No time as usual!

Well as you can see from the time I didn't have time to blog this card before I went to work this afternoon. No idea what made me think I would have time to do anything  after I finished my housework!!

I can't claim any credit for this card. I've cased a card I saw over at Less is More. It was a beautiful card Chrissie had made to inspire us for this week's challenge. I hope she doesn't mind me using her idea! I was really inspired by her card and I've got all the bits organised for several others in different colours and using different images. I'm going to a crop tomorrow so that'll give me something to do and help my very small pile of Christmas cards to grow.

Now isn't that simple? I'm quite pleased with it and if I make about half a dozen different ones I'll be happy!

I used :-

Image and sentiment :- Hero Arts.

Embossing folder :- Cuttlebug.

Colouring :- Lilac - Promarker, Pink - Spica glitter gel pen.

Glamour Dust.

Now I'm off to finish off sorting out what I need for the crop and I'd best schedule my post for Totally Gorjuss for tomorrow. Hope to see you over there.

Thanks for looking.

Less is More #3

Hi everyone, I thought I'd show you a card I made last night for Less is More where the challenge this week is "Spring."

Not sure if I've achieved what I set out to do but I've enjoyed trying. I really like this challenge, it's good to try something different.

I used the lovely "Poppies" image from Penny Black and coloured it with Promarkers. I added sparkly black to the centres of the flowers with a Spica gel pen. I edged the nestie circle with the same Pale Pink Promarker and adhered it straight onto the card. The sentiment is from Hero Arts.

Yesterday Melly gave me this award.

Since I already got this award last week I'd just like to say if you fancy it please help yourself. And I won't bore you with the 8 interesting facts about me again lol!

I'd be really pleased if anyone has time to leave me a comment about my card. I promise not to be offended if you think it's rubbish!

Thanks for looking.

Totally Gorjuss 44 - You're a Star.

Good morning everyone and it's the start of the weekend so it's time for another challenge from Totally Gorjuss. This week our challenge is "You're a Star." We would like to see stars on your card or layout. I'm afraid my stars aren't very big but they are there lol! I coloured the star she's holding and the ones in her hair with a Spica glitter gel pen and I used another one to make sparkly spots on her dress.

This week we are lucky to be sponsored by Crafter's Companion. They have some fantastic products on their website. They sell their own products but also lots of other brands so it's always worthwhile checking out their online shop.

I used:-

Image :- Gorjuss Girl from Sugar Nellies.

DP :- MME.

Colouring :- Promarkers and Spica glitter gel pens.

Flowers :- Prima and stripey ones cut out with EK Success punches.

Faux stitching :- Precision Pen.

Stampin' Up! punch for scalloped edge.

Ribbon and pearls from stash.

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges :-

Mojo Monday :- Sketch.

Cupcake :- 2 papers, 2 ribbons and 2 flowers.

Pollycraft :- Stitches.

Easy Craft Projects :- Girly.

Paperplay :- Pink to make the boys wink.

Hopefully I'll get round to entering these challenges before it's too late lol!

I hope you'll pop over to the Totally Gorjuss blog to see what my talented teamies have made this week if you haven't already been there. I know you won't be disappointed. If you have time I'd love to hear what you think of my card and I know my teamies would too.

Totally Gorjuss 30 Round and Round!

Hi everyone. Hopefully Mr Blogger will post this for me at 8am as I need to go to work this morning. I must apologise for the quality of this photo as I had to make my DT card for Totally Gorjuss and take the photo on Friday evening.

I had been hoping to make a card in the morning but my fourteen and a half year old Cocker Spaniel was not very good. She hasn't been that good for a while and of course we've been postponing the inevitable! She barked for about half the morning and nothing seemed to help. Eventually she went to sleep for a while but woke up again just before my daughter set off with my other daughter's dog. They were coming back from their holidays and picking up Missy at Aberdeen. Just after they left she suddenly threw up on the doormat. Lovely! I only had time to throw the mat outside and go to work. When I came home she didn't even wake up. When my husband phoned from work he said to phone the vet and see when she could go in. They said she could go in first thing tomorrow so he will take her before work. I can't go with her because the first appointment is 9am and that's when I start work. She's going on what my son calls "the one way ticket!" Sound callous but all three of them are really fond of her. We have had her for over 14 years and she's been a great wee dog. She absolutely loves people and she was a pretty wee blue roan doggie. Now she is blind, deaf, shaky on her legs and just a bundle of bones. Still has a great appetite though LOL!

Sorry to go on! Now about the card. It was made rather quickly and I hope I haven't held Net up too much as she is the one who puts the challenge post together. This week we would like to see circles on your cards. You could make a round card, stamp your image on a round piece of card, use spotty paper or ribbon (I've got tiny little spots on my ribbon) the choice is yours.

I used :-

Image :- Princess Tilda.

DP :- DVWV Nana's Nursery.

Flowers :- Prima.

Sentiment :- Craftwork Cards.

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

Jewels :- Basic Grey.

Raffia lace from Quixotic Paperie.

Nesties, stickles and clear gem brad.

As well as my DT card I'm going to enter some challenges :-

Sketch and Stash :- Sketch and neglected Basic Grey Jewels and new Prima flowers.

One Stitch at a Time :- Going Dotty.

Papertake Weekly :- Shiny, sparkly and special.

Stamp Something :- Celebrate something.

Just Magnolia :- One for the girls.

ABC :- Unused stash - Basic Grey jewels.

Well that's me for now. I hope you can find time to visit Totally Gorjuss and see what my talented teamies have made. If you've got a minute to let us know what you think we'd be delighted. As usual there will be a lovely prize for one lucky random winner. I'm looking forward to seeing how you interpret our challenge.

Enjoy your weekend,

Kat xx

Just Cute Bears 11 Spring Colours.

Hello everyone. Happy Easter. Hope you are having a lovely weekend. As this is Sunday I am in Crieff in Perthshire visiting my daughter and her family.

This week at Just Cute Bears we would like you to make a card or layout or whatever you fancy making using the Spring colours yellow and green. Don't these colours just make you think of Spring and better weather and longer days! I don't know about the rest of you but here in Scotland we have had horrendous weather this week. From Monday to Wednesday we have had strong winds and snow. As I write this on Thursday it is a beautiful sunny day but still very windy and very, very cold!!

This week we are again sponsored by the ever generous Kim at Cuddly Buddly. This is the beautiful stamp you can win this week. Isn't that cute!

Here is the card I made to (hopefully) help to inspire you.

I have used the lovely "Flower Bear" stamp from Hobby Art. I love The Bear. This is quite a small wooden stamp but you get larger versions of him too doing all sorts of things. There are also some clear stamps available in this range. The check DP is from Paper Adventures and the daffodil one is a scrap from my scrap box. I think it is printed from a cd a long time ago. I coloured with Promarkers with a Spica glitter gel pen for the butterfly and a Sakura clear gel pen for the flowers. The sentiment and card candy are from Craftwork Cards. I coloured the card candy and edged the sentiment with Promarker to match. Jewels, ribbon and flowers from my stash. The flowers are Prima edged with Promarker.

This month we are very lucky to have a guest designer. The very talented Helen has very kindly agreed to join us for the whole month of April. You really must pop over to her blog and check out her fabulous work. You're in for a real treat.

I hope you can find time to join us this week. I'm looking forward to seeing your lovely Spring colour creations this week. There were some gorgeous Easter cards last week. Well done everyone.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Kat xx

Totally Gorjuss 10 Gift Tag.

Just a quick post as I am late posting the gift tag I made for this week's Totally Gorjuss challenge. In my defence I should add that I had it made in time but I wasn't sure when the challenge would be posted on the TG challenge blog. I hope some of you can manage to enter this week as it could be a very quick make when you are all so busy. Last week we were really pleased to have the most entries so far so I hope you can pop over and see what the rest of the DT have done and give it a go.

I stamped Bumblebee, coloured her with promarkers and added some spica glitter gel pen on her dress and her hair ornament. I used nesties to cut the circles and added some ribbon. So there you have it a very quick gift tag.

I am also entering a couple of challenges with this tag:-

Passion for Promarkers :- Anything but a card and any colours.

Allsorts challenge :- Anything but a card.

If you look at my next post you will see how this gift tag forms part of a theme for Poppy's Christmas!


See you soon,


Kat xx