Sk8ter Boy

Evening peep-a-rellies, hope all is well.  What another glorious day it has been today, it's a lovely change having summer clothes on instead of living in jumpers and woolly socks!  ..... Lol...

I was having a little experiment with chalks by trying to distress the skull and cross bones diecuts.  The stamped image is from Sugar Nellie.  The charm and leather twine are from stash.  Tools used are a couple of embossing folders.  The challenges covered are:-

• The Sugar Bowl - Anything Goes
• Crafty Catz - It's Child Play
• Totally Papercrafts - Let's here it for the boys
• Cards for Men - Bingo (diecuts, charm, embossing)

Have a lovely evening...

Hugs

Kaza xxx

Retirement Card - Double Easel

Morning peeps, having a cheeky wee day off today. Barry and I were planning a wee trip out and a bar lunch somewhere but unfortunately he has had to work, so I'm home alone.

We have had quite a few retirements at the work in the past month and this is just one of them for our old chief.  The badge of the left side is actually one of his old cap badges.  The main tools used have been my scalloped square Nesties.  The challenges covered are:-  

• Ooh La La  -  Easel Cards
• Cards for Men  -  Anything Goes
• Crafty Catz  -  One for the boys

Hugs

Kaza xxx

Bicycle Race

Back for a third and final time for today. This Manga image is from Sugar Nellie, the backing paper is from DCVW. The traffic lights are made using Card Candi. Ribbon and printed sentiment from stash. Tools used was a circle embossing folder.  The challenges covered with this card are:-

• Cards for Men  -  Transport
• Allsorts Challenge -  Male
• Sweet Stampin' Challenge -  Ribbon

Hugs

Kaza xxx

Baby Blues

Afternoon peeps, popping on while I have the chance this weekend.  The house is all topsy-turvy at the moment as we are getting new heating in over the next few days -  I have about six jumpers and four pairs of socks at the ready to throw on just in case it gets a bit nippy!!.  I am having to move all my crafty stash out of the cupboard where the boiler is kept.  Me feels I am going to have great fun rummaging all through it and coming across things I didn't even realise I had! ...lol...

This is a cheeky wee quick card I had done using a Forever Friends 3D Element, in't he a cutie.  The  checked blue paper is from the bottom of my scrap drawer and the button brads, ribbon and gems are from stash..  The cute elephant charm is from Meiflower.  Tools used are my circle & scallop circle Nesties and a embossing folder.  The challenges covered are:-

• Creative Card Crew  -  Silver & Ble
• Cards for Men -  Anything for a Boy/Man
• Charisma Cardz Challenge  -  Feeling Blue

Hugs

Kaza. xxx

Summer? .... Where? ....

Good morning everyone, hope all is well in Blogland with you all.  Well, that's the longest day past and the  nights now are going to start to draw in!?!  Hard to believe isn't it! Where has this year (and summer) done!! Thinking to myself that I will have to start on - *whispers* - Christmas cards soon - sshh!!! but that seems to really wish the year away ...lol...

Last Sunday we had our Brionni Trust stall at the Scribblers Picnic, Stirling,  a really good fun day despite the rain and we managed to raise over £138.00 - thanks for everyone's support and donations.

Since the weather has been totally pants, I decided to do a summery themed card to cheer myself up.  I've done quite a Clean & Simple card as I wanted to show off the papers (freebie from a crafty magazine).  I coloured the Magnolia image with my whisper pens so it was bold & bright.  The sentiment is printed off the computer and the sunglasses embellishment is from crafty stash.  The challenges covered today are:-

• Deep Ocean Challenge  -  Welcome Summer
• Cards for Men  -  Sports with a Sentiment
• Just Magnolia  -  Summer Colours

Hopefully I will be back on later day.  Barry is apparently going to treat me to lunch but we will wait and se ...lol...

Hugs

Kaza. xxx

Back In Action...

.... well, hopefully thanks to Lesley (aka Pinkles Dreams).  After a long time suffering with Blogger/Internet connection issues she suggested switching to Google Chrome instead of Internet Explorer and - fingers crossed (and toes) - it has worked and I can get back to normal -  Hip hip hooray!!!!!.

While I have mentally been throwing the computer out of window lol,  I have been busy making quite a few commissioned cards which all funds go to The Brionni Trust.  We have got  a busy time coming up for the Charity with a Race Night on the 26th May and then we have a stall at the Scribbler's Picnic, Stirling on the 17th June - we will have to get cracking making some more cards for stock for there as it a great day and lovely to see some regular faces.

Well, enough babbling on and get onto some crafting.... this is one of the commissioned cards I had to do on my list which is for a 21st Birthday.  The image is a Kenny K digi stamp coloured with my watercolour paints.  I had a little problem as I don't have promarkers, copics etc... so when colouring the printer ink on the stamp starting to bleed - oops - fingers crossed it is not that noticeable.  The stripey paper is from DCVW and the CD is an old recycled one.  The musical notes on the CD are peeloffs and the metal star is from stash.  The challenges covered are:- 

• Cards for Men  -  Kicking Back
• Crafty Creations  -  Male Birthday
• Moving Along With the Times  -  Keep it Real.

Hugs

Kaza. xxx

Funny Card for Baza

It was Baza's birthday yesterday and we celebrated it in style by watching Scotland getting thrashed by Spain at football on the telly with a takeaway tea! ...lol.... his choice, not mine!... and the good part, no plates to wash-up!

The digi stamp & sentiment is from Bugaboo, coloured with whispers pens.  Checked paper are out of scrap drawer.  Also used was a Cuttlebug embossing folder.  The challenges covered are:-

• Cards for Men  -  Make Us Laugh
• One Stop Craft Challenge  -  Anything Goes
• Papertake Weekly  -  Get in Shape (Square, Circle & Rectangle)

Hugs

Kaza.xxx

Rugby Boy

Good morning peeps, hope you are all having a fabby weekend.  We had a brilliant charity do last night with a great band, DJ, hotel venue and of course the lovely company.... it was terrific .......... thanks everyone!!!! .... and not a sore head in sight!... yeah!...lol.

With the weather being basically "pants" outside I'm planning a chillaxing day with a bit of crafting mixed in. 

The rugby boy is a LOTV's pre-coloured image so handy for quick cards that are needed in a hurry.  The papers are from Papermania and the rugby ball silver button and blue ribbon are from stash with sentiment printed off computer.  Tools used are embossing folders and Nesties Ovals. The challenges covered are:-

• Cards for Men  -  Sports
• Tuesday Morning Sketches  -  Sketch
• Lili of the Valley  -  Button it!

Hugs

Kaza.xxx

Gone fishing

Good evening peeps hope you are all well.  It's a soggy Wednesday here in Central Scotland, not a great surprise to be honest, it would be nice to see what the sun looks like from time to time though...lol .... My suntan from my holi-bags is fading fast as it is being washed away, never mind only 10 weeks until we are away again - this time to Rhodes - can't wait as I love Greece.

Managed to have a wee play at my table tonight while Baza is upstairs in his 'games room' playing on the playstation and talking to his cyber-pals.  The image is from Lili of the Valley, papers, sentiment and brads are from stash.  Tools used are embossing folders and square nesties.  The challenges covered are:-

• Cards for Men  -  Stars
• Inspirational Card Sketches  -  Sketch
• My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge  -  One for the Boys

Hugs

Kaza.xxx

Rock Star

Hello peeps.  The weekend again and I am home alone - whoop whoop!!!  All my jobs are (nearly) done around the house so I thought I deserved a wee play at the table this afternoon - hehe!   Onyx, the stroppy teenager of a cat, is determined to get covered in glue and glitter today as she keeps walking all over the table trying to help - NOT!!!  Tried to get her off by threatening her with a brush (which she hates) but instead she just turned round, hissed and then proceeded to lay down right in the middle of my stuff on the table - foiled by a cat!!! 

Now that I am at the moment blogging, she is now wanting on my knee but because the laptop is there she has jumped up on the the back of the seat and is currently pulling my hair!!! - told you she was stroppy!

The image is Luca from Sugar Nellie.  The design paper is a tiny piece out of scrap drawer.  Star sequins, musical brads and sentiment are from stash.  The challenges covered are:-

• Cards for Men  -  Sketch
• Simon Says  -  Birthday
• Cute Card Thursday  -  Music & Dance

Hugs

Kaza. xxx

Party On!!!

Good afternoon to you lovely peeps.  Hope you are all having a lovely weekend.  So far, I am having a rather chilly and foggy one, it hasn't lifted here since Thursday, hopefully we might see some sunshine tomorrow and the temperature will rise above the -5 it has been!! brrrrrrrrrrr.... 

I have been looking forward to this evening for a while,  I am heading out shortly to stay overnight with a girl friend of mine, there are other friends staying over too that we have not met up together for a good few years with them moving away and then back nearby again.  I can sense quite alot of story telling, photo sharing, laughter, tears, singing and a few bottles of wine being disposed off ....  carnage!!!  I don't think there is enough beds to go round so I have packed my sleeping bag and then I have no concerns for when I am tired  ( lol ...... new name to myself - "Martini" - anytime, anyplace, anywhere...lol). 

Anyway,  I have had a few hours this afternoon to play at my table and managed to make one card, yes, I am getting slower rather than quicker...lol.  The cheek of it too is that I have used a Stickeroo from Penny Black so no colouring was needed..... Oh, I becoming so lazy these days...lol. .... put it down to the weather.. hehehe.  The paper I am sure is from a DCVW paperpack.  Balloons are made from funky foam cut out with Sizzix paddle punches.  The challenges covered today are:-

• Inspirational Card Sketches  -  Sketch
• Cards for Men  -  Lets Party
• Pear Tree Designs  -  Free For All
• My Time to Craft  -  Spots & Dots
• Fab n Funky  -  Animal Magic
• Delightful Sketches  -  Lets Celebrate

Hugs

Kaza. (aka Martini...lol)  xxx

Football Crazy

Afternoon peeps, hope you are all having a lovely weekend.  I am home alone this afternoon as Barry is away watching a football match so I am getting a chance to play, play, play!!!!

I have used another one of Lili of the Valley's toppers and one of their fabby circle sentiment stamps. Scraps from drawer and stickers from stash.  The challenges covered are:-

• Cards for Men  -  Sketch
• One Stop Challenge  -  Card for a Child

Hugs

Kaza.xxx

Baby Boy Card

Back again, this time with a baby boy card. I have used the Forever Friends stamp again.  Papers are from my scrap drawer.  The little ducks are made from Sizzix hand punches and the button brads are from stash.  The challenges covered on this card are:-

• Crafty Creations  -  Buttons
• Cards for Men  -  Animals
• Stamp with Fun  - Sketch

Hugs

Kaza. xxx

Hello!!!!

Good afternoon your lovely peeps.  Hope you are all having a good weekend.  Autumn/Winter is definitely upon us here, with the trees shedding their leaves and the frosty mornings ..... brrrrrr!!! ..... I just want to stay cozy in bed and hibernate!  I finally had chance for a wee play at my table this weekend and here is a couple of my creations:-

This is a quick and simple card using my origami skills (shirts are the only thing I have learnt to make so far!!  lol).  Tools used are square nesties, Cuttlebug embossing folder and MS border punch. Ribbon and card candies from stash, with sentiment printed of the computer.  The challenges covered are:-

• Cards for Men  -  Anything Goes
• Papertake Weekly  -  Penny for the Guy (Male Card)
• C.R.A.F.T.  -  Dry Embossing

This card is using a PB Stickeroo, they are really handy when a card is needed in a hurry.  Again, my Nesties and embossing folders are used.  Ribbon & flowers are from stash and the tag is from a Forever Friends pack.  The challenges covered on this card are:-

• My Time to Craft  -  Quick & Cute
• Totally Papercrafts  -  Tag it!
• Our Creative Corner  -  Attitude of Gratitude

Get your motor rolling.........

Good morning, good morning, good morning.  Hope you are all well.  I am sneaking on before Barry gets back from the golf with a wee sneak peek of his birthday card.  It is not until the 11th October but I know what I am like and I would have forgotten so I made it when it was fresh in my mind.  I have no idea what to get him for a pressie though as he has everything - Gadget City our house is... hehehe.

Since old Baza loves the Formula One car racing I thought I would be nice and made him a wee themed card using some decoupage I had for just an occasion... lol.  The papers are from DCVW.  The challenges covered on this card are:-

• Cards for Men  -  Transport
• Cupcake  -  Transport
• Spoon Full of Sugar  -  Anything Goes

This afternoon I am off to my friends house who is having a Macmillan Coffee Morning in memory of her father so hopefully I shall be back on later on this evening.

hugs

Kaza.xxx

2nd Post today - Another Xmas Card

Evening peeps, on with my second card of the day.  I must "faff" about too much as I've been at my table most of the day and have not much to show for it....lol.... and now my peace & quiet is shattered as Barry is back from the watching football.

Anyway I had a wee play with some decoupage bears, they are really cute aren't they.  The DP is from a DCVW Xmas Stack.  Ribbon and sentiments are from stash.  The challenges covered this time are:-

• Our Creative Corner Sketch Blog  -  Sketch
• Cards for Men  -  Decoupage
• Ooh La La  -  Spots & Dots
• A Spoon full of Sugar  -  Christmas in August

Hugs
Kaza.xxx

Male Golfing Card

Afternoon peeps, trying to cram some crafting in today amongst other jobs.  Have done this male card using some decoupage I had made but not popping onto anything.  The challenges I have covered are Cards for Men - "Outdoors", Our Creative Corner - "Masculine Birthday" and Magical Crafts - "Black & White & Another".

It is quite a simple card with using black peel-offs for the sentiments and extra golf embellishments.  The Design Paper is from a Papermania Inspiration Paperpack..

Hugs
Kaza.xxx

Quick Male Card

Back again today, this time with a quick male card.  I am being a bit cheeky entering the challenges as I don't know if I am stretching the theme boundaries a bit too far....lol..  Over at Cards for Men, their theme is "Fancy Folds", so I thought my fancy origami shirt covered that.  It's buttons are wee bits of peel off waste and matt & layered it on card cut by my Nesties.  Paperplay Challenge is "No Patterned Paper", so I am chancing my arm with this one.....lol.  and lastly, I should be safe with this one as across at Creative Card Crew it is "Happy Birthday".  I embossed the white card with one of my Cuttlebug folders and used brads, ribbon and pre-printed sentiment from stash.

Hope you are having a fabby weekend & looking forward to catching-up with you all later.

hugs
Kaza.xxx

Men's Card

Hello - me again!!!!! Just with a wee decoupaged card this for a man.  Thought I would make a couple of male cards as they are always handy and are usually a pain to make.  The challenge across at Cards for Men is "Happy Birthday" and over at Creative Inspirations is "Male Card".

Hugs

Kaza.xxx