A final bow..

..well, for this week at least :)

As you know, this week I have been playing with a Silhouette bow and I decided that one of my ready made bows would work nicely with the FMS Sketch this week..

I seem to be making a lot of Thank You cards at the moment..I think that's because I am working on a big batch of them for OWH.

I used American Crafts washi tape, Kaisercraft textured pink card, a bow cut with the Silhouette portrait, sentiment is by Hero arts..all the other elements are from my stash.

I am very happy with this card - the addition of the button to the bow really makes it a focal point. I am also enjoying this new gem-sequin scattering technique that I am trying out.

Have a great weekend everyone, I am going to see Dr Kevin to help him with the planning for his Christmas Eve party and then I will be packing some craft items for JT and I to play with next week. Can't believe it's less than a week before I see her - AWESOME!!

Cx

Mojo Time..

Hey,

Fun WOYWW yesterday and for all you WOYWWers out there - my main photo today shows you what I did with the bow :)

I love the Mojo Monday #320 sketch this week.

Every now and then I like to get BOLD (aka brave) and mix it up by using papers that have different patterns.

Here I have used 2 patterned papers - the long strip is by American Crafts and the flowery rectangle is by DCWV. The stamp is a Studio G one that I don't use very often, because it fades out in the centre, no matter what I do...
The bow was made using a Silhouette cut file. I have sprinkled gems and sequins around - ala my craft Heroine Liz at Pink Petticoat. The background paper is a mottled grey and also by American Crafts, but I am not sure it's worked as well as I had in mind..

A friend sent me a belated 40th birthday gift, so this will be going to her to say thanks.

Cx

WOYWW #233 - I Heart my Silhouette Portrait

Hello!

Only 2 more WOYWW's until Turkey Day for us US based peeps!!

If you don't know what WOYWW is - then where have you been?! It's the day that we crafty folk get to join Julia over at her fab blog Stamping Ground and have a global desk nose..join in!

So this week is a twofer..in the main photo you can see my Silhouette Portrait on my desk, busy cutting away (on Tues night)..the bright pink things were cut out shortly before..

In the next photo are the bows that are the end result of my cutting frenzy..the sequins are there as I had made my Mojo Monday entry using them (and a bow) but I can't show you that until Thurs!

I love these bows and I have Liz at Pink Petticoat to thank, as she has a Lil Inker bow die (comes in 3 sizes) that she uses and I have been converting... but I decided to go for a Silhouette cut file instead :)

Happy WOYWW...tonight is TACO night here in NYC.

Cx

KennyK Design Team Call!!!!

OMG OMG OMG OMG...

I am super excited as KennyK's Krafty Krew have just announced that they are looking for Design Team members!! To be considered you either have to create a blog post, or a Facebook post about the DT call. I decided I'd do a blog post...

I am a HUGE KennyK fan and have been fortunate to win the Kraft Krew challenge once and get a spotlight mention.

I own a lot of the stamps and they are such fun to work with...when I discovered them earlier this year, I wasn't a big fan of colouring, as I didn't think I was that good at it..I believe the stamps have helped me up my game and learn new techniques. I love colouring in stamps now and I even use watercolour pencils / gelatos now!

So far 2013 has been a very successful craft year for me, I've managed to up maintain a steady blog presence, win some challenges, get shout-outs for my work and be appointed to one design team (MAWTT).

If I made this design team, it would make 2013 totally and utterly complete for me, the team are so good at what they do, being part of that would surely improve my work.

I thought I'd show a few of my fave projects made using a Kenny K Stamp.

The main photo is of the Valentine's card I made for my Hubby and I won challenge #129 over on the Krafty Krew blog. I am really proud of this card, its modern, sexy and fun.

The next photo is of an Anniversary card I made for my friends and it was my first DT make for MAWTT

Using Sexy Cupid

This card is a bit cheeky, it was made for my neighbour Dr Kevin, who is a huge Magic Mike fan and so I added the lyrics to 'Pony' behind the card!

Using Playboy

Final card is one that won Spotlight of the week and is the Anniversary card I made for my Hubby...he loved it and he believes he is some kind of lucky charm as I keep winning with things I make for him!

Using Hella Enchanta

Hope you enjoy looking at my work and that I make the team.

Cx

Being prepared..

In my real life (aka my non-craft world) I am a Project Manager..I often find that my working practices spill over into my personal life...

Such as making things WAY in advance of needing them. Today's card is a perfect example of this.

I wanted to enter Pals Paper Arts #179 challenge this week, as the colours are so gorgeous and fit my stash perfectly.

I decided that I would turn my entry into my Thank You card for JT's parents (they are hosting Hubby and I for Thanksgiving) - bit early, but I wanted the card to be special, as it is very kind of them to invite us along.

I love corrugated card and I just bought a massive pack of it by DCWV on sale at Joann's, so decided to use a piece of it for the backing paper on this card. I happened to have 2 butterflies from the ones that JT sends me, that matched the backing paper and the challenge colour scheme. I used my Martha Stewart butterfly punch for the big butterflies, the Razzleberry die cut is from Paper Presentation (my FAVE store in NYC) and I cut the thank you with my Silhouette.

I am really happy that despite all the different elements and textures on this card, it doesn't feel too busy.

Cx