Blog Candy

Why not pop over to see Lynn - Crafty Linby where she has candy to be won.  She has a fantastic blog and it closes on the 4th February.

Good Luck

Kathleen x

2012 Calendar

Good Evening and welcome to my blog.  I thought I would make a calendar using stamps from Personal Impressions.  I got inspiration from a workshop I was at last year when I made a canvas using the same stamps.  The buttons and tailor's dummy was covered in scrap pieces of material I found in the cupboard.  I think I made a skirt for my grand-daughter when she was 3.  The little heart button and scissors I picked up at the SECC last year.  The ribbon and lace was from my stash.  I stamped the cotton reel, cut it out and wound red embroidery thread round it.  Simple but very effective.

I hope you like it.

Thanks for looking

Take care

Kathleen x

Iris folding

Hi everyone and a Happy New Year.  My New Year resolution is to start blogging again.  I have missed it but it is finding the time. 

I thought I would try my hand at Iris Folding.  Was easier than I expected.  The flowers in the wheel-barrow were made using a Marianne Creatable die.  The butterfly was a Martha Stewart punch.

I am going to enter it into the Flutterby Wednesday challenge.

I hope you like it and thanks for looking.

Take Care and Happy Crafting.

Kathleen x

Happy Birthday Cole

Hello everyone and thanks for popping by.

I am just back from a week in Tenerife and feeling the cold.  It was 29 degrees.  Lovely.  We had a great time doing nothing.  Then back to this miserable cold weather!

I made this card for a friend whose nephew will be one soon.  The stamp is from Lili of the Valley coloured in with my ProMarkers.  The papers are from the NitWit collection.

I hope you like it and thanks for looking.

Happy Crafting

Kathleen x

A stitch in Time

What a great week I have had.  A week in Center Parcs with the family and then a one-day workshop up in Perth yesterday.  Kath from The Glitter Pot came down from Aberdeen.  This was the first project we did.  A canvas using stamps from Personal Impressions. 

We then made a lovely card using the same stamps, lace and ribbon.

We finished with this delightful little card to say 'hi'.
What a fantastic day we had!
I hope you like them and thankyou for looking.
Kathleen x

Hello everyone.  Just a quick post to show you two cards I made using Nitwit papers I got from Fiona.http://lildaff.blogspot.com/  The images are coloured using Promarkers.  Finished off with a little ribbon and some pearls.

 

I hope you like them. 

Time for another downpour I think.  The heating is on and it is looking very dark.

Have a good weekend whatever you are doing.

Love Kathleen x

Nativity

Hi everybody.  I hope you are all well.  What a horrible day it is today.  Drizzle.  After yesterday was so lovely too.
I have made this card using a Lili of the Valley stamp coloured with ProMarkers.  I used papers from Nitwits. 
I am going to enter it into the following challenges -

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Anything goes
Bah Humbug - Nativity
ABC Challenge - Anything goes

I hope you like it.
Have a good weekend and Happy Crafting
Love Kathleen x

Reindeer

Hi everyone.  So sorry I havn't been around for a while, I have been so busy.  I don't know where the time goes.

Christmas will be upon us before we know it.  I made this card using a new technique - masking.  Sorry I can't remember the name of the stamps, but I used my new border punch from Martha Stewart.

I am going to enter it into the following challenges -

Fussy and Fancy - a new technique

Bah Humbug - Reindeer

I hope you like it and thanks for visiting me.

Time to go and switch the heating on for a little while - so cold!!!

Have a good weekend everyone

Love Kathleen x

Good evening all.  I hope you are all well and having a good weekend.  It is my grand-daughter's 8th birthday today.  She was so excited.  I don't know where all the years have gone.  She will be going into Primary 4 on Tuesday. 

I made this card this afternoon using a Lily of the Valley Christmas stamp.  They are absoloutely gorgeous.  Coloured in with Promarkers with a sprinkling of glitter.  The papers are from the Nitwits collection.

I think the light was fading when I took this photo.

I am not entering this card into any challenges.

Thankyou for taking the time to visit me.

Happy Crafting.

Kathleen x

Cherry on the Top

I hope you are all well and have had a lovely Saturday.  What a glorious day we have had here.  I hope we get the same tomorrow!

I made a little card this afternoon for my grand-daughter who will be 8 in a fortnight using a freebie I got from a magazine.  Coloured in with ProMarkers.  The papers are from Nit Wits.

I am going to enter it into the following challenges -

Allsorts Challenge - Free and Easy

I Love Pro-Markers - Anything Goes

Ladybug Crafts Ink - Summer Birthdays

Little Darlings Challenges - Girly

I hope you like it.  Would love to hear from you.

Thankyou for visiting.

Kathleen x

Concertina box

Hope you are having a great Monday and all is well.

Last week I popped over to Anne's blog - Liverpool Lou and she had made an expanding box.  She very kindly sent me the details and I made my own.  It was so easy and good fun to do and I think I will make more of them.  It is great for holding photos, recipes or many other small treasures. 

This is the inside.  The papers are from NitWits.  The flower is a download from Create and Craft - Paper Flower Expert CD.  The ribbon was from my stash.  

I hope you like it.

Thanks for popping over.

Have a good week.

Kathleen x

Bunting

Hi and welcome to my blog.  I hope you are well.

  This is a card I made a short while ago and forgot to post.

I used a Simply Gorjuss stamp and coloured in using pro-markers.  The bunting is from Angel Crafts.  The flower is made from 2 daisy stamps and spritzed with glimmer mist.  I used a Martha Stewart border punch. 

I hope you like it.

Have a good weekend and Happy Crafting.

Kathleen x

Another Two Little Owls

I hope you are all having a good Sunday.  As you can see from the photo it is raining again.  There is a big music festival here all weekend - T in the Park - and the heavens have opened yet again. 

I made another card using the owl punch and the papers I got from Stampin' Up.  The flourishes are from Marianne Designs.

I am going to enter it into the following challenges -

Bling it on - Anything goes

Papertake Weekly - Anything goes

Ladybug Crafts Ink - Summer birthdays

Lothian Crafts - Die-cutting

I hope you like it.  Thanks for dropping by.

Kathleen x

Two Little Owls

Hello - and how is everybody today.  I hope you are well.  I was crafting yesterday using the Cuttlebug, had the wrong plates in, the handle sprung back and whacked me on the hand.  It is bruised and sore today.  I wont do that again.

I was browsing through some old Making Cards magazines and got some inspiration to make this card using an owl Stampin' Up punch that I have had for a few months and didn't know what to do with.   I used Stampin' Up papers as well.  I used a Marianne Design flourish and punched out some little daisies.

I hope you like it.

Thanks for popping by and enjoy the rest of the weekend.

Kathleen x

Something with Pretty Papers

Good evening all.  Sorry for the absence but Mr Blogger was not letting me upload any photos.  However, he seems to have sorted himself out now.

I made this card when I went round to see Fiona - lildaffodil.  We had a great afternoon blethering, a cup of tea and a bit of crafting. 

I used a Lili of the Valley stamp coloured with Promarkers.  The gorgeous papers are from NitWits mounted onto Bazzill.  A Happy Birthday stamp from Hero Arts.  A Martha Stewart border punch.

I am going to enter it into the following challenges -

A Spoonful of Sugar - Ribbon and Bows

I Love ProMarkers - Anything Goes

Little Darlings Challenge - Favourite Colour Combo

Stamp Something - Something with Pretty Papers

I hope you like my card

Take Care

Kathleen x

Mr Blogger is at it again!

Sorry but I have been unable to upload any cards and I have so much to show you.  Mr.  Blogger is at it again.  I hope he gets himself sorted out soon.  Take care and Happy Crafting!
Kathleen x

Love and Marriage

When is it going to stop raining?  Blue sky one minute then the next the heavens open and the rain is bouncing off the road! 

Anyway, enough of moaning about the weather.

I made this card some time ago and forgot to post it.  I can't remember where I got the stamp from.  I used memento rich cocoa ink pad.  Brown bazzill, nit wit papers, cream card was put through the cuttlebug.  Flowers from Wild Orchid crafts and lace from my stash.

I am going to enter it into the following challenges -

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Pollycraft Challenge - Love and Marriage

I hope you like it.

Thanks for visiting me

Kathleen x

Flashback Friday 11.0

Hello everybody.  Glad you could pop over to have a look at my blog.
I was so thrilled to learn that I had won Amy's Flashback Friday Challenge 11.0.  I won goodies from Tammy Wisterman, a Close to my Heart Consultant,

  Do have a look at her blog - The Stampers Cottage.  Thankyou so much.  Not only that,  I am to be Friday Flashback 12.0 Guest Designer and pick the new challenge which is to be "Summer Colours" What with all this awful weather we are having at the moment, I thought we needed cheering up with some bright summery colours.  .Just repost your first card, layout or project that incorporates "Summer Colours"   on your blog, pop across to Friday Flashback and add it to Mr Linky.  Simple as that!
Here is the card I made last June.

I used a Penny Black stamp - Bunny Bath, coloured with ProMarkers.  The papers were from Color Co-ordinates.

Amy has lined up a fantastic sponsor for Flashback Friday 12.0 which is Jay Gee's Nook

You could win this fantastic prize - 3 colours from The Twinery.

So come on and join in the fun!

Happy Crafting

Kathleen x

Picked just for you!

Good evening all.  I hope you are all well and are enjoying your Saturday.  Mr Blogger has been playing up again - I have been unable to leave comments.  I hope he gets himself sorted out soon. 

I made this card using a Lili of the Valley stamp.  She is coloured with ProMarkers and has a little sprinkling of fairydust on her wings.  The papers are from Nit Wits mounted onto to Bazzill.  A lovely heart-shaped lacy doily which I got from a friend.  Ribbon and pearls from my stash.

I am going to enter it into the following challenges -

Lili of the Valley - I believe in Fairies

A spoonful of Sugar - Things with wings

Alsorts Challenge - Things with wings

Delicious Doodles - Lovely lace

I love ProMarkers - Pearls

Papertake Weekly - Pale, pretty pastels

I hope you like my card.

Thanks for looking.

Kathleen x

Mr Blogger

Hi Folks,  I'm sorry but I seem to be having problems with Mr Blogger just now.  He won't let me leave comments.  I have been browsing and I apologise for the lack of comments.  I hope he gets himself sorted out soon.  Take care.  Kathleen x