A Four Legged Friend

 Good morning and a very happy Monday. 

Here is my second project for the Country View Crafts 'A Four Legged Friend' challenge.

I know, my baby has turned 30 and he now has a baby of his own! Where did those years go? But you know what they say, the best is yet to come!

I started by making my brick wall background for my graffiti. There's lots of stencil paste and metallic paint which will act as a resist when I ink the edges later.

Then I made my bins using a Katzelkraft stamp and some Deco Art Media paints.

Now it's the turn of the four-legged friends. These have all been coloured with Prisma pencils.

Much cutting and sticking later... These rats just crack me up every time lol.

And his favourite part was the dustbins and the cheese-eating rat!

All things Katzelkraft can be found here in Susan's store.

I hope that you join in with our fun challenge, just remember that 4 legged animals must be the focus of your project.

Have a very happy week, and thanks so much for looking x

Be Unique

 Good morning and a very happy Thursday! Today I'm sharing my second project for the Country View Crafts Things With Wings, challenge, and this time I've made a postcard.

I started by making my background with some Oxide inks and a stencil.

Then I added some stamping with an old and a new Katzelkraft stamp.

I stamped my crazy bird and coloured it with Prismacolour pencils.

I liked how my background looked, but when I held my image against it, it looked a little bit lost.

To help cut down the background area I added some Tim Holtz tissue paper.

Of course, once I'd started it didn't end there! 

I added more stamping and some washi tape to my background

The sentiment is also a Katzelkraft stamp, and

Susan has a great range of them all here in the store.

There is still loads of time left for you to join in with our challenge, so please pop over to the blog and link up your Things With Wings for the chance to win a £20 voucher to spend in the store.

Have a very happy day whatever you are doing, and thanks so much for looking x

Make My Day!

 Good morning and a very happy Saturday, welcome to April and the weekend!

As always a new month is a new challenge at Country View Crafts, and this time it's Things With Wings. I've had these Katzelkraft stamps for quite a while now, so I thought it was time for me to use them.

These were really easy to make, so I'll just show you the pretty pictures.

The critters were stamped for placement and then some stencilling added with Distress Oxides.

I also stamped them onto some card, then had a very happy hour colouring them in with my Prisma pencils.

The sentiments are another fun Katzelkraft set.

This guy didn't come with wings so he's borrowed a pair from the critter above.

Now I'm not saying that these are my favourites, but they are very cute.

Susan has a wonderful selection of all things Katzelkraft here in the store.

Such a fun set of stamps and new challenge.

Please join in with us and show us your Things With Wings.

Take care and have a happy and crafty month x

I am joining in with the SSS Monday challenge Stencil It, and also the 

SSS Wednesday challenge Anything Goes x

Number 1 Dad !

 Good morning and a very happy Monday.

Today I'm sharing my second project for the Country View Crafts Masculine Birthday challenge, and this time it's a card for my No 1 Dad!

I started by making a background with a stencil and some Distress Oxides.

Then I added some stamping with a Katzelkraft set.

These are my characters, all stamped, fussy cut, and ready to go!

Susan has a great range of fun Katzelkraft stamps here in the store.

I hope you like our challenge and that you join in with your own birthday card for a man.

Have a great week whatever you are doing, and thanks so much for looking xx

A Hug In A Mug!

 Good morning and a very happy Wednesday. It's time for a fun new challenge here at Country View Crafts and this time we want you to"Get Sentimental" and either use a sentiment or some words of inspiration on your project. As anyone who knows me at all well knows, coffee is my greatest inspiration, so here's my first project!

I started by stamping my Katzelkraft mugs, and the coffee rings are a really old Stampotique stamp.

I coloured them in with Prisma pencils and a white gel pen. The Hug In A Mug is part of the same Katzelkraft set.

My fun sentiment is from Carmen's Veranda, and these are words that I live by!

Although I don't use hair curlers, the rest is pretty much me in the morning!

And this is my main stamp set. Susan has a great range of Katzelkraft stamps here in the store.

I'm entering my card into the fun 'food and/or drink challenge at Simon Says Stamp Monday

and also Dot's February challenge at Ink Art Designs.

Now it's over to you to join in with our fun challenge! Take care and have a very happy February xx

Season Of Mists And Mellow Fruitfulness

Good morning and a very happy Thursday. It's time for a new challenge over at Country View Crafts, and this time Debs has chosen Season of Mists And Mellow Fruitfulness. Very poetic eh?

With this in mind, I've made a postcard using some mellow fruits!

 

 I started by stamping the sunflower from the Katzelkraft Pumpkin Fields set and embossing it in white. Then I inked over with Distress Oxides and flicked, dried, and removed any excess ink.

Then I stamped and embossed the pumpkin pile, and some of the words.

To finish, I stamped and layered up the pumpkins and added some of the vine stamps.

I hope you join in with our fun challenge, and as always, there's a £20.00 gift certificate to be won.

Take care and have a very happy September xx

Happy Birthday To You!

 Good morning and a very happy Friday. I'm loving the new 'Happy Birthday' challenge over at Country View Crafts, and here's my second card.

Once again I turned to my Katzelkraft stamps - this set is such fun!

I started by making my background with a cloud stamp and a fan brush and paint.

Then I stamped my animals and coloured them with watercolour pens.

Then it was just a case of cutting them out and sticking down!

These are the stamps that I've used, and Susan has a great range here in the store.

I'm entering my card into the Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge which is 'happy birthday'

Have a lovely day whatever you are doing, and thanks so much for looking x

A Meerkat Birthday Card

 Good morning and a very happy Monday! It's a new challenge day at Country View Crafts, and the lovely Monika has chosen Happy Birthday. We always need birthday cards and gifts don't we, so here's a meerkat card that I made for my son's recent birthday.

Aren't these 'kats adorable!

These are my fun Katzelkraft stamps. Susan has a wonderful range of these here in the store.

I hope that you join in with our fun challenge for the chance to win a £20.00 gift certificate to spend in the store.

Have a very happy August, and thanks so much for looking x

BIG Cats for Country View Crafts

 Good morning and a very happy Wednesday. Today I'm sharing my second card for the Country View Crafts 'Cats & Dogs' challenge. No one said that the cats needed to be little ones, so I've gone for the Stamporia Savana big cats!

Aren't these papers just gorgeous!

This is the inside with more of the lovely cats. The zebra are also a favourite of mine.

I've used a Katzelkraft stamp to add the Happy Birthday sentiment.

And somewhere to add the sentiment at the back.

There's a great range of Stamperia products here, and Katzelkraft here.

I hope that you like it, and that you join in with our challenge. Take care and have a very happy week whatever you are doing x

A Kitty Birthday Card For Country View Crafts

 Good morning and a very happy Sunday. Today is new challenge day over at Country View Crafts, and the lovely Rachel has chosen Cats and Dogs. I'm very much a cat person (who also loves dogs), so this challenge is right up my street. This is the birthday card that I made for my mum, who is also a cat person. My dad is a dog lover, so of course my cats used to love my dad and completely ignore mum - that's cats for you!

I started by making a background on my gelli plate with my new Lavinia inks and some Brushos.

This is the first time that I've used the Elements inks and they're my new favourites! They are so juicy.

While I had my brushos out I thought that I might as well make my second background, so I just spattered away, drying each colour before spattering the next.

All of the stamps are by Katzelkraft.

You will find an excellent range of Katzelkraft stamps here.

And all things Lavinia here.

I hope you join in with our fun challenge - what's not to love about cats and dogs! Just make sure that your projects feature cats and/or dogs, and link up for your chance to win a £20.00 gift voucher to spend in the shop.

Take care and have a very happy May xx