Up, up and away....

Hello all in Blogland and hope that your week has been going well? The time seems to have sped past me at a frightening speed this week - I can't believe it's Thursday already!  It's amazing how busy you can be when you're NOT at work lol.  I always imagine when we have time off that we'll have long lazy days with lots to time to potter and do things - but strangely the days just seem to whizz by!  Thanks for all your good wishes about my couple of girly days away!  My friend and I had a fantastic time - we travelled up to Glasgow on the train first class (a real treat, with lunch & drinks served!), had a good few hours wandering around the shops and going for an early tea. Then off to a gorgeous hotel, and then the Il Divo concert - and they were fabulous (as always!).  Not much nicer than watching and listening to four handsome men, singing with gorgeous voices and a wonderful orchestra.....Sigh......  Anyway, back to reality again now - but I think the family missed me a bit really!  It's perhaps good for them now and again if I disappear for a day or so!

Apologies for the waffle, and time to share a card with you today using one of the April new releases from Whimsy.

I've used some of the collection of Hot Air Balloons from Moon Cookie Gallery - and coloured them with promarkers and added sky & clouds done with chalks

The backing paper is from K&Co with faux stitching stamp round the edges. I've added a tag cut with a Spellbinders floral oval die and a vellum sentiment added (with brads and ribbon from stash)

Hope you like it! Do pop over to Whimsy and have a look at all the great new digis. 

Back soon,

Kim x 

Boys having fun!

Good morning all and hope that your week has started well? Just a quick post from me today - I'm heading off for a girly couple of days away with one of my best friends to Glasgow.  We're off for a concert, shopping and meals out - with no husbands, offspring, or dogs to walk for 48 hours lol! (My friend has 3 beautiful but very large Newfoundlands who are Tilly the Dog's favourite furry friends!).

Just wanted to share a card with you today using one of my favourite Mo images - Kite - and I make no apology if you've seen him numerous times before because I think he's just so cute!

I've coloured the image with promarkers and flexmarkers and a little pencil

The backing paper is from K&Co, with some added stitching. I've added twill tape and punched edges using an MS punch. The tickets are with a Whimsy die and blank ticket stamp and then the sentiment is LOTV! And that gorgeous wooden kite is from CraftyEmblies. 

And the inside decorated to match! 

Hope you like it!  

Back soon, 

Kim x 

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

Mos Digital Challenge - use fabric (twill tape)

OneStitchAtATime - anything goes

PileItOnChallenge - wooden

Spring Into Spring!

Hello all - and a very warm welcome to my new followers! It's lovely to have you join me in my crafty corner of Blogland!  I hope you are all enjoying your weekend - and thankfully we have lovely sunshine here which lifts everyone's spirits.  My husband has been off to get some wood and is making me a new bird table/feeder today as my old birdtable is gradually collapsing.  The pond is full of frisky frogs (bit of tongue twister that!) who are up to no good with lots of singing to one another and a lot of splashing, and the pond is getting so full of frogspawn that it's starting to look like a tapioca pudding. And all the gorgeous little daffodils are bursting open - they've withstood the rain, snow, wind and frost - but I have to admit that they struggle a bit to cope with big fat dog feet wandering across them. I bet when Wordsworth wandered lonely as a cloud  gazing at daffodils, they hadn't been trampled over by a pudding of a dog.....

Anyway, all the signs are that SPRING is on it's way - finally.  And that is the theme for the new challenge over at the Joanna Sheen Challenge Blog - and I'm thrilled to say that yours truly is a Guest Design Team member for April! Woo hoo!  Excited isn't the word!  So here is my contribution - but do go and see all the fabulous inspiration for 'Spring into Spring' from the JS DT!

I've used a gorgeous House Mouse stamp - 'Sunflower' - and coloured them with promarkers and flexmarkers and added little 'pearls' to the flowers with a pearl pen

The backing paper is from Nitwits at LOTV, with an embossed panel using CraftsToo embossing folder. The image is mounted on a Spellbinders 'floral oval' with one of the smaller die cuts in the corner.  I've added some scrummy Joanna Sheen spotty ribbon and flowers from WOC. The die cut leaves are Poppystamps 'meadow leaf' - with some lace and pearl trim from stash. 

And inside I've added a 'pocket' so that a note, gift voucher or, perhaps more appropriately for Spring, some flower seeds! 

Hope you like it! And hope that it feels like Spring is on it's way wherever you are! 

So do pop over to the Joanna Sheen Challenge - and join in! 

Back soon,

Kim x 

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

BrokenBoxStock - spring

Brown Sugar challenge - spring

Dilly Beans challenge - spring

SimplyCreateToo - animals

WagsnWhiskers - spring

Allsorts challenge - spring has sprung

Hanna & Friends - spring

Crafts and Me - spring flowers

Divas by Design - spring colours

Anything Goes!

Hello I'm back again - and our lovely Janette over at CraftyCatz has chosen everyone's favourite challenge - anything goes! And the DT has produced some fabulous inspiration as always! So do pop over to CraftyCatz - and then join in!

For my DT creation this week I've used one of the first digi stamps I bought - Sally & Bella from SassyCheryl!

Aren't they the cutest pair?  I've coloured the digi with promarkers and flexmarkers

The scrummy backing papers are from Nitwit at LOTV with coredinations card. And I've added some of my favourite die cuts lol! I just love the banner dies and matching stamps from Whimsy that I recently acquired - apologies in advance for these keep reappearing in different formats because I think they're just so sweet! And I've also added that lovely DooHickey doily flower too, with a button from stash - and a few gems from stash to match! 

So do join us at CraftyCatz for our Anything Goes challenge! 

Back soon,

Kim x  

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

CraftingByDesigns - animals

SimonSaysStampChallenge - Happy Birthday

CrazyAmigoChallenge - garlands

PapertakeWeekly - anything goes

Sparkle&SprinkleChallenge - use a digi

WhoopsiDaisy Challenge - use bling

Pink & Brown!

Good morning - and Friday again already! The weeks do fly by so fast. And with having a Bank Holiday this week and having offspring & husband at home it's confused me completely (mind you, it doesn't take much lol!). But the lovely bit is that we're both off work for the week next week, I'm away for 2 days (and leaving a little list of jobs for husband lol!) but hopefully we'll get some time to relax together too!

Anyway, it's time for a new challenge over at Polkadoodles Challenge- and this week our lovely Anjie has chosen the theme of 'Pink & Brown' so a nice easy one for everyone.  For my DT contribution I've used another one of the fabulous new digi images on the Fredericka cd that's a new release over at Polkadoodles!

This gorgeous girl is called 'Billie'. I've coloured her with promarkers and flexmarkers.

The backing papers are also from the Fredericka cd - so cute! I've added a sentiment from the cd, mounted on coredinations card, and ribbon and brads from stash. The flowers are cut with Marianne dies with added pearls. 

and the inside

So do pop over and have a look at the fantastic inspiration from the DT girls at Polkadoodles - and then join in with us! We'd love to see your creations! 

Kim x 

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

Crafting for all seasons - floral delight

DigiMakeoverChallenge - anything goes

LexisCreations = punches/dies

Has Spring sprung?

Good morning all and hope that your morning is sunny like it is here - does this mean Spring has finally arrived? I won't hold my breath - but it is lovely to have the sunshine!  I'm going away for a night with a friend next week (for a concert and some shopping!) and I can more or less guarantee that it'll rain then lol! We're off to Glasgow - we've been a few times before and love it! It's a great city centre, lovely buildings, great shopping & places to eat (I sound like a tourist brochure lol!) - and we're off to see Il Divo at the SECC.  And I should perhaps confess that we've seen them a few times (about 6 or 7 actually!). Seems a bit strange being groupies at our age....  But whoever we were off to see, it's just nice to have a girly getaway!

Anyway, I have a little card to share with you today that I made with the new cd release from Polkadoodles 'Fredericka'

This image is 'Tilly' and she looks very thoughtful!  I've coloured her with promarkers and flexmarkers

The blue backing paper was a freebie and the lovely 'wordy' paper is from EK Success 'Inspirables'. I've added some distress ink, some twine ribbon & brads from stash with some twine.  Quite a simple layout but I think it looks ok.  

Do pop over to Polkadoodles and have a look at the great offers - and this fantastic new cd 

Back soon, 

Kim x 

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

CraftRoomChallenge - books

Throughthecraftroomdoor - anything goes

TuesdayAlchemy - monochromatic pastels

TimelessTuesdays - two or more ribbons (ribbon & twine)

Whimsy New Releases!

Hello all in Blogland and I hope that you enjoyed a relaxing Easter weekend - and didn't eat too many chocolate eggs! A very warm welcome to my new followers - it's lovely to have you join me. Just be prepared for quite a bit of chat alongside the crafting!

It's time for some new releases from Whimsy Digi stamps and they've got some wonderful new designs for everyone!  I have used a new digi stamp from LiaStampz for my card today, a cute image called 'Toy Plane' which would be great for a little boy card! (or even a big boy lol!)

I've coloured the image with promarkers and flexmarkers

The backing papers are from LOTV and Nitwit, with coredinations card for matting and layering. The gorgeous banner stamps & die are from Whimsy too, with some ribbon and button from stash. 

So do pop over to Whimsy and have a look at all the fabulous new releases - there's something for everyone! 

Back soon, 

Kim x 

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

DigiMakeoverChallenge - anything goes

KaboodleDoodles - use 2 different patterned papers

OurCreativeCorner - travel + 2 dps