Been Colouring!

Spent a wonderful weekend away with some crafty pals and had a great time playing and creating!
These are some Mo Manning digital stamps I coloured and made into cards:

HAPPY BLOG HOP DAY BOMBSHELLS!!!!

Fabulous prizes to be won for hopping!!!! See HERE for details!
Kas's challenge this month:
Call it a Mother's Day theme....or Just fun.
This month, we want to see what you are made of....and what you can make.

You can make any sort of project, a card, a layout, an altered object...whatever...you just need to make a handmade embellishment. It can be a flower, button, etc... You just have to make it.

So here's my inky offering!

It's FULL of BOMBSHELLS can you see them??!

Any luck yet??!!
Look closer!

Seen them?

Mwahahahaha!!!!


So leave a comment to be entered in the draw for a chance to win yummy goodies and go HOP!!!


Kas
Kelli
BoHoRose
Katie
Alison
Angie
Kathi
Cheryl
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MaryG


Happy Hop Day!
Love GlitteryKatie
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Grunge!

I love the grungy, inky style of crafting. I find this style is great for scrapping teenagers and it lends itself to the Goth/Emo look really well!

Here I was scrapping black and white photos of one of my nieces (who was trying to avoid me taking photos Mwahahaha!). I upped the contrast of the photos to give a more arty look and I rubbed the edges of them with a sanding block for a distressed look. I continued the distressed look by roughing up the edges of the photo mats.

I kept with a black and white palate for the layout to give it a smart, funky look.

The papers are a mix of Theresa Collins, 7gypsies and October Afternoon.I ripped the papers and crumpled them, then over laid them and stitched them onto the base paper with my sewing machine.


I pleated a 1.5" strip of paper and stitched this along one edge for texture.

I used lots of different types of embellishments: I used several Tim Holtz journal tickets which I stamped on and inked with Distress Inks. I used Stampotique stamps and Stamper's Anonymous.

I used some stickers but added some dimension by sticking a Tim Holtz Fragment over the top.

I used the new Sizzix Alterations dies to cut some tags which I painted and then journalled on- I also cut some large flowers from Grungepaper and sheet music paper which I inked and added a decorative brad for the centre. I used the wonderful flying heart die- I cut the pieces from chipboard which I covered in some patterned paper. The top of the heart I covered with black embossing powder for a really deep, shiny black finish.

So that's my layout- I hope my Niece likes it although she might kill me for taking the photos!!

Happy Crafting!

Glittery Katie
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The Devil's in the Detail!

My turn on It's a Creative World today!

I love scrapping vintage photographs. Recently I found an old negative and managed to scan it and create a lovely photo recording a wonderful moment from my Mother's family.

Here were four generations of the family altogether outside my Grandmother's house. This was only the second photo I'd ever seen of my Great-Grandmother which made the photo extra special!

 

I wanted to make a really feminine layout and started by deciding to use some of the gorgeous Webster's Pages paper with the classic red roses on. I kept with the red and cream colour scheme and the roses for my embellishments:

 

I used an 'old' technique on this yummy paper where I trimmed the pattern on the paper so it would form a frame around the photograph-it's very quick and easy to do with a craft knife and brings the paper onto the photograph:

 

I used paper roses in 2 sizes in red and cream (from Hobbycraft) as well as some pretty red lace to highlight to photograph and the journalling because the story was just as important :

Although you can't see it on the photograph of the layout the roses all had a little sparkle from adding Rock Candy Distress Glitter which is a vintage looking, clear glitter from Ranger.

Inspired by Tim Holtz I used some filmstrip as embellishment along with little metal tags and paper tags from Making memories. I wanted the embellishments for this layout to add to its meaning and partly tell the story:

 

So there you have it a layout with a vintage yet feminine feel that tells one of the stories from my family!

Happy Crafting!

GlitteryKatie XxXXxX

Amelia Earhart?

Copics and a bit of vintage airplane collage (All planes Amelia flew!)
I dressed Amelia up in the New Bombshell Digital outfits!

Happy Crafting!
GlitteryKatie xxx

Dress Up time!!

I've been having WAY too much fun with the new Biker Girl digital outfits for the Bombshell Angel Stamp!
I thought she looked like a 1960's British Tough Girl like Emma Peel from the Avengers so I went for as Mod look!
Coloured with Copics.

Happy Crafting!
GlitteryKatie xxx