Doggy Birthday

Just a quickie post tonight, Bake Off is on telly and I need to get a cuppa made and check the cupboards in the hope of 'something nice' hiding there.  Could be slim pickings as I didn't actually buy anything nice at the weekend haha ;)

This is based on Chrissy's card over at the Splitcoaststampers featured stamper challenge.
I used my old Katzelkraft doggy and MFT heart die, and I'm not entirely sure of the sentiment make.

• Make my Monday #81 - animals
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes
• Creative Knockouts #265 - anything goes

A little Christmas angel and a Dalmatian

Happy Saturday peeps!  We'd a nice dry mostly sunny day today, still a bit of a nip in the air though!  I managed to get my fence prepped for painting, hopefully get that done sometime soon. We also managed a wee trip to our local garden centre and came home with a few less pennies - though it would have been very easy indeed to get carried away and come home with zero pennies!

I won this Gummiapian angel and die recently from Suha at Swedish House Crafts, so this is the first time I've had a chance to get her inky :)
(I don't think she's actually for sale on their website)
I only had to colour her face and legs, her dress is paper pieced with cream card to match my DP and then I just added some sparkle to her wings and popped her up on foam pads.
Sentiment die from Simon Says Stamp and a few red stars to finish.

• My card layout and design was inspired by Lindsey's card over at Muse Christmas Visions #98 - I would have stuck with her lovely blue theme too but I couldn't find my Christmas DPs, this red stuff was all I could find.
• Crafting by Designs - get ready for Christmas
• Fab n Funky #391 - Christmas
• Happy Little Stampers Christmas challenge April - anything goes

The inspiration for this card came from the Library Challenge- and this week's book is, yip you guessed it, 101 Dalmatians!!

I've used my doggy from Katzelkraft - clear gloss added to his eyes and nose and then popped up on foam pads.
Burlap background stamp also from Swedish House Crafts.  Grass from Eat Cake Graphics

• The Library Challenge #5 - 101 Dalmatians
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes
• Allsorts #465 - all about pets
• Through the Craft Room Door - anything goes

Sympathy and 2 birthdays

I've a wee bit of everything on my blog tonight :)
Starting with this sympathy card, an old Whipper Snapper image.  Coloured with watercolour pencils and sparkle added to the blooms.

• Layout from Tuesday Morning Sketches #438
• Sweet Stampin - anything but birthday

Daily Marker colouring challenge

This is a special request for a colleague in work.  I've no idea what Malachy likes or hobbies, so I just used a starry theme.

I've lots of wee snips of nice coloured card sititng in my pile, so this was perfect to cut some stars from.  Various dies used - my lovely new square dies from Elizabeth Craft Designs, and then the stars are a mix of MFT and Taylored Expressions.

• Die Cuttin Divas #354 - anything goes
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes
• Pixies Snippets Playground #319
• Word Art Wednesday #320/321 - anything goes

And finally, this one's for my brother and was inspired by Joy's beautiful card here.  

I found these tall skinny purple card bases in my stash, I've no idea where they came from as they're not a shape I normally work with!

Katzelkraft doggy images.  Coloured with watercolour pencils and some googly eyes added for a giggle.

September calendar

Just a quickie post tonight.  Grand Designs is on telly, one of my favourite programmes - I always love how Kevin McLoud starts the programme with an 'are you mad' attitude and ends with a Wow!

Anyway, I'm only about a week late with my calendar page for work this month ;)  I've used one of my new Katzelkraft stamps - I decided after I took the pic that he needed a bit of colour so I added pale grey to his body and also added clear gloss to his eyes and beak.  Clouds chalked in BG, bit of splattering, and the hint of a text BG stamp to finish.  I should have had my dates a bit higher as the last week gets a bit lost, but I'm off that week anyway so I'll not be looking at it!

• Simon Says Stamp Monday - Stampember Stamp it
• Crafty Animals #6 - anything goes
• Through the Craft Room Door - anything goes
• Word Art Wednesday #298/299 - anything goes

Sweet little kitty

My bloggy buddy Jo (aka DottyJo) filled my head recently with tales of a new release from KatzelKraft.  So of course I had to go see, and ooops, oh no, accidental purchases were made!  All your fault Jo ;)

But isn't this just the sweetest saddest little kitty ever!!
I've coloured him with some swishes of watercolour and added glitter to those tears.  My BG is a giraffe-stencil - I masked off my kitty and just puddled in some watercolours.  Nice and quick and easy!

I love how this turned out, I'm struggling with my mojo at the minute so some new crafty goodies was just what the Dr ordered ;)

• Simon Says Stamp Work it Wednesday - your favourite stamp - well my favourite stamp is usually my most recently purchased one!
• Tuesday Throwdown #358 - masking
• AAA Cards #97 - masking
• Word Art Wednesday #296/297 - anything goes
• That's Crafty - only cards

Dogs and bones

Apologies, it's blogger overload here these past few days ... I'm making hay while the sun shines (and while my mojo is co-operating!)
Having said that, I hope you'll pop back tomorrow for my X-rated naughty DT card for Naughty or Nice ;)

My image in my first card is from Eat Cake Graphics:
8016-E Lewis and Trudy's wild ride
Coloured with watercolour pencils.  Clear gloss added to the wheel hubs, chrome and windows.  Spectrum Noir sparkle added to the red paintwork.  I've stencilled up my BG with chalk ... I hadn't intended to do this but managed to make a dirty mark that needed hiding!   A doodled border and some clear bling to finish.

• Tuesday Throwdown #296 - proud of you -  I don't have any of these sentiments in my stash and thought 'way to go' would fit in?
• CASology #200 - CAS
• CAS on Sunday #84 - sparkle
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes

My 2nd card is supposed to be a masculine one, but I think I've gone girlie again ;)  

Doggy image and bone from Katzelcraft - coloured with watercolour pencils and popped up on dimensionals.  Clear gloss added to the dogs nose, eyes and bone.

• Layout from Stamp Ink Paper #50
• AAACards #65 - Birthday Bash
• Polkadoodles #21 - Birthday celebrations

Furry friends

A beautiful sunny day today, and I spent all afternoon ..... hemming my kitchen curtains :(  Its a job that's been bugging me for, oooh, maybe 5 years and today was their big day!  Hurrah for me ;)

I managed to squeeze in a couple of quickie cards too.  My first one uses an oldie High Hopes bunny and some of my rediscovered flower soft.  I don't think I've ever used the heather coloured stuff before.
Bunny coloured with watercolour pencils and Spectrum Noir sparkle added to the tulips.  I was a bit stumped by the sketch as I couldn't find a thank you sentiment to fit, so I used just a peel off and stuck it over all 3 layers. Taylored Expressions DP.

• Layout from CAS(E) this Sketch #167
• Clear it out - Spring and a flower
• Inspiration Destination #80 - anything goes
• Tuesday Throwdown #288 - furry friends

I always seem to lack some masculine birthday cards in my stash, so I've used one of my Katzelkraft dogs for this one.  I heat embossed my dog and the sentiment.  Background watercoloured. 

• Layout from Creative Inspirations #248
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Happy Birthday
• Simply Create #106 - purple and green
• 613 Avenue Create #171 - anything goes, option masculine
• Allsorts #358 - purple passion

Temptation!

My good bloggy-buddy Dotty Jo led me into temptation with these gorgeous stamps from Katzelkraft ... and I'm so pleased she did! ;)
Actually, I was kinda short on stamps for male cards, so these are just perfect.
I also purchased a set of the clear Spectrum Noir sparkle pens, and can definitely recommend them.  I maybe eve prefer them over the Wink of Stella ... and they're cheaper!
Anyway, it was a gorgeous bright breezy day, too cold though for anything other than drying the washing, so I had fun getting stampy ....

Card 1
This is for a friend of my Mum.
Doggy and bone coloured with watercolour pencils; sparkle added to the bone, and clear gloss to his eyes and nose; BG chalked; sparkly number stickers from stash.

• Layout from Freshly Made Sketches #226
• Darnell's NBUS challenge - my doggy stamps are my Never-Before-Used-Schtuff
• Sparkles challenge #77 - something for the males
• ABC challenge - C is for cute

Card 2

For this one I used up some super-old DP and I also used an old Tim Holtz die - I never really liked using it before as its a big thick die and I could never get my paper to stay straight when cutting.  But then I had the brainwave to tape my card to the die instead of to the cutting plate :)

Coloured with watercolour pencils and the BG splattered with some green paint.  Doggy popped up on dimensionals.

• Natalie and Amy's final challenge #42 - fancy border
• Layout from CAS(e) This Sketch #162

ETA: Top 3 at Natalie and Amy

Card 3

This one was maybe the simplest of all!  I just chalked some of the BG and coloured the bone pressie and that was about it!  Simon Says Stamp sentiment die; sparkle added to the bone and clear gloss to his eyes and nose..

• Cardz 4 Guys #109 - create your own background
• Moving along with the times #15 - purple haze
• Addicted to CAS #83 - gift