Mr. Bitty

I'm here with my DT Spotlight for Kitty Bee Designs which you can see at Aloha Friday Challenges. I'm using an image called Mr. Bitty.  I love Halloween so I decided to make this Hershey bar box. I found the box at SVGCuttingFiles.com it can be found here -> Candy Bar Holder.  

Mr. Bitty is colored with Copics and so is the purple background.  I added some stars from the Avery Elle set Written in the Stars.  I used a My Favorite Things doily die under the image.  The edges and the little fangs and teeth have some Star Dust Stickles added to them.  I don't know who makes the sentiment because I bought it at a resale and it wasn't labeled.  If anyone knows who makes it let me know!  

 A new Aloha Friday Challenge starts tomorrow, stop by and check it out!

Thanks for stopping by!

Kathi

Japanese Cute Doll

Hi all!  It's time for another 613 Avenue Create challenge!  It's Anything Goes and our optional theme is Birthday.  Everyone can use extra birthday cards and gifts right?  And our sponsor this week is The Paper Shelter.  Their digi's are black outline or pre-colored images with coordinating backgrounds.  I used the Japanese Cute Doll pre-colored image to make a tag for a mini gift box.  

Hope you can stop by and see what our talented design team has come up with or maybe even join us with your creation!

Hugs!
Kathi

Challenges I would like to enter:
Crafty Sentiments - Female Birthday 
Ladybug Crafts Ink - Birthday 
Tuesday Throwdown - Anything Goes 
Craft-Dee Bowz - Must have a bow 
Sparkle and Sprinkle - Anything but a Card 
The Pink Elephant - Feminine Birthday 

Anything Goes at 613 Avenue Create

Hope everyone is having some nice Spring weather!  Finally we are having some sunshine and warm weather here in the Northeast of the US!  So this week at 613 Avenue Create we have our usual Anything Goes challenge but you have the option to create some gift packaging (gift card holders, bags, boxes,etc).  I hope you can join us we have two sponsors Bugaboo and Eureka.  Here is a gift box I came up with using a cropped Eureka image.

supplies

I used my Make the Cut software and Cricut along with the SVG from My Scrap Chick to create the box.  I used box #7 without the center divider. 

Well that's it for now have a great weekend!
Kathi

Challenges I would like to enter:
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes 
Eclectic Ellapu - Anything Goes
As You Like It - Favorite die/punch (MFT 3 circle die - so versatile -use vert/horiz plus you have extra circle die cuts)  
Annabelle Stamps - Anything Goes 

Take me to you freezer!

Hi!  Today I have another project as Guest Designer at The Outlawz Challenge Blog.  The challenge is to use animal prints or make an animal the focal point of your design.  I was going to make something with an old dolphin stamp I have and I wish I had.  I used pink zebra on this snowman from Whimsie Doodles.  You know when you make something and you're just not happy with it?  It just didn't turn out the way you wanted it to?  And at midnight you don't have enough time to start another project?  LOL!  Yeah that's this one for me  :)   Not to mention the pics/lighting do not do it any justice.

Details:  I paper pieced the hat/scarf/mittens/straw, colored with Copics/Prismacolor pencils/chalks I colored the snowman with my pearl chalks, Stardust Stickles on the cup/snowflake, Icicle Stickles on the hat,etc, snowflake die/fishtail flags by MFT, rounded squares by Lifestyle Crafts, banner is an SVG from Designs on Cloud 9.

Thanks for stopping by!
Kathi  :)

Challenges:
Dream Valley Challenges - #47 Christmas
The Squirrel and the Fox - Summer or Winter

JDE and Bugaboo together again!

Hi all!

It's Clean And Simple Anything Goes #23 this week!  We are sponsored again by the awesome Bugaboo Stamps so I have two cards for you this week!  First is a new release image by Robert called Sunday Suit.

The floral paper is by Glitz Design called French Kiss Floral,  Spellbinders die Picot Edge Circles, I used Copics & Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol. 

Now for the Bugaboo card.  I used the Stella Says Sketch #119 for this weeks challenge at Catch The Bug Challenge Blog it's called Bugaboo Brats - Best Friends. 

Plaid paper by Doodlebug called Sew Plaid, pink polka dot is washi tape for $1 at AC Moore, scalloped border is an SVG and I used one of the new Darice embossing folders then touched the dots with Stickles.

Colored with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol.  Stickle accents.

Sentiment by Ginger's House she has daily freebies and a great sense of humor!

Well that's it for this week!  Come join us at Jackson's Digital Expressions for another challenge and prizes!

Kathi  :)

Challenges:
Through The Craftroom Door - Anything Goes
Try It On Tuesdays - Anything Goes
Clear It Out Challenge Blog - Children

This week's Anything Goes Challenge at JDE!

Hi!  This week is another Anything Goes Challenge at JDE.  This week is Clean and Simple (CAS) style with a twist to use brads or eyelets.  So feel free to join us with whatever your creative heart desires!  Jacksons Digital Expressions  This week I made a back to school tag using the School Bus image found HERE. The file card is an SVG from Lori Whitlock's Life Cards series.

Well that's it for now hope you can join us!

Kathi  :)

Challenges:
 http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/   Back to School Projects

http://simplycreatetoo.blogspot.com/   Anything Goes

 

 

This week's Anything Goes Challenge at JDE!

This week is the Altered Art's turn to host and we are sponsored this week by Mayzy Art Digi Stamps.  I used a Robert Jackson image called Flowers IV found HERE.  Now that I think about it I didn't really alter anything but I did make a caddy.  I was going to alter something for back to school but thought it might be a little too early for that one  :)  Although I'm sure some parents are ready for them to go back now!  LOL!  

 There was minimal coloring on this one just some gray shading on the petals, the stem and some blue shadow.  I paper pieced the center of the daisy.

back...die by Verve

The caddy is an SVG from My Scrap Chick found HERE.  I used #5.

So come join us this week the challenge is still Anything Goes!  You do not need to alter anything you can make a card, bookmark...anything!  Join us HERE!

Kathi  :)

Graduation Day :)

Ah...my little girl has just graduated from high school.  You know when they're 5 and you're sitting at their Kindergarten graduation watching them thinking of what they will be like when graduating from high school?  Well I could never have imagined that my daughter would be so intelligent, mature, compassionate, so motivated to live her life to the fullest.  The list of activities this year (and every year) were overwhelming for me but she juggled it all!  Just to name a few she was goalie for the Varsity soccer team, swim team, drama club, academic decathlon, RI Honor Society, Girl Scouts (13 years!) and work.  Whew!  Needless to say we didn't get to spend a lot of quality time together this year  :(   So now my heart aches because she is going away to college next month, and like most parents I worry about her in this unpredictable world we live in.  I know she will blossom with all of the new opportunities she'll experience and she can come home on weekends it's in Massachusetts!  So here we are on graduation day and a couple of little things I made.

Shianne Kindergarten Graduation 1999

June 7, 2012

I made a little flag for her antenna  :)

Class of 2012 was an SVG I found online (I forgot to save the name)

Thanks for reading this long one! 
Kathi  :)

I made myself something!

I don't know about you guys but I very rarely make myself anything.  Well the challenge at JDE is the color challenge to use red, blue and purple.  Also we are being sponsored this week by A Day for Daisies digi stamps.  I just love this image called Growing in a Snowglobe.  I decided to make something to hang on my office door, the finished size is 8 x 10.

The black and blue paper bases were cut from a banner file which was a free weekly set from Designs on Cloud 9.  The Scalloped border is a Spellbinders die with the Jolee's Hotfix crystals.  The ribbon is stiff and sparkly and was very easy to stamp on.  The letters are from a CTMH set called Chocolate Alphabet small.

I used Copics E00 and E000 for her skin and Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol for everything else, Stickles on her wings and center of flowers, I used PearlEx #673 interference violet inside the snowglobe (doesn't show in pictures though!)

Ok so here is my "goof".  I was almost done and below is the original border with the additional die used to cut the hearts and dots which was fine until I decided to to fill them with Stickles.  I was so not happy with the result and mad at myself for "ruining" and almost finished project.  I'm sure you've been there LOL!  Anyway I decided to cover it with another scalloped piece and added the Jolee's crystals.  I am much happier with the final result!  Whew! 

Linking to:  Under the Table and Dreaming Sunday Showcase
                     Sew Darn Craft Linky Party

Baby girl caddy

My cousin just had a beautiful baby girl named Emily!  We are so happy for them!  She is crafty as well so I knew she would appreciate the gift I made for her  :)  Anyone who has poked around my blog will know that I had gotten some caddy's at a recycling place and I love to alter them, there are a few examples and before & after pics HERE and HERE.

 

This cute little bear is an SVG from Designs on Cloud 9  I ran it through the Cuttlebug with the dot folder.

 

I made the banner with a Close To My Heart stamp set called Pennant Alphabet.

 Finished with cellophane which I think was a bit sloppy because my 2 year old came in just as I was trying to wrap it and was getting into all of my Spellbinder dies!  So needless to say I rushed to finish it  LOL!  It could have been worse :)  At any rate it stayed together and she really liked it and that's what matters!  

Linking to:

Sunday Showcase Party  at Under the Table and Dreaming

Sew Darn Crafty  at Sew Many Ways

Made by You Monday at Skip to My Lou

Homemaker on a Dime 

Family Home and Life 

Thanks for stopping by!  

Kathi

Graduation Candy Poem

Hi all,

I'm trying to get ready for my daughter's graduation from high school tomorrow!  Really really having a hard time with it!  (sniff...sniff)  so I'm doing some therapy ;)  I made these for my daughter and some of her friends.  I found the poem HERE but tweaked it a little. I created the 2012 file in MTC, banner is an SVG  from Designs on Cloud 9, tag is a Spellbinders die and the little pails were from Target's dollar bins.  I like them they're so cute  :)

Thanks for stopping by!   Kathi

I'm linking up to:  Under The Table And Dreaming
                             Made By You Monday
                             Sew Many Ways - Sew Darn Crafty

Car key card and my new watermark

I made this cute car key card for my daughter when she got her license.  It's an SVG from My Scrap Chic card shapes vol. 3.  I rubbed the bottom portion of the key with silver pigment ink and embossed with silver EP, the name stamp I had made years ago at a craft fair.  She really loved it  :)  

I just had this watermark made at Doodle Pantry and it only cost me $3.00!!  Laurie, the owner, was absolutely wonderful to work with!  She has great digital stamps, SVG's and freebie's too!  I also downloaded Photoscape which is a free picture editing software and I like it so far.  Well thanks for stopping by!   Kathi  :)

My Little Monster scrapbook page

I finally made a scrapbook page for my son...I know he's almost 2 1/2!  I've definitely been slacking in the scrapbooking department.  Not that I don't have 1000's of pictures I could scrap.  What can I say so many ideas so little time!  Long story short this is the look he gave me after he banged a block on a glass coffee table and I told him "No!"  My Little Monster  :)  

 I used a digi stamp from Meljen's Designs.  Colored with chalks and Copic BG93 for the letters and BG72 on the stars.  I stippled Tea Dye Distress Ink over the finished digi and the journaling block.  The lime green border is an SVG set of 4 rosette strips by Birds Cards.  Her site is awesome and she has tons of SVG's and digi stamps and all for free!!  And the paper is from My Mind's Eye "Star Bright". 

Happy Crafting!
Kathi

I'm back! Happy New Year!!

Sorry I was MIA for December...it just flew right by!!  As usual I have made things but haven't had time to post them.  Here is a different version of Snowman Soup.  I know I did it last year but these are so much cuter!  I'll be entering it in the challenge (HERE) at Fantabulous Cricut this week's challenge is #92 Warming up with cocoa or to use the color brown.

The mug is an SVG from Whimsie Doodles and the snowman is a digi stamp from Whimsie as well.  Paper for the mug is Basic Grey Figgy Pudding/Glacier.  Image is colored with chalks and copics, I used Stickles on the stripe of snowmans cup and the heat swirls but it doesn't show in the pic.  I used a white galaxy marker by American Crafts for the dots on the scallop circle and I like the way it works so far.  Tan circle is 3", scallop punch 2 1/2" snowman circle is 2".

Here is another version I made and the Snowman Soup Poem is again from Whimsie Doodles digi stamps.

 

 The candies in the bag are the Hershey nuggets wrapped with an Avery label that was stamped with the Pepertrey Ink Holiday Treats set.  I show how to do them HERE
 

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Well I need to get working on my Valentine's!  That's my favorite holiday to craft for...if there were more time in the fall it might be Christmas but with so many birthday from October - December 23 it just never happens! 

Hugs,
Kathi