Leap Wednesday - Scrapper's Delights

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With our darling Draco - you also get several word digis to add into the space in the heart.  But - you know me - way to simple an option.  Now, because of the format the digi files are made in - you can just make them bigger.  So instead of adding the sentiment into the centre of the heart - or under the image - or what ever - why not make it L-A-R-G-E and use it as the focus for the card.


I have tried to keep this simple so it would do for a chap as well - the colouring is just Starlight gel pen.  I have recently gone back to using the Gelly Roll pens - it's no good - they are just the best!  I found everything else drys out very quickly - even the Copic one are not as jucey - you just have to make sure you wait for it to dry and not smudge it ;-)

Yours

kitten xx

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Shop talk

Shopping on a budget?

Need a quick pick-me-up just 'because'?

Check out the Stamps listed in the crafters section

All these stamps have been in my personal stash (stream lining and re-organising ahead of a move to bigger premmises).

Most have only been used once or twice - not a big stammper - some have not been used at all - each description for the stamp listing will tell you that - as well as the size of the stamp.

Some of these have come from America and are not seen here.

There are loads of theme - a few spring / Easter ones too so that's handy.

Further  done the same listing are several ready coloured toppers that you can add to your project for a quick and easy card.

Waiting to add later this week are grab bags of un-coloured mixed images ready for you to colour your elves.

So have a nosey round the stamping section of the shop

Yours

kitten xx

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Day off

Monday is kitten's day off

Yours

kitten xx

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goin' back to ma roots!

In my travels I have at last found some one that is still supplying A5 lenghways envelopes.  Probably not the best description - but you fold A5 on the long side - gives you a tall slim card.  I love the shape - but could not find anyone thst was still making the envelopes - and I did a couple of weeks back - so this size is back on the drawing board.

New range - single word cards - all hand drawn.  I love getting back to pure lettering

Yours

kitten xx

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Saturday

Ok - I am going to come clean - I keep dropping hints.  Since the beginning of January we have been negotiating for a tiny little shop in the heart of Kendal.  It has not been a secret (and some of you will already know) - but I have not announced it publicly yet.  It should all come together in the next couple of weeks and I have been busy painting display stuff and finding suppliers.

I picked up this wonderful book shelf in the Age Concern warehouse for just £20 - bargain - but looks bit uck.

All the background stuff is going to be a soft dove grey - and I am painting baskets and odd bits in a selection of highlight colours.  So the overall effect should be on the lines of :-



It's a tiny little shop so the decor needs to be light and airy - I think it will look pretty.




Chairs to match


I hope they hurry up and let us get going - I am tripping over furniture and boxes everywhere

Yours

kitten xx

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Shelly's images - The Good Ole Days - Triple it up

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Brand new idea from Shelly this week.  The truck is available wit or with out people in it - I chose to use the empty one





I have to hold my hands up here - trucks like htis are not part of the UK life style.  We live in the heart of the Lake District and all the farmers drive jeeps or 4x4 - so I did struggle for a theme - until I remembered a wonderful reproduction map that I had already stared to cut up.  The 3 stripes are actually a bark pattern paper - but I tell myself that they look like a rockscape.

Do join us with this weeks challenge on the BLOG

Yours

kitten xx

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Do You Stack Up #60 - Distress

Loved all your layers last week - way to go.  This week we are getting distressed - arrrrrrh

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Distress? - as far as I am concerned - anything to do with houework is distressing - look at her face - that's distress enough for any one!

This image is from Bugaboo - from the Crabby Cathy range.  Loads of layering - and faux stitching

Yours

kitten xx

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Scrapper's Delights

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Here is my dear little Draco getting all soppy - awwww


I have left him fairly plain - the background retail is amaxing it must have taken ages.  The heart is dark red and covered with 3D glaze - I have added a bit of shading and his pink embarresed cheeks - oh and his baby blue eyes

He is cut out close and raised on the papers

Yours

kitten xx

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Shop talk

The BIG news this week is that I have been accepted by Whisker graphics to import their very popular Devine Twine.  HUGE parcel (2rolls of everything!!!) is now on its way here - you are gonna love it.

Mean while - -

Fab little wooden easel to alter and display your work.  I chose these litle gems because they really are wood - not plastic - not card hinges - really real wood - and only £1.50 - BUY ONE

Very limited - sample packs of hot - hot - summer theme paperscome on - we have had enough of snow - ice - rain and cold - bring on the sun!
In the SHOP HERE


Yours

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk

Day off

Monday is kitten's day off

 

Yours

kitten xx

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Erica's new range

This has taken me weeks to get to - I kept printing out the digi and losing on my desk.  There are 4 or 5 kicking about somewhere in the office - sorry Erica.

This lovely little chappie is from Erica's new range - Lillianna & Pickallie.  He comes uncoloured so you can create your own colour scheme for him.  It is still very early days for this pair - so if you like them do drop over and support her work.

 

This is the multi-fold card that is doing the rounds at the moment -see below for template.  I use some beautiful pearly looking textured card that I have had for ages.

It opens out

It would make a really different shaped album - needs tinkering with to get wider hinge space to allow for extra layers - and would need a ribbon to close

Can't find the original blog I got the pattern from so you will have to cope with just my notes - sorry

Yours

kitten xx

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Messing with paint

I am starting to repaint all the shop display stuff.  For reasons which will be come clear (hopefully next week!) we are going for a more of a 'grown-up', modern corporate look - aiming for less of a cutsy, girly feel.  I have had the same colour scheme for 5 yers now - and I feel it's getting a bit tired and dated.

I am painting everything a soft dove grey - and adding highlights of zingy colours in orange - lime - blue - yellow - pink etc.  Found a super range of colours that suits - the Dulux Feature Wall range - it's 3 for 2 at Homebase at the monsnt + 15% off.

So here is my tall, narrow A board

And I found this old shelving unit in the shed (don't tell the old goat I knicked it!!).  It was blue because it used to be in my summer house years ago

Now it's grey - it will look really pretty with some bright colour baskets on it

Now - where is the big back A board?

Yours

kitten xx

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Shelly's Images - Seashell - Show us what you got

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This is a wonderful image - I love seaside things.

TIP - the image is coloured FROM THE BACK with copic inks.  If you colour from the back you get a soft 'under the skin' look that just adds a tonal hue - rather than the strong colour we are used to with Copics.  Then I added gold sparkle gel pen highlights over the front
 

The oval that the seashell is sitting on is the most amazing glitter card - it is absolutly beautiful (must find out where is cane from!)
Do join us with this weeks challenge on the BLOG

Yours

kitten xx

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Do You Stack Up? #59 - Layers

Hello all you loved up bunch - you really excelled at the Love theme last week

This week we are using

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This image is from The Paper Shelter - just check out their website - yummie!!!!

I wanted to do something a bit different to the normal matting and layering - so I cut a loads of scalloped squares out and cut them into quarters.  Then I added them round and under the main image to stick out at all the edges.  It's a bit different

Yours

kitten xx

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Scrapper's Delights - This month's freebie

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This is the freebie this month - it should be on the Scrapper's Delight site from today.  Unusual for Janice to draw something flowery, and I do hope she will do more.  The flowers still have all the amazing attention to detail that we are used to - the depth in the flower heads is wonderful.

So I made a mum card.  I kept the flower colours fairly muted so that I did not loose any of the detail, and I chose background papers to match so that they did not over power it.  The flower is pulled off one of those big bunches of silk flowers for £1.  I cut it up so that there were more layers to it.

Yours

kitten xx

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Tuesday - Shop talk

Huge box of goodies arrived from Woodware - mostly inking tools - but several really fab alterable items

Ribbon box - how neat is this little chap?  Finally you get to sort out that tangle of ribbons - PLUS you get all the fun of decorating the box

Just £3.00
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Next - an A4 sheet of pop out little tiles to make books.  You could make one thick book - or several little ones

- or - how about a cool wall hanging?

Use ribbons to tie the tiles together.

Great bargain at just £1 - HERE




Lastly - an other book to alter - this time in a tag shape.  This is hinged on the short side so that you can add ribbons to all the tag holes to open the book.  Made from super heavy quality white chipboard.

Loads of potential and just £3.00

get it HERE

However much you spend, postage is set at a flat rate of £1.50 to cover postage and packing - and the paypal fees.

Happy crafting ;-)

Yours

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk

Day off

Monday is kitten's day off

Yours

kitten xx

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Stella Says Sketch - bugaboo challenge

Did you know that Shelly's team have been invited to design for the Stella Says Sketch Challemnges for Bugaboo.  Dead chuffed - I love the Bugaboo look - it's such a different and modern look.
Soooo - keeping in mind my 'For the blokes' quest I asked for one of the new Ninjas - cool!
The sketch to use this month is this

I did this

Isn't he fab!!

Do come over and join in - HERE!!!!

Yours

kitten xx

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Saturday - Catching up

I have been such a good bunny today - worked my little socks off.

I have sat and cleared my computer desk! - all listing - DONE - all paperwork - DONE - all blog schedule for the month - DONE - all 'waiting to sort' trays - DONE - all accounts up to date - DONE - tidyed up the website shop listings a bit - even found a couple of Christmas cards - that how long it is since I got to the bottom of the heap (opps).

pop over to the SHOP and check out the NEW section - there is loads of different stuff

This is the bit of running a business that I am not keen on.  I just want to make stuff and have people come and buy it ;-)
Now I can clean and polish my desk - and feel dead smug that it's all done - tomorrow I can craft
Yours

kitten xx

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Shelly's Images - Love - Red / pink / white - for your sweetie

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This week we have a text that Shelly has drawn. 

I thought I would use it as a message rather than the main feature - that's the beauty of digis - soooo versatile

The card is a pattern from Split Coast Stampers for a diamond fold card - it's easier than it looks!

I decorated the front

And I matted the flaps at the back and shrunk the message down very small to add.

Then I made a little box for it

Do join us with this weeks challenge on the BLOG

Yours

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk