I Love Poppies!

This year we have lots of poppies in our garden. The sort of poppies that just appear from nowhere! But hey we're not proud, they fill a space and are very welcome for that. Some of the plants are very tall and we have red ones and pink ones. I don't like that they don't last very long but there are lots of flowers on each plant and it's very exposed and often windy here. We're not really that far from the North Sea so we can't really expect anything else.

But on to my card! When I saw the sketch over at Penny Black I knew this beautiful image would be just perfect to fit the challenge.

I used :-

Image :- Penny Black flowers and wishes.

DP :- g.c.d. Ella Blue.

Colouring :- Promarkers.

Flowers :- Prima.

Twisted paper string :- East India. (from John Lewis)

Pearls :- Hobby House.

Stickle, nesties.

Ribbon and black gems from stash.

I haven't added a sentiment as I think it would suit different occasions.

I'd like to enter some other challenges with this card too :-

Penny Black at Allsorts :- Glitter and Glitz. You might also want to know that they're looking for DT members. That would be an amazing DT to be on. Penny Black have so many fantastic images from ones like this gorgeous poppy to their cute hedgies.

Sir Stampalot :- Bring on the Bling.

Secret Crafter :- Blue and cream.

ABC challenge :- B for Blue.

One Stitch at a Time :- Say it in shapes - oval, scalloped oval and circles.

I've scheduled this post for this morning as I'm going to get some last minute groceries before my daughter and grandchildren arrive this afternoon. My younger daughter hopes to get a lift from Aberdeen with them.....even if it means having a large yellow Labrador sitting on her knee lol!

Catch you all later.

Adventure Time!

At last I've managed to make a card that's just for some challenges! I thought it would be nice to make a simple male card for a change. So this is what I ended up with.

I used :-

Image :- LOTV.

DP :- Wild Rose Studios.

Colouring :- Promarkers.

Card Candy :- Craftwork Cards.

Button, string and tag from stash.

I am entering the following challenges :-

Friday Sketchers :- Sketch.

Secret Crafter :- Man's World.

Allsorts :- Use primary colours - I used red and blue.

Cards for men :- Off on an adventure.

Papertake Weekly :- Old, new, borrowed, blue - new stamp and blue.

Simon Says Stamp challenge :-Summertime blues.

Everybody Art challenge :- Check it out.

I really enjoyed making this card. It's nice to make a simple card for a change. I really should make the effort to make more male cards but sometimes you get bogged down trying to get your DT work done and nothing else. Tomorrow is my day off and I'm meaning to get my DT cards made then.

Today was the day when the post office I work in was starting the process of going online. All seems to have gone well so far and tomorrow morning we will be working online with a totally new screen layout and way of working. I only have to go in for a short time to finish the lottery figures and then my colleague will get first shot of the new system. The chap who came to help us to "migrate" as it is called will stay with her for an hour or so and we have a sign to put up so that people will understand why we might be a bit slower than normal for a day or two. I'm quite glad that when I go in on Friday I'll be working on my own.

I hope you can find time to leave me a wee comment about my card so I know if I'm doing the right thing.

An Angel!

Well girls I can't believe it's the 12th of January and I've made a Christmas card! Isn't this a lovely angel from Whiff of Joy. I hope it should fit a few challenges.

The challenge from Whiff of Joy is red and aqua. I used the lovely sketch from Secret Crafter and the challenge from ABC Christmas challenge is A for angel plus charms or beads. Realised also that the Paperplay challenge is Precious metals and I do have a metal charm on the card!

DP - Cosmo Cricket Jolly by Golly.

Colouring - Promarkers.

Card Candy and sentiment - Craftwork Cards.

Flowers - Hero Arts.

Charm - Quixotic Paperie.

I think that's it!

It seems to be a bit wet here at the moment. It has been very windy and now rainy. The snow is going down but unfortunately it is very icy. I could hardly walk this morning with the dog so I just gave up lol! I had to walk to my neighbour's house where my car was but I managed without falling...luckily. My husband said not to even try the short way home as it was impossible so I had to go the long way. It was also very icy but also very rutted and in places very wet. I have now got the car as far as the gate but it was very difficult to walk in the drive as it was very icy and I am very scared of ice. I fell on a slippy floor when I was 2 and broke my leg and had to spend a long time in traction (with both legs stuck in the air). Thanks to the wonderful care at Yorkhill sick children's hospital in Glasgow I have never had any after effects apart from a terrible fear of slippy situations lol!

I'm off to enter some challenges. As usual I have a feeling I am too late for one of the challenges. Never mind it is a start of my Christmas cards so that can't be a bad thing.

Just to add - yes I was right I was too late for the Whiff of Joy challenge. I find that the problem is that often you don't know when a challenge ends. It's really helpful when a time is specified. Of course it is not always GMT so for us in the UK (ok me) other countries' times can be a bit confusing. Maybe I'd get on better if I just assumed that the latest time was the morning of the day before at the latest not the evening. I'll just have to try to do challenges earlier not at the last minute.

I also meant to say that I've added a banner for "Say no to verification". The ABC Christmas challenge blog are keen for us all to say no to verification and they are offering blog candy if we turn off verification. It makes it much quicker to leave comments and you can always use owner approval to screen comments if you are worried about spam. I didn't realise I had it on so I have turned it off now and entered the challenge.

See you tomorrow and I'd love to hear what you think about my Christmas card.

Kat xx

Oh Christmas Tree!

Another post! I'm having a better day today for crafting. I made this card tonight to hopefully fit a few challenges. I used the sketch from the Truly Scrumptious challenge. They also want a sparkly flourish so I cut out a Sizzix flourish from silver glitter card and added some jewels for even more sparkle. I used the gorgeous MME Signature DP which I love. I used Promarkers to colour the sweet image from Sugar Nellies. I cut out the image with nesties and distressed the edge with Vintage Photo Distress Inks. I used a sentiment from Craftwork Cards and finished off with a Martha Stewart snowflake and a jewel.

I hope to enter the following challenges:-
Secret Crafter :- Christmas Trees.
Passion for Promarkers :- Vintage and any colour of Promarkers.
Truly Scrumptious :- Sketch plus sparkly flourish.
ABC :- I for indigo - papers.
Creatalicious Challenges :- Snowflakes and lots of sparkle.

I hope you like it! Now late as usual I'm going to do some ironing. Hope you all had a lovely weekend. Can't believe that's it almost over for another week. Time seems to be going rather quickly at the moment - or is it just me?

I won't be able to do anything tomorrow as I'm at work all day and then I have a Guild meeting. Since it is St. Andrew's Day we are having entertainment and soup and trifle. It probably won't be a late night so at least I might be able to start another card.

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

Hot Pink, Dusky Pink and Ice Chocolate.

I need to post this very quickly as the deadline for the Colour Create challenge is 6pm! I used this fabby sketch and this gorgeous image from Whiff of Joy. I used my Promarkers to colour the image. All shapes have been cut out with my nesties. I stamped some swirls in dark brown on the floral paper behind the image with a Basic Grey swirl stamp and the papers are also from Basic Grey. I added some flowers and ribbon from by stash. I love the pearls on the flowers. I love the colours in this card especially the hot pink I used for matting. Luckily I had bought the new Promarker colours from Joanna Sheen as one of the new colours is Hot Pink.

I have a few challenges to enter with this card but I will have to come back later to finish this post. I am expecting a Tesco delivery and I need to make tea and go out. It is WRI night and for my sins I am the treasurer lol!!

Challenges for this card:-

Colour Create challenge :-Hot pink, dusky pink and ice chocolate plus pearls and swirls.

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge :- Celebration.

Whiff of Joy challenge :- Sketch.

Whimsy challenge :-Sugar and Spice.

Crafty Cardmakers :- Ribbons/fibres.

Passion for Promarkers :- Any colours plus 3 different shapes, 2 papers and 1 ribbon.

Creative Card Crew :- Celebration.

Bye for now girls and hope to see you later. I have a card to post for the Sugar Bowl challenge.

Kat xx