Say Cheese!

A very quick post from me tonight, its been a busy week and I am helping hubby tomorrow.

This card was made as a gift voucher ( hubby needed it for a client who was purchasing a photo shoot as a gift) hence the image! Have briefly shown a glimpse of the inside too

thanks for looking and hopefully may get a chance tomorrow evening to do a bit blog hopping when I get home....K x

Thinking of you

This is the card I made for my friends mum, re earlier post , digi image from Little Claire, blown up quite large then off the page , has been coloured with prismas and a bit of stickles added , a simple sentiment printed onto the card from the PC.

Will be entering this into Papertake Weekly - anything goes

thanks for visiting I am off now to collect my son from school camp , he has been away since Monday and we have all missed him K x

Less is More Week 57 Neutrals

Sadly my friends dad died suddenly last week, 2 of my kids are best friends with 2 of hers and her dad was lovely to my kids when they went to his house to play with hers.  I have made this card for her. I have also made a second card for her mum which I will post later.

I have stamped a swirl cant remember what make with Versa wheat, placed a strip of black embossed card, added a craftwork cards sentiment and a natural prima flower, with a punched black one and a pearl in the centre. A couple of pearls on the swirls to finish.

I am entering this into Less is More - Neutrals

thanks for visiting 

Karen  x

Less is More 'Dont scrap it'

I made two small 100 x 100 cards with some leftover checked paper from another card, I have used two small images from Teddy Bo, I distressed the edges of image and paper with my distressing tool and some 'happy birthday' rub ons to finish.

 

As they have both been made with scraps I am entering them into Less is More , 'don't scrap it' this week.

thank you for visiting and if you leave a comment I will try my best to visit you back 

Karen x

Love my new Die!

I am loving my new Die from Marianne Creatables , I have cut from Plum glitter card and with a simple sentiment in plum, gems and some ribbon, I liked it just the way it was . I have also done a sample for a friend with this for a wedding invite in black glitter card which is really nice too. I can see me using this a lot.

I am entering this into just a few challenges below

Less is More - Punches or Die cuts
Sqiggles and Giggles - White Space
Die- in for a Challenge- Anything Goes

Also wanted to add a big welcome to my new followers and also to thank you all for all the lovely comments you leave on my blog, I am not a daily blogger but do try and visit you all when I can K x

I have fallen in Love with Teddy Bo

I think I have fallen in love ......with Teddy Bo , how cute are these images? I have bought 2 in the last week and just had to enter their latest challenge... Love is in the air.... This image is cut into a square from a triple tag image, they have been coloured with prismas and the paper is by Craftwork Cards along with the card blank and the sentiment. the ribbon is from my stash and the hearts are a Woodware punch.  Now I think I have read the rules properly on this challenge , a Teddy Bo image (check) and featuring a love heart (check).

thanks for looking and all comments are always appreciated K xx

Challenges entered :

Teddy Bo Tuesday -Love is in the Air
Fussy and Fancy - With all my heart
Crafting for All Seasons - Love is in the Air

I only have eyes for You ! & Less Is More Week 54 One Layer /Stripes

Having messed up Less is more week 52 by doing my card on a square card, I didn't post it, so I was determined to try this weeks challenge of One Layer with stripes. I have also decided that I am rubbish at stamping having wasted 5 card blanks trying to stamp an image onto the card , I gave up and  I printed a digital image from Pollycraft straight onto the card with the sentiment and coloured him and his stripy tummy with prismas.  My 11yr old son is giving this to his girlfriend tomorrow but he thought it a bit plain so I added a red ribbon across the top to satisfy him.

Thanks for looking K x

I have entered this into the following challenge:

Less is more - One layer and stripes 
The Crazy Challenge - Valentines
Fussy and Friday - with all my heart
Crafting for all Seasons-Love is in the air
Creative Inspirations- Lots of Love 
Papertake Weekly - Anything goes 
Crafters Companion - Anything goes

Squiggle Stamps -All Loved Up
Simon says stamp - love is in the air

Love is in the Air!

There seem to be a lot of Love is in the Air challenges so made this card for a special friend, as we all love our special friends and although not a valentine thought this still suited with this Coco image from Digistamp Boutique, a favourite of mine, I think it suited the bill perfectly.

Coco has been coloured with prismas. The papers are I think doodlebug and the sentiment from Craftwork Cards, everything else is from my stash.

I am going to enter into the following challenges:

Creative Inspirations- Lots of Love
Digistamp boutique - February challenge
Incy Wincy - Pink Black & White
Papersundeas - clean and simple
Papertake Weekly - Anything goes
Crafters Companion - Anything goes
Crafting for all Seasons-Love is in the air
Simon says stamp - love is in the air

Thanks for looking and any comments are always most appreciated .....K x

1st Birthday

Hi all I hope you are all well today, as I am sitting here I have a feeling it looks like it may snow, I could be wrong! However after last year we are all prepared this year with snow shovels, snow boots and ski gloves etc for everyone and last but not least sledges for the kids and all we have had is a fluttering one day that was gone by lunch, oh well there is always next year if there is non this year.

Anyway onto my card , the image is from Pollycraft   (the image came from a bargain bundle of 60 images) which I have made a bit smaller and typed the sentiment on the left , it has been coloured with promarkers and the checked paper is from a papermania pad, a bit of stickles glitter and a few gems finished it off.

I am entering into the following challenges :
CES challenge - check it out
Creative inspirations - anything goes
Pollycraft monday Challenge - favourite things - my favourite just now is gingham paper , you would never have guessed huh!
The Crazy Challenge - flowers
Incy Wincy - flowers

Thanks for looking and all comments are always most appreciated , now i might just get time for a wsee blog hop before the hoovering! K x

60th Birthday & A 50th Birthday

 

Had a busy day today with a bit of shopping then making a birthday tea for my Dad who is 72 on Monday, so this is just a quick post before I head off to bed , I needed a 60th and a 50th card in a hurry so decided it would be quicker to use the same layout with a variation on colour and embellishments , these are what I came up with. 

Hope you like and thanks for visiting K xxx

Special Card for a special lady

My friends hubby asked me to make this for her birthday, she loves red so had to put some in it somewhere, the papers are from Papermania , the flower was handmade with a jewel brad , some card candy and feather from stash and the swirl is a Marianne creatable die, here is a glimpse of the inside

I am also going to enter this into the following challenges :
Top Tip Tuesday - anything goes
One Crazy Stamper - red and white and one other colour

thanks for looking and all comments are always appreciated K xx

Personalised Christmas Cards & A Thank You

Hope you all had a lovely Christmas, I did, even though I had a sickness bug from Christmas Eve which made me feel a bit rubbish on Christmas Day , however hubby then had to cook Christmas dinner, which was a nice change , fortunately for him I had already cooked the turkey and prepared all the veg the day before. Still he did a good job and didnt even moan about it , think I must have looked really bad!!

I had a few requests before christmas for some personalised cards , so I will post them all in one go before the New Year. The first one is four of the penguins from the set from Pink Petticoat put together , I quite liked having the 4 in a row like this .

 

 

And this one was for my friends hubby , which was my favourite as I love this pale turquoise colour I have to give credit for this layout to Jules at Always With a Heart , you can see her card here such a CAS layout but very effective , my card was done on a large 8x8 card by craftwork cards.

Hope you all have a fabulous night tonight if you are up to anything exciting, sadly my hubby is nightshift tonight so we will call him just after midnight, when he will be driving down a very quiet runway watching all the fireworks going off around Edinburgh.  

Also wanted to say THANK YOU to all my lovely followers for their lovely comments this year and I look forward to all your creations in the New Year....K xxx