Looks like present time.....

Wonder what's in those interesting parcels?

Amazing my second post today. You can find my DT card for Totally Gorjuss here. I'm still in Christmas card mode as you can see and I couldn't resist this cute LOTV die cut image. Not to mention the gorgeous paper also from LOTV.

I used :-

Image and DP :- LOTV die cut.

Sentiment and candi :- Craftwork cards.

Icicle border and snowflakes :- Martha Stewart punches.

Glamour Dust and Sakura clear glitter gel pen.

I'm entering the following challenges :-

Pile it on :- Make it Sparkle.
Paperplay :- Snowflakes.
Charisma :- Feeling Blue.

I'm off now to see if I can get some more Christmas cards organised since I've still got a lot to do and even two weeks later I still haven't managed to do much with the new goodies I bought at the SECC.

Thanks for looking and I really like to read what you think of my cards if you have time to leave me a comment. I also like to visit other blogs so don't be shy, tell me what you think and I'll come and visit you too.

Enjoy your weekend. And if you're going to the NEC don't spend too much lol!!!

It rained.....!!

Yes needless to say it rained yesterday afternoon not long before the Strawberry Fayre was due to start. Bit of a shock as I don't think rain was forecast. If it had rained in the morning at least they could have switched to the church hall. But we either crammed into the minister's garage or sheltered under golf umbrellas. And for a bonus I bought some of the scones so that'll save me making some to go with my strawberry jam.

I didn't achieve much last week but here's a card I made at the crop last week.

I used :-

Image :- Penny Black.

Colouring :- Promarkers.

Sentiment :- oops can't remember!

Tag :- Spellbinders.

Snowflakes :- Martha Stewart punch.

Card Candi :- Craftwork Cards.

Embossing :- Cuttlebug folder.

Poinsettia, Glamour Dust and ribbon.

I'm entering these challenges :-

Cards for Men :- Christmas in July.
Paperplay :- Christmas in July.

Thanks for looking and enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Totally Gorjuss 98 - Nothing Square About Me.

Good morning everyone. At least I hope Mr Blogger has been kind and posted this for me on Saturday morning. I'm going to a wedding today so I won't be able to check until Sunday! So fingers crossed lol.

This week at Totally Gorjuss our theme is "nothing square about me." Yes that's right we'd like to see you making some differently shaped cards. It's nice to have a change instead of automatically making a square card. I know I rarely make anything other than a square card so I enjoyed making this little card. I made a "New Home" card for a lovely blogging friend so I hope she's received it before she sees it here lol!

I used :-

Image :- Hero Arts.

Sentiment :- Inca stamps.

DP :- First Edition - Hideaway.

Colouring :- Promarkers.

Nesties, ribbon & tag punch.

I'm hoping to enter the following challenges :-

One Stitch at a Time :- Punch it.
Creative Inspirations Wednesday Challenge Blog :- Anything Goes.
Pile it On :- layer it.
Cute Card Thursday :- Anything Goes.
Paperplay :- Punches & Dies.

A couple of these challenges are Sunday ones so I hope I can enter them before I leave for the wedding. We're sponsored by Simon Says Stamp this week so I hope you can join us for this nice easy challenge. My lovely teamies have some gorgeous cards to inspire you so don't forget to pop over to Totally Gorjuss to see their lovely work.

I'm babysitting on Sunday but I hope I can find some time to catch up with your entries as well as my favourite blogs.

Enjoy your weekend whatever you're doing and please cross your fingers for good weather where I'm going today. Thanks for looking.

Totally Gorjuss 94 - Cute and Cuddly.

Good morning everyone and thank goodness it's the weekend at last! I had to work on my day off on Thursday and was off on Friday instead. Lucky for me it was a lovely day even though I was inside most of the day. Having to work on Thursday was a pain in the neck at work as it was so quiet and all I could think of was the things I could have done if I hadn't been stuck there with nothing to do except try to read the papers.

This week at Totally Gorjuss our theme is "cute and cuddly", we'd like to see animals on your cards. Easy isn't it? And to really make you happy we're sponsored by Simon Says Stamp and you know what yummy goodies you can find there!

I used :-

Image :- Penny Black.

Sentiment and Card Candi :- Craftwork Cards.

DP :- First Edition - Festive Treats.

Colouring :- Promarkers.

Lace :- Ribbon Girl.

Martha Stewart punch, Glamour Dust, Nesties & Sakura clear glitter gel pen.

I'm entering the following challenges :-
Creative Inspirations Wednesday Challenge :- Use a favourite stamp - this is one of my favourite Penny Black Christmas stamps.
Truly Scrumptious :- Lace it up.
Paperplay :- 3 different embellishments - snowflakes, card candi and lace; 2 DP and 1 lace.
Totally Papercrafts :- Christmas in August.
Stampin' for the Weekend :- Holidays.

I hope you like. Thanks for looking and enjoy your weekend.

Totally Gorjuss 81 Water, Water.

Good morning everyone. Hope you are all looking forward to a relaxing weekend. I'm off to a crop after work today. Usually the same people go every month and some of us only see each other at the crop so it's nice to catch up.

Time for another challenge over at Totally Gorjuss. This week our theme is "water, water." We'd like to see something to do with water on your card or project. I have to admit I struggled with this one! But when I looked at my stamps I found one that seems to fit the theme perfectly.

I used :-

Image :- House Mouse - Relaxing Bubbles.

Sentiment :- Hobby Art.

DP :- Pink Petticoat.

Seam Binding :- Ribbon Girl.

Flower :- Wild Orchid Crafts.

Colouring :- Promarkers and Sakura clear glitter gel pen.

Pearls :- Hobby House.

DP :- Pink Petticoat.

Bazzill spotty card.

I'm hoping to enter the following challenges :-

Create for Fun :- Sketch.
Bunny Zoe :- Lace.
Dream Valley :- Dig out old to use with new. I dug out my Hobby Art sentiment and used that gorgeous new flower.
Ribbon Girl :- Pinks & Lilacs.
Creative Card Crew :- Cute & Girly.
Creative Inspirations Wednesday challenge :- Lace and Pearls.
Paperplay :- Sparkle Galore.
The Pink Elephant :- Favourite colour combo, a flower, patterned paper and crinkle ribbon.

Hope you like, so if you've got time to leave me a comment then I can visit you too.

I think a lot of you liked our "not square" challenge last week. Remember to pop over to Totally Gorjuss to see who won and also to check out the amazing cards my talented teamies have made this week. This week we are sponsored by Simon Says Stamp. And you know what that means! Lots of lovely stash to choose from.

Nearly forgot you can find my candy Here.

Thanks for looking and enjoy your weekend.

What a Sweet Bunny.

Hi everyone, I seem to be in among baby cards at the moment. For no particular reason except it's handy to have some. I love this House Mouse image and it seems like ages since I entered the HM&F challenge.

I used :-

Image :-Happy Hopper. 

DP :- Wild Rose Studio.

Colouring :- Promarkers.

Flowers :- Prima.

Pearls :- The Hobby House.

Glitter, brads and ribbon from stash.

I'm hoping to enter the following challenges :-

Crafty Creations :- New Beginnings.

Paperplay :- Cutie Patootie.

Cute Card Thursday :- Monochrome.

House Mouse :- New Beginnings.

Simon Says Stamp :- Sketch.

I'm just looking forward to the weekend now and hoping to take part in the House Mouse & Friends blog hop before it's too late. Hope you can find time to let me know what you think of my card. It's always nice to hear what you think and it really encourages me.

Thanks for looking.

Spooky Nights at Penny Black.

I made Halloween gift bags for Poppy and Oliver a wee while ago and couldn't resist making cards to go with them. This is Poppy's card.

I used :-

Image and sentiment :- Penny Black.

DP :- MME.

Colouring :-Promarkers.

The spiders are die cuts from the MME paper pack.

Jewels from stash.



Hope I can find some challenges to enter. I'm obviously too late for Friday Sketchers and Stampin for the weekend now.  I couldn't find my other stamp for days on end and even after I found it I realised I had no idea where my DP was. I should have made the card and then gone to the garden centre with my daughter.
Penny Black :- Spooky Nights.
Paperplay :- A Haunting We Will Go.
Creative Inspirations Challenge Blog :- Halloween.

I don't think this looks very scary. I'm sure Poppy won't be scared by it anyway! I'd love to hear what you think if you have a minute.

Totally Gorjuss 39 - Thinking of You.

Time for another challenge at Totally Gorjuss. Thanks to everyone who entered last week. We had some amazing entries for our water, water challenge last week. I hope you'll want to enter our challenge this week.

This week our challenge is "Thinking of You." This can interpreted as a Sympathy card or just a card to let someone know you are just thinking of them.

I used :-

Image:- Penny Black from the flowers and wishes clear set.

Sentiment :- Hero Arts.
DP :- Basic Grey and Wild Rose Studio.

Colouring :- Promarkers and Distress Inks.

Card Candy :- Craftwork Cards.

Pearls :- Hobby House.

Martha Stewart butterfly punch.

I'm entering a few challenges with this card:-

Basic Grey :- Gingham.

Charisma :- Pink.

Colour Create:- Warm pink, chocolate brown and white.
Paperplay :- Sketch.

Creative Inspirations challenge blog :- something old from stash - I've had the pink, white and brown Basic Grey DP for a while.

What do you think girls? Is it suitable for a Sympathy card? I think it's also light enough to be just a card to get in touch with a friend. It's a useful sort of card to have around as a just in case card. I hope you'll want to join in with us again this week. I'm looking forward to seeing your new creations. If you've got time to leave me a comment I'd be really pleased. I'm always encouraged by what you have to say about my efforts and I'm sure my talented teamies would be pleased to hear from you too.

Enjoy your weekend, hope it's good whatever you do.

Totally Gorjuss 29 - Pink and Green.

How did it get to be Saturday again. I'm sure it was Saturday just a couple of days ago!! But if it's Saturday it must be time for another challenge at Totally Gorjuss. This week we would like to see pink and green on your card or project. That's not too difficult is it?

This week I've made a wedding card and I think it will fit a few challenges. I am also going to send it to Domi who is getting married to Uli on the 15th of May. I hope they have a lovely day. I was married on the 13th of May more years ago than I want to remember lol!

This is my card and I hope you like it, but more importantly I hope Domi and Uli like it.

Image:- Whiff of Joy Bride. Cut out and popped up on sticky pads.

Sentiment - Craftwork cards, inside a computer generated message cut out with a scalloped nestie.

DP :- Sandylion - Wedding stripes and Roses. Roses also used inside card.

Colouring :- Promarkers and Sakura clear glitter gel pen.

Flowers :- Wild Orchid Crafts.

Pearls :- Hobby House.

Jewels from stash.

Lace :- Quixotic.

I'm quite pleased with this card. I love the papers and I think (hope) the flowers and lace go well with the papers and image.

I am entering this card in a few challenges:-

Simon Says Stamp :- Wedding.

Domi's Wedding Card Challenge :- Domi's wedding card.

Paperplay :- Bling.

Charisma Cardz :- Wedding.

By the Cute and Girly :- Celebration.

Whiff of Joy :- Sketch.

That's it then girls. I hope you can find time to enter this nice easy challenge. It's only a couple of colours so I'm sure you can combine it with some other challenges if you want. I'm looking forward to seeing what you make this week. If you have a minute I'd be really happy to hear what you think of my card. And please take the time to pop over to Totally Gorjuss and see what my talented teamies have made. You won't be disappointed as they have all made gorgeous cards this week again.

Enjoy your weekend.

Kat xx

Totally Gorjuss 19 Mum.

Good morning everyone, and if Mr Blogger has been behaving this will be posted on Saturday morning. This week at Totally Gorjuss our theme is "Mum." As usual we are sponsored so there is a nice prize for you. This week it is some sparkly stuff from Meyer Imports.

This week I have coloured this beautiful Tilda with Promarkers. I think this might be the first time I haven't used a Gorjuss Girl for the Totally Gorjuss challenge lol! She's one of my favourite new Tildas and I think I might use her quite often. I've used Tulip Yellow and Baby pink promarker to fit the Passion for Promarkers challenge and I've also added some faux stitching. The gorgeous papers are from K & Co. These are some of my favourite papers, they are lovely colours and lots of them are glittered too. I used Distress Inks in Tattered Rose and Mustard Seed on all my edges, glittered Tildas dress and added these lovely pink pearls from Prima to fit the Spoon Full of Sugar challenge. I embossed some of my yellow paper with the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder and this fits the Sophisticat challenge. Since the theme of the TG challenge this week is "Mum" it will also fit the Paperplay challenge. Oops nearly forgot to say that I followed the great sketch that Dawny P did for Papertake Weekly.


Hope you like! I'd really like to hear what you think. It really helps to know what other people think. So many of you entered our challenge last week that I was really struggling to get around all your blogs. If I didn't manage to leave a comment on your blog I'm really sorry and I'll try to do better next week. Not sure if I'll manage though as I have a family funeral next Thursday and it is over 3 hours drive away from us so I'll lose a whole day. Aunt Kate was the last of my late Father -in-law's sisters and the last of the family. She would have been 89 on Sunday coming so she's had a long, long life.

Anyway all that remains to say is have a nice weekend everyone and I'll be back tomorrow with my DT card for Just Cute Bears. I suppose I might manage back later to show you what I've done at the crop....if I manage to achieve much!!

Kat xx

Flower Power.

Good morning everyone it's Saturday again and time for another challenge from Totally Gorjuss. This week it's flower power and we'd like to see flowers on your projects. As many as you like, in fact the more the better!

I'm in a kind of lilac mood just now as you can see. But then my blog is called Lilackat lol!

As you can see I've used a sweet Gorjuss Girl and made my card using the lovely sketch from Paperplay. Do you like my DP? It's from Cuddly Buddly and it's a download. It's all so pretty I didn't know which ones to use. She's coloured with Promarkers and I've added some shading round the edge of the image with milled lavender Distress Inks. I finished by adding some of my gorgeous new flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts. I love these new flowers they are so pretty.

I hope lots of you will be able to join us this week. We're really please about how many of you joined us last week in the "lurve" challenge. We have a great prize for you again this week. This time we are sponsored by Crafters Companion who are giving the lucky winner a voucher for £10. Apart from their own products they sell a wide range of products from other manufacturers and their online shop is always worth a look.

Kat xx

I Love "The Bear."

I've made this card for the DT call for a new challenge blog - Just Cute Bears. I don't think I will have much chance of joining the DT but hey there's nothing to lose. I love bears and this image from Hobby Art. I have lots of these stamps and they are great because you can use them for all sorts of occasions and of course everyone loves bears. I also have bears from Penny Black and Forever Friends and probably some others too. So as you can imagine it would be no hardship to make cards with bears lol!

I coloured the image with Promarkers. I had this card made yesterday but missed the chance to take a photo in daylight! I'm a bit disappointed with how the colours turned out. In reality the pink flowers are more like the colour of pink in the DP. The card candy is a stronger shade but still in the same family of pink as is the jewel brad.

I used :-

DP - K&Co, MME and the dark grey mats are DCWV latte.

Colouring - Promarkers

Card candy and sentiment - Craftwork Cards.

Nesties.

Apart from the Just Cute Bears DT call I am also entering:-

Cute Card Thursday :- Pink and grey.

Paperplay :- Furry friends.

Creative Inspirations Wednesday challenge :- New product - the bear stamp.

Charisma Cardz challenge :- Anything new -the bear stamp.

Crafty Cardmakers :-New - bear stamp.

What an idiot I forgot that I made the card using the sketch from Papertake Weekly. I love this sketch it was really easy to use. Papertake Weekly also have a DT call for a guest DT spot.

Keep your fingers crossed for me girls. I'm not that optimistic really because there are so many talented crafters and I'm sure lots of people will have answered this DT call. But nothing ventured and all that!!

I need to go and make some sympathy cards and at the other end of the spectrum finish off 2 baby cards for my friends and their son and his wife.

See you later. Hope everyone is having a nice weekend. It is lovely and sunny here today and not even cold - after the frost lifted. What a change after the last few weeks. But....and there's always a but isn't there?....there is still snow lying here and there. Or as my mum used to say lying waiting for more. She alway was an optimist!!

Kat xx

Happy Christmas!

Good evening everyone. Tonight I have a card that I've just made for the Anyone for Anya challenge. I might be too late to enter but I love this sweet image and I thought it fitted well with the sketch from Paperplay.

I coloured the image with Promarkers as usual and added stickles to her muff, coat, scarf and boots - fake fur! I added strips of the DP for fake ribbon. The DP is the lovely Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses which I just got the other day. I added brads to the flowers and sprayed them with Glimmer Mist - think I may have overdone that lol! The sentiment is from Craftwork cards. These sentiments are really handy at this busy time of year. I finished with some little jewels and brads from my stash.

Challenges:-

Anyone for Anya :- fake fur and ribbon.

The Pink Elephant challenge :- something plaid, any number of brads and no ribbon.

Paperplay :- sketch.

It's still early so I think I'll see what else I can do tonight. Still a long way to go as far as Christmas cards are concerned. I really need to find something that is quick to do but still looks impressive! I'm pretty sure that a lot of people I send cards to would be quite impressed by any card that was hand made. I know that sounds bad but I'm sure you know what I mean.

Feel free to comment. I like to know what you think of my work and I'd like to visit your blogs and see what you've been doing and I can only do that if I know you've been here.

Kat xx

Blue Christmas.

Hi girls, I started making a card this afternoon but didn't make much progress before tea - thanks Tesco!


By the time I got back to it I realised that it was too late for the Colour Create challenge which is for blue, silver and white this time. Not to worry it is always another Christmas card.


I followe the fabby sketch from Friday Sketchers. The lovely Anya image is coloured with Promarkers and stickles used on her muff, edge of coat, boots and scarf. The sentiment and the image are both edged with silver. The sentiment is from Craftwork Cards.


Other challenges:-

Paperplay 2 papers, 1 ribbon and 3 buttons.
Anyone for Anya something round - buttons.
Pile it on 3 flowers and 5 pearls.
Creative Card Crew strings attached -silver thread with charm.
Secret Crafter seasons - Winter.

Hope I've got these right! Let me know what you think, if you've got time to leave a comment I can pop over to your blog and see what you've been doing.

Kat xx

Baby Card

I'm needing to make a few baby cards so the Die Cut Dreams challenge seemed ideal. The cute little charm has not photographed very well but it is a little teddy bear....sweet! I love this sweet image from Whiff of Joy, it is one of my favourite stamps for baby cards.

DP - DCWV Nana's nursery -baby boy -this one is lovely and glittery.

Flowers - Heidi Grace. Flowers are a favourite embellishment along with ribbon.

Image - Whiff of Joy.

From stash - card, buttons, ribbon, charm, brad and spacer.

Colouring - Promarkers.

Stitching - mini sewing machine.

Challenges:-

A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge - Sketch.

Die Cut Dreams - Baby.

Cupcake Craft Challenge - Buttons and stitching.

Whimsy - Punchy.

Whiff of Joy - Image and die cut.

Paperplay - Favourite embellishments.

Creative Inspirations Wednesday Challenge - Family.

Stamp Something - Bling (DP and ribbon are both glittery).

If the Shoe Fits Scrap It - Bling it.

Hopefully I have complied with all these challenges! Must go now and enter them before I forget lol!!

Might be back later with some mini candy.

Kat xx

Fed Up Working!

Thursday evening.

I am so fed up working full time. I still have to get through Friday, Saturday and Monday before I get a morning off and even then I have to do housework before we disappear under a pile of dog hair. My Labrador is very considerately casting and she is a very big dog lol!!

I used the lovely sketch from the Penny Black Saturday Challenge to make this card. I coloured the cute Penny Black image with Promarkers. I was inspired to use these colours of Basic Grey wisteria papers by the photo on the Basic Grey challenge. I added some faux stitching and some faux lace - I used paper lace. The flowers were cut out from scraps of the DP using Martha Stewart punches. Brads were added to two of the flowers and a button to the other. I used a tag punch for the sentiment.Ribbon, brads and button are from my stash.

I hope to enter a few challenges with this card!

Basic Grey:- Inspiration from photo - inspired by the colours in the photo.

Penny Black Saturday Challenge:- Sketch.

Passion for Promarkers:- Polka dots and any colours.

Paper Maniacs:- Ribbon.

creativecardcrew.blogspot.com/:- 2 papers, 3 flowers, 2 brads, 1 button and 1 ribbon.

Papertake Weekly:- Faking it - faux stitching.

Creative Inspiration:- Animals.

Paperplay:- Tag it.

Charisma Cardz:- Flowers.

Hope these are ok.

It is now Friday evening and I hope I am in time to enter the two Saturday challenges after all this work!

Kat x

Back to School!

Good evening everyone, hasn't it been a lovely day. Hope it has been nice for the Bank Holiday weekend in England. Here in Scotland the Bank Holiday was at the beginning of August. Somehow working in the Post Office I get neither of these holidays. I think the only Bank Holiday we get is May Day the other holidays we get are just local holidays. I haven't had many holidays yet so I have arranged with my colleague to have some days off at the end of September and some in October. I especially need the weekend of 24th-26th October as it is the big craft show at the SECC in Glasgow. I have been saving up for it since the last one in March. The only thing that bothers me is that my daughter's second baby is due on the 27th!! I hope she is about a week before that or after. She was late last time but that was a bit nerve wracking as you can imagine. Anyway enough waffling I need to tell you what I've made this card for.

The challenge over at the House Mouse Monday challenge blog is Back to School. At first I thought I didn't have anything suitable as I have a lot of House Mouse Christmas stamps but didn't remember this one!! When I realised I did have a suitable stamp I knew that I had papers which would be ideal. How lucky is that. I discovered that this card would also fit another four challenges. I love to combine if I can!
Here's another view of the card showing how the letters and the image are 3d'd on foam pads. I used Promarkers to colour the image and also the letters which were initially white. I found some little gems in my stash and thought using 4 different colours would be nice. I thought the letters would fit the style of the card better than flowers. I thought about buttons but I think the letters work better. I did some faux stitching round the papers - it took me so long I would have been better doing real stitching lol. I thought I would struggle for a sentiment but I think this one from a set of Clearly Defined stamps works quite well. I added an s to it as it only said "happy day". I used the lovely sketch from Sketch and Stash and rotated it to fit the shape of the image better.
I'm quite pleased with the way this card turned out - for once!! But I think it will be a while before I use it as Poppy is not 2 yet.

Challenges I'm going to enter:-

Sketch and Stash:- House Mouse stamp, Sandylion papers and chipboard letters are all neglected stash.
House Mouse Monday Challenge:- Back to School.
Paperplay:- Back to School.
Simon says Stamp:- Back to school.
Stamp Something:- Animals.

Sunday evening now so after I link this post to the challenges I want to enter I best do my ironing. Sometimes I read the Sunday Herald at work on a Monday - well you can't do your ironing in the Post Office, can you?

Enjoy your Bank Holiday girls, those of you who have a holiday, hope you have a lovely day. If you want to tell me what you think of this card or any other one I would love to read your comments. It makes my day to read your kind words. Makes you feel as if you are part of a lovely friendly family of bloggers with the same love of crafting. I love to have time to visit other people's blogs and see what beautiful things they have made.

Kat xx