Kool Kitty Musings

52 Cards challenge - Week 5

Welcome to another week on the 52 cards challenge - hard to believe we are reaching the end of January!

Well done to everyone who has been playing along! :)

For this week's prompt there is one main theme.

Make a card featuring some sort of aperture.

Here's what I made:

Paper: My Mind's Eye, October Afternoon
Dies: PTI, MFT, Stampin' Up
Stamps: PTI, Hero Arts
Felt: PTI
Kraft pocket: Joann's
Other: Promarkers

To make my aperture detail I used a small kraft paper bag. I bought a pack of these in Florida a while ago and they are similar to coin envelopes that you can get over here.

I first masked the inside of the flap at the back with a post-it note so that I could stamp the woodgrain background on just the front.

I then die cut the pinked circle from felt and cut a smaller circle inside the pinked felt piece. I cut the same sized circle from the kraft paper bag and attached the felt border round the circle.

I created a tag to go inside and when it's pulled out you can see the yellow arrow paper that I stuck to the back of the kraft baggie to cover the die-cut hole on that side:

Also when making this card I wanted to use up the 2 sheets of 6x6 paper from my MME pad entirely, I managed that by using the left-over bits to make the yellow details and the cloud tag. Always nice when you can use up a whole sheet of something. I just love MME 6x6 pads as their double-sided papers are really versatile.

Anyway, I hope you have fun coming up with some aperture ideas. :D

Wishi-Washi...

Jo has set a fab dare over on the DCM blog - to use washi tape on your card. :D

I didn't have any tape in my stash, but lucky me, I remembered that Jo had done a great tutorial on her blog showing how to make your own with tracing paper.

Well, this is what I made (shame about the photos, I cannot wait for daylight to return so I can photograph projects on a weekday! lol

Paper: Digital papers by Crystal Wilkerson (Vintage Cupcake), MME, Fancy Pants
Dies: PTI
Stamps: PTI
Rub-on: Basic Grey
Resin flower: 3D Jean
Twill: The Ribbon Girls
Other: Double-sided tape, tracing paper, distresser, 3D foam, Corner Chomper

Sharon's card on the DCM blog uses another cool idea - patterned vellum to make your own tape, I see a whole new opportunity for using up some of that ca. 2002 vellum stash!

A cracking read

Finished it this evening, and wow... just proves that the other Lucy Dillon book I've read (Lost Dogs and Lonely Hearts) wasn't a one off.

Fantastic characters, a few familiar faces, and some canine characters you wish you could adopt. Not your usual chick lit, there are everyday triumphs and tragedies, big and small, that make you reach for the tissues. My kind of book. I will cry at most things in books, but it makes the blubbing all the more worthwhile when it's such a great read.

I have Lucy Dillon's first book, The Ballroom Class, on my to be read pile, and just need to get hold of Walking Back to Happiness to complete the set, but I want to savour these two as she has only written four books so far. I'm not complaining, in fact I hope there will be many more!

52 Cards challenge - Week 4

Happy Monday everyone!

This week's prompt is a sketch created by my own fair hand, hence it is rather simple!

Here's the card I made based on this design:

Paper: MME
Dies: My Favorite Things, PTI
Stamps: Hero Arts, Waltzing Mouse Stamps
Pearls: Kaisercraft
Other: 3D foam

I managed a play with my new doily die from My Favorite Things, I rather like how you can use it to full up white space without totally overwhelming the background. :D

And on a similar theme, I made a second card but mixed up the sketch a little:

Paper: Crate Paper
Dies: My Favorite Things, Spellbinders
Stamps: My Favorite Things
Sticker: Crate Paper
Brad: Crate Paper
Other: Distressing tool, sander

So you see, you can create a card that follows the sketch exactly, turn the sketch design on its side, or mix the elements around a little. I look forward to seeing how you interpret it! :)

Happy creating!

Short, but sweet

Well the weekend is almost over, I've not managed anything exciting since Friday night's crop, but the house is a lot tidier, boring tasks have been completed and well... I managed to finish this book at last:

It was a pleasant enough read, although I wish we didn't have to wait so long for the next in the series as I am rather intrigued to see how things develop. :o)

I also started this today:

On page 200 now and really liking it. :)

Now, I did manage to make something...

Paper: MME
Sticker: MME
Stamps: MFT
Die: MFT
Felt: PTI
Other: 3D foam

Love that lime twist polka dot paper from MME, yum yum aqua colours. :D

Right, I had best get back to my book. ;o)

Something's cookin'

Over at the DCM blog today. :D

The theme of the week is Kitchenalia in honour of Kathy's new-look kitchen - lucky girl!

Here's what I made:

Paper: Crate Paper
Printable: theprettyblog.com
Stamps: PTI
Stickers: Crate Paper
Die: PTI
Ribbon: The Ribbon Girl
Other: Svarovski gem, 3D foam

For the cuttlery I used a wonderful placemat printable I found online:

Source: theprettyblog.com via Natalia on Pinterest

 

I resized it so that I could print it onto my die-cut label, and then used a journalling sticker from Crate Portrait collection as the plate.

Hopefully the hostess in question will like it. :)