WELCOME TO MY LITTLE PART OF THE WORLD

WELCOME TO MY LITTLE PART OF THE WORLD

Thank you so much for taking the time out to visit my little part of the world. Please feel free to have a look around and leave me a message. You'll be updated monthly if not sooner as to what I've been up to and see what our amazing Design Team Diva's over at our monthly challenge at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 and see what they have created just for you. Thanks so much for looking at my creations which is a special time just for me.
Hugs to everyone
Kathie
xox

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Thursday, 3 July 2025

BEE TEA TIME

 

Good morning and welcome to my blog.  Today I have this adorable image from Polkadoodles, and I knew it would go perfectly with my Bee Happy design papers.  This past month has been super busy for me, so now it's my time to do a little crafting.
This month, over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2, we have two new sketches and a blast from the past.
Today, my card is made from my

Sketch # 306
This was a fun sketch to make. I hope you like it, and I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone makes.

This is an easy sketch, but remember to add the circles before the band across the card.  I nearly forgot.
Don't forget to drop by Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 and check out what the design team have created this month.

Challenges I'm Entering:
3. A Place To Start Challenge June 2025 Anything Goes Rising Start Week 5 June 2025
I have many favourite colour combos, but Black & Yellow always looks striking and is clean and fresh.  

Card Recipe:

1. Base: White French Lines card stock.
2. Colour Card: Bazzill Black Bird and Mexican Poppy
3. Design Paper: Bee Happy by Echo Park


4. Image: Bee Tea Time from Polkadoodles


5. Colour Medium: Copics
6. Sentiment: JUST BEE YOU from the paper pack of Bee Happy from Echo Park.


7. Tools Used:
8. Dies Used: Spellbinders Classic Circles large & small and Petite Ovals large & small.
9. Embossing Folder: Honey Comb by Darice


10. Embellishments: Circles cut and embossed, and the sweet little Bee is from the Bee Happy set from Echo Park.

11. Inside and the back of the card.

Wishing everyone a wonderful month of crafting.



Wednesday, 18 June 2025

FOXGLOVES DIGITALIS


Good morning and welcome to my blog. It's the middle of June, with only 6 months and 7 days to go until Christmas Day again.  This morning, I have another new sketch and card for Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2. 

Foxgloves are such beautiful flowers.  Late Spring, early summer in Queenstown and the Southern Alps of  New Zealand, the roadsides are covered with beautiful Foxgloves and with an amazing array of colours.
 
They are biannuals; in the first year, they grow the stalk, and in the second year, they have flowers. 
They are highly poisonous, the leaves, flowers, seeds, and even the water they can sit in.  Ingestion can cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, blurred vision, and in severe cases, death.  
I still love these flowers. 



Sketch #305
Here's a quick peek at the inside of my card.

Don't forget to drop by Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 and see what our design team have been up to and check out their wonderful work.

Challenges I'm Entering:


1. Base: Kraft card stock.
2. Coloured Card: Bazill Rain Forest and Pear
3. Design Papers: Trim Craft Botanical Notes 6x6

4. Image: Digital Download from my computer.

5. Colour Medium: Copics
6. Tools Used:

7. Dies Used: Spellbinders Classic large Rectangles and Circles.

8. Embellishments: Ribbon and Card Candi from my stash.
9. Inside and on the back of the card.



Take care, everyone and happy crafting.



Thursday, 5 June 2025

HYDRANGEAS


 Good morning, welcome to my blog.  Today I'm featuring one of my very favourite flowers.
As a young adult, I thought they were pretty boring, but as I've grown older, I've come to appreciate the beauty in these flowers and all the individual flowers that make up a large flower.  The colour variety is amazing, and it depends on the acidity or alkalinity of your soil.
Today, over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2, we have two new sketches and a blast from the past for you to play with. You could make all three sketches up; that would be brilliant.

Sketch #304
 
Here's a quick view of the inside of my card.

Don't forget to drop by Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 and check out what the rest of the team has created this month. 
We'll be back later in the month with May's winners.

Challenges I'm Entering:
The paper was a design paper, the Scissors were used to cut the Mohair and make the envelope.

Card Recipe:
1. Base: Bazzill Desert Wind
2. Coloured Card: Kaisercard Wine
3. Design Paper: A Hydrangea pack I received as a prize.
4. Image: Hydrangea, unknown source.

5. Colour Medium: Copics
6. Sentiment: Computer-generated Font Bookman Old Style 18 size 

7. Embellishments:


8. Tools Used:

9. Dies Used: Spellbinders Classic Large & Small Circles and unbranded large rectangle dies.

10. Inside and the back of the card:





Wishing everyone a wonderful month of crafting.

Monday, 19 May 2025

FLOWER SCENE


 Good morning, lovelies. Today I'm sharing a card with you for our Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2.  I've created it using one of Bugaboo's images and some pretty design paper with flowers.  I do love the Bugaboo images I have.

Another one of this month's sketches is 

Sketch #302
This is an easy design.

A quick look at the inside of the card.

Don't forget to drop by Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 and see what the design team have created.

Challenges I'm Entering:

Neglected design paper, which I've had for ages and forgotten I had it.  When I found it knew I had the perfect image to go with it.

Card Recipe:
1. Base: Cream Pearlised card by Uniti
2. Coloured Card Stock: Wild Pansy by Bazzill
3. Design Paper: By American Craft.

4. Image: Flower Scene by Bugaboo Stamps.


5. Colour Medium: Copics and Black Gel Pen.
6. Embellishments: Mauve satin ribbon and mauve flat back pearls.

7. Top of the card: Braid.

8. Dies Used: Spellbinders Classic Rectangles, Circles and Ribbon Dies.


9.  Tools used:

10. Inside and on the back of the card.