Totally Gorjuss 236 - Lace.

Good morning everyone. Hasn't it been a lovely sunny, warm week. Well I hope it has been for everyone. It's been lovely here but now it's Saturday and it's looking a bit cloudy!

Time for another challenge at Totally Gorjuss. This week we'd like to see lace on your card. I've added a piece of lace but you could use a lace die cut or doily if you like. I must apologise if you can't see my lace very well. It is there but it's a bit hidden by the image and the ribbon! I made the card for a colleague who wanted a special card for her granddaughter's first birthday. And she likes a lot of bling.

I used :-
Image :- LOTV topper.
Lace and ribbon :- Ribbon Girl.
Gems :- Hobby House.
Corner :- Whimsy.
Sentiment :- Stampin' Up!e Glamour Dust and Nesties.

As usual must apologise for being a bad blogger. I'm still off wme ork and you'd think I'd have lots of time to blog but somehow it doesn't happen! This week I've been at the nurse, the doctor and the dentist. Thankfully I don't need to see any of them again, at least not for a long time I hope! I can go back to work next week :(  Probably for the best as I'm enjoying being at home too much! I've also been baking for my WRI meeting so that was an evening out, an afternoon at our knitting and crochet group. And I nearly forgot an afternoon doing craft at Messy Church and time preparing for it. Wow when I see all that written down it does look like a busy week. Good thing I wasn't working too!!

I've got a crop this afternoon so I'd best go and try to organise something to do there. Lots to do but not much motivation. I need a 90th birthday card for my neighbour, a birthday card for my daughter and 2 new baby cards and a big brother card. Plenty to keep me occupied.

Thanks for looking and surely I can manage to do more blogging this week. If that dratted internet connection lets me.

Have a lovely weekend everyone.

Kat xx

Totally Gorjuss 220 - Furtastic.

Oops guess who forgot to write this post! I posted my card on the DT website at the beginning of the week and meant to schedule this post as I knew I would be out on Friday evening.

Our minister is retiring after being here for exactly 40 years. He came on the 24th of January 1974 and his last service is tomorrow. We had a social evening where various people spoke about things that had happened during the last 40 years. So we had representatives from various organisations and initiatives that Rodger had been involved. We heard from Sunday School leaders, flower festival organiser, the walking group, the craft group, the Guild, the BBs and so on. Rodger himself spoke near the beginning after the choir opened proceedings. They closed with a few songs and solos from The Sound of Music. Especially funny was their take on 16 going on 17 which changed into 60 going on 70! They also had a banner with a suggestion for a name for his new home - "DUNPREACHIN!" The evening ended with tea, coffee, shortbread and a piece of his celebration cake. The congregation and other people from both villages had bought him a top of the range telescope and gave him a generous cheque. This was presented by my neighbour who is the senior elder and who was also on the committee which chose him in the first place. She also made a lovely speech. Rodger and his wife are keen birdwatchers so he was delighted with the new telescope.

Anyway enough waffle, here's the card I made for this week's challenge at Totally Gorjuss. The challenge this week is "Furtastic." Easy, all you need to do is make a card with an animal on it. Now you might think I'm getting a bit ahead of myself this week with a Christmas card in January but I couldn't resist this sweet image from LOTV. And remember we're sponsored by Lili of the Valley this week which is really good as they have some lovely new images just now.

Colouring :- Promarkers.
Pearls :- Hobby House.
Snowflake :- Marianne Creatables die.
Glamour Dust.

I spent ages trying to find what I'd used to make the snowflake as I have lots of snowflakes cut out ready to use. I was really beginning to think I'd never find where it came from lol!

Well better late than never I suppose.

Thanks for looking and I'll be round to see what everyone's been up to later.

Kat xx

Totally Gorjuss 211 - Child's Christmas.

Good morning everyone, Saturday again! I don't know about where you are but it's been very cold here this week. Our knit and crochet group was cancelled on Tuesday because the roads were so bad. So I decided I might as well go to work and have the afternoon off for the next meeting. I thought the organisers were being unneccessarily cautious till I went out to go to work and discovered how slippy the roads were! The afternoon postie confirmed how bad the road was between us and the nearest village so I think it was probably right if a bit of a disappointment to cancel the meeting.

Enough waffle! At Totally Gorjuss this week our challenge is "Child's Christmas." And of course it doesn't have to be a card, it could be a present. Hope you can join us as we have two sponsors this week, Bugaboo and The Ribbon Girl so you have two chances to win.

Here's what I made quickly - since I didn't have a lot of time. As usual!

I used :-

Image and sentiment :- LOTV.

Colouring :- Promarkers.

Snowflake - Martha Stewart.

Pearl :- Hobby House.

Glamour Dust and Ribbon.

Thanks for looking and hope to see you over on the challenge blog.

Have a lovely weekend everyone.

Kat xx

One more sleep.............!

No not for me, I'm past being excited about my birthday lol. It's Poppy's birthday tomorrow and she's very excited about it! She'll be 6. Seems like five minutes since we waited days for her to finally appear about 12 days late. Seems to be a habit with Catriona's children. Oliver's birthday was on the 9th and he was 12 days late too!

Since Poppy is a very girly little girl and does ballet and likes dolls (unlike her Mum) I thought this sweet LOTV image was perfect for her card. I finished off with some ribbon, punched butterflies, pearls and lots of Glamour Dust. Nearly forgot the sentiment's from Stampin' Up!.

Hope she likes it.  Hope you like it too!

I sent her a pink, fluffy leapord print (?) onesie from M&S. Think I'll be popular with her. Oliver certainly loved his dog onesie. He had it on as soon as it arrived lol!

I'd best go and schedule my DT post for tomorrow while my broadband is working. But that's another story!

Thanks for looking and I hope you can find time to tell me what you think.

Kat xx

Totally Gorjuss 208 - Anything Goes Plus Snow.

Good morning everyone and time for another challenge at Totally Gorjuss. This week we'd like to see "Anything goes plus snow." This suits me perfectly as I'm really trying to get on with my Christmas cards just now. This week we're sponsored by Craft All Day so don't forget to give them a visit.

This week I have another simple card using a gorgeous LOTV image.

Totally Gorjuss 203 - Traditional Christmas Colours.

Good morning everyone. First of all I must apologise for my lack of blogging and leaving comments this week. i have had no broadband or only a poor connection which doesn't let me online! I've managed to do my DT commenting using my iPad but it's not ideal. 

This week at Totally Gorjuss our challenge is "Traditional Christmas Colours."

Here's what I made.

I used :-

Image, sentiment and DP :- LOTV.

Colouring :- Promarkers.

Pearls :- Hobby House.

Glamour Dust.

I'm going to quit while I'm ahead here. I've been hanging on the phone to my broadband supplier for 30 minutes and still no reply just the usual waffle about someone will answer as soon as possible. Really?!!!!!!!!!!

By the way we've got a DT call at Totally Gorjuss so if you'd like to join us just nip over there for more details.

Totally Gorjuss 202 - Dotty.

Good morning everyone. Doesn't seem long since last Saturday. Must have been a busy week lol! I haven't had much time for crafting or blogging. Doesn't help when my internet connection has been rubbish this week! Doesn't help that I've been obsessed with crocheting either.

Yes I know it's afternoon now but for some reason in spite of the fact I scheduled this post for 8.15am Mr Blogger decided to schedule it for 10.16pm? Thanks again Mr Blogger. For nothing!!

Well this week at Totally Gorjuss our theme is "Dotty." I think I may be going loopy here. Last week I was convinced the theme was spots and stripes instead of just stripes. This week I managed to use the wrong side of my DP and ended up with a stripey card. So a quick card later I managed to make this one!

I used :-

Image and Sentiment :- LOTV.

Colouring :- Promarkers.

Gems :- Hobby House.

Snowflakes :- Martha Stewart punch and  another small punch.
Glamour Dust and Washi Tape.

Hope you can join us this week cos we're sponsored by Heather's Hobbie Haven and The Ribbon Girl. Isn't that great? That means you have two chances to win. So what you waiting for? See you over there.

Well I have to work this morning so I'll see you all later. Have a lovely weekend.

Totally Gorjuss Challenge 201 - Stripes.

Good morning everyone. Is it just me or did anyone else have a really quick week? Mine disappeared very quickly! Only another week and then my colleague will be on holiday for two week. Bet that time doesn't pass quickly!!

But since it's Saturday it's time for another challenge at Totally Gorjuss. This week we'd like to see stripes on your work. As you might be able to tell from my card I got it into my head the challenge was spots and stripes. Oops, silly me! Still there are some stripes on it. As you can see I'm still in CAS mode.

I used :-

Image and Sentiment :- LOTV.

Colouring :- Promarkers.

Snowflake :- Martha Stewart punch.

Washi Tape :- Fantastic Ribbons.

Card Candy :- Craftwork Cards.

Glamour Dust.

I found a challenge :- Christmas Stampin' All Year Long. :- Cute and Cuddly Christmas.

I've been a very bad blogger this week so I can only apologise for my lack of commenting. Hope things are better this week.

So thanks for looking and the lovely comments you leave. I'll catch up later after work.

Totally Gorjuss 200 - Anything Goes.

Good morning everyone. Time for this week's challenge at Totally Gorjuss. This week our challenge is even easier than ever, it's "Anything Goes." So you can do anything you like!

I've kept things simple again this week.

I used :-

Image and sentiment :- LOTV.

Colouring :- Promarkers.

Glamour Dust and Perfect Pearls.

We have a new sponsor this week, Craft All Day, so don't forget to pop over there and see what they have to tempt you.

I have a crop after work today so I'll try to catch up later.

Thanks for looking and also for all the lovely comments you leave.

Thought I'd do another Wedding card.......

since I had stamped two images in case I messed up one of them! This one is just very quick and simple.

I used :-

Image :- LOTV.

Sentiment :- Stampin' Up!

Colouring :- Promarkers.

Gems :- Hobby House.

Glamour Dust.

This is one of my favourite images for wedding cards!

I'd best go now and see if I can make my DT card for Saturday. I have to go out to a meeting tonight and I've not achieved anything so far!

Thanks for looking and I hope you can find a minute to leave a comment so I can come and visit you too.

Totally Gorjuss 197 Die Cuts and/or Punches.

Ok I know it's another Christmas card but I'm taking advantage of the fact that I coloured a few images last tSaturday. This week at Totally Gorjuss we would like you to use dies and/or punches. As I am still in CAS mode I have only added one snowflake made using a Martha Stewart punch.

I used :-

Image and sentiment :- LOTV.

Colouring :- Promarkers.

Card Candy :- Craftwork Cards.

Snowflake :- Martha Stewart.

Doodling :- Micron Pen.

Glamour Dust.

Challenges :-
Gem of a challenge :- Punch it out.
Ready Teddy Go :- Die cuts and punches.

Well I've got to work this morning so I'll go just now and catch you all later.

Thanks for looking and if you leave me a comment I can come and visit you too.

Did Somebody Mention Christmas?

Well I suppose somebody has to!! This is just another card I made using one of the images I coloured at the crop. I was going to post it On Wednesday but I couldn't get online on Tuesday evening or Wednesday evening and this evening I've been faffing about ordering wool and crochet hooks.

I used :-

Image, sentiment and DP :- LOTV.

Colouring :- Promarkers.

Ribbon and Glamour Dust.

Thanks to everyone who left kind comments on my last post and encouraged me to keep blogging.

Challenges :-

Crafty Hazelnut:- Picture Inspiration. I've used red and green and trees.
Christmas Card Challenges :- Evergreen Trees.

I'll come back tomorrow and show you the jacket I crocheted for Oliver. I forgot to take a photo so Catriona took a couple and sent them to me.

Christmas Again!

Good morning everyone. I was out all afternoon and part of the evening with some of my WRI friends. We visited a garden centre and a couple of other places, had coffee and cake, lots of chat and ended up with High Tea before taking the scenic route home.

Anyway enough waffle, I don't suppose anyone's interested anyway!

Here's another card I made with one of the images I coloured at the crop. Inspired by Jen again, she does great CAS cards. Thanks Jen.

I used :-

Image and DP :- LOTV.

Sentiment :- Hero Arts.

Glamour Dust.

Challenges :-

Creative Inspirations :- Something Old, Something New. I've had the DP since last year but the stamp is new.
Lili's Little Fairies :- Christmas in August.

Thanks for looking, if anyone did!! I'm getting a bit worried that my cards are really awful because I hardly get any visitors and even fewer comments. So I'd be really grateful for some feedback as I don't want to waste precious time blogging stuff that no-one wants to look at.

Kat xx

Don't you just love Mondays!?

No? Neither do I! Except when I have a day off! Like today. I'm off out with my WRI friends soon but I just wanted to show you what I made with one of the images I coloured at the crop on Saturday.

This layout was inspired by Jen. Thanks for the inspiration Jen, I love this style of card.

I need to go now as my friend will be here soon but I'll pop back this evening  to give some details and maybe find a challenge for it.

I used :-
Image, sentiment and DP :- LOTV.
Colouring :- Promarkers.
Ribbon from stash and Glamour Dust.

Challenges :-
ABC Christmas :- P for things beginning with P. Here presents.
Winter Wonderland :- Cute.

Thanks for looking.

Totally Gorjuss 189 - Happy Birthday.

Good morning everyone, hope everyone is having a lovely weekend. I'm just relieved to have a day and a half off before two weeks full time working!! My colleague is off to Rhodes this morning for two weeks. Lucky her. I'm definitely not looking forward to this next fortnight. The worst part is the boredom during the quiet times when I keep thinking about all the things I could be doing if I wasn't stuck in the Post Office!!

But enough of my moaning! It's time for another challenge at Totally Gorjuss. We have a theme you all like this week....Happy Birthday! Even better we have two sponsors, The Ribbon Girl and Whoopsi Daisy so you have two chances to win!

I've had to make a quick card this week, thanks LOTV, as I've been a bit busy. Last night was my WRI car treasure hunt so I had to buy raffle prizes, organise prizes and a gift voucher for the person who made up the treasure hunt. Not to mention baking. My friend has a nasty cold and chest infection and wasn't up to going so I did her baking too. I do love baking though so it wasn't a chore! We had a successful night even if we had fewer cars than normal and it was fun. My husband and I didn't fall out (we usually do) so that was a bonus! I was also out on Thursday evening to a concert by the well known Scottish singer Fiona Kennedy. She's a beautiful singer and the other singer with her was a very talented 13 year old boy from Aviemore called Ruairidh McDonald. It was a great evening and we really enjoyed it. Ruaridh sings a song about Lady the famous Osprey at the Loch of the Lowes near Dunkeld in Perthshire.  If you'd like to see Lady she has her own webcam where you can see her chick - her 50th. She's a very old girl, reckoned to be about 27 which is apparently very old for an Osprey.

Anyway enough waffle, here's my card.

It's very late on Friday evening so I'll come back later and tell you what I used.

Here I am again.

I used :-
Image and sentiment :- LOTV.
Image cut out with a nestie and outlined with a Melon Mambo Stampin' Write Marker.
Pearls :- Hobby House.
Cuttlebug embossing folder.
Ribbon and Glamour Dust.

Challenges :-
Cute Card Thursday :- In the Summertime.
Lili's Little Fairies :- In the Garden.
Crafting When We Can :- Mad about Markers.

Have a lovely weekend everyone and thanks for looking.

Kat xx

Bingo at Totally Gorjuss!

Good morning everyone, what a bad blogger I am. I haven't posted since last Saturday!  I've baked, been to a WRI meeting (with my baking) and been out crafting with friends. And last but not least I've done a lot of housework. My family are all coming at the weekend and we're having a meal at our favourite Indian restaurant. Today is my brother's birthday, he's nine years and 2 days older than me. I've even taken the day off on Monday for a change. I usually end up working on my birthday but this year I just thought why not have the day off.

Anyway you don't want to listen to me waffling so I'll tell you about the challenge at Totally Gorjuss this week. We have a little bingo challenge for you :-

Lace     Ribbons   Flowers
String    Buttons   Sparkle
Pearls   Stars       Charm

I decided to use lace, string and pearls and here's what I made:-

I used :-
Image :- LOTV cute square.
Bakers' Twine and lace :- Ribbon Girl.
Glamour Dust.
DP :- LOTV.
Sentiment :- Hero Arts.
Tag punch, round nestie die, Die-namics  fishtail flags dies.
Pearls from stash.

Challenges:-
Freshly Made Sketches :-

Fussy and Fancy :- Anything Goes.

Did I tell you we're sponsored by Crafters' Companion this week? Don't forget to pop over and see what they've got to tempt you. 

Well since I've got a day off today I'm going to a coffee morning in the village hall so I'll catch up later. 

Have a lovely weekend and thanks for looking. And if you have a minute to leave me a comment I'd love to hear what you think.

Kat xx

Totally Gorjuss 179 - Spring Shades.

Hi everyone, time for another challenge over at Totally Gorjuss. This week we would like you to use Spring Colours. Now I don't know about where you are but it doesn't feel very Spring-like here in Aberdeenshire. Maybe using Spring colours will cheer us all up. And if that doesn't cheer you up maybe the thought of spending the £10 prize at our lovely sponsor Crafter's Companion will!

This is what I made.

I used :-
Image and DP :- LOTV.
Colouring :- Promarkers.
Pearls and rhinestones :- Hobby House.
Glamour Dust and ribbon.

I'm entering the following challenges :-
The Pink Elephant :- Use Spring colours.
Created with Love :- 1 image, 2 DPs and 3 embellishments.
Simon Says Stamp :- April Showers and/or Spring Flowers.
Cute Card Thursday :- Butterfly Kisses.
In the Pink :- Let's Fly Away.
Joanna Sheen :- Spring into Spring.
Papertake Weekly :- Blooms, ribbon and gems.

I'll catch up later after work. But in the meantime have you seen my candy? Everyone is welcome to enter so please remember to add your name. You still have a week to enter and you know what they say - you have to be in it to win it.

Thanks for looking and have a lovely weekend.

Kat xx

Totally Gorjuss 178 - Anything Goes Plus Sparkle.

Good morning everyone. It seems to have been a short week since last Saturday. Although in a way it was a long week without my Internet connection!! Since I got back online I've been trying to catch up.

This week at Totally Gorjuss our theme is "Anything Goes plus Sparkle." How easy is that? I'm sure a lot of you will be joining us this week for such an easy challenge. We're sponsored by J&C Creations so don't forget to check out their website too.

This is what I made this week. I've been making a lot of simple cards this last while but I thought since we wanted to see glitter on your cards this week I would make a more elaborate card. Not sure that my cards ever actually inspire anyone but I do my best lol!

I used :-
Image and DP :- LOTV die cut and paper.
Sentiment :- Stampin' Up! punched with SU punch.
Flowers :- Nellie Snellen punches.
Pearls and rhinestones :- Hobby House.
lace and ribbon from stash.

I'm entering the following challenges :-

Seize the Birthday :- Sketch and feminine birthday.
Simon Says Stamp :- Happy Birthday.
Crafty Ribbons :- Anything goes with ribbon.

Well surprise, surprise I'll be at work when this publishes on Saturday morning. But I'll be online after work to see what's going on. So if you leave me a wee comment I'll pop over and see you too.

Thanks for looking, catch you later!

Kat xx

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

Get Well Teddy.

I learned the other day that my elderly neighbour had a fall recently. What a disaster this is the second time she's broken a hip. The last time they did a hip replacement but this time they've just pinned it. She's 88 so I hope she recovers well. Luckily she's a very strong lady and very independent and has a caring family who visit her often. Anyway needless to say when I went to look for a card to send her I didn't have a suitable one. So this is what I made. Hope she likes it.

I used :-

Image :- LOTV die cut.

Sentiment :- LOTV.

Glamour Dust, Cuttlebug embossing folder, ribbon and Candi.

Challenges :-

Ready Teddy Go :- Clean and Simple.
The Pink Elephant :- Make it Girly.

Thanks for looking and I'm looking forward to hearing what you think of my card. I'll catch up later after work. Hope the weather's not going to be too bad today. We've had everything here. Rain, frost, snow, ice and even more rain. Last night we had snow and then it sounded like rain. I'm sure I'll get to work but I hope I get home again safely!