Teddy Pressie!

Hi and hope your Sunday is going well? Just wanted to share a card I made yesterday and had a major breakthrough in the colour world! It's orange! Now orange is a colour that I just don't connect with lol! I never have any orange clothing, furnishings, etc., no orange flowers in the garden even (unless you count the sunflowers that come up where the birds have kindly planted seeds for me!). But, in a moment of madness, thought I'd try it on this image - and even more surprisingly, I really like it! Perhaps it's the grey skies we've been seeing lately that made me move towards bright zingy colours?

The image is LOTV called 'Patchwork Present' and I've coloured it with promarkers.  

The scrummy backing paper is from a pack I recently bought at CardCraft UK called Fabrications by Teresa Collins - and I just love them! There isn't a bad design among them!

I've used Coredinations card for matting and the flourish & corner - both Marianne dies - and ribbon from my stash.

The flowers are from Wild Orchid crafts & CardCraft UK and I've used gems & pearls from my stash and coloured them with promarkers (such a useful idea!).

And this is a quick glimpse of the inside of the card! 

Hope you like the bright colours! (and didn't need to don the shades lol!)

Back soon, Kim x 

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:-

PapertakeWeekly - anything goes

PartyTimeTuesday - added sparkle & bling

The Ribbon Girls - ribbon

Craft Your Days Away - Bingo-flowers/ribbon/gems

MyMumsCraftShop - Bingo - pearls/gems/ribbon

IlovePromarkers - for a little girl

Summer Wedding!

Good morning and hope all are well in Blogland out there! Well, I promised last night (when I blurted out the news I was excited about lol!) that I would have a wedding card for you today - and here it is!

I was asked by a friend to make a wedding card for a couple of her friends and this is what I came up with.

It's a 6" square card that was boxed (well, it had to be with those embellishments lol!). The stamp is from LOTV called 'Together Forever' - hence the sentiment stamp too! 

I've coloured the image with promarkers and prisma pencils

I love that deep red for the dress so picked that out as a 'key colour'!  The backing papers were from my stash (and apologies but can't remember where from!). The names were printed on the computer & mounted on mirri board and Spellbinder dies for the image & frame. 

The flowers and leaves are from Wild Orchid (small gardenia, wild roses, hip rosebuds), with an added linked heart charm also from WOC and a Marianne die flourish. The lace is also from the bottomless pit of my crafty stash! 

The inside was decorated to complement the front, with the centre panel using a Spellbinder label die & distress ink, with seam binding ribbon from WOC. The sentiment stamp inside is from Crafters Companion.

And thankfully my friend liked the card - so hope the happy couple do too! Although it's not been much of a 'Flaming June' with the weather and I feel so sorry for couples who spend so long (and so much money) on planning a wedding and then it rains on the big day! Ho hum! 

I'm off to do all the usual Saturday morning h****work jobs now!

Back soon, Kim x 

Great News!

So excited with some great news that I just had to share it - I've been chosen to be part of the Design Team for the Crafty Catz Challenge Blog!
It's lovely to think that other people have looked at my little creations and decided that I could be a part of a team - and a fantastic excuse for doing even more crafting lol!!
I'll probably be incredibly nervous too when it comes to sharing my cards as well - but really looking forward to the challenge!
Back tomorrow with a wedding card - well, they do say June is the month for brides lol!
Kim x

For Dad!

Hi and I hope that the sun is shining for you? It's definitely not here lol! It's been a busy few days - back to routine next week I hope when half term is over. I love having the school breaks but any routines (and spare time) seems to disappear!
Anyway, today's card is another prepared for forthcoming Fathers' Day - and I love this LOTV image

The colours look quite pale in my photo - but I'm sure they're a bit stronger in 'real life' lol! 

I've coloured the image with promarkers and distressed the edges. 

The backing papers are American Crafts and K&Co, with a little added twine and Marianne die of ivy leaves.  The 'Dad' wording is from Sizzix transfers and the sentiment stamp is a Whimsy one, with the Whimsy ticket die - just love that set! 

Thought that wording was quite nice for a special dad! 

I'm entering this in the following challenges :-

C.RA.F.T. Challenge - male card

DutchDare card challenge - For Dad

Lilis Little Fairies - one for the boys

PennysPaperCraftyChallenge - I love you dad

ThePoodlesParlour - Fathers' Day

I'm hoping to get some crafting time this weekend - got a birthday and wedding card to make! 

But before I go I just thought I'd share another couple of cards made for the Cats Protection open day with the Joanna Sheen Furry Friends cd

Just love that cat's expression! Looks about as happy as our cat! I added sentiments done on the computer and Disney die cut & emboss clown hats with added gems!

And isn't this one a little cutie? So cuddleable! The backing papers are Nitwit ones with added button, ribbon, pearls & gems from stash and the sentiment from LOTV.

Hope you like them.

Back soon, Kim x 

Doggy Fathers' Day!

Hi, hope everyone (in UK) has enjoyed a lovely long bank holiday - shame the weather couldn't have been a bit kinder! Thankfully the sun shone yesterday when we had a little afternoon tea party (about 11 of us!) on our garden - so plenty of food and chatter - a nice way to spend an afternoon!
I've been busy today trying to sort second-hand books, etc., to take to our local Cats Protection who are having an open day next Sunday to raise much-needed funds. I love my books so it takes a ruthless spirit for me to part with them but my hubby was starting to complain about the ever-growing stacks! I've also been putting together some cards to take for them to sell (so hopefully someone will want to buy them lol!). I make far more than we can use so it's always nice if someone (especially cute furry someones!) can benefit from my hobby. I've also been making a few extra cards with one of my favourite cd's, Furry Friends, from Joanna Sheen with wonderful photography by Rachael Hale. So just thought I'd share a couple of quick Fathers' Day cards that I made with the cd

This one features such a cute sleep bassett hound! The backing card is from American Crafts with an embossed panel (Cuttlebug - Swiss Dots). I've mounted the image on gold mirri card and added a Marianne  die cut flourish with lovely copper pearlised card (but wish I could remember where I bought it because I've run out now!). I added a stamped 'Fathers' Day' sentiment from Crafters Companion (purchased on a recent hunting trip to CardCraft UK when I went for a FathersDay stamp - and as usual, came home with a lot of other bits too lol!). Also a LOTV sentiment - both have been die-cut and then inked with Faded Linen distress ink. The thread was from my stash.

And in keeping with the Jubilee/Best of British theme going on everywhere at the moment, this lovely British Bulldog has been mounted on some great freebie papers I got with a craft magazine. The spotty ribbon is from Joanna Sheen, the sentiment stamps the same as above, with a couple of little gems coloured with my promarkers! 

Anyway, apologies for the long & rambling post today! There'll be a few more of the Furry Friends creations appearing over the next week or so.

 After I finish doing the book sorting, etc., I'm hoping to get some more crafting time later. Hope you find some crafting time too - so therapeutic! 

Back soon, Kim x 

Good Friends

Hello and I hope you're enjoying your weekend whatever you're doing. Here in the UK we're enjoying a long bank holiday for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee - shame the weather doesn't seem to want to shine though! We've been watching the river pageant of 1000 vessels heading down the River Thames - but from the comfort of a sofa! It definitely looks a bit wild & windy on the riverbank lol!
Today's card features a lovely image from LOTV.  I did warn at the end of the last post that the next card was very girly - so here it is!

One of my favourite things is to go for coffee & cake with a friend - what could be nicer! And these two look as if they're really enjoying that too! 

I've coloured the stamp with promarkers & prisma pencils. 

The backing papers are from First Edition and Nitwit and the sweet paper with cake & teapots on was a freebie. 

The flowers (gardenia, wild rose, cherry blossom & hip rose buds), leaves and heart charm are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the organza ribbon and lace is from CardCraftUK.  The sentiment stamp is from Chocolate Baroque. 

Although I didn't take a photo (duh!) the inside is decorated to match the front! 

I hope that you enjoy the rest of your weekend. We're having a little afternoon tea party tomorrow (terribly British!) so just hoping that it's not raining then! 

Back soon, Kim x 

I'm entering this card into the following challenges :-

WildOrchidChallenge - Bingo

Lilis Little Fairies - Anything Goes

OohLaLaChallenges - Make it Girly

PapertakeWeeklyChallenge - sketch

Simply Gorgeous!

Good evening! Friday again - and a long weekend ahead too! We're not having a street party this year (we had one last year for the Royal Wedding!) but we thought we should mark the occasion of a Diamond Jubilee so we're just having a small Jubilee Afternoon Tea Party for family & a few friends - I'll get the bunting out!
Today's card is a cute LOTV image called 'New Hat'

Isn't she gorgeous!

I've coloured the image with promarkers 

As you can tell I've gone for a 'circles' theme lol! The backing paper is from First Edition, the stripy paper is from Nitwit and the flowery paper from K&Co.

The flowers are from Wild Orchid and the organza ribbons from Joanna Sheen.

The sentiment is from LOTV. 

Hope that you enjoy the long weekend - and I'll be back soon with another very girly card! 

Kim x 

I'm entering this in the following challenges :-

CraftyCreations - circles

PennysPaperCraftyChallengeBlog - anything goes

TrulyScrumptious - pretty in pink