Basic Grey Challenge - Sketch by Tara

It is ages since I have had time to enter a Basic Grey Challenge, but this week the fab sketch by Tara looked just like it was made for this Sugar Nellie image that I coloured in a couple of weeks ago. I have been pushing around papers with it for the past week or so, but just could not get anything that looked right. When I saw the sketch today I had a hunt in my old papers from last Christmas and found a Wassail pad - I so loved these last year and had completely forgotten that I still had some left. The flowers are by prima and the sentiment by making memories.


I had an order for christmas cards from one of my workmates on Friday, so this will be just perfect as one of them I think.

Karen x

Cute Card Thursday and Oscar on his Sled

The challenge at Cute Card Thursday this week is to make a card of project for a young boy. This really was a challenge for me as I just don't do boy cards, but I have really surprised myself by how much I like this card and not a bit of ribbon or a flower in sight!!


The image is Oscar on his sled from Squiggle Stamps and I have masked Oscar off in order to stamp the tree from my Darcie's set behind him. The papers are a mixture of Bo Bunny and Deja Views and the Me and My Sled is also from a Deja Views sheet. The snowflakes are by crafts house and I have added a bit of glitter to them.

I am now heading out to do another little bit of Christmas Shopping and also get some bits and pieces to make some Christmas Tree decorations - just a bit of a change from stamping and card making.

Hope you are having a good weekend.

Karen x

I have finally managed to finish off the Stampin Up projects

I managed to get a bit of time last night to finally finish off the remaining 2 projects that I did not quite manage to complete at the Stampin Up workshop the Saturday before last.

This first one is a banner to hang on the wall or in the window and this one will be finding a nice little space in my apartment in Spain. I just love the effect that the swirls with the glitter on gives it.


The second project is these 3 little cards that I have punched holes in to make them into gift cards. All the bits for making up the tree, snowman and Santa were made using Stampin Up punches - very clever.



I have just realised when I look at the photo of the banner that I have punched the holes in the middle piece at the wrong end - the O is upside down and the little snowflake should be at the bottom - not the top. Never mind - I think it still looks OK - Not much I can do to sort it out now!!

Hope you have a lovely weekend.

Karen x

MoJo Monday card

For the first time in ages I am up to date with my DT cards and have had a bit of time to enter a challenge. I have used the sketch over on MoJo Monday this week as it was just perfect to use with this digi image from DigiStamp Boutique.


My daughter Stephanie had asked me to make a card for her boyfriend's sister Nicola who is expecting her first baby. (not sure why she couldn't make one herself - but Hey isn't that what mums are for!! - just kidding Steph!!)

The papers that I have used are by Imaginsce and the flowers by prima - I have made the sentiment on the computer.

It was really good to make a card other than a Christmas one for a change and I also have a couple of other to do that do not have a Christmas theme so that should be fun. I also need to get some inserts done for Christmas cards that a local company that my company works with have asked for as they are having a stall in the Eastgate Centre in Inverness for the next 4 weeks. If anyone reading this blog lives in Inverness, please go along and see the Ness Soaps stall from Saturday onwards as they have some fabulous Christmas gifts to tempt you along with some other local crafts. I will pop along at the beginning of next week and take a couple of photos to post here.

Enjoy the rest of your Thursday.

Karen x

Nutty Nutshells Wednesday reminder

Just a quick post to remind you that we have challenge 4 up and running at Nutty Nutshells Wednesday. These challenges run every 2nd Wednesday and we are mid-way through this one, so you still have another whole week to get your entries in. Katie and Colette have donated two of the fabulous Hariett Hurst stamps for the lucky winner of this challenge.
You don't need to have a Nutshells stamp in order to enter, you can use any stamps that are sold in the Nutcrafters store, and I am sure that if you check this out you will be surprised to find out how many stamps they have there.
I look forward to seeing your entries.

Karen x

Copic Colour Challenge 41 - Meets Whiff of Joy challenge

We have another great colour combination for you to work with at Copics Colour Challenge this week and I an sure that you will get some inspiration from the gorgeous cards that the DT and Guest Designers have created this week. We also Kraftin Kimmie sponsoring the challenge this week so you really want to pop on over to the blog to read all about this.


Here is my card for this week's challenge. I have used another of my Whiff of Joy new stamps and again I have used these fabulous Webster' Pages papers and all the sentiments and papers are from this pad - I just love it. Flowers are by prima. I really love the look that these papers create and just wish that I had bought lots more as they appear to be really difficult to get a hold of.


I am up to my eyes trying to get all my Christmas cards ready prior to going off on holiday mid December - I now have less that 3 weeks and so much to do!!

Oh I nearly forgot to mention that I will also enter this card in this week's Whiff Of Joy challenge where they are looking for Christmas cards.

Have a great week.

Karen x

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Challenge 79 - A Colour Challenge

Our challenge at A Spoon Full of Sugar was picked by our own Camilla and it is a colour combo with a twist,you need to use brown as your nain colour and then you can add either pink or blue.

Our sponsor this week is Denise from Whimsy stamps and you can read all about the generous prize that she has given us this week and also about a 10% off coupon over on the blog. While you are there you will just love the cards that the rest of the DT have come up with this week.


I haven't inked up these Gorjuss girls stamps for ages, but I think that this little beauty goes so well with these gorgeous papers from Webster's Pages. I bought a 6x6 pad of these when I was at the Hobbycrafts Show in Glasgow a few weeks ago and have been gazing at them ever since - they are just too beautiful to cut into - I only wish that I had bought more of them. The flowers are by Bo-Bunny and I have given them a light spray of glimmer mist. The swirls were cut using a Quickutz die.

I do hope that you enjoy these colours as much as I have done - It was a real challenge for me as these are not the colours that I would normally work with - but I certainly will be using them again as I am really pleased with the finished card.

I am also entering this card at Everybody Art Challenge where the challenge is Christmas Cards and also at Papertake Weekly where they are looking for Christmas Crackers.

Update on this card as I have had a few questions about the tree - this tree is on one of these Webster's Pages sheets of DP and I have just cut it out and glued the gorjuss girl onto it.

Karen x

Stampin Up Workshop last Saturday

As I mentioned at the end of last week, I went to a Stampin Up Workshop in Aberdeen on Saturday morning. This is the first one that I have been at one of these and I so enjoyed it. There were 4 different demonstrators there and we moved round all the tables and made 4 little projects.

Here are some photos of 2 of the projects that we made - a really cute little present bag and also a little book with removable tags. These were both made with the new papers that Stampin Up have which also included Craft paper - so love this.

I also made a little wall hanger, but need to just finish it off with some ribbon as I ran out of time and the last project was 3 little cards/tags using punches to create a tree, santa and snowman - just need to add some glitter to these.

I will post the other 2 projects later in the week when I eventually get them finished!!






It is a beautiful day here today, so hopefully we are in for qa good week.

I will be back tomorrow morning with my DT card for A Spoon Full of Sugar.

Karen x