Crafty Catz DT - Lazy Days of Summer

Hello one and all!

 

Another Friday this year is shockingly flying by. I'd say I'm stressed by it but actually I don't think I have the energy. Life will take us where it will and it's just about hanging on long enough to enjoy the ride!

 

Anyway, enough of the philosophical musings.....

 

Our challenge this week has been set by Nina who wants to see cards on the theme Lazy days of Summer, we are sponsored this week by Bunny Zoe Crafts.

 

The DT have all had great fun interpreting this challenge in different ways, so be sure to swing by the Blog to see their gorgeous creations. As for me, well I decided to interpret it literally - it's summer and I'm feeling lazy - so summer colours and simple layout.

Everything about this card was already cut, coloured and in the stash ready to go. The image is coloured with promarkers, the background cut at the same time I did another card with this paper - the circle was coloured when I was experimenting with inks/doilies and masking and the ribbon and pips are always on hand.

 

So there you have it. My card this week. Hope you like it and looking forward to seeing you all play along. Until next time though - happy crafting!

 

 

Crafty Catz DT - Sketch Challenge

Good Morning all!

 

I hope you're all keeping well! this post is scheduled as I'm currently in Derbyshire having a bit of a vacation. So although this week is actually my challenge over at Crafty Catz, I've left it in the capable hands of my fellow teamies to get it out to you all. I settled on a Sketch challenge this week and the design is below:

We have two fab sponsors this week: Bugaboo and Crafty Ribbons

7 images of winners choice

 

 

We were given some fab images to play with by Bugaboo and here's my creation

I coloured the image in promarkers in Blush, Red, Poppy, Gold, Pastel Yellow, Apricot, Duck Egg, Cool Aqua, Pastel Blue and Moss

The image and two backing papers are mounted on card scraps whilst the designer papers are actually free Project Life cards which I found on pinterest and printed off. The sentiment at the bottom is washi tape and the gems and flower are all from stash.

Hope you enjoy the challenge and until next time, happy crafting!

Crafty Catz DT - Anything Goes

Morning all!

Well, it's the last Friday of the month, so that means only one thing at Crafty Catz - Anything Goes!  We are sponsored this week by 3 fabulous companies - that's right 3!!!!!

 

Marianne Creatables

 

Creative Classroom

 

Prize: A free set to any of their online classes - with a year to redeem the prize

 

 

Digi Stamps 4 Joy

5 images of winners choice

 

Wow! aren't you the lucky ones?

 

Well my inspiration this week is a Christmas collection - I have about 50 cards to make every year so this is quite a good start:

I used Majestix Peg Stamps: Winter Flurry and Winter Wishes sentiments for the tag, but a computer generated sentiment for the card. The shapes are various sizes of Sizzix frames, decorative #2 .  I used Tim Holtz and Memento Inks in various blues and greys to stamp the snowflakes.

 

I had great fun making these, although they were far more time consuming then I first anticipated.

 

Anyway, I hope you like them and don't forget to pop by the DT blogs for more inspiration. Until next time - happy crafting!



Crafty Catz DT - Hot Summer

Morning all,

 

Another Friday and July is racing away from us with shocking speed! I wish life would slow down a bit. What I don't want to stop though is this gorgeous weather we've been having of late - which has kind of been the perfect inspiration for our challenge at Crafty Catz this week.

 

Anna has set our theme for us and it's all about Hot Summers or Hot Summer Colours. We are sponsored this week by Yours or Mine

 

We didn't have a sponsor image this week, which meant that I could play with a Saturated Canary image that's been in my stash but uncoloured for an age.

So I coloured her in using promarkers in the following colours: ivory, blush, pastel pink, cool grey 1, buttercup, canary, gold, terracotta, cinnamon, pastel blue, cool aqua, red and pear green.

 

The ticket is part of the all aboard range from do craft, the arrow is a free printable from Uprintables, the sentiment is simply computer generated and an unknown quote which I love. The base paper is from stash and the buttons are what was left of some freebies I was given.

 

So there you have it. Hope you like it. Don't forget to swing by the blog to check out everyone else's creations. Until next time, happy crafting!

Crafty Catz DT - Flowers

Good Morning!

Another Friday, another week passed and another challenge at Crafty Catz! This weeks challenge has been set by Janette who wants to see you use Flowers on your cards - nice and simple. We are sponsored this week by Rick St Dennis and Mei Flowers.

£20 of goodies

 

3 images of winners choice

 

Although we were given some lovely images to play with from the Rick St. Dennis store, I had another floral project on the go for a friends birthday. It was also one of the very first card in a box projects I've ever done:

The card is all from stock. The flowers are from the ellie blog and are a free printable designed to make a flower garland. The butterflies are from U Printables and are equally a freebie. The background floral paper is actually some really nice wrapping paper I picked up and the gems from stash.

 

I layered up all the flowers and the butterflies are on jewellery wire in pale gold to make them appear as if they are floating.

 

I hope you like it. I have to say I was really pleased with it and I suspect it's a design I'll be replicating again for other friends.

 

Until next time though, happy crafting!

Crafty Catz DT - Stars and Stripes

Morning all,

Wow! what a week this has been! an early birthday dinner on Monday with one of my closet friends who I haven't seen for about a month - so loads of catching up and a tad too much wine! then Tuesday was my birthday, Wednesday was day 1 of a 3 day first aid course at work (and we laughed our way through the whole day) followed by coffee with another friend to catch up and get another birthday card, Thursday was a conference with over 600 people followed by Showboat at the Birmingham Hippodrome and today I have over 500 teachers in for a conference and then this weekend?! over 800 young people for a 2 day festival! phew....

 

Anyway, on with our challenge for this week which has been set by Aunty Sue who would like to see you use Stars and/or Stripes  on your card this week. We are sponsored by Bugaboo

7 images of winners choice

 

So there we go and on with my card:

Coloured with promarker's and using stars and stripes papers from stash with buttons from stash as well. Sweet and simple notecard this week from me but I hope you like it non the less.

 

Until next time - happy crafting!

Crafty Catz DT - Anything Goes

Good Morning!

 

Wow, we've been having some gorgeous weather of late here in the UK. I hope you've all been able to enjoy some of it. I'm truly blessed that the place I work in has some seriously large grounds and the most incredible flat gardens, so lunch breaks in the sun are a must at the moment. On the down side my museum space is a greenhouse! I honestly think I should start growing pineapples in there!

 

Anyway. On with this week's challenge which is Anything Goes so let the madness commence! We are sponsored this week by Paper Nest Store

Winner will receive $25 to the Paper Nest Dolls

 

So my card this week is for a friend of mine who was ordained as a priest last year and in a couple of weeks he will celebrate his first anniversary. I find it really difficult to know what to make as I'm not Catholic and I've never had a close friend whose dedicated their life to the Church so I always worry I'm going to mess up somehow.

 

That said, I figured that simple is best so here it is:

 

The background paper is from Kaisercrafts' Madame Boutique range. The design is actually a free template from Needle n' Thread which I mounted onto blue card and cut out again. My hope is one day, in the not to distant future, to actually sew the design up for him too. The image is coloured with Derwent Inktense pencils and finished with a few gold gems.

 

So there we go. Hope you like it and I really hope he likes it too. But don't forget to swing by the other girls' blogs to see their gorgeous creations and until next time, happy crafting!