Ribbon Girls Colour Challenge...May

Hi folks...time to join in the fun over at The Ribbon Girls Colour Challenge...yes we're onto May already can you believe it and delicious colours to work with this month...

LILAC/LAVENDER

you may or may not know that I'm in the middle of a great big kitchen make-over so time in the cubbyhole has been slightly curtailed but I managed to sneak some time out to play with some Ribbon Girl goodies and a 6" x 6" canvas...

getting extra mucky with Gesso and Tissue Paper...what's another layer of gunge when your hands are already covered with emulsion and you know what...it may have been completed in a super warp speed break from the DIY but I rather like it's simplicity...no time to do my usual over egging of  the pudding as they say.

As always there are fabulous prizes up for grabs from...

 and our lovely chums at LOTV

and the great news is we have a new teamie...the lovely and very talented Gina and our guest designer for May is the equally lovely and talented Tracy Payne...so why don't you hop over and check out the fabulous inspiration from all the girls on the Ribbon Girl Design Team. I'll be back tomorrow to share what I made with the left overs from today's crafty make.

Hugs Kath xxx

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Tea Dance Collection...

Hi folks...have you seen the new Tea Dance Collection of papers and die cuts from Craftwork Cards designed by Steph Davies...they are absolutely delicious...beautiful soft shabby chic colours...right up my street and as it's my turn today to post over at the Craftwork Cards blog...I'm sharing the wall hanger that I had such fun making...

the papers are beautiful enough to stand on their own but as I was going to be covering most of them up...I decided to create a little definition around the edges...stamping sentiments and alphabets...

I love..love..love Craftwork Cards Embossed Frames...this one got the Distress Ink treatment...one of my favourite colours...Iced Spruce with a little Brushed Corduroy just to highlight and the delicious Card Candi got a frosting of Glamour Dust too...

another favourite...Birdcage Cards and a little decoupage with the gorgeous flowers fussy cut from one of the papers in the pad...a bit of a French Oo-la-la Vintage look...

If like me you've  fallen in love with this gorgeous collection...you need to pop over and treat yourself to the Tea Dance Collection Project Of The Month Kit...I can't believe how much goodies you get for £15.00 and a free Mannequin Pad thrown in...crikey it's a bit of no brainer...all you will need to make loads of stunning cards. I've got my Kath's Klub classes at The Papeterie today to keep me out of mischief...yippee I'm throwing off the DIY chains and a chance to meet up with the lovely Ken Oliver who's demoing and teaching a workshop on Media Mixage...rather bad planning on my part...would have loved to do a workshop with this amazing man but I'll see you all tomorrow for this month's Colour Challenge over at The Ribbon Girls...enjoy your weekend whatever you're planning.

Hugs Kath xxx

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It's Frantic Friday Again...

Hi folks...I'm running about like a headless chicken...in between the DIY painty stuff and trying to pack up supplies for tomorrow's Kath's Klub classes at The Papeterie...yep it's another Frantic Friday and let me tell you I'm going to need a serious wash and brush up before I can venture out in public tomorrow...why do I always end up with more paint on me than on the surface I'm supposed to be covering...yes mucky is definitely my middle name.  For those of you who are waiting with bated breath for the next kitchen DIY instalment...here we go or if you're as bored with it all as I am...you'd better look away now...

the ceiling's had 2 coats of sparkly white and the walls a coat of primer and hey no standing around for me "watching paint dry" in between coats...as soon as it was on the wall I was off to the cubbyhole to catch up with the crafty list...will I have time today to get the first coat of colour on the walls. It's all go and no time for the usual ramblings...so keeping it short and sweet...first...the winner of the Goodybox Give-Away is...

CRAFTYFOXGLOVE (116)

please get in touch Val with your address and the Furry Messenger will be off to the Post Office to send your parcel on it's way and I'll leave you with a couple of sneaky peeks of tomorrow's Kath's Klub makes.

and see you all tomorrow over at the Craftwork Cards Blog to share some "Tea Dance" makes.

Hugs Kath xxx

Inspired by Paula...Day 3

Hi folks...my last day sharing what I made with Paula's fabulous dies...I've had such fun...I love these dies so much that I could have just kept on playing but there's a much neglected crafty list and DT stuff to get my teeth stuck into...so leaving the vintage look behind...it was time to go for something a bit more contemporary...

the little doodled circles were made by tracing round the edge of one the flower centre dies with an Inkssentials Opaque White Pen...oops just noticed that I managed to smudged one in my hurry to get a pic before the light went...

I'll see you all tomorrow to share a kitchen DIY update and announce the winner of the Goodybox Give-Away which closes tonight at 8pm if you haven't already entered.

Hugs Kath xxx