♥ Venice

Good morning everyone! Today at Crafts 4 Eternity we have a cinnamon colour recipe challenge. Just use a combination of the following colours.

I started out with these colours on my image and then it just kind of evolved!

I created a background with distress inks and water stain. Then I stamped it with Penny Black ~ Venetian Summer. 

The heart was a grunge board which I inked with black ink and the letters were diecut using the Sizzix Tim Holtz Wanted Alphabet die.

I then painted the whole piece with Distress Crackle Paint ~ Clear Rock Candy.

Papers: Cosmo Cricket ~ Circa 1934.

Thank you for looking.

Keeley

lil' dude

WOAHHHH!!! I am SO happy that summer is here ... AT LAST!!! Long may it continue and I promise not to complain that it's 'too hot'!

I'm terribly late again with my project at Crafts 4 Eternity, where this week we have a SPORTY theme. Well after rummaging through my stash, the closest thing I could get to being sporty was this paper with cricket? balls on.

 

I decided to make a photo frame using my Tim Holtz Sizzix ~ Small Easel die which has just arrived. The piece that I've stuck to the frame measures 9" x 9" and it is well supported. All it needs now is a photo.

The papers I've had forever: Cosmo Cricket ~ Lil' Man.

I've decorated it with some MAMBI chipboard pieces which I've had for about three years and never used, but they go so well with this paper.

The image is an old one: Magnolia ~ Edwin with Cap, which I've coloured with copics and there are some stickles on there but they are not showing up too well in this photo.

Promise not to be late next week, as my project is already finished :)

I'm going to pop this in at 'something old, something new': Sweet Stampin.

Thankyou for looking.


keeley

celebration

 

Today we have a fab sketch at Crafts 4 Eternity.

I am also entering this into the following challenges:

'no kids allowed birthday': Stamptacular Sunday.
'celebrate good times': City Crafter.
'black, red, cream, yellow': Color Throwdown.

Here is my finished piece.

I've used Cosmo Cricket ~ Circa 1934 papers which are just fabulous all on their own.

The tag is  7gypsies and is just tucked behind so that it can be pulled out and written on. I added a button to it.

The image is Elisabeth Bell ~ Willow Dressing Up. I coloured her with copics and added some stickles.

Well I woke up to a stonking migraine this morning which completely scuppered my day, so I am going to try and salvage what's left of it by getting some crafty time in.

Thank you for looking.

keeley

 

wish

I had a problem trying to get some decent photos today, but if you click on them, you will be able to see them a bit better (if you want to that is!). 

The sketch: Magnolia Down Under Challenges.

Other challenges:

'lots of red': My Time To Craft.

'make your own': Cute Card Thursday. I made my own WISH embellishment.

'birthday': Stamp With Us, Corrosive Challenge and Creative Belli.

Papers: Cosmo Cricket ~ Honey Pie.

I made the flower from layers of Prima flowers and added some Mill Hill glass pebble beads to the centre, left over from my stitching days.

Image: Magnolia ~ Fairy Dust Tilda, coloured with copics and with some added stickles.

I made the 'WISH' sentiment using a Tim Holtz ~ Fragment, glued a Wish adage ticket to the back and cut it out when dry. I then added a Game Spinner to the holey bit! I'm really pleased with how this turned out. I bought these 'fragments' a while back and although I've rummaged through the box a few times, I've never actually used one. Now I might be addicted!! Oh well, only another 47 in the pack to bore you with! LOL!

                           

Thank you for looking.

Keeley

wonderful

There is another fab recipe challenge at Crafts 4 Eternity this week.

The sketch.

Reverse something.

Add some brads.

I am also entering this into the following challenges:

'Spring is in the air': By the Cute & Girly.

Papers: Cosmo Cricket ~ Early Bird: Apron Strings and Sunrise.

When you open the hinge, this is what you see.

Gorgeous image: Penny Johnson ~ Penelope, coloured with copics. I've also added some stickles, which don't show up well in the photo, but she does sparkle!

The sentiment is a Tim Holtz token which says 'Wonderful'.

Apologies for still not having been able to visit all your blogs, I just haven't had any {me} time lately, but I will catch up just as soon as I can!

Thank you for looking.

Keeley

sweetness

                           

There is another fabulous recipe challenge this week at Crafts 4 Eternity:

The sketch (which I spun on it's side).

Use some notepaper.

Include a butterfly.

I really am loving these recipes as they are encouraging me to use up some long forgotten stash and I am really in 'using up my stash' mode at the moment.

Other challenges that I am entering:

'anything Spring': (I have chosen Spring colours) The Pink Elephant.

'are you wearing green?': (my lady is!) Created By Hand.

'green': Simon Says Stamp Challenge.

'flowers with option of pastel colours': (which I have) Crafty Calendar Challenge.

Papers: Cosmo Cricket ~ Honey Pie

Notepaper: Making Memories ~ {note}worthy. I have several of these spiral notebooks, long forgotten about in favour of other things, so it was good to go back to it.

I added some further layers of notebook effect paper by using my EK Success edge punch. I added some embossing, machine stitching and some gorgeous velvety lace ribbon and floral lace.

The butterfly is a K&Co rub-on.

Flowers are Prima and I hand sewed a button to the centre.

Image: Elisabeth Bell ~ Willow Holding Baby coloured with copics.

The 'sweetness snap' is by We R Memory Keepers. I'm gradually using them up!

A Tim Holtz ticket.

Thank you for looking.

keeley

having a {me} day

cool skateboarder

My entry today was fun and simple to make and is for just two challenges.

I used the sketch at Anyone For Anya? and spun it on it's side.

I am also entering this into the Papertake Weekly Challenge which is 'spots and stripes'.

All papers used, as well as the ribbon, are from the Cosmo Cricket ~ Get Happy range. I used a combination of the 12 x 12 and 8 x 8 papers.

The image is Skater Ian from The Greeting Farm. I coloured him with my copics.

Thank you for looking.

Keeley

having a {me} day

beach surfer

My entry today is for SEVEN challenges.

I have used this week's sketch at Sketch and Stash and used my new Magnolia stamp and neglected beads.

At Daring Cardmakers the challenge is lace - I have used paper lace.

Stamp Something want you to take inspiration from your summer vacation. Mine is a beach.

At A Spoon Full of Sugar the theme is travel, where you can use a holiday theme or form of transport. I have a holiday theme and I think the surf board could count as a mode of transport!

At both The Pink Elephant and Cute Card Thursday the theme is 'summer'.

Finally, at Creative Inspirations the challenge is 'spots, dots and circles'.

Papers are from the Cosmo Cricket ~ Snorkel collection and I used Boardwalk, Umbrellas and Carbonation. I inked the edges and layered onto Bazzill.

The image used is Magnolia ~ Tilda with Surfboard and I coloured her with my copics.

The 'BEACH' sign is an Imaginisce Snag'em Stamp which I embossed with distress embossing powder.

I used paper lace for the vertical strip.

The beach pebbles and seahorse were beads from my stash.

Thank you for looking.

kat

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home for the holidays ~ christmas in july

I'm in a Christmassy kind of mood! So I have made a Christmas card and am entering it into FIVE challenges.

I am using Tab's fabulous sketch from this week's challenge at Just Magnolia.

Everybody-Art has a challenge of 'spots and stripes'. There are plenty of these in the papers I've used.

Daring Cardmakers have a dare called 'on the edge' and want to see what use you have made of border treatments. I have lots of borders on this card with all the layers and have used a border punch, machine stitching, lace and decorative scissors.

Finally, both One Stop Craft Challenge and Magnolia Down Under Challenge have a theme of 'Christmas in July'. Perfect!

Here is the card that I made. I took the photos in what was left of the evening sunshine so that explains the shadows!

All plain cardstock is Bazzill. Patterned papers are from the Cosmo Cricket ~ Oh Joy collection and I used Reindeer Games, Frosty and Merry & Bright. These papers are absolutely gorgeous, just love the colours on them and will definitely be buying some more!

For the strip across the middle of the card I used my Martha Stewart ~ Emblossed Snowflake punch on the vertical edges.

'Home for the holidays' is a journalling card from the Oh Joy collection. I cut the left side of the mat with some decorative scissors. A piece of lace has been machine stitched to the border and I stitched on a button to match one of the three at the top of the card.

The image is Magnolia ~ Tilda with Candy Cane from last year's Christmas Collection. I haven't yet used all of my Tilda's from last year's collection so thought I'd better start before this year's collection comes out.

As usual, I coloured her with my copics.

Thank you for looking.

kat

having a {me} day.

40th birthday

I needed to make a card for a 40th Birthday and as I was using a Sugar Nellie stamp it seemed appropriate to use this week's sketch over at The Sugar Bowl.

As well as the following the sketch, the challenge was to use pearls.

I used a pre-bought card blank as my base. I forgot I had these, usually I make my own out of Bazzill, but having discovered them, felt that I ought to use one! I inked the edges of the card with gold ink.

The patterned paper I have used is Cosmo Cricket ~ Dutch Girl: Klara and I have used both sides of this.

Here is my card.

The '40!' and the bracket are pieces of chipboard which I stamped with pale blue ink and clear embossed, before inking the edges with gold. The 'happy birthday' sentiment was part of one of those flimsy freebie sets you sometimes get with magazines. It was the perfect colour for what I needed. I glued it to some chipboard, inked the edges with gold and I'm actually quite pleased with how it came out so I'm glad I never threw these away!

The image is of course Fizz by Leanne Ellis, just love those legs! I coloured her with my copics.

For the 'photo corner' I used a little piece of lace and stitched on some tiny buttons in red and blue.

The scroll in the top right corner is a K & Co rub on and just perfect for filling up the blank space I had.

Finally, I added some nice chunky flat pearls to the right hand side of my card.

Thank you for looking.

kat - keeley

having a {me} day

aged 9

I needed a birthday card for my niece's 9th birthday and as I was using a Magnolia stamp, I thought I would try out the sketch at the new Magnolia challenge blog: Just Magnolia.

It says that you can combine this with as many challenges as you would like so I am also going to enter this into three other challenges:

Cute Card Thursday where the challenge is to use any type of flower.

Dutch Dare Card Challenge where the challenge is to use your favourite things. My favourite things at the moment are my new craft punches.

One Stop Craft Challenge where the challenge is to use decorative cuts.

This is probably the largest card I have ever made, measuring 6" x 12". It just kept growing! I will redo the photos, the lighting wasn't at its best.

I used papers from the Cosmo Cricket ~ Girl Friday collection: Thursday, Monday and Saturday.

I used two Magnolia stamps ~ Sweetheart and Birthday Present and I coloured them with my copics. I created a background for Tilda using Tim Holtz crackle paints and inks.

The number '9' was a chipboard diecut which I painted and then added some crackle accents.

I created the circles behind Tilda with my new Fiskars ~ Daisy border punch.

For the zig zags at the bottom of the card, I used my new Martha Stewart ~ Zigzag edge punch. This was from my friend Deb, she does spoil me ~ but THANK YOU!

Flowers and brads were from my stash and the sentiment is Penny Black.

Thank you for looking.

kat - keeley

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bright and beautiful

The Sunday Challenge this week at Dottie's World has been set by Juliet:

'All Things Bright and Beautiful'.....evoking thoughts of Spring and Easter. The challenge is simply to make a project using 'bright and beautiful' colours and embellishments - of course featuring one of the downloads too.'

I am also entering this into the sketch challenge at Sketch Saturday where they have an absolutely brilliant sketch. Although my image is a little large so have had to twiddle the sketch slightly to fit all the elements in.

Here is my take:

For my card I used the image of Madison in China and I coloured her with my copics. It doesn't show up too well in the photo but I layered her trousers, tunic and left arm up on foam pads to add a bit of dimension to the card.

The stem of the parasol is a cocktail stick! All papers used are from the Cosmo Cricket ~ Hey Sugar range. The flowers are stamped images which I cut out and then layered with Hero Arts flowers. All ribbons are from my stash and the brads are by Papermania.

Thank you for looking.

kat

having a {me} day