All I want for Christmas

Hello everyone.  This afternoon I was crafting with the lovely Fiona of Lil Daffodil.   Her cards are stunning, you really should visit her blog.  We do a little crafting, have a cup of tea and a good old blether. I really look forward to our little get- togethers.   I made this card using a Lily of the Valley stamp coloured in using Pro Markers.  I am going to enter it into the Winter Wonderland challenge - All I want for Christmas.   

I hope you like it.

Take Care

Kathleen x

A blog Award

I received this lovely blog award from Fiona of Lil Daffodil.  Thank you so much.  You should pop over to have a look at her blog.  She has made some beautiful cards.  I now have to pass it onto to 7 of my friends.

Paula - Paula's Paper Playground
Alison - Ali's Card Making Blog
Alizabethy - Just Card Making Crazy
Carol - Carol's Little Piece of Heaven
Lynn - Crafty Linby
Helen - Ellephantastic Cards & Crafts
Netty - Netty's Craftings

I really enjoy looking at all your blogs.
I hope you are all having a good day. 
Happy Crafting

Kathleen x

A Little Nature

Hello.  I hope you have all had a good day and enjoying this glorious weather that we are having just now.  I made this card at my craft class and thought I would enter it into the Pollycraft Monday Challenge - Add a Little Nature.  I hope you like it.

Happy Crafting.

Kathleen x

The big 30th Birthday Blog Candy Celebration

Evening everybody.  I would like to tell you about the fantastic candy Ellephantastic Cards and Crafts is giving  away as part of her birthday celebrations.  You must pop across to her blog and have a look.  Candy closes on 20th September.  Good luck everybody.

Kathleen x

WOYWW - Week 64

Happy Wednesday all.  Where has the week gone.?   There's not much going on my desk today.  I borrowed some Christmas stamps from a friend.  I have been colouring them in with my Pro Markers and then putting them through the cuttlebug ready for when I come to make my cards.  I also made some poinsettia flowers.  I watched a demonstration on Create and Craft, then decided to have go myself.

Took a photo of the lilies in my garden.  They are gorgeous.

Why not pop over to Julia's blog at the Stamping Ground to find out more about WOYWW.

Have a good week.

Kathleen x

Tilda In Red

Good Morning everyone.  I hope you have all had a good weekend. 

I made this card using a Tilda stamp coloured in using my ProMarkers.  The paper is from Bo Bunny.  I used a Martha Stewart Punch round the Page.  I have just got this punch and it is fantastic.  Red cardstock from my stash.  The ribbon I have had for quite a while, I saved it off a box of chocolates, I knew it would come in handy sometime.  The holly and fern are both punches. 

I am going to enter it into

Die cut Dreams Xmas Club challenge - Tilda in Red.

Thanks for taking the time to have a look.

Happy Crafting

Kathleen x

Down In The Meadow

I made this card yesterday

at a workshop in Perth. Actually I made two cards at the class, but I didn't get it finished in time.  Will post it later.  I am so pleased with it.

I am going to enter it into the following challenges -

Charisma Cardz - Die Cuts

Elliphantastic Cards & Crafts - Male project

Craft your days away - Wings

I hope you like it.

Happy Crafting

Kathleen x

Charizma Cardz Challenge - Die Cuts

This is my second post today.  I have made a birthday card using a bird cage and bird I received from my friend Carol (Lexiemarkone).  Do pop along and have a look at her blog.  It is lovely. 

I am going to enter it into the Charizma Cardz  Challenge - Die Cuts

Thankyou for looking.

Happy Crafting

Kathleen x

Birthday Card

Hello Everyone.  It's a wee while since I've been blogging.  I don't know where the time goes.

I was asked to make a card for a little girl who will be 7 next week.  I decided to use Tilda coloured in using my pro markers.  The paper is from Bo Bunny - Kitchen Spice Rosemary.  I used a Martha Stewart punch for the corners and borders.  The flower is from Wild Orchid Crafts.  I hope she likes it.

Thankyou for taking the time to look,

Happy Crafting

Kathleen x 

The Ribbon Girl Candy

Do you like using ribbon on your designs.  Then hop over to the Ribbon Girl for some fantastic candy.

Kathleen x

Embossed Layered Resist

On Friday I went up to Stampaholics in Perth for a workshop entitled Embossed Layered Resist. Wasn't quite sure what this was but I thoroughly enjoyed myself.  This was the first card I made.  The poppies were coloured using Distress Inks.  Punches from Martha Stewart. 

  

Another card using the same technique.

I hope you are all enjoying this nice weather we are having just now.  Long may it continue.

Have a good week.

Kathleen x

Ruby Wedding Anniversary

Hello everybody and thanks for stopping by.

I made this card for our friends Ruby Wedding Anniversary in a few weeks time.  I used the Swiss dots embossing folder in the Cuttlebug.  Tilda and Edwin stamp from Magnolia coloured with ProMarkers.  The flowers I got from my local craft shop, and a little ribbon.

I hope you like it.

I am going to enter it into the following challenge -

Crafty Cardmaker - Punches

I hope you have had a good day.

Happy Crafting

Kathleen x

WOYWW - Week 61

Hello Everyone.  I can't believe that another week has passed so quickly.  Where does the time go.  I hope you are all well.  Last night I was making a card for good friends of ours whose 40th Anniversary is in a fortnight.  You can see the finished card in my next post.  I used Tilda and Edwin (of course).  Flowers I got from my local craft shop.  They were coloured with ProMarkers.

On Saturday I went up to Perth to a Distressing demonstration.  I learnt new techniques and spent loads of money then came home for a play.  I made a little Craftrak card which I am going to send to Carol - Lexiemarkone of Carol's Little piece of Heaven.  She so kindly sent me some die-cuts that I liked.  You must have a look at her blog.  It is lovely.

 

Last week I found out that I had won the Winter Wonderland challenge - sketch with this card. 

Why not pop over to Julia's blog at Stamping Ground to find out what is going on.

I'm off now to have a peek.

Have a good week and thanks for popping by.

Kathleen x

Distressed Card

I hope you all have had a good weekend.  On Saturday I went to Stampaholics in Perth.  Siobhan was having a demonstration on distressing.  It was well attended and I spent lots of money on goodies.  I came home and had a play.  This is the card I made using grunge paper and distressing inks.

I am going to enter it into the following challenges -

Ellephantastic Cards and Crafts - Distressing

Craftalicious - Make your own flowers

I hope you like it.

Thanks for looking

Kathleen x

Christmas Cards in July!

Good Evening everybody.  I hope you all have had a good weekend.  I have been busy making  Christmas Cards.  

For the first one I stamped an image with Black Archival ink and coloured all the windows with yellow crayon.  I then glittered all the roofs and windowsills to look like snow.   The image was then mounted onto white and silver card.  The sentiment is from Inkadinkado.   I am going to enter this card in 

Charizma Cardz challenge - Anything but square

Bah! Humbug! challenge - A Christmas Scene

For the second card the snowman image is from The Stamp Barn.  He was coloured using ProMarkers.  I used paper from My Mind's Eye.  Ribbon and button was from my stash.

I am going to enter this into

Die Cut Dreams Christmas Club - Sweet Christmas Wishes

Christmas Stampin' all year long - Buttons and Bows

and lastly Father Christmas was stamped using Versafine - Crimson Red.  The papers were from The Paper Company.  Ribbon from my stash.

I am going to enter this card in

Winter Wonderland - Sketch

Thankyou for taking the time out to have a look.

Happy Crafting.

Kathleen x

A Piper

Hello everybody and thanks for visiting me this evenimg.  I was asked to make a card for a man who is 40 and who likes to play the bagpipes.  Where am I going to get an image of a piper?  So I came up with this picture which is a children's colouring-in page.  I reduced it in size and mounted it on black cardstock.  The paper is from Colour Co-ordinations.  I used a Martha Stewart punch and added some ribbon and stones from my stash.  I hope he likes it.
I am going to enter it into the following challenges -
Craftalicious - Birthdays
Pollycraft Mpnday -  Happy Birthday
Thanks for popping by.  Happy Crafting.
Kathleen x

WOYWW - Week 59

Hello and welcome to my blog.  Yesterday, we had such a lovely day and today it's pouring down again.  Where has the sun gone?    
I was asked to make a male card who will be 40 and he likes to play the bagpipes.  What a dilemma.   I couldn't decide what papers to use.  In the end I went for the monochrome look.  I was going to colour the piper in, but then decided to leave him black and white.  I hope he likes it.  The papers are from  color coordinates.  A Martha Stewart punch.  Ribbons and pearls from my stash.  The image is from a children's colouring in page. 
I'm off now to have a peek at everybody's desk.  If you are wondering what's going on why not pop over to Julia's blog at the Stamping Ground.
Thanks for popping by.  I hope you are all having a good day.
Happy Crafting
Kathleen x

Distressed card

Another go at distressing.  I used Tim Holtz Distress Ink - wild honey and spiced marmalade.  The background paper was stamped with swirls and  then distressed.  Ribbon and swirl from my stash.  I like it but I feel something is missing.  Please tell me what you think.  And here is a little Craftrak card I made while I had all my inks out.  Thankyou for popping by,

Happy Crafting.

Enjoy the rest of your Saturday!

Kathleen x

Bubbling Tilda

Good Evening.  Hope you are all having a good Saturday.  This card I made for my neice who lives in America.  She will be 6.  Will have to get it posted pretty soon.  The stamp is Bubbling Tilda.  The papers were free from Making Cards.  I used a Martha Stewart punch,  added some ribbon and pearls from my stash.

Another Bubbling Tilda.  This time in pink.  My grand-daughter's favourite colour.  She will be 7 in August.  The stamp is coloured using ProMarkers.  A Martha Stewrat punch, and some ribbon from my stash.

I hope you like them.   Thankyou for popping by.

Kathleen x

Charisma Card Challenge

Hello everybody.  I think it has stopped raining at last.  At least I won't have to water the plants tonight. I have made this card for my granddaughter who will be 7 in a few weeks time.  Her favourite colour is pink.  I used Tilda (again).  The flower is made using Marianne's design creatables.  The slots I made using an Xcut punch and threaded the ribbon through.  The rest was in my stash.  I am going to enter this card in the Charisma Cardz challenge whose theme this week is - pink.  I hope you like it.  Thanks for popping by.  Happy Crafting Everybody

Kathleen x