Butterfly Box Crafty Ribbons Inspiration

Good morning to you all

Today is my first day to inspire you over at the 

Crafty Ribbons Inspirational Blog

and I decided to do some up-cycling.  This box arrived with lots of crafty goodies in it originally, but I needed a box to put a gift in, so using the recent release 

Nature Ribbon - Butterflies,

here is what I made.

I started this box by adding a coat or two of gesso.  I then added some gorgeous papers that I ordered through the Hobby House.  I punched some white card with my MS edge punch and ran this around the edge at the top and bottom.  I added some pearl strings from the Hobby House on to this.  I ran the gorgeous ribbon around the box.  I then added some liquid pearls around the punch work.  On the top I added an array of flowers from Clickit4Crafts and a few odd ones from my stash.  Those butterflies of course those new dies from Wild Rose Studio, in colours to match the ribbon butterflies.  Finishing off with liquid pearl bodies, a sentiment and a couple of flourishes from the Hobby House.  All links to shops are in my where I shop page.

This photo shows that the box was a little damaged from my eagerness to open it originally, however once the gift was in I could seal it down straight :)

Here is the top view with the array of summer coloured flowers.

Just a reminder, I have candy on offer at the moment, see my sidebar

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.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges

Charisma Cardz - Show us what else you can do

Crafty Creations - Things with Wings

Divas by Design - Ribbons and Flowers

Hugs Kate 

xx

Wild Rose Studio Candy Time

Good morning all

Today I have some new candy for you all.  One of those gorgeous dies that are so popular, but I do want to let you all know that if you enter my own candy you can also enter the Wild Rose Studio Candy too, so once you have linked up do hop over here 

Wild Rose Studio Inspirational Blog

so back to my candy

This is one of the creations I made using this particular die

So what do you need to do to win ?

you must be a follower of this 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 

31st July 2014 @ 5pm

Hugs Kate 

xx

Pretty Purple Roses with Elsie and Wild Rose Studio

Good morning to you all

As you know by now, today is my day to share with you a creation made with those fabulous 

Wild Rose Studio 

products.  I was asked a little while ago to make a cat themed purple card for a mum, and well this image was a must, and just perfect so

Using

Image - Elsie with Roses

I made an 8" birthday card

The base layer is a pale lilac, those papers Papermania.  The grand nestie circle dies used to frame the image and then the flowers from Live and Love Crafts and also Clickit4Crafts.  The ribbon from Crafty Ribbons and then all of those gorgeous embellishments from the Hobby House, so that is the charm, the large pearl medallion, the heart flourish the little pearls and the tiny rhinestones.  All the links to the items used are on my Where I shop page.

Here is a close up of the copic coloured image with a little Atyou glitter pen for the sparkle on the flowers. 

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.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges

Crafting from the heart - Anything goes

Imagination Crafts Challenge - Anything Goes

The East Wind - Ribbon

The Sisters of Craft - Anything Goes

Loves Rubber Stamps - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Hugs Kate 

xx

Candy Winner

Good morning to you all

I do love a candy winning day, I get so excited, so I won't ramble on but will introduce to you Mr Random, who dressed in his tux, drew the following lucky winner.................. drum roll please

oh my I have never done a random and got number one before!!! So congratulations number 1, that is you Jane.

If you would like to mail me here, with your full name and address with WRS Kate's candy in the subject line, I will get this posted out to you.

Thank you all for following along with my daily posts and entering my candy, it is a shame that only one can win, but I will have some new candy on offer soon

Happy Crafting

Kate 

To My Wonderful Wife at Christmas Time with the House Mouse DT

Good morning to you all
Now as you know I decided at the beginning of the year to take a little back seat from my HM creations, however I sat quietly and coloured this lovely up over the week and yesterday created a Christmas card with it so here I am in my "floater position" to say

Today sees the next challenge at the 

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge 

so what is it I hear you asking well here you go for them details

Anything Goes

so here is my creation but don't forget to hop over and see the rest of the gorgeous inspiration from the rest of the Design Team

The base colour on this one is that lovely pearlescent green and I have used those lovely Papermania papers, before adding a grand nestie decorative circle along with those usual embellies so the red roses, charm, rhinestone bling and surround, ribbon and little rhinestones are all from the Hobby House, see where I shop link.  The sentiment sitting on a nestie banner is computer generated.

Here is a close up of the image coloured in copics

love this image, don't you 

any way if you would like to

SHOW-OFF your very own House-Mouse, Gruffies and Happy Hoppers Creations* by submitting your designs to the official House-Mouse Designs® site, found HERE

    

I would like to enter the following challenges

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
GraphitMarkers - Anything Goes
My Time To Craft - Christmas in June
Simon Wednesday - Anything Goes

okay off you pop and play along, cannot wait to see your entry

Hugs Kate

Candy Sticky

Hi all, would not want you to miss out on that candy so this is a sticky to take you to it

Candy

hugs Kate xx

At the Beach 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 Generic Card

Using

Hobby House Art Colouring Book Elisabeth Bell - Summer Daze

Roses and Lemon Cherry Blossom

Rhinestone flourish

Rhinestones

Charm

The base colour and contrast is a lovely sea blue, with papers from Bearly Mine I believe.  I used the MS PATP daisy.

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

Artbymiran - Anything Goes

Chocolate Coffee - Summer Days

Craft for Craic - Something Summery or with flowers

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

Fussy and Fancy - Summertime

Jelly Park - oh we do like to be beside the seaside

The Crafty Challenge - At the Sea

Wags N Whiskers - Summer Fun

Simon Wednesday - Anything Goes

Hugs Kate 

xx

Happy Anniversary 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 an Anniversary Card

Using

Hobby House Art Colouring Book Elisabeth Bell - Summer Daze

Pearls

White Roses and Lemon Cherry Blossom coloured with DI

Fancy Button

The base layer and contrast is orange and the papers again from Create and Craft the black and white block, coloured to match the image, the panel strip has a left over of my Bearly Mine papers on it.  The sentiment is of course Wild Rose Studio. The tag sentiments are Woodware and the ribbon of course from Crafty Ribbons.  All links in my where I shop page.

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

Crafter Cafe - Polka dots and ribbon

Simon Wednesday - Anything Goes

Stampotique - Anniversary Wedding Love

DRS Designs - It's New (colour art book)

Milk Coffee - Summer fun

Southern Girls - Dying to see those punches

Hugs Kate 

xx

A Pop of Shocking Pink and Exciting News

Morning all

Oh my I have kept this quiet for a little while, although Ali did mention it and showed off my lovely little Wedding car a little while ago on the challenge blog, but today I can officially say I was thrilled to be asked to join the

Crafty Ribbons Design Team

and I am on the Ribbons Team, now if you know me and my ribbons and bows, well this just suits me down to the ground :)  So I have now added the links to the shop in my where to shop page (well it was already there) and added the link to the challenge and inspirational blog in my side bar.

The challenge this week is

Stitching Real or Fake & Ribbons

I wanted to get started playing straight away, and had just ordered for a big Wedding order some wow shocking pink wide ribbon so decided to do a black and white card with a pop of colour, and yes Pink being the colour, I love how it turned out, hope you like too.

I made another of my half circle card, loving creating these with my grand nesties at the moment.

So I used on of those Hobby House Elisabeth Bell Art Colouring Book images and coloured in her monotone, well apart from a splash of hot pink.  I used white for the base layer and the shocking pink card as the first colour layer and for the contrast, The papers well I remember stroking these for ages before a crafting friend gave me therapy and finally I opened the stack and dated to cut into them.  They are Paris Nights, don't you just love a good flocked paper. I used a white gel pen to create my faux stitching.    I created the sentiment on the computer and used a nestie to cut it out.  I made a triple bow with that lush ribbon along with a fancy button and black rose from the Hobby House and some beautiful tulips again in shocking pink from Clickit4Crafts.  I finished off with a few grey fern branches from my Marianne strip die, some shocking pink pearls and lots of those aura rhinestones from the Hobby House.  All of the items used today can be found on the links in my Where I shop page.

The ribbon, which I have to say was ordered in by the wonderful Bev at Crafty Ribbons just for me, so is not in the store but you can like I did mail in to Bev who is wonderful and will help you in anyway with any special requirement. 

Here is a close up of the copic coloured image and a little of that gorgeous satin ribbon

As always I would like to welcome all of my new followers and thank all of my wonderful visitors, who leave a comment so that I can hop over and see your own fabulous work.

I would like to enter the following challenges with this little number

Craft Your Passion - Bold and Beautiful

Just Inspirational - Anything Goes

Inky Impressions - Anything Goes

Simon Wednesday - Anything Goes

Hugs Kate x

Happy Birthday Dad for Wild Rose Studio

Good morning to you all

A busy week for my scheduling I am afraid so here is the second post for today, to see my Guest Designer creation for Elisabeth Bell Challenge, please scroll down, however this is my normal day for my addiction to those

Wild Rose Studio 

products.  I went with some more colouring with my Distress Inks, just so enjoying playing with these.

So Using

Image - Dad Balloons
Papers - Icing on the Cake
Die - Corner Flourish

Here is a Dad Birthday Card

The base layer and contrast is a lovely lemon and I have used one of my new MFT circle dies with that lovely pierced edge and layered this onto a plain circle nestie.  I used one of my MS edge punches for the layer and added the flourish die to the corner before finishing off with those gorgeous Hobby House (see where I shop) pearls, fancy button, charm and ribbon.

Here is the close up of that sweet image

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

Addicted to Stamps - Polka Dots
Glitter and Sparkle - Yellow
OSAAT - anything Goes
Crafty Bowz - anything goes

have a lovely day

Hugs

Kate 

xx

"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