Crafty Catz DT - Animals

Happy Friday!

 

Another week - where has it gone? seriously, this year is going far too fast for my liking! Easter is almost upon us - how did that happen?

 

Anyway, another Friday means another challenge over at Crafty Catz and this week the theme has been set by Aunty Sue who would like to see you all use an Animal on your card this week. We have two sponsors Creative Classroom and Fred She Said

 

A free set to any one of our online classes. The student has up to one year to claim their prize.

$15 Voucher

 

Fred She Said also gave us a cute image to play with this week and you can see it on some of the other girl's cards, but I already had an image from them called 'Wee Hummingbird' that I wanted to use so here it is:

The background is a memory box die, cut from peach floral paper from an Echo Park pad (can't remember it's name) I accented the background with gems in green, red and plum. The image is coloured with promarkers in Saffron, Gold, Burgundy, Slate, Pear Green, Moss and Forest Green. I layered the body of the hummingbird and the bottom flower to give some dimension.

 

I hope you like it and don't forget to swing by the other girl's blogs to spread some love. Until next time though - happy crafting! 

 

Crafty Catz DT - Spring Time

Morning all,

 

Another Friday, another new challenge at Crafty Catz. Another bumper crop of entries for last week's challenge, so don't forget to pop back tomorrow to see if you're a winner. On to this weeks challenge though and the theme has been set by Janette who would like to see you make something on the theme of Spring Time

 

This week we have two fab sponsor's: Bugaboo and Crafty Ribbons

7 images of winners choice

 

So on with my card:

The foundation for this weeks card was some fantastic freebie floral tags I discovered on pinterest from a lovely blog call Lilac and Lavender. You can find the tags here. Once I'd settled that I was using them, I then set about working out the card. I created my own tag template base card, using some textured recycled cardstock in a pinky purple that matches perfectly. I then messed with the tags and printed the darling bugaboo image onto one, before printing her again on letraset paper to colour, this ensured that the finer details wouldn't be lost. I then added a sentiment on to a second tag which reads 'In the midst of our lives, we must find the magic that makes our souls sour'

 

I coloured the image with promarkers in; Blush, Honeycomb, Burnt Orange, Blossom and Amethyst. I then punched out some MS butterflies and coloured the white cardstock with versmagic ink in Thatched Straw and Perfect Plumeria and then I accented the butterflies and the tags with stickles in Platinum and Copper.

 

I hope you like it, totally different for me but I love it simplicity. Don't forget to stop by the other girls fabulous blogs to see their stunning creations.

 

Until next time - happy crafting!

 



Mother's Day Card

Evening all,

 

Nothing quite like being late to the party is there? Oops! Well I've had a terrible few weeks with some health issues and manic times at work and frankly, crafting has gone out the window! That said, Mum and I did have our annual girls day out at the NEC to the Hobby Craft show and yes, I spent too much money. Oops!

So, despite best interests to stay on top of my game and get some extra crafting in this year, my mother's day card wasn't started until 4pm on Saturday afternoon......yep, like I said, last minute. But oh well. I finally made it and thankfully mum loved it so here we go:

 

I used cream base cardstock onto which I layered paper from a freebie paper pack I've had for almost a year - I can't remember what it's called as in January I decided to thin out my unused papers and cut down to 22cm squares all the DP I thought I might use - they are all now mixed up and stored in a box to be used. If they're still there at Christmas, they're going.

 

Ooops, ramble much?

 

Anyway, the design came about with a doily, a half circle of another freebie paper, a computer generated sentiment, a length of gorgeous East of India ribbon, some inked Martha Stewart butterflies and a freebie digital download butterfly which I found on pinterest and you can get here

 

The whole thing was finished with some stickles. The inside of the card (which I didn't photograph before I wrote my message) is another doily with a plain circle ontop, edges inked and finished with some more MS butterflies.

 

So there we go. I hope you like it!

 

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Dream Valley - Mothering Sunday

My Craft Creations - Anything Goes

Simon Says - Anything Goes

 

Until next time though, happy crafting!

Crafty Catz DT - Anything Goes

Good Morning and welcome to another Friday.

 

Last challenge of the month over at Crafty Catz and that only means one thing - Anything Goes, so grab your pens, your paper, your inks or your threads and get creating!

 

We are sponsored this week by the team at Crimson Cloud who are offering our winner 3 packs of Die Cuts

 

So on with this weeks card, and this time I've done away with the stamps and pens and dug out the old needle and thread to create this:

I was given this pattern an age ago by a friend and it never ceases to make me laugh. I have a couple of other friends I want to stitch this up for too, as they're massive knitters.

 

Anyway, I hope it's inspired you to do something a little outside the box and don't forget to swing by the blog and see the other girls fab creations. Until next time though, happy crafting! 



Crafty Catz DT - Bling it up

Happy Friday!

Here's to the end of another week and a new challenge at Crafty Catz. This week's theme has been set by Kim, who wants you to Bling It Up. We are sponsored this week by Marianne Creatables. Our winner this week will receive:

On with my card:

The image is of course a stunning one by Saturated Canary, which I coloured in with promarkers in the following colours: Ivory, Blush, Pastel Pink, Saffron, Buttercup, Gold, Apricot, Honeycomb, Pear Green, Duck Egg, Pastel Blue, Caramel, Cinnamon and Henna. I started with a colour wash on her dress with blush rose ink, which I watered down and used like a watercolour paint.

 

The shaped base paper and the two tags are from Bunny Zoe and the base colour and shaped circle ribbon die cut is from Kaisercraft - Lush Collection. It's all been edged with Tim Holtz Vintage Photo and then as the challenge demands bling; lots of gems!

 

I hope you like it and don't forget to swing by the blog to see everyone else's fab creations.

 

Until next time then - Happy Crafting!

 



 

Crafty Catz DT - Boys and their toys

Morning one and all - here's to the end of another working week!

Friday means only one thing - another Crafty Catz Challenge. This week's challenge has been set by the lovely Nick who has challenged you to make a card on the theme Boys and their toys. We are sponsored this week by Digi Stamps 4 Joy:

Prize: 5 Stamps of Winners choice

 

So my card this week uses one of our sponsors images:

Coloured as normal with promarkers; sentiment computer generated, papers all from a stampin up pad and pips from stash.

Hope you'll join us this week and do stop by the blog to see the other girls fabulous creations.

Until next time though, happy crafting!

Crafty Catz DT - Paper Piecing

Hi everyone,

 

Here's to another Friday challenge over at Crafty Catz. This weeks theme has been set by the lovely Jac who wants you all to use Paper Piecing. We are sponsored by Bugaboo this week

7 images of winners choice

So this week I used the sponsor image 'Stella's magical substance' I love these images and the matching sentiment - it makes me laugh so much.

 

The papers are both offcuts left over from other projects; the back is from Stampin Up and the pink is from a free paper pad I got with a craft magazine. The image is coloured with promarkers in Ivory, Blush, Cool Grey 1, Duck Egg, Maroon and Burnt Sienna. The buttons are from stash.

 

So there we go. I hope you like it and I hope you will join us this week at Crafty Catz. Until next time, happy crafting!