Razzleberry Snowflakes

Once I received the free gift that was available last month I just had to use some of the gorgeous ribbon!


I started off with a card base of Rich Razzleberry, a panel of Early Espresso, then a smaller panel of Very Vanilla.

The Very Vanilla panel was first stamped with the saying (or could be a greeting), then I got busy with the snowflakes! Rich Razzleberry ink is a lovely strong colour, but you can get several shades of the colour by "stamping off" onto scrap paper before your project to get the lighter shade. This is what I did with the Rich Razzleberry and Early Espresso inks, together with Pretty in Pink. I also used some Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint for just a hint of sparkle.

All that was needed was a lovely big bow!

I'm going to be making more of these in loads of other colours, they're so easy.

Thanks for looking,
Kathy x.

Button Trees #2

Here's what I came up with, not that much different than the last one!! This one is much smaller, trust me on that! We only had to cut four lots of buttons each not eight!

I made mine in two colours (Elegant Eggplant and Early Espresso) but my ladies only made the purple one. They loved making them and I'm sure they will be making a few more in future.

My thanks have to go to the Artistic Avenger who came up with the idea, check out her blog on the left, she has the most gorgeous projects on there.

And thanks again to my ladies, another lovely evening of craft, what could be better!
Kathy x.

Button Tree #1

I made this card after I saw a similar tree made by the Artistic Avenger here. I loved it so much I had to make one for myself!

I started off with a triangle of card, then used my trusty Sweet Buttons embosslit to cut out loads of those gorgeous buttons. I started using the largest buttons first, then worked my way down the sizes, filling in the gaps until the whole triangle was filled. I then cut a trunk out (just a rectangle) and added a ribbon bow made with a large brad.

The card was made up with a Top Note die cut, embossed with the Vintage Wallpaper folder, some swirls cut from a Sizzlit I have. The Swirls Scribbles Sizzlit would work great but I don't have that one, yet! I stuck the tree on top of the Tope note panel, then finished off with a greeting.

I was going to then make a demo out of it for my ladies as I knew they'd love it, but I decided to go smaller for them as I realised we'd be there all night just cutting buttons! lol

So, check out my next post in a couple of days to see what we made.

Thanks for looking,
Kathy x.

Springtime Vintage #2

Another great pattern from the Springtime Vintage DSP, this time showing some more of the colours that make up this great set. I used River Rock as my card base, together with Not Quite Navy.

Do you like the flowers? They are a couple of them from the Sizzix Fun Flowers die. Be prepared for Fun Flowers to get everywhere! The centre is a card button I made using the Sweet Buttons Embosslit die. We no longer have to pay a fortune to send a card in the post with buttons, use card ones instead!

More cards using fab items from the mini coming soon!

Take care,
Kathy. x

Build a Blossom #1

As you might have guessed by now, I bought quite a lot from the new mini catalogue! Not quite everything, but a lot!!

One of the things Stampin' Up! does brilliantly is matching stamps and punches and here's a lovely set called Build a Blossom with Blossom Petals punch. These stamps make the most gorgeous flowers a petal at a time.

The flower I created here is very large so I decided from the start that there would only be part of the flower showing, and I love how it turned out!

Thanks for looking,
Kathy. x

Kathy's Birthday Gifts 2011

I made these gifts and card for my work colleague, Kathy, whose birthday was last month.

She has loved my jewelery before so I made her a matching earring and necklace set. I first punched out circles of Elegant Soiree DSP and adhered them to Tim Holtz Faceted Charms using Crystal Effects, then used Crystal Effects again to seal in the paper. The necklace "chain" was Baja Breeze Seam Binding ribbon which is so lovely. I put the jewelery inside a Pillow Box which I made out of Vellum Card and embossed with the Elegant Flowers Embossing Folder, the embossing was inked using an Aqua Painter and I just had to add some more of that gorgeous ribbon to finish it!

The card used some more of the DSP, together with a Four Frames panel (sorry I just can't not use that set!!)
The last gift was a MINI Milk Carton filled with mini eggs as no birthday should be without chocolate!

Kathy loved them, just as much as I loved creatingthem.

Take care,
Kathy. x

CARD & CAKE FOR CAROL

This card and gift have been made for one of my work colleagues, Carol. I adapted the tealight holder to have a secret compartment to hold some chocolate, although if you wanted to keep it calorie free you could add a pair of earrings etc. I enclosed the tealight and made a hole for the switch, to keep it all nice and neat.

For the card I got out my Nestabilities (Ovals & Scalloped Ovals) and one of my Cuttlebug embossing folders for the panel. I punched out the 5 Petal Flower 3 times and ran them through my paper crimper several times to distress them, then added a few leaves punched from the 2-Step Bird Punch.A birthday greeting and a little ribbon finishes it off.

I hope she likes it, have a lovely birthday (and few days off) Carol!

Take Care,
Kathy. x

Simply Said - Living & Giving

I made this card a while ago when I first got my Colour Coach, the combo is Always Artichoke, Crumb Cake & Bashful Blue.

I love the sentiments in the Occasional Quotes set, it's just a shame that it's a Level 3 Hostess set.  This means the hostess needs to achieve sales of over £500, which is difficult in these financial times.

But of course, Sale-a-Bration is here so what better time of year to host a party! For those of you who aren't familiar with Stampin' Up! promotions, every year during January & February Stampin' Up! gives away a free limited edition (only available during the promotion) stamp set for every £45 spent. That's not all, they also give away a free set when the Hostess get orders over £300, in addition to the normal hostess benefits.

Check out the 4 fabulous stamp sets here, there's also all the information you need to make the most of this promotion.

Take Care,
Kathy.

Purple Christmas

Anyone who knows me knows I just can't leave the colour purple alone! I was so gutted when most of the purples were discontinued during the colour revolution, but at least we still have a couple, then came the in colour Concord Crush, yummy!

Take care,
Kathy.

Natural Contempo Christmas

This simple easel card show how lovely the baubles are, I didn't have the matching punch when it was made & I have to admit they are easy to cut out, but being very lazy I now have the punch! :)

The colour combinbation can be whatever you like, I chose colours from the Neutrals Collection as I was in that kind of mood, but I've since done some purple ones, no surprize there I hear you say! lol

Thanks for looking,

Kathy. x

Christmas Workshop

These cards were made at one of my christmas workshops I've been having lately. Just a few more to go, then it'll all be over! :)

Tthe centre card was made using my new toy, the Cricut die cutting machine. I just love my new gizmo! I can set it to cut a whole sheet of shapes while I do something else, saving me loads of time. I also have the Gypsy, which is great for designing while I'm on my lunch break at work, or sat in front of the telly keeping my long suffering hubby company.

Anyway, we made these three cards, it was a lovely evening having fun crafting with friends, what could be better?

Happy crafting,
Kathy. x

Black & White Workshop

On the same night we showed off our challenge cards, we made these two cards.
I'd gone all monochromatic that night, sometimes I find it easier to go that way, it saves me having to think up a colour scheme!

The lovely church was from the now retired Silent Night set, you might be able to see from the photo that we decoupaged the church & added an acetate "bubble" stamped with Serene Snowflakes to protect the layers.

The other card used the Night & Day DSP, also retired. I punched out two scalloped circles, cut into the centre of each & concertina folded them to create the flower, punched flowers & a brad covers the messy centre. This flower was inspired by the ones in the new Idea Book & Catalogue. I love the sentiment from the Occassional Quotes (Hostess Level 3) set, it just finished the card off nicely!

Take care,
Kathy. x