Crafty Catz DT - Masculine

Hey Guys

Here's to another Friday and the end of another exhausting week. It is the season to be manic! or something like that anyway. It's new challenge time at Crafty Catz and our theme this week has been set by Christine who wants to see Masculine cards. Our sponsor is Fred She Said who are giving our lucky winners a $15 Gift Voucher

Well I'm not sure my creation is masculine per say but it is for a male friend:

I used a fabulous image by From The Heart Digi stamps called Birthday Candle. I coloured it with Promarkers: Buttercup, Mustard, Gold, Ruby, Maroon, Cool Aqua, Duck Egg and Cool Grey 1 and used Distress Inks: Vintage Photo and Wild Honey and the papers are Life of the Party by Basic Grey. I finished it with some pips from stash and there you go! 

I hope you like it and don't forget to swing by the blog to see everyone and their fabulous creations. Until next time though - happy crafting! 

Crafty Catz DT - Shades of Blue

Morning all,

Isn't the year running away with us? Before we know it Christmas will be here - eek! Well, the end of another working week means another challenge at Crafty Catz. This weeks theme is set by the lovely Dianne and is Shades of Blue. We are sponsored by the fab team at Bugaboo Stamps, who are always so generous and are offering our lucky winner 7 images of their choice

I'm on a simple streak with my cards at the moment - partly because of time constraints and partly because I struggle with elaborate cards unless I have lots of time to think about them in advance. So here's to another simple card.

I tried to make the image look a bit like a snowglobe, without all the sprinkles (I don't have any, so couldn't make a shaker card)

The image is coloured with promarkers in: Poppy, Pumpkin, Gold, Spice, Sandstone,  Cinnamon, Cool Grey 1, Pear Green, Sky Blue, Blue Pearl, Royal Blue and China Blue

The paper and silver card are from my stash and the circles were cut with my trusty Lifestyle Crafts dies. I finished the image with Stickles Stardust. 

So there you go. My card for the week. The girls have created some amazing cards so do swing by and see them at the blog. Until next time though - happy crafting! 

Crafty Catz DT - Girls Only

Morning all,

Where did the week go?! I know it's been because I'm exhausted but I'm not sure where it went..... anyway, it is Friday (right?) so that means a new challenge at Crafty Catz and this weeks challenge is set by the lovely Anna who is challenging you to make a Girls Only card. We are sponsored this week by Stamping Boutique who are offering our lucky winner 3 images of their choice

I went with a simple card this week

The image is, as normal, coloured with Promarkers: Blossom, Blush, Oatmeal, Gold, Amethyst, Lavender, Burgundy, Maroon, Plum, Honeycomb and Spice

The papers are from a gorgeous pad - which I've lost both the front and back to so I can't remember who it's by - sorry. All the papers are from the same pad and I used the scraps of one paper to create the bottom scallop and free hand drew and cut the crown

Bot much to say - the papers are all shimmery so perfect for a girly card. 

Hope you like it - don't forget to pop by the challenge blog to see everyone else's! 

Until next time, happy crafting! 

Crafty Catz DT - Winter

Morning all,

Well I'm back (just about) from my break from blogland. Life got all a bit much recently and it's taken a while to get everything back to even keel..... well, as even as it ever is in my life. So my apologies for having not been round to see you all recently and my thanks to the Crafty Catz girls for picking up the slack while I had a breather. 

So with that said, here's to the new Crafty Catz Challenge. The theme this week is Winter, which has been set by the lovely Sue. We are sponsored this week by Creative Classroom who are offering our lucky winners a chance to sit one of their classes. 

My card this week uses an image from Make it Crafty, which is so detailed I decided to make it the feature and leave the card simple

I layered the image to give it some dimension and coloured it using promarkers in the following colours: Pumpkin, Spice, Burnt Orange, Gold, Sandstone, Henna, Cinnamon, Black, Slate, Cool Grey 1, Warm Grey 1, Midnight Blue, Blue Pearl, Poppy, Burgundy, Plum, Pear Green, Moss and Forest Green,

I finished the card with accents in metallic pens and layered it on black card before mounting it on a base of silver card stock.  

So there you go. Back in the saddle. I hope you like it and don't forget to come and join in the fun. Until next time though, happy crafting! 

Crafty Catz DT - Anything Goes

Morning all,

Here's to the end of another week. Anyone else want to sleep the weekend away? well, before we get to that possibility we need to launch the new Crafty Catz Challenge. This weeks theme is Anything Goes and we are sponsored once again by Bugaboo Stamps who are offering our lucky winner 7 images of their choice. 

My project is not a card this week but rather a review of an ongoing charity project that I've been working on. 

In May I entered a draw to win some slight second, glass baubles from a local bead company Spellbound Beads. As it turned out, I was gifted 40 baubles in various sizes, free of charge, with the understanding that they were used for either a community project or for fundraising. 

As a Church we do a lot of work with communities in Malawi, sponsoring schools, hospitals and helping local girls learn skills so that they can earn money and be independent. Twice a year we send containers full of clothing, books etc to our projects. The money I raise will be to support these projects. 

So here are just some of the many beaded bauble projects I've been working on. I've used my personal stash of beads and some which have been donated by a friend. I'm hoping to sell them at a coffee and cake event in November.

Anyway, a bit different this week, but hope you enjoyed it. Don't forget to swing by the blog to see the other amazing projects. Until next time though, happy crafting. 

Crafty Catz DT - Embossing

Morning all

Another Friday, another challenge over at Crafty Catz. This weeks theme has been set by Cindy and she wants to see you use Embossing on your card. We are sponsored this week by KennyK and our lucky winner will receive 5 images of their choice. 

 

I went for wet embossing and embossed both the polaroid frame with glitter powder (sorry it doesn't show up too well) and a piece of acetate with silver powder to create a film strip. I used odd papers from various packs and finished it with a couple of tickets and tags I had lying around. I used promarkers to colour the image in Apricot, Blush, Ivory, Cinnamon, Henna, Apple Green, Forest Green, Light Grey 1 and Gold. 

I was going for a vintage vibe so I hope you like it. 

Until next time, happy crafting!  

Crafty Catz DT - Fantasy/Fairy

 

Morning all, 

Here's to the end of another week - it's been a trying one, not least because of the stupid cold I'm suffering with. Got to love to hate this time of year. 

Anyway, Friday morning means a new challenge at Crafty Catz and this week its my theme and I would like to see Fantasy or Fairy inspired cards. We are sponsored this week by Morgan's Art World who are kindly offering our lucky winner a  3 images of their choice

The image I used on my card this week is called Gerient and Enid.

My card this week is inspired by my love of reading and the books are all scraps of paper, I created a book with the digi and made it stand up from the page, I manipulated it in photoshop so that it was at an angle. The image is coloured with distress inks and promarkers.

I printed one of my all time favourite Pratchett quotes out onto velum to finish the design. It's the perfect sentiment about Fantasy - "So you're saying humans need fantasies to make life bearable?" "No, humans need fantasy to BE human" - too right! 

I hope you like the design, it was fun to make, more like a journal page really but it was an idea that wouldn't leave me alone. I quite like how it turned out, even if it is quite muted in colour. 

Anyway, I look forward to seeing what you create. Until next time, happy crafting!