Batch Making - Chronology Cards

Hi everyone,

I am a bit late this week as we went away for a few days over the weekend and then had no internet last night, but I've got myself organised tonight to show you some cards I made recently. Since having my little boy I have started doing a lot more things in batches! I have started batch cooking at the start of the month and filling the freezer with easy meals. It saves me time and means we still get a home cooked meal that is really quick to prepare some evenings. Well I've now started batch making cards too. I made a card for my Dad's birthday using the DoCrafts Chronology range, which took me a little while to make. I am now more out of practise at making cards so it takes me a while to get into the swing of things. After I had done one however, I had lots of ideas so thought I would make a batch using that range whilst I had the ideas. Here are some of the results:

This is a small card, which I find great for little thank you cards and for using up little bits of papers. I distressed the tag using walnut stain and stamped it with a little stamp from my stash. 

I cut out the balloon and boat images from the papers to make this card.

For this card I stamped the centre image using black ink several times. I cut out the various parts like the clocks and person from one of the images and distressed them with different distress inks. I used antique linen for the background, walnut stain for the person, and faded jeans and dusty concord for the clocks. I then layered them onto the background image.

Thanks for looking. I'll be back again next week with some more I have made.

Katie xx

Gorjuss Birthday Card

Evening everyone,

This week I am going to share a birthday card that I made for my sister in law using the DoCrafts Gorjuss range. I bought the papers a while ago, but bought the stamps at the beginning of the year and this is the first time I have used them.

I stamped the image and used Copics and Promarkers to colour it in. I then used the papers and buttons from the range. 

I love the rich colours of the papers in this range and the fact that there are loads of images on the packaging for you to use too.

After a visit to a fab local bead shop, I have been making some jewellery this weekend. I have really enjoyed it and I am hoping to make some more, maybe to sell so I will share some of the things I have made with you all soon.

Thanks for looking

Katie xx

90th Birthday Card

Hi everyone, I'm such a bad blogger!! It's been ages and it isn't like I don't have anything to show you! I now have the Blogger app on my phone so I'm hoping that will help me keep up to date better. 

Here's a card that I made for my Gran's 90th birthday earlier this year. You'll probably notice that my cards are simpler now than they used to be as I have less time now! Hopefully the recipients are still pleased with them though. 

I used a mix of bits and pieces from my stash for this card. The hedgehog image is a sticker by Penny Black. I love their images and have has these stickers for years. I haven't used them all as I moved onto more stamping but they are great for a quicker card. 

Thanks for looking  

Katie x

Mother's Day Cards

Well it's been a while since I shared any cards with you all because I've been otherwise engaged with my 9 week old baby! As you can imagine I haven't had much spare time for crafting so had to make some Mother's Day cards fairly quickly. I don't normally use toppers but think I will be using then more now! 

I used Michael Powell toppers for these cards and I think that although they are simple, they are effective. I really enjoyed making them too and little man was good as gold whilst I was doing it! 

Thanks for looking!

Katie xx

Blue Bauble Cards

Hi again,

I'm back again with a few more Christmas Cards to show you. Usually I make all my cards individually and don't do two the same. This year, as I am a bit behind, once I have found a layout that works I have done a few more that are similar. When I counted up how many I had done, I found I wasn't as far behind as I thought. That was until someone at work asked if I could make him 10 or 12!

I then had to get my skates on! A lot of my cards have cute images etc, so I tried to do some that were a bit more manly for him. I also wanted to do some quick ones to get them done. Here are a few that I came up with...

I have had the blue bauble stickers for years and not known what to do with them so was pleased when I had an idea! The man at work seemed to like them, so they must be ok!

I would like to enter the second card into the following challenge:

• Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes (+ Clean and Simple) 
• Divas by Design - Feeling Festive

Thanks for looking. I'll be back with more soon!

Katie xx

12 Days of Christmas Cards

Hi Everyone,

Well I have been busy making Christmas Cards so thought it was time that I shared some with you. These cards I made using the 12 Days of Christmas papers that I received free with one of the DoCrafts Creativity Magazines. I really liked the papers when I received them, but when I sat down to use them, I really struggled with what to do with them! I didn't have anything else in the range and felt that nothing else I really had went with the papers.

Inspiration struck in the end and I cut out the baubles from one of the papers for the central image and used lots of silver to add some sparkle.

As I was pleased with how the card turned out, I did another one with gold accents instead. 

I have since used these papers for a few other cards and will share them at some point too. I hope you like these cards and if you have also used these papers for your cards I would love to see how you have used them. I will be adding more of my Christmas Cards so keep checking back!

Thanks for looking

Katie xx

Chocolate Birthday Card!

Hi everyone,

Just a quick post this evening to show you a card I made using the Hot Diggity Dog collection. I made this card for a friend who is a big fan of chocolate so thought this cute image would be perfect!

Today I have been making more Christmas cards so will share some of those with you next week.

Thanks for looking.

Katie xx