Wednesday 31 March 2010

blog candy cancelled

dear all of followers, as my blog candy has been running for a couple of days now and i still have nobody who wants to do it, im cancelling the blog candy.im really sorry to do it as i was enjoying having my blog but its not worth it if no one is interested.
katie

Monday 29 March 2010

utee pendants


hi people in blogland, here are some pendants i have made today using clear utee, utee flex and stardust embossing powder,and also ranger adironack inks.i made 4 unfortunatly my mum has pinched one.........ah well.....

Friday 26 March 2010

More mens cards!







Well another lot of mens cards! phew i have made 4 cards today and the creativity is really with me, and my craft room is a pig sty (argg!).



Anyway here are my 3 new cards using the claire curd mens life stamps.They are fab stamps and love using my promarkers to colour them! Enjoy! katy xx







Lili of the valley challenge card


hi bloggers, here is my card ive made for the lili of the valley sketch challenge.Ive flipped the sketch and used whitewash cardstock sanded for a distressed look, i also used this on the flowers.I then used my nesties, cupcake stamp, papermania dewdrops, and pastel pink and white ribbon.Tjhe sentiment says "for you".

I hope its ok, ive never won anything before and i loved making this card, so fingers crossed! Thanks for pointing the way daisychain!xx

Thursday 25 March 2010

Rainy day heaven




Hi everyone! hope your all having a decent sort of day! i though id post a pic of my two newest cards! Its been raining like mad here in devon, so good excuse for me to get crafty!!

The 1st is a get well soon card using the pink gem horace stamp, coordinations cardstock papermania verde ribbon, and whispers ink pads, (oh and my nesties!).

The 2nd card, is one ive made using papermania flowers and ribbon again from the verde collection, glitter strips and card candy.An easy card but effective as a notelet!

Wednesday 24 March 2010

its a dads life!


hi lovely bloggers!, i just thought youd like to see one of my latest designs.Its very simple, using the new claire curd stamps for guys and i love it!!!!!!! The paper is also from this range.It is so great to find card candy for the fellas in our lifes!! Hope you like it, and if you comment....Bonus!!

Mint chocolate and cream tilda Challenge card


hi guys, this is my chocolate, mint and cream tilda card for the colour create challenge blog! I really enjoyed making this card,(im a huge chocoholic!), and i only hope that you guys like it too!The papers are from the capsule verde, and gemstone collections, The flowers and buttons are papermania too,and of course the image was fairy tilda (i just snipped her wings off). Thanks for looking!Katy xxx

Monday 22 March 2010

amelias fairy


hi! this is a commisioned card ive made today for a friends daughter who shall be 6 soon. The image is from the greeting farm and is called "Autumn fairy". I completly fell for this image and i know that i shall be using it alot! see you soon blogland!, katyboo

Sunday 21 March 2010

anyone for coffee???

hi all! here is my coffeetime birthday card, ive used my cuttlebug embossing folders, nestabilities, funkykits coffee time stamp, papermania brads, and i love the flower (reminds me of coffee beans!) oh the paper is from the blossom and butterflies stack.
i hope you like it!

A woofy birthday!


as im new to blogger, im just adding some recent photos of my work for you guys to see, so please bear with me! This is a card i made for the clare curd challenge on docrafts recently.I love the layout, and the stamp is (ofcourse) the free horace stamp from pink gem designs!
I loved using the papers too, they were from the sunshine capsule collection from papermania.AH! good old papermania....... what would i do without them!

nappy cake


hello everyone in blog land! here is a photo of my nappy cake. i made this today for a friend who is going on maternity leave soon. I really hope she likes it, it took me 2 hours to make it and im quite pleased with the result.

Its not quite finished yet, i have been asked to ad some nappy socks, dummy,baby gro, baby hat etc onto it.Im going to use nappy pins to attach these to the ribbon!, and maybe a small baby toy on the top to disguse the bottle top. I hope you like it!

Wednesday 17 March 2010

Hello everyone!

Hi everyone, my name is katie steele and im a self employed papercrafter, i make cards, and handmade gift items from home.I also have a 7yr old son who i adore spending time with.
This blog is for me to show my work and i hope to make some new friends though joining some crafty challenges to help keep my inspiration up! Thanks for looking and please stop and say hi! katie x