Warm Hugs Winter Scene

Good morning crafty friends. Today I am sharing a fun Christmas/winter card using fun images from  Lawn Fawn...

 

These stamps are actually from the Simon Says Stamp Stamptember release, this one being the one designed by Lawn Fawn called Sledding By. I stamped the images and coloured them with Copics, then cut them out. I added lots of glitter to the tree tops and the critters hats! I created the blended background using Uncharted Mariner, Peacock Feathers & Salvaged Patina Oxide Inks. I then die cut it using my MFT Die (it's an old one!) called Snowfall Vertical then glued it onto white card. I used my Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Borders to create the snowhills and added some glitter to the tops. I used my Heffy Doodle Warm Hugs sentiment which was cut from vellum and white card, stacked and layered togethers.


Supplies;
Simon Says Stamp Lawn Fawn - Sledding By
Lawn Fawn Dies - Stitched HIllside Borders
My Favorite Things Dies - Snowfall Vertical
Heffy Doodle Dies - Warm Hugs
Distress Oxide Inks - Uncharted Mariner, Peacock Feathers, Salvaged Patina
Copic Markers
Glitter


Thank you ever so much for popping by today. I will be back tomorrow bright and early with the start of the new Clearly Besotted November Release Previews!

Kitty xx

STAMPtember Everyday Home

Hello crafty peeps! Very exciting news today... SugarPea Designs have teamed up with Simon Says Stamp for STAMPtember. This means there is a exclusive collab stamp set which is now available over at Simon Says Stamp. This set is called Everyday Home and is simply stunning. Scroll below for my card.

For this card I used the Simon Says Stamp Everyday Home Stamp Set. I coloured each of the images with Copic Pens and cut them out. I created the wall background using SugarPea Designs English Bond Brick Wall Stencil with Bundle Sage Distress Oxide Ink. I then masked off a little area at the bottom and blended a little Pumice Stone Distress Oxide Ink. I stamped & layered the sentiment onto card. I arranged each of the images onto the card and fixed them in place with foam pads.


Supplies;
Simon Says Stamp Staps - Everyday Home
SugarPea Designs Stencils - English Bond Brick Wall
Distress Oxide Inks - Bundled Sage, Pumice Stone
Copic Pens
Coloured Card


Thank you ever so much for visiting me today and for all your likes/comments over on my social channels. I will be back next week with some more of my latest creations.

Kitty xx

Bee & Flower Friends

Hello friends! I hope you have been enjoying the glorious sunshine we have been having. It's been getting a bit too hot in my craft room so I haven't been able to create as much as I would have liked to. The sun wipes me out! Anyway, today I am sharing a colourful card featuring some of the new Clearly Besotted Stamps...

For this card I used Clearly Besotted Flower Friends Additions Stamp Set to create the lovely flowers at the bottom. The large bee is from the Balloon Bunch Bugs Stamp Set and the little ones are from the Flower Friends Stamp Set. I coloured each of them with Copics and cut them out. I created a sky background using my MFT Slimline Cloud Edges Stencil and a little Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide Ink. I used my Simon Says Stamp CZ DEsign Friends Die to create the layered sentiment. I finished by added a printed sentiment from Time For Teas Brighter Days Sentiment Cards.


Supplies;
Clearly Besotted Stamps - Flower Friends Additions, Flower Friends, Balloon Bunch Bugs
Simon Says Stamp Dies - CZ Design Friends
My Favorite Things Stencils - Slimline Cloud Edges
Distress Oxide Ink - Mermaid Lagoon
Copic Pens


Thank you so much for stopping by today. I will be back very soon with another creation.

Kitty xx

Botanical Hello

Hello crafty friends. Today I am sharing another of my cards and tags that I made for my random act of kindness packs. I've done over 20 now but I have to go into hospital tomorrow so I may have a few days rest afterwards. I kept this one clean and simple and also made a matching tag...

For this card & tag I used Altenew Botanical Rhapsody Washi Tape. I simple placed it over the front of my card to use as a background. I lightly coloured in some of the flowers with my Copics. You have to be a bit careful doing this and not blend so much or it will run and ruin your card.  I used on of my current favourite dies for the sentiment Simon Says Stamp CZ Design Hello Dies. I layered it in dark grey and white card. I added a strip of patterned paper and some gems to finish. I used the same products for the tag but cut the shape using my Clearly Besotted Tag Along Dies. I also added some twine to the top.


Supplies;
Altenew Washi Tape - Botanical Rhapsody
Simon Says Stamp Dies - CZ Design Hello
Clearly Besotted Dies - Tag Along
Copic Markers
Twine
Gems

Thank you ever so much for popping by today. I will be back tomorrow with my weekly Time for Tea Designs card. Have a great day!

Kitty

Simple Hello

Hello crafty friends! Today I am sharing a quick card that I made for another one of my RAK packs. They are certainly keeping me busy and it's a great reason for me to use my new crafty stash!

I decided I wanted to make something bright with rainbow colours so of course I reached for my Distress Oxides! I used a stencil from the Stencil Floral Pack by Craft Sensations. I added lots of Distress Inks over the top gently blending each one together. The colours I used are - Picked Raspberry, Mustard Seed, Mowed Lawn, Peacock Feathers & Wilted Violet. Most of them are my most used colours! I used Simon Says Stamp CZ Design Hugs Die, I love this one it's the perfect size and I love the font. I used one of my Printed Sentiments from Simon Says Stamp. They are so useful to have on hand, I need to restock! I finished by adding some Dew Drops from Lucy's Little Things.

Supplies;
Simon Says Stamp Dies - CZ Design Hugs
Craft Sensations Stencils - Floral Pack
Distress Oxide Inks - Picked Raspberry, Mustard Seed, Mowed Lawn, Peacock Feathers, Wilted Violet
Lucy's Little Things - Dew Drops


In other news, I have great delight in announcing I will be April's Guest Designer for Clearly Besotted! I am beyond excited and I can't wait to share the previews with you tomorrow! I also was invited to join the Time For Tea Design Team so I will be sharing my first project for them tomorrow too!

Thank you ever so much for stopping by today and of course for all your likes and comments on my social media pages. You guys rock! See you tomorrow with two cards.

Kitty xx

Love Bear

Hello crafty friends. Today I am back to share with you a card I made using the latest Simon Says Stamp February Kit. Mine took forever to arrive due to all the delays at customs with covid etc so I have only just got it. I couldn't wait to play with it though...

 

For this card I used the Simon Says Stamp Love You Beary Much Stamp Set. I coloured the images with Copics and cut them out. I heat embossed the I Love You sentiment using Hero Arts White Embossing Powder. I created a blended background using Cracked Pistachio & Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide Inks. I then used the Heart Stencil that also came in the kit. I added some small strips of patterned paper at the bottom of the card and mounted the panel onto black card. I finally added some clear heart embellishments from Lucy's Litttle Things.

Supplies;
Simon Says Stamp - February Card Kit
Distress Oxide Inks - Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feathers
Hero Arts Embossing Powder - Detail White
Lucy's Little Things - Clear Hearts
Copic Markers
Patterned Papers
Black Card

Thank you once again for visiting me and all your likes/comments across my social media pages. It really makes my day each one I get and helps me build my confidence back up again which is much needed right now.

Kitty xx

Bright Love You

Happy Monday my crafty friends! It's back to normal routine for us here today, Jazz is back to school, hubby at work etc. It will be lovely to get back to a more normal life again but of course I will miss my Jazzybean so much after 6 months of her being at home with me but she is happy to be able to see her friends and be at school once again. Anyway onto some crafting! Something bright and colourful to start off the new week...

For this card I used Pink Fresh Studio Pop Out Sunburst Die for the background Panel. I used a rainbow mix of Distress Oxide Inks blended together on my panel before I die cut it. The lovely big Love You Die is from CZ Design by Simon Says Stamp. The printed sentiment is also from Simon Says Stamp. I die cut some delicate leaves from vellum, these are the Greenery Dies from The Stamp Market. I added some pearls and sequins from Lucy's Little Things to finish.

Supplies;
Pink Fresh Studio Dies - Pop Out Sunburst
Simon Says Stamp Dies - CZ Chunky Love You Die
The Stamp Market Dies - Greenery
Distress Oxide Inks - Picked Raspberry, Squeezed Lemonade, Peacock Feathers, Wilted Violet, Mowed Lawn, Broken China
Simon Says Stamp Sentiment Strips
Lucy's Little Things - Sequins & Pearls
Vellum & Card

Thank you for taking time out of your day to spend with me. Have a bright and cheerful Monday and I will be back soon.

Kitty xx

Floral Thank You

 Hi all. We are approaching the normal routine, Jazz goes back to school next week so it is going to be very quiet soon! Perfect for crafting, especially with this winter weather we have here right now. Anyway... onto today's card. This one is a simple card that I made recently and forgot to post...

For this card I used Pink Fresh Studio Simply Diamonds Die & Diamonds Cling Stamps. I stamped the background over the die cut panel then used the block diamond stamp to create the coloured pieces. I used my new Catherine Pooler Inks for those. I stamped and die cut the little flowers too. The big sentiment is Simon Says Stamp CZ Design Jumbo Thank You Die. I cut it from black and die cut the shadow from vellum.

Supplies;
Pink Fresh Studio Stamps - Pop Out Diamonds Cling
Pink Fresh Studio Dies - Simply Diamonds. Floral Bunches
Simon Says Stamp Dies - CZ Design Extra Large Thank You
Catherine Pooler Inks
Card & Vellum

Thank you for stopping by and I will be back tomorrow with another creation.

Kitty xx

Mermaid Vibes

Hello crafty friends! Today I am sharing a quick card that I made using those fabulous mermaid stamps again, I just love them...

For this card I used Simon Says Stamp Be A Mermaid Stamp Set. I stamped, coloured the images with Copic Markers and cut them out. I then covered the entire tail with Versamark Ink and heat embossed with Brutus Monroe Rainbow Sparkle Embossing Powder. It's so sparkly! I used my MFT Cloud Edge Stencil along with Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide Ink to create the cloud background. I added the stamped sentiments from the same stamp set. I added some Clear Raindrop Embellishments to finish.

Supplies;
Simon Says Stamp - Be A Mermaid
MFT Stencil - Cloud Edges
Distress Oxide Ink - Mermaid Lagoon
Brutus Monroe Embossing Powder - Rainbow Sparkle
Copic Markers
Clear Raindrops

Thank you for popping by today, I will be back soon with more creations.

Kitty xx

Making Waves

 Hello! What's happened to the sunshine? The good news is I can actually get in my craft room now - it was sweltering, even with the fan on! Today I thought I would share a card I made using some new stamps that I got this week from Simon Says Stamp...

For this card I used one of newer releases frim Simon Says Stamp - Be a Mermaid. I had great fun colouring these in rain bow colours with my Copics. I covered the whole image with Brutus Monroe Rainbow Sparkle Embossing Powder. It's the first time I've used it and I absolutely love it! I used an old MFT Background Stamp which I embossed in white. I then use Tumbled Glass Distress Ink over the background. I created shaker window panel, added some sequins and glitter card at the back. The sentiments are from the same stamp set. I finished by adding some Raindrops.

Supplies;

Simon Says Stamp - Be A Mermaid

MFT Stamps - Scallop Background

MFT Dies - Inside & Out Stitched Circles

Distress Oxide Ink - Tumbled Glass

Brutus Monroe Embossing Powder - Rainbow Sparkle

Lucy's Little Shop - Raindrops & Sequins

Copic Markers

As always I really appreciate you stopping by and all your likes on my social media pages. Check out the links on the side panel if you would like to follow me. Have a great crafty weekend!

Kitty xx

Rainbow Thank You

I am still loving rainbows but not just actual shaped rainbows also rainbow colours and blends. I made up a batch of backgrounds and thought this one would be idea with this large sentiment. I love to send a thank you card to brighten someones day and let them know they are appreciated...

For this card I created the background using some of my new Pink Fresh Studio Liquid Watercolours. I lightly painted the colours on in stripes and gently blended them slightly with a paintbrush. I used one of the new Simon Says Stamp Dies, this one is Extra Large Thank You. I die cut it from white card several times and layered it onto the shadow cut from vellum. I added a stamped sentiment from MFT Kind Thanks Stamp Set. I added a strip of striped paper to make the colours pop. I added lots of coloured jewels around the sentiment for some extra sparkle.

Supplies;

Simon Says Stamp Dies - Extra Large Thank You

MFT Stamps - Kind Thanks

Pink Fresh Studio Liquid Watercolours

Patterned Paper

Vellum & Card

Little Things - Jewels

Thank you for stopping by today, be sure to sign up to my blog updates on the side. Take Care!

Kitty xx

Koala Birthday

Hi all,

Today I am back to share a card that I made for Crafts Beautiful Magazine. I got to play with these super cute Koala Bears...

For this card I used the Koalaty Time Stamps by Simon Says Stamp. I coloured them with my Copic Pens. I used the Scallop Stitched Circles & Double Stitched Circle Die-namics Dies. I also added some gems to finish.

I will be back soon :) 

Kitty xx

I'll Never Forget You

Hi all :) 

I have been busy sorting out my craft area today and have loads of bits to sell. If you like a bargain pop over to my Facebook as i'll be adding them later tonight/tomorrow. So another colourful card to share with you today...this time some safari friends for Crafts Beautiful Mag :) 

 I created this card using the Stacking Animals from Simon Says Stamp. I coloured them in using copic markers and fussy cut around them. I also used a Double Stitched Rectangle by Die-namics and some Doodlebug papers. I added some pearls onto the sentiment strip to finish.

I will be back tomorrow :) 

Kitty xx

Funny Animals Two

 Hello peeps, well I don' know about you but my Monday flew by! I have been so busy and before I knew it, it was time again for the school run - where does time go?! I am back today to share with you my other two cards from my funny animals project for Crafts Beautiful...

I love these stamps - they are just the cutest aren't they?! I used my fav combo for these cards, Mint & Pink - that was actually the colour of my old bathroom! So for these cards I again used the Simon Says Stamp Farm Animals. I also used the MFT Diagonal Stripe Background Stamp along with Blueprints 15 for the stitched rectangle. I also used the MFT Die-namics Instaframe along with some twine, gems & pearls.

I would like to enter the following challenges...

The Crazy Challenge - Happy Birthday (Card One)

Sentimental Sundays - Anything Goes (Card One)

Clear It Out - Animals (Card One)

Craft Your Passion Anything Goes(Card One)

A Gem Of A Challenge - Clean & Simple (Card Two)

Whoopsi Daisy - Add A Sentiment (Card Two)

Di's Digi Designs - Birthdays (Card Two)

Deep Ocean - Our Furry Friends (Card Two)

I will be back very soon :)

Kitty xx

Funny Animals

Well where has this week gone?! Is it really Sunday again and almost Monday?! I am been super busy today catching up on my magazine work after being ill earlier in the week. I am almost back on track now which means I can play with my new stash soon from Farnborough Show yay. Today I am sharing two of my cards from my latest project in Crafts Beautiful Magazine...

For these cards I used some fabulous stamps by Simon Says Stamp called Farm Animals. The background I created using the MFT Diagonal Stripe Background Stamp. I also used some of the MFT Blueprints for the stitched square & border die. I also added some sequins too for a bit of sparkle. If you missed my project you can also download it here.

I would like to enter the following challenges...
The Stamping Boutique - More Than One Layer (First Card)
Eureka Stamps - Birthday Cards (First Card)
 Crafty Cardmakers - Stripes (First Card)
ABC Challenge - E For Exceptionally Cute (First Card)
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes (First Card)
Crafty Catz - Use Dies (Second Card)
Simply Create Too - Mostly Green (Second Card)
 

I will be back very soon :)

Kitty xx