Hat Trick!

Well when I say Hat Trick I mean I've posted three times in three days! Long time since I managed that!

I couldn't resist trying to use one of the great sketches at Retro Sketches. I chose to use sketch no.9.

I made - whisper it - a Christmas card. And yes I do know it's only February. But it's not the first one I've made this year!

Looks like I've managed to take a squint photo!

I used :-
Snowflakes :- Martha Stewart punches.
Sentiment :- Hero Arts.
Bakers' Twine :- Ribbon Girl.
Pearls :- Hobby House.
Snowman embossing folder and Glamour Dust.

Other challenges :-
In the Pink :- Bling and Pink.
Winter Wonderland :- Snowflakes falling all around.

I'm quite pleased with this card! Surprise!! I hope you can see the embossing. It's a lovely folder and the embossing is always lovely and crisp. And I love this sketch. You could add more to it but I like it plain.  I think it's a layout that would be suitable for most occasions. I can see it with flower or butterflies. Perhaps even with more embellishments.

Well this is my day for working all day. It's also my evening for the Guild. Luckily we're never that late so I should be able to see what everyone's been up to in the evening. It's also my husband's birthday so he's getting one of my car cards made using that really useful car set from Papermania. Yesterday was my son-in-law's birthday and he got a car card too. He got a Ferrari card. (same set of stamps) He sells Audis but there aren't any on that set lol!

Thanks for looking and if you have time I love to hear what you think. I really appreciate every comment I get. I know how busy everyone is so it's nice when someone takes the trouble to comment.

Catch you all later.

Kat xx

Snowflakes and Swirls.

Hi everyone, seems like I haven't been online much for a day or two. I didn't even switch on my laptop yesterday and still don't have much to show for it. 

I "had" to visit my local craft shop during their open day on Saturday. My friend and I had a little spend but we're still saving ourselves for the SECC on Saturday coming. I came home with a few stamped images that were being demonstrated. Thanks Jeannie. Needless to say I haven't coloured any of them yet but I have made some very simple cards. 

Yesterday was a gorgeous day here so I got my washing and ironing done but between that and making the cards I didn't have any time to blog!

Recently I bought two lovely "Snowman" embossing folders and some DP. I haven't used the DP yet but here's what I made with one of the folders. I love this swirly folder, it's very elegant and I didn't do much else to it except add some gems and ribbon. Love this ribbon, must get some more!

This time I added a little tree charm too. I was looking at snowflake charms on Saturday but I didn't buy any because I knew I had some at home. Snag is I can't find them anywhere, all I could find was a few trees so that had to do. The lovely sentiment is from a Paula Pascual set.

Thanks for looking and I'll come back tomorrow with the other two cards