WELCOME TO LITTLE PART OF THE WORLD HERE IN NEW ZEALAND.

Welcome to my little corner of the world! Thank you so much for taking the time to visit. Please feel free to have a look around and leave me a message—I always love hearing from you. I’ll be sharing what I’ve been creating at least three to four times a month, and often sooner! You’ll also see creations from our amazing Design Team Divas at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2, where we host a monthly challenge. We’d love you to join in! I’m also a designer at DigiChoosday, creating with lovely Polkadoodles images and design papers. Crafting is my special time, and it’s a pleasure to share my creations with you. If you enjoy your visit, please follow along so we can share a little creative inspiration together. Happy crafting! Big Hugs Kathie xox

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Wednesday, 11 November 2026

A LETTER TO SANTA


A Letter To Santa.

Welcome to my blog.  
Christmas isn't that far away for another year.  I think as I get older, Christmas comes around that much quicker.
My card today is for DigiChoosday, and I'm using this very cute image from Polkadoodles.  
Our instructions were for a winter card with animals only and our cards had to include a pocket. 
Christmas for us down here in New Zealand is summertime, and I know my sister-in-law and friends in England are freezing cold.  When I was little, we would get Christmas cards from England with Carol Singers all wrapped up in their woollies; as a 5-year-old, that was hard to get my head around. 
My boys always wrote letters to Santa, which I love reading after all those years, and now they are both adults.

Challenges I'm Entering:
 
Card Recipe:
1. Base: White French Linen card stock.
2. Coloured Card: American Craft Emerald
3. Design Paper: DLPD 9438 Bella Bear Beary Christmas 
4. Image: DLPD 9596 Pickles Hedgehog Snowy Birds

5. Colour Medium: Copic Ciao Markers and a red gel pen.

6. Sentiment: DLPD 9562 Christmas Greetings
Santa's On His Way 

7. Embellishments: Red Satin Ribbon, Red Pearls all from my stash.

A Letter to Santa

8. Tools Used:

9. White Glitter

10.  Dies Used: Unbranded Dies
 
Spellbinders Large Rectangles

11. Inside and the back of the card:

Take care and happy crafting.

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Thursday, 5 November 2026

CHRISTMAS WREATH


 Christmas isn't far away, and we'll be displaying our Christmas wreaths at our front doors very soon.  I do have a lovely wreath I made a few years ago, but I've seen some on Instagram and Pinterest which I like.  If I have the time, I think I'll try and make one.
Today, over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2, we have two new sketches and a retro from the past.

Sketch #339
This is such an easy sketch and makes a great card.   It also uses up those scrap pieces of design paper.

I use scraps of my design paper to decorate the inside of my cards.

Challenges I'm Entering:

2.  613 Avenue Create Challenge November TOP ROCKER AWARD WEEK 1.  1-7th November 2026

Card Recipe:

1. Base: White French Linen cardstock.
2. Coloured Card: Emerald  & Rouge by American Crafts 
& gold mirror card.
3. Design Paper: By Polkadoodles 
4. Image: Very old stamp, unknown source
5. Colour Medium: Copic Ciao and a gold gel pen.
6. Embellishments:  Red Pearl Gems from my stash

7. Dies: Spellbinders Classic Circles Large & Small & 
Vine Leaves

8. Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug Snowflakes

9. Tools Used:

10. Glossy Accents: 
 11. Inside and the back of the card.


Wishing you all a happy Christmas crafting.

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Wednesday, 4 November 2026

HOLLY MICE


Good morning and welcome to my blog.  Today, over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2, we have two new sketches for you.   
I do hope you like them.

Sketch #338
This is a great sketch for using up all those scrap pieces of design paper we all love, and that aren't big enough to make another card.

Here's a quick look at the inside of the card.
Don't forget to drop by Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 and check out what the rest of the design team has created.

Challenges I'm Entering:


Card Recipe:

1. Base: Kraft Card by Kaisercraft
2. Coloured Card: American Craft Rouge & Gold Minor card.
3. Design Papers: Kaisercraft Yuletide

4. Image: Holly Mice by Di's Digi Downloads

5. Sentiment: Make a Wish by DigiStamp Boutique
6. Colour Medium: Copic Ciao and Gold Gel Pen
7. Embellishments: Gold Gems

8. Tools Used:

9. Glossy Accents:

10. Dies Used: Spellbinders Classic Large & Small squares and unbranded tags.



11. Inside & the back of the card:

Wishing everyone a wonderful month of crafting.

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Friday, 30 October 2026

SWEET SPOOKY TREAT BAGS


 Welcome, my Spooky Friends.
For someone who's never been to a Halloween party or dressed up in a Halloween costume, I heard that Halloween was the design team's theme, and we were supposed to design something for a Halloween party, not a card, over at DigiChoosday.  HELP!!!

When I grew up, Halloween was something that you saw on American television; we didn't celebrate it here. 
But now we're in the 21st century, and the younger generation all enjoy Spooky Treats at Tick & Treating, and our shops are full of costumes and decorations. 

Challenges I'm Entering:
TOP ROCKER AWARD WEEK 4 25th to 31st OCTOBER 2026
A RISING STAR AWARD WEEK 4 26th to 31st OCTOBER 2026

Bag Recipe:

1. Base: White paper
2. The paper was printed using Gnome Trick or Treat Halloween Printable Papers from Polkadoodles DLPD 8987
3. Image: Creepy Creatures, Mummy Dress Up Costume and Bat from Polkadoodles DLPD 10092 AND DLPD 10096
4. A basic fold with a gusset. 

5. Scissors and glue stick.
6. Ribbon & Bow:
Once the bag was filled with goodies, we turned the top over a couple of times, punched two holes, threaded black satin ribbon through them, and tied a bow to finish.

I'm looking forward to seeing what Spooky item you make.


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