Drummer Boy

Morning peeps, sorry for not been on Blogger, seem not to have enough hours in the day recently with one thing or another. Anyway, hopefully things have calmed down again and get back to some kind of normality.

This s a commissioned card for Barry's nephew who turned 21 last week. The pre coloured digi stamp is from Kenny K downloads. The CD is one of those freebies you used to get in newspapers sometimes. The background paper is from a Forever friends Halloween paperback, I think.  The challenges covered are:-

• My time to craft. -  Men Only
• Creative Card Crew. -  Birthday
• Kenny K's Krafty Krew -  Going Round in Circles

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

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

White Wedding

Back again, watched the tennis, what a shame for Andy Murray, maybe next time. Surprise I'd better start on the housework now ... or maybe I can find another excuse to delay it further .... lol..

While watching the tennis on the google box I made this card trying to use up some of the scraps of  pearlised card I have in abundance. The cute mouse image is from Penny Black. Tools used are my Swiss Dots and Divine Swirls embossing folders, Sizzix hearts die cuts and a Martha Stewart zig zag border punch. Sentiment, brad and peel off gold borders are from stash. The challenges covered are:-

• Fat Pages with Attitude  -  Love
• Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge  -  Embossing
• CRAFT Challenge  -  Valentine/Love

Hugs

Kaza xxx

P.S.   I ear-wormed myself in singing Billy Idol's White Wedding while typing this post ...lol...

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Easel Mothers Day Card

Good morning all, up bright and early this morning as watching Andy Murray in the Australian Tennis Open Final on the television. Fingers crossed for him. Also it is a good excuse to be at my table early and snub the housework ...hehe..

I have a busy week ahead as I have started a evening course in web design on Tuesdays and this coming Thursday I start a evening course in sign language - it's like being back at school, only this time I'll pay attention more ...lol..

Our first craft fair for the Brionni Trust is at the end of February so I am trying to make some Easter and Mothers Day cards and gifts to sell then. Here is one of the cards I have done so far. The sentiment was printed off the computer and framed with a Sizzix diecut. Flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts, pearl brads and lace are from stash. The challenges covered are:-

• Sketch Saturday  -  Sketch
• Totally Gorjuss  -  Flowers
• Moving Along with the Times  -  Bling

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

I'm a winner, a CAS Girlie Card

Evening peeps, well, I've had a great start to the week as I was chosen as the winner at High Hopes Tuesday challenge, and an added bonus is that that I have been invited to join them as a guest designer for their challenge on the 5th February. So excited as I have never been a guest designer before. (Stomach has butterflies already).

On Thursday Geoff (our car) passed his MOT, he only needed two new tyres - phew! Tonight we are having visitors round for dinner and finally tomorrow night I am off out to my friends pyjama party, so fun and games all round...lol..

This lovely CAS card was made with one of my favourite gorjuss girls stamps from Funkykits. The backing paper is from a Forever Friends paperback. Tools used were my Swiss Dots embossing folder, oval Nesties. The challenges covered are:-

• By the Cute and Girly  -  Cute and Girly
• Sugar Bowl  -  Anything Goes
• Moving Along with the Times -  Birthday

Hugs

Karen. Xxx

Pretty in Pink

Evening peeps from a Snowy Scotland .... lol...  two days are never the same weather wise, thank goodness it is just lying on the hills here as I hate driving in it.  It has been a quite day here but later we are having Barry's mum for dinner and then venturing out to the b-i-n-g-o,  should be fun and I have my dabber at the ready ...lol..

This is a stamp I treated myself to from Hobbycrafts on a recent visit.  The pink gingham paper is from my scrapdrawer (still ever overflowing ...lol).  Tools used were my circle Nesties & Swiss Dots embossing folder.  The challenges covered are:-

• Sweet Stampin' Challenge  -  Gingham
• Alphabet Challenge  -  'X' marks the spot (and stripes)
• Papertake Weekly  -  Happy New ....  (baby & stamp)

Hope you are all having a great weekend.

Hugs

Kaza xxx

Embrace .....

What a lovely name for a stamp, and I have she have used for this Penny Black stamp for this anniversary card. Tools used were both Swiss dots & Divine Swirls embossing folders, circle Nesties and my Martha Stewart border punch. Flowers, gems and ribbon are from stash. The challenges covered on this card are:-

• Penny Black. -  January Blues
• Sweet Stop. -  sketch
• Totally Gorjuss. -  Spotty

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