"Summertime" with Elisabeth Bell's Challenge

Good morning to you all

Fingers crossed this has posted at the correct time :)

I was thrilled the other week to be lucky enough to be chosen as a winner at

Elisabeth Bell's World

thank you ladies, and I got to choose two lovely digi images, took me ages as you can imagine, but that was not all of the winnings, as they also asked me if I would like to be a Guest Designer for them, well it would have been so rude not too, and I so enjoyed playing to create this little number to meet the challenge theme of

Summertime

So I do hope you will hop over and join in the challenge, and here is my creation

I decided it was about time I used up some of my purchases from Whichcraft, so used this centre step card to create a scene of Summertime.  The pearl strings from the Hobby House are representing the pebble pathway, the lovely layer of blooms from Clickit4Crafts is the flower border.  The little fence is cut on my silhouette as is the little open gate.  I used a Marianne die to create the grass (three layers of colours), I added the beautiful trellis from the Floral Frame set by Wild Rose Studio. I added more flowers on the trellis.  I added two little birds coloured with copics.  The silhouette cut sunshine.  The Memory Box clouds.  The sentiment is from Wild Rose Studio from the birthday greetings set. The oval decorative die is a nestie.  The image pierced die from My Mum's Craft shop, loving this at the moment.  The image is from those new Hobby House Art Colouring Books Elisabeth Bell - Merry Weather and believe it or not the papers that you can hardly see are from Lidl.

Here is the straight on view

and the close up of that beautiful image coloured in copics

Well I hope that has inspired you to enter the challenge too, as I would love to see you over there.

As always I would like to welcome my new followers and say thank you to all my wonderful visitors, that leave such lovely comments that allow me to visit you all in return.

I would like to enter the following challenges

Elisabeth Bell's World - Summertime (I know I get to enter too, awesome)

My Crafty Spot - Shaped Cards

The Paper Girls - Summer Lovin

Whoopsi Daisy - Summer is Here

Crafty Sentiment - Summer colours

Just Inspirational - Summer

Our Daily Bread - birthdays

Sweet Stampin - Summer

hugs 

Kate

xx

Father's Day with the Hobby House

Good morning to you all

Today is my day to showcase one of those gorgeous Art Colouring Book images for the month's showcase at the

Hobby House Inspirational Blog

if you have not seen all of those gorgeous creations do hop over and take a look.

These are the art books that were introduced to you on the last Create and Craft TV viewing.  

I made a father's day card

Using

Hobby House Art Colouring Book Elisabeth Bell - Summer Daze

Pearls

Ribbon

The base layer and contrast is a deep blue and the papers are from a black and white block from Create and Craft TV.  I coloured them with copics to match the image. The grand decorative round nestie and plain round nestie and a small nestie was used.  The sentiment is of course Wild Rose Studio.

Here is a close up of that image, coloured in copics on this occasion, I keep writing this however keep watching as this may change now and again lol :)

I would like to take a moment to say hello to all my new followers and thank all of my visitors for their wonderful comments, which allows me to hop over and visit you in return.

Don't forget I currently have candy running 

here

Hugs Kate 

xx

Wedding Bunting

Good morning to you all

wow what a week that was, hope you all had a great week too.

I am back today to show you some more of the Wedding Order that I have recently just finished.  This is the two sets of bunting, one for the head table and the other for the Candy Buffet

Sorry about the photo's it is really difficult to capture both sets together but hopefully you can see them well enough.

I made both layers of the bunting by creating my own silhouette cameo cut files :)  Then from the online store I located the font for the wording and also the rosettes.  I spent ages over a few Saturday's watching my lovely machine cut out all of the bits and then as you can imagine spent quite a while longer putting it all together.

The ribbon from Crafty Ribbons a thank you to Bev for the speedy delivery. 

All of the flowers are from Clickit4Crafts, of which again, I would like to send my heartfelt thanks to the wonderful ladies for matching perfectly the colours I sent over.  The colours for the wedding are shocking pink and orange and wow what a job they did.  I cannot thank them enough.  So do hop and visit them they have the most amazing customer service.

As always I love to say hello to my new followers, and thank all of my visitors for their lovely comments, which allows me to visit you in return to leave you some love on your own creations.

Don't forget I currently have candy running 

here

and even if you have entered my own candy you can also enter the 

Wild Rose Studio Inspirational Blog candy too

you can find that 

here

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

Creative Cutting Challenge - Anything Goes

Incy Wincy - Bright Funky Colours

Lil Red Wagon - Wedding Theme

The Paper Shelter - Anything but a Card

Sisterhood of Crafters - Weddings

Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes

have a lovely day

Hugs

Kate 

xx

Best Wishes with the Hobby House

Good morning to you all

Today is my day to showcase one of those gorgeous Art Colouring Book images for the month's showcase at the

Hobby House Inspirational Blog

if you have not seen all of those gorgeous creations do hop over and take a look.

These are the art books that were introduced to you on the last Create and Craft TV viewing.  This card was on the show at the front, so here it is for your inspiration.

I made a female birthday card

Using

Hobby House Art Colouring Book Elisabeth Bell - Merry Weather

Pearls

Ribbon

Cameo

Pearl Strings

Roses

The base layer is cream with some gorgeous pink and brown papers, sorry forgot to record where they were from.  I used a decorative oval for the image frame and distressed with TH antique linen, I used the Joy Crafts border butterfly die, a memory box die and some tags along with a fern branch strip die from Marianne I believe, oh and not forgetting the MS border punch.

Here is a close up of that image, coloured in copics on this occasion.

I would like to take a moment to say hello to all my new followers and thank all of my visitors for their wonderful comments, which allows me to hop over and visit you in return.

Don't forget I currently have candy running 

here

I would like to enter this into the following challenges

Divas by Design - 3 or more layers

Everybody Art Challenge - Pearls

Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes

Love to Create - Anything Goes

Simon Wednesday Challenge - You Gotta have Friends

Through the Purple Haze - Anything Goes

Hugs Kate 

xx

Wild Rose Studio Soft Ted

Good morning to you all

Now I have had my distress markers for some time and have been quietly practicing with them.  

Before I go on I would like to thank the wonderful 

Squirrel 

for her advice and guidance and hope I did you proud.  So this is my first card created with my water coloured image and it just had to be with one of those

Wild Rose Studio

images.  As you know how much I love them.  So with a birthday card

Using

Image - Teddy with Present

Sentiment - Birthday Greetings

What do you think!!!!!

I made another half circle card with my grand nesties.  The base colour and contrast is pink with aqua Papermania paper, one of my new MFT dies.  I made all the flowers from the same papers before adding some white sprigs and some leaves and just a small swirl of pearls from the Hobby House.  In the centre of some of the flowers are pearl brads and spacers also from the Hobby House.

Here is a close up if I dare, I am hoping I got the shading right

I have recently had so many lovely comments, especially on my last post my Wedding car, and I am touched by them all, you are all so kind.  I would also like to welcome my new followers and will be hopping over to say hi to you all soon.

Don't forget I currently have candy running 

here

and even if you have entered my own candy you can also enter the 

Wild Rose Studio Inspirational Blog candy too

you can find that 

here

I would like to enter this into the following challenges

Simon Monday Challenge - Anything Goes

hugs

Kate

xx

Wedding Car

Good morning to you all

and wow what a lovely week it has been, I have had my legs out all week, which means they are no  where near the colour of my creation today (white).  Now I have been over the past few months, working on a large wedding order and the Pièce de résistance is the creation I am sharing with you today.  Now I do have to warn you this post is photo heavy, but I am sure when you see why you will understand.  I did make one of these a while ago, from a template I purchased.  However I decided with the assistance of my wonderful hubby Matt to firstly make lots of changes to the design and secondly to make it into a cut file for my silhouette cameo, so I can make lots more easily in the future.  

okay so I have gone on enough let me show you, the creation I made for the lovely lady at work for the Bride as the Wedding Card

This is the side view, all of the embellishments you see here except for the flowers and ribbon are from the Hobby House.  

The ribbon from Crafty Ribbons a thank you to Bev for getting me the size and colour. 

All of the flowers are from Clickit4Crafts, of which I would like to send my heartfelt thanks to the wonderful ladies for matching perfectly the colours I sent over.  The colours for the wedding are shocking pink and orange and wow what a job they did.  I cannot thank them enough.  So do hop and visit them they have the most amazing customer service.

The front where I have added rhinestone sparklers in the head lamps, the double heart charm with a heart rhinestone sparkler set in it.

The little wing mirrors made by my lovely hubby and the bird emblem like those posh cars

The little pearl bow handles and the rhinestone sparklers on the front of the wing mirrors.  The pink ribbon and strings of pearls

The rear lights little red rhinestone sparklers, the hub caps those lovely pearl brads.  The number plate is one of my dies.

The sentiment is a new one from Grimsby Crafts, just perfect.  You can see the shocking orange ribbon here.

A top view to see the seats and the stearing wheel which is a button from my stash.

The close up of my husbands wonderful work, the pink wire made windscreen wipers and the wing mirrors which were frantaged too.

Another close up of the back.

And finally with the help of a McVities Biscuit box and the awesome ideas from my wonderful hubby, the acetate presentation box.

oh all of the orange and pink card is from Papermill Direct.

The little tag on the front ready to be personalised by my work lady.

If you look carefully in the reflection you can see the next wedding piece I will share with you.

I had such fun making this and I am thrilled with the results as is the new owner.

I would like to welcome my new followers, thank all of my wonderful visitors for their fabulous comments which allow me to hop to see you in return.

Don't forget I currently have candy running 

here

and even if you have entered my own candy you can also enter the 

Wild Rose Studio Inspirational Blog candy too

you can find that 

here

I would like to enter this into the following challenges

silhouette challenge - shaped card (it is the wedding card)

Stampin for the Weekend - Anything Goes

QKR - Anything Goes

Cut it Up - Wedding Bells

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Weddings

Southern Girls - punches and die cuts

Paper crafting journey - Anything Goes

Crafty Ribbons - Anything goes with ribbon

hugs

Kate

xx

Delicious Frosty Scene

 Good Morning to you all in the land of blog

Friday again and another Christmas card for you, this one full of glitter and what a mess it was to make too, but love how it turned out.

 

So this one is made with white card and red glitter card and some of my new nesties :) love how they layer up so beautifully and they seemed the perfect base for this gorgeous Delicious Doodles image.  The image itself was just printed onto my normal card in greyscale.  It did not need any colouring at all as the shading is done for you, so a real quick card all in all.

The time was taken to add the little stickles red tree baubles and the frosted lace stickles for the snow all around, here is a close up

 Just one beautiful image don't you think?

I would like to say hello to all 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.

Don't forget I currently have candy running 

here

and even if you have entered my own candy you can also enter the 

Wild Rose Studio Inspirational Blog candy too

you can find that 

here

I would like to enter this creation into the following challenges

Delicious Doodles - Use your favorite image

Winter Wonderland - A Christmas Scene

City Crafter - Birds

Holly Jolly - Winter Birds

Sparkle n Sprinkle - Anything Goes (glitter)

Squigglefly - Christmas

hugs

xxxxx

Birthday Blues with the Hobby House

Good morning to you all

Today is my day to showcase one of those gorgeous Art Colouring Book images for the month's showcase at the

Hobby House Inspirational Blog

if you have not seen all of those gorgeous creations do hop over and take a look.

These are the art books that were introduced to you on the last Create and Craft TV viewing.  This card was on the show but was not shown, so here it is for your inspiration.

I made an almost monochromatic little boys birthday card

Using

Hobby House Art Colouring Book Elisabeth Bell - Summer Daze

Pearls

Charm

Fancy Button

Ribbon

The base layer is a gorgeous deep blue, topped with digital papers from Bearly Mine and I used the grand nestie decorative circle and plain circle for the layer and a small circle nestie to frame the Wild Rose Studio sentiment.

Here is a close up of that image, coloured in copics on this occasion.

I would like to take a moment to say hello to all my new followers and thank all of my visitors for their wonderful comments, which allows me to hop over and visit you in return.

Don't forget I currently have candy running 

here

and even if you have entered my own candy you can also enter the 

Wild Rose Studio Inspirational Blog candy too

you can find that 

here

I would like to enter this into the following challenges

Card4Guyz - Child's Birthday

Crafty Sentiments - for a male

Ladybug Crafts - for him

Oldie But a Goodie - Masculine (back to my old nesties)

Papertake Weekly - for the boys

Marker Pop - Anything Goes

Hugs Kate 

xx

Purple Birthday's with the Wild Rose Studio

Good morning to you all

Today as you know is my day for sharing with you some more of those gorgeous products from

Wild Rose Studio

Today I have another purple female birthday card to share with you and of course a reminder about that publication candy

Now I know that some of  you are entering my candy which you can find here, but on this occasion there is another opportunity to win some candy on the 

Wild Rose Studio Inspiration Blog

So do hope you will all hop over and enter both of them :)

So Using

Dies - Floral Frame, Oval Frame 

Papers - Butterfly Glade

Sentiment - Birthday Greetings

Image - Mouse on Presents

The base layer on this one along with the contrast is some purple card.  I have added some lace from Grimsby Crafts, the flowers from Clickit4Crafts and the rhinestones and rhinestone heart from the Hobby House.

Here is that copic coloured close up.

As always I would like to say hello to all my new followers, and thank all my wonderful visitors who take the time to leave me such lovely comments, which allows me to pop over and visit them in return.

I would like to enter the following challenges

Cards Galore - Use a Stamp or digi
Stamping Sensations - Animal Antics
2 Cute Ink - Birthday Challenge
Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes

Hugs

Kate

xx

Birthday Wishes

Good morning to you all

At the weekend, I got to do lots of playing, Matt went fishing :), I have really got to grips with my distress marker water colouring, so will have something to show you soon, however this little number was one of my copic colouring sessions and I do love now and again colouring up those Magnolia's

So with a birthday card for you today and a little blue and cream

and I had not done this style of card for ages so thought I would re visit it

The contrast is a cream card stock as is the base layers and those papers are Papermania from Grimsby Crafts.  I used all of my grand nestie circles, plain and decorative to create the card base and the layers.  I used my new paper pierce die (from My Mum's Craft Shop) to cut out my image and distressed with antique linen through the die, before adding some frantage.  I used the MS heart punch and frantaged this up too.  The sentiment is stampersaurus and this sits in a nestie banner die.  I added a few flowers from Clickit4Crafts and the Hobby House, the string of pearls, charm, rhinestone heart, fancy button and ribbon from the Hobby House and the pins from Live and Love crafts I think.

Here is a close up of the image coloured in copics with a little Atyou glitter pens for the stars, headdress and champagne

A cool frock in those blues :)

I would like to welcome my new followers, and thank all of my visitors who leave me such wonderful comments, allowing me to hop over and visit you in return.

Oh a reminder my current WRS candy is running in the post above and don't forget you can also enter the Wild Rose Studio Inspirational Blog candy too.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges

Magnolia licious - Birthdays

MarkerPop - Anything Goes

Bunny Zoe - Layers

Simply Magnolia - Pin Up

Mid week Magnolias - Frame It

My Mum's Craft Shop - Anything Goes

Stamp and Create with Magnolia - Spring Fancy Folds

Hugs Kate xx

Happy Father's Day

Good morning to you all

Wow what a lovely day it was yesterday, hope you all had some of that yellow stuff like we did.  However on Saturday with all that wet stuff, I had a chance to play, so made this little number to add to my Father's Day card collection.

The base layer and contrast is a deep green, I used some papers that I got from Grimsby Crafts and then one of the images from the Hobby House Art Colouring Book Elisabeth Bell - Summer Daze.  The ribbon and rhinestones are from the Hobby House also and the sentiment one of the best Father's Day ones and I love this set is by Wild Rose Studio.

Here is the image coloured in copics, oh and just wanted to say thank you to Vicky my WRS DT buddie for guiding me in the direction of pierced die.

Love how it frames the image with all those tiny stitch marks. I got mine from My Mum's Craft Shop as my normal shop was out of stock.

Anyway a quick hello to my new followers, an apology for my MIA with my comments to all my lovely visitors as I have not managed to get back to visit you all over the last few days, but normal service will resume now :)

I would like to enter this one into the following challenges

QKR - Fathers Day

A Little Bit Crafty - child's play

Bearly Mine - One for the Boys

DiesRUs - Father's Day

Really Reasonable Ribbon - Masculine

CMC - Anything Goes

Simon Wednesday - Father's Day

Hugs Kate

xx

Birthday Purples with the Wild Rose Studio and some Candy

Good morning to you all

Back as promised with that front cover card from

Papercraft Essentials

for 

Wild Rose Studio

Now when Dulcie told me the theme and colours I was just in my element as it is all purples and female birthday's which I have to say works so well with the WRS products identified to use.  So I loved working on them.

So here is the front cover card to inspire you to pop out and purchase your copy

Using

Dies - Floral Frame

Image - Bluebell with Butterfly

Papers - Bluebell

Sentiment - Birthday Greetings

The base layer is a lovely middle range purple, which picks up the purples on the image an those papers.  The die has been layered with another die behind to make it pop off the page.  I wrapped that lush purple ribbon around the corners of the card, before adding those gorgeous Hobby House embellishments, the pearls, the rhinestone flourish and the fancy button. I distressed the edges of the image through the die with TH DI in shaded lilac

Here is that close up of the image for you coloured in copics

Now onto that publication candy, don't forget that there is some more on the inspiration blog too.

If you would like to be in with a chance to win this here is what you need to do
you must be a follower of my blog to win the candy as it is a thank you for one of you,  

remember to place the photo on your sidebar

please only enter once to make it fair on everyone. 

Mr Random will choose the winner after checking the above criteria has been met, so leave your link with him please

No candy only blogs please

This candy will remain open until the the 

29th June 2014 @ 5pm

I would like to say hello to all 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

Magnolia licious - Happy Birthday

Craft Dee Bowz - Anything Goes with including a hand made bow

Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes

hugs

xxxxx

Thrilled to be Published Wild Rose Studio

Morning to you all

It has been a little hectic here, sorting out Matt's car as it was written off when a baby Bambi ran out in front of the car a couple of week's ago, thankfully Matt was not hurt, unfortunately the Bambi and the car are dead.  After all the inconvenience he finally picked his new car up yesterday.  I also managed to finish my large wedding order and things are finally settling down in the household.

Anyway today I am thrilled to let you know that a couple of months ago, the lovely Dulcie owner of 

Wild Rose Studio

asked me to create some cards for the Papercraft Essentials Magazine and yesterday my copy popped through the door, and with excitement increased as one of my cards is on the front cover, I do so love being a cover girl and at my age too!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now I am allowed to share one card with you, so will be doing that tomorrow along with - yes you guessed it some more candy, and again the candy will be in two places.  One lot on my own blog and the other on the

Wild Rose Studio Inspirational Blog

So to wet your appetite's for tomorrows posting and to encourage you all to hop out and buy a copy

cya in the morning

Hugs

Kate

xx

Candy Winner

Good morning to you all

Oh I do love a Candy day, and today there are two of them, my own and of course the three lucky winners of the New Release Candy on the 

Wild Rose Studio Inspirational Blog

so do hop over to see if you have won :)

so on to my own candy

which was these gorgeous panels

So as always I asked Mr Random to do the honors and he chose

Congratulations    Kate   if you would like to contact me here, providing me with your full name and address, I will get your candy in the post to you

thank you to all of you who entered, don't be disappointed you might have been lucky on the WRS page and I will have some more gorgeous bits to give away soon

Hugs Kate xx