Tim Holtz - 12 tags of 2013 - April

Hi everyone,

Thought I'd do something a bit different at the weekend and do a tag for the Tim Holtz 12 tags of 2013 challenge. For those of you that haven't seen it, Tim Holtz does a tutorial each month and you can enter your version of the tag. Here is Tim's for April:

Here is my interpretation:

I used peeled paint, walnut stain and faded jeans distress inks for the background. I didn't have a dragonfly stamp so I went for a bird instead. I did try to stamp it onto acetate but the ink wasn't drying so I didn't think it was going to work. As it turned out it had dried by the next day but I was too impatient to wait! I will have to use that on something else instead. I therefore stamped it on some paper that I think came from a box of chocolates or something - I quite like the bit of sparkle in it. The other things were just from my stash.

I'm really pleased with how it turned out as it's very different to the things that I normally make.

Thanks for looking.

Katie xx

89th Birthday Card

Hi everyone,

Hope you're all well. This evening I am going to show you the card that I made for my Gran's 89th birthday.

I used papers from the Boofle range and from the Spots and Stripes range as I wanted it to be nice and bright.

The sentiment was part of some blog candy that I won and I thought this went perfectly.

My Gran enjoyed her day - the family all went out for a meal which was nice. She is now busy planning her 90th birthday party!

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Crafty Bloggers Network - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Bingo (Blooms, Ribbons, Gems)
Divas by Design - Flowers
Simon Says Stamp - Spring Flowers
Allsorts - Spring has Sprung

Thanks for looking

Katie xx

Bristol Smashbook pages

Hi everyone,

Happy Friday! I'm glad the weekend is finally here! Let's hope we see some more sun and no more snow!

I have some smashbook pages to share with you this evening. I have the red smashbook and have decided to use it as a random book. I've got loads of tickets and things that I have kept to scrapbook but never gotten around to using them so want to use them in this book. So here are my latest pages that I did about a weekend away to Bristol to see The Script in concert.

I've been keeping the tickets and things since 2008 so pleased to have finally used them! I thought this page was perfect with the "Seen" and "Heard". I therefore did the left hand page about all the things we saw and the right hand page about the concert.

I've been really lucky to have received some fab crafty things from people I have met online. I received the Weekend Away journalling card as a RAK and the blue tag, letter stickers and gorgeous flowery paper were just a small part of a fab big parcel I received after winning some blog candy on Scrappy Scrappy Blog. There are lots of gorgeous cards and tutorials to be found so head on over and have a look!

Thanks for looking and hope you all have a good weekend.

Katie xx

Hot Cross Buns!

Hi Everyone,

I hope you all had a nice Easter break. It was certainly nice to have 4 days off work - I could get used to that! As always it went by very quickly though! As I have now given the Easter card that I made to my mum and dad, I can now share it with you all.

As with most of my recent cards, I used Docrafts Spots and Stripes papers and a few others from my stash. I just loved this image of the Forever Friends bear with the hot cross buns so had to use it for the central image!

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

• My Mum's Craft Shop - Easter
• The Crafty Bloggers Network - Anything Goes
• Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
• Divas by Design - Spring Colours
• Docrafts Card Makers Challenge - Spring

Thank you all for looking and I'll be back soon with something other than a card!!

Katie xx

Forever Friends Easter Card

Hi everyone,

Another Easter card from me this evening, which I have sent to my Gran.

The Forever Friends image was part of some decoupage sheets that I got free with DoCrafts Creativity Magazine a year or two ago. I picked the image first and then picked the patterned paper and other elements to match. The paper is from the Boofle paper pack and the other things were from my stash.

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

J & C Creations - Easter

Katie xx

Spring Tags

Hey guys,

I took part in a tag swap in one of the facebook groups that I belong to and the theme was "Spring", so here are the tags that I made...

I love this little bird - it's so cute! It was from a decoupage sheet I had free with DoCrafts Creativity Magazine a year or two ago. The backing paper is from the DoCrafts Spots & Stripes pastel range and I love the blue striped washi tape that I found in a local card shop in Exeter. I had been drooling over the washi tape that people had been showing on facebook pages so was over the moon when I found these one day!

 

I kept to the pastel colours and found this dragon fly in my stash - no idea where it came from!

You may recognise this image from an Easter Card that I made recently. It's by Hobby Art and this time I coloured the birds in using Cobalt Blue Promarker, B32 copic pen and Lemon Promaker. I kept this tag simple with just a dark blue mat behind the image to make it stand out. 

I again used blue and yellow for this bird which is a stamp by Docrafts. I then used a corner of DoCrafts filigree paper that I had left over.

I had some gorgeous Spring Tags in return and am going to be Smash*booking them!

I would like to enter these tags into the following challenges:
Simon Says Stamp - Easter/Spring
Papertake Weekly - Easter Treats

Thanks for looking.

Katie xx

Easter birdies!

Good evening!

Well I did loads of crafting over the weekend and I really enjoyed it. I did a bit of Smash*ing, a bit of my 2012 daybook and some cards. All of which I will share with you at some point.

Here is one of the cards that I made - an Easter card for my in-laws.

The stamp is by Hobby Art and is another one that I borrowed from my Mum! I love birds so couldn't wait to colour in this fab image and use it on a card. I used promarkers and copics to colour it in the following colours:
Birds: Lemon and Primrose
Flowers: Fuchsia Pink
Leaves: Holly, Forest Green + G21
Nest + branches: E57, E59

I coloured in the image a week or so ago and was amazed when I found papers that went perfectly with it in my stash. The layout is quie simple but I wanted the image to be the main focus.

I hope you like it and thanks for looking.

Katie xx