Winter wonderland meets Papertake.....

Amazingly I am still enjoying making Christmas cards, perhaps its all that snow!


I treated myself to a couple of Henry's just after Christmas so this is his first time out......oooooh he's just adorable! I chose the colours to fit in with the Winter Wonderland challenge ~ Cinnamon, Lime & Berries. http://christmasblogchallenge.blogspot.com/asblogchallenge.blogspot.com/ and coloured him with my new distress inks......am really loving these!


My card also fits in with this weeks Papertake challenge http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/
which is New Beginnings.....and as I said my Henry is new and so are the distress inks and..... ooooh nearly forgot.....I also used a new inverted corner punch that a lovely secret Santa sent me......thank you so much Santa!
So here is my card...sorry the colours don't look the same in the pic as in real life, good light is in short supply today!
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Thanks for visiting
Kaz xx

Loads of snow means more of craft time!

Well, its not going to last forever so I had better make the most of it!

Having dithered about for a few days I have finally finished this card. It all started when I
re-visited some Cosmic shimmers that have sat on a shelf unused for ages. Try as I might I just can't seem to get the desired results with my mist bottle ........it's blobs & more blobs for me. However, I couldn't just waste my efforts so I have picked the best of the bunch and cut an oval with my nesties...........and have hidden the worst bits with angels!


Well chuffed with myself when I then realised I could fit this into no less than THREE challenges :0)
The first challenge, and my reason for starting in the first place is the new ABC Christmas Challenge ~ A is for Angels http://abcchristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/
I just love these cute Judi-Kins angels so they had to be used.
Now as luck would have it, the sister challenge to the previously mentioned one,
http://abc-challenge.blogspot.com/ is L is for Layers, and as I decoupaged the angels with up to 4 layers this fits in just nicely.
My third challenge is this weeks Sketch Saturday challenge
http://sketchsaturday.blogspot.com/
which as the name suggests uses this great sketch which I rotated 90*

So here's my card.... hope you like it & thanks for stopping by.

Wonder how many more craft hours I can squeeze out of this week?
Hugs
Kaz xx

Sketch & Stash Challenge 26

Snowed in again today.....Shame! What a great excuse for a craft session :0)

Kids went off to the park with sledges & friends leaving me to craft peacefully.

Made this card for a friend's son who will be 13 very soon using this great sketch set by

http://sketchandstashchallenge.blogspot.com/

My new item of stash was Tim Holtz distress inks which I used two of to colour in some of the image, 'antique linen' for the hair & 'weathered wood' for his trousers. I am loving colouring with these inks and would have used them for all the image but the card didn't behave the way I am used to and looked really blotchy when wet so I changed colouring medium. Seems to have dried OK but I didn't add any shading in case I messed it up completely. Anyway here's my card....

Hope the postie is able to deliver it in time!

Thanks for visiting.....

Kaz xx

Brrrrrrrr.....Greetings on this snowy morning

Oh boy its sure is cold out there!
Sooooo much snow & ice.......no trains, no buses & most schools closed.....another day off work me thinks :0)

Over at http://abcchristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2010/01/say-no-candy.html the girlies are offering some blog candy to encourage you to turn off word verification.....cos it's a real pain when you want to leave comments on all those fab cards & works of art. To be honest I didn't even know I had it on! Thanks Samantha for letting me know, you'll be glad to hear its now off.

To join in all you need to do is:

1. Post a message on your blog telling everyone about the candy on the ABC Christmas Challenge blog and what the candy is for on your blog.

2. Post the say no banner on the sidebar of your blog

3. If you haven't already, turn your Word Verification off pretty please!

4. Join in with Challenge A for Angels

This Candy will close midnight 13th January UK time.

Where ever you are keep warm & safe, if you have sunshine & warmth enjoy!

Take care
Kaz xxx

Ooops... forgot these two

A few weeks ago whilst blog hopping I came across this site http://deliciousdoodles.blogspot.com/ and way too many images took my fancy! I was a good girl (for once) and only bought 2 images both of which I used on Chrimble cards. They are digi images and are so easy to use & colour, I love them! I know I'll be back for more very soon....lol

Here's how I used them.....

Cute little guy isn't he!

Made 2 versions using the dove image, again lovely to use, thank you Teri at Delicious Doodles!

Right, off now to try & finish my next project.

TTFN

Kaz

New Year...new card, and a few older ones too!

Hiya
A very Happy New Year to you all in blogland. I hope you all had a fab Christmas & are keeping happy & well. I did enjoy Christmas but am now looking forward to getting back to normal (I think) not to mention shedding a few pounds!
I have my final cards of 2009 to load and my very first for 2010!

I'll start off with my first card of 2010 for my first challenges for 2010....
The lovely team over at http://christmasblogchallenge.blogspot.com/ theme is 'Thank You', very handy for this time of year! Plus I have used a lovely sketch set by the http://sketchandstashchallenge.blogspot.com/
team and here is the results...sorry about the focus but its dark now and as I am working tomorrow I won't have any daylight hours then either.


And here are the last of last years.....

This one was for my Mum, bless her she can't see very well but I still enjoyed making it for her and she did like the feel of the ribbon as it is really soft & very pretty (must remember to get some more)

This one was for my lovely Hubbie.... Oh I do love this cute Henry image!

The next was from my daughter to her brother....she used to like making her own cards but not this year so I made it for her......oh well maybe its something she will come back too in time.

And finally this was for my daughter...

I am so looking forward to blog hopping in 2010 and seeing all that fabulous inspiration that's out there, so I will say a big thank you to all the blog challenge teams & all you crafty bloggers
for keeping me inspired and motivated to keep on crafting.
Bless you all!
Hugs
Kaz xx

New ABC Christmas Challenge.....

Organised, ahead of yourself, always ready for Christmas...........no, me neither!
So the new ABC Christmas Challenge could get you set up ready for next Christmas & help to avoid that last minute panic!
They are also having a fun blog hop with yummy candy to win which is open until midnight on 29th Dec so why not join in the fun and visit them at http://abcchristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/

Nice one girls!