30th Birthday Twist and Pop Card

Hi everyone!

I'm back with card, this one is for my sister (in-laws) 30th Birthday. I wanted to do something extra special as it was a big birthday and I took to pinterest and youtube for inspiration and came across loads of Twist and Pop cards, which apparently were a craze about a year ago. Clearly I missed that one! anyway I found a really good tutorial on youtube which meant I didn't have to have such a big mechanism inside - you can see it here

I set out with very little real design in mind but this was the outcome:

 I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

4 Crafty Chicks - Anything Goes
Little Miss Muffet Challenge - Anything Goes
Seize the Birthday - Ocean Colours (Blue, Green or Aqua) [I hope the splashes of cream and orange don't count against this]
Crafty Gals Corner - Anything Goes

Crafty Wreath

A photo heavy post to share with you today. I brought this amazing kit from Tee Pee Crafts in July and I've only just had time to sit down and enjoy making it. 

Isn't it just fabulous. When I saw it at the NEC I knew I needed it to go in spare room/craft space and I was gutted when they said they'd sold out! They did however, very kindly, offer to make me a kit and post it out after the show (they even waived the postage costs!) and I can't thank them enough, because I adore it! 

The kit comes with everything to make this wreath 

All you need is a hot glue gun or a strong adhesive of your choice and some time. Sadly the kit isn't available on the website, but you can buy some of the elements on the website:

Burlap - here

Lace - here

Bobbins and scissors - here

Buttons - here

Similar elements are listed below:

Tape Measure Ribbon - here

Printed Cotton Ribbon - here

Lace - here

Twill Tape - here

That's all for now. Until next time, happy crafting! 

A new Priest of the Church

Afternoon all, 

Just a quick card to share with you all today. Summer means lots of Ordinations to the church and as I have the privilege to know a number of Priests to be through the course of their training, I'm also blessed to get invitations to attend their ordinations also. 

I try to make every card unique to the Priest and this year, this was my card. The design isn't mine - it's from an embroidery pattern by Mary Corbet over at needleandtread. The design was printed onto heavy weight watercolour paper and layered. The image was coloured with my really old windsor and newton travel watercolour pallet. 

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

My Creative Scoop/ Colour Inspiration - Anything Goes 

Cards und More - Anything Goes

Lemon Shortbread - Anything Goes 

The Craftroom Door - Anything Goes 

Until next time, happy crafting! 

Crafty Catz DT - Anything Goes with twist of Anything but a Card

Good Morning! 

Well today marks the last challenge for Crafty Catz for a month whilst the team take a short summer vacation. It is also my last challenge as a Design Team member. I've had an amazing few years with the team and I can't thank my fellow DT members enough for all their support and kindness but it's time to step down and let someone else out there share their talents. 

With that being said, this weeks challenge is - as always - Anything Goes with the optional twist of making Anything but a card. We are sponsored this week by the fabulous team over at Crafty Ribbons and they are offering our lucky winner a £10 voucher to the store

My final project this week is a cross stitched baby sampler. 

So that's it for me as a DT member but not goodbye for good. Until next time though - happy crafting! 

Crafty Catz DT - Anything Goes with Twist of Party Time

    

Morning all

We'll here's to the end of another week - where's the year going. Well Friday means only one thing, a new challenge at Crafty Catz. This weeks challenge is, as always Anything Goes but our optional twist is Party Time. We are sponsored this week by Melonheadz who are offering our lucky winner a bundle pack of their choice from the shop.

Melonheadz do brilliant pre-coloured images ready for you to print and use as you like. My card this week uses one such pack

This card's self explanatory so i'll sign off here and say happy crafting!

Crafty Catz DT - Anything Goes with twist of Ice Cream

Happy Friday! 

Here's to end of another week and a new challenge at Crafty Catz Challenges. Our theme this week is, as always, Anything Goes but our optional twist is Ice Cream be it colours, images or whatever ice cream means to you. 

We are sponsored this week by Bugaboo Stamps and they are offering our lucky winner 4 images of their choice. 

My card this week uses their cute ice cream cone digi

I shrunk the digi and copied it to create a repeat background paper which I coloured with whisper pens in the colours that remind me of ice creams from when I was a kid (and last week...... ) I topped the card with a computer generated sentiment, some coordinating summertime papers and finished it stickles. 

That's it for this week. Until next time, happy crafting! 

Crafty Catz DT - Anything Goes with Lace

Morning all

Here's to the end of another week. Hope it's been a good one - for our American Crafting friends - belated Happy 4th July.

Our challenge this week at Crafty Catz is - as always - Anything Goes, but this weeks optional twist is to Add Lace. 

I coloured the image using promarkers: Pastel Pink, Red, Ruby,Burnt Orange, Terracotta, Henna, Pumpkin, Apricot, Gold and Moss. The papers are from Craft Asylum, the Flowers and lace are from stash.

That's it this week, hope you like it and until next time - happy crafting!