Nutty Together

Hello,

It's half term this week so I am not sure I will be able to post as often but I will try. I do love half terms as I get to spend some extra quality time with Jasmine and do lots of fun things together. We are off to the cinema today and off on an adventure later in the week. Here is today's card featuring some more cute images from MFT Stamps...

I kept this one simple as I just wanted the super cute squirrel to be the main focus - look at his ickle face! These stamps are the Squirrels Set from MFT Stamps. I coloured them with Copics and cut them out. The sentiment is also from the same set. I created the background using an MFT Sunray Stencil along with some Distress Oxide Ink in Shabby Shutters. Mounted it onto a Scallop Frame Die and added some striped paper to make it pop. To finish I added some pearls.

Supplies;

MFT Stamps - Squirrel!

MFT Dies - Stitched Scallop Rectangles

Distress Oxide Inks - Shabby Shutters

MFT Paper Pad - Black and White Stripes

Copic Pens

Kraft Card

I will be back soon :)

Kitty xx

Eat Drink and Be Merry

I've not been feeling very well the past few days - think I have a chest infection so I will make this brief. Today I am sharing a quick clean and simple Christmas card using some new cute critters from Clearly Besotted October Release...

For this card I used Clearly Besotted Festive Feast Stamps. I coloured them all with my Copics and cut them out. I created the background panel by masking off the area and applying some Distress Inks in Cracked Pistachio and Peacock Feathers. I then added some strips of striped paper. The dinky sentiment is also from this stamp set and I finished by adding an enamel dot.

Supplies;

Clearly Besotted Stamps - Festive Feast

Distress Inks - Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feathers

Striped Patterned Paper

Copic Markers

Coloured Card

Enamel Dot

I will be back soon :)

Kitty xx

Merry and Bright Snowman

It's another dark and chilly day here - autumn is definitely here. I'm back to Christmas today! I got some of the new MFT Stamps October release and had these cuties coloured up ready on my desk since the release. I thought I best make them up into a quick card...

The stamps I used are Festive Friends by MFT Stamps. I coloured them with my beloved Copics and cut them out. I created a blended background with Peacock Feathers and Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide Inks. I stamped and embossed the Brush Splatter Stamp by MFT Stamps in white. I die cut a snow hill using Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Dies. The large sentiment was die cut using MFT Dies Merry and Bright Die.

Supplies;

MFT Stamps - Festive Friends, Brush Splatter

MFT Dies - Merry and Bright

Lawn Fawn Dies - Stitched Hillsides

Hero Arts Embossing Powder - Detail White

Distress Oxide Inks - Peacock Feathers, Cracked Pistachio

Copic Markers

Memento Ink - Tuxedo Black

Versamark Ink

Coloured Card

I will be back tomorrow with another creation.

Kitty xx

Halloween Bunnies

I have been crafting up a storm lately! It's so nice to be able to just create for fun sometimes rather than having deadlines and a reason to. It's very refreshing for your crafty mojo too. I haven't made many Halloween items this year but I did this one last night with some images I had ready coloured...

 For this card I used Hello Bluebird Stamps Halloween Party. I coloured them with Copic Markers and cut them out. The sentiment is from MFT Stamps called Fab-Boo-Lous. The frame is from MFT Stamps and is from the Blueprints 27 Die Set. The tree is die cut using Lil Inker Design Spooky Trees. I added a couple of Dew Drops to finish.

Supplies;

Hello Bluebird Stamps - Halloween Party

MFT Stamps - Fab-Boo-Lous

MFT Dies - Blueprints 27

Lil Ink Designs Dies - Spooky Trees

MFT Paper Pad - Black and White Stripes

Coloured Card

Dew Drops

Kitty xx

Magical Christmas

Hi all,

Today I am sharing a quick card that I made using some of the new MFT Stamps. I needed to create some quick Christmas cards so I am going to be doing some simple ones like this...

For this card I used the MFT Stamps Reindeer Games. I coloured all the stamped images with my Copic Pens and cut them out. I created the background using a Woodgrain Embossing Folder. The snow circle is Avery Elle Snow Scene Die. I added some glitter card behind it so it sparkles through the die cut snow. I also added a blended piece of blue card, cut with Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Dies. I added a stamped sentiment to finish.

Supplies;

MFT Stamps - Reindeer Games

Creative Expressions Embossing Folder - Woodgrain

Avery Elle Dies - Snow Scene

Lawn Fawn Dies - Stitched Hillsides

Distress Inks - Salty Ocean

Copic Markers

Glitter & Coloured Card

I will be back with more creations soon.

Kitty xx

Snow Buddies

There is certainly a bit of a chill in the air now! I am loving creating seasonal cards at the moment. This one was made for Crafts Beautiful Magazine using some cute snowmen...

 For this card I used Honey Bee Stamps Snow Buddies. It's a huge stamp set and full of lots of accessories so you can dress up the snowmen however you like. I stamped and coloured mine using my Copics and cut each of the pieces out. I created a subtle background using my Distress Inks. I die cut some snow hills using my Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Dies. The die cut sentiment was made using a Impression Obsession Merry Christmas Die. I added a touch of shimmer onto the sentiment using my Spectrum Noir Sparkle Brush Pen. Finally I added some adhesive pearls to the corners.

Supplies;

Honey Bee Stamps - Snow Buddies

Distress Inks - Mermaid Lagoon, Peacock Feathers

Impression Obsession Dies - Merry Christmas

Lawn Fawn Dies - Stitched Hillsides

Spectrum Noir - Sparkle Brush Pen

Copic Marker Pens

Adhesive Pearls

I will be back soon :)

Kitty xx

Christmas Hoops

Christmas seems to be creeping up on us fast. I've already spotted so many Christmas items in the shops. Luckily for me, I love Christmas! I love creating Christmas cards and decorations so it's definitely my favourite time of year. I'm sharing today a couple of decorative wreaths that I made...

I used some wooden embroidery hoops to create the shape. I then wrapped twine all around each one. I used a mixture of items from Ross Paper, Anna Marie Designs, The Range and The Works. I wrapped wreath borders around the inside of the hoop. I decorated the edges with snow topped branches, glitter stems and Berries. I added some wooden stars, a bow and some string mini bells. I had so much fun creating these, I will be definitely making some more wreaths.

Supplies;

Wooden Embroidery Hoops

Wreath Border Strips

Snow Topped Branches

Glitter Stems

White Mini Bell Strings

Distressed Wooden Stars

Berries

Twine

Ribbon and Lace

More creations from me coming this way soon.

Kitty xx

Cool Friend

Hi all,

Another wet and gloomy day here for me! After having the wedding, I now have lots of people's addresses in our family so now my plan is to send them all cards for Christmas - I am stockpiling! Today's card was made for new brand Strawberry Moon Designs...

I went for a clean and simple look with a splash of colour (pun not intended!). For this card I used the Strawberry Moon Designs (by Sue Taylor) Penguin Pals Stamp Set. I coloured all the images and cut them out. I created the ink splash with Salty Ocean Distress Ink spritzed with water. I embossed the sentiment in white onto black card, which is from the Christmas Sentiment Stamp Set. I added a strip of striped paper and a couple of enamel dots using Nuvo Drops. Strawberry Moon Designs Stamps will be launching on Create & Craft soon but in the meantime you can purchase them on the Facebook shop.

Supplies;

Strawberry Moon Designs Stamps - Penguins, Christmas Sentiments.

MFT Paper Pad - Black & White Stripes

Distress Ink - Salty Ocean

Nuvo Drops - Ebony Black

Copic Markers

Wow Embossing Powder

Versamark Ink

Thanks for popping by and I will be back with more creations soon.

Kitty xx

Disney In Nature

 Today I am sharing a couple of cards that I made using one of the latest Disney Kits from Create & Craft. I was so happy that they decided to do this range as it had various characters in rather than just based on one character - I hope they do more like this...

For both these cards I used Disney Be In Nature Collection. I used the Papers, Dies and Colourful Creations Pad from this new collection. I love the sort of sketchy way these have been designed. I mounted everything onto light kraft card. I added some ribbon, lace,  die cut border and pearls.

Supplies;

Create & Craft Disney Be In Nature - A4 Paper Pack, Thumper Die, Simba and Nala Die

M&C Dies - Borders

Kraft Card

Ribbon & Lace

Adhesive Pearls

Thanks for stopping by.

Kitty xx

Reindeer Games

Hi all,

Today I am sharing another Christmas card that I made this week using the new MFT Stamps that were released this month...

For this card I used the MFT Reindeer Games Stamp Set. I coloured them with Copics and cut them out. I created the background using Distress Inks in Salty Ocean & Tumbled Glass. I stamped lightly over the top using MFT Brush Splatter Stamp and gently embossed it to create a vintage background. I also added a light dusting of embossing powder around the edges of the card to create a distressed type look. Finally I added a strip of stripe washi ta,e some card and sentiment from the stamp set.

Supplies;

MFT Stamps - Reindeer Games, Brush Splatter Background

Distress Inks - Salty Ocean, Tumbled Glass

Copic Markers

White Embossing Powder

Washi Tape

Coloured Card

I will be back with more creations soon.

Kitty xx

Merry Santa

Hi all,

Another gloomy start to the week here, I can't wait for the clocks to change it's getting so hard getting up in the dark in the morning. Today I have a bright and cheery simple card that I made for Crafts Beautiful Magazine...

For this card I used the Doodlebug Christmas Town Paper Pad, Die Cut Toppers and Chit Chat Die Cut Sentiments. I added some twine, wooden stars and adhesive gems.

I will be back soon :)

Kitty xx

Winter Penguins

Hi all,

Gosh isn't it dark in the mornings at the moment?! Roll on when the clocks change. Today I have a cute winter card that I made with some of the latest Avery Elle Stamps...

For this card I used the Avery Elle Polar Playtime Stamp Set. I just love all the super cute penguins in this set! I coloured them with my Copic Pens as usual and cut them out. I used the Avery Elle Snow Scene Element Die for the circle snow piece. Such a fab die, I need to use it more. I added some pink spot paper behind it. I used the Lawn Fawn Hillside Borders and the Picket Fence Border Dies. The sentiment is Lawn Fawn Wavy Greetings and matching die. I added some pearls to finish.

Supplies;

Avery Elle Stamps - Polar Playtime

Avery Elle Dies - Snow Scene

Lawn Fawn Dies - Hillside Borders, Picket Fence, Wavy Greetings

Lawn Fawn Stamps - Wavy Greetings

Copic Marker Pens

Glitter and Coloured Card

Adhesive Pearls

I will be back soon :)

Kitty xx

Holly Jolly Bear

Hi all,

Today I am off to the hospital so I am scheduling this post so fingers crossed it has worked. I'm back to Christmas again today using some more of the fabulous new SugarPea Designs Stamps...

For this quick simple card I used the Hey Winter Stamp Set by SugarPea Designs. I coloured all the images with Copics and cut them out. I created the background using SugarPea Designs Geo Snowflake Stencil and gently brushed some Tumbled Glass Distress Ink through it. I finished by adding some Nuvo Glitter Drops.

Supplies;

SugarPea Designs Stamps - Hey Winter

SugarPea Designs Stencils - Geo Snowflake

Distress Ink - Tumbled Glass 

Nuvo Drops - Clear Glitter

Copic Markers

Kraft Card

I will be backs soon :)

Kitty xx

Hummingbirds

Hi all,

Today I am sharing something a bit different. I have loved Anna Marie Designs products for many years and I have quite a collection of her products. I don't often get the chance to play with them as much as I'd like to but this week I set aside some time to create a card with them. This is one heavy embellished card, maybe I should put it into a frame instead...

So I used lots of products on this card mostly from Anna Marie Designs. All the papers and images are from the Garden Bloom Lilac Paper Pad. I cut out some of the flowers and hummingbirds from the background papers so it all coordinated. I also used the Garden Bloom Post Cards & Tags. I distressed all the papers using my Tim Holtz Tonic Distress Tool and dabbed around the edges with some white paint. I used the Anna Marie Designs Bloom Flower Die to create the flowers and I added some pearls to the centres. I added some Nuvo Glitter onto painted mdf letters. I added some lace, ribbon with jewels, white lace material and natural fiber.

Supplies;

Anna Marie Designs Paper Pad - Garden Bloom Lilac

Anna Marie Designs Postcards & Tags - Lilac

Anna Marie Designs Dies - Bloom Flower

Wooden Letters

Nuvo Glitter Drops

Tonic Distress Tool

Natural Fibre

Voile Fabric

Pearl Embellishments

White Paint

Lace and Ribbon

I will be back soon.

Kitty xx

Snow Fun

Hi all,

So I'm in full Christmas mode at the moment! It's no surprise with all these fab holiday releases. I have so many images ready coloured on my desk waiting too. Today's card features some new release stamps from Avery Elle...

I seem to have a obsession for Snowmen this year - they're just so many cute stamps with them around at the moment. It's also a classic image but also great for winter. So for this card I used the Avery Elle Stamps Snow Fun. I coloured them with my Copic Pens and cut them out. I created the background using Distress Oxide Inks in Black Soot, Blueprint Sketch and Salty Ocean. I splattered the background with some water to create a light snow effect. I heat embossed the sentiment in white. I used the MFT Birch Tree Dies for the bare trees and Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside for the snow which was cut from Glitter Card. I finished by adding a few gems.

Supplies;

Avery Elle Stamps - Snow Fun

MFT Die-namics Dies - Birch Trees

Lawn Fawn Dies - Stitched Hillside Borders

Distress Oxide Inks - Black Soot, Blueprint Sketch, Salty Ocean

Memento Ink - Tuxedo Black

Versamark Embossing Ink

Wow Embossing Powder - White

Copic Markers

Coloured Card

Glitter Card

Adhesive Gems

I will be back soon :)

Kitty xx

Merry Bear

Hi all,

Another wet start to the week here but of course perfect crafting weather! Today I am sharing a clean and simple card that I made using some of the new release stamps from Sugarpea Designs...

For this card I used the new SugarPea Deisgns Stamps called Hey Winter. I stamped the images with Memento Ink and coloured them with Copics. I then cut each of them out. I used a Creative Expressions Woodgrain Embossing Folder for the background. I created the circle topper using MFT Dies Stitched Circle Frames and Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Borders. I created the Merry sentiment using the SugarPea Merry Die. I added some Nuvo Drops to the sky to create some faux snow.

Supplies;

SugarPea Designs Stamps - Hey Winter

SugarPea Designs Dies - Merry

Creative Expressions Embossing Folder - Woodgrain

MFT Die-namics Dies - Stitched Circle Frames

Lawn Fawn Dies - Stitched Hillsides

Coloured Card

Copic Markers

Memento Ink

I will be back soon :)

Kitty xx

Penguin Fun

Hi all,

Wow it has been so much more chillier this week! Today I am sharing a quick card that I made using some of the new releases from Hello Sweetums Stamps. I just can't resist super cute penguin stamps...

For this card I used the Hello Sweetums Stamps Snowy Smooches. I coloured them with my Copics and cut them out. How fun is the sentiment too - it is also in the stamp set! I created the background using Mermaid Lagoon & Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide Inks. I then added some splashes of water. I used Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Dies for the snow hills and added some light blue ink and glitter to the tops. I used my Nuvo Drops to create to translucent dots.

Supplies;

Hello Sweetums Stamps - Snowy Smooches

Lawn Fawn Dies - Stitched Hillside

Distress Oxide Inks - Mermaid Lagoon, Cracked Pistachio

DecoArt Glitter

Copic Markers

Nuvo Drops

I will be back soon :)

Kitty xx