That's one way to travel!

Hi everyone, well as you can see I didn't do my ironing. Well not yet anyway. I made a quick card instead. And after tea I made chocolate brownies. New recipe so I hope they turn out ok!

Well I thought I was never going to get this photo uploaded. I've been trying for ages and Mr Blogger was being really awkward. Out here in the country my broadband connection is very slow at the best of times but today it's just a nightmare! Anyway fingers crossed I'll get this posted safely.

I used :-

Image :- Gruffies - Bears on Ice.

DP :- Dovecraft - Let it Snow.

Colouring :- Promarkers.

Snowflake :- Martha Stewart punch.

Sentiment and card candy :- Craftwork Cards.

Glamour Dust.

I'm entering the following challenges with this card :-

House Mouse :- Way to go - travel.
Fussy and Fancy :- Sketch.
Pile it on :- Funny bone - funny sentiment or image. Well I think it's a funny image!

Isn't that cute? I love the House Mouse and Gruffies images they're really fun images. This is such a big image that I didn't want to add much to the card I'm just letting the image take centre stage.

Now I'd best give in and do my ironing. I like to iron the day I wash and besides my work trousers are in the pile lol!

What a Helpful Doggie!

Peace at last! The pups are sleeping so maybe I can get something done now. So far all I have done today is let pups out to the toilet (seems like dozens of times), feed them, walk them!! Apart from that I've cut lots of cards to the size I want and folded it. I've also embossed lots of card so now maybe I can do something about making some cards. I really need to make a lot of quick cards so I can get them posted. After I've printed labels and written the cards of course.

This is a quick card I made last night. These LOTV cute squaresare a real lifesaver this year!

I used :-

Image :- LOTV cute squares.

Sentiment and Card candy :- Craftwork Cards.

Snowflake :- Martha Stewart punch.

Touch of Promarker round snowflake and sentiment.

Glamour dust on girl's hat, scarf and trims.

Glitter for snow and edge of image and DP.

DP :- Dovecraft.

I'm going to enter the following challenges with this card :-

Sketch and Stash :- Sketch and cute squares are new stash.

Secret Crafter :- Christmas.

Stamp Something :- Christmas card or colours.

Creative Card Crew :- Anything Goes.

Hope you like! Just about time to have a coffee now and get the tea into the oven while the 2 menaces are asleep. And then  try to get on with some more cards.

Thanks for looking.

Just Cute Bears & Friends#40 Winter Birthday.

Good morning everyone, hope you're having a nice weekend. The weather here has been pretty horrible but after working full-time last week I'm just glad of a couple of days off!

Thanks to everyone who joined us at Just Cute Bears & Friendslast time for our black and white plus one other colour challenge. I saw some lovely cards when I was visiting your blogs. I hope you'll want to join us this fortnight for our new challenge. This time we'd like you to make a card for a winter birthday. As usual we're happy for you to combine with other challenges as long as you follow our theme and mention Just Cute Bears & Friends in your post.

Here's my card. I was going to show you the card I made for Poppy's birthday but that wouldn't do as the image I used is LOTV's little ballerina which is obviously not a cute animal!

I used :-

Image :- Forever Friends.

DP:-  Dovecraft  lovely glittery papers. 

Sentiment :- Craftwork Cards.

Jewels :- Hobby House.

Colouring :- Promarkers and Sakura clear glitter gel pen.

Flowers and jewel brad from stash.

I'm going to enter the following challenges :-

Teddy Stampers :- Sketch and bling it on.

Daring Cardmakers :- We 3 - jewels. Was going to say DP till I realised I had 4 different ones!

If you've got time I'd love to hear what you think. And do pop over to Just Cute Bears & Friends and see the lovely cards my teamies have made.

Thanks for looking, enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Kat xx

Crafty Cardmakers 34 Card and Matching Gift.

Doesn't Monday come round quickly? I hope everyone had a lovely weekend. Now it's time for another challenge over at Crafty Cardmakers. Thank you to everyone who joined in our last challenge, I enjoyed popping past your blogs and seeing your lovely creations and I hope you'll join us again this time. Our embossing challenge from last week is still open so you've still got time to enter it too.

Our challenge this fortnight is to make a card and matching gift. I found a tutorial for a simple box with a lovely scalloped lid over at Splitcoast Stampers. When I say simple I really mean that. If I can make it anyone can lol! I used the lovely sketch at Papertake Weekly for my card. I think the card might also fit the "Holiday" challenge at ABC.

Don't you just love this little cutie, he's so happy!!

And here he is again on my box.

I used :-

Image :- Penny Black.

DP :- Dovecraft.

Colouring :- Promarkers.

Sentiment :- Craftwork Cards.

Snowflakes :- Martha Stewart punch.

Jewels :- Hobby House.

Glitter.

Hope you like and please let me know what you think If you've got a minute to spare. I'm sure my teamies would also love to hear from you, I know they've made some beautiful cards and gifts this week.

I have to work full time this week as my colleague is on holiday so I'm hoping to catch up with your blogs in the evening. Perhaps during my lunch hour at work I'll get on with a jumper I'm knitting for Oliver. He was a year old last week - I can't believe how quickly the last year has gone! Poppy will be three next week and it seems like no time since she was born too. I must be getting old lol!

Just Cute Bears & Friends#38 Sketch.

Good morning girls and time for another challenge over at Just Cute Bears. First of all I should tell you that we have changed the format (and the name) and we are now Just Cute Bears and Friends. This means that as well as bears we are happy to see any cute animals on your cards and projects.

Thanks to everyone who joined us this last fortnight for our baby card challenge. I enjoyed seeing all your lovely baby cards. This week we have a lovely sketch to follow from our talented teamie Helen.

This is my take on Helen's sketch.

I used :-

Image :- LOTV.

Sentiment and card candy :- Craftwork Cards.

DP :- Dovecraft and Craftwork Cards.

Stickles, Martha Steward punch & ribbon.

Colouring :- Promarkers.

Since I've use the lovely James bear from LOTV I'm going to enter their challenge this week which is Winter Fun. Other challenges I'm entering are :-
Teddy Stampers :- Anything Goes.
Charmed Cards and Crafts :- A Christmas card.

Another Christmas card but I think I still have a long way to go lol! So if you want to take the chance to make a Christmas card too, or any other card of course, using Helen's great sketch why don't you join us. Remember you can now use any cute animal as well as bears and you have two weeks to enter.

Looking forward to seeing your take on our sketch this week. Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Thanks for looking and if you like to leave me a comment I'll come and visit you too.

Sketch Saturday and Cute Card Thursday.

I was just a bit too late getting this card finished to get a reasonable photo! Neither of these photos shows the real colour of the papers or card. In the 2nd and 3rd photos the top flower is similar to the backing card which is right. In real life the flower and card are a sort of aubergine like the parcels on the backing paper and the card matches the colour pretty well. The other colour is blue, quite light. The jewels on the sentiment, corners of image and bottom left are aubergine too. I watercoloured this cute Penny Black image and made his scarf light blue and aubergine to match the papers. I stickled the smow under his feet and the snowflakes. I used my Cuttlebug to cut out the mats. The papers are old ones from Dovecraft. The top flower is a lovely Prima and the other one is made up from my stash. Brads, ribbon and jewels from my stash.

Saturday now and I've added another photo. I think this one taken this morning shows the colours of the papers, card and flowers better. Last night when I tried it wasn't too late to take a photo but the weather was so bad that it was too dark and it was too wet to go outside lol.

I am really going to have to do something about my lack of photography skills.

Thanks for looking, Kat x

The Next Level and Truly Scrumptious.

I've watercoloured another Gorjuss Girl from Sugar Nellies. I love the Gorjuss Girls. I have just got the third set yesterday so now all I need is an excuse to ink them up. As if I need an excuse!The great sketch and colours are from Truly Scrumptious and I've added buttons and bows for this week's Next Level challenge. Does the flower count as bows as it is made from "bows" of ribbon!? The paper is Hint of Pink from Dovecraft - I love this paper lol. The ribbons, brad, jewels and buttons are from my stash .
Thanks for looking. Kat x

Mojo Monday Challenge.

Hi it's me again! This is my card for the Mojo Monday Challenge. I have used papers from the Dovecraft "Hint of Pink" range and my Nestabilities for the scallops. I love my nesties! Ribbon, flowers and jewels from my stash. Thanks for looking. Kat x