Crafty Catz DT - Masculine

Hey Guys

Here's to another Friday and the end of another exhausting week. It is the season to be manic! or something like that anyway. It's new challenge time at Crafty Catz and our theme this week has been set by Christine who wants to see Masculine cards. Our sponsor is Fred She Said who are giving our lucky winners a $15 Gift Voucher

Well I'm not sure my creation is masculine per say but it is for a male friend:

I used a fabulous image by From The Heart Digi stamps called Birthday Candle. I coloured it with Promarkers: Buttercup, Mustard, Gold, Ruby, Maroon, Cool Aqua, Duck Egg and Cool Grey 1 and used Distress Inks: Vintage Photo and Wild Honey and the papers are Life of the Party by Basic Grey. I finished it with some pips from stash and there you go! 

I hope you like it and don't forget to swing by the blog to see everyone and their fabulous creations. Until next time though - happy crafting! 

Crafty Catz DT - Shades of Blue

Morning all,

Isn't the year running away with us? Before we know it Christmas will be here - eek! Well, the end of another working week means another challenge at Crafty Catz. This weeks theme is set by the lovely Dianne and is Shades of Blue. We are sponsored by the fab team at Bugaboo Stamps, who are always so generous and are offering our lucky winner 7 images of their choice

I'm on a simple streak with my cards at the moment - partly because of time constraints and partly because I struggle with elaborate cards unless I have lots of time to think about them in advance. So here's to another simple card.

I tried to make the image look a bit like a snowglobe, without all the sprinkles (I don't have any, so couldn't make a shaker card)

The image is coloured with promarkers in: Poppy, Pumpkin, Gold, Spice, Sandstone,  Cinnamon, Cool Grey 1, Pear Green, Sky Blue, Blue Pearl, Royal Blue and China Blue

The paper and silver card are from my stash and the circles were cut with my trusty Lifestyle Crafts dies. I finished the image with Stickles Stardust. 

So there you go. My card for the week. The girls have created some amazing cards so do swing by and see them at the blog. Until next time though - happy crafting! 

Crafty Catz DT - Girls Only

Morning all,

Where did the week go?! I know it's been because I'm exhausted but I'm not sure where it went..... anyway, it is Friday (right?) so that means a new challenge at Crafty Catz and this weeks challenge is set by the lovely Anna who is challenging you to make a Girls Only card. We are sponsored this week by Stamping Boutique who are offering our lucky winner 3 images of their choice

I went with a simple card this week

The image is, as normal, coloured with Promarkers: Blossom, Blush, Oatmeal, Gold, Amethyst, Lavender, Burgundy, Maroon, Plum, Honeycomb and Spice

The papers are from a gorgeous pad - which I've lost both the front and back to so I can't remember who it's by - sorry. All the papers are from the same pad and I used the scraps of one paper to create the bottom scallop and free hand drew and cut the crown

Bot much to say - the papers are all shimmery so perfect for a girly card. 

Hope you like it - don't forget to pop by the challenge blog to see everyone else's! 

Until next time, happy crafting! 

Crafty Catz DT - Winter

Morning all,

Well I'm back (just about) from my break from blogland. Life got all a bit much recently and it's taken a while to get everything back to even keel..... well, as even as it ever is in my life. So my apologies for having not been round to see you all recently and my thanks to the Crafty Catz girls for picking up the slack while I had a breather. 

So with that said, here's to the new Crafty Catz Challenge. The theme this week is Winter, which has been set by the lovely Sue. We are sponsored this week by Creative Classroom who are offering our lucky winners a chance to sit one of their classes. 

My card this week uses an image from Make it Crafty, which is so detailed I decided to make it the feature and leave the card simple

I layered the image to give it some dimension and coloured it using promarkers in the following colours: Pumpkin, Spice, Burnt Orange, Gold, Sandstone, Henna, Cinnamon, Black, Slate, Cool Grey 1, Warm Grey 1, Midnight Blue, Blue Pearl, Poppy, Burgundy, Plum, Pear Green, Moss and Forest Green,

I finished the card with accents in metallic pens and layered it on black card before mounting it on a base of silver card stock.  

So there you go. Back in the saddle. I hope you like it and don't forget to come and join in the fun. Until next time though, happy crafting!