Rose

This card is for my Granddaughter we went to her naming day last weekend and I made this card to hopefully look like her- we had a beautiful time in the local park with all the family there and a few friends as well- she is one and a half years old and they have been trying to give her a day for some time but each time it is organized one of the children gets sick- Rose is the youngest of three and usually when one gets sick they all get sick so it has had to be postponed a couple of times- they all had colds again but they thought they had better go ahead with it this time. As you can hopefully tell by the picture Rose has red hair- and is affectionately called “the ginger ninja” by her dad,  she has even started saying “ginger” if anyone says it now. Quite a difference from her older brother and sister- they have taken their mothers Italian side and are both quite dark in colouring in comparison but her mothers’ sister also has a red head- so it must be in both families- my husbands family have red in their heritage – at the moment she hasn’t got the renowned temper of a red head in fact she is quite the opposite and is very passive with most things but doesn’t  let anyone get away with upsetting her. Both girls in the family do have quite loud and very high pitched screams if and when they are upset and cry.

This is  for the   Forgotten Stamp Friday-Week 15 at “Can you say “ Addicted” to stamps” blog- this is such a great blog sight and so appropriately named for me at least.  This Flowersoft  “Moments in Time” stamp was one I bought a while ago and have only used it a couple of times because I was never sure about colouring but I’ve been practicing and I think it looks ok. The tag with the title was given to me by one of the members  of my U3A card class who has this set of dies and she kindly cut several of each of the labels for me- Thanks Doreen

           

Card Information: Cardstock- green cut to finished size of 5 3/4 “ square; Paper Fiskars Heidi Grace –love of my life mini dots and bits from my stash, Stamp- Flowersoft Moments in Time –“Just For You”;Ink- Stazon Jet Black, generic yellow ;Other- Colour- Lyra Aquacolor crayons;Ribbon- Exquisite Premium ribbon (roses)and bit from stash; Spellbinders-Petite Ovals, Petite scalloped Ovals, Tag, Quickutz “Heidi Swapp handwriting”; Flowersoft-vintage Christmas; Kind glitz-Crystalina; Gems –stash; Fiskars scalloped scissors; Helmar- SuperTac Glue, X Press it Double sided tape, Xyron “create a sticker” permanent.

 

Thanks for Visiting Catch you later

Regards

Kathy S

Happy Birthday

 

Here is another card I had the chance to make this week hope you enjoy. While I was running around in the past couple of weeks I had to wait for various doctors with my MIL and as she didn’t want me with her all the time I took the opportunity to pop into a nearby scrapbook shop –”Little Bits”- and saw and picked up this cute die for cup cakes from Do Crafts while I was waiting for her to finish – the middle cupcake is the die cut the other two were from a stamp set of the same series I had purchased two days before when on my way home from another run around and wanted needed some quick stress relief I popped into another LSS “Scrappers Wharehouse” I happened to be passing (sort of-it was only 5 minutes out of my way -really) on my way home- this was just a had to be find both within two days and such great finds. I love cup cake images

   This is for the “Get Sketchy” GS #79  sketch for this week 

    Card Details- Cardstock- cream; Papers- Papercraft –not sure of the name of the collection but they are yummy and bits from my stash;Stamps- Do Crafts “Cupcakes” and Do Crafts “Scrolls and sentiments”;Ink- Stazon Jet Black;Other –Do CraftsBuild a cupcake layered die; Micro beads, Kindy glitz-Crystalina; Gem is from my stash; Aqualip –Black; X-press it double sided tape; Helmar –super tacky glue.

Here’s another picture a little bit closer so you can see the shimmer of the papers- it’s also on a black background so it stands out a bit more.     

 

Thanks for visiting,   Catch you later

regards

Kathy S

Seasons Greetings

   This is another that I have made- It feels so good to actually post something. I won’t go on this time so here’s my card- this one is for the Week #147 - 19th March - Sponsored by Bunny Zoe's Crafts 

the images are both stamped on vellum- the one with the darling little girl is quite thick and has a pearlescent finish but it was in a pack –with various colours- I bought ages ago classified as vellum – so I’m sticking to that.  You can sort of see the glimmer in the close up of the image-it was the best I could get. This is the first time I’ve used liquid pearls and when I was putting it on the front it actually went through to the back but I liked the finish –aren’t you happy when mistakes turn out to be  good     

and it also can be included in the CSAYL challenge    - I CAN SEE RIGHT THROUGH THAT!- the middle image is of the inside of the card.

 

Card Details- Green cardstock finished size-5 3/4” square; Paper- most of these are from my stash- but there are small bits of Chromatics Heritage set; stamps-Crafty Secrets-Clear Arts-“seasons Greetings”; Inks- Staz on Gold,Distress Ink Vintage Photo; Other- ‘Zing’ Embossing Powder metallic Finish gold, Ribbon-Creative Corner; Doiley -a cheap set I’ve had in my stash for quite some time; Dies-Spellbinders Labels Four;Liquid pearls-Bisque; Lyra Aqua color crayons; Fiskars border punch; Xpress-it double sided tape.

Hope you like it

Thanks for visiting,

Catch you Later

Regards

Kathy S

Just Because

Even though I haven’t posted in a while I have been making a few cards for different challenges when I’ve had the energy and time– I just haven’t had the time to photo and write them up but I did that today so here come  a few entries for the next day or two(I hope)  -I know most of you didn’t realise I haven’t posted for a while but I have had a lot going on in my life-running around after various members of my family for various reasons and for the last three weeks I have had this horrible cold that started with my nose dripping like a tap then went to my head and chest and I just can’t shake it- I am low in energy and have spent the little time I can afford to sleep- trying to fight it off- If anyone has any ideas I would be glad to hear them. When I have had time I have had to catch up with housework and gardening(our yards front and back look like a deserted house yard)- we have actually had a couple of weeks without constant rain- oh so nice- (the start of Autumn(fall) is better weather wise than our summer was so far) and I mowed the back lawn yesterday –which really knocked me but I feel better that it’s done.

This card is for the  Card Patterns Sketch 107 challenge and the JustRite Friday Challenge 051- An Act of Kindness tell someone how much you appreciate them – I like to have this sort of card handy so when I know someone is feeling a bit low I give them one and a small gift- usually either chocolate,flowers or something a bit more personal-depending on the reason for giving it.

 

 

 Card details- cream cardstock ; Papers- Hunters watercolour paper, Impress Woodgrain- viza blue,  the background paper is the last piece I had in my stash and the purple was a piece I was experimenting with when I made some homemade glimmer spray stuff- you can’t tell in this picture but it does glimmer quite a bit; Stamps-Just Rite 3 1/4 “ set   Harmony Classic Circle III Stamp Ensemble  and the border is from the Monogram Self- inking  stamper kit ; Ink- Generic Dye ink and Versamark Watermark; Embossing Powder-Celebration of Australia- White, Light blue- from stash;Ribbon-stash.

 

 

Catch You Later

Thanks for visiting,

Regards

Kathy S

Crafting in Croatia Blogaversary giveaway

Crafting in Croatia -  Celebrating my 2nd Anniversary Giveaway -(this is not my giveaway I am only advertising Nina’s)

Nina at Crafting in Croatia blog is celebrating her blogaversary  weekly for the MONTH of March and is giving an opportunity to win in a couple of ways – if you comment you get a chance and if you are a subscriber/follower you get a chance as well as other chances as well- head on over to Nina’s blog to check it out and while your there check out all her inspirational work as well below are some of the candy up for grabs this week.

 

Thanks for visiting

Regards

Kathy S