Wet Thursday!

This was a quick card I made a couple of days ago to show my friend who wants to make some cards for a sale of work. The idea is originally Clare's (Littlebear), thanks Clare. She made a lovely card the other day by inking her stamps and stamping on her card. She also scored round each side with her score-bug and added cut out leaves. If you look at Clare's blog you will see that her card is much nicer than mine. I used my Ultimate (Crafter's Companion) to emboss lines top and bottom and inked my image and sentiment stamps with brush markers. I'm not usually so minimalist but I know that people will not pay a reasonable amount for a nice card at a sale of work. But they will pay more for rubbish from a shop. Need to watch I don't fall of my soapbox lol!! I was in a shop recently with a friend who was looking for a child's birthday card and I couldn't believe how much it was for the simplest card. Guess I haven't looked at cards in shops for a long time.The next card is what I have been making today on a miserable wet day. I don't think the rain has ever stopped. I'm not sure my dogs have dried out since their walk and it will soon be time to go out again. I used the lovely sketch from Sketch Saturday and rotated it to fit the image better. I masked this lovely Tilda in Cherry Dress so that she could sit on a bench. I haven't done much masking so I was quite pleased with how she turned out! I watercoloured her. I've rounded all the edges except the base card. The flowers have been cut out using my new EK Success flower punches and popped on with sticky pads for a bit of dimension. I glittered them plus the cherries on Tilda's dress and the ornaments in her hair with a Sakura glitter gel pen. Pity you can't see the glitter but it is not a bright enough day for good photos. I sewed round all the edges with my mini sewing machine. I am getting used to doing this now - not good at it just used to doing it!! I inked all the edges with Antique Linen Distress Ink. Ribbon, brads and sparkly jewels are from my stash.



Challenges I am entering:-
Sketch Saturday:- The great sketch.
Just Magnolia:- Image and ribbons and bows.
La La Land challenge:- Bling.
A Spoon Full of Sugar:- Distressing.

Hope you like, think I will think about my next challenge now before I make tea and walk the dogs. I think it will be a very short walk as it is still raining. My old dog won't complain and I don't think the other one will either! I'm off out tonight to make cards with friends. Yesterday afternoon I was making cards with some other friends. Hard work but someone's got to do it.

See you soon,

Kat xx

Some More Challenges.

Good afternoon girls, I have been very naughty this morning. I only meant to sit down for a wee while and think about what I was going to do for this week's Whiff of Joy challenge and look at the time now!! I had a few ideas about what other challenges I could fit in. But it kind of snowballed. Now I have no housework done and I need to go to work at 1.45.


Well as I said this is for the Whiff of Joy challenge and I used the lovely sketch from Friday Sketchers and their optional colours blue and orange. Now orange is definitely not my colour but I thought I would give it a go anyway and see what happened! The sweet image is coloured with Promarkers and i went over the flowers in her hand and hair with a Sakura glitter gel pen. Probably not obvious. Not obvious either but the pale blue ribbon is very shimmery and gorgeous. Nesties were used as usual and the jewels, ribbon and buttons are from my stash. The plain blue
Not sure that the next piccie adds anything but it does show you my wonky sewing. I added stitching for the La La Lands Wednesday blog which I discovered has already closed - on Sunday 30th!! Guess I missed it then. Never mind I think the card still fits a few challenges lol.

So I think this card fits the following challenges:-

Friday Sketchers:- sketch plus blue and orange.

Whiff of Joy:- bling.

Crafty Cardmakers:- complementary colours - blue and orange.
Passion for Promarkers:- any colours and girly and glittery.

Cupcake Craft:- 3 buttons, 2 papers and 1 ribbon.

Whimsy:- touchy feely - bling, buttons and ribbon.

Pile it on:- round -buttons, DP and swiss dots.

365 cards:- 3 shades of blue.

I'm just about breathless after listin all those challenges!!!

Best go and post this now and see if I can have some lunch before I go to work. Hope you enjoy the rest of what is a lovely day here. Much nicer than yesterday when some people round here had a day off for the Bank Holiday.

Maybe see you later and please let me know what you think of this card or any other one that you may like (or otherwise).

Kat x

Anything but a card.

I made this little book to have something to put a few photos of my little grand daughter in. The photos range from this one here which is less than 2 days old when she came home from hospital.This pink suit is Poppy's swimsuit and matching hat when she went on her first holiday abroad! The other one is just relaxing on her Mum's knee at home.

Poppy in her hat is again on her holidays. Poppy in bouncy chair is at Granny's house. What a lovely smile!

Poppy having a lovely bubble bath with her ducks. And a bigger girl with very red cheeks in her bath.

Bouncing Poppy with Missy her favourite Labrador in the background.

Poppy is now a big girl aged 20 months. She loves to be outside!!

I made this little book using a Funky Hands cd. I was able to print directly onto card so that saved having to cut out everything twice. I had to jiggle the letters a little bit so that I could get all five fitted together so that you could see the book says POPPY. I used ribbons, embellishments, brads and flowers from my stash.

I am not entirely happy with it but hopefully the next one I make will be better. I am going to enter it in the Truly Scrumptious challenge which is anything but a card.

Thanks for looking.

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

Stamptacular Sunday 21

This is a quick card I made for the Stamptacular Sunday challenge 21 which is 3D. I thought I would try making a step card for the first time. I used some of last year's DCWV xmas paper. I cut out a Cuttlebug ice crystal and attached it with sticky pads. I also attached a stamped greeting with sticky pads. I added a jewel to the middle of the crystal. The middle part of the card has some of the paper edged with my new Martha Stewart embossed snowflake edge punch. Unfortunately it is not very clear in the photo but it is really pretty. Ribbon from my stash. If anyone recognises this paper they will probably realise that the colours in my photo are a bit strange. The two light papers are ok but the dark one is really not this colour and neither is the ribbon. It is more like a sort of maroony-purple... if that makes any sense. It really is not a good card, I am not at all happy with it!
Today my friend and I went to visit a new craft shop that opened near Peterhead. It is a lovely shop and we bought some new goodies. There are lots of lovely Bo Bunny Christmas papers and Halloween papers too. Some 7 Gypsies and lots of Bazzill. Lots more still to come including MME Christmas papers so of course we will have to go back soon lol.
Has anyone been over to the La La Land blog? They have some yummy candy to celebrate the release of 11 new Halloween stamps on 10th September.

I should go now and post this and enter the Stamptacular Sunday challenge and not leave it too late!!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Kat x

By the way this also fits the Cupcake Craft challenge which is a shaped card, anything but a square.

Ida's Blogoversary Candy.

Ida is giving away 3 different lots of blog candy. There is a link in my sidebar. Just click on it to go over to Ida's blog and see what it's all about! It has to be worth a look.

Kat x

A few challenges.

Good evening everyone, here are a couple of cards I made for a few challenges. The one above has been made using the great sketch from Just Magnolia. I coloured one of my favourite Tildas with Promarkers using the colours for Passion for Promarkers. It also contains circles to fit the ABC challenge. I used nesties for cutting shapes as usual. I used my new retro flower punches by EK success and added a brad. The colours for PfP are lilac, lavender. amethyst and aubergine and it might not look like it from the photo but I used all 4 in this card!! I also stickled her wing though it might not be obvious lol. The DP is from Basic Grey and I added some jewels from my stash.

The second flower was made using the lovely sketch from Friday Sketchers. I coloured the Forever Friends image with Promarkers. The DP I used is from MME and Basic Grey. The Prima flowers are from my stash and I added brads and spacers from my stash. I also added a cute little pram charm and a ribbon from my stash. This card also fits the Stamping for the weekend challenge to use pink and grey and the Cute Card Thursday challenge for New Beginnings. Nesties have been used for this card too as usual.

This is all I've made today due to the fact that I spent a while footering - Scottish friends will understand this! - to explain to others - I was dithering about what papers to use !! I also have to admit to messing around going round blogs this morning.

Hope you like, feel free to tell me if you don't!

Kat x

Friday morning - I changed the first photo as it did not show the shading on the dress or the stickles. Not sure it is much better - but I tried!

More challenges.

I made this yesterday evening but with my track record with evening photos I did not even try to take a photo. Unfortunately this morning was a bit dull. I got a photo which was ok-ish then before tea I tried again and got this one. I spent the afternoon at a friend's house with 3 others making cards to sell at our church to raise fund for Ekwendeni hospital in Malawi. With several other churches in the Buchan (north-east Aberdeenshire) area we used to have a missionary partner. We still try to raise funds and send things out to them because it is an area of terrible poverty. Not sure if anyone will want to buy my cards or not. I think I will have to keep them very simple cos people will not pay for them otherwise. We were just saying that this afternoon. People will go into a shop and pay £s for a card but don't expect them to pay much for a special handmade one!!

Enough of me waffling. This card should fit these challenges:-
Allsorts:- sketch and torn.
Basic Grey:- Basic Grey papers and colours brown, yellow and pink.
La La Land:- Stitching - in this case faux.
Pile it on:- 3s. In this card- 3 brads, 3 buttons and 3 jewels.
Whismsy:- sparkle -the flower has been glittered with a Sakura glitter gel pen and there are some jewels including one in her hair!

The image is a Gorjuss Girl from Sugar Nellies and she has been coloured with Promarkers. The rectangles have been cut out with nesties. Flower, buttons, brads, jewels and ric rac from my stash.

I think this card turned out better than I expected. This does not mean I think it is good! Just that it is not as bad as it might have been lol.

In the mail today I got a gift voucher! On Monday I won a £10 gift voucher from Joanna Sheen in the first Crafty Cardmakers challenge. So thank you very much to Crafty Cardmakers and Joanna Sheen for this generous prize. I just expected to get an email with a code to use. But no I got a handmade card in a matching lined envelope with instructions inside how to use it and the code to use at the checkout. I'm impressed. I love Joanna's web shop. Prices and service are second to none and there is no p&p. There is a really good deal on Promarkers - that's where I got mine!

Another website I can thoroughly recommend is Craft Obsessions I ordered some gorgeous new Christmas goodies from Bo Bunny from them on Sunday evening and they arrived on Tuesday. How good is that? I was well impressed.

I'm off now to post my entries and see what I'll do tomorrow on my day off. Really looking forward to going to our new local craft shop on Saturday. My friend and I are going when I finish work at 12.30. Can't wait to see what lovely new goodies they have lol.

Thanks for looking and leaving lovely comments on my little efforts.

Kat x

Spoon Full of Sugar 65

Me again with a quick post. I made this card using the Mojo Monday 101 sketch. It also for the Spoon Full of Sugar challenge. I watercoloured the cute Penny Black hedgies on their sledge. I added faux stitching to meet the Penny Black Saturday challenge. The colours turquoise and brown fit the Secret Crafter challenge. The papers are DCWV and the ribbon and jewels are from my stash. As usual nesties were used to cut the ovals. I added stickles to the hats and for snow. I hope to come back tomorrow and add a better picture! I just realised it also fits the Simon Says Challenge - Christmas in August.

Thanks for looking.

Kat x

Tuesday now and I've changed the photo. I think this is better than the one I posted yesterday evening!!

Sugar Bowl Challenge

I made this card yesterday for the Sugar Bowl challenge. I love Judy's great sketch, it was really easy to work with. I used some lovely pink card for the base card and for layering. The papers are Basic Grey sultry, aren't they gorgeous? After having a go at using my new mini sewing machine last week I decided to use it again for this card. I used the lovely "Poppies" Gorjuss Girl from Sugar Nellies which is coloured with Promarkers and highlighted with a white Inkssentials gel pen. I think she would be perfect for a card for my little grand daughter, Poppy lol. The challenge is to include hand made flowers. I made these flowers using a punch andmy nesties shapeabilities flower bouquet miniabilities. I embossed them on the wrong side before putting them together and then added a little flower shaped brad. I used some of the DPs and plain pink card to make them. The brads and jewels are from my stash.



Has anyone heard of the Christmas RAK club? I have a link to it in my sidebar. I first read about it on Angela at Sparkly Cards blog. You need to become a follower of that blog and then follow the instructions. You will then be invited to join a private blog. There are 3 RAKs planned for September. It sounds like fun so why don't you pop over for a look.

Thanks for looking. Hope you like my card and leave a comment. I love to hear what you think - it's nice to hear from you , it really makes my day to get some feedback.

Kat x

Stamptacular Sunday 20.

This is just a quick card I made for the Stamptacular Sunday challenge which is Beary Special. I used one of my bear stamps from Hobby Arts and coloured it with Promarkers. I used my nesties to cut the ovals as usual. The ribbon and jewels are from my stash. I love The Bear from Hobby Arts he is so cute! I have lots of them doing all sorts of things. Is there anyone who doesn't like bears? You can use them for all occasions - well ok maybe not sympathy cards.
Now I'm thinking about the Spoon Full of Sugar challenge which is travel. At first I thought what can I possibly do about that but maybe I could use the stamp I have of the bear in his car lol. I like the idea so maybe I'll look into that tomorrow. I might do some ironing now or finish reading the paper. On a Saturday I can read most of my two papers at work if it is not too busy!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend and I'm looking forward to hearing what you think. Sorry about the weird angle of the photo but I can't get a photo from a normal angle in the evening.

Kat x

ps I almost forgot - here is some news for anyone out there who lives north of Aberdeen. There is a new craft shop opening next Saturday, 29th August, in Boddam just a couple of miles south of Peterhead. It is in what used to be RAF Buchan near the Buchan Braes Hotel.

Cupcake Craft Challenge

Good evening everyone. I've used the lovely Whiff of Joy sketch to make this card. I am also entering it in the Cupcake Craft challenge, which is something sweet with the added option of including a cupcake. The papers are the lovely Basic Grey cupcake. I coloured the lovely Whiff of Joy bear with cupcake with my Promarkers and used a Sakura glitter gel pen on the icing. Nesties were used to cut out the rectangles. I punched a corner using the same blue card I used for the base card and for layering. Ribbon, button and little jewels are from my stash.

Hope you like,

Kat x

I'm a bit late!!!

Just a quick and late post! I'm just about in time to enter this card for the Sketch Saturday challenge. I watercoloured this sweet Tilda with Heart Dress and made up the card using Basic Grey lemonade papers. Flowers and ribbon are from my stash. I used a Sakura glitter pen on her wings and on the hearts on her dress. Nesties were used to cut the ovals as usual. I love these papers, they are so yummy.

Now I'm off to enter this challenge before it's too late. See you tomorrow and have a lovely weekend.

Kat x

Sat Morning. Isn't it wonderful how easy it is to take a photo when the light is ok!! I've managed to replace the photo I used last night with one I got this morning. I feel better about it, I hate it when I've had to use an evening one cos they never look right.

Friday at last!

This is my card for the new Basic Grey challenge. I love Basic Grey papers and I used some of the Cupcake papers for this card. I think they go really well with Tilda with her ice cream cone lol. I coloured Tilda with promarkers. Ribbon, flowers,brad and button are from my stash. Sorry about the weird angle but it was just a little late to get a decent photo - even outside!

Challenges entered:-

Basic Grey :- sketch and papers used.
Cute Card Thursday:- Lazy Dayz - a summer inspired card.
The Pink Elephant:- Summer.
Whimsy:- Ribbons.
Stamp Something:- Birthday.

Looking forward to the weekend now. Hope you all have a good one. Thanks for popping by and hope you want to leave a comment so I can come and visit your blog.

Kat x

Help!!

I hope some of you experienced bloggers can help me! I have a profile photo which sometimes shows up when I leave a comment on a post. But - when I join someone's blog as a follower I just get that anonymous silhouette that goes on at the end of your list of followers. I follow lots of blogs but I don't actually have many followers. Now that may be (and probably is) because my blog is a bit boring and people don't want to follow it!! Or it may be because the people I am following don't know I am following them. It's probably the first reason but I would still like to have a follower piccie even a symbol would be better than nothing. I'm sure I'm missing something but blogger help is absolutely no help. It can only tell me how to add a photo to my profile or how to upload photos. Even I know how to do those two things lol. So I'd really appreciate it if someone could point me in the right direction please. Thanks in anticipation of help. I know crafty bloggers are a helpful bunch.

Kat x

Had a busy day!

This is the card I have been making all day!!! I decided I would try doing the Just Magnolia Too challenge which is 3d. I have done traditional decoupage often enough but not with my own stamped image - until today. Thanks to Debby Yates of a Scrap Journey for a brilliant tutorial. I have also been brave and done some stitching with my new Janome mini sewing machine which I found on ebay for £19.99. (Brand new and came from a sewing machine shop so if you want details just let me know.) I also used my Promarkers for colouring - sometimes I chicken out and watercolour lol. I used some of my favourite K & Co papers, wild raspberry.I think you can almost see that Spring Tilda has been 3d'd but I have added another pic to show it a bit better. I found some plain card which is just the right shade for the DP. The papers have also been inked round the edges with a Brilliance dewdrop ink pad. I found some of my cross stitch thread just the right colour to tie through the buttons! Buttons, flowers and ribbon from my stash. I'm hoping that this card does for several challenges - after I've spent most of the day on it!!

Friday Sketchers:- the lovely sketch.

Just Magnolia Too:- the lovely Tilda image and 3d.

Papertake Weekly:- any challenge from first 99 - Favourite things -K & Co DP.

Pollycraft Challenge:- Favourite things - K & Co DP.

ABC Challenge :- B for buttons .

Sorry about the card below!!! I made it using the sketch from day 1 of the Mojo Monday week 100. I think the only thing you could say about it is that it is quite cheery. The papers are some I found in a drawer and the sentiment is from Papermania.

I thought I heard the postie about 2 hours or more ago but I haven't been to check cos I'm waiting for the Whiff of Joy Fall set. Ok I gave in - it's here and it's gorgeous. But I can't do anything with it yet cos I'm going to a friend's house tonight to craft.
I have been so wrapped up in this 3d card that I nearly managed to cremate the lamb I was cooking to make curry for tea. I only just caught it in time. I would have been popular if it had been ruined.

Now Id best post this and enter the challenges as the dogs will want their tea and a walk soon.

Let me know what you think - good or bad, comments are always welcome and I love to find new blogs to visit. I follow quite a lot of blogs but you always find someone new as you hop around.

Looking forward to the weekend.

Kat x

Gayle's CHA Blog Candy

Gayle is giving away some terrific blog candy after her visit to CHA. See my sidebar for a link to her blog where you can find out how to enter. It's worth a look!

Kat x

Midnight Madness.

I used the sketch from Midnight Madness to make this card. Sorry for the quality of the photo but I can't take decent photos in the evening. I used Promarkers to colour this lovely Gorjuss Girl from Sugar Nellies. The DP is from Bo Bunny. The girl's dress is actually lime green although it looks a bit yellowish here. I also coloured the jewel in her hair with lime promarker. I used a Fiskars punch to scallop the edge of the pale pink paper which is actually the other side of the main piece of DP. Buttons and ribbon from my stash.

Wednesday now - I've added another photo, taken this morning. I think it shows the colours more clearly!

Thanks for looking. I have the afternoon off now so I can start crafting early lol.

Kat x

Fabby Blog Candy from Priscillastyles.

There is a lot of lovely blog candy being given away at Priscillastyles. Follow the link on my sidebar and you can see what you need to do to enter. Priscilla is giving away lots of stamp sets!!

Lots of Challenges....

This is a quick card I made today for the Papertake Weekly challenge. I used my Promarkers to colour the cute Whiff of Joy bear image. The papers are some of my favourites from MME. As usual my nesties were used to cut out the squares and rectangles. Ribbon is from my stash.

I made this yesterday evening and ended up doing my ironing very very late. I think it will fit sevenchallenges!! I coloured the lovely Edwin image from Magnolia with my Promarkers. The background paper is from Basic Grey cupcake pad. Other papers just scraps from my stash. Suit edged with silver Promarker and one set of jewels coloured with silver Promarker too.

I think it fits:-

Pile it On - Boy.

Colour Create - Blue, sand, black and silver -silver jewels and edges of suit.

Cute Card Thursday - At the beach.
Spoon Full of Sugar - Sketch.

Just Magnolia - Friendship.

Secret Crafter - Fancy corners. ( Not that fancy since it is a boy card.)

Stamp Something -something from summer vacation.

I might be pushing my luck with some of this but there is silver if you look closely and I have added corners!!

Thanks for looking and please feel free to tell me what you think.

Kat x

On a Roll Today!

I made this card using the Sketch and Stash sketch which was very easy to use. I watercoloured the sweet Penny Black hedgie. I managed to use the Penny Black Saturday Challenge colours which are blue, tan and cream. I was a bit worried about the colours as I thought I might not have these colours. But I found some papers I had never used from Daisy Bucket which were perfect colourwise! In fact I used both sides of one sheet lol. I used a brad, ribbon, flowers and jewels from my stash. I made the other flower using the papers and backing card and various punches. The DP qualifies as new never used stash for Sketch and Stash.

Then I made this card for Mojo Monday using their lovely sketch. I was a bit dubious when I saw it at first as I thought it was a bit complicated. But I had a good look at the DT cards and thought maybe I could do it if I just kept calm and took my time lol. I think it may do for the Allsorts challenge which is "English Country Garden" - Both DPs have roses on them! The DPs are the gorgeous Basic Grey porcelain. I made the base card from a matching pink and also used it for layering. Nesties were used for the circles as usual and the sentiment is stamped in matching pink. Green ribbon and a jewel from my stash complete the card.

I should probably do my ironing now but I feel as if I am on a bit of a roll LOL so I may have a look at the Papertake Weekly sketch or a Spoon Full of Sugar since I am out at work all day tomorrow. But for now I'd best post this and link my cards before it is too late.

Thanks for looking and if you like my cards please tell me. I love to read your comments and I also love to visit other people's blogs and see their lovely work.

Kat x

Stamptacular Sunday 19

I made this card for the Stamptacular Sunday challenge. This was three brads, two DPs and one flower. This seemed quite easy till I couldn't make up my mind what DP to use or what image!! Never mind once I had made up my mind it was quite simple. She says!!! I used this simple image from Stampendous and in spite of the fact it looks as if I stamped it on white card it is actually stamped on creamy card a little lighter than the light DP. The DP is DCWV Latte stack which is lovely. Ribbon, flower, brads, spacers and jewel from my stash. I hope I am in time to enter the challenge as when I looked at it again I realised entries had to be in by midnight tonight but not UK time.
I wasn't sure if I would like this card but now that I've finished it I quite like it lol.

Thanks for looking and it would be nice to hear what you think.

Kat x

Penny Black Challenge 61

This is the card I made for this week's Penny Black Saturday Challenge. I used papers from the lovely DCWV green stack. I watercoloured this lovely Penny Black hedgie. He's very cute isn't he? I love Penny Black stamps. I should start trying to use them to make xmas cards lol. Nesties were used to cut ovals and the flower, brad and pearl are from my stash. I bought 2 Martha Stewart punches from Charmed Cards and Crafts and they came yesterday so I used the Valentine lace one to edge a strip of red which I put across the middle. I had taken the first photo which turned out reasonably well then I discovered that I had forgotten to put the little pearl in the top right hand corner!! Trust me.

I'm off now to see what everyone has been up to today! Have a nice weekend,

Kat x

Sketch Saturday Challenge.

I made this quick card this morning for the Sketch Saturday challenge. Isn't it a great sketch? I watercoloured one of my favourite Gorjuss Girl images from Sugar Nellies. The gorgeous DP is wild raspberry from K & Co. The oval is cut with my oval nestie and edged with blossom Promarker as is the sentiment. The ribbon and buttons are from my stash. I'm going to try to do a card for the Penny Black Saturday challenge. But I'm probably too late now!

Thanks for looking and have a nice weekend.

Kat x

Just Magnolia.

Wow I don't know when I ever made a card as quickly as this one. I really wanted to do the Just Magnolia challenge but I didn't think I had time. I'll be back later to explain it!!

Almost 10pm now and I'm back from a lovely afternoon out. We were at a nice new garden centre in Royal Deeside where we had our coffee and what we call in Aberdeenshire "a fine piece"- in my case a lovely cheese scone. We had a walk round and some people bought some plants etc but some of them were very different from the usual garden centre and VERY expensive. To be fair most things were the same price as everywhere else it's just that they had things you don't see anywhere else. Then we went to Banchory and had a wander round the shops. I found a craft shop but it was a bit limited so I didn't buy very much. Then we had a lovely tea at a hotel in Banchory. And went home the scenic route ie not through Aberdeen!!

But I digress. I need to tell you about the card. I made this card and photographed it and posted it in not much more than an hour. Very quick for me. I usually mess around for ages trying to choose papers and flowers and the right image and what nestie to use and whether to watercolour or use Promarkers. I decided quickly to use the lovely Tilda image, which I watercoloured. I used my Cuttlebug to cut out a label. Then I had to just try to draw a bigger label on the pink card. Think it turned out not too bad even if I was in a hurry! The papers are Basic Grey sultry which are just gorgeous. I found a piece of pink card just the right colour and used it for the base card and for layering. I put an eyelet in the hole in the label and added a piece of ribbon from my stash that was just the right colour. Flowers and jewels are from my stash. Hope you like!

Kat xx