Please don't "Let it Snow"

Apologies to everyone who likes snow but if you lived where I do you wouldn't want it to snow either. We haven't had much snow but it's been very cold and icy. I live in the country and even though we aren't far from the main Aberdeen to Peterhead road, which usually gets pretty well cleared, our road is narrow and winding and tends to drift badly.

I couldn't resist using another lovely Penny Black image for this card!

I used :-

Image :- Penny Black.

Sentiment and Card Candi :- Craftwork Cards.

Colouring :- Promarkers.

Cuttlebug embossing folders.

Ribbon and Glamour Dust.

I'm entering the following challenges :-

Totally Papercrafts :- Let it Snow.

Pile it On :- Bling it up.

The Pink Elephant :- Snowflakes and Sparkle.

I'm glad today's my half day at work. Things are getting quite busy in the Post Office now. I've been getting lots of airmails and parcels. So I'm tending to get little blue airmail stickers in front of my eyes. Quite a lot of UK parcels between ebay and Christmas. I think some people are posting quite early this year after the weather being so bad in December last year.

Thanks for looking and I hope it's not too cold as I'm getting my hair cut after work. Catch you all later.

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.

It's Spring!

Good morning everyone. Fingers crossed my heading is not too far out! We've had some lovely days recently and it really makes people more cheerful doesn't it? So I hope it really is Spring. I've made what I hope is a Springlike card.

I used :-

Image :- Penny Black.

Sentiment and card candy :- Craftwork Cards.

DP :- Wild Rose Studio.

Colouring :- Promarkers, Spica black glitter gel pen, Sakura clear glitter gel pen.

I'm hoping to enter the following challenges :-

Penny Black:- Spring is Sprung.
Passion for Promarkers :- In the garden.
Sir Stampalot :- Spring is in the air plus yellow, green and/or blossom pink.
The Pink Elephant :- Sketch.

I hope I've got these right! I entered the Sir Stampalot challenge a while ago and was really embarassed because my card was ineligible. I had completely forgotten that there is a limit to the number of other challenges you can enter along with Sir Stampalot. That's what you get for posting and entering in a hurry lol! I don't usually enter lots of challenges with one card as I only enter certain challenges and don't go out looking for extra ones. I'll be more careful to read any rules before I jump in and enter. From the point of view of being a DT member I know what it's like to get entries from people who enter loads of challenges with one card. Too much work for me typing out loads of challenges and going round entering them!

Anyway hope you like and if you can spare a minute to leave me a comment I'd love that. It's nice to know if you're doing anything half decent. It's my day off today so hopefully I can get lots done. I should probably go and look for more dog leads and collars. The other night the pups ate the fastenings from Blue's collar. Never found even a bit of plastic. This morning I found Max's collar almost chewed right through. That's bad enough but one of the fields right outside our house is almost always full of in-lamb ewes!

Thanks for looking and I'll catch up with you all later.

Totally Gorjuss 64 Feeling Hot.

Good morning everyone. I hope you're all looking forward to a lovely weekend. This morning I'm off to Simply Create at Alford for a special day. Jacqui has moved into her new shop and Kath is going to be doing demos with some of the stamps from the new 2011 Hero Arts catalogue.

Today I'd like to show you my DT card for Totally Gorjuss. Our theme this week is "Feeling Hot", we'd like you to use hot colours on your card or project.

I used :-

Image :- LOTV cute square with added colour and Sakura clear glitter gel pen.

Sentiment :- LOTV

DP :- MME.

Flower :- Same DP and EK Success punch edged with Glamour Dust..

Jewels, card candy and ribbon.

I'm going to enter the following challenges :-

LOTV :- Sketch.

The Pink Elephant :- Pink, orange and aqua.

Simon Says Stamp :- Bingo, 3 items in a line - DP, glimmer/glitter and gems or jewels.
Stampin for the Weekend :- Getting warmed up.
One Stitch at a Time :- New. I used one of my new cute squares.

I hope many of you will  want to join us again this week. We had lots of entries for our "cuddly" challenge last week. I saw some stunning cards so if you haven't been over to Totally Gorjuss yet remember to pop over to see who has won.

Thanks for looking and have a lovely weekend.

Totally Gorjuss 45 Christmas in August.

Good morning everyone. If you're reading this on Saturday morning Mr Blogger has kindly published this post for me. I am off to an all day crop to celebrate my local craft shop being open for a year. Can't believe this year has passed so quickly!

But as the title suggests over at Totally Gorjuss our challenge this week is Christmas in August. So dust off your Christmas stamps and DP and take the chance to make a start to your Christmas cards.

This week we are being sponsored by Cupid Stamps.

I used :-

Image :- LOTV.

DP :- MME.

Colouring :- Promarkers.

Card Candy and Poinsettia :- Craftwork Cards.

Other flowers :- EK Success retro punch.

Stickles, ribbon, buttons and string from stash.

I'm also entering some challenges :-

Papertake Weekly :- 3,2,1 - 3 flowers, 2 DP and 1 ribbon.

Creative Inspirations Challenge Blog :- Christmas in August.

A Spoon Full of Sugar :- 3 flowers, 2 buttons and 1 ribbon.

The Pink Elephant :- Sketch.

Thanks to everyone who joined us last week. It was lovely to see all your "Star"cards. I hope you can join us this week andmake a start to your Christmas cards at the same time.

Enjoy your weekend, especially if you have an extra day because of the Bank Holiday. Needless to say we don't have a day off up here in Aberdeenshire but I'm looking forward to next Monday as we have a local holiday then.

Edited to add :- guess who messed up the scheduled post?

Just Cute Bears #31 Pink & Brown

It's Sunday already girls and normally I would be wondering how it could be Sunday already and I'd have to go to work tomorrow. But this week I'm having Monday and Tuesday off as my daughter and 2 gorgeous grandchildren are coming to stay tomorrow for a few days. My son-in-law has to go away for a few days for work so it'll just be the 3 of them. I'm so looking forward to them coming! I'm also taking the day off next Saturday as we're having a special crop to celebrate the first birthday of the craft shop. We're all going to take along something to eat. I'm taking carrot cake and rocky road traybake. Maybe Poppy will help me with my baking!

But I'm sure you'd rather hear about our challenge at Just Cute Bears! This week we are being sponsored by Wild Rose Studio and we'd like you to use the colours pink and brown on your project. Unfortunately I don't have any of their lovely stamps but I do have some of their gorgeous papers so I've used them.

I used :-

Image :- Die cut from LOTV.

DP :- Wild Rose Studio.

Butterflies and bow on image covered with Sakura glitter gel pen.

Corners cut with EK Success punch.

Nesties, pearls and ribbon.

I'd like to enter the Lili of the Valley challenge as I used their sketch.

The Pink Elephant :- Ribbon and Sparkles.

Craft Your Days Away :- Things with Wings.

Crafty Creations :- Butterflies.

Creative Card Crew :- Sparkles and Shine.

If you've got time do please tell me what you think of my little card and I'm sure my talented teamies would like to hear from you too.

Enjoy what's left of your weekend.

Lachlan's Birthday Card.

Lachlan is my lovely soon to be 15 year old nephew (great actually). His Mum is my eldest niece and they live on the beautiful Isle of Lewis off the west coast of Scotland. Angela says she is the little one now as Lachlan is 6ft, Niall is 6ft 2 and Donald is 6ft4. Angela is quite tall herself and so is her husband.

I used :-

Image :- Beach Mikey a coloured digi image from Charmed Cards and Crafts.

Sentiment and card candy :- Craftwork Cards.

DP :- Wild Rose Studio - for men.

Colouring :- Distress Inks for edges and Promarker to colour card candy.

Nesties, small circle punch (to make buttons), string and ribbon.

I am entering some challenges :-

The Pink Elephant :- 3 layers, 2 die cuts and ribbon.

Sketch Saturday :- Sketch.

Crafty Creations :- Make your own buttons.

So that's the weekend over again already and tomorrow is a full day at work...yuk. So I'd best go and iron a couple of things I need for tomorrow.

Totally Gorjuss 28 A Stitch or Two.

Good morning everyone, Saturday again and time for another challenge at Totally Gorjuss. This week we would like to see "a stitch or two." We would like to see some stitching on your card or project this week, either real or faux. I have been at the last minute again this week so my stitching is faux!

I used :-

Image :- Gorjuss Girl from Sugar Nellies.

DP :- MME pretty please.

Colouring :- Promarkers.

Flowers :- Martha Stewart punch using red card and DP plus a button and string bow.

Sentiment :- Craftwork Cards.

Ribbon and jewels from stash.

Nesties.

As you can see I am still loving red and if you check out my blog tomorrow you'll see even more red. Apologies for the squint photo. I was in a hurry to take a photo and get my card posted to the DT blog before it was too late lol!

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

One Stitch at a Time :- Flowers.

Die Cut Dreams :- Make your own flowers.

Passion for Promarkers :- Sketch plus handmade flowers.

Creative Inspirations Wednesday challenge blog :- Easel card.

Simon Says Stamp Challenge :- Buttons, bows and bling.

The Pink Elephant :- Aqua.

Cute Card Thursday :-Make your own - I made flowers.

Charisma Cardz :- Girly and flowers.

Pollycraft :- Make your own flowers.

Crafty Cardmakers :- make a card using things you would love to have with you on a desert island. Gorgeous DP, Sugar Nellies images, buttons, string, Promarkers, sticky jewels, Martha Stewart punch, ribbon, coloured card, pen to do faux stitching and white gel pen for highlights. And of course double sided-tape. That seems rather a lot of essentials lol!

Creative Card Crew :- April showers bring May flowers.

A Spoon Full of Sugar :- 3D

I hope I've got these challenges all right!

If you've got a minute to spare I'd love to hear what you think of my card and I hope you'll want to pop over to the Totally Gorjuss blog to see the gorgeous cards my clever teamies have made.

If you feel like entering our challenge we'd love to see how you interpret our challenge this week. We all love to check out your blogs and don't forget there's a prize up for grabs and you could win it if you enter your new card or project with a link back to your post before next Saturday.

Enjoy your weekend,

Kat xx

Sleepy Bear!

Hi everyone. Seems like ages since I posted a card. I did make another one today but I can't show it to you till Saturday since it's my DT card for Totally Gorjuss. I've been out 2 nights this week so I'm probably lucky to have got any cards made any cards at all. I'm really pleased to have managed to make a card for the Penny Black challenge. It's ages since I managed an entry there and I do love my Penny Black stamps!

Image :- Penny Black.

DP :- Paper Adventures.

Flowers :- Hero Arts.

Sentiment and card candy :- Craftwork cards.

Colouring :- Promarkers.

I'm meaning to enter a few challenges with this card:-

Penny Black :- Spring colours.

The Pink Elephant :- Spring colours.

Cupcake :- Green.

Creative Inspirations Wednesday challenge blog :- White, yellow and green.

Sketch and Stash :- Sketch and my DP has been neglected for quite a while!

Simon says stamp :- Green.

Fussy and Fancy :- Green.

I think that's all I can say about this card, quite a simple one really.

Kat xx,

Busy Saturday.

Good evening girls. Today I went to a crop at my local craft shop. I took the day off this time so I could go all day. Sometimes I just go at 1pm after work. I was quite pleased with myself as I had one card almost completely prepared and one fairly prepared. I also took some beer mats to cover as I wanted to make a hanging with Oliver's name on it. Unfortunately I didn't take any papers for this but I managed to find some there so they are covered on both sides at least. I still have to cut out the letters of his name so maybe I'll get my Cricut out tomorrow! By then it was 2.30 and to my horror I discovered I had nothing else to do. My cards just needed little final touches as I did not take any card candy or jewels or flowers with me. I thought I had some House Mouse decoupage in my bag but no it was at home. So I just had a browse around the shop and had a look at some scrapbooking magazines and a coffee till it was time to go. I didn't buy much as I am saving myself for the SECC next Sunday......can't wait! But I did buy a gorgeous new set of MME glittered papers - Penny Lane.

I decided to make a Baby congratulations card to add to the ones I have. I thought lilac and aqua would do for a boy or a girl so that would be handy as whether you have pink or blue it's always the other one you need. My friend gave me the card candy as it is exactly the same colour as my backing card. I have lilac but it is quite pale. The papers are from the lilac patchwork collection from Cuddly Buddly. I printed another sheet of the stripey one this morning but....and there's always a but I realised when I looked at it at the crop that the original was printed on pearlescent paper and the new one was on plain white paper. So I had to finish that this evening. I also added the flowers from Wild Orchid Craftsand aqua! leaves. Not a very good photo unfortunately.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:-

House Mouse :- Multi-fold card.

The Pink Elephant :- Sketch.

My second card is a thank you card using a "Bear" stamp from Hobby Art Ltd. I love these bears, they are really cute. I've use more paper from the patchwork collection from Cuddly Buddly. I think this is a nice fresh paper and makes a nice simple card. I finished off with some card candy coloured with Promarker to match and another rose from Wild Orchid Crafts.

I thought this photo was ok until I uploaded it and then realised that it's a bit squint. Too late now though! I'm entering this card in the following challenges:-

Creative Inspirations challenge :- Thank you.

Sassy Designs by Susie :- Lilac and aqua.

Truly Scrumptious :- Sketch.

I think that's all for now. I'm off to check out the entries over at Totally Gorjuss.

See you all tomorrow. Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Kat xx

Snowy Day Again.

Good afternoon girls from a very snowy part of Aberdeenshire! Very unexpected snow I might add. I went over to work, finished what I had to do and came home about 8.30. Just after 9.30 my daughter said "where did all that snow come from?" I hadn't even seen it!! Upstairs where I craft there are a couple of Velux windows but I hadn't even noticed what was happening. It snowed quite heavily for a while after that so there is quite a lot of snow now. It has stopped now but the sky looks very dark. I was supposed to go out tonight too! This morning it was very frosty and there had been no mention of snow in the weather forecast yesterday. Lucky it's my day off.

But now on to my card. I've used a lovely Tilda that has never seen ink before - only due to lack of time because she is really pretty isn't she?

Materials used:-

DP :- K&Co.

Colouring :- Promarkers and Precision pen for the faux stitching.

Flowers :- Prima.

Buttons, jewels and string coloured with Promarker to match, ribbons, stickles.

I am going to enter a few challenges with this card :-

One Stitch at a Time :- Stitching.

The Pink Elephant :- Ribbon.

Passion for Promarkers :- Any colours plus buttons and bows.

Sophisticat challenge :- Stitching.

Magnolia Down Under :- Buttons, flowers and bows.

Die Cut Dreams :- 3 DP, 2 different ribbons, 2 flowers and gems.

Friday Sketchers :- Sketch.

Crafty Creations :- Stitching.

Well I'm off to have my lunch now and then get on with my DT cards for next week. If you have snow keep warm and safe.

Kat xx

PS Don't forget to enter my blog candy, it finishes next Thursday.

2nd Post Today.

Here I am again girls with another card. Mr Blogger was very good and my scheduled post for the Just Cute Bears challenge appeared at the right time. That's 2 days in a row as yesterday's post for Totally Gorjuss appeared at the right time too.

This afternoon I have been making a card for a few challenges. I think I might make a couple of cards and then get on with my DT cards so that I've got them done in plenty of time!

I followed this nice simple sketch from The Pink Elephant challenge and ended up with a Christmas card! I stamped the bell and the holly on white card and then stamped them again on gold and white respectively and the clapper on red. I won these stamps ages ago when Kath had some blog candy and at last I've managed to use them. I decoupaged the bell, the clapper and the holly. Please don't ask why I decoupaged the holly, it nearly drove me loopy. Ever tried to cut out something as small and awkward as this? Believe me don't even go there lol!!

I also used Nesties, a Martha Stewart punch, Promarkers, the Cuttlebug snowflakes embossing folder and Stickles. The DP is Cosmo Cricket - Jolly by Golly and the sentiment is from Craftwork Cards and it is edged with a gold inkpad.


I'm going to enter the following challenges:-

Pollycraft :- Red and white.
Creative Card Crew :- Punch it.
Simon Says Stamp :- Punch it.
ABC Christmas challenge :- B for bells plus glitter.
Fussy and Fancy :- Winter - Christmas ok?
Daring Cardmakers :- What's the point?

I might be pushing my luck with the Daring Cardmakers challenge but the holly has points and if you like so do some of the snowflakes! I've kept the card quite simple as it is quite a small card and I think it would be a bit crowded if I had added anything else to it.

And that's it really, nothing else I can say about it really. I'm off to see if I can do anything else before I "need" to do my ironing.

Kat xx

Just Magnolia 39.

I don't think this is exactly my finest hour. I decided to try the Just Magnolia challenge which is paper pleating. I followed the tutorial which was very clear but maybe it would have been better if I had practised instead of just jumping straight in. I have used red mainly which fits the Daring Cardmakers challenge. I followed the sketch from Stamp Something which I think goes well with the image. I think the card is "girly" enough for the Cupcake challenge and it is a birthday card which fits the Pink Elephant challenge.


I used Promarkers to colour the image, edge the image, sentiment and flowers and colour the card candy to match. The sentiment and card candy is from Craftwork Cards and the flowers are Hero Arts. The DP is DCWV, K& Co and the spotty piece is anonymous.

As I said probably not my best card and certainly not a good photo. I have just never got out of the bit all day. My husband had the day off today as his boss died of a massive brain haemorrhage yesterday and everyone was given the day off. He was the sort of boss who knew everyone who worked for him - and there were a lot of them. I think what bothers a lot of them was that he was a similar age to a lot of them! Since the roads around us are a bit better, still quite thick ice and a lot of water but an improvement, I went to buy a present for a friend's granddaughter and some more double sided tape! But I seemed to spend a lot of time just faffing about catching up on blogs before I thought maybe I could do a couple of Friday challenges. Tomorrow I need to shift myself and get my DT card done for Totally Gorjuss.

See you tomorrow, I should try to comment on some of the entries for the TG challenge now and maybe have a nice cup of coffee at the same time.

Kat xx

White Card

I made this quick little card the other evening and this is me just getting round to posting it. I thought I would make a plain card that would be quick to do and I could make a few of them and add to my stock of Christmas cards.

I have not used a sketch for this one as I just meant to do something plain but of course I couldn't help myself I had to add snowflakes, card candy, ribbon and buttons!

I used my Cuttlebug to emboss the front of my card. Then I used nesties to cut a scalloped circle and stamped this cute Penny Black image which I coloured with Promarkers. I added some card candy from Craftwork Cards. I added my favourite cuttlebug snowflake and Martha Stewart snowflake, both cut from glitter card. The sentiment is also from Craftwork Cards. I finished off by tying some white ribbon round the card and adding a button on top of the knot and another to the large snowflake. And that's it!

I think it will fit a few challenges.

Daring Cardmakers :- White with a hint of colour.
Allsorts :- Buttons.
Sophisticat challenge :- Snowflakes and sparkle.
The Pink Elephant :- Colour with your favourite medium - I used Promarkers.
Creative Card Crew :- Christmas.

I really quite like a white card with just embossing for texture and I think I might make a few more variations on this one.

I have another card to post so I will be back in a little while when I've taken a photo of it.

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

Busy Day Off.

I've used my day off to try to make cards for a few challenges since I am off to the SECC about 6.30 tomorrow and home about 9pm. Needless to say I have booked a day off work on Monday.

The first card is for the Sophisticat Challenge. It also fits the Charisma Cardz challenge. It has daisies on it.

DP:- MME merry days of Christmas.
Image:- Anitas stamped 3 times and decoupaged.
Coloured with Spica glitter gel pens.
Snowflakes:- Martha Stewart punch.
I meant to take another photo to show the 3d effect but I forgot!

This card is for the Pink Elephant.

DP:- Basic Grey.
Image:- Hobby Arts.
Coloured with Promarkers and glazed with Diamond Glaze.
Scallops cut with Stampin up edge punch.

The last card is for the Mojo Monday challenge.

DP:- DCWV La Creme.

Image:- Hero Arts.

Flowers:- Prima.

Good thing the clocks go back tonight but I am still going to be in trouble for being late.

See you tomorrow with the winner of my mini candy and I'll tell you how good or bad I've been about buying more stash lol!!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Kat xx

Autumn Colours

Just a quick post now cos I'm going out to a card making session at a friend's house tonight. I thought I'd occupy my mind by making a card for a few challenges. I'm so nervous about the launch of the Totally Gorjuss first challenge tomorrow that I need to occupy my mind. I know this is silly but I feel quite jittery inside. I didn't think I would feel like this but it's a big thing for me. I've only been blogging since about the 20th of June so I feel as if I've come a long way since then!

I used:-

DP:- MME bloom and grow.

Image:- Tilda with pumpkin.

Nesties, Promarkers, Martha Stewart punch.

Ribbon, lace and buttons from my stash.

Challenges entered:-

Just Magnolia :- Sketch.

Stamp Something:- Brown plus something else.

Stamping for the weekend:- Orange, brown and leafy green.

The Pink Elephant:- Autumn.

The Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge:- Autumn Colours.

By the Cute and Girly:-Autumn Glory.

Papertake Weekly:-The dark side - Halloween.

Cute Card Thursday:- Spook Fest.

Creative Card Crew:- Scallops.

Hope I've got all that right.

Kat xx

Halloween!!!

Yes I know I promised that I was finished posting for today but this is just a little fun card I made this evening. I really have to post a better photo in the morning...but can I please assure you that the colours are black, orange, purple and white. No matter what I try the purple is determined to look blue!

I've used the sketch from Aly's Sunday Challenge. Aly is a very talented stamper and she is only 10 years old. Pop over to her blog and you will see her amazing work.
The challenge over at Pile it on is to use Aly's sketch so I can enter it too.
There are some Halloween challenges around so I am entering them too. They are:-
Simon Says Stamp Challenge.
Allsorts challenge.
A Spoon Full of Sugar challenge
The Pink Elephant challenge. Halloween using the colours black, orange purple and white.

The DP is MME and I've coloured this lovely Tilda with Pumpkin with Promarkers. Nesties were used to cut the shapes and the flowers were cut using a Martha Stewart punch. I finished off with ribbon, jewels and brads from my stash.

I am off to iron now as it is Sunday night again already and I work all day tomorrow - yuk. I have had two Saturdays and Mondays off in a row so now I need to work two Mondays before I have the Monday off after the craft show in Glasgow. Hope the time passes quickly - think I will take the Sunday paper with me.

Not sure what use a Halloween card is to me but I can't resist a challenge lol!

Kat xx

Ten Challenges

Good morning girls and what a lovely morning it is. I have been a good girl today, I have hoovered and dusted and watered plants before I finished this card. I didn't get it finished yesterday before I went out for the evening because I managed to cut my finger while I was making tea. I really did have a clumsy day yesterday lol!!

Anyway I am hoping that this card fits no fewer than 10 challenges. I think I have gone a bit over the top with this one lol!! We are going to visit our daughter tomorrow and I am going to a Stampin Up party this evening so I need to think ahead.

I made this card using the lovely sketch from Sketch Saturday. I watercoloured this cute image from Penny Black. My DP is from Basic grey and I embossed the plain pink with my Cuttlebug swiss dots folder. I used a punch to cut out the little hearts and the tag is from a punch too. The ribbon and eyelets are from my stash. I couldn't find a suitable stamp to fit the theme (and the tag) so I used some black peeloffs - knew they would come in useful eventually!

The challenges I hope to enter are:-

Penny Black Saturday Challenge:- Chocolate, lemon and pink.

Sketch Saturday:- Sketch.

Secret Crafter:- Animal antics.

Die Cut Dreams:- Ribbon and trims.

Pile it on:- Let them eat cake.

Whimsy:- Eyelets.

The Pink Elephant:- Dots, punch, tag.

Creative Inspirations Wednesday Challenge:- Letters/numbers.

Cute Card Thursday:-First birthday.

ABC:- E for embossing.

Wow I'm tired just listing them LOL!! You probably all think I'm nuts now but some of these are challenges I always try to enter and some are ones I enter sometimes if I fancy them so I saw them while I was browsing blogs. Just humour me......!

I'm off now to be a good girl and clean the bathroom, make the tea, have my lunch and go to work.

Not sure how I am going to cope with no internet for a couple of days but I dare say Poppy will keep me busy. She is turning into a real little chatterbox now and always busy. Her mum starts her maternity leave on Tuesday so I think she is not going to have a quiet time before the baby comes lol!!

I'll maybe get a chance to check out some blogs later if I'm not home too late. Have a nice weekend girls, I'm hoping to check out Stampaholics in Perth on my way to Crieff tomorrow. I've heard that it's a really good shop.

Kat xx

Mojo Monday 105, Sophisticats 3 and Pink Elephant 33.

Good evening everyone. This is a quick card I made today for the Mojo Monday challenge using their lovely sketch. I used some of my new Bo Bunny papers - they are just gorgeous! I keep using them. I bought some when I was at a crop yesterday - but I already had a set of even more of them at home plus buttons, flowers etc lol. I watercoloured this cute little Penny Black hedgie and glittered his wings and halo. I added a snowflake I punched out of glitter paper and added jewels and ribbon from my stash. Just another view, I don't think the light this evening likes this shiny ribbon. Think the snowflake is even harder to see!

Earlier I made this card for the Pink Elephant challenge. As you can see I still love this paper and this was a great sketch to work with. I made this in the afternoon too. Isn't this a cute House Mouse image. I watercoloured it at the crop yesterday so I only had to decide what to do with it today. Again I added jewels and ribbon from my stash.I was really on a roll this afternoon. 3 cards in an afternoon - unknown! This is the amazingly gorgeous paper from MME - wonderful winter. It really is great making a card with such fabby papers. The snowflake is a beautiful one from Cuttlebug and the tag is also a Cuttlebug one. I love this sketch from the Sophisticat challenge at http://sophisticatchallenges.blogspot.com/ - it was really easy to use. I added a brad and ribbon from my stash.

Now I feel as if I have made a bit of progress with my Christmas cards. I still don't have many but another 4 is better than none. I've just realised that I forgot to post the Christmas card I made at the crop yesterday. I also have a sympathy card and I need to make another one.

I'll go now and see if I can remember what challenge I made the card for that I have still to post.

I might be back later lol!!

Kat x