Workshop

I was at a workshop on Monday with Darling Ester.  The theme was black and white - moment of slight hysteria there - WOT NO DISTRESSING - but the cards are so pretty - and loads of 'faffing' about - so it was a super day..

Here are a couple that we made

Love all the glitz and bling - you will just have to trust me - loads of glitter and crystals 

I have made and decorated boxes for them to - to make them really special

THANK YOU ESTER - see you in the New Year

love 
kitten

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Do You Stack Up? Challenge blog - #99 -

Crafty Sentiments

* Winner's Choice of 4 Images

The Paper Shelter

*$20 gift certificate

Digi Darla

*Winner's Choice of 5 Digis

I had a really fun little  Fun time girlie from Crafty Sentiments.  The papers are just odds and ends from the box that I thought looked girlie - than I coloured the image to match.  The mount behind her is a piece of sparkly purple card that  was square and I trimmed off the side to fit her - then used a white gel pen to add the dots

Yours

kitten xx

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Shop Talk

Personalised Christmas cards now being made - blue for a boy and ink for a girl with baby's name on.

Or what about this little cutie?

Drop me an email



Yours

kitten xx

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Day off

Monday is kitten's day off

Yours

kitten xx

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new knitting

I have had a very quiet little day today.  Cleaned my kitchen bit - got my big desk tidy.

I am loving re-discovering knitting - added htis to the window today

Baby's Christmas Pudding hat - isn't it cute?  It's not my pattern - it's from Debbie Bliss - A knitter's Year.  Going to make another one over the week end

Yours

kitten xx

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Do You Stack Up? Challenge blog - #98 rainbow

The Alley Way Stamps

* $20 Gift Certificate

Uniko Stamps

*£15 gift certificate

This is one of The Alley Way background stamps.  You know what really impresses me most? - it stamps first time - all the time.  If ever there was a design that might be patchy - all these little letter are it!  It never fails me - and I use it loads

Did something simple with the guys in mind - and made the feature the stamp it's self instead of being in the background all the time

Card and a gift tag

Yours

kitten xx

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Life

Gosh I was just beginning to think I was up with things - you should hear the noise the printer is making now - painful.

It never ends does it!

I am at a Christmas fair this evening - our son's local school - can't wait to get going


Yours

kitten xx

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on line again

Gosh it's just so great to be back on line properly again - mind you I have saved some money as I haven't been able to get to any of the wholesalers sites ;-0

You know every Christmas something runs out and I can't get it for love or money - always something really basic and simple.  Last year it was red and green book rings - this year it's silver glitter.  Yes - simple - honest to goodness plain old dry silver glitter powders - can't find any anywhere.

well off to check again

Yours

kitten xx

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Shop Talk

OK Chaps - the new Devine Twine is here!

 

Actually that's not bad  - I was hoping that it would be here before the end of the month and it's here earlier - thanks to whiskers Graphics (the makers) - cheers guys.

 

ANYWAY - Devine twine in SOLID colours - wow

 

Sometimes you just need a solid hit of colour - now you got it

 

literally - straight out of the factory - right to you - yummie stuff

 

 And 3 new colour twists

 

PEACH

 

 

RASPBERRY

 

 

 

TEAL

 

 

OMG -

 

AND

THE CHRISTMAS MIX - red / green / white

 

 

 COOL OR WHAT!!!!!!!

Yours

kitten xx

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Day off

Monday is kitten's day off

Yours

kitten xx

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Do You Stack Up? Challenge blog - #97 - Leaves

Tiddly Inks

* $12 Gift Certificate

Hope Jacare

*Winner's Choice of 3 Digital Images

Pink Cat Studios

* Winner's Choice of 5 Digital Images

You know how much I just love anything 'tree-ish'.  I just love the shapes that people come up with as a tree.  This little darling Bonsi is from Hope Jacare - and this is me 'trying' to do 'simple'.  I left the image plain with just a bit of sponging to look like soft fluffy blossom - and I added a flower shape gem to each group (they are nail gems - nice and flat).  The background paper is  hand made one with a pale lilac flower pattern embossed into an antique gold - looks sumptuous   There is a bit of pink mesh across the other backing paper  - just for a bit of interest and something different.  I did add a few gems at the side - then I prized the gem box out of my sticky little mits and sat on my hands so that I could not add anything else!

Hope you like my 'simple'
.

Yours

kitten xx

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Shop Talk

I am so sorry abut the lack of posts - I am still without internet at the shop.  The new system 'should' go live on Thursday and we should be back to normal.

It's driving me nuts I can tell you!!!

There is so much going on in the shop, at home - and with the old goat and I can't shout it out.  It takes me about 40 mins on the dongle just to pick up my emails - Facebook etc are totally out of the question and the shop stock is all way out.

I have a new knitting kit - the cutest little owl - 'Owl be your friend' - very rustic.

The Christmas stock is doing well - the suncatchers are flying out the door - and there is only 1 each of the Maya Road Tree shape and Gingerbread man shape chipboard books - no more until next Christmas folks.

The new Devine Twine colours should hit customs and day now - so excited - there is a Christmas mix of red / green / white which should be fab.  AND I only have 3 bundles of Cherry left - so it will be just in time.  There are 2 spools of that coming as well.
Yours

kitten xx

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Day Off

Monday is kitten's day off

Yours

kitten xx

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Do You Stack Up? Challenge blog - #96 - Brads

Market Street Stamps

*$25 Gift Certificate

 

 

I am going to share with you one of my favourite techniques today.  I love to layer all sorts of different textures on top of each other.

 

Start by folding an A5 sheet of card in half length ways in stead of short ways and you get a fantastic long slim card.

You can't see it in the scan - but I stamped with Versamark and a snowflake stamp all over first - then used the Metallic Stayz-on to stamp the flourish - and added a die cut swirl in metallic green.

The top layer is all created on the brad and added over the created background.  Find a really pretty brad - open up the legs and add a die cut snowflake right behind the front.  Add funky fibred - twisted wire - cotton with a bell - anything you fancy really, and push the brad through where you want it.  I add a tiny bit of silicone to hold the fibres and wires securely.

When it is all assembled add dots and gems to fill the gaps

magic ;-)
Yours

kitten xx

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Shop Talk

You are going to have to bear with me - tha 'darling' internet providers have cut off my phone line - long story.

I have registered with a new provider - but of course that takes time - and it will be a good week/10 days before I am properly up and running again.

At the moment I am using my laptop with the dongle to pick up emails and keep the shop site running so it won't effect the sales side too much.  You may find that it takes me a day longer to get parcels out -  the dongle is S-O-O-O-O-O  S-L-O-O-O-O-O-W  if you order late in the afternoon I may not be able to get the email until the next morning.  Also I can't update the physical shop stock as much as I would like.

Don't worry - it will all iron out in the long run - I just worry too much!

Yours

kitten xx

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Day off

Monday is kitten's day off

Yours

kitten xx

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Do You Stack Up? Challenge blog - #95 - Embossing

Robyn's Fetish!

* Winner's Choice of 5 Digital Stamps

      Birdie Brown

*Winner's Choice of 3 Digital Stamps

Paper Pretties

* Winner's Choice of 6 Digital Images

 I had a super Autumn Harvest image called Apple Cider from Robyn's Fetish-  I thought I would make a tag for a change.  People make such super tags and it's not something that I have really got into.

The background is embossed with the cuttlebug using the 'pumpkin' folder and I inked one side of the folder so that I got inking on the bottom sides of the pattern.

I used the digi image three times - once for the big bottle - another the same size and just used the label to get a bit of shape - than another one much smaller for the frone bottle.  The bottle sides are heat embossed to give them a glaze to look like old stone.  You use the Versamark pen to go over the areas you what embossed - use clear powder - and heat.  Brilliant technique

Hope you like it

Yours

kitten xx

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Shop talk

Well all the Christmas stock is in now (apart from some Ranger goodies that should be in this/next week) - I have just listed the Card Candi colours - Vintage Berries is fantastic with the traditional muted reds and greens this year - and if you fancy a bit of bling there are the gold and silver dotted versions as well.   The Holly Berries is a brighter, modern take on the Christmas reds and greens.

 AND - new for me - some really wonderful stamping images for you

the Beatrix Potter - Winter's tale - to fit in with our Beatrix Potter range








Plus a couple of Paintbox Poppets - I could not resist these

 

a fantastic girl

 

and - of course - a boy to go with her

PLUS - a couple of Sheena Douglass really traditional ones

all these are unmounted stamps - the foam to mount them is in the Stamping section with all the shown stamps (right at the bottom!)



Yours

kitten xx

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Day Off

Monday is kitten's day off

Yours

kitten xx

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goodie bags

It's Friday - it can't be Friday - I am not ready for Friday.  That means I have to go home tomorrow for my rest and wait 2 whole days to come back to work.  What I need is 2 Thursdays - we could have Thursday and then Thursday Again - then Friday - that would work.

I have another goddie bag for you today - bearing in mind that the big 'C' word is coming soon!

I have put together a fantastic bag with all the Beatrix Potter characters.  There are all the single stamps (and a block to put them on) - the co-ordinating papers - ribbons - gems.  Plus some card blanks - double sided tape - peel off greetings - matching coloured card - some little embellishments to complete your projects - and all sorts of other bits and bobs.

All in a fantastic, lined, hand made tote, with ribbon handles and pretty trim

in the shop - or on the website now - £56.00

Wow - what a present that would make!

Yours

kitten xx

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