Winner from My Allsorts Blog candy announced

Hello everyone and hope you have all had a good week.

I would like to say thank you to all who visited me during the Allsorts blog hop. Thank you for all your lovely comments and a special hello to all of my new followers.


The winner from my blog candy for the challenge is:

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Jane (Jane's Journal)

 

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Congratulations Jane and if you could contact me by e-mail(address is on the sidebar) with your details to send it to.

I will be back tomorrow with a brand new Allsorts challenge.
See you soon

x Catherine

You Are The Hero

Hello everyone and welcome to a wet and grey North Yorkshire. Always then same when the kids are on holiday!!

Welcome to all my new followers of late and thanks you for joining me. I hope you will enjoy your visits here.

This card uses some of the new stamps I bought from the craft show at the weekend. They are from Artisitic Outpost and I just love all their vintage images.

I was desperate to ink up this little fella(Paperboy) and love the ledger background stamp. The inks are distress and the background has been crackle stamped and then put through an embossing folder.

The sentiment comes from the same set and the token embellishment is from Tim Holtz Ideology range.

This card is for the following challenges:
Artisitic Outpost May referral programme- Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly challenge - current sketch#79
Creative Inspirations challenge#216 - Anything Goes +option of buttons
Crafty Creations challenge#224 - Super hero
Simon says stamp challenge - Anything Goes
Make it Monday challenge #142- with StampArt

Thanks for visiting today and see you again soon

x Catherine

Summer Postcard

Hello again and I am back with a second post today!! Please scroll down to my earlier post:)

Brighter colours for this one(hoping summer will arrive soon!!) but hopefully still keeping a vintage feel as I am happy with.

The postcard image is from Inkylicious stamps and the flowers are from Heartfelt Creations stamp set.

I have used distress inks(Scattered Straw and Shabby shutters )for colour. The background was inked and stamped and then put through one of the A4 embossing folders. Also all the stamp images have been embossed using Blonde Moments embossing powders to match the ink colours

This card is for the following challenge:

Sketchy Colors challenge#165- Light Green, Yellow and White
Make It Monday challenge#142 - with Stampart
Moving Along With The Times challenge - Embossing
Charisma Cardz challenge#20 - Here comes Summer

Thanks for visiting and see you again soon

x catherine

Man's Card

Hello everyone and hope we had a good bank holiday for those of us that had one.
We had a fabulous day yesterday at Harewood House(North Yorkshire) at a Medieval Fayre. Lots of costumes and re-inactments. It was something really different.

On Sunday I went to the Papercraft show in Lincoln and met up with some lovely people (Sarah, Abi and Jan) all from the blogs. It was so special to meet them all and had such a great time.

Excuse the photo with this one as that little patch of embossing powder wants to shine no matter where or how I take the photo!!!
(Edited ; I have re-taken the photo and hopefully it is not a s shiny now!!!)
This is from a Stampers Anonymous stamp set and  I have used my distress inks for colour.

This card is for the following challenges:
Sketch Saturday challenge #260 -Sketch
Cupcake Craft Challenge #244 - Boys
Creative Craft Challenges 2 challenge 11- For the fellas(WINNER)
Make it Monday challenge # 142- with Stampart
Kaboodle Doodles challenge#173 - Anything goes
Anything Goes challenge#93 - Handmade backgrounds(stamps, inks and embossing folder)
Stampin for the Weekend challenge - Monochrome


Thanks for stopping by today and see you again soon

x Catherine

Sunday Sketch and Stamp new challenge

Hello everyone and hope your all having a good bank holiday weekend in the UK. I am going to the papercraft show today at Lincoln and meeting up with a very special blogging friend for the first time.

Today see's a new challenge starting over at Sunday Sketch and Stamp and as always we have a brand new sketch for you to join in with.

I had a bit of a nautical theme going on with my card and it seemed like a good idea at the time to do all those glue dots around the card!!!!(Hey Ho I think it worked well in the end)

Please pop over to the blog here and check out all the fabulous work from the DT and come and join us in our challenge.

Thanks for visiting and see you soon

x Catherine

Happy 4 th Birthday Allsorts challenge

Hello everyone and welcome to a very special challenge over at the Allsorts challenge blog today.

It is our 4th Birthday and is full of prizes along the way. To celebrate this our theme for this weeks challenge is:

Happy Birthday

 

We are also celebrating this we are having a Blog Hop and a bit of a quiz with it. Each of our Design Team members has a unique letter and you must visit all the members on the list , collecting all the letters and then re-arranging to find the correct word.. Have you managed to find my clue yet!!!!

If you have arrived at me from the challenge blog then you will see I am first on the list. If not here is the list of names for you to follow:

Catherine(Me)

Sarah

Tracy

Brenda

Tracy Mouse

Jo

Wendy

Helene

Finally re-arrange all the letters and e-mail the answer to:
brenda@ibas.co.uk

I will also be giving away this prize to one lucky person who leaves me a comment here.

 

Two clear stamps from Little Claire Designs

 

 

 

We have lots of sponsors this week and it is well worth popping over and having a look and remember to collect my letter first if you have managed to find it!!!.

 

My card for this challenge uses a stamp from Kanban and the lace stamp has been embossed with some Creative Expressions embossing powder. I love these colours!!

 

Thanks for stopping by and visiting me and I hope you will join us in our birthday celebrations for this weeks challenge.

See you soon

x Catherine

Doilies and Dies at Sweet Stampin

Hello everyone and here we are at the weekend again. Hope you all have a good one.
Today sees a new challenge starting over at Sweet Stampin and this week the theme is:

Doilies and Dies

 

We are being sponsored this week by:

 

and our monthly sponsor is:

 

Well it could only be a tea party with doilies and a special one at that. Nobody does a tea party like Alice in Wonderland!! Hope you like my take on the challenge theme this week.

Please pop over to the blog here and see all the wonderful creations from the Design Team and we hope you we come and join in with our challenge this week.

See you soon

x Catherine

Guest designer at Fussy and Fancy Friday challenge

Hello everyone and hope you have all had a good week. I am getting ready to move house shortly so my time is being taken up daily and I may soon to be found inside a packing box!!!!

Over at the Fussy and Fancy Friday challenge blog last week I was really lucky to win the chance to become their Guest designer for their current new challenge.

The theme is :

Pearls and Lace

I have used a stamps from Kanban for this card. I stamped the lace borders in Black archival and heat embossed with clear powder. Thereare pearls for embellishments and I have also made a lace flower for the bow.

Please pop over to the challenge blog here and check out the fabulous creations from the Design team and there is still time to enter the current challenge .

I would like to say thank you to the challenge blog for the pleasure of this guest Design spot with them.

See you soon

x Catherine

Family History

Hello everyone and here I am with my second post for today. Please scroll down to see my earlier post and the new Allsorts challenge for this week.

This is something a bit different from me today although vintage so still me I suppose!!
I really want to do some more scrapbooking but not being into too many patterned papers I was a bit unsure of where I wanted to go with this. I knew I still wanted to ink and stamp more on the background and had these Ranger size #12 Tags to use. So here is what I finished with.
A lot of stamping, masking and distress inks and a background was created. The photo is of my grandma and her father possibly in the 1930's. Just a few embellishments as I was reluctant to cover up the background too much.

I used the sketch from Sketch Saturday this week for layout to it.

 

I am really pleased with the way it has turned out and the style I have used.

 

I am entering this tag into the challenge:
Sketch Saturday challenge #259-with Bunny Zoe Crafts

Thanks for stopping by and visiting. Hope you all have a good weekend and see you soon

x catherine

True Blue at Allsorts challenge

Hello everyone and it is the start of a new challenge over at Allsorts challenge blog this week. This week it is the turn of Sarah to host the challenge and the theme is:

                                            "True Blue"
Please pop over here to see the fabulous projects from the Design Team.

We want to see lots of the colour blue on your creations this week. We are being sponsored this week by:

and

 

I have used Tim Holtz stamps (forgive me for my butterflies again this week but I am so hoping the warmer weather is coming back!!!)and also Tim Holtz papers (which I am very reluctant to cut into!!!) But I love the softness to this card and have used distress inks - Tumbled Glass and Broken China.

 

 

                                               

And finally just to invite you to come and join us next week at Allsorts for our special birthday challenge. There are lots of fabulous prizes to be won and a blog hop along the way.

 

Thanks for stopping by and visiting and pop over to here to join in this weeks challenge

See you soon

x catherine

With Love

Hello everyone and hope everyone had a good weekend. The weather has changed a bit and just a little colder than last week up here. Oh and the rain is back!!!

If I have ever used a stamp more and had so much use from one stamp set then this has to be the one!!

I have used my distress inks(Spiced Marmalade and Peeled Paint) and used the watercolour technique for the image.

I used the sketch from this weeks Sketch Saturday challenge for my inspiration:

I am entering this card into the following challenges:
Sketch Saturday challenge#258-Jen's sketch
Sketchy Colors challenge#163-Green, Orange and White
Crafts 4 Eternity challengeR123-Tic,Tac, Toe(Inking-distress inks, Use some scraps-off cuts of white card, 3 of something - Buttons)
Cupcake Crafts challenge 242 - Lots of layers
Make it Monday 140 - with Little Miss Muffet Stamps
Challenges 4 Everybody #20- Anything Goes 

Hope everyone has a good week and thanks for stopping by today.
See you soon

x catherine

Sunday Sketch and Stamp new challenge sketch

Hello again everyone and here is the start of a new challenge over at Sunday Sketch and Stamp and this means a brand new sketch to work with. This sketch was designed by Francessca and is a great one. Please pop over here and check out the fabulous inspiration from the DT.


I have used a new stamp of mine from La Blanche of this lovely sewing machine. I have used my favourite lace stamp in the background and added some  sewing themed embellishments. I have kept mine black and white as I think it shows everything so nicely.

Why not come over and join in with us and check out the fabulous new sketch .

And finally I am so excited today as I have won over at Sketchy Colors this week and also won a prize from the blog hop over at Anything Goes challenge. A great way to end my week!

Thanks for visiting today and see you again soon

x Catherine

Any Sport at Allsorts challenge

 

Hello everyone and Welcome back for my second post for today.This means another brand new challenge over at Allsorts has started. Please pop along here and check out all the fabulous inspiration from the Design team. Come along and join in with us all.

This week is the turn of the lovely Wendy to host the challenge and the theme is :

"Any Sport"

 

We are being sponsored this week by:

and

 

I have chosen to use an image from the Papermania stamps of the golfer. I have used a mask for the background and coloured with distress ink. It reminded me of a golfers jumper pattern!!

 

I have also added some flags along the top and I found the Golf Club button embellishment in my stash box which I think fits perfectly.

 

 

There is also some more news from the Allsorts challenge blog I would like to share with you.. I would like to let you know of an upcoming event we are having to celebrate our 4th Birthday soon and hope you can join us for it. We would love it if you could post the event picture on your own blogs and help let everyone know. We will be having a blog Hop and there will be lots of fabulous prizes to be won.

 

Please keep looking on the challenge blog for this exciting event and all the details.

 

Thanks for visiting and please scroll down for my earlier post today:)
See you again soon 

x Catherine 

Sweet Stampin and CAS

Hello everyone and here's to the start of another weekend. This week felt a really short one due to the extra days holiday at the beginning.

This means we have a new challenge over at Sweet Stampin challenge and this weeks theme is ;

"Clean and Simple"

Please pop over here to see the fabulous inspiration from the Design Team and come along and join in with us all.

 



We are also being sponsored this week by:

 who are kindly offering a prize.

and our monthly sponsor is:

 

I chose to use a flower from Creative Expressions. I stamped straight onto the card with the flower and then placed a spellbinders die around it and used my distress inks to colour inside. The rose was then coloured using Promarkers.



I admit to never having done this before and a bit nerve wrecking stamping and inking straight on to the card but I was so pleased with how it has turned out.

 

A nice sentiment for a simple but pleasing card I thought.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:
Moving Along With The Times challenge- CaS(Clean and Simple)
Totally Papercrafts challenge #166 - CAS

 

Thanks for stopping by today and see you again soon

x Catherine 



Quintessentially English

Hello everyone and nearly the end of the week. Been a short one with the extra day holiday at the start of it.

I love these  stamps I have from Indigo Blu and I will be able to make my journal for all my photos of London with them. I love this image of the Lion and it reminds me of Trafalgar Square.

I have used the sketch from Creative Inspirations this week for this one:

 

 

The backing papers are from BoBunny and Papermania. The postage stamps are from Papermania's Portobella Road set. I have strung some beads around from the sentiment.

 

This one is for the challenges:

Creative Inspirations challenge #213- sketch

Fab'n'Funky challenge#170 - use beads

Charisma Cardz challenge #18- Black and White plus one(Mine is Red)

Creative Craft challenges 2 #9-all about animals

Make It Monday #139 - with Saturated Canary

 

 

Thanks for visiting today and see you again soon

x catherine 



Journey BLVD

 



Hello everyone and here I am back with my second post for today. Please scroll down for my earlier one :)

I have used the sketch over at Sketchy Colors this week for this one and as you can see I have rotated it

 

I have used the background map stamp from JustRite stamps and inked using distress inks. I re-stamped the image and cut out a panel for the middle adding dimension.

The motor vehicle is from Stampers Anonymous. I have added antique screw head brads and some string for embellishments.

 

This is for the challenges:

Sketchy Colors#162 - Marianne sketch

Make It Monday #139 - with Saturated Canary

 

Thanks for stopping by again and see you soon

x Catherine

 

winner ch# 162

Fashionable Ladies

Hello everyone and hope your all having a good week. The weather is a bit cooler now but still warmer than has been recently.

I have used the sketch from Cupcake Crafts challenge this week:





  



This card uses a stamp from Crafty Individuals(CI-324). I have kept this card Black and White and have used papers from Papermania. The lace panel is a stamp which has been embossed with black .

This is for the challenge:
Cupcake Craft challenge 241-skecharific
Make It Monday #139 - with Saturated Canary

Thanks for visiting and see you again soon

x catherine

London

Hello everyone and hope we all had a good bank holiday weekend. The weather has been really nice here.

I have used a stamp from Justrite stamps for this. I have had it for a while but unsure what to do with it. The sketch over at Sketch Saturday this week gave me this inspiration. I have rotated the sketch to fit the background stamp

I have used distress inks for the colour and some more stamps from Indigo Blu for the quote and little image.
This is going to go on the cover of a book for my London photographs.


I am entering this into the challenge:
Sketch Saturday challenge#257 - Jen's sketch
Papertake weekly challenge - Anything goes
Make It Monday #139 - with Saturated Canary

Thanks for visiting today and see you again soon

x Catherine

GDT spot for Penny black and More challenge

Hello everyone and hope you are all enjoying the bank holiday weekend here in the UK. It's suppose to be a nice one - weather wise!!!

This month I have the pleasure of a GDT spot over at Penny Black and more with Allsorts challenge. Please pop over to the challenge blog here for the wonderful inspiration from the Design Team.

The theme this month is "Sew Special" and this can either be sewing(real or faux) or for that someone special to you.
This month there are prizes from:

and

and

 

And also another prize for Penny Black images. Well worth joining in the fun!

I have had this stamp for a long time and really love this image of the little boy. For the background I used a button mask and embossed it. Faux stitching finishes my card.

I have coloured using distress ink(Vintage photo ) and by using my water brush.

Thanks for visiting today and hope you will join in with the challenge this month.
See you again

x Catherine

Marvellous

Hello everyone and I am back for my second post today. Please scroll down for my earlier post for the new challenge over at Allsorts this week.

This is a stamp from Sheena Douglass "Wouldn't it be Lovely" stamp sets. The is the first time I have stamped this one and really like the way it turned out. The image has been coloured using different shades of Cool greys and Pink Promarkers.
The papers are all from my stash box.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:
Crafts 4 Eternity challenge R#122 - Pegged - Colour combo(Pink, Grey, Brown and White)
Creative inspirations challenge 212 - Birthdays(Celebrating their 5th)
Fussy and fancy Friday challenge #88 - Anything goes
Make It Monday challenge #138 - with meljen's designs


Thanks for stopping by and visiting again today. see you soon

x Catherine

Sparkle at Allsorts challenge

 

Good morning everyone and hope you have all had a good week. the weekend is here again!! Lovely weather here this week so hopefully it will continue for the Bank Holiday!!!!

 

Today sees a new challenge starting over at Allsorts and this week is the turn of the lovely Tracy Mouse to host it and the theme this week is:

 

                                                          "Add Some Sparkle".

 

Please pop along to the challenge blog here and check out all the fabulous inspiration from the Design Team

 

We are being sponsored this week by:

 

Yours and Mine Papercrafts

 

and

 



 

My card uses a vintage sewing themed stamp from JustRite stamps and has been coloured using Distress inks(Dusty Concord and Chipped Sapphire).

 

I have also added an image of some scissors with some thread reels for embellishments.

Now the sparkle is in the ribbon and also I have added some stickles to the flower.

 

Thanks for visiting and hope you will join in with us this week

See you again soon

x Catherine

Pink fashion

Hello everyone and here's to another sunny day!! We are being spoilt in North Yorkshire but makes up for the snow and gales in recent past!!!!

I have made this for my daughter to put into her journal book of fashion I made her in an earlier post. She loves to design these sort of things . This will make her smile!

I have paper pieced the dress to match the background paper and think it has turned out really well. The papers are from my stash box so don't know where they are from. I have added some sewing accessories and love this saying. Finishing this of with some faux stitching for the theme.
The rectangle and circle dies are from Spellbinders and have  been shaded and blende using distress inks(Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, Picked raspberry)

I am entering this into the following challenges:

As you Like it challenge #1 -_ favourite Dies/Punches and DT Call(my spellbinders dies as I like to use my inks and shade and stencil with them.
Papertake Weekly challenge -Sketchie free for all - I have used sketch number~68 from previous sketches
Fab'n' Funky challenge #169 - Lots of Pink
Simon Says stamp challenge - Happy Mail
C.R.A.F.T challenge #205 - A stitch in time /Use stitching
Stamp 'n' Doodle challenge - Mother's day or for a female
Inky Impressions challenge #107- Spots and or/stripes
Make it Monday#138 - with Meljen's Designs


Thanks for stopping  by and visiting today and See you again soon

x Catherine

 

Bon Voyage

 

Hello everyone and another sunny day here in North Yorkshire. Hope the weather is nice where you are!

 

Welcome to my new follower Kerry and I am so glad you have joined me. I do hope you enjoy your visits here.

 

I have a friend who's son is travelling over the water in the summer and I thought I would make a "Bon Voyage" card for him .

 

The Travel map image is from Just Rite Stamps .The Ocean Liner image is a favourite of mine from Stampers Anonymous. I made an easel card because of the size of both images and I didn't want to cover them up . They have been coloured using distress inks(Salty Ocean., Peeled Paint and Vintage Photo)

 

I have added some string and a compass charm for embellishment. 

 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Cupcake craft Challenge #240 - All at sea

 Make It Monday#138 - with Meljen's designs

 

Thanks for visiting me today and see you again soon

 

x Catherine