Kirstin's 21st Birthday card

This is the card i have made for my Daughters 21st Birthday card.... i have used papermania 12 by 12 paper cut it down to 3 inch by 12 inch, scored every half an inch and folded...making my rossetti... i have stamped and embossed the 21st sentiment..(lili of the valley).... had some keys cut out added a flower and buttons to the centre of the base...
i am entering this into sir stampalot challenge which is monochromatic
http://sirstampalotchallenge.blogspot.com/2012/01/january-challenge.html
Simon says anything goes.. 2nd card i have put in challenge
http://www.simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/
Fashionable stamping challenge.. anything goes.... http://fashionablestampingchallenges.cottagecrafts.ie/  i just have a stamped image on here ...in the middle of the rosette....
make it  monday... anything goes... http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/

just for Eileen... my inspiration along with Barbra Gray

hi everyone and hopefully Eileen
i had a play with my brayer and ink pads after watchin Barbra Gray on create and craft in the classroom and looking at Eileen's crafty zone blog... http://eileenscraftyzone.blogspot.com/
these are what i made yesterday... i havent turned them into cards yet... but i will... i made two toppers and a tag.. the tag i got from inspiration from Lavinia stamps readers gallery... http://laviniastamps.com/category/readers/   1st one here
Barbra's website http://www.claritystamp.co.uk/

2nd one here....

last but not least the tag here....

i had loads of fun making this little lot... and hope to play some more soon....

kaz_za (Karen)

had a play with my new Sugar Nellie stamp...

I hope everyone has had a wonderful Christmas... i know i have... i didnt get any crafty bits for Christmas... but i did buy my mam some bits and ordered myself a stamp at the same time... its called hello little friend.. and its sooo cute... i friend asked me to make a card all pink and girly for her 6year old daughter off her brother... as her name isnt a common one she finds it hard to get things with her name on... I coloured the image with my promarkers.... added some peel offs from my stash... papers are from my stash 2... i love the way its turned out ....

i am going to add this to Simon says Challenge .. anything goes... http://www.simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/

and i love promarkers challenge... is anything goes ... http://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.com/

Sarah Hurley challenge is colouring http://sarahhurleychallenges.blogspot.com/2011/12/challenge-56-sponsored-by-limited-runs.html

Stampin for the weekend is anything goes... http://stampinfortheweekend.blogspot.com/

Wishing Everyone a Merry Christmas

Wishing everyone who reads my blog... a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS....!!!!

and here is to gettin myself sorted ... so i can start blogging again... !!!

kaz_za

Christmas card challenge

I have been a very bad blogger.... and i am going to try and be a better blogger from now on.... over on craftycardscrappers we have a new member and sponser of the site... it is Janette from Stamp dragon's designs... and she runs a challenge blog as well as selling some great digi's.... i have decided to enter her anything christmas challenge....
image is a stamp i bought about 2 year back...i used promarkers to colour the image and some h2o's to add a bit more depth to the image.... and glitter/snow....  the papers are from firsty adition paper christmas joy pack... the papers in this pack are lovely.. full of glitter....the ponsettia flower is from thwe £1 shop last year... added a sparkly brad in the middle of them...
i am puttin this in the  http://stampingwithdragon.blogspot.com/2011/11/anything-goes-with-stamp-fairy.html#comment-form
Creative craft challenge..... here is free for all http://creativecraftchallenges2.blogspot.com/
i Love promarkers - Anything goes... http://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.com/

cricut giveaway... from My craft channel

Have you heard about the new Craft Blog on the net? New to the internet is the MY CRAFT CHANNEL, a place to find it all. There will be special hosts like Stacy Julian and Kristine McKay and other exciting hosts to be announced! They also have some AWESOME giveaways going on right now! MY CRAFT CHANNEL is giving away 20 Cricut Machines in 20 days!! That's a combination of Cricut Expressions and E2s! It just started this past Monday, so hurry on over and get in on this giveaway
http://mycraftchannelblog.blogspot.com/

Lili of the Valley challenge is Celebrations....

This is the card i have made for my Great neices christening.... the stamps is from lili of the Valley.... i stamped it out and only coloured the flesh its of the baby in.... added some glamour dust to bits of the gown.. and round the outside of the oval of the nestie cut out.... i like to keep Christening cards simple... i am putting this in the lili of the valley challenge no 103

http://liliofthevalleythursdaychallenge.blogspot.com/

Laney has some wonderful blog candy up for grabs

Laney has some wonderful blog candy up for grabs.... http://laneyoval.blogspot.com/
you should go and check out her blog... as she has some wonderful cards on her blog for you to get some great inspirations from.... and she is a lovely woman...
kaz_za

Very long time no blogging.... A card for the boys

This is the card i have made for my Dads birthday which is today... the stamp is from lili of the valley... the papers are from bearly mine designs... i have used craft card to stamp the image on...i have used my promarkers to colour the image.. the punch is a one i have had for years.. and not sure who makes it.. but i love it... i also dug out my very old rub on metallic things.. they look like little eye shadows but waxy.. never used them much.. but they distressed the papers and image just the right amount... so i had fun using this.. i added 3 bits of candy at the bottom of the card.. with a Birthday peel off on the bottom of the easel card....

i am going to enter this into Dutch Dare card challenge... this is the 1st ever challenge i entered years ago.. so thought i would revisit them and see if i coud get myself blogging again...the challenge is for the boys.... http://dutchdare-cardchallenges.blogspot.com/

Bearly mine designs is anything goes... so this should fit the bill.. set is from The boyz zone ... http://bearlymine-challenges.blogspot.com/

lets hope this is the start of me gettin my butt into gear... and posting more on the blog....

kaz_za

Passion for promarkers week 83 is let it shine

Hi i treated myself to a stamp from lili of the valley and i used my promarkers to colour her....she is just sssoooo fun to play with.... girl's got to have attitude and she is full of it... lol the star embelishments are my shine bits... they shine brilliantly.... lol...

http://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/  

Been trying my hand at some digi scrapping.....

hi everyone
i have been trying my hand a little bit at digi scrapping and having fun with it... here is a page i did from Nov 2010 when we got loads of snow... i love the way this has turned out... the background paper was a freebie from Bearly mine designs.... the colours are just brilliant... i couldnt wait to use it...

Halloween card with Polka doodles cd...

hi everyone
sorry for being gone for so long... but i am hoping that i am back into the swing of things...
i did a easel halloween card ... with my polka doodles sundae of seasons cd I bought the other week....
will be placing this in a few challenges... seems to be a lot of halloween themes...
the images are place on an acetate front ... that stands out from the card... i had loads of fun with these images and papers...

polka doodles blog....  http://polkadoodle.blogspot.com/
pile it on blog  http://pileitonchallenge.blogspot.com/ is halloween...
the creative cottage   http://creativecottagechallenge.blogspot.com/ is halloween
and this is about all i can be bothered to go and look at .... lol...
hope you like my card... i had loads of fun making it ...and it now lives at Olive's house in Ireland....
kaz_za

sharron and the boys all dressed up

did a bit of digi scrapping... this is my friend Sharron and her boys Sean and Thomas... all dressed up for Ali's weddin in 2008... she was a sod to pin down for a pic... and i love this pic.. so i have scrapped it.. its the closed i will get to see in her again... i miss her so much each day...

going to have to chance my comment moderation

hi everyone
i am going to have to chance the moderation on my blog as i am being spammed big style... so i am sorry no comments can be left unless you have a blog...
kaz_za

Sorry i have not been around

hi everyone
sorry i have not been a round much... i lost my best mate of 26 years Sharron on the 18th July... just 2 weeks off her 4-th Birthday... and its been a hell of a time... and shock... still tryin to come to terms that i will not be see in her again... as we saw each other all the time ... phoned and text each other loads... just thought i;d let you all know i will be back soon...
kaz_za

Guest Designer on christmas stampin challenge....

Here is the card i have done as Guest Designer over on http://christmasstampin.blogspot.com/  the challenge is to not use any stamps... so i have used one of ammies brilliant designs for http://craftydesignz.com/shop/  this is a card front that ammie has designed and sells on her site..!!!! i have added a bow with a bell on a couple of snowflake brads and a christmas tree embelishment.... !!! Thanks Maria for asking me to be a guest designer for the challenge....!!! i hope lots of people pop along and join in with the challenge....
kaz_za

Going goth with Tiddly inks challenge...

I blame this on Caz over at a load of old blogocks...!!!! she posted a brill card the other day on her blog here..!!!   so off i trot to tiddly inks shop... well a few images later i had my first digi's from this company... well daughter no 2 Chloe spotted this image once i had coloured it... now it was for her anyway... but she didnt know it... she has been asking for a bookmark.. so this is what i made her... its on the large size as Chloe has a tendancy to loose anything she puts down in her Tip....(bedroom).... i used printalbe papers i have had for ages... image was coloured with my promarkers.. and i used distress inks on the sides of the image.... bit of red ribbon....mounted it all on some mirrow card to finish it off a scull charm....

so i am going to put this into the Tiddly inks challenge which is going goth this challenge....!!!!

http://tiddlyinkschallenge.blogspot.com/

Thanks Caz for helping me spend some more money... lol... you should check her blog out its always full of great inspiration....!!!!!

Sorry i havent been on for a little while... life has taken over... lol

hi everyone
sorry i havent posted for a little while... life kind of took over and i didnt have 5 mins to do anything...!!!! i think mojo also took a holiday without asking permission 1st.... lol

but i am back and i have done a card for susie and vikki's christmas challenge... Sam my friend from crafty card scrappers forum... and the owner of http://www.cardstitching.co.uk/webshop/ sent me some wonderful stamps for winning her challenge on the forum... so i had a play with one of them 2day...!!!! she is snoesjes from marianne design and i just love her.... i have coloured her with my promarkers... and added some glitter.... i have cut into my, my mind eye christmas glitter book... i bought it christmas just gone... and i have drolled over it long enough now...!!! i used 2 seperate sheets... and yes i did sit down while cutting into them.... lol...!!!! i added some ribbon and a snowflake embelishement... i made this into an easel card... as i love the way they look...

here is a close up of the image i have used.... and i added glitter to the stamped image and the bottom of her feet... well it is a christmas card... so had to have some glitter..... lol   susie and vikki's christmas challenge http://dcdchristmasclub.blogspot.com/  anything goes...   http://mariannedesign.blogspot.com/ is to make an easel card ....

Whats on my desk Wednesday....!!! and card 2....

Well everyone i have been meaning to play along with this day for ages now.... and today i have the day off so i have taken a couple of pics of whats on my desk....

As you can see not a lot of space on my desk... had a major crafty day on monday.. and have not tidied up yet... lol... and my stamps i bought of my friend Sam arrived yesterday... and needed played with today.... so this is whats been on my desk.... here is my finished card... think may have to try and find some challenges for it as i love the way this has turned out....!!!!!

 i have distressed the paper 1st then stamped the image on top... added gold glamour glitter on edges.. sentiment is off computer then distressed... googled the map printed out and distressed this also... i used versamark on stamp to make a background on the brown cardstock and used my pearlex to highlight the image in gold.......

challenges.... http://incywincydesigns.blogspot.com/   anything goes

http://sophisticatchallenges.blogspot.com/ a card for a child

http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.com/  a childs card

http://craftycardmakers.blogspot.com/     distressing

Christmas Easel card.....!!!!

I have made this card to go into 2 christmas challenges.... i have used a penny black christmas critters stamp... used my oval nesties... papers are from a kit from qvc that i have had for years... embelishments are off create and craft... from years and years ago... sentiment on the bottom is from the £1 got them at christmas time just gone....coloured with promarkers...
challenges are http://christmasstampin.blogspot.com/  make an easel card...
2nd challenge is  http://dcdchristmasclub.blogspot.com/  this is christmas stocking...