Floral Frenzy at Penny Black.

Hi everyone, I don't usually post in the evening but since I've got a card made at last this week I thought I'd just show it now in case I've got something else made tomorrow. I've not been very productive since the laptop scare last week. Not sure why though I have done some knitting and made some more communion token cards. 

I couldn't resist using one of my favourite Penny Black stamps when I saw that their challenge was Floral Frenzy.

I used :-

Image :- Penny Black - Poppies.

Colouring :- Promarkers.

DP :- Marianne Design.

Sentiment :- Craftwork Cards.

Flowers :- retro punches.

Glamour Dust, Sakura clear, glitter gel pen, pearls, gems and ribbon.

Challenges :-

Dream Valley :- Animals.
Hot Shot Craft :- Flowers.
Papertake Weekly :- Sketch.
Penny Black :- Floral Frenzy.
Secret Crafter :- Ribbon.
Simon Says Stamp :- Animal Antics.

Think I'll go and have a coffee now and try to get to bed earlier than usual. Catch up with you all tomorrow.

Thanks for looking.

It's a Girl.

Hi everyone, I was going to do this a lot earlier today but I couldn't get a decent photo. Not that good yet but better than my earlier attempts!

I've already made a shaped card as my DT card for Totally Gorjuss but I couldn't resist doing another one for Penny Black at Allsorts where they don't want to see square or rectangular cards. They're also having a DT call. I'd like to put my name forward for that! I don't think I've got any chance of making the DT but it won't hurt to try. I love my Penny Blacks and have lots I've not even used yet!! I was looking for something this afternoon and I found a carrier with a couple of Penny Black stamps and a Hero Arts cling stamp. No idea how long they've been mislaid. Oh dear!!

So here's my card. It's just a little titchy one as I made it with circle nesties.

I used :-

Image & sentiment :- Penny Black.

DP :- Craft Creations.

Colouring :- Promarkers.

Sakura glitter gel pen, pearls, Nesties.

I'm hoping to enter the following challenges :-

Craft Your Days Away :- White plus one other colour.
Simon Says Stamp :- Look what the stork brought.
Stamp Something :- Anything goes.
Easy Craft Projects :- Pretty pastel colours.

Well I think I should go now as it's rather late now. Catch up with you all later and thanks for looking.

Totally Gorjuss 64 Feeling Hot.

Good morning everyone. I hope you're all looking forward to a lovely weekend. This morning I'm off to Simply Create at Alford for a special day. Jacqui has moved into her new shop and Kath is going to be doing demos with some of the stamps from the new 2011 Hero Arts catalogue.

Today I'd like to show you my DT card for Totally Gorjuss. Our theme this week is "Feeling Hot", we'd like you to use hot colours on your card or project.

I used :-

Image :- LOTV cute square with added colour and Sakura clear glitter gel pen.

Sentiment :- LOTV

DP :- MME.

Flower :- Same DP and EK Success punch edged with Glamour Dust..

Jewels, card candy and ribbon.

I'm going to enter the following challenges :-

LOTV :- Sketch.

The Pink Elephant :- Pink, orange and aqua.

Simon Says Stamp :- Bingo, 3 items in a line - DP, glimmer/glitter and gems or jewels.
Stampin for the Weekend :- Getting warmed up.
One Stitch at a Time :- New. I used one of my new cute squares.

I hope many of you will  want to join us again this week. We had lots of entries for our "cuddly" challenge last week. I saw some stunning cards so if you haven't been over to Totally Gorjuss yet remember to pop over to see who has won.

Thanks for looking and have a lovely weekend.

What a Sweet Bunny.

Hi everyone, I seem to be in among baby cards at the moment. For no particular reason except it's handy to have some. I love this House Mouse image and it seems like ages since I entered the HM&F challenge.

I used :-

Image :-Happy Hopper. 

DP :- Wild Rose Studio.

Colouring :- Promarkers.

Flowers :- Prima.

Pearls :- The Hobby House.

Glitter, brads and ribbon from stash.

I'm hoping to enter the following challenges :-

Crafty Creations :- New Beginnings.

Paperplay :- Cutie Patootie.

Cute Card Thursday :- Monochrome.

House Mouse :- New Beginnings.

Simon Says Stamp :- Sketch.

I'm just looking forward to the weekend now and hoping to take part in the House Mouse & Friends blog hop before it's too late. Hope you can find time to let me know what you think of my card. It's always nice to hear what you think and it really encourages me.

Thanks for looking.

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.

Totally Gorjuss 29 - Pink and Green.

How did it get to be Saturday again. I'm sure it was Saturday just a couple of days ago!! But if it's Saturday it must be time for another challenge at Totally Gorjuss. This week we would like to see pink and green on your card or project. That's not too difficult is it?

This week I've made a wedding card and I think it will fit a few challenges. I am also going to send it to Domi who is getting married to Uli on the 15th of May. I hope they have a lovely day. I was married on the 13th of May more years ago than I want to remember lol!

This is my card and I hope you like it, but more importantly I hope Domi and Uli like it.

Image:- Whiff of Joy Bride. Cut out and popped up on sticky pads.

Sentiment - Craftwork cards, inside a computer generated message cut out with a scalloped nestie.

DP :- Sandylion - Wedding stripes and Roses. Roses also used inside card.

Colouring :- Promarkers and Sakura clear glitter gel pen.

Flowers :- Wild Orchid Crafts.

Pearls :- Hobby House.

Jewels from stash.

Lace :- Quixotic.

I'm quite pleased with this card. I love the papers and I think (hope) the flowers and lace go well with the papers and image.

I am entering this card in a few challenges:-

Simon Says Stamp :- Wedding.

Domi's Wedding Card Challenge :- Domi's wedding card.

Paperplay :- Bling.

Charisma Cardz :- Wedding.

By the Cute and Girly :- Celebration.

Whiff of Joy :- Sketch.

That's it then girls. I hope you can find time to enter this nice easy challenge. It's only a couple of colours so I'm sure you can combine it with some other challenges if you want. I'm looking forward to seeing what you make this week. If you have a minute I'd be really happy to hear what you think of my card. And please take the time to pop over to Totally Gorjuss and see what my talented teamies have made. You won't be disappointed as they have all made gorgeous cards this week again.

Enjoy your weekend.

Kat xx

Totally Gorjuss 28 A Stitch or Two.

Good morning everyone, Saturday again and time for another challenge at Totally Gorjuss. This week we would like to see "a stitch or two." We would like to see some stitching on your card or project this week, either real or faux. I have been at the last minute again this week so my stitching is faux!

I used :-

Image :- Gorjuss Girl from Sugar Nellies.

DP :- MME pretty please.

Colouring :- Promarkers.

Flowers :- Martha Stewart punch using red card and DP plus a button and string bow.

Sentiment :- Craftwork Cards.

Ribbon and jewels from stash.

Nesties.

As you can see I am still loving red and if you check out my blog tomorrow you'll see even more red. Apologies for the squint photo. I was in a hurry to take a photo and get my card posted to the DT blog before it was too late lol!

I'm also entering a few challenges with this card :-

One Stitch at a Time :- Flowers.

Die Cut Dreams :- Make your own flowers.

Passion for Promarkers :- Sketch plus handmade flowers.

Creative Inspirations Wednesday challenge blog :- Easel card.

Simon Says Stamp Challenge :- Buttons, bows and bling.

The Pink Elephant :- Aqua.

Cute Card Thursday :-Make your own - I made flowers.

Charisma Cardz :- Girly and flowers.

Pollycraft :- Make your own flowers.

Crafty Cardmakers :- make a card using things you would love to have with you on a desert island. Gorgeous DP, Sugar Nellies images, buttons, string, Promarkers, sticky jewels, Martha Stewart punch, ribbon, coloured card, pen to do faux stitching and white gel pen for highlights. And of course double sided-tape. That seems rather a lot of essentials lol!

Creative Card Crew :- April showers bring May flowers.

A Spoon Full of Sugar :- 3D

I hope I've got these challenges all right!

If you've got a minute to spare I'd love to hear what you think of my card and I hope you'll want to pop over to the Totally Gorjuss blog to see the gorgeous cards my clever teamies have made.

If you feel like entering our challenge we'd love to see how you interpret our challenge this week. We all love to check out your blogs and don't forget there's a prize up for grabs and you could win it if you enter your new card or project with a link back to your post before next Saturday.

Enjoy your weekend,

Kat xx

Cute House Mouse!

Good evening girls, I think I'm on a bit of a roll today. Three posts.....and no ironing. Oh dear I need to at least iron my trousers for work tomorrow!

Need to be quick then lol!! I wanted to make a card for the Simon Says Stamp Challenge as I've been doing their blog hop and to have a chance of winning the prize you need to enter the challenge. This week they want 3 different types of embellishments, 2 patterned papers and 1 image. The DT were using House Mouse images so I decided that I would use one of mine too. Isn't Monica with Blankey really sweet. I love House Mouse they are all so cute! I'm still using my Cuddly Buddly papers. the stripey one is from the patchwork collection and the floral one is a freebie that I had almost forgotten I had. I used an MS punch for the scalloped edges and embossed some more of the lilac card in my Cuttlebug. I found this gorgeous flower in my stash. My three embellishments are ribbon, jewels and the flower. The sketch I used is from Mojo Monday and it's a great one, really easy to use.


I think that's all from me. I'm off to iron.....lucky me. Tomorrow I need to get commenting on the Totally Gorjuss challenge entries, so far we have got an encouraging number this week. I should be out tomorrow night but that depends on the weather as the speaker might not fancy coming out in the current weather conditions.

My blog candy is still on offer if anyone fancies a shot. I've found some flowers to add and I'm trying to be brave and have a look at my ribbons lol!

Kat xx

2nd Post Today.

Here I am again girls with another card. Mr Blogger was very good and my scheduled post for the Just Cute Bears challenge appeared at the right time. That's 2 days in a row as yesterday's post for Totally Gorjuss appeared at the right time too.

This afternoon I have been making a card for a few challenges. I think I might make a couple of cards and then get on with my DT cards so that I've got them done in plenty of time!

I followed this nice simple sketch from The Pink Elephant challenge and ended up with a Christmas card! I stamped the bell and the holly on white card and then stamped them again on gold and white respectively and the clapper on red. I won these stamps ages ago when Kath had some blog candy and at last I've managed to use them. I decoupaged the bell, the clapper and the holly. Please don't ask why I decoupaged the holly, it nearly drove me loopy. Ever tried to cut out something as small and awkward as this? Believe me don't even go there lol!!

I also used Nesties, a Martha Stewart punch, Promarkers, the Cuttlebug snowflakes embossing folder and Stickles. The DP is Cosmo Cricket - Jolly by Golly and the sentiment is from Craftwork Cards and it is edged with a gold inkpad.


I'm going to enter the following challenges:-

Pollycraft :- Red and white.
Creative Card Crew :- Punch it.
Simon Says Stamp :- Punch it.
ABC Christmas challenge :- B for bells plus glitter.
Fussy and Fancy :- Winter - Christmas ok?
Daring Cardmakers :- What's the point?

I might be pushing my luck with the Daring Cardmakers challenge but the holly has points and if you like so do some of the snowflakes! I've kept the card quite simple as it is quite a small card and I think it would be a bit crowded if I had added anything else to it.

And that's it really, nothing else I can say about it really. I'm off to see if I can do anything else before I "need" to do my ironing.

Kat xx

Fast Card.

Hi girls I'd really like to thank everyone who congratulated me on my new DT position with the Just Cute Bears challenge. I'm really surprised to have been chosen but really, really chuffed and looking forward to working with Ali and the rest of the DT who are all very talented. Our first challenge will be on Sunday 24th and I'm really looking forward to the first challenge and hoping that lots of people will join in.

After finishing the dreaded ironing, checking my emails and favourite blogs I then faffed about for ages trying to decide what sketch to use for a few challenges. I think I'm still a bit overexcited about my new DT place lol!

I made this card very quickly in the end as I was running out of time! I'm going to enter the following challenges with it:-

Creative Card Crew :- Distressing.
Creative Inspirations Sunday Challenge :- Distressing.
Simon Says Stamp challenge :- Shabby chic, distressing.
A Spoon Full of Sugar :- 3DPs, 1 ribbon, 3 flowers and 3 buttons.
Allsorts :- Brown and pink.
Quixotic :- Judy's wonderful sketch.

I used:-

DP - Basic Grey
Image - Stampendous
Sentiment and card candy - Craftwork Cards.
Colouring - Whispers pens.
Flowers and ribbon from stash.
I should also say that I distressed the edges of the DPs and edged them and the sentiment with Distress Ink in walnut stain.

I think that's all I can say about this card. Feel free to leave me a comment then I know if I have made a complete mess or not LOL!!

Kat xx

Chocolate - Yummy.

The title of the post is maybe not entirely accurate because as usual I've been trying to combine challenges lol! I wanted to do the Passion for Promarkers challenge which provided this great sketch with a theme of love. I thought the Creative Inspirations Wednesday challenge blog with it's anniversary theme would also fit this card. But for some reason instead of making something obvious like pink, red, silver or gold I decided to use brown and cream. This fits the theme of Hot Chocolate which fits two challenges :- Quixotic and Simon Says Stamp.

I'm afraid I have no idea where the DP is from as I have had it for a long time but I know it is all the same brand! I embossed a piece of cream card in the Cuttlebug with the Heart Blocks folder. Unfortunately you can hardly see the pattern as only the corners stick out under the paper above. The lovely Forever Friends image is coloured with Promarkers and I used gold stickles for the champagne popping out of the bottle.

After I finished the card I thought yuk. When I came back to it with a cup of coffee it seemed a bit better but I still think I've probably made a wrong choice of colours. Too late now, it's done!!

Here I am late at night as usual so I am just going to post this, enter the challenges and go to bed. Hopefully I can catch up with you tomorrow. It has been a bit of a short evening. I phoned my DH to check if I would get up the hill now that there is a bit of a thaw. He said it was fine, he had got up the hill but the road was now very uneven so you were all over the place. Before I got out of work he phoned back to say that his van had got stuck in the (short) track out to our house and would have to dig the van out. So I got back and left my car at my neighbour's house. Because the snow is thawing you just sink into it and there is still quite a lot of it. Think it may take a while to get black roads where we are. So by the time tea was made and eaten it was well after 7pm. Never mind at least the journey was a bit less horrendous than it has been.

See you tomorrow, take care and keep safe and warm.

Kat xx

Party 2010

Just a quick post with the card I should have finished last night and posted! I have to go to work in an hour (or probably less would be better) and yesterday it took about an hour to get the snow off my car especially the windscreen. Then to crown it all I was heading out the track from our house to the very narrow back road that leads to the main road when all the snow slid off the roof onto the windscreen so I had to stop and get rid of that. I just love winter......not"!!

I'm hoping to enter 3 challenges with this card. I coloured this cute PB image with Promarkers and cut it out with nesties. I also used my Cuttlebug to emboss "celebrate"which I then went over in silver pen as it wasn't showing up very well. I also used the bug to cut out the numbers which I decided to raise on foam pads. Not one of my best ideas as even the tiny foam pads are a bit big in places and I had to cut them. To crown it all the little paper covers were not too keen on coming off! I used some lovely Bo Bunny DP - it's lovely and bright and this is both sides of one sheet. The flowers were cut out from vellum and DP with a Martha Stewart punch and the card candy is from Craftwork Cards. And that's it really. Needless to say I did not get as much done yesterday as I had hoped but I have got some more tidying done and some today too. Still not really tidy though!!


The challenges I am entering are:-

Simon Says Stamp Challenge:- Party.
Truly Scrumptious:- Sketch and use vellum.
Penny Black:- Happy New Year.

Think I've just got time to post this and enter the challenges and then I really need to get a move on and go out and brave the snow!!!

Kat xx