Ball!

Hello peeps!

I have another Christmas card to share with you. Again I have used stamps that I've had for a while. I'm trying not to buy anymore as I have so many that I don't use enough. Of course, being a crafter, if a gorgeous set is released by a manufacturer, I may have to have it :o) 

What you need...

Stamps: Snow Day - The Cat's Pajamas

Patterned paper: Fa La La 6x6 Paper Pad - Crate Paper

Dies: circles

Alcohol markers: Copic

Ink pad: Onyx Black - Versafine

I have a couple of stamp sets by this artist from The Cat's Pajamas and it is still available from their website (click here). The other one is the adorable bunny too.

The Fa La La paper pad is full of cute images and patterns with a soft colour palette of pinks, reds, greens and some with gold foiling. Not sure how available this pad is now, but this stamp set would look good with any colour palette.

I hope you are all having a lovely day, thank you for stopping by and see you soon! x

Define Good - Crafts Beautiful Oct 2014 Issue

Hello my lovelies!

I do hope you are all enjoying your weekend. I've had a busy day making onion bread, sun-dried tomatoes (oven dried really), a big, huge enormous pot of ham hock, lentil & leek soup. I also picked the remaining few tomatoes and chillies in the greenhouse; plus I washed and sorted through some brambles I picked last week ready for a yummy apple & bramble crumble. 

Phew! I thought Sunday was supposed to be a day of rest! I've actually really enjoyed doing it. When I get into the home made foody stuff there's no stopping me.

After all that, I've managed to find a few minutes to say hello and show you the card I did for the master class in the current issue of Craft's Beautiful.

Isn't the image cute? It's from a stamp set called 'Define Good' by The Cat's Pajamas. I used some papers from my Christmas stash (one of my fave collections from My Mind's Eye called Colorful Christmas). I wish you could still get this collection :o((  The image was coloured in with the ol' faithful Promarkers.

Why not pop on over to the Crafts Beautiful website where there is loads of stuff for you to download for free. There are also lots of projects for you too.

Okay, that's me for the moment. Enjoy the rest of your Sunday and thanks for popping by. TTFN xx

Ball!

How do my lovelies?

Today I would like to share with you if I may, an amusing little Christmas card. I thought of this masterpiece last night in bed (I was trying to get to sleep).

I got up this morning all excited, ready to start on it whilst it was still fresh in my mind. 

I used a couple of stamp sets that I have in my stash to get the right effect. 

So here is the end result...

What you need...

Stamps: Swanky Snowdudes, Healthy vibes - Paper Smooches; Snow Day (K-1750CL) - The Cat's Pajamas

Card Stock: white, aqua

Promarkers: Frosted Jade, Ice Grey 1, Ocean Teal, Pastel Green, Pumpkin

Ink pad: Onyx Black - Versafine

Button: white

Baker's twine: black

Gems: black

Adhesives

What you do...

Stamp two snowmen, one with a little round mouth from the Swanky Snowdudes, the 'splat' bug from the Healthy Vibes and a snowball and 'Ball!' from the Snow Day stamp sets.

Colour in and cut out. Create a top fold white blank 10.5cm x 15cm and cover the top with an 8.5cm x 14.5cm piece of aqua card.

Stamp the sentiment in the bottom right corner. Wrap twine around the base of the card, over the edge of the aqua piece, thread through a button and tie in a bow above the sentiment.

Adhere the 'splat' to the face of the snowman without a mouth, mount the 'Ball!' onto a piece of aqua card, trim and fix to the blank along with both snowmen and the snowball. Add black gems to the eyes of the snowmen to finish.

Isn't it cute? I wanted to keep it CAS and use only a couple of colours; cool aqua shades and ice white were perfect.  

Don't be afraid to mix and match different stamp sets, it's amazing what you can come up with. Here are the sets I used.

©Paper Smooches - Swanky Snowdudes

©Paper Smooches - Healthy Vibes

©The Cat's Pajamas - Snow Day

Craft tip!!! If you stamp your images with Versafine, use a heat gun to 'set' the ink. The image won't bleed when you use alcohol based markers.

That all from me for now folks! Thank you so much for stopping by. Until next time...

Define Good #2

Hi peeps!

Ugh! The weather today is awful - wet, windy & cold. I know it's November, but a nice bright crisp day would be nice.

Anyhoo... I have another Christmas card to show you. It is a slight variation on the one I did last year (click here to view).

I decided rather than the bright red and green theme, I would do it more black and pink. I found a fantastic new collection by Lawn Fawn called Peace Joy Love. The collection has lovely simple images with a black, aqua, red, white and green theme with a subtle hint of pink in there too.

Here is what I came up with...

What you need...

Patterned paper: Klaus 12" x 12" Peace Joy Love Collection - Lawn Fawn

Stamp: Define Good - The Cat's Pajamas

Dies: Framelits Circles - Sizzix

Promarkers: Baby Pink, Bright Green, Ice Grey 1 & 2, Ruby, Tea Green

Ink pad: Onyx Black - Versafine

Card stock: white

Gems: pink, aqua, green

What you do...

Stamp and colour in the image then die cut into a circle. Die cut a larger circle in the Klaus paper.

Adhere to the bottom of a 13cm x 15cm blank so that the circle are slightly offset and overlap the right and bottom edges. Trim any excess.

Stamp 'Define Good' above the circles on the right and finish with a few gems.

You can buy the Peace Love Joy 6" x 6" Paper Pad by Lawn Fawn and the Define Good stamp set at http://www.mymumscraftshop.co.uk/ or click on the shop in the sidebar. Plus there are lots more goodies for you to browse.

Okay, I'm going to sign off now, I have a commission for Crafts Beautiful to finish, but I'll be back soon with another card.

Thanks for visiting xxx

What's New Pussycat?

Heevnin' peepsicles!

The weather is foggy and chilly here today, definitely January weather :(

Sorry I've not been around for a couple of days. I've been busy with commissions for Let's Make Cards and Crafts Beautiful.

I'd like to show you the birthday card I made for my niece Emily (you may remember from a previous post that she had the afro and goaty bubbles).

What you need...

Stamps: It's a Mod Mod World (W-7512) - The Cat's Pajamas; Quatros Snippets (LL994) - Hero Arts

Card Stock: white, lime, purple, turquoise

Ink: Onyx Black, Versafine; Lime, Mountain Lake, Violet - Versacolor

Brads: black, small

Acetate

Adhesives

How you do it...

Trim a 15cm square blank so that is angular. Repeat with dark turquoise and white card. Mat onto the blank.

Stamp the cat and stars onto lime card and trim. Stamp the television and cut out the screen, back with acetate, trim angular and attach brads over the knobs and antenna.  Mat onto the cat image with foam pads. Mount onto an angular piece of purple card, attach to the lower right corner of the blank.

Stamp the sentiment, trim, mount onto lime card and fix to the upper left corner, overlapping the edge of the card slightly.

Stamp a few Snippets around the television in coloured inks, stamp twinkles over them in black ink and a few twinkles around the top of the television. On a piece of white card, stamp a Snippet in Mountain Lake and a twinkle. Trim, mat onto turquoise card and attach to the left of the blank.

I just adore this stamp set. The images are just my thing, with the whole 1950's/1960's retro look. This set reminds me of a cartoon called 'The Jetsons' and some Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies. Yes I love Looney Tunes too - in fact we are building quite a collection on DVD - Daffy Duck & Bugs Bunny? My heroes. Bwah ha ha ha! Warner Bros. also did some quirky one off cartoons, which again are very retro and I love to watch.

Right, that's me for the nonce. Off now to finish the sausages in onion gravy - we're having it with huge Yorkshire Puddings (which I do make myself - smug look on face).

Thanks for calling, until next time. xxx

Define Good #1

And a jolly good evening to you!

Now then, the big question that children (and some adults) get asked at Christmas is 'Have you been good or naughty?'

So, this card is perfect for those who may have been a tad on the naughty side this year, me included.........

I think this image is just gorgeous. As soon as I saw it I had to have! It is called (surprise surprise) Define Good by The Cat's Pajamas. I stamped the image with black Versafine, heat embossed with clear powder and coloured it in with Promarkers. Then I added some glitter glue to the fur trim on the hat.

The image was die cut using a circle from the Sizzix Framelits - Circles set. A larger circle was cut in green card and another larger circle in spotty Christmas paper. These were layered up, adhered to the bottom right corner of a white blank, just so it overlapped the edges, and trimmed. The sentiment was then stamped above in black.

I've had the spotty paper for a few years now, it's Jolly Dot by Creative Imaginations, I don't think you can get it now, but there are a lot of spotty, Christmassy papers out there in some wonderful colours, so you don't just have to stick with the red and green theme.

Right-he-ho! Off now to order a pepperoni pizza....deep pan....mmmmmm.

Thanks for dropping by!

Colette xx