Happy Anniversary

Hi all :) 

I hope you have enjoyed the extra long bank holiday weekend so far. I was ill last week so I have been having a much needed rest! So today I am sharing one of my cards from last months Crafts Beautiful Magazine using the fabulous Doodlebug Collections...

For this card I have used the Doodlebug Cream & Sugar Paper Pad and also the Die Cuts too. The die cuts is packed with amazing embellishments. The coffees, sentiment, border and bunting is all from this pack. I only added some pearl hearts, a doily and some twine.

I will be back soon :) 

Kitty xx

Hey There

Hi all :) 

Sorry I have been missing in action for a few days. Jasmine's school has an extra week off school due to the fact the school is moving to a brand new building. We have three weeks off this month so I have been a bit preoccupied spending time with my baby girl. Today I am sharing a card from last months Making Cards Magazine, this one was made for a project showcasing the new Dreamerland Crafts Stamps...

For this card I used the Dreamerland Crafts Stamp called Friends which I coloured with my Copic Markers. I also paper pierced the girls dress with matching papers. I die cut the image using a Die-namics Stitched Scallop Circle Frame Die. The papers are a digital download from Etsy and are all scuffed up around the edges with a distress tool. I added lots of embellishments including flowers, lace, a doily, pearls and card candi. The sentiment is by Wplus9 which i stamped onto a die cut cloud.

I will be back with more creations very soon :) 

Kitty xx

Spring Birthday

Hi all :) 

Despite it being FREEZING here it' lovely to see the sun out! This has got to mean spring is just around the corner right? Talking of spring, here is a spring birthday card I made for Crafts Beautiful Magazine...

For this card I used the MFT Spring Tulips Stamps & Die Set. I coloured all the flowers with my copics and popped them up onto foam pads. The papers are from a Lawn Fawn Paper Pad and I added some enamel dots. The rectangle was die cut using the Double Stitched Rectangles Die-namics Dies. 

I will be back tomorrow with another creation :)

Kitty xx

Sending Happy Thoughts

Hello all,

Can you believe it's Monday again and the day is almost over? I seem to have blinked and missed it! So today I am sharing another of my Dreamerland Creations that was made for Quick Cards Made Easy....

I really do love these little characters, I think I must invest in some more of these designs on pay day. So this one is Rain or Shine which was coloured with my Copics. The papers are by Carta Bella which are all mounted onto pale kraft card. I also added some flowers, pearls and ribbon.

I will be back tomorrow :)

Kitty xx

Three Little Piggies

Today I am sharing one of my latest cards that was in last months Quick Cards Made Easy Magazine. I was thrilled when they asked me to create a project using the super cute Dreamerland Crafts Stamps as I love them! Here is my first card from this project...

How cute are these images? I used the Dreamerland Crafts My Three Little Pigs Stamp which I coloured up with my Copic Marker Pens. All the papers are from the Carta Bella It's A Boy & It's A Girl Paper Pads.I mounted them all onto pale kraft card. I also added some ribbon, a doily, paper flowers, gems, a sentiment and some card candi.

I will be back tomorrow :)

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

Cactus Birthday

Hello, So back to normal routine today! As expected we have a wet school run first thing - it always rains first thing on the school run. So I thought I would try and squeeze in a bit more summer before we are full onto autumn/winter season, so I have a bright summery card to share with you....

My daughter is obsessed with cactus everything so she was the inspiration behind this one. The cactus are die cuts from the Fun In The Sun Die Cuts and I added some goodly eyes to them. The papers are the matching Doodlebug Fun In The Sun Paper Pad. I also used MFT Stitched Mini Scallop Circle STAX which i embossed. I also added a banner and some gems.

Challenges;
ABC - O for Open
Crafting By Design - Anything Goes
Simon Says - Anything Goes

Kitty xx

Bamboo Rose

Hello lovely crafters :) 

I know many of you do the whole clean and simple so well but mine always end up taking me ages, mostly faffing I have to admit - does anyone else have this problem?! Anyway I decided to challenge myself to making a real CAS one layer card quickly..I did it, I did it!!! 

I knew when I got my lovely new Altenew Stamps exactly what I wanted to do with them and for once it actually turned out how I wanted them to - yay! The stamps I used are Altenew Bamboo Rose. These are outline ones which are perfect for colouring and I decided to use my new Kuretake Clean Color Pens. I got my set of 48 from Amazon - they are almost half price there! Got to say I am loving them so far but I am sure as I play with them more I will try out different techniques.

Back to normal routine tomorrow, I will miss my girls like mad but I do have loads of work on to keep me busy so it's not too bad.

Kitty xx

You Are Magical

Good Morning :) 

So now the new issue of Making Cards Magazine is out I can share my makes from last months issue. I have been itching to share my Unicorn Cards, I am thrilled how they turned out in the end and hope you like them too. So here is the first one....

 I created the background of this card using some distress markers scribbles onto acetate with a touch of water. I then die cut the panel using the Wonky Stitched Rectangle Dienamics Dies. I added some glitter washi tape across the middle along with some large pearls. The clouds were die cut using the Dienamics Puffy Clouds. The unicorns were stamped then die cut with the MFT Magical Unicorn Stamp & Die Set. I coloured each of the images with my copic pens and attached them all in place with foam pads. I used my Wink Of Stella Pen to add some glitter to the stars.

Challenges;
Simon Says - Let's Go Wild
Colour Crazy - Anything Goes
Stamping Sensations - Anything Goes
Penny Black & More - Anything Goes

I will be back tomorrow with my second card from this project :)

Kitty xx

Beautiful Thanks

Hello crafty friends. It's time for my DT card for My Mums Craft Shop. For my creation this week I decided to use some My Favorite Things products to create a pretty thank you card....

For this card I used the Beautiful Blooms Stamp & Die Set which were all stamped with various dye inks. There are so many flowers in this set the possibilities really are endless! The background papers are Tranquil Textures. I then added the Twice The Thanks sentiment die which was die cut in white then die cut in grey. I then added some ribbon and gems to finish.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges;
Penny Black & More - Anything Goes with a Stamp
Southern Girls - Anything Goes

Kitty xx

Magical Birthday Wishes

Good Morning Crafters :)

I hope it is sunny where you are today - it's a bit dark and cloudy here but that does mean perfect crafting weather ;) Today I thought I would share a card I made using Avery Elle Pixie Dust...

I had so much fun creating this card. I coloured my Pixie and clouds using my Copics and cut them out. I applied ink to the background and die cut with the Wonky Stitched Rectangle Die-namics Dies. I also added some twine, white dots with a sharpie and quite a bit of glitter to the stars - doesn't show up too well in the picture. I also added some grey polka dot paper onto the card.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge...
LC Designs - Anything Goes

I will be back soon with more creations :)

Kitty xx

Own Kind of Beautiful

Good Morning! 

Another great start to the week, I have finished another magazine project so now I can spend a bit of time with my daughter before I start the next one - lots of fun things planned! So today I am sharing my latest DT card that I made for My Mums Craft Shop...

 Originally this one was going in a magazine too but it went AWOL and hasn't been found, such a shame as i spent ages lining up all the flowers on the this card. For this card I used the stunning Altenew Peony Bouquet. I used the Red Cosmos Inks & Green Fields Inks. I also used the Altenew Wood Pallet Background Stamp which was stamped in grey. The sentiment is from the Altenew Painted Inspiration Stamp Set. Some of these products may be out of stock at the moment but we are always getting them back in again so always keep checking.

Be back soon :) 

Kitty x

Happy

Hello Crafty Friends!

Well isn't it scorching hot here at the moment?! I will make this quick though as the laptop is burning my legs! I created this card for My Mums Craft Shop using lots of scrummy products from the shop! We have lots of new products due this month so keep checking here for the latest :) 

For this card I used the Lucky Stars Die-namics, Wonky Rectangles Dies and also Happy Trio Die-namics. I also added a watercolour splash to the background - still loving this style at the moment. I added a strip of black and white card and finished with some enamel dots.

Hope you all enjoy the sunshine, seems to wipe me out for days but I will try and enjoy it as much as possible! Only one day of school left for my girls..can't wait! 

Kitty xx

I'm In Hog Heaven

I'm back!! So I've had a little break from blogging for a few weeks, lots going on behind the scenes, magazine work and a bit of crafters block which doesn't help! Today I had fun creating a DT card for My Mums Craft Shop. As you will  know MFT is one of my all time fav companies to work with - so glad that we get to stock these beautiful products..this is using one of the new release piggy stamps..

I am loving creating watercolour effect backgrounds at the moment - they are just so much fun and no two are ever the same. I created the background using distress inks and a water spray. I also flicked some inks onto the background. The stamps are MFT Hog Heaven coloured with Copics and die cut. I die cut the watercolour panel with Die-namics Double Stitched Rectangle Dies. The background was die cut with Die-namics Wonky Rectangles and glued onto a card blank. The sentiment was stamped and heat embossed with white embossing powder. I also added a strip of stripey paper along with a couple of enamel dots.

Catch you all soon :) 

Kitty

Splish Splash

Good Morning!

I have a very bright and colourful card to share with you today. I am loving the on trend 'mermaids' and 'unicorns' at the moment so I decided to have a play with the new Doodlebug Under The Sea Collection...

This card is made entirely from papers & stickers! The papers are of course the Doodlebug Under The Sea Paper Pad - we are due another delivery within the next week or so, so make sure you look out for that. I also used the matching Cardstock Stickers. If you pop them up on 3d foam pads or mount them onto card you can turn them into toppers. I mounted everything onto white card for a clean look. I also used Stitched Scallop Edges, Double Stitched Circle Die-namics and a embossing folder. I added some sparkly self adhesive rhinestones to finish.

Have a lovely day :)

Kitty

Hello

Hello!

Today is MFT release day which has got to be one of my fav days of the month!! I always love at least some of the release if not all of it. I couldn't wait to create something with the new releases so I have already created a quick card...

I did a fair bit of watercolouring for this card. The background panel is a watercolour effect panel I created with my Spectrum Noir Aqua Pens, I also coloured the flowers with them too. The flowers are the new Build-able Bouquet Stamps & Dies. You can also get the stamps on their own. The word is from the new Hello There Die-namics Set. I also used the Wonky Rectangles & Double Stitched Rectangles along with some gems. Sorry for the dark photo, was horrible weather this morning.

Kitty xx

A Latte Birthday Wishes

Hello again, today I am back with my second 'Starbucks style cup card! I really did have so much fun playing with these dies, I loves them! This was featured in February's issue of Making Cards Magazine.

 I pretty much used the same products for this card as yesterday's which are; Cool Cup Stamps & Dies and Double Stitched Circle Dies all by MFT available at My Mums Craft Shop. I created the background using a triangle stencil by Stamposaurus. I also added some lace and a ribbon bow. You could create a Costa style one but using red instead of green - I might try that next!

I will be back with my other card from this project.

Kitty xx

Cool Cup Duo

Hello and sorry I haven't been around for a little bit. As usual the Easter holidays take priority which means everything else gets a bit neglected but it is so lovely so spend time with my girls. Today I am sharing a new project that was made for Making Cards Magazine. I am really pleased how these come out in the end, very Starbucks style...

 So for this card I used lots of products by MFT which are available from MMCS. They are; Cool Cup Stamps & Dies and Double Stitched Circle Dies. I created the background using a triangle stencil by Stamposaurus. I also used a dot stencil on the cups. The lids were made using plain vellum for a more frosty style - you could also use acetate too. I added a couple of Enamel Dots onto the sentiment banner to finish.

I will be back with my other card from this project.

Kitty xx

Lil Robot

I just realised I forgot to upload this little fella that was also included in my Love Robots for Making Cards Magazine. How could I forget this little cutie....

I created the background by brushing on some ink and allowing to dry. I used the I heart you and heart stamps from the stamp set to create the background. The stamps are of course Bionic Bots by MFT Stamps and available in my shop My Mums Craft Shop.

I will be back soon :) 

Kitty xx

Toasty Greetings

Hello crafters :)

Have you seen the latest new MFT release? OMG it's amazing full of gorgeousness and so many must haves! I decided to use the new snowman stamp set for this card...

 The stamp set by MFT is called Toasty Greetings and features so many lovely images and sentiments to match. I coloured my snowman with Copics and added lots of glamour dust - can't have too much glitter at Christmas! I also used the Pierced Circle Frame Die-namics. I teamed up an old stencil with distress inks for the background and added some ribbon.

All the products can be found at My Mums Craft Shop.

I am off to the NEC tomorrow to stock up on some crafty essentials.

See you all soon :)

Kitty xx