Frozen inspired...

I made a frozen inspired card for a lovely little girl that we have known since she was born!  

Using my usual 8x8 base card from Hobbycraft I matted and layered between snowflake embossed mirri (Crafters Companion folder) and the striped paper (best of pink paislee).  I used Spellbinder dies Timeless Rectangles and Opulent Ovals with a paper doily in between for the topper.  The ribbon is from Hobbycraft.

I coloured this image from Polkadoodles "Maddie give us a twirl" which I got as a download.  I love Nikki's designs and have quite a few!  And as they are only a few pounds each are really good value.  I'm not happy with the hair but once it's made up into a card I feel it is less noticeable, or hope anyway!!!  I used Spectum Noir alcohol markers and the Crafters Companion pencils on top.

The stamps are from Craftwork Cards, exclusive to Create & Craft for 30 days I think.  I stamped six flowers with Tim Holtz "Peacock Feathers", cut them out and edged with an old black ink pad.  Next I stamped all the word and number stamps with the Peacock Feathers and cut them out and edged with the same ink pad.

Using a Sizzlets snowflake die I cut three from Hobbycraft glitter paper and layered them with foam pads onto the flowers which I doubled up and added a blue gem.

Last night I just knew this card would not fit in the envelope it was designed to go in!  So I got one of my Crafters Companion bags that I got with a christmas kit and made a bag to match!

   

I should have used a smaller stamp mount as they did not stamp to well on the bag with the folds and string but it all adds to the shabby chic look!

Thank you for stopping by

Kay

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Easy no dies card...

I got a new kit on Saturday, not bad for Create & Craft as I only ordered it Thursday! Usually takes their stuff over a week to get here! 

It's Craftwork cards More than words collection which I had to get with the stamps!  I used them on the card I will put up next!

 I wanted to make an easy card as had a hectic few days so I made this in bed! I used a black ink pad, a pokey tool for shaping the paper, glue, foam pads and gems. Thats it!

Can't wait to add dies next time I play with this pack!  I have even created a Craftwork Cards section on my desk, it's getting out of hand!














Here is a sneak peak of what I did with the stamps, the card is not being given until later this week and I don't want little eyes to see it!

Can blog this one after Thursday!  Happy crafting!

Kay 

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It's been ages....

Just getting slowly back into my crafting the past few months have been a long haul.  First my cat passed away at the beginning of November just as my dad started to become really ill. What with caring for him and my mum the crafting fell to the wayside.  My poor dad suddenly passed away at the beginning of December with the funeral the day before christmas eve.  Then in January I got made redundant after being at a company for nearly 10 years. It was a horrible christmas and it's been a tough few months but despite not wanting to I got told by my partner to go craft, well the first few cards were like I had stepped back a few years!  Not sharing those. Finally feel I got my crafty mind back when I decided to play with some Gorjuss products which I love.  Can never go wrong with those...

The papers are from the Gorjuss 8x8 paper pack neutrals and the gorjuss girl circle from one of the gorjoss topper packs.

The backing to this is the gorjuss flower paper cut with a Spellbinder Stately Circles die. Backed again with a hobbycraft doily edged in Stampin Up! 

The best wishes are  from a hobbycraft sentiment stamp set.

The flowers and candy dot are from the love Petaloo collection purchased from QVC years ago! The lace and bow are also from the gorjuss range and the pink hat pins were from Create & Craft.  All stuck together with hot glue.  The only way to ensure it is not going to move!

I have been crafting more recently, so I  have a few cards to add on so keep an eye out for more this week.

Kay

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Birthday Wishes...

This week I thought I'd practice my colouring on a lovely Polkadoodles digi image from http://www.polkadoodles.co.uk

As they are doing birthdays this week the image was perfect!  It has sat on my desk all week and I finally got to make it into something today.  I've entered it into their most recent challenge here

http://www.digichoosday.blogspot.co.uk/

My colouring is still a learning process, but the more I practice the better I will get!  The image is coloured using Spectrum Noir pens and pencils.

The paper is by Papermania purchased from Carshalton Craft.
The Vintage embossing folder is Crafters Companion.
The ribbon, doilies, and roses are from Hobbycraft.
The lace and bow topper are from China via ebay!
The small pearls and hat pins are from my stash.
The leaves are cut from a Tim Holtz strip die Spring Greenery.
The Tag and background die are spellbinders Framed Tags One and Timeless rectangles.
Happy Birthday stamp was free in a magazine years ago and it was stamped with a gold ink pad and edged with a pale pink ink pad.

I will add the list of Spectrum Noir pens and pencils used tomorrow!

Till next time...

Kay

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Two very different leaving cards...

 I was asked to make a couple of cards for people leaving work.  They are both A4 and I use Anita's A4 card packs and it was all mounted on Mirri card.

The first is a stamp used called New Heights which is apt for the type of card.  I used A4 gorjuss girl paper and ribbon.  The Good Luck stamp is from Sheena Douglas Mystery sets and I used pearls from my stash.  The butterfly stamp is also from the New Heights stamp set.

The gorjuss girl was coloured with Spectrum Noir pens and pencils and cut by hand.

The second card I also coloured and is a maternity leaving card.

I used an image that I know I purchased and I'd love to share where from but I cannot remember and despite spending 20 mins on google and pininterest I still have no idea!  If anyone knows please let me know! It is signed!

The word stamp was a free indigo blue stamp free in a magazine.

The pink and green papers are American Crafts 12x12 papers which have been embossed and the bird paper is Stampin Up. The main image and word stamp were cut with spellbinder dies.

The ribbon, twine and green button are from Hobbycraft and the flowers are Petaloo Love. The metal pearls are from my local craft shop. Again the digi stamp was coloured using Spectrum Noir pens and pencils.

Next week I would have been at the beginning of September for my makes as I am trying to catch up in order, but I've finally been making Christmas cards so will share those instead! 

Kay

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Dad's 80th Birthday...

A Special Birthday

As promised here are the projects I made for my dad's birthday in August.

I used a Hunkydory topper and card with a spellbinders die and kept everything gold!  I cut the largest die from the Timeless rectangle three times, in black, gold and craft card.  As the middle was covered by the topper I cut them in half so I could mat and layer them as it is the largest die I have in this style and shape.  I stamped the Anna Griffen happy birthday stamp onto Polkadoodles card which is the best for colouring really but it was a bit that was a leftover! This was mounted with another die from the same set Blossom tags and accents that I used on the stamped image.

The 80 is cut from Tim Holtz alphabet die and the tag is cut from some dies that were free in a magazine!  The gold ribbon and dots are from my mountain er stash of craft stuff!

This is what 'we' made for Grandad!

The cars pull along so it was a fun card for the kids to help make.

It is using Hunkydory die cut decoupage toppers and a couple of pennies to make the pulling bit a little more sturdy!  The bow is just from the Lattice bow set by Sue Wilson and the button from my jar!

The background paper is create and craft dainty dots in the red and the blue is the sparkly paper they did at the same time but I cannot remember what it is called!  Anyway it was embossed with a Crafters Companion Vintage embossing folder which I wanted for so long!

This is another card I made for my father in law to give to him as every birthday my father in laws gift from me is the years worth of cards he needs!

I used the Sheena Douglas stamps from the little bit sketchy range - Visitor.  The birthday stamp and banner were free with a magazine!  It was all done with gold fine detail embossing powder on water colour card.

The Album

I also had a task and a half, I decided that all his photo's shouldn't be in a box any longer.  I went the project life route as I had so many pictures to fit in.  The cards are all left blank as I wanted my dad to write on them.

I only took a couple of pictures as they are his private pictures.  It was a challenge as I ended up in tears every time I did a bit to it!  From his tough childhood to all the family that are no longer with us it was very emotional but well worth it as he loves it and keeps looking at it.  My cousin now wants to make one the same!  He is not crafty in any way but I think with Project Life it's so simple he will be fine!

I also found out my son is the spit of my dad...

My son aged 4 and my great grandmother and my dad aged around 4.

Till next week.

Kay

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Oh dear..

The last time I was on here was a while ago!  Well with my dad's 80th, our 1st holiday in 9 years and the little one starting school it's been a lovely and hectic summer!

Now I will have a bit more time with the monster at school Friday is going to be my blog/craft day!  As the PC was broken it will just have to be a few days late this week!

I will start from where I left off! The last project the Alice In Wonderland book was quite a task so it was nice to get back to something smaller and quicker!

These are the thank you cards and gift bags I made for the kids teachers at the end of term in July.

This was from my son to his pre-school teacher. She is lovely so I spent a bit more time on these!  I found the image of the boy on Google images which was coloured with Spectrum Noir pens and pencils.  The blue paper is dainty dots from Create & Craft, the banner is made with a stampin up punch and stamps and everything else is cut out with spellbinder dies.  The ribbon was just from my stash!

The bag papers are Craftwork Cards and the bows are Just Rite dies.  Again everything else is cut with Spellbinders.  The pearl domes are from China, ebay is becoming my friend now I buy in bigger quantaties!

These were for my daughter's PE teacher who she really liked and who was leaving.  He loves rugby so I used Papermania male sports 12 x 12 papers and Tim Holtz rosette dies and that was about it other than a bit of mirri card!  The gift bags are from Create and Craft.

These two were for my daughters teacher and assistant teacher. They were made again with just spellbinder dies, some scrap papers and some ribbon from my stash!  The boarder punch is by Martha Stewart and I used the stampin up punch and stamps again.  The teacher stamp is just a single one in my stash, possibly from a magazine!

Well that takes me up to the end of July!  August birthday's and an emotional photo album next week!

Kay

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