back to business

Wow, I can't believe it's two weeks since I blogged! I had a wonderful holiday in Switzerland which I ended up extending, and since then it's taken me a while to get back into the swing of things - not helped my a missing mojo - must have left it half way up a Swiss mountain!

Then this weekend came and went - almost entirely dedicated to cricket! (Although I did get a bit of crafting done while listening and a mammoth mountain of ironing done while watching, so not a totally lost weekend!)

Yesterday was a great great day - for cricket fans like myself, and non-fans alike I'm sure, who joined the nation's collective roar when we won back The Ashes. Now I love my Aussie friends dearly and I love Australia but there's not much love lost (in a very sporting sense of course!) when it comes to sport between our nations is there lol! (Plus it's nice to actually win something for a change isn't it!)

So what with one thing and another last week's Inspiration and Themes challenge on In Love With Stamping got rather delayed... I did get round to it eventually and chose a very simple 'baby' theme.

Here's my sample (which will be going to my cousin who's just had a beautiful baby girl):


Recipe:

Stamps - Fun and Fast Notes
Ink - Memento
Card/Paper - Whisper White/So Saffron/Pretty in Pink
Other - Circle Nestabilites/Tag Dies (Spellbinder)/ So Saffron striped ribbon/scallop edge punch/Copic Sketch markers/sewing machine

Any readers of our Papertrey blog might want to head over there for news of changes and a brand new challenge - this fortnight it's all about CAS cards, here's my sample:




And here's a little project I also posted on the Papertrey blog a few days ago using my Spellbinders butterfly dies which have been gathering dust:


Thanks for visiting!

Kate x

Easter chick

Today's Inspiration and Themes Challenge over at In Love With Stamping is to create a project with an Easter theme - for all the stamps I own, I don't seem to have many specific Easter stamps but then I remembered this little bird from the Fun and Fast Notes set.

I masked off the matching sentiment, coloured him (or is it a her?!) with Copics and cut the image with circle nestabilites for the card and oval nestabilities for the basket.







I got the instructions for the basket from Jennifer's blog. Cardstock is Old Olive, I used the scallop border punch to make the scallops on the handle, added some So Saffron DSP and some of the yummy new Bashful Blue striped ribbon.

Speaking of yummy does anyone manage to make chocolate Easter gifts without nibbling on some of the contents??!! (Not me!)

Thanks for visiting!

Recipe:
(All supplies Stampin' Up! unless otherwise stated)

Stamps - Fun and Fast Notes/Seasonal Wishes (sentiments)
Cardstock - Whisper White/Old Olive/So Saffron
Papers - Old Olive/So Saffron
Other - Circle and Oval Nestabilities, ribbon tag die (Spellbinder)/scallop edge punch/Copic markers/Bashful Blue brads/Bashful Blue striped ribbon

Baby blue

A friend of mine is expecting in a few weeks so I thought I'd get ahead and make a card for her. I love the colour combo of Real Red and Bashful Blue. The gift bag is a diaper fold bag (or should we call it nappy fold?!) made out of one sheet of Cutie Pie DSP. If you're in need of gift bag this is the speediest bag ever! I haven't bought anything to put in it yet but thought I'd show you anyway - a pair of booties, a babygrow or a sweet little hat should fit in there perfectly!




The cute baby carriage is from the Fun and Fast Notes set - coloured with Copics, and cut with Nesties. I added dots of red stickles onto the polka dots of the pram - a bit of bling is ok even for a baby boy right?!

I love those red heart-shaped buttons on the gift bag - sooo cute!!

Have a lovely weekend everyone!

Recipe -
Stamps - Fun and Fast Notes (SU!)
Ink -Memento
Card/Paper - Bashful Blue, Real Red, Whisper White, Cutie Pie DSP (All SU!)
Other - Cuttlebug, nestabilities, copic markers, red stickles, bashful blue taffeta ribbon (SU!), white grosgrain ribbon (SU!), ticket punch(SU!), brads, buttons, cotton, Spellbinders tag dies.