On holiday!

I was hoping to make some more cards this week, but time has gone so quickly getting ready for our holiday this weekend.   I've got my Promarkers packed and also my Zentangle kit - just in case the weather's bad.

Back in two weeks!

Kath x

Christmas presents

I made this card for this week's Winter Wonderland challenge which is 'Christmas Presents' and also for the 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown challenge 'sequins and/or pearls'.  All the papers and embellishments are from my snippets drawer, so I'm also in Pixie's Crafty Snippets Playground.

Upcycled Christmas cards
Gold mirri card
Blue and pink papers
Gold pearls
Gold sparkly ribbon

I layered blue papers to gold mirri card, covering the join with pink paper and a strip of gold sparkly ribbon, before attaching it to a dark blue card blank.   The image and sentiment were upcycled from last year's Christmas cards and attached to the card with foam tape.  To finish, I attached gold pearls to the top and bottom of the card.

Kath x

Spots and Stripes Christmas Wishes

My final card to share today is for this week's Winter Wonderland challenge which is 'Spots and Stripes'.

Upcycled Christmas card
Gold mirri
Kaisercraft papers (magazine freebie
Nestabilities Classic Ovals Large and Lacey Ovals dies
Embossing mat

I layered red spot paper onto gold mirri and attached it to the card front.   A strip of stripe paper was layered onto gold mirri and fastened to the card front.  I die-cut the image and attached it to a gold mirri lacey ovals die cut, this was attached to the card front with foam tape.

Kath x

Christmas Wishes

I can't believe it's been two weeks since I last posted to my blog.   My first card is for this week's 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown challenge 'Christmas Ornaments' and I made it by following this week sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.

Woodware 'Bubble Wreath' stamp
Unknown sentiment stamp (had been a magazine freebie)
Silver mirri card
Blue and red papers
Versafine Majestic Blue ink
Clear embossing powder
Dark blue ribbon
Silver Stickles
Gems

I attached blue paper to silver mirri and covered the join with a strip of red paper - this was then attached to the card front.   The Christmas ornaments and sentiment were stamped with Versafine and embossed with clear embossing powder.   I glued strips of ribbon from the top of each ornament and fastened them to the back of the card, before layering it to a piece of silver mirri and attaching it to the card front.  The sentiment was layered onto silver mirri and attached to the card front with foam tape.  I used assorted gems and silver Stickles to decorate the ornaments.  To finish, I made small bows and attached them to the to of the ornaments.

Kath x

Birthday Wishes

I made this card for a friend's birthday following this week's sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.  I'm also paying my last visit to Pixie's Crafty Snippets Playground.

Woodware Phlox stamp
Woodware Salutations stamp - Birthday Wishes
Lilac moondust card
Versafine Black Onyx ink
Clear embossing powder
Promarkers
Butterflies from oddments drawer

I stamped and embossed the image and coloured it with Promarkers.  This was layered onto lilac card and attached to the card front.  The sentiment was stamped and embossed directly onto the card.  To finish, I attached two silver butterflies to the card.

Kath x

Christmas Toy Shop

This month's Sparkles's Christmas Challenge is 'Favourite Festive Colours'.  This card used red and gold, which I love as traditional festive colours.

Upcycled Christmas card
Gold mirri card
Red snowflake paper
Nestabilities Classic Scalloped Circles Large and Classic Circles Large
Gold gems

I die cut the image and attached it to a scalloped circle of gold mirri card.  Red snowflake paper was layered onto gold mirri and attached to the card front.  The image was attached to the centre with foam pads.  To finish, I attached three gold gems to the top right and three to the bottom left of the card.

Kath x

Best Wishes

Jackie Rockwell has designed the sketch for this week's CAS(E) this Sketch challenge.  As my card uses oddments from my snippets drawer, I'm paying another visit to Pixie's Crafty Snippets Playground.

Floral paper and three matching chipboard circles (magazine freebie)
Three upcycled buttons from an old cardigan
Black Woodware peel-off greeting

Following the sketch, I trimmed the floral paper and attached it to the card blank.   The chipboard circles were fastened to the buttons and attached to the card blank.  To finish, I added a black peel-off greeting.

Kath x

Blue Christmas

This Christmas card uses an upcycled card and oddments of paper, ribbon and peel-offs, so I'm into Pixie's Crafty Snippets Playground and I'm also entering the card into Sarn's Rudolph Day Challenge.

Upcycled die cut Christmas card
Blue snowflake paper
Gold foil paper
Gold peel-off spots
Gold ribbon

I trimmed the die cut card to size and attached a piece of gold foil card behind the snowflakes.  This was layered onto blue snowflake paper and attached to the card front.  To finish, I attached gold peel-off circles to the centre of the snowflakes and a small gold bow to the reindeer.

Kath x

Polar Bear Christmas

I can't believe that it's almost three weeks since I last posted to my blog, but I'm going to make up for it this weekend.   My first card is for this week's Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge 'Show some white - a little or a lot'.   I'm also entering the card into Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra where 'Anything goes as long as it's Christmas'.

Upcycled Christmas card
Pale pink mirri card
Nestabilites 'Labels One' dies
Crafts Too 'Twinkle' embossing folder
Diamond stickles

I embossed a white card blank with a star embossing folder.  The image was die cut and attached to a die cut of pink mirri card.  This was then attached to the card front with foam tape.  To finish, I added a little extra glitter with Diamond Stickles.

Kath x

Enjoy Your Special Day

I haven't managed to make many cards this week as we've been decorating our spare bedroom/my craft room.  I did manage to make this card for a friend's birthday, as it's made from snippets I'm also in Pixie's Crafty Snippets Playground.

Whimsy Stamps - Wee Love you Bunches (magazine freebie)
Hobby Art General Greetings
Nestabilities Classic Standard Circles and Classic Scalloped Circles
Kars embossing mat
Green card and pink patterned paper
Versafine Vintage Sepia
Promarkers
Nailheads

I stamped the image onto a white card and coloured it with promarkers.  The image was die cut and embossed before being attached to a scalloped circle of green card.  I layered pink paper to green card and attached it to the card front.  The image was attached to the centre of the card.  I used Versafine Vintage Sepia ink to stamp the sentiment.  To finish, I attached three copper nailheads to the top right and three to the bottom left of the card.

Kath x

The Hedgerow

I'm still trying to use up my snippets and made this card for this week's Freshly Made Sketches challenge.  As everything is from my snippets drawer I'm also in Pixie's Crafty Snippets Playground.



Woodware The Hedgerow stamp

Versafine Olympia Green ink

Clear embossing powder

Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder

Woodware Corner Rounder punch

Brown and amber mirri card

Amber patterned paper

I stamped and embossed the image, trimmed it and rounded the top corners.  The image and a strip of amber paper were layered onto brown mirri.  I embossed a strip of amber mirri card with the Swiss Dots embossing folder.   The elements were attached to the card following the layout of the sketch.



Kath x

Christmas Robin

This week's Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge is 'Red and green must be seen' and I've used an upcycled image for this card.   I'm also going to enter it into Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra where 'Anything goes as long at it's Christmas.

Upcycled Christmas cards
Gold mirri card
Cream/gold snowflake paper

I layered cream/gold snowflake paper onto gold mirri card and attached it to a card blank.  I cut around the robin image and attached it to the card front using foam tape.  The sentiment was cut from another card and also attached with foam tape.

Kath x

Girlie Christmas Wreath

The current ABC Christmas Challenge is 'G for Girl or Guy' - I've chosen to make a girlie Christmas Wreath using the same paper and colours as last year's Girlie Christmas Tree.  I'm also entering this card into the Winter Wonderland challenge 'Red and Green must not be seen'.

Woodware Bubble Wreath stamp
Pink and purple papers
Versafine Imperial Purple ink
Clear embossing powder
Promarkers
Sakura Metallic Gelly Roll pen
Glossy Accents
Stickles
Pearls and Gems
Ribbon

I layered pink paper onto purple paper and attached it a white card blank.  I stamped the wreath onto white card, embossed the image, layered it onto purple paper and then attached it to the card.  I coloured some of the bubbles with Promarkers and added glossy accents, the remaining bubbles were decorated with a metallic pen, pearls and gems.  To finish, I added a purple bow to the top of the wreath.

Kath x

Merry Christmas Bella

One of the many cards in my upcyling Christmas card box is the one I made for my sister last year.  I peeled the image from the card and used it to make this card for the 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown sketch challenge.  I'm also entering it into Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge 'Use the Word Christmas' and Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra 'Anything goes as long as it's Christmas'.

Upcycled Christmas card
Woodware Crafty Edger Ribbon Cassette
Red mirri card and green spot card
Gems

I used the ribbon cassette on a piece of red mirri and trimmed it to size.  This was layered with green spot card and attached to the card front.  Following the sketch, I attached the image using foam tape.   To finish, I attached three red gems.

Kath x

Birthday Bouquet

I made this card for this week's Seize the Birthday challenge, which is a 'sketch for a feminine birthday'.  As all the papers and card are from my snippets drawer, I'm also in Pixie's Crafty Snippets Playground.

Upcycled image from birthday card
Papers and card from snippets drawer
Nestabilities Classic Ovals Large and Lacey Ovals dies
Woodware Crafty Edger Ribbon Cassette
Butterfly charm

I attached green spot paper to purple card and attached it to a card blank.  I used the Ribbon Cassette with my Crafty Edger on a piece of purple card and then layered lilac patterned paper across the centre.  I die cut the image and then attached it to an oval of purple card which had been cut with the lacey ovals die.  Following the sketch, I attached purple striped paper to the card, then the scalloped strip.  The image was attached with foam tape.  To finish, I added a small butterfly charm.

Kath x

O Christmas Tree

My final card for this evening is for this month's Christmas Cards All Year Round challenge 'O Christmas Tree'.   The original card was all black, but I chose to add a bit more colour.

Upcycled Christmas card
Red mirri card

I trimmed the image, layered it onto red mirri card and attached it to the front of a gold card blank.  The image was already glittered, although it doesn't show too well in the photographs.

Kath x

Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas

My second card is for this week's Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge which is 'Based on a Christmas Carol or Song'.  I'm also entering the card into Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra, where 'anything goes as long as it's Christmas'.

Upcycled Christmas card

Gold mirri card

Woodware Inverted Corner Rounder Punch

Gems

I trimmed the card and used the punch on the corners before layering it onto gold mirri and attaching it to a cream card blank.  I added gems to the corners and on each end of the middle banner.  To finish, I added a star gem to the top of the tree.

Kath x

Twinkle, Twinkle Christmas Star

We visited our families over Easter and my mother and sister gave me a bag with all their Christmas and Birthday cards from last year - 'just in case I can make anything with them'.  There's going to be a lot of upcycling over the next few months - especially with the Christmas cards.  I made the first card for this week's Winter Wonderland challenge which is 'Twinkle, Twinkle Christmas Star'.

Upcycled Christmas Card
Gold mirri card
Crafts Too 'Twinkle' embossing folder
Promarker
Ribbon

I trimmed around the angel image and layered it onto a piece of gold mirri card.  I used the 'Twinkle' embossing folder to emboss one side of a purple card blank and then attached the image to the centre using foam tape.   To finish, I used a purple Promarker to colour a scrap of white ribbon and made a bow to attach to the card front.

Kath x

Baby Patch Elephant

A friend is due to have a baby this week, so I've made this card - all the papers are from my snippets drawer so I'm back in Pixie's Crafty Snippets Playground.

Woodware 'Baby Patch Elephant' stamp
Papers from snippets drawer
Woodware corner rounder punch
Versafine Black Onyx ink
Ribbon

I attached the 'cog' paper to the card blank and covered the join with yellow ribbon.  I attached pale blue spot paper to a scrap of white card and stamped the elephant image - I then cut this into a rectangle and rounded the corners.  I used snippets of red, blue, green and yellow papers to paper piece the elephant -this was then attached to the card front with foam tape.  The letters and heart were cut and attached to the card front with foam tape.

Kath x

Birthday Wishes

I needed to make a quick card for a colleague's birthday and as I always struggle with male cards I got my inspiration from this week's Seize the Birthday sketch.

Woodware Salutations sentiment stamp
Wild Rose Studio 'Man about Town' papers
Black card
Versafine Black Onyx ink

I layered a strip of paper to black card and attached it to the card front.  The sentiment was stamped directly onto the card front.  Very simple, but I was pleased with the result.

Kath x

DIY Legend

I made this card for a friend's birthday - he's a keen DIY-er, so I thought the image would be perfect.  As everything came from my snippets drawer I'm in Pixie's Crafty Snippets Playground.

Wild Rose Studio 'DIY Legend' image and sentiment
Wild Rose Studio 'Man About Town' papers
Versafine Black Onyx and Crimson Red inks

I used Versafine Black Onyx ink to stamp the main image and Crimson Red for the sentiment - these are both from the Wild Rose Studio 'DIY Legend' set.  This was then mounted onto black card.  The papers are scraps from the Wild Rose Studio 'Man About Town' paper pack.  I layered red check paper onto black card and attached it to the front of a white card blank.  The black patterned paper was mounted onto black card and attached to the card, with the image layered on top.

Kath x

Birthday Owl

I just have one card to share this weekend, which is the one I have made is for my nephew's birthday following the Seize the Birthday sketch.  All the cards and papers are from my snippets drawer so I'm back in Pixie's Crafty Snippets Playground,

Woodware 'Patch an Owl' image and sentiment stamps
Papers and card from snippets drawer
Cuttlebug Number Collage embossing folder
Raffia Lace
Wiggle Eyes

I attached a square of craft card to a white card blank onto which I layered a piece of green card which had been embossed with my Cuttlebug Number Collage embossing folder.  I trimmed a piece of raffia lace and wrapped it around the left side of the card.   The Woodware 'Patch an Owl' image and sentiment were stamped onto a scraps of white card, layered onto craft card and attached to the card front.  I used snippets to paper piece the owl.  The wings were attached with foam tape.
To finish I added 'wiggle eyes' to the owl.

Kath x

Easter Bunny

My final card to share today is one of my Easter cards and is perfect for the CASology 'Bunny' Challenge.  More snippets have been used so I'm into Pixie's Crafty Snippets Playground again (three visits in one day - I would love that Penny Black stamp!).

Image and sentiment - freebie from magazine
Card from snippets drawer
Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder
Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Promarkers

I attached a piece of Swiss Dots embossed card to my card blank.  I stamped the Bunny and sentiment onto white card - these were a magazine freebie a couple of years ago so I don't know the make - and then coloured them with Promakers.  I die cut the bunny image and attached it to a lilac lacey die cut from my snippets drawer.  The sentiment was attached to another piece of lilac card.  The images were then attached to the card front with foam tape.

Kath x

Three Flowers and Three Rectangles

I made this card for a card swap which is 'Three flowers and a minimum of three rectangles - for any occasion'.  I've had the peel-offs for ages so I'm entering this card into the Oldie but a Goodie Challenge 'Feeling Floral'.  I'm also in Pixie's Crafty Snippets Playground again.

Magenta Style flower peel off
Sentiment from snippets drawer
Papers and card from snippets drawer
Promarkers

A rectangle of green paper was attached to yellow card and attached to the card blank.  I attached the Magenta Style flower peel off onto a rectangle white card attached this to yellow card.  The separate flowers were attached to card and cut out so I could decoupage the image and the images were then coloured with Promarkers.  The image was attached to the card front with foam tape and I used silicone glue to attach the decoupaged flowers.  A silver peel off was attached to another rectangle of green paper, layerd onto yellow card and attached to the card front.  To finish I attached three circle peel offs to the card front.

Kath x

Santa with Wine

Whilst having having a tidy up, I found loads of bits'n'bobs which I must use up before I buy anything else.  This means I'll have plenty of cards to share in Pixie's Crafty Snippets Playground, including this card which I've made for this week's Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge which is 'Santa and/or his helpers'.  I'm also entering the card into Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra - 'Anything goes as long as it's Christmas.

Kanban image
Woodware 'Bubble Wreath' sentiment stamp
Paper and card from snippets drawer
Versafine Crimson Red ink

I layered a strip of burgundy paper onto gold mirri and attached it to the left of the card.  The Kanban image was attached to gold mirri and attached to the centre of the card with foam tape.  The sentiment is from Woodware's 'Bubble Wreath' set and was stamped with Crimson Red Versafine.  To finish, I attached three dark red nailheads to the top of the card.

Kath x

Just to say

My final card to share today is for this week's Dynamic Duos challenge which is 'Dark Green and Yellow'.  I'm also back in Pixie's Crafty Snippets Playground as I'm using more snippets for this card.

The flower image is a black Woodware peel-off which I attached to a piece of white card and then cut around the outer edge, before attaching it to a white scalloped die cut.   The image was coloured with Sakura gel pens.  I used my Woodware Crafty Edger with the Antique Floral cassette on a piece of yellow card.  I layered a strip of green patterned paper onto the yellow card and fastened it to the front of the card.  The flower image was attached with foam tape.  To finish, I attached a sentiment to the front of the card and three small circles to balance the image.

Kath x

Celebrate in Style ...

I've made this card for my uncle's birthday using this week's Freshly Made Sketch, which is a sketch by Tui.

The papers were all from Wild Rose Studio's 'Man about Town' paper pack.  I covered a white card blank with the grey/white stripe paper and then attached strips of celebrate and wine bottle papers to follow the sketch.   The sentiment was cut from the paper and attached to another piece of the striped paper.  To finish I attached small grey pearls to the black dots on the celebrate papers.

Kath x

Floral Display

As part of my crafty sort out, I came across this image which I had stamped but not coloured.  As all the papers and card are from my snippets drawer, I'm into the playground with Di at Pixie's Crafty Snippets Playground.  I made the card for a friend who's not feeling too good at the moment - I didn't attach a sentiment to the front as I wrote her a little note inside.

I coloured the Hobby Art 'Floral Display' image with coloured pencils and attached it to a scalloped circle of pink card.  I cut four squares from two different papers from my snippets drawer and used a corner rounder on opposite corners of each square.   These were attached to a square of pink card before being mounted onto the card front.   The image was attached to the centre of the card.

Kath x

Christmas Angel

Whilst looking through my Christmas drawer I found these cute decoupaged angels which I had obviously missed when I made last year's cards.  I'm going to enter this card into Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge 'One word is sufficient' and the Winter Wonderland 'Snowflakes falling all around' Challenge.  I've also joined in Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra where 'anything goes as long as it's Christmas'.

I layered a square of dark blue snowflake paper to gold card and attached it to a white card blank.  A piece of snowflake paper, slightly larger than the angels was layered onto gold card and attached to the front of the card.  The angels were then attached to the panel.  I used Harrington font to type 'Christmas' and printed it onto white card, this was then layered onto snowflake paper and gold card before being attached to the card.  To finish, I added gold nailheads to the corners of the card.

Kath x

Have a hoot on your birthday

This is the other birthday card I made today - I can't say who it's for as I don't want to spoil the suprise for her birthday!   This card used the Woodware Patch an Owl stamp set which was a magazine freebie last month.   All the papers and card have come from my snippets drawer, so I'm in Pixie's Crafty Snippets Playground.

I attached a strip of striped paper and turquose card onto the card blank and stamped the sentiment directly onto the card.   The owl image was stamped onto thin card and cut out, the image was then stamped onto various co-ordinating paper snippets which were cut out and attached to the owl image.  I used foam tape to attach the wings.  The branch was stamped onto brown card - the branch and owl were then attached to the card.  To finish I added 'wobbly eyes' to the owl.

Kath x

Enjoy your birthday all day long ...

It seems ages since I posted any cards on my blog - last Thursday we decided to have a weekend away, which was lovely, but I seem to have been playing catch-up all week!  I've made a couple of cards today, this one is for my mum's birthday which I'm going to enter into the ABC Challenges 'H for Happy Birthday'.

I used Onyx Black Versafine to stamp the Woodware Phlox image and sentiment onto white pearlescent card.  The image was embossed with clear embossing powder and coloured with Promarkers.  I used a Woodware squared corner punch and then layered the image panel onto lilac card before attaching it to a white pearlescent card blank.

Kath x

Me to You - With Love

There is a cute 'Me to You' stamp as a magazine freebie this month and I thought it would be ideal for this week's CAS(E) this Sketch challenge.  As I've used snippets of card and ribbon to make this card, I'm also going into the playground at Pixie's Crafty Workshop.

I used Tuxedo Black Momento ink to stamp the 'Me to You' image onto white card and coloured it with Promarkers, this was then layered onto a scrap of red card.  I stamped the Hobby Art sentiment onto white card with Satin Red Versafine and then layered it onto red card.  A small scrap of red ribbon was attached to the rear of the image to form a small loop.  The image was attached to the card with double sided tape and I used foam tape to attach the sentiment.

Kath x

Bethlehem

I've made this Christmas card from an upcycled image and snippets.  I hadn't made it with any challenge in mind, but have seen that this month's Sparkles Christmas Challenge is 'Anything Goes'.  I'm also entering it into Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra which has a monthly theme of  'anything goes as long as it's Christmas'.

I die cut the image from the Christmas card and layered it onto a scalloped gold circle.   The star paper was layered onto gold mirri before being attached to a dark blue card blank.   I then attached the image to the centre of the card.  To finish, I added three gold nailheads to the top right and three to the bottom left of the card.

Kath x

Forget me not

I thought I would share another card I've made this afternoon - this is for this week's Less is More challenge which has the theme 'Friends'.  I bought these Little Claire peel offs ages ago as I thought they were cute, but then never used them!

I attached the elephant peel off and some flowers to a scrap of white pearlesent card and then layered it onto black card - inking the edges with a black Promarker.  The image was coloured with Promarkers and attached to a tent fold card.  I attached the 'Forget me not' sentiment and another flower directly onto the card front.

Kath x

Christmas Wishes & Kisses

This week's Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge is to use something recycled or something that is free - I've chosen the recycle option and have used an image and sentiment recycled from my Christmas cards.  I have also entered this card into Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra where 'anything goes as long as it's Christmas'.

I attached red patterned paper to an A6 cream card blank.  The sentiment was cut from an old card, the corners were rounded and it was attached to the card with tape.  The image was attached with foam tape to give some dimension to the card.   To finish I used Glossy Accents on the mistletoe berries.

Kath x

Warm wishes

My choice tonight was - do I finish my ironing or do I make some cards?  It wasn't too difficult to decide, so here is one of the cards I made!   This week's Less is More challenge is 'Sports or Exercise' so I used this lovely Marianne Design 'Ice Skating Don' stamp which was a freebie in a magazine before Christmas.

I used Versafine Black Onxy to stamp the image and sentiment onto a white pearlescent card blank and embossed it with clear embossing powder.  The image was then coloured with Promarkers.  I'm not sure why I didn't use this stamp on any of my Christmas cards as I think he looks quite cute!

Kath x