Cute as a button Tilda's Kitty Cat - Alphabet Challenge K for Kitty

Morning all, I'm so glad its Friday and guess what I'm going away for the weekend! up to Doncaster for the craft show on Saturday.  I'm so excited as this will be my first major show and I'm also going to meet some of my blogger friends too!!  

Well onto my card for this week over on 

ALPHABET CHALLENGE BLOG 

and this week the theme is 

"K for Kitty"

so lets see all those cute Kitty cats!!

I'm afraid I have a photo over load today I'm just so pleased at the way this card turned out!!

I treated myself to some XXL dies from Go Kreate so I decided to make another easel card with them.. Just loving the shape of these dies and so easy to cut with the Grand Calibur.  

Thanks to Louise from Sir Stampalot as I was just about to walk out the door after asking if they had any in stock and it was showing out of stock on the website.  So asked when they will be getting they next stock in and Andy made my day and said they had just had a few just delivered.  So I was over the moon!! Thanks guys, I love it!!!

I have of course had to get out this cute little Tilda and her Kitty I just adore this stamp and the little cat sitting on the edge of the card looking like that cat that got the cream ;0)

Tilda and the cat have been 3-D and are sitting on a gorgeous wooden chair that I have stamped onto the card and then used a Nessie to give it a new shape. 

The sentiment I made on the computer and say's "Have a Purrfect Birthday" these I when punched out using a stampin up punch.. Just poking out is a gorgeous teapot charm I got from The Ribbon girl. The flowers have been cut using a My favourite things die and added a bit of that Scrim.

All the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts these cherry blossom are my favourite at the moment.  I brought some plain white ones and just added Wild Honey Distress inks to them to coordinate with my card.  I have also used lots of stickles for that added sparkle. 

The design paper is from a Bo Bunny paper pad that I got from Craft Den love shopping at Lynne's shop as you get such fabulous service and super quick delivery.  

Here are more cherry blossom flowers and added some gorgeous seam binding and a heart button. 

Just love this cute kitty! coloured with copics at always..

Crafty supplies and Links 

Magnolia Stamps and Doohickeys 

Bo Bunny Design paper

Go Kreate dies 

My favourite things flower die

Nessies label die

Stampin up punch 

Martha Stewart hearts punch around the page 

Sizzix swirls die

Wild Orchid flowers 

Distress inks 

Stickles 

Raffia Lace and cream lace 

Charms 

Scrim 

Enjoy your day/weekend hoping to have loads of pictures to show you when I get back..

Tilda on a Bike Ride - Alphabet challenge J for just one word

Hello everyone, this post was suppose to have gone out yesterday but for some reason it didn't.  Hope you are all well and looking forward to a good weekend.  

Over on 

ALPHABET CHALLENGE 

this week our theme and letter is 

"J for Just one word"

I must admit when I was making my card I had forgotten all about just using one word and added a few more to it.  But I did include a metal embellishment with just one word to my design. 

I created a circle scallop card again I so love making these cards and treated myself to some new xxl die's from Go Kreate.  The flowers are of course from Wild Orchid, the cherry blossom are my absolute fav at the moment and can't get enough of them.. 

I think I'm getting better at masking now, although this scene took me three attempts to make, but I'm really pleased with the result.   

Copic Colours 

Tilda

(Inside and Outside)

Skin & Hair - E11, 21, 00, 000, R20

E29, 27, 25, 31

Top  - V12, 000, 0000 - YR31, 30

Trousers

B97, 95, 93

Shoes

E29, 27, 25, 31

Bike 

R29, 27, 24 -  C7, 5, 3 -  E44, 43, 41

Sakura sliver glitter pen

Background 

Tree - E59, 25, 99, 35, 33, 53 - G99, 94, 85, 82

Flowers - B95, 93, 91

Grass - G99, 94, 85, 82

Sky - Tumbled glass distress inks 

Crafty supplies & Links 

Go Kreate - XXL Scalloped circle dies

Design Paper - First Edition 

Stamps 

Tilda with bike - Magnolia

Tree - Magnolia 

Lilly of the Valley sentiment 

Flowers - Molly Bloom available from Sir Stampalot

Flowers - Wild Orchid and Mulberry Craft UK 

Charm - The Ribbon Girl

Raffia lace - Bunny Zoes 

Marianne Design leaf swirl and hearts die - Sweet Stamps 

Magnolia dragonfly dies - Bunny Zoes 

Tiny tag punch - Stampin up 

Wired butterfly, gems on stems  and metal sentiment from stash 

Stickles glitter glue - Diamond 

Copic markers 

Card Challenges I would like to enter 

Card Makin Mama's - Summertime 

Lisa Somerville - Floral Frenzy 

Inspirer me Friday's - Anything goes 

Charisma Crarz - Flowers 

Cute Card Thursday - Lace (I have used Raffia Lace) 

Dutch Dare Card Challenge - Summer Fun 

Rainbow Ladies - In the country 

Crafts and Me - Favourites ( Magnolia stamps and dies)

Diva's by Design - Die cuts/punches 

Truly Scrumptious - Things with wings (Dragonfly on the inside of card)

Craft-room Challenge - Summer birthday 

Butterfly Corner Bookmark ~ Sweet Stamps Challenge #14

Good morning, its Tuesday and that means its time for another challenge over on 

SWEET STAMPS

we have a nice and easy challenge for you all this week, 

the theme is 

"BUTTERFLIES" stamps or embellishments

For my DT project I decided to make a corner bookmark.  I have a stamp  from Sweet Stamps that I cut out and coloured ready to attached  to my bookmark.  Came to put my project together  and it had vanished, I only had it seconds a go! how could it have disappeared!  The image is still missing gone AOL I think!

 So I had to rethink my project.  

I'm glad in a way  that I couldn't find the butterfly as I'm so pleased with the results of this project.

Stamps are from Sweet Stamps (links at end of post). Papers are My Minds Eye, glittered flowers are papermania, Martha Stewart border punch and ric rac ribbon.  The little tags are SU.  

I have made a tutorial on how to make these corner bookmarks 

Visit my Tutorial blog HERE

Copic Colours 

Butterflies 

B91, 21, 34

RV34, 32

Flower pot

E44, 43, 41, 40

Leafs 

G24, 21, 20

Flower 

RV34, 32

I have used black bendy wire for the antenna's   

Crafty Bits & Bobs

Stamps 

Sweet Stamps

Posy Pot Large 

Bookmark butterflies 

Howdy sentiment 

Copics

Martha Stewart border punch

My Minds Eye papers

Papermania flowers

Bendy wire

Stampin up label punch

Ric Rac and pearls from stash

Distress inks ~ Wild Honey 

Shades ink ~ Brownie ( I can't rave about this ink enough! its just brilliant)

Head on over the Sweet stamps blog to enter and be in with a chance to win $20 spending spree in the Sweet Stamps store.. 

Enjoy your day 

Card challenges I would like to enter

The Crazy challenge ~ anything goes 

Design Dollies ~ Creative folds

Make it Monday ~ anything goes

Simon says stamp and show ~ Anything goes 

The Emerald Faerie Garden ~ anything goes 

Lets ink it up~ Embellish it 

This one's a DIVA! Challenge 56 ~ Craft your Passion

Good morning hope you have started off your bank holiday Monday nice and relaxed.  My daughter thought she was going to school today, imagine her delight when I told her it was a bank holiday.  She'd got her days mixed up and woke up thinking it was Tuesday.  :D I wasn't a mean Mum, I didn't wait until she was up and dressed before I told her lol....

Well as its the first challenge of the month over on 

CRAFT YOUR PASSION 

it means our theme is 

Anything Goes 

We have a few sponsors for you this week and they are:-

Digi's With Attitude 

($10 Gift certificate for the store)

Guylou's Inimitability 

(Digi Images)

Letraset 

(promarker 5 pack)

Pizzazz Aplenty 

($10 Embellishment Goodies Pack)

I got to work with images from Digi's with Attitude, the image is called 

"Disco Tween"

I also had a sentiment to 

"I put the A in Attitude"

I decided to give this little diva queen pink hair just for a change..  Her clothes are coloured in purples and blacks for the belt and platforms..  a little handbag charm and a painted bottle top that I have attached it to is housing the handmade flower.  Tim Holtz film strip, Martha Stewart border punch and the SU label punch make up this card. 

The corner stamp is one that I purchased from Sweet Stamps online store I used Shades Black ink to stamp with and is brilliant which is also available from the store.

Thanks for looking today, enjoy your day!

Teddy Bo Butterflies ~ Z for Zoo Challenge on Alphabet

Good morning, oh its so nice not to have to go to work today.  Looking forward to a day of crafting and watching the Royal Wedding.  I might even have a glass or two of  bubbly to celebrate  ;D 

Alphabet Challenge Blog 

Over on Alphabet our letter this week is..

"Z" for Zoo

 We would like to see your zoo animals.

Last week I won over on Teddy Bo and got to chose 10 images from the shop.  It was so lovely to win these gorgeous images, I have so fallen in love with these cute little bears and couldn't resist inking one of them up for this challenge, they always colour fabulously!  I had a hard time choosing which one to use but in the end I settled for Teddy Bea and butterflies.  

I just adore this bright and colourful paper, its from Sassafras Wee Bundle and sadly this is the last of my stash.  Don't you hate it when that happens! I also received my parcel from Sweet Stamps and couldn't wait to use my new Dies and stamps.  The corner stamp is one from Sweet stamps as is the gorgeous Shades Ink which is wonderful to use, this shade is Brownie.  I have on order the rest of the colours and can't wait to get my little mitts on them.  lol 

I love glittered the tops of the boots and the bobbles on the hat.  I decided to go for bright pinks with this card and used the tutorial for sky from "Another Messy Crafter" 

Copic Colours 

Bear 

E44, 43, 41, 40

Clothes

RV14, 29, 25

Trousers 

E59, 57, 55

Boots 

E59, 57, 25

Sky

B00, 01, B91, C1, 0

Grass

G24, 21, 00

The Heart dies are from Sweet Stamps by Marianna Designs

Cherry Lynn XL Stacker's Square Scallop's.

The sentiment I made up on the computer then punched out the words using a stampin up punch

The Inside of the card I have just decorated using the last of the design papers.  The scalloped ovals are also Cheery Lynn and are available from Sweet Stamps. 

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges 

Move along with the times ~ Anything goes 

Samuel Taylor~ Flowers and Bling 

My Mums Craft Shop ~ Flowers 

Simon Says Stamp ~ Anything goes 

Scrap Creations ~ Flowers 

My dear Edwin

Good evening, sorry I haven't been around for a few days but I have came down with this nasty, horrid flu bug that has had me in bed I have just managed to get up today and have a bite to eat.  I also wanted to share with you a card that I made at the weekend and with one thing and another haven't been able to post it.  

Another thing happened yesterday, the sink in the bathroom was blocked and wouldn't drain.  To cut a long story short.. the pipe outside was metal and had frozen the water inside.  Andrew replaced the pipe and we thought that was that until my daughter went for a shower....  it was raining inside the house pouring out of the celling rose in the kitchen.  Then Andrew was connecting the new pipe outside he had loosened the drain pipe under the shower.  We have had to cut a hole in the bathroom floor to fix it but thank goodness its fixed now.. What a handy hubby I have....

Anyway I always seem to babel.. On to my card

I haven't made many Edwin cards for a while, he was looking very lonely in the draw . He turned out quite well.  

I used Basic Grey papers for a change and got my sewing machine out for the edges.  Lilly of the Valley sentiment stamp, Magnolia stamps, MD flower die, brad and spacers.  I used shrink plastic to make the little pears and stampin up buttons.

 The sentiment stamp on the base is from Whimsy stamps and the lace is from 

crafty feelings  Jayne has a sale on at the moment with up to 40% off. 

 Copic Colours 

Skin & Hair

E11, 21, 00. R20

E37, 35, 33

Jumper & Socks

YG95, 93, 91

Trousers

E79, 74, 71, 70

Present

YG95 and Blender YR32 with blender Y28

~xox~

~xox~

And at long last my birthday present arrived, my own personalized stamp from Whimsy stamps.  Isn't it gorgeous just love it soooo much.. I have decorated the back of the easel card for my stamp..

Thanks for stopping by, if you have chance please stop my Ellephantastic challenge blog the next challenge starts on Saturday but you still have a bit of time to enter before this challenge finishes. 

Entering this card into the following challenges ~ 

• Craft your passion ~ Challenge 35 ~ Anything goes
• Wild Orchid~ challenge 11, Old fashion Christmas
• A spoon full of sugar ~ Challenge #133, Christmas Card
• Creative card crew ~ Anything goes
• Tuesday Taggers ~ Deck the Halls
• ABC Christmas ~ Y is for Yuletide
• Simon says stamp and show ~ Christmas 
• Stampavie and More ~ #120 Christmas
• Cute card Thursday ~ #142 Floral frenzy  
• S2G ~ Glitter and Bling
• Card making Mama's ~ Anything Goes
• Paper Cutz ~ 2 design papers and anything goes
• Stamp something ~ Christmas combo
• Basic Grey ~ A Recipe 
• Challenge up your life ~ Christmas + Guess designer call 
• Cupcake inspirations ~ #88 
• Easy Craft Projects ~ Challenge 27, Christmas
• Artistic Stamper ~ Its Christmas time
• Tuesday throw ~ down, Clean and Simple
• Craft your days away ~ Texture
• Lets Craft ~ Its Christmas
• Penny's P ~ Christmas
• Whoopsi Daisy ~ Ribbon and Bows