DU2DS Challenge #25 "HOT COFFEE ANYONE???"

Hot Coffee Anyone???

Good morning everyone, thanks for coming by and having a look at my card. When I saw Larissa's wonderful sketch I just new I had to make a card but didn't know what!!! I've always wanted to make a card with either a cup of tea or coffee and this was my idea for this card. I also wanted to incorporate a Shaker Style Card as well, I had seen it done and never had a go. The shaker on either side has Ground Coffee Beans for this coffee card. I think they are

Irish Cream the first I grabbed out of the fridge. The coffee cup has been cut out and mounted with double sided foam pop dots.

Well you've seen my card and now here's my

Card Recipe:

Base: Cream SU Card Stock

Coloured Cards: Mocha, Natural Cards, Paprika Bazzill and Metallic Bronze has been in my stock for sometime and can't remember where I got it from.

Image: New image of Any one for Tea from Digi Sparkle
Colour Medium: Copic's

Embellishments: Gold Thread, Ground Coffee Beans, Acetate for the shaker windows

Sentiments: CK Alis Hand Official in Brown

Tools: Cuttlebug, Square Nesties, Classic Scalloped Nesties, Foam doublesided pot dots.

I hope you like my card, next time I'm going to try this idea with a cup of tea and dried tea in the shakers.

Take care and enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Hugs

Kathie

xox

Stampin for the Weekend Challenge #24 Celebration

Celebration 40th Birthday and 50th Birthday's

This is the first time I have entred into Stampin for the Weekend Challenge.

Good morning everyone well it's Sunday morning here in New Zealand and I'm just getting over Saturday night, because for us it was one of those weekends. Sports all morning with my boys on the cricket field and that afternoon I had to race home and make a couple of cards that I should have done a week ago and left it to the last minute as you do LOL. We had a double whammy this weekend, my husband had clients, a husband and wife that were turning 50 and had a wonderful 50th birthday party then we had another with my nephew and partner were both turning 40 so we attended both and raced from one side of town to the other, we had to put an appearance into both.
Next weekend we have a 60th to go to, now I'm showing my age we don't get to go to 21st any more I wonder why???

I made two very simple cards I designed some time ago, I think they look nice and very appropriate for the occasions.

Here's my card Recipe

Base: White SU card stock

Design Paper: Nil

Trim card: Mauve, and Apple Green Bazzill

Images: Sweet peas from the wonderful Chris Dark from Sketching Stamper my favourite image of Chris's.

Colour Medium: Water colour pencils

Embellishments: White & Silver Satin Ribbon, Gems from my stash

Sentiment: PC generated font AdineKirnberg-Script and Copper Plate Gothic

Tools: Water Brush, Cuttlebug, Divine Swirls Embossing Folding my favourite, Spellbinders Nestabilities Square, and the Sweet peas were painted with Glass Coat to give a 3D affect

I do hope you like the cards and thanks for looking.

Hugs

Kathie

xox

ABC Challenge G is for Green

"G IS FOR GREEN"

Welcome and thank you for coming over to my neck of the woods and looking a my "Bold Green Dragon" G is for Green. I know that little boys just love Dragons at this age especially Dragon Birthday Cakes iced with Green icing I know one of my boys did.

Here's my card Recipe

• White SU board for the base
• Apple green and olive green Bazzill. Forest Green Handmade Mulberry Paper for the matting of the Dragon and the Sentiment.
• Design paper is unknown left at my place by a friend
• The Image is from Pollycraft Designs and the Dragon's name is Feathers
• Feathers has been coloured with Copic markers, White and Blue Gel Pens
• Ribbon and brads from my stash
• Sentiment is PC generated using Lucida Handwriting
• I used my Cuttlebug, Square Nesties and glue dots

Thanks for coming by and having a look at my card wishing you all a great weekend.

Hugs Kathie

xox

Cupcake Challenge Sketch #64

Sketch Week #64

Good afternoon everyone, and what a beautiful Friday afternoon we have in New Zealand it's hot and sunny and hopefully the rain has gone somewhere else for the weekend.

This weeks Cupcake Challenge Sketch is just adorable I just love it so here's my take on the sketch.

Card Recipe:

• Base White SU Card Stock
• No design papers used but I did use different colour Bazzill's to tone in with my image
  Purple, Olive Green, Apple Green, Indigo and Mauve
• My Image is Bluebells from the very talented Chris Dark at Sketching Stamper, if you haven't used one of Chris's digi stamps hop over to her website here Sketching Stamper and have a look for yourself at her wonderful drawings and they are so easy to use.
• Colour Medium used were Copic's Ciao and I'm starting to get use to them.
• They only embellishment I used was the Purple Velvet ribbon I didn't think that the card needed any thing else. I didn't want to over do it as the image is so pretty.
• Cuttlebug, Spellbinders Nestabilities Squares.

Thank you for looking at my card and I do hope everyone has a wonderful weekend and be careful on the those roads where ever you are.

Big Hugs

Kathie

xox

DU2DS Challenge 24 "No Squares Allowed Shaped Card"

" No Squares Allowed Shaped Card"

Good morning everyone, an overcast type of day in my neck of the woods it doesn't know if it should rain or let the sun come out! hopefully the sun. I really had to think about what type of card I was going to do. I looked at so many different images I would have liked to use but as I planned to make a round card the images really didn't fit. Here is my card I do hope you like it.

My Card Recipe

Backing card White Bazzill which I print the Turquoise Gingham paper onto. This was a free download from The Craft Table and the colours of these Gingham's are wonderful and I used sea green Bazzill. The image is from Digi Stamp Boutique and this is Lilly. Lilly was coloured with my new Copic's which I'm still getting used to. The embellishments are from my stash, gems, ribbon and flowers. Some of the flowers I already had the yellow and small aqua so I used white flowers and coloured them with my Copic's which is a wonderful idea I read somewhere. I couldn't have done that with coloured pencils could I? LOL

Many thanks for looking and enjoy the rest of your week.

Hugs Kathie

xox

Friday Sketchers Challenge #76

Good morning everyone another wonderful spring morning here in New Zealand. Due to hang the washing out soon and sure enough it will rain. Here is my Christmas Card on the above sketch. I love the sketch but took my ages to match my papers would have been a good idea to put my papers together first then colour the image. Oh well my mistake.

Here my take on this great sketch.

The card base is made from White Bazzill and the Aqua paper is from my stash I think its a Crafty Creations paper. The red card stock is Red Bazzill and the design paper is from

Summer Time Designs the Giving Collection designed by Summer Driggs

which is a wonderful collection. The sentiment is mounted on some very old made made paper I have had for years and it was the best match for the colours I used. I'll know next time. LOL

The image is Cherry Kiss Snowball from Pollycraft and has been colour with my new Copic Ciao Markers, White Gel Pen and if you look closely the white fur and one of the snowballs has been covered with Martha Stewart glitter. The tag is her shopping list for Christmas. Embellishments were red gems from Crafty Creations and some silver yarn. The sentiment is PC generated using CK Alis Hand Official font and this was cut out using a Nestabilities tag and cuttlebug.

Have a great week and thanks for looking.

Hugs

Kathie

xox

Colour Create Challenge 30 All White

"All White except the image."

Welcome everyone, it's been over a week since I last posted a card. I've been very busy with my boys and their summer sports so this is my time now to post a card. Colour Create Challenge 30 is All White except the image, this isn't easy but it's very effective especially some of those wonderful DT cards.

Here's my take on All White.

Card Stock White Bazzill for all of the card and no design papers. The image on this card was from Pollycraft this week isn't he a wonderful Santa he look so Jolly. The colour medium are my new Copic's which I'm still getting used to and gold, silver and white gel pens. The ribbons are from my stash and the sentiment was generated on the PC using Christmas Card font. Tools used was my Cuttlebug Swiss Dots and Snow Flake and a Fiskers Corner Punch. The image has been raised by foam pot dots to give a 3D affect.

Hears hoping everyone has a great week.

Hugs

Kathie

xox

Sweet Sketch Wednesday #20

A Merry Digi Stamp and Masculine Card for a Change
Hi everyone, my first posting for over a week, it's really been one of those weeks glad it's moved on to another. I'm about to do this postings when I read Merry OH!! was this card meant to be a Merry Christmas Card too bad LOL. My boys are going to be Merry anyway as it's the first Cricket game of the season on Saturday and they are so looking forward to it.
Here's my take on this sketch. White, Olive and Dark Green Bazzill, the Design paper is unknown a friend of mine left it at my place and it went so well with the Bazzill (thanks Jen for leaving it).
My image is from Digi Stamp Boutique, I contacted Sally Ann a few weeks ago and asked her if she could design Josh playing cricket for my son's, no rush just before their birthday's next year. Two days latter I received an email that it was available on her web site if I was interested, what a silly question I just love Josh and thank you so much Sally Ann he's great to make those wonderful Masculine Cards.
Colour Medium: Coloured with my new Copic Markers, bring back my coloured water pencils they are so much easier.LOL
Embellishments: Brown and gold ribbon, brads, round paper clip from my stash. The sentiment is PC generated using Verdana font. Cuttlebug embossing folder Happy Birthday.

Take care and have a great week.
Hugs
Kathie
xox

Cupcake Challenge Week 61 Buttons & Stitching

" Just Relax"!!!

Good morning everyone, well it's Sunday morning in my neck of the woods and it's a typical spring morning, one minute it's warm and sunny next minute there is a shower of rain and my washings getting wet and I haven't brought it in because I'm crafting instead.LOL

Here's my card for Buttons and Stitching.

The card base is white Bazzill and the pink and white papers are from my stash. My image has been mounted on green corrugated cardboard which was the perfect colour. The image is from Digi Delights Cool Cat. I've been looking forward to using this image for quite some time . Cool Cat has been coloured with Water Colour pencils and the ribbon and buttons are from my stash. Sentiment is PC generated using Han Solo Font. A Water Brush was used, white, pink and green gel pens for the faux stitching and waxed flax to stitch the buttons on. The Cat Sunglasses and Ice in her Cocktail has been coated with Glass Finish to give it a 3D effect.

I can't wait for summer.LOL

Take care and have a great Sunday

Hugs

Kathie

xox

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #28 Character Counts!

Donald Duck with Attitude!!!

Good evening everyone another wonderful spring day here we went out for lunch and had a BBQ and yes you can guess it rained. Anyway we had a lovely time and I'm back home in time to craft and finish my card for this challenge. Here's my card Donald Duck, I've always had a soft spot for him and here he is!!!

Card Base is white Bazzill the blue, red and yellow papers are from my stash and bright gold gingham paper is printed by Printblocks Australia and older paper I've had in my stash for some time. The image is Donald Duck copied from one of my son's books and he was coloured with Water Colour Pencils. The embellishments is the red and white spot ribbon and yellow buttons from my stash. Water brush and waxed flax for putting my buttons on.

Hope you enjoy Donald and have a great weekend.

Hugs

Kathie

xox