Saturday

Hasn't this week been just wonderful?  More - more - more - please.  We have all been out and about doing stuff in the garden to clear up after the winter - gosh it's a mess.  We have had next doors dogs over here too - much better for them to be out and about that stuck indoors - and it make them tired out!

Soooo - the big questions is - are we growing a dog rose - or Sweet William

Some of us got sooo pooped - we just crashed where we were (next door's Archie)

And I have been siting in the warm supervising and making scissor keepers  - a new gift range for the shop.  Black work with a modern twist - I still love to stitch.

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk

Shelly's Images - Featuring Easter Chic - Show us your stripes

Shelly's Blog - HERE
Shelly's Images shop - HERE

Shelly (bless her) - had a bit of a brain storm (like you do) - and got to thinking about where do chicken colours really come from?

We all know that brown hens lay brown eggs - that grow up to be brown hens - - so do Easter eggs come from patterned chicks???

We think that would be a - yes - then!!!

Great silly fun for the Easter season.  Beautiful soft spring colours - and some die cut borders from a die that I found in a box and had forgotten about!!!

Do join us with this weeks challenge on the BLOG
Yours

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk

Do You Stack Up? challenge #65 - sew it

Good morning everyone! We are inviting you this week to play along with our next challenge: Sew It. Anything goes from faux stitching to pattern paper and dusting off your sewing machines :)

This week we have three sponsors:

$10 Gift Voucher

$15 Gift Certificate

Winner's Choice of 4 Images

I know a lot of crafters love ths stitched look - but don't like the stitching - so I created this card with an image from Dearie Dolls and used papr that had a faux stitched look.  The paper is actually textured so that the stitched looking bits are raised.

A FEW RULES

• Our DT would love to leave comments on your blogs, please remove word verification to make this process easier (see right side bar for a how-to guide).
• Only 3 entries per person per Challenge.
• Make sure to link back to this challenge and mention it on your blog in your blog post.
• No back linking.
• Entries that do not fit the requirements will not be eligible for Winner or Top 3.
• Mr. Linky closes at 2pm on Wednesdays.

Yours

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk

Weddings - again

Talking of weddings - favour boxes anyone?

Order for Grasmere Gingerbread Shop ready to go out.  I make 2 of their favour box styles and do the caligraphy name plates.  This is the first order this year for an April wedding
Yours

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk

Shop talk - weddings

Spring is here - aren't the lighter evenings wonderful?  I keep forgetting to get the dinner started because I don't realise what the time is ;-)

Beautiful weather means the start of the wedding season - so today I am highlighting a special personalised wedding card that I make.  I don't do elegant very much - but this really does qualify as elegant.  I can do it  in loads of different colours to match the wedding scheme - or just what ever you fancy

Contact me to order so we can get the colour and name details correct

Plus - for all you brides who are writing their own vows and would like something more special made of them - I will srcibe up your vows / poem as a scroll - usually costs £35 - chack out the special commissions area for past works


Yours

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk

Day off

Monday is kitten's day off

 

Yours

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk

Making a digital image

I am soooo grumpy - it looks like we won't be able to open the shop before Easter.  For weeks we have been pestering and pushing - and the solicitors are just c-r-e-a-k-i-n-g into action now - grrrr - no wonder this country is at a stand still - we could have been trading for weeks now!!!!

Change the subject and think of better things

Shelly's Blog - HERE
Shelly's Images shop - HERE

My boss Shelly has released a short video of her drawing up the Easter bunny - I thought you might like to see just how much thought and work goes into making a digital image - totally fascinating.




Yours

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk

Scrapper's Delights - Spring Blog Hop

Today kicks off Scrapper’s Delights “Spring Blog Hop!”  The design team has put together several cards and projects to inspire you to create. Our hop will begin today (Friday, March 23, 2012) and will end on Sunday, March 25, 2012 which is the start of our Easter Challenge. We hope that you will join us for the hop as well as the challenge.

For our 1st Hop we have teamed up with Paulette from Create with TLC. Paulette has been kind enough to provide our DTs with sentiments for their creations and one lucky winner will win the grand prize...the entire wordart set and an image of their choice from my store!

In addition to the grand pize, 5 DTs will randomly draw a name from the commentors on their blogs and give away 1 image. You will not know which 5 DTs so be sure to comment on everyone's blog. There will be 6 winners in total!! Winners will be announced on Tuesday, March 27th.

Thanks again for joining us and let’s get to hopping!

Janice (Scrapper's Delights Blog)
Ria
Pandy - that's here!!
Chrizette
Laurie
judith
Kim
Jodie
shana
Candy
Create with TLC

Here is mine - with 'Easter Bunny 1'.  Went for a more rustic country look rather than a cutie girlie one.

Yours

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk

Shelly's Images - fraturing no 1, Bunny Trail Lane

Shelly's Blog - HERE
Shelly's Images shop - HERE

New idea from Shelly - that might become a range (if we nag hard enough) - fairy tale houses.

Anything that has houses is a winner with me - throw in a tree and it's heaven.

The theme this week is pink - orange - kraft - embossing

Totally over the top - very modern (just the mood I am in ;-) ) - new house card.  I have left the image fairly plain so I don't loose any detail - there is a light orange wash on the 'houses', pink trim and sparkly orange on the caps

Do join us with this weeks challenge on the BLOG

Yours

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk

Do You Stack Up? challenge #64 - Plaid

Good morning everyone! We are loving patterns today, and are challenging you to create with Plaid. So bring on your Scottish heritage, love for Tartan...I personally love this inspiration picture...Flannel! So fun & cozy.

This week we have three sponsors:

Winner's Choice of 3 Digital Images

Winner's Choice of 4 Digital Images

A "Toodle Club Membership" and a Toodle Birthday Calendar

I had a super cutie little lady from Crafty Sentiments - and a sheet of 12" paper that has been waiting for this for ages - along with a super matching ribbon roll that was in a huge box someone gave me when they were clearing out the stockroom.  Still on a green kick here - love all the spring happening around me

A FEW RULES

• Our DT would love to leave comments on your blogs, please remove word verification to make this process easier (see right side bar for a how-to guide).
• Only 3 entries per person per Challenge.
• Make sure to link back to this challenge and mention it on your blog in your blog post.
• No back linking.
• Entries that do not fit the requirements will not be eligible for Winner or Top 3.
• Mr. Linky closes at 2pm on Wednesdays.

Yours

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk

Scraper's Delights - wednesday

Scrapper's delights - SHOP
Scrapper's Delights - BLOG

New range of princess images in the Scrapper's Delight's shop now

I think I like colouring these more 'open' images best.  All the dress shading is done with Copic inks - 6 colours of yellow green - and I am really pleased with the way the hair turned out

Simple layout - but some super new papers - Kalihari summer - really hot colours.

Hope you like her.

Yours

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk

Shop talk

We are in the final stages of solicetors for the shop - can't wait to actually get in and start setting up.

Meanwhile - I have added the Easter section to the website.  If we open before Easter I  will do a few more general ones, but you can always commission me for something special

Yours

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk

Day off

Monday is kitten's day off

Yours

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk

Darling little album

Hubby at the Best of The Lakes show last week - on You tube


This is my current favourite album pattern - it is so dinky.

It is about 4" square and I love the half flap at the front






There are loads of accordion fold pages inside - I covered them all with different check and stripe papers I had about





The cover wraps round the whole thing to keep it neat and tidy -  and the pages are stuck to each side of the cover





Yours

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk

Saturday 17 march

Scrapper's Delights new challenge - Luck of the Irish

Guess who has just bought a new circle cutter!!!

Just had to try it out.

I seem to be in experimantal mood at the moment.  I have left the image plain - but flooded the background with PVA and covered it with green glitter (yes - it is green - not blue!).  It gives an amazing 3D effect, with the image recessed for a change

- so pop over and join in - you don't haveto have a Delights image to add your project


Yours

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk

Shelly's Images - Easter Bunny - Show us what you got

Shelly's Blog - HERE
Shelly's Images shop - HERE

We are well into Spring things now.  I love this time of year - all the things are turning green again and the lighter evening are back.  Makes me really feel like things are going to be all ok again.

This darling little bunny with his daffies and Easter eggs is so pretty.  I coloured him in pastels and put him on a gift bag.  You could layer a few paper flowers in the basket to hide the edds and use it for any spring event - see - thrifty is my middle name ;-)

Do join us with this weeks challenge on the BLOG

Yours

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk

Do You Stack Up? Challenge #63 - Your favourite colours

Good morning everyone! Is spring already arriving? It is the season where color is coming back into our world. The flowers are blooming, the spring fashion line up has many bold colors going, and it's high time to celebrate Your Favorite Color. Anything counts here, so we expect lots of entries :)

This week we have three sponsors:

Winner's Choice of 3 Digis

$10 gift certificate

Petal Point Options Pad

I have to admit I am a bit of a colour tart - My favourate colour changes every time I get in a new paper pack - or with the seasons.  Green in my fave at the moment - it's spring and everything is bursting out with freshness.

This image is from Karan's doodles - check these out - really cool - especially the Christmas ones!

Yours
kitten
www.princesskitten.co.uk

Scrapper's delights - wednesday

Scrapper's delights - SHOP
Scrapper's Delights - BLOG

This week I am messing about with my digis again!!

This is the sentiment that is for with the new princess images.  It is designed so that you can add a sentiment to the circle and use it on your project. 

I rather liked the patterned circle - I thought it would make a nice frame.  So I made it quite large and cut it all out - including the middle.


I coloured it with my Copics (I guess digi folk will do it in their image program) - then I raised it over a stamped image.  It gives a super unusual 3D effect.

So there you go - another way to use your digis - don't say I don't give you good value

Yours

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk

Shop talk

Quick plug for the Devine Twine - coloured baker's twine - which is starting to sell nicely.  I now have a wholesale account with them - so can keep topping this up.

I have rewound 10 meters onto a plastic spool - that way you get have several colours at a reasonable cost.  I have all the colours at the moment so pop over and pick a couple up.

£1.50 a spool - in the ribbon section

PLUS - wow - oh - wow - the H2Os have arrived!!

No - they didn't go bust / close down / stop making them.

They did get bought out and have gone very quiet over in the UK - not many people are bringing them in. 

Often copied - never beaten - these darling little luminescent shimmer paints are so cool.  these are the tiny pots (5gm) - but they last for ages.  I have been using some of mine for at least 4 years now.

Again I am splitting the packs up so that you can buy just a couple of pots at a time - and at just £2 for each little pot who can resist?

Hang with me while I sort out the quantities of each colour and add them to the shop - will be in the paints / inks section


Yours

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk

Day off

Monday is kitten's day off

Yours

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk

Erica

I have had another busy week.  Sourcing suppliers (Zutter on board now), painting baskets for display and generally trying to get my desk up together and clear.  We are still just waiting for the contracts - it is so frustrating - that is all there is left to do.

I am also have been trying to get some samples made up for Grasmere Gingerbread wedding favours.  Did you know Centura pearl card have just changed their colour range.  There has been huge confusion about what has been discontinued and what is new.  The Baby Pink and Baby Blue are now Freash Pink and Fresh Blue - pretty much similar - but a bit deeper colour.  One of the Purples is now Deep Purple.  I think I have got it now - princes off a colour swatch direct from their site.  I am gonna miss the Lime Green and the Orange I can tell you - must get a load in.

I did get to this darling new teddy digi from Erica - baby waffles and make a card it. afternoon

Just how cute is this??

The layout is very simple really - the only trick is a very fine line of double sided tape around each block of pattern paper - then covered with glitter. - really pretty.  oh - and I added wobble eyes just for fun

Yours

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk

Shelly's Images - Beary Lucky - Greens and Golds

Shelly's Blog - HERE

Shelly's Images shop - HERE

Today we have our dear friend Beary in his St Patrick's day guise

Shelly has left me in charge of the 'shop' this week - brave soul! - so I hope you liked the Tutorial on Tuesday - I have been stressing about it for ages ;-)

Anyway - I love Beary - and I love that he is there through the seasons - remember him with the snow?

So here he is - wishing everyone luck

Pandy

Do join us with this weeks challenge on the BLOG

Yours

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk

Do You Stack Up? Challenge #62 - Green

Good morning everyone! I hope you're ringing in March with excitement. The stores are starting to carry tulips, daffodils, and other fun bright colours. We're challenging to get into the spring season by Going Green. Anything counts here: the colour green, recycling/upcycling, use this challenge as an ode to St. Patty's day...the possibilities are endless!

This week we have three sponsors:

Winner's Choice of 4 Images

Winner's Choice of 10 Digis

Winner's Choice of 5 Digis

I used this image from The Stamping Boutique - it has a greeting on it already so you don't need to add one, but I did anyway;-)

A FEW RULES

• Our DT would love to leave comments on your blogs, please remove word verification to make this process easier (see right side bar for a how-to guide).
• Only 3 entries per person per Challenge.
• Make sure to link back to this challenge and mention it on your blog in your blog post.
• No back linking.
• Entries that do not fit the requirements will not be eligible for Winner or Top 3.
• Mr. Linky closes at 2pm on Wednesdays.

xx
kitten