Ive never coloured dark skin before, I think i'm happy with the promarker colours that I used but think I could do better on the hair next time :)

Birthday Card :)

hello :)

Just sharing a quick card that I made on Saturday morning for my fella to send to one of his friends (dont worry - she collects sheep :)

Made using bits of the latest kit from Craftwork Cards and my favourite Create-a-Critter Cricut cartridge :)

8x8 card

Hi folks

I had a birthday card order for something "pink and girly" for someone who has just returned from living in Australia for a while - so this is what I made :)

My lovely mother-in-law asked me to make a silver wedding card for one of her neighbours, The rose is just a little bit art deco which I am a huge fan of!  I stuck with pearl, black and silver for a classy feel.  The card base is some really heavy pearl card (which I had to convince my printer it could cope with when I printed the sentiment - it disagreed, but I won in the end!).  The rose and leaves are from Sweethearts and the bling is paperchase :)

Mum's Birthday Present!

Are you sitting comfortably?  I have a tale to tell you.

Me: "Hi Mum - any ideas about what you want for your birthday"
Mum: "hmm.. some kind of knitting bag/Basket"
Me: "Ok, no probs, i'll find a nice one for you"

Kat calls up the internet on her laptop and gets searching for the lovely birthday knitting bag/basket
Me: "hm..."
clicks some more...
Me: "nope.."
clicks some more
Me: "nope.."

*Finds a friend online*  ... "Lou, Mum has asked for a knitting bag/basket and i am looking and they are all disgusting!"

Lovely Lou: "Kat, I know this lovely lady called Emma who is a fabby sewer - let me find you her details"

I click on the Sew Sweet website.... ooh.. this lady is goooood.  She has made these really sweet little mug organisers that you slip over a mug.  I think I'll email her...

Any to cut a long story short...

Emma designed this and made it and my mum LOVES IT!

I always say.. give credit where credit is due, and here, I think credit is very much due!!

A couple of Mother's Day cards

This one, I made using my new Owl punch - just very simple, clean and cute.  One of the sentiment boxes is a bit wonky but I actually quite like it :)

This next one is actually a re-design of a card that I made a few years ago for my own mum - I really love this tree stamp set - it's called "A Tree for all Seasons" and is now retired, so if you spot it on ebay, snap it up because its one of my 'go to' stamp sets - very versatile!

Some cards!

Hello folks - and here you were thinking I had completely ignored my new years resolution of doing one card a week.  I certainly haven't been doing one card a week (my workload just doesn't allow it!) but I have been making a few =)

This little card is for my boyfriend's best mate who gave him a life into central London after the snow was trying to make getting back to Birmingham from Colchester very, very hard indeed!

I really enjoyed making this one.  For another of my boyfriend's best friends with a huge soft spot for Minnie Mouse :)  It's his birthday card but I left off a sentiment from the outside so he could leave the card up.

I made a few of these for the valentines orders that I had.  I am almost out of the lovely cherry paper now which is sad because it's GORGEOUS and now out of print.  It's from the "Rockabilly" DSP series from Stampin Up.

Anyway my lovelies, I smell that my jacket potatoes are almost ready for our late lunch so i'm going to go and prod them :)

Kat xxx

Psst....

These:

Are back in stock at Letraset.com






:)

Birthday Card

Hi folks.

For the last post of 2011 I want to share the birthday card I just made for my aunt.  It's a little late (she's known me my whole life - it won't surprise her!).

I coloured Louie from Digistamp Boutique using promarkers, using the "round and round" technique which makes him look fluffy.  He is matted on baja breeze SU cardstock and finished off with some sunny yellow ribbon from Papertreyink.  [edit - I am aware I forgot to colour in his other hand!!  now remedied :)]

Kat xx

Last Christmas card of 2011

I made this using my favourite cartridge, Create-A-Critter.  I REALLY wish PC would ask Nancy Kubo to do another cartridge - her style is just perfect for Cricut.  I live in hope, anyway!!

This was my boyfriends card, a darling little penguin stood outside his igloo house :D  Of course this warranted LOTS of glitter, which I applied liberally to his house and scarf.

I hope you all have great new year celebrations.  I am ill at the moment (sore throat that has stolen my voice!!) so we'll be staying in watching something good.  I might have a drink for "medicinal purposes"  ;)

Love you you all and have a safe 2012.

Kat xxxs

Checking my list... and i'm done!!!!

This is the last "special" card I had to make - i'm going to have a glass of wine tonight, to celebrate!!

This was made using the "Checking the List" digi from Tiddlyinks :) and some of the GORGEOUS papers from the DCWV "Jolly and Bright" stack.

Hope you like!

A tiddly card for my gorgeous niece :)

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this tiddly digi :)  This has loads of glitter on but you can't really see it!

A Tiddly Christmas!

Did two of these, one for my parents and one for Andrews - just need to finish my niece's card (another tiddly - come and look tomorrow!).

Harry Potter card

Hi folks.

I needed to make a card for my boyfriend's best friend, Paul who is HP mad :)  These are the wizard/wizardette digi's from Tiddly Inks.  I halved the card front, sprayed the bottom with silver glitter spray and topped and bottomed with torn "river rock" card from Stampin up.  The font I downloaded from DaFont.com

Images coloured with Promarkers.

I am alive... honest!

Hi bloggers and bloggettes!

Well I know it has been an age since I posted anything - my life has been going at 100 miles an hour and work has been a HUGE part of that.  So after delivering some HUGE projects, I went through a restructure and I got a promotion!!!  It starts in January and I am hoping to have a few calm weeks until I have to learn my new job and hopefully that'll mean I can get some creations posted.  I am following you all though :)  I love seeing what you make.

Also had a nice parcel yesterday!  Provocraft had cause to say "sorry" to me (it's a long story!) and they sent me three cartridges!!  I got Art Philosophy, Winter Woodland and Simply Charmed.  I haven't liberated them from their plastic yet so that is on my list of things to do tonight :)

I am really looking forward to my weekend - we'll go to Solihull and pick up some final Christmas presents, then come home and put the tree up :)  I also want to go to Lakeland to get some decorations for our new house - I can't wait to see this place all festive :)

I hope you're all ok anyway - keep posting!

Kat x

My Mum's Mothers Day card!

I really enjoyed making this, I have a real thing about bunting at the moment so I knew that Mums card would probably have it on :)


It was really simply paper pieced using SU Designer Paper, a couple of buttons and some crochet string :)

Mothers Day Cards :)

Greetings Bloglanders, I hope you are all doing well.  I just wanted to share a couple of cards that I have made over the past few days.  I am really into stamping directly onto my card base at the moment (which I am sure you will agree is incredibly brave of me!!)  
P.S.  Don't show my mum!!

New Home Card

Hi folks


This is actually the 2nd of this design that I have made but I needed the 1st in a hurry and didn't get a chance to take a picture.


I haven't made a pedestal card in a while, I should really try to make one that is a different shape (Lou, expect some plaintive IM's asking you what the heck I should be doing :)


This is a cute Digistamp Boutique digi, coloured using ProMarkers and matted onto Stampin' Up! DSP.

Hi :)

I noticed that I have picked up a few new followers - Hi =o)

Miiiiike Wazowski!!!

So I made this card this morning for my lovely Nephew whose is 6 on the 17th, which makes me feel far too old!!!

I Cricut a lot and SU cardstock is my favourite to cut. It is great quality, doesn't tear or snag in the machine and you can match most of the colours REALLY well with Disney/Pixar which I enjoy cutting.

Pear Pizazz is absolutely the best colour for Mike, I used Basic Black for the base, Sahara Sand for his horns and nails, Whisper white for his eye and teeth and Soft Suede for his tongue. Baha Breeze (my absolute favourite colour) was perfect for his eye and I brought out more of the colour using Baha Breeze for the background and Baha Breeze DSP for an accent.

I find matching fifty times easier since SU released the Colour Coach in the latest catalogue, mine is already well loved :) I use it most days!