New blog and candy

New blog for you to follow - HERE - and some candy up for grabs - all to celebrate the new Do You Stack Up? challenge blog

Kim says
In celebration of being selected for the Design Team of Do You Stack Up Challenge Blog.

-- I am offering a giveaway.

The giveaway includes a stamp art frame box, 4 x 6 scrapbook, butterfly wooden rubber stamp and a digital stamp from Stretch N Bubbles.

Dont forget to come by and see and/or enter the FIRST Challenge at Do You Stack Up Challenge Blog on January 6th, 2011

Yours

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk

In the office

You know something that is still odd to me??  I am working on projects for the new Do You Stack Up challenge blog - launching soon - and I can't show you anything yet!  So frustrating.

There is so much going on over there - I am challenged already!  Loads of images I would never normally work with AND tie it to the weeks theme.  There are so many new ideas coming up and I am champing at the bit to show you the stuff I have done.  Plus all the sponsors Alison has joined up with - you never see this kind of stuff in the UK - it is a total revelation I can tell you.

Book mark the Do You Stack Up and join us every week - blog open now - challenges start 6th January

Yours

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk

Challenges

Delicious Doodles challenge this week is 'Purple Reign' so I thought I would try something a bit different with my Fawn from Stretch n Bubbles.  It is such an elegant little chappie - I just love his big floppy ears.  This is the last of this background paper - and it's such a shame, it's one of my favorites - the flowers are all glittery.

Yours

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk

Clean desk

Now - you don't see this often - and I can't guarantee it will happen again soon.

My desk is clear.  Yeah - you heard it - my desk is clean and tidy.

I have at last been up and about a bit more today - this cold is the worst I have had for years, but I think I am winning now.  Must get back on the ball - loads to do.

BRING ON THE WORK!!!!

Yours

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk

I usually find a gift box pattern to share with you at Chrismas - running a bit late because I am still full of the stinking cold. This one is a bit different.

http://www.princesskitten.co.uk/design_55792.html

I used this Zen from Stretch n Bubbles - you could dress it up Christmasie - I wanted to keep it gothic to match the paper

Yours

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk

life

Now everyone - I 'think' I have done everything I should have.  There is a treaat scheduld to post tomorrow - so do drop in and pick that up.  I am going to chill for a couple of days - nurse this cold - snuggle my doggies and watch all the rubbish films on telly

Have a fantastic Christmas every one - and I will see you in the New Year

Yours

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk

New Card

I wanted to do something really different with this ghost from Stretch n Bubbles

He's such a cutie it would be nice to use him more and I wanted to experiment with a bit of vellum.




I printed the image onto cream card - put some patterned vellum over it and drew round with a pencil to get the shape (some printer will print directly on velum but mine won't).  Then I cut out the shape and stuck it on top of the ghost.  I drew over the top with a black permanent marker and coloured the spots with silver gel.

You can't see the effect in the scan - but it is really pretty.  The pattern on the vellum shows slightly over the ghost, and it's mat finish really contrasts with the bright silver gel.

It would be a great technique to use over a wedding dress image to

Yours

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk

Life

You are going to have to excuse me - I have the most stinking cold.  All I can manage is to do a bit of my SnB and DYSU stuff

Yours

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk

NEW SITE

NEW SITE - UP AND READY

The new challenge blog - Do You Stack Up? - has just launched the design team out into cyber space and we - yes WE - are busy working away at the first project.

Do come by on a Thursday - Friday (not sure about the time difference!) and join in.  There are some really great sponcers behind us - some you will know and some new ones too.  The coming year is booked solid - most weeks have 2 sponcers - how amazing is that?

Check out my workmates blogs - listed in the side column - and enjoy the fab, fun packed year we have instore for you

This next year is going to be so amazing in kitten's world
 
yours
kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk

New Card

My dear American friend send me some stamps for Christmas Yeah so - it's ALMOST Christmas!) - I have seen these images on other people's blogs but we don't have them in the UK.

I stamped this and thought - coffee - gold, cream - and swirly.

Don't ask me what the paper is - all I can remember is that I bought it as a pad because I had never seen anything like it.

Everything is matted with a tiny mirri gold border and the gems are yellow

Yours

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk

New challenge blog - opening soon

New challenge blog launching just after Christmas - and some candy to celebrate

Okay there will be 2 winners on this one.. The first winner will win this My Acrylix set Sweet Flowers from Close To My Heart... isn't it wonderful.. it could be yours

This second candy is a sentiment set also from Close To My Heart.. this one is wood mounted..

To enter this candy.. all you have to do is be a follower of Do You Stack Up? and add your name to the list there.  

 

YEP that's it.. if you would like to spread the word about this candy on your blog/sidebar.. that would ROCK.. but you don't have to, to enter.. so we should see at least 200 people enter right ;)

Save it in your favorites and come back and join us every week - we have some amazing sponsors coming up.

Yours

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk

New Idea

Don't know about you - but our kids are home for the Christmas holidays now.  Are they board yet?

Quick tip - you know you can make digis bigger? - make them up to A5 size and print 2 on a sheet of paper and cut in half for a quick colouring project for them.

There is no deterioration in the lines on these images, even though I made them so big.

Stretch n Bubbles have loads of monsters for boys and fairys for girls as well as all sorts of animals

Yours

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk

Dragons

I have new Dragons!!

 

And I have been practising colouring them

 

The dragon stamps come from Sweetpea Stamps .  She has loads of new artists working for her now and I would love to try some of the others - trouble is I could spend a fortune so I have to ration it!  I am not normally a stamp person really and these are the only folk I have really fallen for.

I was not sure what I was going to do with them, but I think I will make them up into a wall hanging with a ribbon down the back and a big soft bow at the top

Yours

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk

Challenges

Over at Ellephantastic the challenge this time is wish upon a star or Christmas or winter.  Don't know about you - but I am sick of Christmas cards now, thought I would make a winter birthday card.

I used this cute little deer from Stretch n Bubbles with loads of icy blue and silver.

TIP - I cut the snowflakes using mirror card on the Cuttlebug - then ran them through with the snowflake embossing folder before I pushed them out from the sheet.

The challenge lasts over Christmas so you have loads of time to enter

Yours

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk

Quickie cards

Got a last minute quickie to do? - Someone sent a card and you forgot them?  There is always one isn't there?

A5 card - put the front into an embossing folder and run it through your cuttlebug (or whatever) - gently swipe an ink pad over the top on the raised areas -  add a greeting on the top (bit of glitter - few liquid pearl drops) - and a ribbon

Bingo - job done

Yours

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk

Day off

Monday is kitten's day off

I am a LOT better today - moving about and doing stuff in very small doses.  I have been finishing a couple of commissions and challenges and it's a case of wotking for an hour - siting for an hour - bit more work - resting again.  But I am winning - so I should be on track for the rest of the week

Yours

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk

Life continues!!

I am a little more comfortable today - I can stand to work for an hour or so before it becomes too much.  I have been making a baby album for a friend (which I can't show you cos it's for a pressie - but it's very pretty).

I have had my Bind-It-All machine since last Christmas - and it still scares the life out of me when I have to punch the holes for the wires (not one for gadgets really).  I am getting more confident with it and I am going to produce a range of albums you can alter yourself in various sizes using the very pretty parchmarqe range of paper and card.

Meanwhile you can check out the albums I have in the shop - all 10% off at the moment 

Yours

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk

Life - keeps getting in the way!!

OK guys - who's the muppet that has put her back out - and now has to sit very, VERY still ? ? ? ? ?

That would be me then - I didn't do nuffin' - honest guv!  - - just sitting there and stuff happened.

I can sit - VERY still - and I can lay down - without moving - and I can walk about a bit (slowly)
              - - - it's all the bits in between that are total agony - - pain-killers / hot patches / alcohol keeping me going at the moment - oh joy

BUT - I do have NEW dragons to colour

----- watch this space

Yours

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk

Life

You have NOT got to laugh!!!!!

The guard dog has had a hair pulling habit for a few years - and the past 6 monthsor so it has become a cumpulsion.  He actually muves the bald spot about to suit where he feels like - how controlled freak is that!  - and they say dogs have no brains.

ANYWAY - we have tried loads of stuff (even those 'flowerpot' collers - he so hated that one), and now we have wrapped a crape bandage round his whole middle so he can't lick and pull.  You know - I think he likes it!  It is only tucked round so he could easliy pull it off - but it has stayed there for hours now.

Do we have sucess? ? ?   Will let you know

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk

Yours

Challenges

This darling little space rocket is available from Stretch n Bubbles.

In my on going quest to make more men's cards - I used the sketch challenge over at Sketch and Stash to copy.   I like their sketches - they are quite simple to experiment with.

 

The finished card is quite simple really - but if you add a bit of 'stitching' round all the edges it really add loads of texture.

The old bit of stash I used was the chipboard arrow - have had these for ages and not really used them

Yours

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk

Rest day

I had my nails done to-day - love having my nails done.  I have acrylic coating put on them because the Fibromyalgia means my nails are very week and they split across - and it's very painful.  The acrylic keeps them together and protects the nail bed - and I get to grow them a bit.  Dear little Michelle works so hard to keep them on for me - and she never moans at me.  I have been going for 7 years now so she has got used to coping with them.

I am still very sore from yesterday - so I am going to catch up with last ninht's Corrie and have a restful day

Yours

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk

day off

Monday is kitten's day off

I have been to have my neck straigntened this morning.  It is not nice at the best of times - but I was really soild in the upper back and it was really, really nasty this time.
Yours

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk

New card

This darling little scotty dog, available form Alison -HERE - is just perfect for the weather here in the UK at the moment

I made him to put into the Copic challenge blog so I really worked hard on my colouring.  The theme this week is 'light source'

My light source is above his nose.  I wanted to keep it gray and frosty looking, the background paper is a gray frost pattern, the pale green mat is a sugar-coated card stock, and there is mirri silver card, and glamour dust on his fluffy fur.


Yours

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk

Life

It's been such a funny day here today!  - The old goat is out at a wedding - the prince is off helping a mate move stuff - kitten home alone with the dogs.

Well, I have done my last Christmas event for this year, so I shall be starting the anual sale on my site - and I have been re-thinking the price structure for the card sections as well.

New design team place on a challenge blog launching after Crimbo (see the badge on the right - LOADS of companies donating prizes so do follow and join in) - one more Craft class this week and that's all till after the break - no more yoga -  so, on a serious wind-down for a bit.  s-l-e-e-e-e-e-e-p

Yours

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk

Challenges

How about this one - there is snow on the lines so patchy service
- no - not the trains - the telephone!!!!!
Good ol'modern technology - you will just have to forgive me for a 'patchy' service

So today (at last) a sketch challenge from waltzing mouse - yep that's a new one I found

The image is from Stretch n Bubbles - coloured with copics, some gent's papers that I have had for years matted with gold, and a couple of lines of ric-rac

Yours

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk

Challenges

Gosh - my internet is giving me grief!!
It's taken me all day to get to up load this challenge for http://sketchandstashchallenge.blogspot.com/

it's a sketch to copy and use some of your stash - so here is what I did

I used the wonderful girl pirate from Stretch n Bubbles HERE.  The background is embossed with a new Cuttlebug embossing folder that I picked up in a Halloween sale - it has skulls on it - 'that will be useful' thinks me.




Yours

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk