KRAFTYHANDS WATERCOLOUR BLENDS SET 1

Hi everyone.

It is my turn to post again today on Kraftyhands Blog at http://kraftyhands.blogspot.co.uk/.

I am sure you will recognise these lovely papers ( Watercolour Blends Set 1) from
 http://www.kraftyhandsonline.co.uk/  I just love these papers, and particularly the blue and turquoise blends (or maybe you had noticed! lol

Here we have a double easel card I have made using the lovely Dutch Doobadoo star template.  The edges are tinged with the Dutch Doobadoo Structure Paste.  The image is from Magic Moonlight and the embellishments from  Live and Love Crafts.

Take a look at  Kraftyhands online shop and I bet you will find lots of different combinations using this layout with their lovely products.

As always, thanks for looking, and have a great day!

Judy x

LADIES & GENTLEMEN CARD MAKING KIT AT KRAFTYHANDS

Hi everyone,

I here to share photos of a couple of cards which I made using the new Card making kit at Kraftyhands which can be found here

The rest is self explanatory really as I used items from my stock and stash, but I must say this kit was much easier to use than I first expected AND, the borders are wide enough to retain to cut small die-cuts or punched or die-cut borders, so there is little waste!  I really hate waste so was thrilled to find this.

So, onto the cards.  The papers and toppers were all included in the Kit and there wasplenty left to make several more cards:

Thanks for looking today,

Judy x

More on TOTALLY TIFFANY at KRAFTYHANDS

Hi everyone.

It is my turn to post again today on Kraftyhands Blog athttp://kraftyhands.blogspot.co.uk/.

Well, I  had such fun using the goodies I was sent from the Totally Tiffany CD, together with some gorgeous printed vellum from http://www.kraftyhandsonline.co.uk/

I found embossing the vellum worked a treat too.

Here are a few more of the things I made.  

Using two different patterned Vellum papers

Attached with stitching

Co-ordinating vellum corners

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Shaped Greeting card

Pyramid Decoupage layered with cheesecloth

and beaded

Selected parts glittered

TIP  to cut the circles I used my circle dies and then trimmed slightly where applicable

Take a look at  Kraftyhands online shop and I bet you will find lots of different combinations using this layout with their lovely products.

  

As always, thanks for looking, and have a great day!

Judy x

KRAFTYHANDS - TOTALLY TIFFANY

Hi everyone.

It is my turn to post again today on Kraftyhands Blog athttp://kraftyhands.blogspot.co.uk/.

Well, I  had such fun using the goodies I was sent from the Totally Tiffany CD, together with some gorgeous printed vellum from http://www.kraftyhandsonline.co.uk/

I found embossing the vellum worked a treat too.

Here are a couple of the things I made.  I will follow in November with a couple more:

Using patterned pink vellum which has been embossed

and glittered slightly.  The vellum is attached with stitching

I just loved making this gift bag!

Next I attempted a photo frame card:

The insert slides out to the right on this one so a photo could be inserted

Two different green patterned vellum,  both embossed.

~The vellum is attached with stitching

Take a look at  Kraftyhands online shop and I bet you will find lots of different combinations using this layout with their lovely products.

  

As always, thanks for looking, and have a great day!

Judy x

SEEDS OF LOVE at Kraftyhands

Hi everyone.

It is my turn to post again today  on Kraftyhands Blog at http://www.kraftyhands.blogspot.co.uk/

You will notice I have used these lovely papers from http://www.kraftyhandsonline.co.uk/

called Distress Watercolour Blends 1 again. (There are a choice of packs, this is the one I chose).  As I said before I just love these, lovely colours, so tasteful and as always with Kraftyhands' papers they are of the finest quality.  A real joy to work with.  

This time I reached for the lovely Seeds of Love postcard toppers.  As always I have added a selection of embellishments from my stash.

Take a look at  Kraftyhands online shop and I know you will find lots of lovely products to drool over.

As always, thanks for looking, and have a great day!

Judy x

KRAFTYHANDS CHALLENGE - Cute and Cuddly

Hi everyone,

I have a DT card to share today which I have made for the Challenge at Kraftyhands which is themed 'Cute and Cuddly '.

I opted to make a cute and cuddly Christmas card using this lovely Christmas kitten image and polka dot papers which can be found at   Kraftyhands online shop.  

I used a mixture of  Joy dies from Noor Designs Uk and Cheery Lynn dies together with items from my stash.

 

I do hope you have time to pop over and take a look at the very talented Design Team's work on the Kraftyhands  blog.  It is a fabulous Challenge, it would be great if you could join in.

As always, thanks for looking, and have a great day!

Judy x

DISTRESS WATERCOLOUR BLENDS 1

Hi everyone.

It is my turn to post again today on Kraftyhands Blog athttp://kraftyhands.blogspot.co.uk/.

Well, I just had to use these lovely papers from http://www.kraftyhandsonline.co.uk/

called Distress Watercolour Blends 1 (There are a choice of packs, this is the one I chose).  I just love these, lovely colours, so tasteful and as always with Kraftyhands' papers they are of the finest quality.  A real joy to work with.  It is of no surprise that I reached for the lovely English Country Garden postcard toppers.  Isn't this Hyacinth image gorgeous!  As always I have added a selection of embellishments from my stash.

Take a look at  Kraftyhands online shop and I bet you will find lots of different combinations using this layout with their lovely products.

  

As always, thanks for looking, and have a great day!

Judy x

KRAFTYHANDS - NEUTRALS - POLKA DOTS

Hi everyone,

It is my turn to post again today on Kraftyhands Blog at http://kraftyhands.blogspot.co.uk/.

I chose to make a personal card for a male this time.  When I saw the 'Neutrals' polka dot papers pack ( http://www.kraftyhandsonline.co.uk/webshop/cat_950054-A6.html) and the lovely  Nautical topper it gave me a good start.   After adding a couple of Joy die-cuts and some things from my stash this really made for a quick card.  Really, I think the key is to find a good layout together with papers and image that co-ordinate and the rest could well be  (dare I say! plain sailing! 

Take a look at  Kraftyhands online shop and I bet you will find lots of different combinations using this layout with their lovely products.

  

As always, thanks for looking, and have a great day!

Judy x

KRAFTYHANDS AUGUST CHALLENGE - Quilts and patchwork

Hi everyone,

I have a DT card to share today which I have made for the Challenge at Kraftyhands which is themed 'Quilts and Patchwork '. So, you will recognise this card from the August Challenge, which actually did not go live and hnas been rescheduled for the September Challenge.

 I loved making the patchwork background to these makes and the Nordic postcard toppers were just the ticket too.  The Nordic Christmas papers are perfect for this and can be found at   Kraftyhands online shop.  

I used a mixture of  Joy dies from Noor Designs Uk and Cheery Lynn dies together with items from my stash.

 

I do hope you have time to pop over and take a look at the very talented Design Team's work on the Kraftyhands  blog.  It is a fabulous Challenge, it would be great if you could join in.

As always, thanks for looking, and have a great day!

Judy x

KRAFTYHANDS - RETRO ROSES

Hi everyone,

It is my turn to post again today on Kraftyhands Blog at http://kraftyhands.blogspot.co.uk/.

I have made another Altered Canister this time using the lovely Retro Roses papers.    They really are a joy to use!  In addition I delved into my stash to embellish it up.

 Do pop over to the shop and take a look at the lovely range of papers and toppers.  And I have to say these are of the finest quality.    Kraftyhands online shop.
   

As always, thanks for looking, and have a great day!

Judy x

Kraftyhands - ROMANTIQUE - coming very soon now

Hi everyone,

Yes, two days running!  I told you it is like buses all coming at once!

It is my turn to post again today on Kraftyhands Blog at http://kraftyhands.blogspot.co.uk/.

I have made a two more cards as a preview for the lovely 'Romantique' themed goodies that are to be launched soon.  The CD is available for pre-order as you will see here.  My preview again is to show the lovely papers and toppers that will be coming out soon too from this lovely theme.  They really are a joy to use!  I am sure you will all love these as much as I do!  Do pop over to the shop and take a look at the lovely range of papers and toppers.  And I have to say these are of the finest quality.    Kraftyhands online shop.
   

As always, thanks for looking, and have a great day!

Judy x

'ROMANTIQUE' AT KRAFTYHANDS - coming soon

Hi everyone,

It is my turn to post again today on Kraftyhands Blog at http://kraftyhands.blogspot.co.uk/.

I have made a couple of cards as a preview for the lovely 'Romantique' themed goodies that are to be launched soon.  The CD is available for pre-order as you will see here.  My preview is to show the lovely papers and toppers that will be coming out soon too from this lovely theme.  They really are a joy to use!  I am sure you will all love these as much as I do!  Do pop over to the shop and take a look at the lovely range of papers and toppers.  And I have to say these are of the finest quality.    Kraftyhands online shop.
   

As always, thanks for looking, and have a great day!

Judy x

'RETRO ROSES' AND 'FATALE' at Kraftyhands

Hi everyone,

It is my turn to post again today on the Blog at http://kraftyhands.blogspot.co.uk/

I am sharing another card I made a little while ago.  You might remember last year we had a lovely Challenge called Tagalistic?  Well, this is my tag now made into a card.

This time I have used the lovely 'Retro Roses papers' and 'Fatale' topper from  Kraftyhands online shop.

The dies are cheery Lynn,  the embellishments came from Live and Love Crafts and everything else came from my stash.

I do hope you have time to pop over and take a look at  Kraftyhands  blog. 

As always, thanks for looking, and have a great day!

Judy x

KRAFTYHANDS CHALLENGE 'Wrap it up' (Gift Boxes)

Hi everyone,

I have a DT card to share today which I have made for the Challenge at Kraftyhands which is themed 'Wrap It Up '.

I had such fun altering this empty Pringles can and the 12 inch pack of Emporium of Curosities papers were just the ticket from   Kraftyhands online shop. 


The embellishments were from Live and Love Crafts and anythng else came from my stash.

 

I do hope you have time to pop over and take a look at the very talented Design Team's work on the Kraftyhands  blog.  It is a fabulous Challenge, it would be great if you could join in.

As always, thanks for looking, and have a great day!

Judy x

'KEW' and 'TIME FOR ROMANCE' at Kraftyhands and another TIP

Hi everyone,

It is my turn to post again on the Blog at http://kraftyhands.blogspot.co.uk/
I am sharing another card I made a little while ago.  This time I have used the lovely 'Kew papers'  (Well you know how much I love these papers!) and have also used the gorgeous   topper from the 'Time for Romance' topper pack from  Kraftyhands online shop.
The dies are cheery Lynn,  the embellishments came from Live and Love Crafts and everything else came from my stash.

MY TIP - Sometimes I find I have a dilema when white is too stark but cream is too yellowy.  On occasions I find if I lightly ink the edges of the die-cuts and add either glitter of Dutch Doobadoo Structure paste it just takes away the starkness of the white.  This way both the white and off white or cream sometimes can blend and work.  This is not an official tip, just something I have found works for me.

I do hope you have time to pop over and take a look at  Kraftyhands  blog. 

As always, thanks for looking, and have a great day!

Judy x

THE GARDEN and embossing at Kraftyhands plus a TIP

Hi everyone,

It is my turn to post again on the Blog at http://kraftyhands.blogspot.co.uk/

I decided to share an embossed card I made a little while ago using this lovely postcard topper from 'The Garden' postcard toppers pack from  Kraftyhands online shop. The postcard topper has been cut into a heart shape which layers lovely onto the gorgeous Joy die from Noor Designs UK.  

The outer dies are Tim Holtz,  the embellishments came from Live and Love Crafts and everything else came from my stash.

MY TIP -  When I just can not make up my mind which papers to use I usually reach for my embossing folders.  They make a great alternative to papers.  BUT some great effects can be achieved by actually embossing the patterned papers too.  Experimenting is not only fun but also can be inspiring!

I do hope you have time to pop over and take a look at  Kraftyhands  blog. 

As always, thanks for looking, and have a great day!

Judy x

KRAFTYHANDS CHALLENGE - ONE FOR THE DADS

Hi everyone,

I have a DT piece to share today which I have made for the Challenge at Kraftyhands which is themed 'One for the Dads'.

Well, this time I decided to make another Wine Bottle Tag using the lovely Dutch Doobadoo template from Noor Crafts UK.  In addition I made an envelope using my Envelope Punch Board (Love it!) from the lovely 'Seeds of Love' papers from Kraftyhands online shop. 

The dies are Spellbinders and also Joy from Noor Designs Uk.

 

I do hope you have time to pop over and take a look at the very talented Design Team's work on the Kraftyhands  blog.  It is a fabulous Challenge, it would be great if you could join in.

As always, thanks for looking, and have a great day!

Judy x

KEW at Kraftyhands

Hi everyone,

It has got around to  my turn to post on the Blog at http://kraftyhands.blogspot.co.uk/
I decided to share a card I made a little while ago using the lovely 'Kew' papers and postcard topper from  Kraftyhands online shop. The postcard topper has been cut into a heart shape which layers lovely onto the gorgeous Joy die from Noor Designs UK.  In fact all the dies are Joy dies. The embellishments came from Live and Love Crafts and everything else came from my stash.

I do hope you have time to pop over and take a look at  Kraftyhands  blog. 

As always, thanks for looking, and have a great day!

Judy x

KRAFTYHANDS - Man about Town

Hi everyone,

It has got around to  my turn to post on the Blog at http://kraftyhands.blogspot.co.uk/
 I decided to make another Wine Bottle Tag using the lovely Dutch Doobadoo template from Noor Crafts UK.  In addition I made an envelope using my Envelope Punch Board (Love it!) from the lovely 'Man about Town' papers and postcard toppers set from Kraftyhands online shop. 

The die is from Cheery Lynn

 

I do hope you have time to pop over and take a look at  Kraftyhands  blog. 

As always, thanks for looking, and have a great day!

Judy x

KRAFTYHANDS MAY CHALLENGE - Lace and Pearls

Hi everyone,

I have a DT card to share today which I have made for the Challenge at Kraftyhands which is themed 'Lace and Pearls'. Guess whose idea it was to have this theme?  No prizes for guessing it was me is there! lol

Well, this time I decided to add to my little pile of Celebration Cards so I chose this lovely topper from the  'Special Day' pack of die-cut toppers and these lovely papers from the 'Retro Roses' pack from Kraftyhands online shop. 

The dies are Cheery Lynn and Noor.
The embellishments were from Live and Love Crafts and anythng else came from my stash.

 

I do hope you have time to pop over and take a look at the very talented Design Team's work on the Kraftyhands  blog.  It is a fabulous Challenge, it would be great if you could join in.

As always, thanks for looking, and have a great day!

Judy x