Snowman Gift Giving

Hi all :) 

Hope you are all having a lovely New Years Eve! We have spent the last few days at home relaxing in our jammies but it will soon be back to normal, work and school for us all. Now that the new edition of Making Cards is now out I can share some of my makes from the last edition...

How lovely are these images? As soon as I saw them they instantly reminded me of a Christmas advert. This card was created using the freebie papers that come free with the magazine. This time they also came with little tree toppers which you can cut out and use as embellishments. I then added some gems and a die cut sentiment to finish.

I will be back soon & Happy New Year to you all :)

Kitty xx

Merry Christmas

Hello all :) 

I am back today with another Christmas creation. This one was made using the Craftwork Cards Christmas Cheer Collection :)

I used the 8x8 paper pack and the say it with words pad for the main sentiment topper. I also used the die cut flowers and ribbon bow from the collection kit. I added an embossed panel to the background and added some glitter too.

I will be back with more cards soon :) 

Kitty xx

Christmas Wishes

Hello all :) 

Sorry I haven't had been around since before Christmas. On the 23rd I ended up very ill and this basically has wiped me out until now. I always love Christmas so it was awful having the dreaded sickness bug the whole time but never mind - there's always next year! I seem to be on the mend now so I thought I best share my last few Christmas makes...

This one was made for last months Making Cards Magazine. I used the gorgeous Christmas Wishes Collection by Kaisercraft available from Merly Impressions. I used the Paper Pad & Die Cuts from this range - I absolutely love this range it's gotta be my fav xmas range this year! I also added some lace, gold glitter, gems and a white doily.

Thanks for popping by & hope you had a fab Christmas!
Kitty xx

Oh Holy Night

Hello there an Happy Christmas Eve Eve!! Only two more sleeps now until the big day. Today I am sharing another winter make that was made for Paper Crafter Magazine.

 This card is my second from my winter wonderland project. I used the stunning Frosted Collection by Kaisercraft. I used 12x12 papers, die cuts and stickers. I distressed each of the papers using a distress edge tool. I also added some pearls and ribbons.

I will be back tomorrow :) 

Kitty xx

Merry Christmas

Only four more sleeps until it's Christmas Day!! It's my absolute favourite day of the year and I really can't wait! So today I am sharing a quick make made for Making Cards Magazine using the latest Docrafts Santa Collection....

For this card I used the Santa Die Cut & Paper Pack which has loads of toppers, decoupage, papers, borders and more. I mounted everything onto kraft card. I also added some ribbon and gold pearls.

I will be back tomorrow with another card :) 

Kitty xx

Magic Of The Season

Good Afternoon :) 

I'm still feeling poorly, but am battling on through trying to get the house ready for Christmas! Today I am sharing a card that was made for PaperCrafter Magazine. Love the cool icy tones in this range....

  

This card was created using the Kaisercraft Frosted Collection. I used the 12x12 papers and stickers for this card. I also added a doily, glitter washi tape, pearls, gems, ribbon and a snowflake button. How lovely are the images?! I think this range is just stunning. I have more from this project to share soon so do pop back :) 

Kitty xx

Winter Wishes

Good Afernoon :)

I am feeling a bit sorry for myself at the moment as I'm suffering with a terrible sore throat ad flu type thing. It seems to have gone to my chest now so hoping it doesn't turn into a chest infection although I think it may have already. I will still plough through though as so much to do! Today is another card that was made for Quick Cards Made Easy Magazine....

For this card I used Sizzix Tim Holtz Festive Scribbles & Holiday Words. The papers are by Dovecraft and I also added some gems to finish. 

I will be back soon :)

Kitty xx

Baking Gingerbread

Good Morning :)

Today I thought I would share my second card from my Dear Santa project that was in last months Making Cards Magazine. How sweet are these images....

For this card I used the Dear Santa Collection by Trimcraft. I used the paper pack , decoupage pad, ribbons and wooden embellishments. I mounted all the papers onto kraft card. I also added a die cut sentiment and some pearls to finish.

Thanks for stopping by :) 

Kitty xx

Tree Decorating

Good Morning :) 

I can't believe this time next week it will be Christmas Eve! It seems like it has all of a sudden just crept up on us all. I still have a few Christmas creations to share with you so here is another. This one was made for Making Cards Magazine....

For this card I have used the latest Dear Santa Collection by Trimcraft. I used the paper pack, decoupage pad and also the garland flags. I mounted all the papers onto kraft card. I also added some lace, ribbon, a bow, some gems, a sentiment and pearls.

I will be back tomorrow :) 

Kitty xx

Let It Snow

Hi all :) 

I am almost ready for Christmas now. Just a couple of little bits to get and I am done, woohoo! I am so happy it's the last day of school for Jazz today, can't wait to spend some time with her and have a much needed rest from school. So onto today's card...this was made for Crafts Beautiful....

How cute is this winter image? It's actually a pre coloured topper by Marianne Design called Don & Daisy In The Snow. The papers are Carta Bella Bundled Up and I added some ribbon, flowers, a sentiment, pearls and a doily. This project is over on the Crafts Beautiful website too. 

I will be back soon :)

Kitty xx

Ho Ho Ho!

Hello :) 

Time to share something fun and bright! This colourful card was made for Crafts Beautiful Magazine using one of the latest Doodlebug Collections :) 

I love how this card turned out! I used the Here Comes Santa Paper Pad, Matt Enamel Dots and Die Cuts all available from My Mums Craft Shop. I also added some glitter to the hills and some twine for the bunting. You can see how I made this one by heading over to the Crafts Beautiful website.

Thank you for stopping by today :)

Kitty xx

Merry Christmas

Hi all :) 

Today I am sharing a simple card that was made for Quick Cards Made Easy Magazine. I was challenged to create a few cards using some Christmas dies so here is the first card...

For this card I used the Sizzix Tim Holtz Festive Scribbles Dies & Tim Holtz Holidays Words Dies. I distressed the background panel and added some pearls. The papers are by Dovecraft and were all mounted onto kraft card. I also added some ribbon to the corners to finish.

I will be back soon :) 

Kitty

Tree Dress Avery

Hi Crafty Friends :)

Today I am sharing a card that I made for last months issue of Quick Cards Made Easy Magazine. this cutie was made for the Sketch Challenge with a Christmas theme :) 

For this card I used one of the Paper Nest Dolls images called Tree Dress Avery. I coloured her up with my Copics. The papers are by Dovecraft which were all mounted onto kraft card. I also added some ribbon, a doily , sentiment and some pearls.

I will be back soon :) 

Kitty xx

Magical Christmas

Hello all :) 

Today I am sharing a traditional style quick card that was made for Making Cards Magazine.

 This card was made using the new Santa Collection by Docrafts. I used the Die Cut & Paper Pack for this card which contained the papers, topper and sentiment. I mounted them all onto kraft card. I also added some ribbon and gold pearls.

I will be back soon :)

Kitty xx

Merry Christmoose

Hello crafty friends :) 

As you know I work many months in advance for the magazines so I am loving being able to share all my Christmas creations finally! Today's card was featured in last months Crafts Beautiful Magazine and was the main front cover card :) 

This card is a lot more my 'usual style' which of course means stamps & dies! I used Sugarpea Designs Christ-moose Stamp Set. The papers are an older Echo Park Paper Pack. I used the Stitched Snow Drifts Die-namics and Double Stitched Circles Dienamics. I also added some ribbon and lace to finish.

Thank you for stopping by :) 

Kitty xx

Reindeer with Present

Hi all :) 

Just a quick post from me today as I am off out to finish off my Christmas shopping :)

Today's card was made for last months Making Cards Magazine using the freebie reindeer toppers and papers. I also added some card candi , gems and a die cut sentiment.

I'll be back tomorrow :) 

 Kitty xx

Santa & Teddy

Hello all :)

Crikey the days are whizzing by at the moment, seems like I will blink and it will be Christmas! Today I am sharing a card I made for Crafts Beautiful Magazine....how cute is this Santa & Teddy?

I used a super cute topper from one of the Hunkydory Little Books. I layered a few of the toppers up with foam pads to create a decoupage topper. The papers I used are by Dovecraft and I mounted them all onto dark red card. I also added a sentiment, ribbon, bow and pearls.

I will be back with more cards soon :) 

Kitty xx

Christmas Wishes

Hi all :) 

I hope you are all busy making your Christmas cards if you haven't already? I'm happy to be able to share them now as I've been making them since May! So this one was made for Making Cards Christmas Special which is packed full of freebie papers and toppers...

 

I love the traditional look and feel of these toppers and papers. I die the topper with some stitched dies and mounted it onto a scallop circle die. I mounted everything onto red and green card and added some ribbon. I die cut the holly leaves and added some leaves and berries I found in my stash. I finished by added a sentiment and some gems.

I will be back tomorrow :) 

Kitty xx

Christmas Baubles

Good morning :) 

It's very chilly now isn't it?! As long as it's not raining, I am happy tho! So I have another couple of Christmas cards to share with you. These two were made for Quick Cards Made Easy Magazine...

I was asked to create four cards using the Sara Davies Traditional Christmas Collection by Crafters Companion so these are the first two. For both the cards used the Bauble Stamps which I embossed with gold embossing powder. I also used the 6x6 paper pad. I mounted the papers onto kraft card and added some ribbon, twine and pearls.

I will be back soon :)

Kitty xx

Button Tree

Over the past few months I have been working behind the scenes for another magazine! I now create projects for PaperCrafter Magazine. Last month my first projects were published....eeeek! I was asked to create different simple cards using a tree shape using basic stash so here is one of them....

For this card I used some winter papers by Carta Bella for the background. I then created a triangle tree shape from blue card and covered it with different shape buttons. I then added a die cut sentiment and finished with some gems.

I will be back soon :) 

Kitty xx

Love Bug Hugs

Hello all :) 

So today I thought I would share something non Christmas! I made this one a while ago but never got around to posting it - how very naughty of me!

This card was made using the fab Lily Bug Love Kit from Polkadoodles. All the papers are from this kit and also the image too which i fussy cut around and popped onto 3d foam pads. There are tons of embellishments you can add too, I used the mini mushroom and buttons. I finished by adding some ribbon and some heart pearls.

I will be back soon :) 

Kitty xx

Ho ho ho!

Hello all :) 

At the weekend we put our Christmas decs up so I am feeling very festive now! We are off to London to Winter Wonderland at the weekend so I am sure I will be very much in the Christmas spirit after that! Today I am sharing a quick made that was made for Making Cards Christmas Special...

For this card I used the fab papers and toppers that come with the magazine. I simply cut out the big santa head and popped it up onto 3d foam pads. I also added some ribbon, a bow and a heart pearl. I die cut some letters using black card to spell out the words ho ho ho. I also added a paper doily too.

I will be back with more creations soon :) 

Kitty xx

Robins in Stocking

Hi all :) 

So I thought I would go back to Christmas today - it's creeping up quick now isn't is!? This card was made for the Making Cards Christmas Special which is packed full of freebie toppers and papers All of them are perfect for the festive season and it's such great value for money...

For this card i used the Robins in Stocking Topper and the Mistletoe Paper from the magazine. I die cut a circle and embossed it with a sheena douglas embossing folder. I mounted everything onto kraft card. I also added ribbon, lace, a die cut sentiment and a rhinestone cluster.

I'll be back tomorrow :)

Kitty xx

Smile

Hello all :) 

I was looking through all the projects I have made for magazines this year and found a few I still haven't yet shared with you all. This card was made for Making Cards Magazine. I fell in love with the beautiful florals on this paper so just had to use it!

For this card I used the True Love collection by Kaisercraft. I used both the paper pad and also the matching die cuts. I also used a die cut frame, ribbon, white card and a enamel dot to finish.

I will be back with more cards soon :) 

Kitty xx

Merry

Good morning crafters :) 

Today I am sharing another quick make. This one was made for last months issue of Crafts Beautiful Magazine using the free poinsettia die that came with the magazine. It's a great die as it's simply just one petal so you can create lots of other things with it too... this one is a standard flower....

I used the poinsettia to create the flower then added a button with twine to the centre. I used some older xmas papers I had in my stash - think they were Doodlebug.  I die cut some letters from white card to make them pop and added some ribbon along with some pearls.

I will be back soon :) 

Kitty xx

Adventure Awaits

Hello all :) 

Hope you have all had a lovely weekend. We did a bit of Christmas shopping and celebrated Jasmine's 7th birthday so we have all had a lovely weekend. Today I am sharing a quick card that was made for Quick Cards Made Easy Magazine...

This card is another from the Boho Dreams project that I did recently. I used the gorgeous Boho Dream Collection by Kaisercraft. I used the die cuts and papers from this range to create this card. All I added was some lace, pearls and twine to finish.

I will be back with more cards soon :) 

Kitty xx

Santa Decoration

Hi all :) 

I am back to share with you another quick make that was made for Making Cards Magazine using the freebie Santa papers - I love theses, they are so festive!

For this card I mostly used the free papers and toppers. I mounted them all onto kraft card and simply added some ribbon, gems, a sentiment and a button to finish.

I will be back soon :) 

Kitty xx

Snow Dancing

Hi everyone :) 

I've got another card to share with you today. This one was featured in last months Quick Cards Made Easy Magazine. How cute are these images...

For this card I used a topper by Marianne Design called Don & Daisy Snow Dancing. I die cut all the circles on this card using my Die-namics Double Stitched Circle Dies. The papers are Carta Bella Bundled Up. I also added some pearls, ribbon, lace and a rhinestone cluster.

I will be back soon :) 

Kitty xx

Merry Christmas

Hi all, 

Today I am sharing one of my latest cards for My Mums Craft Shop using the stunning Hobby House Toppers. I love that they now do matching papers which coordinate with the toppers too...they are just beautiful....

I loved creating this card. I used the Cozy Christmas Toppers which I then distressed with some ink. The papers are the Vintage Christmas Set which we should have in stock soon. I mounted everything onto kraft card. The sentiment are some wooden embellishments i picked up at a show and I added some snow glitter to them. I also added various paper flowers, stems, berries & pearls onto the card. I also created a small rosette with a button from the papers too.

I will be back soon :) 

Kitty xx

Jingle All The Way

Hi all :) 

Sorry for the brief absence I don't know where the time has gone the past week! Christmas will be creeping up before we know it. Talking of Christmas I have a quick Santa card to share with you that was made for last months Making Cards Magazine....

I adored last month's images - how fun are they!? I used the free images & papers that came with the magazine. I also used red & green card to mount all the papers onto. I also added some ribbon, lace, a sentiment and some pearl drops.

I will be back with more cards soon :) 

Kitty xx

Springtime Aunty

Hello all!

It's getting chilly now isn't it?! It's been a horrible day here today rain all day and i'm off out in it to get Jazz from school - typical! Today I am sharing a very girly card I made using a Polkadoodles Kit...

For this card I used the gorgeous Winnie Springtime Kit. Almost everything on this card is from the CD. I used toppers, papers, sentiment and lots of embellishments and made it very pink! I only added the ribbon, resin flower and pearls. Oh and I used a scallop die cut circle too. Really love the beautiful pastels in this gorgeous, perfect for any time of the year and so girly!

I will be back soon :) 

Kitty xx

Thinking of You

Hi all :) 

Well last week went super fast, I had lots of fun with the girls over the half term week - am so tired out now though! I've been busy this week creating more magazine projects. Today I thought I would share another of my recent cards made for Quick Cards Magazine....

This card was made as part of my Bohemian Chic project. I used Kaisercraft Boho Dream Die Cuts & Paper Pad for this card. I also added some pearls, a doily, ribbon and some lace.

I will be back soon with more cards :) 

Kitty xx

Squirrels

Hello crafty peeps :) 

Today I am sharing a sneak peek of the brand new range from Lili of The Valley. I LOVE their range of squirrels so I am mega pleased they have returned. Here is my card...

See I told you they were cuties! I coloured them up with my Copic Pens. The papers are an old collection from Doodlebug and I mounted them all onto kraft card. I also added some ribbon and pearls to finish.

There are quite a few new images in the new release. There are some cute vintage boy stamps which will be launched tomorrow and animal stamps & digi's will be next week. Keep an eye here on the all the launch details, availability and offers. 

I will be back soon :) 

Kitty xx

Picture Perfect

Today I am sharing another one of my projects that was recently in Quick Cards Made Easy Magazine. This one was on the theme of bohemian chic and I got to play with some new Kaisercraft goodies...

For this card I used the Boho Dreams Collection from Kaisercraft. I used the Paper Pad and Collectables Die Cuts. How nice is that denim effect paper, I think it's awesome. I also added some lace, self adhesive pearls and some white.

I will be back with more creations soon.

Kitty xx

Springtime Winnie

Hello crafters :)

Today I am sharing a rather spring looking card - yes I know it's not spring but hey ho we all know I work miles in advance so it's almost normal for me! This cutie is from Polkadoodles...

So this is Winnie Sugar Sprinkles Springtime. I just adore this set - it's full of gorgeous pastel colours and lots of adorable everyday images. It is a very girly kit and very much up my street. I used the big download kit that has everything, you can also get it on a cd rom too. Everything on the card is from the kit apart from the pearls & hearts. I also used my Wonky Rectangles Dienamics too.

Thank you for popping by :)

Kitty xx

Beautiful Butterfly

Hi all,

So it's half term for us which means normal routine is out of the window! I will try and update my blog as much as can though. I love having the kids home so I always try make the most of it. Today we went to see the new Trolls film, which was actually pretty good. So its time for me to share my final Butterfly Kisses card from my project in Quick Cards Made Easy Magazine...

This one was made using the Butterfly Kisses Collection from Bo Bunny. I used the 6x6 Paper Pad, Chipboards and Die Cuts. I mounted everything onto kraft card. I also added ribbon, lace and some pearls to finish.

I will be back with more creations soon :)

Kitty xx

All I Want For Christmas

Good Morning all :)

It's little chilly here today, perfect for a nice warm cuppa and a biscuit tho :) Today I am sharing one of my latest cards from last months issue of Crafts Beautiful Magazine. This one is a nice and simple Christmas card....

 So for this card I used the super cute Baaa Humbug Stamp Set by Lawn Fawn. I love all the cute sheep stamps in this set, so cute! I coloured them up with my copics and added a touch of glitter to the santa hat. I created the circle using the Double Stitched Circle Die-namics Dies and used the Tree Lines Dies too. The background is from a lawn fawn paper pad and I also added some red white.

I will be back with more cards soon :)

Kitty xx

Love Beyond Words

Hello crafty friends :) 

Today I am here to share with you one of my silhouette fairy cards that was made for last months issue of Making Cards Magazine. These toppers and papers (along with the witches) were included free with the magazine. I love how different these are and of course who doesn't love fairies?!

The background paper reminds me of those kaleidoscope things you used to get when you were kids. I simply cut the paper into a square, then in half and mounted onto purple card. I used a fancy corner rounder for the topper to add a bit more interest. I also added some ribbons, a bow, pearls and a stamped sentiment.

I will be back soon :)

Kitty xx

Happy Christmas Snowmen

Afternoon all :) 

I hope you all had a great weekend. We had a relaxed day yesterday and went birthday/Christmas shopping on Saturday. You can never start to early ;) Talking of Christmas I have a new Christmas card to share with you which was made for Crafts Beautiful Magazine...

This one actually made the main front cover - how exciting! I used lots of gorgeous products from Doodlebug. I always love their winter and Christmas ranges. I used the Frosty Friends Paper Pad and Mix & Match Die Cut Snowmen. I also added some ribbon, lace, pearls and a sentiment. I used the Double Stitched Circles for the circle mat and mounted everything onto white card.

I will be back soon :) 

Kitty xx

Wonderful

Ahh it's Sunday, the day of rest not that I ever rest much on a Sunday mind you! Today I am sharing my third card from my Botanical project that was recently in Quick Cards Made Easy Magazine. Loving this stunning collection...

For this card I used the Butterfly Kisses Collection by Bo Bunny. I have used the 6x6 paper pad, die cuts, chipboards and the brads. I also added kraft card, pearls, ribbon and lace. I love making quick cards like this especially with beautiful products. It's makes it so much easier :) 

Thank you for stopping by :)

Kitty xx

Birthday Wishes

Hello all :) 

Just popped on to share a quick card that was made for Making Cards Magazine using the free unicorn toppers and papers. They are just so cute...

 The topper comes with this gorgeous doodled border - how fab is that! All I added on this card was ribbon, pearls and a sentiment - very quick and easy.

I will be back soon, have a great weekend all :)

Kitty xx

Raawr!

Hello again :) 

I can't believe I have managed to keep this updated all week long - yay long my it continue! So today I am sharing one of my Polkadoodle creations I made for Making Cards Magazine...

I love these sweet images, they look like something out of a kids book - i love them! So this is the Sticks & Bones Digi Collection by Polkadoodles. The image I printed out twice so I could add a 3d layer. The papers are all from the collection along with the sentiment and embellishments. I added some distress ink to the edges of the image and mounted onto brown card. I also added some die cut leaves and pearls to finish.

Thank you for stopping by again :)

Kitty xx

Witch Wishes

Good morning crafty friends :) 

Today I am sharing one of my cards that was featured in last months Making Cards Magazine. This one was created with the free papers that came with the magazine - Silhouette Witches & Fairies...

I quite like these papers and toppers as they are a bit different to the normal style and it's always great fun to use something a different. I added some lace, ribbon, flowers, pearls and some paper flowers to the card. 

I will be back soon with more cards :)

Kitty xx

Season To Be Happy

Hello I'm back and four days in a row - must be a miracle! I just have so much to share with you all which is great. Today I am sharing another of my recent cards from Crafts Beautiful using the freebie snowflake die...

This one was a fairly simple card. I simply die cut the snowflake from blue and lilac card and glued them onto a white panel. I mounted this onto lilac and blue card and onto the card front. I added some fishtail banners and used a MFT sentiment stamp set called Joyeous Christmas Sentiments. To finish I added some rhinestones.

I will be back soon :)

Kitty xx

Ahoy Matey!

Today I am sharing one of my latest creations from last months Making Cards Magazine. I got to use one of my favourite ranges of the moment - Whiz Kidz Collection by Trimcraft. I just love these cuties....

I used the Decoupage Pad & Paper Pack from Whiz Kidz. I used a fine line pen to hand draw some fun borders around the papers instead of mounting them. The green fringe is a Die-namics Die called Chevron Fringe.  I also added some buttons too, simples eh?!

Thank you for stopping by :)

Kitty xx

Xoxo

Hi all :) 

Another start to another new week. We only have this week and next week then it's half term for my girlies. I can't wait, I love spending some extra time with them :). So today I have a Penny Black card to share with you that was made for Quick Cards Made Easy Magazine...

For this card I used a lovely stamp by Penny Black Stamps called XOXO. It's one of the Mo Manning Clear Stamps which is just adorable. I coloured her in with my copic markers. The papers are the ones that came free with the magazine and the flowers are simply cut out from one of the papers. I mounted everything onto kraft card and added some ribbon & pearls.

I will be back soon :)

Kitty xx

Winnie in Winterland

Hello crafty people :)

Well it's not very often that i get to craft for me - just for fun. Today I had a smidgen of free time before my daughter returned from her dad's so i just had to use the brand new Winnie Kit from Polkadoodles!! Here is my first creation with the new kit...

I am LOVING this new kit called Winnie in Winterland. As with all Nikky's kits is packed full of everything you will ever need for all your creations; papers, digis, toppers, embellishments, flowers and so much more. Everything on this card was from the Big Kahuna Bundle. All I added was some kraft card, liquid pearls, nuvo crystal drops, lace and some mesh. I always love to add lots of dimension and layers too ;)

I will be back very soon with more :)

Kitty xx

Happy Christmas Snowflakes

Hi all :) 

I know it's only October but I can now finally start sharing some of my Christmas magazine projects. I have been working on xmas for what seems like forever - I actually started in May this year! This one i made back in June - crazy how far in advance I work but it's all good fun. So this one was made for Crafts Beautiful Magazine using the free snowflake that came with the magazine...

 These ones always have to be pretty simple to show off the die as much as possible. I knew exactly what i wanted to do with this and so please how it turned out. The background paper i think was by Lawn Fawn and i added some glitter tape, ribbon and die cut sentiment.

I will be back soon :) 

Kitty xx

Beautiful Bird

Hello all :) 

I have been busy behind the scenes creating some more magazine projects but I thought I would just pop on and share another one of my hummingbird cards that were recently in Quick Cards Magazine. Here is card number two...

I just love this watercolour butterfly - it is quite large too and fills cards nicely. The collection I have used is Butterfly Kisses by Bo Bunny. I used the papers, die cuts, chipboards and metal embellishments for this card. I mounted everything onto white card and also added some ribbon and lace.

I will be back soon :) 

Kitty xx