Tall Cake

I have a Birthday card to share today using the gorgeous Tall Cake stamp from Mo's Digital Pencil.

I think it's beautiful, fun and quirky and I loved colouring it!

I decided to keep the card clean and simple to focus on the girl and the cake.

I coloured the image with Copics and I added some white to her dress with a gel pen.

I used a die to cut out the panel and added the Magnolia Tilda Lace die at the top.

I used a gold glitter pen for the candle flames which looks nice and sparkly ( but hard to tell in the photo).

The sentiment is from an old CC Designs set called Birthday Wishes.

Copics used :

RV 02, 21, 23

R 20, 30

E 000, 00, 21, 31, 33, 35, 50

Y 15

W 00

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges :

Allsorts Challenge - anything goes

Crafty Calendar Challenge - anything goes

Word  Art Wednesday - anything goes

Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy

Balloon Lucy

I coloured up the gorgeous  Balloon Lucy by CC Designs and created a clean and simple card with her.

I decided to go bold and bright and I really like the way it turned out :)

I also stamped one of the sayings from the Birthday Wishes Sentiments next to her and I used the
Rectangles #1 Die to cut it out.
After I had done that though, I decided that I actually wanted a skinnier rectangle, so I cut off the sides.  I really like the look of the stitching just at the top and bottom anyway :)

Ingredients
Stamps : Balloon Lucy, Birthday wishes sentiments
Card : x-press it, slate, grey, bella Blvd stars
Ink : memento black
Other : rectangles #1 die, copics

Copics used :

RV 23, 25

YR 14, 16, 18

W 00, 1, 3, 5, 7

Y 15

R 30

E 000, 00, 21

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges :

Ribbon Girl : Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes with a sentiment


Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy

Balloon Boy

It's nearly time for another fabulous release of stamps at CC Designs!
The Design Team are showcasing Roberto's Rascals stamps today and I'm giving you a sneak peek of this gorgeous little guy.
This is Balloon Boy.
And I love him so much!  Isn't he the cutest?!

I coloured this cute stamp with Copics and cut it out.
Then I created a background for him using watercolour paper and various Distress Inks, water splodges, flicks of white paint and some black enamel accents.
And I was really happy with how it turned out :)
I used the Make a Card #6 Die to cut a tag out of it.
And I decided to keep the card clean and simple to keep the focus on Balloon Boy and the tag.

The white piece was cut out using the Make a Card #14 Die
and I also used the Birthday Wishes Sentiments Stamp Set.

Copics used :

Y 13, 15

YG 01, 11, 13

R 00, 22, 24, 27, 30

E 00, 21

BV 00

B 0000, 00, 37, 9, 93, 95, 97

W 3, 5, 7

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges :

Addicted to CAS : Smile
Simon Says Stamp : Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday : Anything Goes



You can see some more sneak peeks by the Design Team at the CC Designs blog.
And please drop by again tomorrow for the new release Blog Hop.

Kathy :)

Balloon Heart

I have another cutie to share with you from the latest release by CC Designs.

This is Balloon Heart and I LOVE her!!!  Isn't she adorable?!

She would be great for a Valentine card but I decided to make a Birthday card with her instead :)
The "Happy Birthday" is from the Birthday Wishes Sentiments set.  I embossed it with white and just cut these two words out to use.

It was so much fun colouring her!  I decided to use purples and greys and then teamed them with some blue on the card.  I really love this colour combo and decided to maybe splurge and buy some papers in these colours.  I looked online for a while and came up with nothing! (except a cute one for xmas). Why don't manufacturers like these colours?  Perhaps I'm unusual in liking them?

Anyway if you know of any papers in these colours please let me know.  I'd love to use them more often :)

Ingredients :

Stamps : Balloon Heart, Birthday Wishes Sentiments

Card : x-press it, grey, soft sky

Ink : memento black, versamark, white 

Other : layering tags die, snowy day enamel dots,  Tilda Lace Die, white ep, embossing folder SU, copics

Copics used :

V 12, 15, 17

RV 0000

R 30

E 000, 00, 21

W 00, 1, 3, 5, 7

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges :

Deep Ocean Challenge : anything new

Word Art Wednesday : anything goes

Craft Calendar Challenge : something new

Ribbon Girl: any image

Thanks so much for dropping by today :)

Kathy

Little Pixie Balloon Heart

C.C. Designs Cutter Layering Tags Die

C.C. Designs Birthday Wishes Sentiments Clear Stamp

C.C. Designs Snowy Day Enamel Dots

Surprise cupcake

I have a card to share today using one of the super cute stamps from the CC Designs Surprise set.
This little girl is so adorable isn't she?!

I used the sketch at Sketch Saturday.  It's a great one!

Ingredients :
Stamps : Surprise, Birthday Wishes
Card : x-press it, slate, Pastel my belle (CC Designs)
Ink : memento black, versafine
Other : MAC #5, MAC #2, MAC #14, Ovals die, copics

Copics used :

E 000, 00, 11, 13, 21, 31, 53

R 000, 00, 20, 24, 29, 30, 81, 83, 85

BG 0000, 000, 10

BV 00, 02

Y 11, 21

YG 95

B 0000, 00, 93

W 00, 1

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges :

Sketch Saturday - sketch
7 Kids Challenge - anything goes
Aud Sentiments - anything goes with a sentiment
In the pink - Happy anything
Word art Wednesday - anything goes

Thanks for dropping by today :)
Kathy

Roberto′s Rascals Surprise! Clear Stamp	C.C. Designs Birthday Wishes Sentiments Clear Stamp	Make a Card #5	New C.C. Designs Cutters Make A Card #2 Die	C.C. Designs Cutter Ovals #1 Die
Pastel My Belle 6x6 paper pad	Make A Card #14 Die

Painter Penny

I was lucky enough to be picked as a Guest Designer for Bunny Zoe's Crafts this month :)
I got to choose any stamp I wanted from the shop to work with and I chose this gorgeous one.
It's a CandiBean stamp by LDRS called Painter Penny.
I have made a few cards with CandiBean stamps now and I have absolutely loved them all!

The challenge at Bunny Zoe's is Lovely Layers.  I hope you will play along too :)

Ingredients :
Stamps : Painter Penny, Birthday Wishes CC Designs
Card : x-press it, crumb cake, (Authentique paper)
Ink : memento black, versafine, antique linen distress ink
Other : Squares #1 die, pink buttons, ice storm buttons, copics

Copics used :

YR 14

YG 01, 03

BG 000, 10, 11

R 00, 20, 30

E 000, 00, 11, 13, 21, 31, 33, 35, 50, 53

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges :

CAS-ual Fridays - Birthday girl
Kraftin Kimmie stamps - Layers
Penny Black and More - anything goes
Stamping Sensations - anything goes
Inky Chicks - Birthday time

Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy

Hoola Twila

HI :)

I have another cutie from the new CC Designs release to share today.  This one is Hoola Twila and she is super cute isn't she?!  I paired her with a sentiment from the Birthday Wishes set because I just thought they fit perfectly together :)  And I cut the sentiment out using the fab new Make a Banner #15 Die.

Ingredients :
Stamps : Hoola Twila, Birthday Wishes
Card : x-press it, slate, grey, pip, rose
Ink : memento black, versafine
Other : circle die, square die, Make a banner #15 die, copics

Copics used :

R 24, 30, 81

W 00, 1

YR 14

BG 00, 10, 11

Y 13, 15

E 000, 00, 21, 50, 53

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges :
Ribbon Girl - anything goes
Stamping Sensations - anything goes
Word Art Wednesday - anything goes
Crafty Hazelnuts - paper challenge


Thanks for dropping by today :)
Kathy

Roberto′s Rascals Hoola Twila

C.C. Designs Birthday Wishes Sentiments Clear Stamp

C.C. Designs Cutter Circle Die

C.C. Designs Cutter Squares #1 Die

C.C. Designs Cutter Make A Banner #15 Die

Balloons

I have a card for CC Designs to share with you today.

I have used the Balloons girl from the Cupcakes and Balloons set.

She's so sweet isn't she ?! I love her!

I don't do paper-piecing very often but I decided to paper-piece her dress and I really like how it turned out :)

The sentiment is from a new set called Birthday Wishes Sentiments and I used the Banner die to cut it out.  Then I just used a needle to push 2 holes through the top of it and threaded my twine through and tied a bow.

Ingredients :

Stamps : Cupcakes and Balloons, Birthday Wishes Sentiments
Card : x-press it, baked sugar, (Little Yellow Bicycle)
Ink : memento black, antique linen Distress Ink, suede
Other : #1 rectangle die, scalloped rectangle die, Make a Banner #15 die, linen thread, copics

Copics used :

R 000, 00, 20, 24, 30

E 000, 00, 21, 31, 33, 35, 50, 53

W 00, 1

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges :
Allsorts Challenge - Red, white and blue
7 Kids Challenge - anything goes
Ribbon Girl - any image
Simon Says Stamp - Make it girlie
Deep Ocean Challenge - Dots or Stripes

Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy

Pinkies Cupcakes & Balloons Clear Stamps

C.C. Designs Cutter Rectangles #1 Die

C.C. Designs Cutters Scalloped Rectangles Die

C.C. Designs Cutter Make A Banner #15 Die

C.C. Designs Birthday Wishes Sentiments Clear Stamp