Shelly's images - Pine - Show us what you got

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This week we have Pine Branches to work with - a really good old fashioned image.

There is aways someone that we can't send a 'Happy Christmas' to - whether it's illness or religion.  I always make a couple of thinking of you types and I really struggle to find good images - love this - perfect.

I used Inktense on the images to give the soft look - and I printed 3 extra pine branches to layer over the image.  Little bow, and a bit of ribbon dress it up a bit without making it fussy

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Yours

kitten xx

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Do You Stack Up? #46 - A splash of Blue

Hey everyone! Welcome back to a new challenge at Do You Stack Up?! I'm so glad you could join us! This week we want to see a Splash of Blue on your project!

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Blue - My fave colour.  This is not a Christmas image - but just showing you how you can get the most out of your digis.

This little chappie is Jake Playing Dress-up from Miami Doodles

Yours

kitten xx

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Scrappers Delight

This is the cool freebie over at Scrapers delight this month - Sophie

One of the biggest challenges for us Copic users is to fill a blank space with texture.  I am really pleased with the overall effect

 

You don't have to go to all that effort - as the pack also includes the wonderful red textured image.

So go over and pick up your freebie and check out the other cool Christmas designs

Yours

kitten xx

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Stretch N Bubbles

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I love these garden gnomes - they look such happy chappies - not a huge fan of those over the top garden ones though!

So I used much more muted colouring (copics) - and matched them up with a delicate pattern paper and a bit of old gold pearl matting.

I love the way the tummies have come out - they really do look round

Comment to win!! -We are starting something fun and new over at SNB. If you would like the chance to win FREE digital stamps, all you have to do is comment on each post. The more posts you comment on that week, the better chance you have of winning. We will pick 2 random http://tiddlyinkschallenge.blogspot.com/2011/11/challenge-73-anything-goes-goes-on.htmlgirls each week to win 2 Free digital stamps of their choice from the shop! I hope you will join us!

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kitten xx

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Day off

Monday is kitten's day off

Yours

kitten xx

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Sunday

I seriously need a make-over in my craft space.  I am bursting at the seems and i have just put in for a couple of big contracts

It is really hard to take photos because the space is so small.  When the builders put in the staircase to the attic and made the old goat's studio - there was a bit of the tiny bit of what was the 3rd bedroom left over - and that's mine.

It is about 7ft wide and 4 ft deep - plus a bit of corridor

I have my main desk - no matter how hard I try it's always a mess

underneath is my big book and folder storage

There are loads of books piled up on the floor behind my Hougie board

Over the desk is all my ink storage - and my precious Copics

- and in the corridor an odd mix of book cases and my 12" shelves

behind me I have a big book case on the side

and a packed dvd shelf unit behind me

I seriously need to have a change around and get some paper racks and hooks

Yours

kitten xx

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New stock

I am pleased to say that I have found a consistent, reliable supplier of various types of card that us crafters HAVE to have. I can now buy in bulk to split up and share with you at fantastic value .

 

First - -

 

High gloss coated (shiny) card - This is what you use for alcohol ink patterns.

Weight - 160g/ms (decent weight - but you can still emboss or die cut it)

10 sheets of A5 size pieces (manageable size for blending alcohol ink - if you want 5 x A4 just email me and I will add it as an option)

http://www.princesskitten.co.uk/shopfront/prod_1699893-High-gloss-coated-shiny-card.html

Yours

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk

Saturday

Running way behind and have not got much gone.  My printer was really playying me up this morning - it kept jamming - then it sulked and I had to completly re-boot and re-start - then it would still only print half the image before jamming again grrrrrrrrr
I have made some Christmas gift boxes that needed NO images printing!

This is a super box technique, really strong and useful - half origami - half paper crafting - you do make 4 cuts - but it's mostly folding.  No measuring - just start with a square - my idea of how to work!
Yours

kitten xx

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Shelly's Images - Holly - show us your insides!

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Call me old fashioned - I do like traditional images for Christmas and this holly is perfect,  It is a new image in the shop now




I copied the image - made it a bit smaller and then flipped it so that I had a hanging sprig - don't you just love digis?
Than I put it on the inside of a gate fold card.  The backing paper has been knocking about my office for about 5 years - from the time when there was a craze for natural images on scrapbook paper.  See - never throw anything away

The front of the card is left very simple so you get a surprise when you open it

Do join us with this weeks challenge on the BLOG

Yours

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk

Yours

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk

Do You Stack Ip - Challenge #45 - Inspired by a song

Hi everyone! Welcome back to a new challenge here at Do You Stack Up?! With the holidays just around the corner, I love using music to set the mood. So, this week, we want your projects to be Inspired by a Song! Please be sure to let us know in your post what your song is. ;)

This week's Sponsors:

JLJ Designs $10 Gift Certificate

Di’s Digi Downloads Winner’s Choice of 5 Digis

Here is mine.  I had this cute little bear and friend in the snow from Di's Digis.  There are several image of him getting ready for Christmas and they are just such sweeties!

It's actually a simple layout - taken over the top with the die cut snowflakes.  I don't have many die cutters - but I do love this big snowflake and use it loads

Yours

kitten xx

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Odds & Soxlets

Erica has some super cute new little soxlets for Christmas in her SHOP now.  There are 4 to collect all very christmass-ie

This is Portia - and I think it's my favorite of all she has drawn so far.

I had some scraps of paper that were exactly the colours that I wanted - I love to use up scraps this way.  You matt them and layer them up however your like the look .  There is no measuring -just make it up as you go along.

I just love her



Yours

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk

Stretch N Bubbles

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I love the simplicity of this Christmas bauble - perfect for all sorts of colouring techniques.

This is a card from the range I make for the pencil museun using Inktense pencils.  Inkyense is like a colouring pencil but the centre is made from acrylic ink and it water soluble.  You can use all sorts of watercolour techniques with it - as well as all sorts of direct colouring.

Comment to win!! -We are starting something fun and new over at SNB. If you would like the chance to win FREE digital stamps, all you have to do is comment on each post. The more posts you comment on that week, the better chance you have of winning. We will pick 2 random girls each week to win 2 Free digital stamps of their choice from the shop! I hope you will join us!

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kitten xx

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Day off

Well not really - catching up after our sneeky weekend away

Shout if you want me


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kitten xx

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Sunday

Have they gone yet???



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kitten xx

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Saturday

Away - hiding from the fireworks!!!!!!

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kitten xx

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Friday

I am going to sneek off for the weekend - to get fidget out of the way of all the fireworks.  

If I stay here on our estate it will be hell on earth again -  if I stop over in town he will never notice it all happening.



If you are desperate to get hold of me give the old goat a prod.  Back soon

Yours

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk

Shelly's Images - Spider's web - monocramatic + ribbon

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This week we are working with the 'spider web' images and the theme is monochromatic with ribbon

I think this lot are ganging up on me - ANOTHER spider. Had to cute it up a bit.

Although the brief does say - mono - they decided we could add a Colour, and I had already decided on my greeting so I used red to hot it up a bit.

Here is my card - and then I will show you how I created the background effect

Now - the background.  I wanted a really soft look on hand made paper - so I used my own printing technique.  When I print on acetate it does not dry at all.  So I print the image on to the acetate - then CAREFULLY(!!) take it upstairs to my craft room - lay the acetate sheet with the ink side DOWN onto the paper I want to use and rub like crazy with my burnisher

This pushes the ink into the paper

push and scrub like mad - and you end up with a wonderful antique look on a paper that you could never print directly onto

Do join us with this weeks challenge on the BLOG

Yours

kitten xx

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Do You Stack Up? challenge #44 - Teal

Hey, hey! It's time for a new challenge at Do You Stack Up?! We have a fun and easy challenge this week. We want to see some Teal on your project. You can use a little or a lot!

This week's Sponsors:

The Craft’s Meow Winner’s Choice of 1 Stamp Set

Stretch ‘n Bubbles Winner’s Choice of 4 Digis

Copic Marker Scrapbooking

6 Copic Ciao Markers (North/South America),
Martha Stewart punch (rest of the world)


I had a brand new image from Alison at Stretch N Bubbles to work with - and I racked my brain to make up a different phrase for it rarher that the obvious (I line to make my inage work for their living!!)

The background in alcohol inks in a very loose swirl pattern - then rmbossed with my current fave Me-To-You folder.  It is actually the Christmas one - but it's just dotty circles and so pretty.

Yours

kitten xx

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Wednesday

New way to get Shelly's $i digis

These are the images for November

You will find these in the SHOP from now on - on the left under sale items
Yours

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk

Stretch N Bubbles

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Well - it's the cough and sneezes season.  I have had this little nurse image for a while now - waiting for the right project

Then I had a brilliant idea

A 'get well pack' - tissues and a lip salve stick - just to cheer someone up - make anyone giggle this would


The cover has our little nurse - with the left over scraps of a 'bugs' paper!

And the inside with the 'kit' - except I haven't been shopping yet to get the lip salve - but the tape is there ;-)



Please for give the dreadful scan - it's hard to get a proper scan this thick.

Project next year - set up a proper photo place!!!

Comment to win!! -We are starting something fun and new over at SNB. If you would like the chance to win FREE digital stamps, all you have to do is comment on each post. The more posts you comment on that week, the better chance you have of winning. We will pick 2 random girls each week to win 2 Free digital stamps of their choice from the shop! I hope you will join us!

Comment on the Stretch and Bubbles Blog HERE


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Yours

kitten xx

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Day off

Monday is kitten's day off

Yours

kitten xx

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