Oh Christmas Tree!

The challenge this week over on the Winter Wonderland Blog is 'Oh Christmas Tree' and so here is a little card I have made for it.

A slightly different shape for me just for a change and kept quite simple (time is running out!) but I did love the sweet little Forever Friends image and added a glittered snowflake cut from a Magnolia Doohickey die to finish it off.  I hope you like :).

Have a good day.

Kate xx

Special Birthday

My father-in-law was 80 last weekend and whilst I struggle with men's cards it does help when there is a special number that you can pick up on.

I was pleased with how it came together and especially as they were papers that I have had for ages and the stamped image was a 'freebie' from a magazine, also sometime ago.  The button was from my friend's button box (I was round there crafting) so it almost feels like I have made it for free and if not free then at least I have used up some stash!

Have a great day

Kate xx

Red and Blue

This week's challenge over on the Winter Wonderland Blog is to create a card using the colours red and blue, so a nice easy one.  However, the card I started making for it didn't quite happen in time but this one is one I started a while ago for the 'One for the Boys' challenge that didn't get done in time either!

I live in hope of one day being organised but it is obviously not going to happen this year!

Kate xx

White Rabbit Card

It is my Uncle's Birthday tomorrow and I always find men's cards tricky.  But I absolutely love this White Rabbit image which is from the IndigoBlu Alice II Stamp sheet and I had fun using some Tim Holtz Distress Inks to colour the background, a bit of water 'flicking' and background stamping with the swirl from the same stamp set and also the 'Harlequin' stamp from IndigoBlu and it was done and in all under an hour - a record for me :).  Hopefully my uncle will be pleased with it.

I kept the inside very simple.  I love the font for the Birthday words which are on another IndigoBlu stamp 'Aloysius'.

I hope you all have a great weekend.

Kate xx

You Passed!

My daughter passed her driving test last week and I wanted to share this little card with you that I made for her to mark the occasion!  I used another gorgeous Lili of the Valley Stamp (Mini Bear) that I bought for just this occasion and then ended up doing bits to the card for about a week or so including colouring half the car at one sitting and then coming back several days later trying to work out what colours I was using - not to be recommended and goes some way to explaining the somewhat poor colouring quality.  It is an easel card and hasn't ended up quite as I had hoped but my daughter was delighted with it which is what counts and coincidentally I coloured the car the colour that her first car has ended up being, how lucky was that :).

Happy Crafting!

Kate xx

Baby Love!

I seem to have gone awol on the blogging front and, almost, on the crafting front too but am hoping to get back into rhythm again, fingers crossed!

I have a couple of baby cards to share with you.  A friend of mine had a baby girl a few weeks ago and when I got together with my lovely crafting buddy Tracy a couple of weeks ago I coloured the two little Lili of the Valley images (called Special Delivery) but unfortunately that was then as far as I got for another two weeks!  Anyway, I finally finished them both - just as well there isn't really a time scale on giving baby cards or maybe that is the problem, if I had a date to get it finished by I might have faired a little better?! 

I made the boy one just so that I have one in stock as I know lots of people who are due babies over the coming months but I will need to make another baby girl card now to replace the one I have given!

Thank you for looking :).

Kate