JOURNAL CALENDER (JULY 2011)

Hi all,
I'm here today with my July page,
We are half way through the year, hasn't that gone fast,
I am loving this challenge, because it makes me journal
(I love creating the page, but not the journaling side so much, I never know what to right)

My finished June page will appear as if by magic near the bottom of this post,

For those of you that are not in the know,
this challenge lasts the whole year,
you have to journal every day in the form of 12 monthly calender pages,
& then head over to the the the the kathryn wheel blog & link up your creation,
so Kate Crane & any one else can see what you have come up with,

If you like the sound of that? you can jump in at any time along the way,
so get cracking & head over HERE to check it out.

This page has a much different feel to my last couple of happy summery cutey ones,

I went for vintage moody if there is such a thing (lol)

Here's what I used for the background,

Then I stamped with the stamps & ink pictured below

& this is how it finished up,

(love it!)

now for the embellishments,

the balloon lady is cut from a graphic 45, 12x12 paper

the July is stamped & embossed with Tim's alphabet mini cirque set

the car is also a Tim stamp & the wings are cut from

Tim's heart wings die, & some scraps of paper,

for the squares,

this time I cut them from scraps of paper

into 1 & a half inch squares

the days of the week are done on my computer,

as are the numbers (then punched them out with a circle punch)

I used a Zig pen & white gel pen to doodle round the squares.

Here's my finished June pages,

Hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by,

Back soon,

Kat x.

COLLAGE YOUR PAINT & SOUL

Hi all,

I'm so excited to show you  my first collage painting

so here she is,

I learned all the techniques for this in an online course at

willowing.org called

Collage, Paint & Soul

the course is only £9.50 (grate value) 

I used scraps of dictionary & old book pages

 music sheet & patterned papers

& image from a magazine

all glued down with multi matte medium,

then painted over with,

acrylic paints & Noe color 2 water soluble crayons,

 I then stamped over with rubber stamps,

If you like the sound of that

go grab the course HERE

you will learn new techniques,

that you can cross over into

many of you crafts & art journal as well

Hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by,

Back soon,

Kat x.

WHO'S THAT GIRL?

Hi all,
I can't believed it's been a week since my last post,
I haven't crafted all week,
I have been busy doing other things,
I have been sketching my first ever girl that's in proportion, lol
& that's thanks to a course I bought at willowing.org (this is a fab place to visit)
the course is fabulous faces (I have learnt so much)

This sketch is what you do after just one lesson,

(How fab is that!)

the next lesson is to draw & paint a person with acrylics

(hoping to get that done this week)

go check it out HERE you get the whole course on DVD

so you can do it at your own pace (cool ha!)

I have also bought wonderful world of whimsy

(haven't looked at it yet)

& also Paint, Art & Soul

more on that tomorrow.

Any way just wanted to let you know

what I have been up to,

the sun is shinning, it's a glorious day

& all is good in my little world.

 Thanks for stopping by,

Back soon,

Kat x.

DRAW FOR MY BLOG CANDY

Hi all,
I'm here today to announce the winner of the
100 FOLLOWERS BLOG CANDY,

This one may be over,
but if you read to the end of this post, there's mo0re, he,he,he!

I had 27 comments, 22 of which are in the draw,
I have been around all your blogs to see that you have adhered to the rules,
those of you that have are in the draw,
thank you, to you all who followed my rules.

I used the random org thingy to generate the winner,
but I could not for the life of me, work out how to get the picture onto my blog,
so I took a photo of it on my screen & done it that way,
so I hope it's clear enough,

OK SO HERE GOES,
THE WINNER IS,

Congratulations, JANET you are my winner,
here's your comment you left,

Great candy,I'm a follower,I've added your link to my sidebar,my blog is

http://dash-paw.blogspot.com/
Congrats on over 100 followers
Janet x

please Email me at

lillykat27@yahoo.co.uk

with your address, & claim your prize,

YOU HAVE TWO WEEKS TO GET IN TOUCH
otherwise the prize will be drawn again,

UP DATE,
JANET HAS BEEN INTOUCH,
& CLAIMED HER PRIZE.

Thank you once again to all who joined in,

NOW ONTO THE NEXT BLOG CANDY,

in my JOURNAL CALENDER (JUNE 2011) post
I said,

if I manage to get 125 followers

before I draw the winner,
then I am going to do a little blog candy for
50 metal charms & some altered art products.

Well I have 126 followers so I will post that in the next few days
once this prize has been claimed.

that's it for today,
I look forward to hearing from you Janet,
Thanks for stopping by,

Back soon,
Kat x.

ALTERED ALICE CHALLENGE...

Hi all,
THIS IS THE LAST DAY TO ENTER MY BLOG CANDY
THE LINK TO ALL THE DETAIL'S IS IN THE LEFT SIDE BAR

just popped in today to tell you about the challenge over at
altered Alice blog
it's THE MAD HATTERS TEA PARTY,
this event happens twice a year,
intrigued,
then head over there to check out all the details.

the sponsor this month is the artistic stamper
and they are offering a £15 voucher for Artistic Stamper stamps!

I am also going to enter this in
Simon says stamp and show blog
the theme this time is to show some Distressed/Torn Edges


Here's what I came up with,

I decided to make a step card

in the shape of the mad hatters top hat,

after much designing & engineering

this is what I came up with

(I have taken photos from every angle

& included all the measurements

incase you want to have a go at making one)

in the photo below is some of the things I used,

I added some buttons, trim & ribbon,

as well as the winged clock that was in my scraps box,

the playing cards came out of a Xmas cracker

(waste not want not) lol

I bent & grunged them up a bit though

as they were to shinny & white,

the punch reminded me of a lacy table cloth

so I thought that's what I would bring

to the party,

(all fresh,clean,crisp & white, starched to within a inch of it's life)lol

now, I am not sure if I qualify to enter for the prize,

because I am due to join the

artistic stamper creative team blog

in July, but I'm sure someone will let me know.

I am quite pleased wit the way it turned out,

Hope you like it!

I WILL BE BACK TOMORROW

WITH THE RESULT

OF MY BLOG CANDY DRAW,

see you then.

Thanks for stopping by,

Back soon,

Kat x.

DISTRESS INK TAG

Hi all,
BEFORE I START I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU I HAVE BLOG CANDY
PLEASE CLICK HERE TO READ ALL ABOUT IT
THERE'S ONLY A FEW DAYS LEFT
BEFORE THE DRAW TO GET YOUR COMMENTS IN.

I know I'm a bad blogger lately, sorry I have been so slap dash,
I've been busy with reel life stuff again, & not much sign of that letting up,
but I have managed to get this tag in for,

Simon says stamp and show blog challenge
the theme this week is to make a TAG,

&  Grunge Monday 10 challenge
the theme this week is to use DISTRESS INKS

click the links to read all the details,

Here's my tag,

Here's what I used & how I made it,

To make the background

I glued a book page to a scrap of card,

then die cut it with Tim's, Tag & book plate die,

I then used the Distress inks & template picture below,

I saw this background being demonstrated at

Ally Pally craft show a few months ago,

by Sam Poole herself,

it's so quick & easy, & very effective.

Next I die cut the flowers & leaves out of scraps of

Tim's Retro paper stack,

assembled them & glued a pearl into the center,

I stamped the sentiment (one of Tim's) onto scrap card,

tore it out & inked the edges,

Glued it all in place & added

the fibers through the hole at the top.

& there you have it,

Hope you like it!

must dash, busy, busy, busy, lol

Don't forget to  enter my blog candy.

Thanks for stopping by,

Back soon,

Kat x.

JOURNAL CALENDER (JUNE 2011)

 Hi all,
BEFORE I START I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU I HAVE BLOG CANDY
PLEASE CLICK HERE TO READ ALL ABOUT IT.

My June page is ready to show off,
for this month I went for a bright happy spread,
(I must have been in a good mood when I sat down to make this page )lol
well that's the vibe I get from it anyway.

My finished May page will appear as if by magic near the bottom of this post,

For those of you that are not in the know,
this challenge lasts the whole year,
you have to journal every day in the form of 12 monthly calender pages,
& then head over to the the the Kathryn wheel blog & link up your creation,
so Kate Crane & any one else can see what you have come up with,

If you like the sound of that? you can jump in at any time along the way,
so get cracking & head over HERE to check it out.

I must say I'm loving the discipline of this challenge,
making sure that I have finished & blogged my pages ready for the first of the month,
but keeping track of the day's seems to make the month go faster it's already June(lol)

So here's my JUNE page cute hay!

I love the way this page turned out,

& I have fallen in love with the stamps I used all over again,

how cute are the little bird houses!

the owl's would have to wedge them selves in backwards to fit LOL.

So  I feel I have to enter this for

the Simon says stamp & show your favourite stamp challenge

head to there blog to check it out

Simon says stamp and show blog

Here are some shots of how I built the page,

& what I used.

So I started out with the lightest colour & blended

as shown above.

Then stamped onto that, with the branch &

coloured the leaves with copic makers

 as shown in the picture above, &

stamped other images in the center with

the items in the picture below.

I then went on & embellished with a selection of

the stamps coloured with copics & cut out.

The squares are again as the other months part

of a TSV on QVC bought ages ago (glad to put them to good use)

the days of the week are done on my computer,

as are the numbers (then punched out with a butterfly punch)

I used a Zig pen & white gel pen to doodle round the squares.

the title, June is out of chipboard letters stuck to a chipboard shape,

& then ribbon added.

& there you have it!

Again I haven't stuck much down yet

as it gives me the freedom to change and improve

things during the month.

Hope you like it!

Here's my May pages all filled in & stuck down,

If you would like to see the ins & outs of this page

then please click HERE

Well that's about it for today,

Don't forget to check out my candy

for reaching 100 followers

HERE

if I manage to get 125 followers

before I draw the winner,

then I am going to do a little blog candy for

50 metal charms & some altered art products.

Thanks for stopping by,

Back soon,

Kat x.