1st Christmas Card of 2016

I have shocked myself too, being this organised - it will never last! ....lol. That is all the Chrimbo decorations down and back up in the loft, hoovered and polished and back to normal for another year. the pussycats are looking at me disappointed as I have their playground away...lol ... Tough toot-toots I politely say...lol..

I got a lovely surprise this morning as I discovered I was randomly picked out the hat for a prize over at Sweet Stampin'- thank you, great start for the year.

I made this card by using part of a High Hopes Stamps (it has a Santa, Reindeer and a Snowman on it), as I have been using the reindeers for Reindeer poop, I am left with extra Santa's and Snowmen, so  I thought this sketch over at Sketch Saturday was a perfect opportunity to use some of them up.  The backing paper is from The English Paper Co.  Used a holly embossing folder and the sentiment is from stash.  The challenges covered are:-

• Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Extra Monthly Challenge - Anything Christmas
• Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes
• Glitter 'n' Sparkle - Anything Goes
• Sketch Saturday - Sketch

Hugs

Kaza xxx

Baby on Board

Good afternoon my lovelies.  I am enjoying my Birthday with one of my best friends, Lesley (aka Pinkles Dreams) with a play date.  So far only one card has been created, not surprising with the amount of yaking and laughing going on...lol.

I have used a High Hopes image and sentiment stamp and 3 pearls from my stash for this very CAS card.  The challenges covered are:-

• High Hopes - Anything Goes
• Top Tip Tuesday - 3 of something
• Addicted to CAS - Showers
• Fan-Tastic Tuesday - Pearls

Hugs

Kaza xxx

Triplets - Trifold easel card

Good evening all, apologises for not been being blogging for a while, don't know where my spare time goes sometimes - well, that's actually a lie - Candy Crush has a lot to answer for! ....lol..  

This is a commissioned card someone had answered me to do while doing one of our charity craft stalls the other week.  The triplets were due to be born that week and she knew that 2 girls and 1 boy would be entering our world.

This image is from High Hopes and my very first attempt of colouring with my new spectrum noir pens.  I have used various embossing folders and Nesties.  Ribbon, gems and duck brads are from craft stash.  The challenges covered are:- 

• Cards Galore - Animals
• Paper take Weekly - Anything Goes
• High Hopes - Fancy Folds

Hopefully I shall be back blogging at the weekend.

Hugs

Kaza xxx

Guest Designer over at High Hopes

Good morning peeps and thanks for visiting my first ever post as a Guest Designer.   High Hopes very kindly invited along for their challenge this week of "flowers" and I do hope you can play along with us this fortnight.  It has been a privilege to be invited along and play with some of their flabby stamps.

This wonderful stamp is called "Posey's for Ewe" coloured with my paints.  The backing paper is from a DCVW paperback I have had for years and years.  The flowers, Card Candi and metal brad are from craft stash and the organza ribbon is new from Creat and Craft.  Tools used are rectangle Nesties and my Martha Stewart border punch.  The sentiment is free hand by myself.  The challenges I have covered are:-

• Natalie and Amy  -  Something Old and something new
• Stampin' for the Weekend  -  Something Metal
• One Stop Craft Challenge  -  Anything Goes

Hugs

Kaza. Xxx

Kidding Around

Afternoon folks, hope all the people with the snow are nice and cozy and coping alright. We had a small flutter last night but nothing laying, though it is really chilly - good excuse to stay indoors until later when I am slipping in to my finest pj's and heading out to my friends pyjama party!

This image is from High Hopes, coloured with my paints. I think the designer papers are from DCVW. Charm and ribbon are from stash. Tools used are my Oval Nesties. The challenges covered today are:-

• Top Tip Tuesday -  Fur or Feathers
• Stampavie & more  -  Spots & Stripes
• High Hopes  -  Sketch

Hugs

Kaza. Xxx

Golfer Anniversary

Afternoon peeps, back here with my second post of today. I am with my lovely friend lesley having a wee craft-a-thon and a bleather. We are going to see who can create and blog the most, I think she will end up winning as I so will be on the red wine ...lol..

This flabby cheeky golfer image is from High Hopes, the backing papers are a mixture of scraps and freebie papers out of crafty magazines. Tools used are my circle Nesties and my Swiss dots embossing folder. The challenges covered are:-

• Tuesday Morning Sketches. -  sketch
• High Hopes. -  Stitching
• Stampin' for the Weekend. -  Anything Goes

Hugs

Kaza

Xxx

Let it Snow

Morning peeps, how is the weekend going?  Hoping to get a few jobs done around the house and then a relaxing afternoon - had planned that for yesterday but things never go to plan ...lol.

The High Hopes stamp actually comes as a trio (but the reindeer image was used on my bags of reindeer poo) coloured with Whispers pens.  The circle sentiment stamp is from Lili of the Valley.  Snowflake backing papers are from a Forever Friends paperpack.  Also used is square, circle & scalloped Nesties.  The challenges covered are:-

• Cupcake Craft Challenges  -  Two's Company
• High Hopes  -  Snowflakes
• Moving Along with The Times  -  Let it Snow

Hugs

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

Santa Card

Coo-----eee!!!!  I'm back yet again... lol.  Just posting this before I have my tea and a few glasses of red wine (then my typing would go to pot!!!).  Have managed to make a Christmas card in between baby cards. lol.  I haven't even started on my own crimbo cards yet, have been busy making them for the charity stall this Saturday coming.  Never mind, I will get there one way or the other. 

This super-fabby image is from High Hopes, the DP is from a Papermania Christmas pack.  Snowflake is my MS punch.  Also used is a Cuttlebug embossing folder, brads from stash, sentiment printed from computer.  The challenges covered are:-

• ABC  - "H" for Holidays
• Spoon Full of Sugar  -  Snow/Snowflakes
• Winter Wonderland  -  Winter Sports

Hugs

Kaza.xxx

Friendship Card

Evening peeps, hope you all have had a lovely Bank Holiday Monday, I was working today - Boo Hiss!!! lol.  I ending up having a lazy evening on the couch last night with the remote control and the pussycats....lol.

This cute little image from High Hopes, The papers are from DCVW and the little paw brads and gems are from my stash.  The challenges I have combined in this card are for:-

• Stamp with Fun  -  Friends
• Paperplay Challenges - Pretty Pastels
• Secret Crafter - Friendship

I have quite a few birthdays coming up in May, I think it is the busiest, so I will have to get cracking with them as I go on holiday in a few weeks time too.

hugs

Kaza.x

Mum-2-B cards

Evening folks, been busy making some Mum-to-be cards for girls at work.  Tomorrow is going to quite a sad day as it it my last day working were I am.  Start a new job on Monday and starting to feel a bit nervous ....lol.

I used this fabulous image and sentiment from High Hopes, paper is from the Papermania Inspirational range, ribbon and button brad from stash.  I tried to destress the image using my chalk inks but I think I went a bit OTT!!!!.  The challenges I covered making it:-

• High Hopes  -  Orange, Brown & a Circle   (using the button as that! .... lol)
• Stamp Something  -  Design Paper, Button & Ribbon
• Totally Gorjuss  -  It's for Mum

The following card as you can tell involves no stamping or colouring at all.  It was really handy to use up some scraps in my drawer and the challenges covered on this one are;-

• Magical Crafts  -  Something for Mum
• Creative Card Crew  -  Celebration

And finally another High Hopes image, papers are from Forever Friends, my fave leaf punch, flowers from stash and paper candy thingys.  The challenges I covered on this one are:-

• Simon Says  -  Mothers Day/Girlie
• My Time to Craft  -  Just for Mum
• Allsorts Challenge Blog  -  Mum

I hope I have not bored you with long post, my fingers are sore typing it ...lol..... and speak to you all over the weekend!!!

Hugs
Kaza.xxx

Friday Sketchers & Stamp Something

2nd Post today

Back again, this time with one of the male cards done (Yippee - only about 5 more to do ...lol)  I used the sketch over at this week's Friday Sketchers challenge and over at Stamp Something is "Something Funny".   The froggy & boxer-shirt image is from High Hopes, backing paper is from K & Co Hopscotch (me thinks..lol),  Funky foam stars are cut out with a Sizzix Paddle Punch.

hugs

Kaza.

xxx

New Beginnings

Morning everyone and for many of you a snowy one.  My area must be only place in the UK without any snow, we have a green garden with chucks of ice in it! lol.  It is my day off work today but I plan not to venture anywhere today - just want to stay home and play!!!

I used this ark stamp from High Hopes for the challenges across at Papertake Weekly - "New Beginnings" and Cute Card Thursday - "All New".  The little ducky it cut out of funky foam with a Sizzix Paddlepunch.  All the other bits 'n' bobs are from stash.

hugs

Kaza.xxx

Gosh, It is Cold!!!

Evening folks and how cold is it!!!  I had to scrap the ice from the inside of my car this morning and coming home from work this evening it was -7 brrrrrrrrrr!!!!  I am sitting just now on the laptop with my PJ's on, house coat, quilt and hot water bottle and I am still cold (might have to have a wee glass of wine to warm my bones up ...lol).

The challenge at Allsorts Challenge Blog was a sketch and to use something Old/New, well I have had this baby stamp for a wee while now and never used it so this was perfect time to use it.  Also I have incorporated Cupcake Craft Challenge - "Baby Card" and Secret Crafter - "New Beginnings".

The stamp is from High Hopes and backing paper is from DCVW.  I used a Cuttlebug Embossing folder in the squares and used some of these round thingy's.

Hugs

Kaza.xxx

Santa Claus is coming..............

Whenever I hear that tune from the advert I know that it is not that far away.  I am still struggling to get through my cards, wholey holey, they are never ending.  I love this sunbathing Santa from High Hopes, he is so cool.  Papers are from Papermania.

I used the wonderful sketch over at High Hopes and "Xmas" was the theme at Stamp with Fun.  The challenge over at Cupcake crafts was "Green & Red".

Watching Strictly Come Dancing tonight with a couple of glasses of wine, I'm cheering on Team Cola to get through to the final.

hugs

Kaza.xxx

3 Challenges in 1

Afternoon peeps, just one card made so far today.  The challenge over at High Hopes was a recipe (cheated a bit - swapped flowers for snowflakes...hehehe), Spoon Full of Sugar is "Baby's 1st Xmas" and at Allsorts it is to create something for a child.

I am gonna have words with that Barry when he gets in from work as I am getting a sore throat........lol...... it will be my turn to lay of the sofa....lol.

hugs
Kaza.xxx

My Time to Craft

Hello again,  the challenge over at My Time to Craft is "Quick & Cute".  This is for my step-father, who is 70 today, we are popping up to visit this evening as they have been away for a few days.

I have used an image from High Hopes stamps, they are so cute.  Coloured with watercolour paints and then chalked background.  Paper is from K & Co.  Peel-offs coloued with black marker pen & Nesties have been used again......lol.

hugs

Kaza.xxx