I have added one of my little fish charms to this card.

Here is a close up of the little chappie concentrating for that very special fish

I would like to say thank you to those of my visitors who left me such lovely comments and get well wishes recently, much appreciated and we are all now feeling much better.  Whilst on this subject, get well wishes to Jane too.

I would like to enter this little creation into the following challenges

Your Next Stamp Challenge - Charming

InStyle Stamps - Colour Challenge

Tuesday Throwdown - Brads or eyelets

Hugs

Kate

xx

OMG!!! Total Retail Therapy

Hi to all of you in the land of blog

I have had a lovely weekend 

went to a 60th Birthday Bash last night rolled in at 1pm an then woke with a slight head at 10am this morning the best way to reduce a head is to go to the Beach Hut and craft so enjoyed making this little number for Grimsby Crafts.  

I have used some of my new stash again, the Wild Rose dotty papers and some old Papermania papers.  I decided to aim for a challenge for a change, which has not been the case for some time, but when Lynn at Grimsby Crafts asked me to show case a Whiff Of Joy image, I chose this one and it then the theme for their challenge just shouted out to me.

So here is what I created

I have made an easel card, with a coffee pearlescent base colour and contrast.  I have used my MS punch to create extra detail to the diagonal cut and some gorgeous dotty ribbon new from the Hobby House, along with the flowers and pearls.  I have paper pieced the shopping bags and added pearls to the flower buttons.

Here is a close up of the inner return

I added platinum stickles to the flowers and Spun Sugar distress ink around the image plate and sentiments.

Here is a close up of the image

She is like me had a fabulous time shopping yesterday.

I am entering this into the following challenges

Whiff of Joy - Buttons and Blooms

Catch The Bug - Scallops (punched edge)

Little Claire's - Flowers

Our Daily Bread - Leather or Pearls (real or faux)

Wags N Whiskers - more than one fold

Digi Doodle - Pearls 

DYSU - Layers

Hello to my new followers lovely to have you with me, and thank you to all those lovely visitors that take the time to leave such wonderful comments

Enjoy your evening

Kate

xx

Winter Wonderland DT - Have a Mousey Christmas

Good morning to you all in the land of blog

Today sees the next challenge at Winter Wonderland, but as always I cannot move on with out saying how fabulous the entries were into my recipe challenge last week, some great baking went on and some stunning creations, really enjoyed hopping about to see all you talented crafters.

The new challenge this week at Winter Wonderland is hosted by the very talented Lynsey and our sponsor is 

Whimsy Stamps and the theme is

Have a Mousey Christmas (show a mouse on your creation)

I could not resist the first inking of my winning Whiff of Joy stamp that I won from Jane at Jane's lovely cards and felt that this was the perfect opportunity to present her

Here is my DT creation for this week

It is an easel card and I used gold mirror card on the base and the papers are from the Papermania Silent Night stack.  I used an MS punch and a Nellie die for the image plate. I used a brilliance ink (an olive one oh I think that is correct) to edge the image.  The ribbons from stash not sure where purchased from now sorry but the bottom bow creation is a pull ribbon.  The pearls from the Hobby House and the sentiment on the easel came with the stamp and the inner is a Papermania. The flowers are from a local department store and a little gold stickles was added for the Christmas feel.  I used the stickles around the edges too after I had distressed them so the stickles would just pick up lightly.  The charm just showing near the ribbon is also from the Hobby House.

Here is a close up of the inner return and the pulled bow.

This is the close up of the image, I used copics to colour and a white gel pen for the highlights, I did use a little atyou glitter but it does not show up in the photograph.

So sweet isnt' she.

I am entering this creation into the following challenges

Creative Cottage - whose theme is embossing I embossed the Nellie die and also by hand embossed the image gold plate

Simon Says Stamp - whose theme is Punch Em!!

ABC - whose letter is G for Glitter (I have used glitter around all the distressed edges)

Papertake - whose theme is Sparkly and Bright

A Spoonful of Sugar - whose theme is Lets Get Punchy!!

Cupcake - whose theme is Sweet Treats

Aly's Sunday Challenge - whose theme is Distressed I have distressed the edges of all the papers and inked around the image and sentiment

Lots to Do - who would like to see an Easel Card or Shaped Cards

Totally Gorjuss - who would like to see Sparkle

Thank you to my lovely visitors for your inspirational comments, I love it when you leave comments as it allows me to return the visits.

This will post whilst I am at work courtesy of Mr Blogger and his effective scheduling and with hope at some point during the day I will be able to link the challenges up.  If not I will do this after I have been shopping, no not more craft shopping but food shopping, I know not as much fun but well it has to be done doesn't it?

Have a great weekend all

Hugs Kate xx

Let's Cook It Up with a Recipe at Winter Wonderland

Good morning to you all

It is Friday morning and that as always means we are nearly at the weekend and it is a new challenge at Winter Wonderland. 

I know that some of you are monitoring my posts as the suspense is killing you, you know who you are :) but sorry you might have to pop back later on today for the details or maybe not, oh I am just loving this - wouldn't it be funny if I was keeping you in suspense for nothing "roflmao" xx

This weeks challenge is

A RECIPE

of  2 papers, 1 Ribbon, 1 Snowflake and A Charm

and we are sponsored by our regular monthly sponsor

Gutted I cannot enter myself as I have not for some time been shopping with them but must remind myself to do so, after my Doncaster Dome Shopping Spree on Sunday :)

Here is my Design piece for this week

I think that this Whiff Of Joy image is one of my all time favorites, she is such a doll and beautiful to colour.  The base layer is gold mirror card.  The top papers are by Craft Creations and I purchased these at the Hobby House.  There are several colours to choose from.  I cut the front square into two traingles diagonally and ran a thin strip of gold across the join.  The image and image plate surround is a nestie and I used some green glitter and a glitter pad to create her swirly frame.  The ribbon is from stash.  The snowflake is acetate cut out with a cuttlebug die and then glass crystals glued onto this.  The large green brad and the charm are also from the Hobby House. I used liquid applique for her fluffy bits.

Here is the image on a close up showing the copic colouring

Isn't she a stunner :)

I am entering this creation into the following challenges

Crafty Purple Frog Challenge - who have a theme of Anything Goes

Southern Girls - who want to see our Glitter

Tuesday Throwdown - who have a theme of Anything Goes (I have already entered this with another creation and I cannot see if it says you cannot enter again with a different style of creation, but if I cannot enter twice, please delete this one thank you)

Thank you to all my lovely visitors and to those that leave me such inspiring and kind comments, which enables me to pop over to visit you in return and welcome to my new followers - hope I can continue to inspire you :)

Hope you all have a relaxing and creative weekend, I know I will as my darling hubby Matt is off on his very last fishing match of 2010, hope he does well :)

Hugs Kate

xx

Winter Wonderland DT - A Monochromatic Christmas Card

Happy Friday morning to you all and as you all know this welcomes the next Winter Wonderland Challenge which this week I am hosting.

Last week there were some amazing entries to Danielle's challenge and we really enjoyed seeing the different interpretations of a Single Layer card

Now this week the teamies and I all chose a colour and created our pieces for the challenge of

A Monochromatic Card

This is a card using one colour and either cream or white.  I chose the green tones, but check out the Challenge site and see the wonderful array of colours the team used.

We are sponsored this week by our ex teamie Terri

who is offering the random winner the choice of three of her amazing digis

So here is my DT card for this week

This is my first attempt at a Step card, an interesting configuration but a change which I enjoyed.  I have used a cream base card.  I have also used a paper I get regularly from the Hobby House is  by Craft Creations Ltd it uses the sentiments to perfection and I normally pair this with its matching paper but not on this occasion and the other is by Dovecraft called Jolly Happy Christmas I have used the greens from this stack but there are some lovely reds too.  The ribbon is also from the Hobby House as are the diamante's and the pearls.  I have used butter cream stazone on the acetate circle and framed this with a scallop nestie centred with a circle nestie.  I added the diamante's in green on each scallop and added pearls to the tips of the pearls on the acetate.  The floral arrangement created differently today taking me back numerous years to when I did my flower arranging course.  The base stem is a triple holly leaf spray from Papermania I have then added and twisted together all the other flowers from several places but now in my general flower stash.  I added a little bow at the bottom but wanted to show that it was a spray creation.

Here is a close up of the spray which I added some extra stickles too

Just look at those delish holly berries in green, just perfect for this colour scheme.  Here is a close up of the Whiff of Joy image an oldie but goodie, you can also see the swirls on the acetate too.

I used copics to colour the image

and added some more of the liquid applique for her fluffy bits.

Well now all I need to do is show you what I managed to combo this creation too, so here goes

A Pocketful of Posies - Floral Fantasy

The Shabby Tea Room - Photo inspiration - I used the cream and green from the photo

Totally Gorjuss - Flower
PaperPlay - A Shaped Card
Southern Girls - Anything Goes
Just Inspirational - A Christmas Card
Moving Along with the Times - Christmas

I would like to say hi to June from Dezinaworld who joined me recently and who took me over the 100 followers, check out her site, I do on a regular basis she has some lovely stuff.
and hi to Leigh and Troy also

Now don't forget I am still celebrating with Candy see here

Thank you to all my recent visitors who leave me such wonderfully inspiring comments, I love each and everyone of them they always make me smile.

I will be asking Mr Blogger to publish this post for me and I will link up via mobile at some point, isn't he great.

So all that is left for me to say is have a great crafty weekend

Hugs and Happy Crafting

Kate xx

Santa's feeling a little faded

and that would be because he has had a colour change.  

 Good morning all

I was blog hopping the other day and was inspired by a Santa in a different colour, so thought I really must try this.  So with the idea in mind that I really wanted to enter the Tickled Pink Stamps Monthly Challenge I started to create and then changed the image at the last minute and oops now I cannot enter the challenge, oh well.  I love the card anyway, how many times do we all do this I wonder. But the sketch was fab.

So a short post today as I really want to enter the Simon Roadshow Combined Celebration and that may take some time and I really need to see if Mr Blogger will let me start returning comments on those lovely visitors from last weeks WOYWW.

Here it is then

It is an easel card in white, black and pink.  The base card is black with papers from the DCWV "Rose Tinted Christmas" 6 x 6 multi stack.  There are several layers to the card and the image and sentiment are raised with foam pads for depth.  The lace is from a local department store and it is layered with a black ribbon (not sure of where this is from now) and the pink which is a papermania capsule collection co ordinate.  The Pearls I think are RWS but not 100% sure now as I have so many.  The Pink Brads are from the Hobby House.  The snowflakes on the image plate are stamped in glue and black glitter added, I have used the black glitter around the base black card too.

Now if you love shopping at the Hobby House don't forget I am still celebrating with Candy Here so do come and join me.

Here is a close up of the layers on the flower and that delish brad, paper shaper punches have been used the the flower.

and as always here is the close up of the image, showing the copic colouring a little glitter and the liquid applique puffed up for his furry bits.

Oh I can feel a whole selection of different coloured Santa's coming on and as the husband is on a Road Trip (on a bus) with his fishing buds going to a match quite a distance away and then drinking too and the son is in London with his fiance at the Twilight Convention I think, the house is going to be gloriously quiet, perfect for some quality crafting time.  The only thing that will spoil it is the ntl guy needs to visit this morning to fix the TV otherwise watching X Factor will be a bit wierd.  The TV picture keeps going black with sound and the picture and sound.  So annoying.  Oh and I am going for one of those "make me feel a new woman hair sessions at lunch time too" but other than that Beach Hut here I come.

So I am entering this card into the following challenges

Not Tickled Pink Stamps (but thanks for the sketch)

Whiff Of Joy - Layers, lots and lots and lots of them

Simon Says Challenge and Simon Says Stamp and Show  - Combined Seasonal Blog hop

ABC Christmas - S for Santa

Creative Inspirations - Lace and Sparkle
Crafty Emma's Challenge - An Easel Xmas Card
Play Date Cafe - A Colour Splash

Thank you to all of you who visit and leave such inspirational comments.

So I am going to do some blog hopping, Mr Blogger willing :)

cya soon

Hugs 

Kate 

xxx

Fabulous Darling

Good evening everyone and welcome to the weekend and hasn't it been a Fabulous week.

This evening I created a Birthday card, one of the many I need to do for my family and friends.  

As always I decided to search for some inspiration and found it on Friday Sketchers, what a lovely sketch and an opportunity for me to use my new nesties.  I also decided to go with this image horror of horrors out of this set that I purchased, I only opened this today :(

So the sketch at Friday Sketchers this week is

For once I have left it as is and not rotated it in anyway, although as you know I could not resist in adding the extras.

I am entering this card into the following challenges

Whiff Of Joy Challenge - Brown/Yellow and one other colour, I selected a lovely lime green.

Fab 'n' Funky - Make it yourself - I chose to make a dangling charm out of three charms (oh never again, what a nightmare, all those jump rings) and I coloured the bow to match the card with copics (you can never find a ribbon exactly the right colour)

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - Birthdays/Celebrations - I went with the Birthday option.

Stamp Something - 2 of Something - I have used two different size flowers, two different charms, two punched edges.

Well at least you did not have to wait for your drinks to go cold to get to the card this time.

Here it is

I have used some papers from the Hobby House, along with charms from a local department store, pins from the Hobby House coloured with copics again.  Flowers from Hobby Craft and my MS double loop punch to go around that new nestie.

Here is a close up of the created embellishment

The larger flower, showing those lovely pins

Here is the inner rotated but to match and the MSE sentiment.

Well it is my Wedding Anniversary tomorrow, so as I know he checks my blog out * Happy Anniversary Hun* well he is so special he deserves a special mention.

Thank you all for your lovely recent comments, and for those interested the finger is fully functional again and DH did a brill job as you can hardly see the cut.

Have fun crafting and cya soon

Kate xx

WOJ meets ABC Xmas and Copics via the Pixie Cottage

Good evening everyone

Well the National Grid Gas men have left us for the weekend, however due to return on Monday to continue with the total wrecking of the lives of the whole of those living in our little crescent, including ours.  I still have a hole outside the door, the other side of the fence and a covered one at the end of the driveway.

So to cheer myself up just a smidgen, I created this little easel card to meet the following challenges

Whiff of Joy - A Sketch 

ABC Christmas - C is for Candy and the extra is Pink

Pixie Cottage Challenge 8 - Pink & Red

Copic Colour Challenge - 

 

So here is the card

Made with some lovely Bo Bunny paper and some hammered green card from the Hobby House.  Pearls from the Hobby House, Ribbon from Tilly's, stamp I am not sure where I picked this up from.  Large flower from Hobby Craft, smaller floral additions from either Tickerty Boo or Trotters (Wilton Rd, Industrial Estate, Gy).  Leaves from a set from Hobby House and inner sentiment is MSE.  Stickles and liquid applique to give it the Xmas feel.

A close up of the floral embellishment

The inner return

The close up of the copic coloured Whiff of Joy - Henry Mouse image

Well up early tomorrow to get the housework done and to do some retail therapy with some crafting buddies at The Hobby House, which is back open tomorrow at 10 am.  See you there if your local.....

Enjoy the rest of your evening and maybe tomorrow I will be able to play with some new purchases.

chow for now

hugs Kate x

Whiff of Joy meets copics Birthday Card

Hello again,

Well I am sorry to say that there has been no further update on the inches and our team started on Friday to move a little from their homes.  Although I love the snow, when it hangs on this long it does get extremely frustrating.

On the way to work on Wednesday, if Tracey at Running with Scissors opened at 8am in the morning.  I could have quite easily left my car in the que of traffic and nipped over and done some retail therapy.  I sat outside her shop for 20 minutes without even moving.  (ohhhhhhhhhhhh the pangs).  

Ce la Vie.

I made two new year's resolutions which really go hand in hand.  I gave up smoking (9 days so far) and my reward for this is that each Friday evening I can order or place an order for the value of two packets of smokes - well £10.00.  So last night.............................

.................. I did do some on line shopping.  Joey will know what I ordered.  Thank you Joey, I am now in love with some adorable little critters....... the rest of you will have to wait till the postman delivers them so I can show them off.  Matt my husband and Mike my son, think they are pretty special also.

A little while back however still in 2010, I created a card to meet some challenges.  I was not that keen on the card and neither was Matt.  Well I got up this morning to view the next round of Saturday challenges and there was my name.  I had won via the random thing a me jig on The Penny Black Challenge, a £10 voucher from Claire at Valentines.  So on my reconing......................... I can order some more stamps or something and I am still not breaking my resolutions................... 

I am sure you will all think I am right on that one.

Well before I bore you all, I made this card to assist me in the many birthdays through out the year.  It is a tri way challenge card and I really like this one.  It is being entered into

Truly Scrumptious Challenge 23 - Sketch

Whiff of Joy Challenge 61 - A colour combo of aqua and red

Copic Colour Challenge 46 - 

Here is the card

  Red card from the Hobby House, aqua floral paper free with a magazine at some point.  Flowers made from same card and paper however the red large flower was stamped with black stazone with another previously free stamp which I believe is a papermania one.  The pearls, spacers and flower soft (sweet pea) etc from Hobby House as were the punches to make the flower and the leaf spray. Ribbon from stash.

Here are the close up of the floral bits

Here is the close up of the copics, again on the newer paper I bought and still not keen on it and I still prefer my old card but will persevere a bit longer.

Remember I mentioned about one of my xmas presents, the DIY brooch.  I got it out today to consider it for tomorrow. 

Saw this

and this

and might iron instead............................

Have a lovely evening and thanks for taking the time to check out my creations and view my other work.  Thanks for your previous lovely comments

Chow for now

Hugs Kate xx

Christmas Cards and Copics

Hello again, oooooooooooooh 8 more days............

Well a few final cards, next year (don't laugh) I intend to make a xmas card a week, so that I am well over my quota. 

These cards are made using the basic grey papers from my new pad along with the lovely leather effect red paper I got from the Hobby House, along with the pearls.  Flowers from Hobby Craft and Trotters, ribbon from stash and I know don't laugh a little stick on for the sentiment (a speed thing). Glitter AtYou Pen clear used for that subtle glitter effect on the image.

A close up of the embelishments

and image

Another, brad from the Hobby House and a little liquid applique.

the embelishments

and the image

Well going to wrap my final presents, and the secret santa present for my works day out.  Going out this afternoon to catch up with a few close friends, can't wait.

Thanks for taking the time to view my posts and for your very kind comments.

Kate x