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

5th Birthday

Just a quick share tonight, a little cutie card for a little cutie, LOTV image, think the papers are forever friends, some prima flowers and ribbon and gems from stash, this was for my niece , another card I forgot to post a while back even although I did remember to post her twin sisters one!

Thanks for looking K x

The Blue Wicked Zumba Queen

I dont know if any of you get strange requests for cards but I get some really odd ones!, an xbox baby card, an engagement card with reference to the 9th hole at Turnberry and the latest was this one a blue wicked Zumba teacher!   I kept it simple with the sentiment the main focal point with the blue wicked bottle where the embellishments would go . The inside was also decorated a little too. With some bakers twine and a flower I didn't think it needed any more .

 

I hope you are all having a lovely Sunday , I am not doing too much today as feeling a little tired after my works xmas do last night which didn't finish till 2am and it was 3.30 am before I was under the duvetdue to all the drop offs from the bus on the way home! 

Thanks for looking and all your comments are always appreciated .

Now I  am off to visit you as I have not had much of a chance this week....K xx

Tatty Ted

Boy was it freezing here today and I had promised to take kids to see Arthur Christmas on a rare afternoon off work but ended up on the sofa with a headache :-(. I have promised to take them on Sunday instead, better not let them down again , my daughter is so looking forward to it .   

Onto my card: A Tatty Ted die cut topper was used on this card , used my Nesties to cut out the comp printed sentiment , then left the Nestie in place while I inked the centre around the words, the paper was from my local craft shop and a bit ribbon and a punched butterfly finished it off .

Thanks for looking 

K xx

My Gorgeous Great Niece Denni,Nappy cake & card

Was just tidying up my photos and realised I hadnt posted the card I made for my gorgeous niece Denni born in September on the same day that my twin nieces have their birthday , she was a bit early so we had to wait a week to see her as kids are not allowed in the hospital unless they are siblings , my daughter wouldn't allow me to go see her I before she could!!   Here is the card I made 

 

a wee side view with a glimpse of the inside

the image is from bugaboo and the papers are from craft creations , some velvet ribbon and and a few pearls on some punched flowers, the sentiment is LOTV .  Below is a picture of the nappy cake presented in a basket of baby goodies we gave her

and the wrapped version in the basket

She is just a wee cutie but the title Great Aunt makes me feel so old but then my sister in law is a granny 4 years younger than me!

Thanks for looking K x

have entered this into the sketchy colours challenge pink & white

New Baby

 

Another gift set for a new baby using Louie from Digistamp Boutique and downloaded paper from Pink petticoat, yes I know its gingham again but so loving this just now and I have 52 shades to get through!!  I have coloured these cuties with prismas and have coloured my ribbon with my promarkers to match the blue ( a tip from one of the staff from my local craft supplier) a wee bit card candi from Craftwork cards to finish off .

 

Thanks for looking and any comments are always 

appreciated , now I'm off to blog hop !

Challenges Entered : Digistamp boutique: November

Louie with Bear Baby Card

Have coloured little Louie from Digistamp Boutique and his bear with prismas, and used downloaded papers from Pink petticoat , had to keep this one simple as it was asked for at really short notice, but I think I prefer it simple , the flower I think was from Dovecraft, I know they were a bargain. 

have entered this into Digistamp Boutique's November competition and Paper Sundeas Digital Image challenge

Thanks for looking and any comments you wish to leave K xx

Louie Louie Louie

Yes more gingham! I hope you are not fed up with it! 

Isn't Louie from Digistamp Boutique sooo cute and lovely to colour, He has been coloured with prismas and the paper is downloaded from Pink Petticoat with my little flower punched from the same paper with a wee gem in the middle, 

will be entering this in digistamp boutique- November competition

and craft catz challenge -use a digital image

Paper Sundeas challenge-digital image

thanks for looking and your lovely comments I am now off to watch Greys Anatomy (love this) 

K xx

One sheet does Plenty!

One sheet does Plenty !

Think I have gone a bit orange and red loopy with my snippets and I got a  little carried away, these are the rest of the cards made with just one 8 x 8 sheet of design paper by Craftwork Cards,I didn't waste any of this sheet, the only waste was the over cuts from the punched out shapes that were so tiny I couldn't punch out another butterfly or flower,  very thrifty!!

  so these will be my third entry into the Less is More Challenge and also for Jules Snippets

and here are some really didi 99 x 96 cards by Craftwork cards with the tiniest of snippets

 

And the last red & orange ones are here although I dont think this will be the last time I use these colours together as they are autumny ( is that even a word) but quite fresh and zingy too!

 now I am off to do a lovely card for my friends birthday on Friday 

K xx

Less is More no.2 and more Snippets

My second entry to the LIM challenge red and orange, couldn't get enough of this colour scheme, I love it and while I was a it couldn't resist making another didi card and a DL with the snippets for Jules Snippets

Thinking of You 

and Congratulations

thanks for looking and all your lovely comments are always appreciated

Love K x

Less is More Challenge 40 Red & Orange & Snippets

Got a bit carried away with this once I got started as I had made one card with some orange paper then remembered that the Less is More challenge  40 challenge was red and orange so did one for that here

This was the original card that I had made with just orange which I cant make up my mind if I like

then I decided I would use up the whole sheet of paper which was 8 x8 and made the grand total of 13 cards from it (not including the card blanks ,I will post the rest later when I have photographed them, but her is another one using up some snippets so have decided it would qualify for Jules craft snippets challenge

I now try to use up my snippets for smaller simpler cards and put into packs of ten , as my scraps drawers are bursting at the seams and it is such a waste of beautiful papers.

Anyway enough of my ramblings off to see what you have all been up to and have a baby card to make 

love K xx

Cool Dude! and a Strange Request!

It was my lovely daughter Rhiann's 9th birthday yesterday so not had much time on here as I was organising her party etc , will post her card later.   

Have a couple of cards which I forgot to post, one for my nephew and this image is strangely very like him. The next card was a request for a tomboy 40th who plays xbox war games but loves pink!!! here is what I came up with......

I made a matching money wallet and envobox for it to go in which was not easy as it was larger than an 8x8 card. I think I covered the request my friend was happy with it anyway.  He has now asked me for a baby card with something x boxy on it ????? watch this space , you dont have get some funny requests when you make cards I had one last week for an engagement card with reference to the 9th hole at Turnberry as that was where he proposed! oh well happy to oblige! lol 

ok I,m off to visit you ........K xx

Love This Wee Dude!

Love this wee guy from Digistamp Boutique and he is adorning another baby card to go with this Keepsake Box & Album set for a friend. Coloured with promarkers and prismas , paper is FF and rest from stash, used the same for the box and album.

 

Baby Album & card

Thanks for looking and all your lovely comments are gratefully received and will receive a return visit K xx

Also added this to the October comp at Digistamp Boutique as my second entry

and the CES Challenge New Beginnings

Happy Thanksgiving

 

I know its not thanksgiving yet but my friend has ordered this card for posting soon so had to make it early, the papers are My MindS Eye and I have used my new label nesties for the sentiment which was done on the pc first . i have also inked the edges a little but not sure if it shows up in the photo.

I have entered this into the Squiggle Stamps - Thanks challenge I hope it qualifies as its thanksgiving , I am sure they will let me know if not .

thanks for looking K x

Have a Roaring good birthday with Dino!

Love this wee image from Digistamp boutique  I made four in different colours and and used up some scraps for some borders with my nesties , printed the sentiment straight onto the card with one inside too.
Thanks for looking and any comments ......K x

Have also entered into the following challenges
digistamp boutique October
totally papercrafts _ animals 
My Mums Craft Shop - All Creatures Great and Small 

Dress up!

This is for my gorgeous niece Morgan who along with her twin sister Evie (card to follow)  , the image is from Lily of the valley which was a batch of free ones with Papercraft magazine, I think I may have to buy some now as they are lovely images and fab to colour. My  little Morgan was coloured with prismas and DP is craft creations, cardstock from the papermill shop and the flower was handmade. 

I am entering this into the following challenges

LOTV - World Card making Day

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

Card and handbag gift bag

 

Made this for my lovely cousin for her 40th , she loves black and white and I just love these papers from my local supplier, my friend at work makes jewellery so I got her to make a lovely crystal hair comb for her. I made a little gift bag to match to put it in.

I really wish I had taken a pic of the comb too but silly me forgot.

Thanks for looking and any comments K xx

For a man who always wears a tie!

 

This card was for a Hearts man who always wears a shirt and tie so thought this PB image was perfect , coloured with prisma's and used my nesties and some craftwork cards craft paper with a silver spot , mounted onto some dark red and silver card stock and printed off the sentiment on the PC and bobs your uncle or should I say John!

Thanks for visiting and any comments are always appreciated.

A wee sideways view 

I am also going to enter this into the following challenges
Simon says stamp : Anything goes
My Mums Craft Shop Challenge : Dress up as the little doggy is kind of dressed with his tie - I hope this counts

K xx

A - Z of Me

Saw this on Coops page and thought it was fun so here goes
A. Age:44 although happy to say most people think I'm younger ( they haven't seen me without make up ha ha!)
B. Bed size:
 double and sometimes a munchkin creeps in when hubby on nights
C. Chore that you hate:
  cleaning the oven
D. Dogs:
none
E. Essential start to your day:
breakfast
F. Favorite color:
purple
G. Gold or Silver:
Both
I. Instruments you play:
none
J. Job title:
medical receptionist
K. Kids:
2 boys 1 girl (in that order)
L. Live:
 Bonnyrigg Midlothian
M. Mother’s name:
 Barbara Ann but has been called Judy since she was 16 as my granda was the cinema projectionist and thought she looked like Judy Garland in the movie and the name has stuck, everyone calls her Judy!
N. Nicknames:
  not really got one although occasionally get Kaz
O. Overnight hospital stays:
a burn when I was 2, a false alarm when pregnant in Aberdeen ,3 births and keyhole surgery last year
P. Pet peeves:
  rudeness and self centred people.
Q. Quote from a movie:
a quote from Bridesmaids that I cant repeat but really made me giggle (it was more the way she said it than the actual word)
R. Right or left handed:
  right
S. Siblings:
2 brothers (1 older 1 younger) and younger sister
U. Underwear:
most definitely otherwise gravity would take over
V. Vegetable you hate:
  brussel sprouts
W. What makes you run late:
kids & husband
X. X-Rays you’ve had:
not many think only one for an ankle
Y. Yummy food that you make:
fahitas & cup cakes
Z. Zoo animal:
panda


well thats me , bye for now K x

Weddings Weddings Weddings!

 

Its  been all weddings lately, not sure how many weddings my friend has had this year but its been a lot! This time she wanted a matching money envelope to go with the card, kept this simple with a diamante heart threaded with wide organza ribbon mounted on craftwork cards paper trimmed with mirri , the personalised sentiment was printed directly onto the card and some bling added. 

The next one was a pink petticoat image coloured with prismas and some glitter added and the sentiment was also printed ono the card

 thanks for looking and comments are always greatly appreciated ..........K x

Naughty Nurse!

Forgot to post this card a while ago, it was my my friends hubby's 40th and my friend is a nurse so thought this Bugaboo image which can be purchased here and I was delighted to get an email from Bugaboo saying they have featured two of my cards on the page for one of their images here how cool is that?

Anyway onto my card the image as stated earlier coloured with pro markers and mounted onto co ordinations card , the sentiment and the text at the bottom were done on the pc and was all mounted onto black card stock and faux stitching with a white gel pen to finish.

thanks for stopping by.   K xx

Its safe to post this now!

 

because her birthday is past.

This A4 card was commissioned to give to my cousin up north from her 2 SIL and her friends for her 40th birthday , the request was for pink, black and white, shoes, dresses or bags, bling, feathers and fun. I hope this fitted the bill , there was also a few other things I had to include and I put these on the inside, I made the box with a black lid to keep with the theme. Glad to say she loved the card, I will post the one I gave to her when I have downloaded the pics.

thanks for looking and any comments you leave will get a return visit.....K x

Less is More -Something That Moves

Hello folks, 

thought I may enter into a challenge again , I dont really get much time to find challenges to enter then make a card that suits but I love CAS cards and always keep and eye on the Less is More  challenges , this week it is something that moves and I know there are loads of butterflies already but I love butterflies and really like this digi from Bugaboo so much I used it twice!

Thanks for looking and any comments you may wish to leave.....K x

Sweet Sixteen

16th card was made for my cousin to give to her daughter, she is really good at clarinet and therefore she wanted a musical theme, I made this backing paper myself on powerpoint by downloading an image of notes and repeated the pattern. Also used my nesties, MS punch and nellen skellen die.

The inside was decoarated and personalised too 

Thanks for looking and any comments , right I'm off to visit some of you before I pick up son No.1 from rugby K xx

With Love

Was going through my photos and discovered a couple of cards that I hadn't posted so here they are, they are both all about L O V E love

 

This first one is a bugaboo stamp and I have used craftwork cards papers and sentiment done on the pc

 

This next one has die cut hearts from Kraft and red card and ribbon from stash and a bit of faux stitching and a few gems

Thanks for looking and all your comments are appreciated and if you leave one I will be sure to visit you too....K x

Black & white is really popular just now

Its my oldest sons 13th birthday so have just come back from Frankie & Benny's , feeling stuffed, I will post his card later this week as havent photographed it yet , also had quite a few request for black and white just now 1st up is a guest book and card  and below is a birthday card for my friends sister

 

first made this for a friend in Dubai to give to someone over here, I had to get my hubby to deliver it to a girl who works at the Airport (where hubby works) and therefore had to wrap it and put on a matching gift tag. They used it as a guest book as they did'nt have one already.  Below is it wrapped in celophane and tied with ribbon.

 

and finally a birthday card for my friends sister , love this paper from my local stockist its just not the cheapest as its by the A4 sheet, sentiment was on the pc and I cant remember where I got the wee dresses from

thanks for looking and any comments are always appreciated

now I am off to visit some blogs.....K x