Sweet sitting Tilda

Hi everyone and I hope you've had a good weekend. A card to show today that I made a while ago for a sweet friend using  Magnolia Sitting Tilda and the friend sentiment stamps. She's coloured with distress inks and the card base is die cut using a GoKreate die. I've used Webster's Pages Hollywood paper, hand dyed ribbon, pearl pen, prima flowers and gems.

Challenge #3 at TOMIC blog has started today so if you're a Magnolia lover I hope you'll join us this week and be in with the chance of a lovely gift from Magnolia or a top five mention :).

Enjoy your day!

Katzelkraft - Notebook

Hi everyone! A notebook that I've made to show today for Katzelkraft using stamps KTZ91, KTZ93, KTZ 94 and KTZ96 and which I'm entering into the Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge which has a theme of distressed/torn edges this week, hopefully distress means sanding and sponging the edges which I've done on the covers using walnut stain distress ink.

The notebook covers  are chipboard covered with card that I stamped on. The front cover image was coloured with copics and pencils and the title is handwritten. The card for the inside and back covers was inked with distress ink, sprayed with perfect pearls and water, sanded and then  sponged around the edges, then glued to the covers. I've painted the covers with a layer of gloss medium to protect them as I'll be keeping the notebook in my handbag. The book was put together with some printer paper cut to size using my binding machine.

Katzelkraft stamps are available exclusively in the UK at the Craft Barn and from Katzelkraft Stamps in France.

Enjoy your day!

Faberge inspired butterfly

Hi everyone! Hope your weekend was good. It's my day on the Katzelkraft blog today and I've made a wall hanging inspired by Faberge which I'm entering into the challenges of 'twine' and the colour challenge of 'red and gold' at Gingersnap Creations (that's if I'm allowed to enter both with one piece, not sure), hope you'll pop over there as they have some lovely challenges, gorgeous art and techniques etc. 

I've used  the lovely 'Physalis et Petits Oiseaux' plate which is a versatile set and great for making backgrounds. My butterfly is a piece of chipboard cut on my die cutting machine, then covered with white stamping card and it's about eight inches wide. I stamped the flower and embossed with gold powder then sponged with fired brick and wild honey distress ink to fit in with the colour theme. There's twine to hang the butterfly from and also for the antennae to fit the twine challenge at Gingersnaps. To try and get the Faberge jewelled look  I added some die cut swirls sprayed with gold cosmic shimmer spray, a prima enamel style flower, gems large and small and lots of pearl pen dots. 

The stamps are available at Katzelkraft Stamps in France and in the UK at the Craft Barn.

Enjoy your day!

Paris

Hi everyone, hope you've had a good day. I've made a tag to post today using the gorgeous Katzelkraft Paris KTZ 35-01 stamp plate which I love. The background of the tag was made using the faux batik technique (embossing the stamping with clear powder, sponging with distress inks and then ironing the embossing powder off.) After that I stamped over with the Paris sentiment and outlined it with white gel pen. I've added a punched border round two sides of the tag, lots of swirls made with pearl pens, a punched butterfly, flowers and the Sizzix Alterations mannequin die cut shape which is stamped in black with the script stamp from the set. 

I'm entering my tag into Simon Says Stamp and Show challenge where it's 'anything goes' this week. Ribbon Carousel and a challenge of 'Shabby Chic', hopefully the Paris theme is chic :) and I've used pretty ribbon. Papertake Weekly is 'Fancy a Punch' (punched border and butterfly). 

Beautiful Tilda

Hi everyone, I hope you're all well and had a good weekend. A card today using Beautiful Tilda and very aptly named I think because she is and probably my new favourite :D! She's coloured with distress inks, some cobalt blue water colour paint and I've painted a flower scene around her. The card is a gatefold style made from kraft card and die cut using a GoKreate die. The patterned paper is by Magnolia and I die cut the butterfly twice using the gorgeous new DooHickey butterfly, it's a very pretty lacey cut design, the wings and body are separate dies which is great as you can cut the body and the wings in different colours or patterns. I've added lots of pearls using pearl pens and lots of stardust stickles of course :).

I'm entering my card into the Magnolia Down Under Challenge where this week the theme is 'So Krafty' and kraft card has to be used. I'm also entering Paperplay Challenges with a theme of 'show us your style' and distress ink colouring and techniques are my favourites so I think this card fits that. Paper Sundaes has a theme of magical and mythical so I think the card fits that too.

Apologies for not returning comments but we've been away on holiday, hope to catch up soon. Enjoy your evening :)

Poppy Weather

Hi everyone and it's another beautiful sunny day here in the UK, I hope it is where you are too. I have a house mouse card to show today and as it feels like poppy weather I think this little snoozer is just right :). He's from a lovely House Mouse set available from The Craft Barn and there are lots of gorgeous sets available.  I painted him with distress inks  onto smooth watercolour paper and added stickles glitter, nestabilities circles dies and punched butterflies with Craft Creations dark grey gingham paper.  As it's Easter The Craft Barn has free postage on all UK orders, free postage on European orders over £20 and other international destinations free postage for orders over £30 until Monday.

I'm entering my card into Cute Card Thursday challenge of  'no text', The ABC Challenge 'sparkle' and Fluttery Wednesday Challenge which is an open theme but must include a butterfly, fairy or angel..

Enjoy your day and thank you as always for your lovely comments :)

Tilda with flower pot for Cute Card Thursday and Stamptacular Sunday

Hi everyone, hope you're having a good week and if you're in the UK enjoying the gorgeous weather? A card today using the beautiful Flower Pot Tilda, definitely my favourite at the moment :) and this card was sent to my sweet friend Kim for her Birthday :), so now I can add it to my blog and scrape in on the challenge at Cute Card Thursday where the challenge is 'weather inspired' and I think Tilda is enjoying a spring walk in the countryside! The challenge at Stamptacular Sunday is 'use your favourite Magnolia stamp' so I'm entering that too. 

I've also used the spring fence stamp and masked the two together. all the painting is done with distress inks and I've added some handmade fabric flowers, paper roses and embossed the card layers under the image with a Crafts Too butterfly embossing folder. 

Enjoy your evening and thank you as always for your lovely comments.

Katzelkraft Tag - Simon Says Stamp and Show - Anything but a card

Hi everyone, hope you had a good weekend and a Happy Mother's Day if you're here in the UK. A tag to show today for the Katzelkraft blog and also for Simon Says Stamp and Show where the challenge is 'anything but a card'.

I've used the gorgeous 'Paris KTZ35' plate to make my collage stamped tag which has some wonderful stamps with a Paris theme and lots of options for postal type creations. A gorgeous large text stamp is included which stamps very crisply, another set that will get a lot of use :D. I've stamped and sponged with distress inks and it's looking very green :D, not great light to photograph and all the wild honey ink isn't as bright as it is IRL but the shimmer shows up :D which is something! I spritzed with a green and a cocoa shimmer mist for some sparkle. The metal corner and die cut hinge were embossed with Ranger distress embossing powder in vintage photo and I inked some ribbon to match the colours in the tag.

The stamps are available at Katzelkraft Stamps in France and in the UK at The Craft Barn.
Have a good day today.

MDUC Shabby Chic

Hi everyone, hope you've had a good week and thank goodness, it's nearly the weekend :). I'm entering my card today into the MDU Shabby Chic challenge and hopefully I have enough white for it to qualify, well there are lots of light colours anyway :D. I've used the sweet 'Tilda with daffodil' from the new collection and painted her with distress inks. The card has Webster's Pages paper and I cut the Doo Hickey tag from the paper too as I liked the sentiment. 

Have a good Friday.

katzelkraft Transportation

Hi everyone, hope you had a good weekend and you're enjoying some nice weather, it's been beautiful here and nice to see some sun for a change.

I have a Katzelkraft project to show today and I've used stamps from the Transportation set which I love and I know I'll be using this a lot for all the male birthdays that I have coming up. 

The plane image is stamped onto three domino size stampbord pieces which I coloured with various distress inks. The stampbord was taped down and butted up against each other before stamping with Archival ink and  I stamped the sentiments over and around the plane without re-inking them each time then scratched in the details and highlights with a scratch tool. The stampbord is mounted on an inked chipboard rectangle and that onto a Sizzix alterations baroque die cut chipboard piece also inked with distress ink. 

Katzelkraft stamps are available in France at Katzelkraft Stamps and in the UK at The Craft Barn.

Enjoy your day. :)

Katzelkraft - Simon Says Stamp and Show - Stars

Hi everyone! A Katzelkraft card today using the new music stamp set and I think this is a great set for cards for the boys/men in our lives with lots of options in the variety of the stamps! I'm entering my card into Simon Says Stamp and Show where this week the challenge is 'stars' and there's some fantastic inspiration as always from the DT.

I stamped the guitar with distress inks, cut it out and stamped the background also with distress inks and various stamps from the set over a spritzed distress inked piece of white card. All the edges are distressed with scissors and after arranging the guitar using glue gel and the star brad I doodled around them in black and sparkle pens.

Katzelkraft stamps are available in France here and in the UK at the Craft Barn here.

Enjoy your day and I'd just like to say thank you for all the lovely comments left on my card on Sunday, they're all very much appreciated :)

TSG 'In All The World' Blog Hop Challenge

Hi everyone and welcome to the TSG 'In all the world' Blog Hop Challenge. If you arrived here from some gorgeous inspiration at Angela's blog then you're in the right place but if you'd like to start from the beginning then all the information is on the TSG blog. Here's the information about the set the new set:

An adorable and playfully illustrated canine set that includes butterflies and a precious picket fence.  Add in some sensational sentiments, and you’ve got another TSG set that can’t be passed up!

“In All the World” is a 3X4 stamp set that includes a total of 7 stamps and will sell for $7.
Would you like a chance to win the “In All the World” stamp set? Here’s what you need to do- go to each of the Trendsetter’s Blogs and leave a comment on their “In All the World” Blog Hop Challenge post. After you have finished checking out the eye candy and have left some love, return to the TSG Blog and add your name to the Mr. Linky at the bottom of this Blog Hop Challenge post. A winner will be chosen randomly using a random number generator to receive their very own “In All the World” stamp set. The winner will be announced Saturday (Feb 26th) during the Release Party Chat.

The next stop on the blog hop is Corinna's blog for some more fantastic inspiration, enjoy the hop!

Katzelkraft Vintage

Hi everyone! It's my day on the Katzelkraft blog and I've made a vintage style card using the gorgeous stamps from the 'Mode' A5 stamp plate. The glamorous vintage lady has been stamped onto stampbord and coloured with distress inks and I've stamped the Paris and swirly corner directly onto the Webster's pages 'Hollywood' patterned paper before sanding and distressing the edges. Added a few pearls and hand dyed ribbon to decorate.

Enjoy your day! :)

Tilda in the garden

Hi everyone! A card today with Tilda in the garden from the 'So Special' collection and I've water coloured her with distress inks, painted in a garden around her and added sparkle with some stickles glitter glue and a gold pearl pen. I cut out part of the pattern from a piece of Prima Annalee paper which I added top left and also cut some fabric with the Doo  Hickey lace die, coloured it with shimmer mist and attached over the background piece of embossed hearts and shimmer misted white card. Lots of pearl pens around the edges to finish off.

I'm entering my card into Totally Tilda Challenge where the theme this time is 'how does your garden grow'.

I hope you're having a good weekend :D