WOW! It's been a month already (oh and a new card for 2 challenges :))

It can't believe it but it's been a month since I started blogging and it has become something I HAVE to do everyday (or at least try to :))
It has helped me with my card making as there are so many blogs out there to inspire me and challenges that just beg to be done.
I want to thank all of you have become a follower and all those wonderful comments I've been receiving.
I always want to thank Suzanne from ScrapBitz for the wonderful blog candy I won, so much in that wonderful box!
Anyway I have another card for you today and it completes 2 challenges.




Over at Kerry's wonderful Three Clovers Blog they have a challenge to make a card relating to where you come from. Well it just so happened that I found a wonderful stamp at Joanns by Inkadinkado this week with a British Bulldog on it! Perfect for this challenge!
I have lived in the US for over 12 years now but England is my heart and soul and never a day (or probably even an hour) goes by without me thinking of home.
I colored this little guy with my Copic's and sat him on a scalloped circle Nestie.
The layout I used came from the great sketch over at Cupcake Craft Challenges and I liked the combination of circle and square aspects to it.
So I hope you like it and have a great rest of your weekend!
Katie

5 new cards for the Verve Stamps release giveaway

Happy Thursday Everyone!
Verve Stamps are releasing new stamps this week and are having a week long party to celebrate.
You can read all about the fun at Split Coast Stampers Verve Forum and see the great sketch they gave everyone to work with.
If you did all 5 sketches you would be entered into a draw for all the new stamps!
Of course I had to have a try :)
The sketch #1 is also the challenge at Mojo Monday



For this sketch I rotated the sketch and made a square card instead of a rectangle.
I used a digital image from Pink Petticoat In My Garden collection
I colored it with Copic's, the flowers are Prima and the leaf punch and border punch are Martha Stewart. The dp is DCWV. Also I colored the bow with my Copic's to match the flowers.



For this sketch I used an image from Digi Stamp boutique called Ruby. Again I colored her with Copic's, added Prima flowers, Paper Studio fabric brads and dp from DCWV The Garden Party stack.



More DCWV paper, this time from Nana's Kithcen stack. The digi image is by Dustin Pike and I just love how cute it is!
The sentiment is a Studio G $1 stamp from Michaels.



The image this time is another from Digi Stamp Boutique, this time from the Lizzie Collection. After coloring her I added Diamond Stickles to her wings and star on her wand.
The dp are from a pack by Best Occasions that I got from Walmart.
The flowers are from the Fairytale collection by Prima and the pearls are Martha Stewart wedding collection. The sentiment is Melissa Frances. I used my scalloped circle Nesties on both the image and the sentiment.



The final image is another Digi Stamp Boutique from the same Lizzie collection as above. I had to use my Diamond Stickles again as her wings, wand and crown just cried out for it! LOL
The papers are from the Nana's Nursery Baby Girl stack from DCWV. The flowers are from the Bridal dept and the border punch is Fiskars.

I hope you enjoyed all the cards today, I feel tired just making this post!
Katie

A Little Summer Lovin' (2 challenges in 1)

When I saw the color challenge at Cupcake Craft Challenges it immediately made me think of Summer.
And then I saw the theme challenge at Scrappy Frogs and knew I could combine the two.



I used another Miss Anya image this time from the Rain, Snow, Shine collection.
I colored her with my Copic's and used papers from another older DCWV Summer Stack.
I stamped her on my Nesties Label 4 and matted her on a larger Nestie that I embossed with one of the new Quickutz Embossing folders.I added Prima flowers with fabric brads for the centers.
The Summer ribbon is from last year's $1 spot at Target and the sentiment is from Making Memories also from Target. I used the Fiskars Threading Water border punch as it reminds me of waves.



The inside has some more tropical style paper to round off the Summer theme.
It makes me feel like it must soon be time for a fruity cocktail, oops did I say that outloud? LOL
Have a Happy Saturday
Katie

A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge and my 1st Miss Anya card

It's the start of the weekend already? Wow that week went fast :)
I've only been making cards since September 2008 and only stamping since January 2009 but it has quickly become an obsession. I love all the wonderful images out there and the pleasure of coloring them takes me back to being a child.
Opening a package and inking up a new stamp makes me remember the joy of getting a new "coloring book" and grabbing my "felt tips" to fill in all the pictures.
When I first saw The Greeting Farm I was intrigued by the images and their character. After looking through the site I saw the Miss Anya Collection and just knew I had to have her.



Tha challenge at A Spoon Full of Sugar this week is to use butterflies. When looking at this Miss Anya I thought that her hairbow looked a lot like a butterfly and so it gave me a chance to use it. I love this paper from The Garden Party Stack by DCWV and it gave me a chance to work with my favorite color pallette.
I added a handmade hatpin with a crystal butterfly on it. This bead is one of my favorites and I'll let you into a secret... it came from Walmart! They have really increased their jewelry making section and I've found lots of cute beads there.



For the inside I used a coordinating paper from the same stack, I love how it glitters and shines.
Sorry for the bad photos today, my camera has my zoom lens on and it blurs it a little, I'll try and take some more later.
I hope you are all fine and are looking forward to a great weekend. My hubby and son come back from Scout camp tomorrow so life will be busier than ever with everyone home!
Katie

2 New Cards for the Just Magnolia challenge

Another double posting day!
There are so many challenges and their deadlines keep catching up with me! LOL
I loved this sketch over at Just Magnolia so much that after doing one for them I used the same sketch again for the Magnolia-licious Yahoo group July card challenge.



For this one I used the Tilda with Flowers from the Chasing Butterflies collection. I colored her with my Copic's and the dp is DCWV Nana's Nursery Baby Girl stack. The border punch is Martha Stewart and the sentiment is another Studio G $1 stamp from Michaels. I used lots of Nesties too!



Inside I added a colored "Tilda head"! LOL




The Yahoo group challenge was to create a card with Red, White and Blue to help celebrate the 4th of July Holiday. I was a little stuck as which image to use so in the end I chose one that I thought would take the colors well.
I chose Tilda with Slate and I think she turned out cute!
The dp is from an older Summer Stack by DCWV and the border punch is Fiskars Threading Water. The rhinestones are from the $1 spot at Michaels.



The inside was simple with just an additional sentiment.
Anyway the weather is still grey and a little rumbley so I'm going to try and get another card made this afternoon...it's an obsession I tell you!
Katie

Add a little Mojo to your life!

I told you there'd be two posts today!
I can't believe I've done challenges everyday this week and for this challenge I actually made two cards.
Mojo Monday had a sketch that I thought would be simple to do but it really was a struggle but I completed it!



This time I used the cute house from Alota Stamps that you can get at Magnolia-lious. Again i used my Copics and more Green Stack papers.






For this one I used a Lelo stamp from Stampavie and colored her with my Copic's. The sentiment was from Fiskars and the papers are again from the Green Stack.



Sorry for the short commentary but I have to be at a Girl Scout picnic in an hour and I'm running out of time!
TTFN
Katie

Happy Go Lucky, another challenge card!

It's a short creating day today with end of school stuff but at least I have a card for the latest challenge at Copic Creations
The challenge this time is for coloring clear or white objects. It was great for me as I had just spent the weekend "You Tubing" and had watched the wonderful Suzanne J Dean and her great tutorials including one of whites!
Since getting my I-Pod Touch I'm logging on to You Tube and watching stuff all the time and for a crafter like me that's just wonderful!


I used Suzanne's techniques to help color the clouds on this cute scene. I used the Picnic Tilda and the Butterfly background. I stamped the images on to the Nestie label and got to coloring. I used B000 for the sky and a combo of B000 and BG10 for the edges of the clouds. My favorite part of this Tilda is the hair, I love coloring the long locks :)

The inside is plain but I loved the papers so much that I just had to add them inside.
The dp is Making Memories Chloes Closet, the flowers are Prima and the sentiment is Pebbles.
Have a happy hump day!
Katie

Stormy Tuesday and another new card!

I was woken at 4am this morning with thunder and lightning, nothing unusual for Texas but unwelcome in the middle of the night.
The weather continued to rumble as was still threatening at 7am when we all got up.
By 9am it was "throwing it down", a good English phrase for raining heavily and the temps in the house dropped from 80 to 70 so hurray no AC today!
It seems like a happy coincedence as yesterday I used my Tilda in Spring Rain for the first time and that's what I'm sharing today!


I thought I'd share the inside too. I haven't graduated to added stamped images on the inside yet but I do like to coordinate the inners and outers :)


She was quite hard to color, I just couldn't work out shadows on the stripes so I had to sweep over with the blender and leave it at that.
I did this card using the sketch on the super new blog Magnolia-Licious Highlights
The dp are DCWV from The Green Stack which I absolutely love. The papers are all textured and they are 70% recycled so I can feel good about using them. The flowers are the Fairytale collection from Prima, the ribbon is Offray, the border punch is EK Success and the sentiment another $1 bin one from Michaels.
I hope you all have a great and safe day no matter what your weather brings.
Katie

Sunny Monday

Hope your week has got off to a great start!
School ends on Thursday here, then my son and husband go off to Scout camp on Sunday and our daughter goes to Choir day camp so I get an extra week, sort of, before the sibling bickering starts :)
To celebrate the wonderful sun shining above me here in TX today I thought I share one of my favorite Tilda's.
I made this a while and know I used a someone's sketch but I can't remember whose it was, sorry!

She was colored with Copics, the dp is Making Memories, the trim is from Wally World and the sentiment is from a $1 set at Michaels.
I'm working on joining in challenges this week so be sure to check back as the sketches on the blogs this week are great!
Have a great Monday!
Katie

Frantic Friday

Today is a busy day with errands and taking my oldest son to the doctors for a physical and shots but I wanted to post a little message to you all.
I wanted to say a great big Thank You to everyone who left me a comment and for those of you who also chose to follow me! I feel very thankful to have entered a world with such wonderful crafters who take their time to make someone feel good :)
So the card today is dedicated to all of you.
I made him a while ago but he's so cute I wanted to see him again.

This little fellow is from Elzybells and this time I colored him and cut him out and popped him up.
I love these stamps and with the recent new release I feel the urge to go shopping again!
Have a wonderful weekend.
Katie

Say hello to the Ladybug :)

This morning I have another bright and cheery Tilda card to share.
For this one I dug into my stash of papers and these I feel sure came from companies no longer with us :(
It seems as though each month I hear of another great company leaving us and I hate using paper that I can never replace.
Oh well at least the papers were cute! LOL
I used my Threading Water border punch, Nestabilities circle and lots of Dew Drops. Actually my dew drops aren't the real thing, they were from the floral dept but they do the same job.
I hope you like her.