Crafty Catz DT - Anything But Square

Hi everyone,

Another Friday is here - goodness me, where has the time gone?! well last weekend was the Church Fundraiser and although footfall was down we still managed to make just under £1000 on the craft stall (not all made by Mum and Me I hasten to add!). So onwards with my fundraiser this weekend..... which fits neatly in with this weeks challenge at Crafty Catz which has been set by the wonderful Christine - which is 'Anything but Square'.

 

We are sponsored this week by Alota who are offering our lucky winners a $15 voucher:

 

So, my project this week is all about decking the halls:

 

Christmas Baubles! I'm sure everyone has seen or made these or something similar in the past. I used the second largest bauble die from spellbinders and used up papers from Do-crafts Christmas Noel collection. on the bottom I added a pearl and a crystal dropper. On the top I added a crystal and then a jewellery finding to top it off.

 

There are 8 sections to these baubles and I glued everything using wet glue as I found it stuck better than anything else. It's all strung on extra strong white cotton.

 

So there we go, do stop by the blog this week to see some amazing creations by the rest of the team and until next time, happy crafting!

Crafty Catz DT - Photo Inspiration

Good Morning one and all,

 

Friday is here again and that means another challenge at Crafty Catz. This weeks challenge has been set by the lovely Linda who is giving everyone a photo inspiration to work from:

We are sponsored this week by the fabulous Krista of Saturated Canary who is offering our lucky winner 2 images of their choice:



As she's so lovely, Krista also gave the DT free pick of any image in her shop to play with this week and I just had to have Sketchie! 

So, I coloured her with promarkers and cut her out using my nesties. The papers are all mixed oddments from left over from other projects and come from an echo park pad. The sentiment is a chipboard freebie from a magazine and the buttons and ribbon are from stash.

 

So there we go. I hope you like it. I'm currently snowed under making things for two craft stalls, this weekend and next - one's for charity the other for profit so forgive me for lack of communication - I'm spending more time attached to the sowing machine and my glue gun then the laptop.

 

Anyway, hope you have a lovely weekend and until next, happy crafting!

Crafty Catz DT - Paper Piecing

Good Morning Everyone!

 

Did we all survive the bad weather? everyone's craft supplies intact? good!

 

So this weeks challenge has been set by Nina, who has challenged everyone to Paper Piecing. We are sponsored this week by the gems over at Digi Darla who are offering our lucky winner 5 digi's of their choice.

 

So on with my card this week:

The papers are all from Do-crafts, a paper doily, sentiment printed onto pattern paper and the image coloured with promarkers. Everything was dusted on the edges with tim holtz ink and the button is an old one from my stash.

So there we go, there are some seriously stunning creations by the rest of the team so do pop by the blog. Until next time - happy crafting!

Crafty Catz DT - Spots and Stripes

Good morning all!

 

Well here we are again, another Friday and another challenge at Crafty Catz. This weeks theme has been set by Anna who would like to see you all make a card using Spots and Stripes.

 

We are sponsored this week by the fabulous team at Crimson Cloud, who are offering our lucky winners 3 packs of diecuts:

 

So, I have to own to having had a shocking week at work, which has totally messed up my mojo, so this isn't the most inspirational card this week - for that I'm sorry.

The image is one of Tiddly Inks older designs. The paper - featuring both spots and stripes is from a very old magazine pullout. Pips from stash and the butterfly are from a MS punch.

 

Sweet and simple this week - about as much as I could get my mind around.

 

Do pop by everyone else's blogs for some seriously gorgeous inspiration and i'll see you all soon.

 

Until next time, happy crafting!

Crafty Catz DT - A Gift to Remember

Good morning!

 

Another Friday and another challenge at Crafty Catz. This weeks challenge is my theme and I've chosen 'A Gift to Remember'

 

Now don't panic. You have a number of options this week! you can make a card - but it must feature a present on it (either image or embellishment) OR you can make something in which you would give a gift - box/bag/book card etc OR you can make something which you would give as a gift.

 

We are sponsored this week by the lovely team at Stamp Fairy who are offering our lucky winners

 

 

Now then, on with my creations! I don't know about anyone else but I'm already in full swing making Christmas gifts for friends and family- so as well as making gift tags for them using the fab images from Stamp Fairy, I hope to also inspire you with actual gifts this week!

So, as I said, the tags are made using Stamp Fairy images, hand cut base card, paper and gems from stash.

 

The hearts and needle-felted with marino wool - I'm making a whole batch of these to sell too, in different colours.

 

The candle is decorated with a Penny Black stamp, which I've added gems and ribbon to, to finish off.

 

Hope this has inspired you somewhat to make a gift, or something a bit more unique to add to or send your gift in.

 

Until next time - happy crafting!

 



Crafty Catz DT - Halloween

Morning all,

 

Time for another challenge at crafty catz this week, set by Aunty Sue who would like to see your Halloween creations. We are sponsored this week by two fab companies; Bunny Zoe Crafts and Marianne Designs who are offering our lucky winners:

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I have to say I'm not at all a fan of Halloween so this was a struggle for me, but here's my card:

So, a quick run down of promarkers used: moss, pear green, cool grey 3, slate, aubergine, dusky pink, pastel pink, apricot, pumpkin, mustard and gold.

 

Image is from WeeStamps and papers, ribbon and button are all from stash.

Thanks for stopping by, until next time. Happy crafting xx



Crafty Catz DT - Anything goes

Hello!

How are you all? hope you've had a good week - I have, although coming back from a very hot Malta to traditional British rain has left me in hibernation mode! lol!

Anyway, it's Friday and that means only one thing - it's time for a new challenge over at Crafty Catz. This week Janette is letting you all loose with an Anything Goes Challenge. We are sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps who are offering out lucky winner 7 images of their choice!

So on with my card and I have used some of the fabulous Bugaboo Bunnies to great a simple note card.

I've coloured the images with promarkers in the following colours; Sandstone, Pastel Pink, Pumpkin, Cool Aqua, Pastel Blue and Gold. The papers are scraps from two different pads. Ribbon, peal off letters and pips are from stash.

 

Like I said, clean and simple but I love how this has turned out. I hope you do to. Don't forget to pop by everyone else's blogs and say hi and until next time, happy crafting!