It's A Dogs Life!

Yep! It's raining again, surprise surprise ...lol...  I have a feeling that one or two campers at 'T in the Park' will be collecting their tents from out the trees as it was quite a breezy one last night!!!  I don't envy them one bit, much prefer my cozy bed these days than roughing it under a bit of canvas and the thought of those Port-a-loos makes me shudder!!!

To brighten the mood from the typical Scottish weather I have tried to use bright cards on this card,  The image was a freebie from a craft magazine coloured with my paints.  The backing papers are from DCVW.  Flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts. The cirular sentiment is from LOTV.  Sticky rik-rak ribbon from stash.  The challenges covered this morning are:-

• Paperplay Challenges  -  Happy Birthday
• My Time to Craft  -  Raining Cats & Dogs
• Papertake Weekly Challenges  -  Anything Goes

Hugs

Kaza

xxx

Digi Stamp Anniversary

Morning peeps, just a very quick post before heading off to work.  Meant to post last night but was too tired I could hardly keep my eyes open.

The digi stamp couple is from Bugaboo, coloured with my whisper pens.  Backing paper from DCVW, Ribbon from Meliflower.  Card Candi from stash.  Tools used are Embossing folders are Nesties.  The challenges covered today are:-

• One Stitch At A Time  -  Digi Stamp
• Quirky Craft Challenges  -  Make Us Laugh
• Totally Papercrafts  -  Can you Digi it?

Hugs

Kaza. xxx

Lovely Lavender & Lace

Evening peeps, hope you are all keeping warm through this chilly spell.  It has not been enjoyable the past few mornings scrapping the ice off the car .....brrrrrr!!!

Just a quick post this evening as I haven't made much this past week so only one card for the offering.  The image is a pre-coloured image from Lili of the Valley.  The papers are from DCVW.  Diecut heart is from Marianne Creations.  Flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.  Lace, pearls and sentiment are all from stash.  Other tools used was my Swiss Dots embossing folder.  The challenges covered are:- 

• Allsorts  -  Free & Easy February (anything goes)
• Papertake Weekly  -  Anything Goes
• Crafty Cardmakers  -  Monochrome Magic

Hugs

Kaza. xxx

Cha Cha Slide

Hello peeps, cannot believe that it is Sunday afternoon already, how the weekend flies past and I sill have a 101 jobs still to do, serves me right for faffing about yesterday ...lol.  I think I am gonna have to write myself up a timetable and stick to it .... just like being back to school.

This fabby digi image is from Bugaboo Stamps and I have coloured her with my Brushstroke markers. The little cocktail glass stamp a foam one I picked up somewhere.   The CD is one of those freebie giveaways from a newspaper. The diecut musical notes are from Sizzilits with the backing paper from DCVW.  Peeloffs, gems, ribbon and sentiment are from stash.  The challenges covered are:-

• Simon Says .....  -  Sketch
• Cute Card Thursday  -  Music & Dance
• Alphabet Challenge  -  'Y' for You Choose (Auything goes)

Hugs

Kaza. xxx

Hello ......

...... Can't believe I have been missing in action from Blogland for a wee while. Have been a bit busy with charity stuff, wedding invites, commissioned cards and trying to get the card stock pile up for the next stall date in a few months.  Hoping for a day of play this afternoon (fingers-crossed) as I should really be packing my case for my holidays next week - off to the sun - woohoo!!!!

This one of the commissioned cards I have been doing but managed to sneak a few challenges into it, hehe.  The remit for this one is a Goth Ballet dancer,  this was the closet I could find in my box of stash.  It is a stamped image I have had for ages (think I received it in an image swap so I'm afraid I don't know the maker).  The backing papers are from DCVW, stick-on clear gems from stash,  tools used are Musical notes Sizzixlits diecuts and a Nesties Swirl diecut.  The challenges covered are:-

• Creative Card Crew  -  Anything Goes
• Oldie but a Goodie  -  Lots of Sparkle
• Flutter by Wednesday  -  Celebrate

Hugs

Kaza.xxx

Paws for thought

Evening folks - Yay! it's the weekend - Whoop Whoop!  Have you peeps anything planned? A bit of crafting maybe? ... yep... thought so .... can't wait to see all your creations over the next few days.  Just a quick post this evening.

Have used this cheeky cute stamp (sorry, can't remember name) and the papers are from DCVW - as is the tag and stickers.  The challenges covered this evening are:-

• Stamptacular  -  Animal Antics
• Stamp with Fun  -  Sketch
• Creative Card Crew  -  Animal Antics

Hugs

Kaza. xxx

Hello again

I have been playing and managed to make this card so far.  I am blogging just now before I forget and before the daylight disappears to take photo.  For a change I decided to do a A5 card instead of a square card as not done one for ages - too comfy doing square me thinks, hehehe - and I must admit I was struggling with this one, alot of flower shuffling around the paper was done!.

The image is an Elizabeth Bell one from Sugar Nellie, coloured with my watercolour pencils.  Backing paper is from a DCVW Spring Stack.  Flowers are from a stash, as is the fabric butterfly.  Sentiment is from a DCVW quote sticker stack.  Tools used on the card were my Nestie Swirly template thingies.  The challenges covered are:-

• Flutter by Wednesday  -  Open Theme (got to have a Butterfly, Angel or Fairy)
• CRAFT Challenge  -  Flowers
• Pear Tree Designs  -  Colourful

Hugs

Kaza,xxx

Happy Easter

Good morning and a very Happy Easter to one and all.  Hope everyone is having a lovely weekend and the sun is shining where you are.  Just a quick post this morning as I need to get myself organised for visitors coming today - so unorganised as usual! ...lol.

 

The image is from Forever Friends.  The backing papers are from DCVW and scrap drawer.  Flowers are from stash and Wild Orchid Crafts.  Also from stash are the ribbon, brads, pearls and sentiment. Leaves are made with a punch.   The challenges covered are:-

• Forever Friends  -  Sketch
• Spoon full of Sugar  -  Lets Celebrate
• Fab n Funky  -  Here comes the Bride

Hugs

Kaza.xxx

Lazy Sunday Afternoon

The weather has been glorious here all weekend so I'm afraid I haven't done match crafting - one card in two days to be exact!!.  I have been pottering about the garden and the house - it's been great!!!  Had a mini spring clean upstairs and managed to gather 2 black bags full of stuff to hand in to one of the local charity shops.  Did a wee bit of weeding in the back garden followed by a lot of sitting in the garden watching the world go by and admiring my handy work!! ....lol.  Washing Basket completely empty - Yay!!.  Ironing basket full to the gunnel's - Boo!!

The image is from LOTV, The backing paper is from DCVW Spring Paperstack.  Flowers, sentiment and ribbon are from stash.  The challenges covered are:-

• Sweet Stanpin' Challenge  -  Sketch
• Lili of the Valley  -  Peach & Green
• Oldie but a Goodie  -  Wedding/Anniversary

Hugs

Kaza. xxx

Happy Mothers Day ...............

to all you lovely mums whether it be to young kids, adult kids, gran kids or four-legged kids.  Hope you all are having a well deserved day of pampering and fussing over.  My two tearaways let me have a lay in this morning - they jumped on and annoyed Barry instead of me to let them out at 5am ....lol

The image is from Penny Black.  Backing papers are from various paperpacks by Papermania.  Also used are Card Kandies, funky fibres and a sentiment printed off computer.  The challenges covered are:-

• Tuesday Morning Sketches  -  Sketch
• My Time to Craft  -  Mother's Day
• One Stop Craft Challenge  -  Spots & Dots

This is another card I did last night.  The image is one I must have got in a swap so I'm afraid I don't know who it is by.  The DP is from a DCWV Spring paperstack.  Also used was a Cuttlebug embossing folder.  The challenges covered are:-

• Stamp with Fun  -  Sketch
• Pear Tree Designs  -  Mother's Day
• Crafty Catz  -  April Showers

I am hoping to play at my table day so fingers crossed I shall be back on later with my creations.

Hugss

Kaza. xxx

Female Birthday Card

Evening, sneaking back on again with my second post of the day. There is so many great challenges this week that my mojo is overfollowing and I know I still won't manage to do them all even if I do a 24 hour shift.

The image is from High Hopes.  Papers are a mixture of DCVW and scrapbox.  Ribbon, peel offs are from stash and sentiment is printed off computer.  The challenges covered are:-

• For Fun  -  Sketch
• High Hopes  -  Female Birthday
• Colour Create - 3 Fruits (Orange, Lemon & Lime)

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

Henry Mouse

Good evening peeps, back on with another card made today.  I'm afraid the photograph isn't the greatest as the light in the house is quite dull.  I never got as much done as I had planned - typical!!! ... lol

The image is Henry Mouse from Whiff of Joy.  The design papers are from DCVW.  The heart diecut is from Sizzixlits, flowers and pearl brad are from stash and I have used my MS leaf punch and a Cuttlebug embossing folder.  The challenges covered are:-

• Whiff of Joy  -  Sketch
• Colour Create  -  Red, Pink & White + Hearts
• Stampavie & more  -  Red

Party Party Party!!!

........ not for me :-(   but for this gorgeous Whiff of Joy city girl who seems to be having a ball this New Year!!! .....lol.  I am having a lovely lazy few days, it is great, though the waistband on my clothes are slowly getting tighter and tighter and tighter...lol.

The papers are from a DCVW paperpack cut using my square Nesties.  sentiment is from stash.  I 'blinged' the image up with a bit of Silver Stickles.  The challenges covered are:-

• Simon Says  -  Party!
• Mojo Monday  -  Sketch
• Totally Papercrafts  -  Time to Party

Hugs
Kaza.xxx



Chilly Tuesday

Good morning to you all and I hope you are all keeping warm this chilly morning (-14 here).  Well, not at work again due to the condition of the roads.  They are shocking, my poor Barry was one of the many hundreds of travellers caught-up in the massive gridlock on the Central Scotland roads.  He was struck from 11am in the morning and never moved for over 8 hours, eventually the queue moved enough for him to take a slip road off the motorway and by luck he knew the back roads and made a very slow and slippery journey and got home the back of midnight very tired and hungry!!!.  There was alot of people, elderly and families had to spend the night in their vehicles in that cold weather - it must have been horrific!!!

So it is another day in the house with the heating on full blast to keep the chill away.  There is nothing else for it but to have a wee play at the table.  The image is Miss Anya from The Greeting Farm.  The design paper is from DCVW.  Diecut snowflakes from Sizzix and sentiment printed off computer.  The challenges I have covered are:-

• Sketch Saturday  -  Sketch
• Secret Crafter  -  Christmas
• Moving Along with the Times  -  To Someone Special

Hugs
Kaza.xxx

Creative Card Crew

Morning everyone.  Had a fantastic time at the Craft Fair over the weekend and will pop on a couple of photos of my goodies.  Was at a Christening yesterday and this is the card I made for Eilidh and since the challenge over at Creative Card Crew is "Children & Babies" it is quite apt.

The bear image is from Sugar Nellie Homegrown range, the teddies and balloon are diecuts and the backing papers are from DCVW Spring Stack.

hugs
Kaza.xxx

Winter Wonderland, Allsorts & Stamptacular Sunday

Evening everyone and a special welcome to a couple of new followers - Hello!!!!. Not been up to much so far this week, found it quite hard to sit at my table 'coz of a sore back, brought the computer chair down from the spare room but that didn't help and then Baza brought home a chair that one of this work fellows was throwing out but unfortunately it hasn't helped either. Might have it ask Baza for a back massage.........lol.........rather have a fish supper!!!.....lol.

Back to the challenges, managed again to do a 2 in 1 card. Winter Wonderland is "Let it Snow" and Allsorts is Triangles.

Painted Milly with Snowman and added a little sparkle with some silver Stickles. Backing papers are from Papermania and finished off with a giant snowflake.

Since it is Fathers Day coming up on Sunday and I will be away to see Gary and the boys (hasn't quite sure if I had mentioned Take That - Hamden - Sunday......lol) I thought I better make a card for Baza from the cats Onyx & Jazz. Luckily for me Stamptacular Sunday's challenge is "Fathers Day" .

I cheated a little bit by using a stickeroo from Penny Black as it had the No.1 rosette. Backing paper from the DCWV Cat Scrap booking Kit as is the 2 cat stickers I used for the inside as they similar to my 2 fur balls I have at home.

Hugs Kaza.xxx

Magnolia Down Under & ABC

I am still in shock 'coz it is still sunny!!!!.....lol.......washing is dry - Yay!. Got the doors & windows open breathing in the fresh air - it's a good job I don't suffer from hay fever.

This is the first time, I think, that I have managed to incorporate 2 challenges into 1 card. Magnolia Down Under - "All About A Boy" and ABC Challenge is "R for Roses".

Love this Edwin holding the roses, he is delightful, coloured with my paints. Backing papers are from DCWV, shapes cut out with oval Nesties and brads & ribbon from stash.

Gosh, all the this crafting builds up an appetite, I'm popping away to make a quick sarnie, mmmm........ chicken tikka sounds good.

Hugs

Kaza.xxx

Charisma Cardz & Allsorts

Evening peeps, thought I'd pop these 2 challenges on just now before I have my tea this evening. Over at Charisma Cardz it is a Colour Combo Challenge - Pink & Brown.

I have used a image from stash and papers are from the DCWV Spring Stack. Swiss Dots Embossing Folder. Oval & Label Nesties. Sentiment was hand written by myself. Brads, gem & ribbon were from stash.

I came across the Allsorts Challenge a wee while ago when I was blog-hopping on Dido's Designs (aka Hazel) one day. It is a fairly new site and this week it was also a Colour Combo Challenge - Pink & White. Which was ideal for me with these baby cards to make.

I got this pram stamp in the bargain dumpbins at my local Paper Mill Shop - 99p. Used my Swiss Dots embossing folder and the old faithful Nesties. My stash of peeloffs have been coming in really handy at the moment with my printer not working still.

Tummy is rumbling so way to see what I can rustle up in the kitchen (looks like it is scrambled eggs on toast......lol........as cooking is not my strongest asset).

Hugs

Kaza.xxx

Colour Create - Lemon, Pink Sorbet & Chocolate

This is just a wee short post this evening as the footie is on (Man U v Barcelona) so watching and crafting at the same time. The colour theme over at Colour Create had me licking my lips when I read it and inspired me to have a pudding...chocolate sponge & ice cream......yum...lol.

The lovely bear image is from Sugar Nellie's Homegrown range. Papers are from DCWV Spring Stack. I have tried to do the Shabby-Chic part my ripping the paper and put image & sentiment at a jonty angle...lol.

Hugs

Kaza.xxx