Clean & Simple Giraffe

Well hello to you all, i hope you are having a fab day. I have been watching the Royal Wedding, awwwww wasn't it lovely :D
Anway onto today's card

The giraffe stamp is one of the new super cute mag freebie stamps, coloured with pro markers. the sentiment is stamped in brown and is from another freebie set, and 3 little mocha pearls.

I am off to try and motivate myself into doing something today, as i just don't feel like doing anything.
Kate xxx

I would like to enter this into these challenges:

http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.com/2011/04/week-12-recipe-off-centre.html

http://aifactorychallenges.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-078-anything-goes.html

http://digidoodleshopsbest.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-56-anything-goes.html

http://movingalongwiththetimes.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-96-anything-goes.html

http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge.html

Flowery Frog!!!

I was trying to think of a good title for this card, but that's all i came up with :D

The digi is really cute and from Delightful Inspirations, coloured with pro markers and touches of glitter on the butterflies and flowers. i decoupaged the bullfrog so he stands out slightly. I cut 2 fancy edged shapes, one slightly smaller, from green textuerd card and turquoise paper and mounted them all on top of each other with dst. i covered an a5 card blank with bright pink paper i had embossed with little dots all over,added the mounted image and then found lots of different shaped and sized flowers in green, turquoise and cerise, and mounted them around the card with either brads or gems as centre's. the sentiment is one of those i have floating about and no idea where they came from, sorry.

Kate xxx

I would like to enter this into these challenges :

http://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2011/04/craft-challenge-99-flowers.html

http://nettiegsdandydigitalgems-challengeblo.blogspot.com/2011/04/nettiegs-bugs-and-plants-challenge.html

http://designed2delight.blogspot.com/2011/04/bullfrogs-and-butterflies-free-stamp-of.html

http://stampsruschallenges.blogspot.com/2011/04/bugs-embossing-sponsored-by-doodle.html

Just Hanging About.....

............to wish you a Happy Birthday. That's what this cheerful monkey is saying.

He is a gorgeous Sew Many Cards digi, you can find him and all his friends here . I have coloured him with pro markers and cut him out in a large scalloped circle with a few leaves just hanging out. i used a blue pencil to shade around the digi.I covered a square card with this gorgeous birthday paper, i chose this one because it has the similar scalloped circle shapes all over it, and used a strip of turquoise ribbon across the middle. i added 2 scalloped pearly blue burttons and a peel off sentiment to 3 of the corners.

i think this is a lovely fun card suitable for anyone of any age,
Kate xxx

I would like to enter this into these challenges:

http://cardmakinmamas.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-19-and-dt-call.html

http://deliciousdoodleschallenge.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-22-anything-goes.html

http://www.sewmanychallenges.com/

http://corrosivechallengesbyjanet.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-113-welcome-to-jungle.html

http://creativeinspirationschallenge.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-58.html

Beautiful Flowers

Isnt this just the most gorgeous of digi's, its a Tiffany doodles and you can find it here . I coloured it with pro markers and cut a large scalloped oval round the digi. Once i had cut it out i knew i didnt want it to ba sat flat on the front of a card, but didnt quite know what to do with it. I did think about making it inot a bookmark, but decided i still wanted it to be a card just a bit different.
So i used a piece of cream card, the same heigt as my scalloped image and scored it halway, to make a card bas that was half as high as my image, and left it 2cm wider each side. I then used 2 different shades of green papers, one plain and one with a slight pattern, made different widths of stripes and stick them flat across the cream card. I didnt have any ribbon the colour i wanted so used white ribbon and coloured it with maroon pro marker to match. the sentiment is from a set thats a mag freebie and i put 3 pale green gems on the other side.

Kate xxx

I would like to enter this into these challenges:

http://aifactorychallenges.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-77-flowers-in-bloom.html

http://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2011/04/craft-challenge-99-flowers.html

http://prairiefairyfridays.blogspot.com/2011/04/51-april-showers-bring-may.html

http://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.com/2011/04/april-showers-bring-forth-may-flowers.html

http://ellephantasticchallenges.blogspot.com/search/label/challenge

http://creativecowgirlschallenge.blogspot.com/2011/04/happy-easter-happy-spring-happy-mothers.html

Its A Gee-raarfe

I bet i now have some of you wondering what i am on about. Well when my son was little he used to call giraffe's gee-raarfe's, and the name has stuck ever since. If you follow my blog regularly you will know by now we have a lot of weird names for things, we are just a teensy bit silly in my house :D

The giraffe is another gorgeous Meljens digi, and is coloured with pro markers, cut round with a scalloped oblong template. i covered a card with bright orange paper and used off cuts of blue striped and grey checked papers, buttons from my stash and the sentiment ticket is another freebie digi with peel-offs coloured black.
See cute can be for a male too :D

Kate xxx

I would like to enter  this itno these challenge's:

http://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-62-anything-goes.html

http://meljensdesignsdt.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-55-and-new-release.html

http://deliciousdoodleschallenge.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-22-anything-goes.html

http://creativeinspirationschallenge.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-58.html

http://cinspirations.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-108-pets-animals.html

http://littleclairesdesigns.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-5-animals.html

http://corrosivechallengesbyjanet.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-113-welcome-to-jungle.html

http://bunnyzoescrafts.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-11-one-for-boys.html

My 1st DT Project

I've been wanting to post about this for a week now, and can finally do it. I am a new DT member at Stamp 'n' Doodles  :D I have been soooooo excited about doing my 1st project as a DT member, and here it is

Isn't it a fab image, i really enjoyed playing with it, as i rarely do masculine cards, and this times challenge is to make a masculine card. i decided i wanted to figure to be the main focus, so made him the only coloured part of the card and decoupaged him on the bottom image. I used up lots of scraps of papers i had in tones of silver & grey. the sentiment is a peel off that i coloured with a black pro marker.

I hope you will all come and join us in out masculine challenge

Kate xxx

Pretty In Pink

Hello all, and Happy St George's Day :D Its a beautiful day here, the sun is shining and theres a lovely little breeze coming through the window. I hope you all have wonderful plans for the Easter weekend and don't eat too much chockie :D

I have a pretty pink card today. The stamp is that gorgeous little Hero Arts 'Youre The Best' stamp and she is coloured with pro markers and mounted onto 2 scalloped oblongs. I used 3 different pink papers and cut scallops down the edges and layered them up. I added little felt paper flowers, gems, flower buttons and glitter mosaic squares to the card. The sentiment is a mag freebie.

Kate xxx

I would like to enter this into these challenges:

http://craftsandmechallenges.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-31-pink-and-sweet.html

http://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-62-anything-goes.html

http://just-hanna-stamps.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-91-rosa-braun-pink-brown.html

http://deliciousdoodleschallenge.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-22-anything-goes.html

http://stampchallenges.blogspot.com/2011/04/recipe-somethings-challenge.html