Need Some Cheering Up?

Well, here is the quick card for you! I made a very BRIGHT card using the absolutely lovely Bloomin' kit from Designs by Krista. I seem to have done lots of very bright cards recently, anyone would think it was summer or something :) Happy Independence Day to the USA. Materials: Papers - Designs by Krista Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; Double-sided…

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More Cake Anyone?

Mmm, cake... And this cake is from a new Cupcake kit over at Krista's shop Designs By Krista. Guess what? This kit is on sale with 25% off making it $2.25 (about £1.40). Wahoo! I love the papers in this kit and of course the yummy cupcake makes a fab embellishment. Materials: Papers - Designs By Krista Cupcake Kit Usual Suspects -…

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Sugar Bowl Challenge

A challenge card today and this is for the sketch over at The Sugar Bowl. The papers are from the Bloomin' kit from Designs by Krista. I've coloured the Gorjuss girl with my PrismaColor pencils and of course finished the card with some hand-stitching. Materials: Stamp - Sugar Nellie Gorjuss Ink - Versafine onyx black Colouring - prismacolor pencils; sansodor Papers -…

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Sugar Stitch

As promised a card! After a very lazy Easter weekend with very little crafting going on - shock! Horror! I have managed to finish this card for you today. I've used the Twilight In Provence Papers from Designs By Krista which, btw, is only $1 and Krista has a sale going on at her shop with lots of yummy downloadable kits for…

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I’m In Love (Again)

As a crafter I find it really hard not to get excited about new kits and stamps and papers and ribbons and....well, the list just goes on. You know what I mean? Well, Designs by Krista has a lovely new kit out called Enjoy and it uses one of my favourite colour combos: I've made the card below using some of the…

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Is It Chilly?

Here is the lovely new Winter kit from Designs By Krista called 'Chilly'. I've been playing about with this new kit – it has some lovely colours and patterns to the papers. Love it! Of course, it is fab for both digital scrapbooking and making cards :) Materials: Papers - Designs By Krista Usual Suspects - Silicone glue; Paper trimmer Other -…

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Magnolia and Stampavie Challenge in Teal and Brown

A challenge card for you and this one is for the Magnolia and Stampavie challenge blog and this week they have a sketch. I've used the Spring Breeze Kit from Designs by Krista. I love the embroidery embellishments that come with this kit and I've used the little paper buttons as well and added 3D-glue to give the buttons a shine, not…

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More on Christmas

So I've ramped up the Christmas cards, seems that every card I'm doing is for Christmas. Lucky I like doing them :) This one uses Designs By Krista Tula papers. Materials: Papers - Designs by Krista Tula kit Stamp - Studio G Alphabet Inks - VersaFine Onyx Black; Brilliance Pearlescent Sky blue and Crimson Usual Suspects - Scissors; Trimmer; double-sided tape Other…

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There Will be Blue Birds…

A quick make card for general use here with the lovely Bewitching kit from Designs by Krista. I think I might have said before that I love the papers in this kit. Feeling a little nervous today - I have to go to get my first ever filling at the dentist. I had hoped that I would get to forty with no…

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Trio Patterns to a Card

A card for the Sarah Kay Challenge blog, which this week has a Trio of patterned papers as the theme: you are only allowed to use three patterned papers, no more, no less. The papers are from Designs By Krista Flora kit. Materials: Stamp - Sarah Kay Colouring - Caran D'Ache pencils Papers - Designs by Krista Other - Sepia Fine Marker

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Autumn falls and a missed challenge

Oh bless me. I am, as my friends would say, being special :) I looked at the Papertake Challenge on Monday (yesterday) and saw that it had an autumn theme and went off and made this card using the Tweet Kit from Designs by Krista and my favourite stamp at the moment which is from Whiff of Joy. Only to go back…

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