New Baby

Evening everyone, can't believe is Friday tomorrow - what a quick week it has been.  Hope you all have something enjoyable planned over the weekend.  Me?  I am going the boring houseworky jobs, and then hopefully playing at my table - Rock & Roll ...lol 

I have used this stamp many times, and still love it,  coloured with watercolour paints. The checked pattern paper is a scrap piece out of drawer.  Tools used are Nesties and dotty embossing folder.  The challenges covered are:-

• Creative Moments - Anything Goes/Something New
• Crafty Friends - New Beginnings 
• Cute Card - Cool Colours
• Deep Ocean Challenges - Anything New
• Dream Valley - Something New

With Love

Evening peeps!  I have the Monday holiday blues as it is back to work tomorrow, and it make myself even more sorry for myself, I am choked with the cold.  So to try and cheer myself up a bit I have been having a final play at my table as I have a few commissioned cards to make - always leave things to the last minute...lol...

The fabulous image is Embrace, from Penny Black, she still has to be one of my favourite PB stamps.  The backing paper is from a DCWV paperpack, flowers, card Candi, ribbon and sentiment from stash.  Dies used are both Nestabilities.  The challenges used are:-

• Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes
• CRAFT Challenges - Anything Goes
• Crafting from the heart - Anything Goes
• Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - Anything with Patterned Paper
• Penny Black Monthly Challenge - Anything Penny Black

Hugs

Kaza xxx

Happy New Year

Wishing everyone good health  and happiness for 2016!  I fell asleep before the bells and never even heard the fireworks doing off - totally zonked (and without even having a drink!). 

This was a commissioned Christmas Card I was asked to make for a Plasterer, so hopefully the recipient has received it now.  I used Magnolia Santa and made his own plastering tool (don't know technically term...lol) and a Little Claire doggy stamp.  the Christmas Tree I made myself using tinsel ribbon and gems and an embossing folder.   Other tools used was a snowflake embossing folder and oval nesties.  Christmas parcels, peel offs are from stash.  The challenges covered are:-

• Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes
• CRAFT Challenge - Anything Goes
• Creative Moments - Anything Goes
• Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge - Anything Christmas
• Little Claire's Challenge - A Special Christmas Card

Hugs

Kaza xxx

New Baby

Morning peeps,  horrid weather again today so it's a day for staying in and crafting,  luckily we have not been 'hit' too badly with Storm Frank,  thinking about others who have though,  been keeping myself upto date from Social Media and the inter web.

It is ages since I have used this stamp from Forever Friends,  coloured with watercolour pencils.  The checked paper is a scrap piece out of scrap drawer.  Card Candi from stash.  Tools used was Swiss Dots embossing folder and My Favourite Things Stitched rounded square die cuts.  The challenges covered are:-

• Allsorts Challenge - Anything but Christmas
• Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes
• Stampavie & More - Something New
• Creative Moments - Anything Goes
• Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes

Hugs

Kaza xxx

See you Latte Stepper Card

Afternoon peeps, hope you all had a Merry Christmas and wishing all the very best for 2016.  Thinking especially about friends caught up in the bad flooding in the north of England and the Scottish Borders. 

I never quite fulfilled my 2015 New Years resolution of blogging more, so I am going to set myself the same task again...lol..  I am also really rubbish at taking photos of my cards, so I am going to try and approve my photo skills too...  (This photo not applicable..lol).

This card is made up of various bits and bobs, the boutique scene is a topper from Hunkydory, the stamped image is from Whiff of Joy, the diecut table and chairs are from Crafters Companion, diecut fence from stash, sentiment is printed off computer and tools used was a brickwork effect embossing folder.  The challenges covered are:-

• Allsorts Challenge - Anything but Christmas
• Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes
• Sweet Stampin' - Food/Drink
• Crafting Muskateers - Use a Sentiment
• Cards Galore - Anything Goes

Kaza xxx

Let it Snow

.... Not that I want it to of course, enjoying this spell of sunshine, though I fear it isn't going to last long. This nice weather seems to lift everyone's spirits.  

I have used this super cute image from Lili of the Valley, as it the Sentiment stamp for this CAS card.  backing paper is from an unknown paperback, sorry!  Ribbon and snowflake charm are from stash.  The challenges covered are:-

• Cute Card Thursday - Bonny Blues
• Crafty Creations Challenges - Anything Goes
• Crafting for all Seasons - Animal Magic
• Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge - Cute and Cuddly 
• Addicted to CAS - Cute
• Crafty Hazelnuts Monthly Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes

Hugs

Kaza xxx

Happy New Year

Happy New Year to my good friends in Blogland, I hope 2015 brings you all good health and happiness.

I may sound like a stuck record when I say that my New Years resolution is to blog more...lol.. so to start off this and keeping to the theme of new beginnings I have made this baby card.  I used the pram diecut from Marianne Creations, oval Nesties and baby embossing folder.  Paper, gems and sentiment are from stash.  The challenges covered are:-

• Mojo Monday - sketch
• Aud's Sentiment Challenge - "New"
• Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes
• CRAFT challenge - Colour Combo

Hugs

kaza xxx

Bath time Boy

Good morning peeps, Sunday again.  Not had much chance to play as been enjoying the glorious sunshine in the evening after working in this heat.  Today however, it is back to the usual Scottish weather - rain! - so a day is planned at my table.  As well as wedding cards, I am badly needing baby cards to boost the stock for the up and coming stalls next month so there will be quite a few CAS cards being made this morning..lol..  Starters for ten is this one....

The image is from Lili of the Valley and the embellishment sentiment is from stash.  Tools used are circle my circle and scallops Nesties.  The challenges covered are:-

• Friday Sketch Challenge - Sketch
• Brown Sugar Challenge - For the Boys
• Cute Card Thursday - For the Birds
• Stampavie and more - Animals
• Fab n Funky - Walk on the Wildside
• Without Words - Cute and Fluffy

Hugs

Kaza xxx

Oh Baby Baby

Good evening peeps, I have surprised myself by popping back on.  Just sneaking on before dinner and then I am popping out for the evening - I'm heading to the bingo!   Eyes down for a full house and all that ..lol.. I have my dabblers in my bag ready for action.

I love this little baby hedgie stamp by Penny Black, I have used it liars and loads of times over the years.  I had a CAS card to suit the challenge over at CAS-ual Fridays.  Ribbon, tag and brad are from stash.  Tools used are my Nesties and image coloured with paints.  The challenges covered are:-

• CAS-ual Fridays - Ribbon
• Penny Black at Allsorts - Favourite Stamp
• Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Oh Baby Baby
• Cute Card Thursday - Perfectly Pink
• Shopping our Stash - Critters
• Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Hugs 

Kaza xxx

Funny Thursday

Morning peeps,  I am planning on a lazy day today as it is back to work tomorrow and then it is back to normal after all the festivities.  This digi image is from bugaboo and the papers are from my scrap drawer.  Ribbon from stash.  Tools used are a Martha Stewart border punch and a embossing folder.  The challenges covered are:-

• Sketch n Stash - sketch
• Stampin' for the weekend - Anything Goes
• Cute Card Thursday - Banish the Blues

Hugs

Kaza xxx

Exploding box - 21st Birthday

Good afternoon peeps. So sorry for not being on lately, it has been a bit hectic at work lately but it has started to settle down a bit now.  We have also had quite a few stalls for the Brionni Trust so have been madly making quick cards to bulk up stock.  In fact we have another stall tomorrow, this time in Kinross, so looking forward to it as it is a new area for us.

I decided to try something new today so this is my first attempt at an exploding box.  I actually quite enjoyed making this.  I have embellished it with recycled embellishments off old birthday cards.  The blank areas are photos of the intended.  In the middle is one of those battery tea light candles which I have decorated with scrap papers, liquid pearls and butterfly punches.  The challenges covered are:-

• Totally Gorjuss. -  Embossing
• Dutch Dare  -  Anything But A Card
• Cute Card Thursday. -  Cakewalk

hugs

Kaza xxx

Butterfly Thanks

Afternoon peeps, happy to be joining you all today with a wee quick card I have managed to sneakily make while I should be doing  two big card orders for The Brionni Trust - shhh! - I will get back to them this afternoon - eventually!!! ..lol..

The butterfly is an image from stash pile, coloured with my paints and covered with Anitas 3D Gloss.  The backing paper is from DCVW.  Tools used are my rectangle & oval Nesties.  The challenges covered are:-

• Cute Card Thursday  -  Sketch
• ABC Challange  -  'A' for Appreciation
• Flutter By Wednesday's  -  Open (Must be Butterfly or Fairy)

Oh well, that's my break over - back to the table ....lol...

Hugs

Kaza. xxx

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Evening peeps, how you all doing.  Winter has definitely arrived, with all the leaves off the trees and the frosty mornings ....brrrrr .... thinking about it just wants me to snuggle up inside mu duvet.

This quick wee Christmas card was made using one of Lili of the Valley's pre-coloured diecuts, handy as my colouring-in mojo has left the building (another reason why I have not been on).  The gel stars and rik-rak ribbon are from stash.  The challenges covered today are:-

• By the Cute & Girly Monthly Challenge  -  Twinkle twinkle little star
• Flutter By Wednesdays  -  Open (anything but has to have a Butterfly of Fairy)
• Cute Card Thursday  -  Fairy or Angel

Hugs

Kaza. xxx

Sunday, Sunday

Afternoon peeps, Sunday again. Just a quick post today as planning a lazy day on the couch for a change.  The beautiful butterfly is a Marianne Creations diecut.  The rose embossing folder, I think, is from universal.  Peel-offs, gems and rub-on sentiments are all from my craft stash.  The challenges covered are:-

• Cute Card Thursday  -  Winged Things
• Alphabet Challenge  -  B for Busy Bugs
• Secret Crafter  -  White on White

Hugs

Kaza. xxx

CAS Thank You

Evening peeps. Posting this before I hop off to bed as my eyes feel like they are drawn out their sockets due to being the computer all night. The reason, trying to find a new car as poor Wilma is back in the garage once again. I had to get push started twice today - first one was at the petrol station and a lovely retired gentlemen came to my rescue as Wilma refused to move from the forecourt, the second was at my work where two of the mechanics helped me get going - brownie points for them!!!! So my weekend ahead consists of car hunting....

Back to some sort of reality, one of my New Year's Resolutions is to use up some of my old stash I had had for yonks and yonks and yonks. So I did a lucky dip into my stash pile and pulled out a sheet of rub-ons flowers I go free with a crafting magazine. I have made a few cards from it, one of which is this. The challenges covered are:-

• Cute Card Thursday  -  Flower Power
• Craft Your Days Away  -  Get Stitchy With It
• Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge  -  Anything Goes

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

Wedding Card

Evening folks.  Looks like I'm having to dig the wellies back out the cupboard as we have been issued with a weather warning here for the next few days.  I think it is partly my fault as I had secretly done a rain dance at the weekend (to save me doing some tidying up in the garden ...lol) .... serves me right. 

The FF image is actually a piece of scrap card which I have "Nestied".  Charm and sentiment are from stash.  Also used is my Cuttlebug Swirl embossing folder, Martha Stewart Daisy border punch and some blue Liquid Pearls.  The challenged covered are:-

• Truly Scrumptious  -  Sketch
• Cute Card Thursday  -  Couples
• Papertake Weekly  -  Anything Goes

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

Where has this year gone....

This year has just flown past and with December just round the corner I realised I hadn't managed anything that I was planning to achieve in 2010 - hey-ho, I'll just move them on til next year... lol ....... and YES, more time to craft was one of them... lol. 

The Christmas shopping has been started, record for me!!  I'm usually the mad woman on Xmas Eve rushing round the shops, five minutes before closing to the disgust of the shop assistants (who are checking their watches) grabbing anything that is left on the shelves...lol.

The Advent calendar is up on the wall (Chocy one of course!) but the Christmas Decorations tree won't go up for a wee whiley yet (Need to clean the windows first!! ...lol).

Sorry for the bad photo tonight.  The image is from LOTV (Lili of the Valley), DP are from Papermania and the rest of the embellishments are from stash.  The challenges covered are:-

• Lili of the Valley  -  Sketch
• Cute Card  -  Blast from the Past (No.125 - Tree-mendous)
• ABC Xmas  -  Christmas with flowers  (hopefully my holly covers that!)

Hugs

Kaza.x

Crimbo Card

A very good Saturday afternoon to you all.  Hope you are all well.  A day for playing at my table for me this afternoon.  I am like a new woman as just back from the hairdressers - believe me - this morning I woke up looking like Worzel Gummidge .... lol...  now, I am more like Aunt Sally (less the blusher ...lol).

This is an image from High Hopes, The papers are, I think, from DCVW, snowflake embossing folder (says quietly ...lol) MS snowflake punch and brads, sentiment tag & card candy from stash.  The challenges covered are:-

• One Stitch At A Time  -  Winter Wonderland
• Diecut Dreams Christmas Club  -  Snowflakes
• Cute Card Thursday  -  Anything Goes

Kaza.xxx