Kitty Valentine

Hello! A quick and very cute kitty valentine card today. I was inspired by this CAS(E) This Sketch design:

 

The cute kit is a Clearly Besotted stamp - You're Purrfect. I created a watercolour background with Blushing Bride and Regal Rose inks and an aquablender on white shimmer card. Kitty is coloured with Copics and I added some Blushing Bride glimmer paper hearts for a bit of bling. Miaow!

 



 

I am also sending this kitty over to Parsnip and Di at Pixie's Snippets Playground and to the ladies at Cards in Envy - From the Heart.

 

April x

 

 



52 CCT Colour Challenge

Over at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown we have a colour challenge for you. Tanja has chosen kraft card, combined with your favourite Christmas colours.

 

I have decided to go with white ponsettia, using a stamp by Clearly Besotted. I have stamped the flowers on kraft card and coloured them with pencils. I then fussy-cut them and added Cosmic Shimmer to the petals. The sentiment, Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine and dotty embossed background are all Stampin' Up. 

I do hope that you will share your krafty Christmas creations with us! April x

52 CCT Technique Challenge

Hello! Over at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown this week we have a technique challenge. Louise has chosen Triple Time Stamping - a lovely technique that creates amazing effects. It does call for some precision stamping - not my strong point! At least you can always use a well-placed sentiment or embellishment to hide a multitude of sins though!

 

For my card I have used a stamp set by Clearly Besotted called Pretty Poinsettia. I stamped the larger flower with Sahara Sand and the smaller one in Real Red. I fussy-cut an additional ponsettia to add a bit of dimension. I also added some die-cut pine sprigs and painted the centres of the flowers and the pine needles with Cosmic Shimmer. I do hope you will join us this week over at 52CCT, April x

I'd also like to enter my card in Crafty Hazelnut's Challenge Extra.

52 CCT Colour Challenge

This week over at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown we have a colour challenge for you. Gill has chosen a wonderful combo of pink, blue and silver - very pretty!

 

I decided to use Soft Sky as my base cardstock. I then stamped snowflakes from SU's Snowflake Soiree, using a Mama Elephant inkpad (Fresh Mint, which sounds a bit green but looks blue to me!). The Merry Christmas sentiment is a Clearly Besotted stamp which I inked with SU's Colorbox Rose Coral. The pine needles were created using a Poppy die (Pine Boughs) with SU's Birthday Bash washi sheets. Not half as fiddly as I thought it would be! I have used Glimmer Paper to add some silvery elements to the card. 

I hope that you will feel inspired by this non-traditional Christmas colour combo. We would love to see your festive makes over at 52CCT! April x

52 CCT Stash Challenge

Hello! Today the new challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown is a stash challenge.

  

The reindeer with his array of baubles is a digi from A Day for Daisies. I've coloured him using Crumb Cake Blendabilities and for the baubles I used Spectrums. I've added some bling with some In-colour sequins. The sentiment is a Clearly Besotted stamp and the paper is Merry and Bright by Pinkpaislee. The cardstock is Melon Mambo and I also sponged the edges of the Starburst die-cut with Melon Mambo ink. I hope you like it! Please join us at 52 CCT and be inspired by the great cards made by the rest of the design team. April x