'For the Girls' Blog Challenge Entry

I could not resist entering my friend Sheila's Blog Challenge when i saw the theme was 'For the Girls' i thought pink, flowers and a fairy would be nice and pretty xx

I have used up a few more offcuts as part of my ongoing personal challenge to use up the pieces i keep for just in case lol like we all do x

I chose a piece of pink stripey paper and cut this to a few mm shorter than the card blank i made from a piece of centura pearl left over from an envelobox, i matt &layered the pink stripey paper with a piece of holographic starburst cardstock by creata and wrapped a piece of satin edges organza ribbon around this base part of the card and fixed to the front of the cardblank with a thin layer of glue gel. i then tied a bow with same ribbon and attached this with glue gel xx

I then cut a strip of pale pink centura paper to the length of the pink stripey paper and attached this to the card front.

The image is a whimsy stamp that i got free from a magazine in the summer i love her cute face and flowing hair. i stamped her onto a small scrap of neenah cardstock and coloured with promarkers - except her wings which i coloured with pink and clear sakura stardust pens and then blended the pen lines out with waterbrush  for a pale sparkly look. i matt&layered this topper with pink stripey paper and the a piece of centura cardstock edged pink promarker. i fixed this to cardfront with foam tape.

i stamped and die cut a sentiment circle from pink gem stamps, and then die cut a scallop circle matt from a scrap of coredinations dusky pink cardstock. fixed to card front with foam pads xx

I chose some paper roses and paper rose buds to match the colours in the coloured image and fixed at the corner of the topper with some fabric leaves using glue gel. added some punches flowers using my multiflower punch by creata lastly adding some pink gems from my stash xx

I hope you like my card and i send my best wishes and luck to all the entrants to the challenge

pop over to Sheila's Blog if you havent already to have a peek at the other entries and maybe have a go xx

much love kezzla xx

Liebster Award

Good Evening everyone . Today a would like to say a big thank you to Caroline who has nominated me to receive the Liebster Award .  It would be nice if you all could pop over to Caroline's blog to see what a great crafter she is .

    

     Caroline Spice.......Caroline's Blog

The Liebster Award is given to someone who you think is a talented crafter and has less than 200 followers on their blog .

This is to encourage more people to visit them.

       The rules !!!

You need to thank the person who has nominated you for the award and post a link back to their blog . Then you can pass the award on to 5 of your blogger friends who you admire and have less than 200 followers . Leave a comment on their blog so they know they have been Nominated .

      So i Nominate

Carley Duff   http://carleyduffcreations.blogspot.co.uk/

Elaine Burnett  http://cloud-baby-cards.blogspot.se/

Cheremane Smith  http://cheremane.blogspot.co.uk/

 Shell Durrant   http://tinkerbell-shell.blogspot.co.uk/

Sue Ashcroft   http://sooziekoo.blogspot.co.uk/

Hope you enjoy your Awards ladies .... You are all very talented.

Have a lovely day .

Love and Hugs to you all

Kezzla xxx

Visible Image April Challenge Entry - get stamping xx

I have been meaning to enter the challenge blog but keep missing out due to my absent mindedness lol

but today i made a card specifically for the Challenge 'Get Stamping'

i decided to get really inky with this card

for the main image i chose 'Isabella' from the Visible Image character range i love her and she was part of my very first purchase from them and ive been hooked ever since.

In keeping with my personal challenge i have only used offcuts for this card as i decided to try to use up some of these pieces i keep for just in case.

for the card blank ive used an off cut of centura pearl cardstock cut to just a few mm larger than the fancy egded piece of card (which is half of a fancy cardblank - i often cut these in half to make these special packs go further) - i inked this fancy piece all over with Antique Linen (Tim Holtz) I then stamped the Small Butterfly stamp from Visible Image twice on the blank covered with 2 masks i made from Eclipse Tape, then stamped over the whole background with the Bront Border stamp from Visible Image. I then took away the masks and traced over the butterflies with a Vesamark Pen poured over clear embossing powder and heated with a heat tool. I inked around the edges with Walnut Stain (Tim Holtz). ive matt&layered this pieces with a piece of dark gold mirror board (from Creata).

For the main topper I stamped Isabella using Rich Cocoa (Memento) and then coloured her with distress inks (tea dye, antique linen, walnut stain, tattered rose and victorian velvet) using a waterbrush pen. i then masked her with Eclipse Tape and inked over the topper with Antigue Linen. I removed mask and stamped the Grunge Flourish from Visible Image around the edges. I then inked the edges with Walnut stain matt&layered with brass mirror board (Creata) i attaached this with foam tape at a jaunty angle.

The Sentiment i stamped on another offcut of cardstock, inked over with Antique Linen ink and round edges with Tea Dye matt&layered with the brass morror board and attached with more foam tape. To finish i added a few gold gems from my stash.

I am entering this card into the challenge over at Visible Image Blog April Challenge Page

If you would like to see the full range of stamps you could buy visit Visible Image Online Shop

For the chance to stay updated with all the latest from Visible Image and to see the brilliant samples by the Talented Design Team visit Visible Image Facebook Group

Been a while but im back xxx

Phew a busy few weeks ive had trying to fit it all in has been a bit tough - but today i promised myself i would catch up with everything and so far so good so here is a few cards ive made recently

card 1 - Visible Image - made today with - small butterfly, Bronte border and Inspire (from Imagine,dream inspire seet)

I set myself a challenge over on my Kerrie's Kraft Korner group on facebook tha my next few cards would be made by only using the offcuts i have been collecting and keeping fro just in case (we all do this but do we ever get around to using them - not always lol)

For this card i have used

an offcut of centura pearl cardstock folded in half to make my own size cardblank
a few offcuts of dark brown mirror card (creata)
a few off cuts of white cardstock
and a piece of cereal box

ive also used Tim Holtz distress inks in Antique Linen and Tea Dye, clear embossing powder, Memento inkpad in Rich Cocoa, a die by Cheery Lynn, a multi flower punch by Creata and a few gems from my stash

I used the Bronte Border stamp to stamp repeatedly to make a back ground inked this first with antique linen all over then the tea dye around the edges - cut this a few mm smaller than the cardblank and matt&layered with the brown Mirror Board, - there were two offcut strips of this bronte border so i used one as a border matt&layered with brown mirror board again down one side of the card and the other strip i punched with one of the flowers in the Multi Flower Punch i inked all of these flowers and the strip with both colours of distress inks again.

I cut the die using another offcut of brown mirror board and attached this to the corner of the card and then added the small flowers which i had shaped with an embossing tool on a foam mat.

For the butterflys i first stamped them onto the back of a piece of cereal box, inked one with antique linen, one with tea dye and left one without, i used an embossing pen on one of the butterflys then dipped into embossing powder and heated til molten i repeated with all 3 butterflys, but them out and attached to the card with foam pads.

Lastly I stamped the Inspire moto onto another offcut of white card, inked over with antique linen, inked edges with Tea Dye trimmed samller then matt&layered with brown mirror board and attached to the card with foam pads.

i embellished the card with gold gems from my stash xx

I wanted to show that with a few beautiful stamps even a few offcuts can make a pretty card

i hope you like my post today and i hope you visit again tomorrow for a few more photos of cards ive made recently with these amazing stamps availible from Visible Image you can see amazing samples by their super talented Design Team over on their facebook group below.

Visible Image facebook group

You can find their amazing stamps in their online shop at the link below

Visible Image online shop

Creata DT work this week xxxx

I have sample making up a storm since monday morning for this weeks 'Carley&Creata' show on Create&Craft 1pm today.

links for you to find the My Bestie Digi Stamps and the Visible Image Polymer Stamps are at the bottom of this post xxx

the following cards have all been made with various items available on C&C this week and a few other regular Creata products that are also available from C&C xxx

on both of these 2 cards i have used Creata mixed embellishments which are a bonus free gift with the metal embellishments pack from the 1pm show today on Create&Craft xx

the Digital stamps on these 2 cards are from my other DT 'My Besties' by Sherri Baldy Stamps

this one is made using metal embellishments from the Creata 1pm show, Digi by Sherri Baldy Stamps, and a few of my Visible Image collection (polka dot background, grunge check background and large Fobwatch

Again i have used metal embellishments from Creata and also this time Creata flower forming both on todays show, Digi by Sherri Baldy Stamps

On this one i have used the screen printing sheets and paints from todays show and a digi from Sherri Blady Stamps x

Creata Flower forrming another Digi by Sherri Baldy Stamps

Digi by Sherri Baldy, creata parchment aperture cards

Creata flower forming and Screen printing sheets and paints

Creata screen printing, metal embellishments and creata mixed embellishments

Creata Metal embellishments and stamp by Docrafts

Creata screen printing and Creata mixed embellishments - this stamp is 'Katie' from Visible Image xx

Visible Image Website where you can see and buy there Stamps

sherri's Blog where you will find a link to her etsy store

My 'BLOG HOP POST' Winner

Wow such a brilliant Blog Hop i loved being involved and will definately take part again xxx

now the difficult job of picking a winning comment for the Digi stamp i used on my card 'Miss Flopsie'

dont forget to keep checking in at sherri's blog as the overall winner will be annouced over there xx

http://sherribaldy.blogspot.co.uk/

i have loved reading all your comments on my blog and wowed by the response the winner i picked by 'random hat draw' is Donna Jones - her winning comment below

Donna Jones1 March 2013 17:53

Hi Kerrie,

Love the digi and your use of waste from the flourish to make a corner hugger :-)

Donna please can you email me at

jimbosgirl9999@sky.com   with your email address so i can send your Digi stamp to you x

'My Bestie's DT' - Blog Hop - 'Miss Flopsie'

Hello and welcome to the very first BESTIES DT blog hop – we are all excited for this being our  first hop and the projects we have to show you are fantastic.

Sherri has been creating her new Besties range for some time now and its amazing how popular they are and everyone wants to get their hands on them.

There are very talented ladies in the line up for this hop,  all are loving the digis and so looking forward to showcasing just a few of them for you today.

I made this card as part of my DT work for the Creata show on Create&Craft with Carley Duff - but as the Blog Hog is so close to Easter i thought this a very fitting Card for the Hop xx

I have used a 6x6inch card blank which is from Centura Cardstock. I Trimmed a piece of Green mirro card to a few mm smaller than the card blank and attached this to card with double sided tape. I choose a backing paper with pink roses and green back ground as it matches the colours in my precoloured Digi from Sherri Baldi's Digi shop on Etsy, i trimmed this piece a few mm shorter than the mirror layer and again attached with double sided tape.

The next part is a smaller piece of the backing paper 2.5x5inch ive inked the edges with Tattered Rose Distress Ink by Tim Holtz matted with green mirror and attached to the card base. I trimmed the Digi to 3x5inch inked the edges with the Tattered Rose Ink again this time matting with pale pink mirror card.

Ive then embossed and cut out a parchment flower and coloured with a pale pink alcohol marker. I also die cut a leaf swirl die with green mirror card and stuck this near the corner with Glossy Accents and stuck the parchment flower to the bottom of the die cut. ive used a part of the watse of the die cut for the tiny swirl on corner of the topper. To finish i stamped a 'Happy Easter' sentiment matted with green mirroe card and stuck this just under the edge of the topper. to embellis ive added 2 dressmaker pins, a yellow gem and a few dew drops.

You can find this gorgeous digi at the link below

'Miss Floppsie' in the Etsy store

We are offering some amazing blog candy for some lucky commenters who take part in the hop too.

All you have to do in order to be in with a chance to win the candy is to Comment on each participants blog in the hop and become a follower of Sherri’s blog

Each DT member will give away the digi that they have used on their project to one commenter PLUS Sherri  is giving away a Starbucks gift card in addition to 5 digis. AMAZING candy don’t you think ?

So now on with the hop – here is the line up in case you get lost along the way:

 Gill - http://creationsbygillm.blogspot.com

Katie - http://bothsidesofthepaper.blogspot.com/

Deonna- http://ilovetomakecards.blogspot.com

Crafty Caroline-http://carolinesspicecrafty-bits.blogspot.co.uk/

krafting-kezzla - http://cardsbykerrie.blogspot.co.uk/

Rose- http://www.cardsforallreason.blogspot.com

Carley - http://carleyduffcreations.blogspot.co.uk/

Sherri - http://sherribaldy.blogspot.co.uk/

Dont forgot to comment on ALL participants in the line up and become a follower of Sherri’s blog to be eligible to win the candy. Winners will be drawn and listed on each blog in 3 days time so remember to pop back.

Thanks for stopping by and hope you enjoy our projects