27 March 2013

Bombshell Hump Day Hop!!

Hello! It's Hump Day which means it's the Bombshell Blog HOP for March!
The weather has been bad here in the UK with no sign of Spring yet so I've had a great excuse to hide away behind my craft desk and get inky!

Alison has a great challenge for us this month- I hope you want to play along remember to visit the Bombshell Blog for details- there's a Bombshell Stamp set of your choice up for grabs!

"Hello! It's time to announce the March Hump Day Hop Theme! The theme is "Stencil It In!" This month, I'd like like for you to use a stencil and your Bombshell stamps to create a project. Don't have any stencils? Create your own by free-hand cutting, die cutting, or punching an opening in cardstock or acetate and use the negative space as a stencil! Just look around your home...I'm sure you have all sorts of cool items that can be used as a stencil." 

So here's my project:



I used Cherry Bomb , Classic Tattoo , & Dead Necessities Bombshell Stamp Sets.
Various Crafters Workshop Stencils which I used with modelling paste and spray inks.
Grungeboard letters, star and arrow covered in old book pages
Paper rose, Distress Inks and Glimmer Mists.

I hope you enjoy my project- I'll be posting a tutorial for it in a few days on the Bombshell Blog just to show you the stages it went through!

Now hop along to Kathi's Blog!!

GlitteryKatie You are HERE!!
Happy Crafting!
GlitteryKatie xxx


23 March 2013

Crochet Stash!

I've long admired the hookings of the wonderful Anita Mundt so I was delighted when she announced she was doing a yarn kit as i LOVE her colour choices!
Well my yummy yarn has arrived


and the photo doesn't really do the colours justice, I haven't included the white yarn!

So I trotted off to Lucy's blog Attic24 to get the 'how to' for a hex blankie and I've made a start- just a small start!


Watch this space!
Happy Crafting!
GitteryKatie xxxx

10 March 2013

Design Team Throwdown!

Smeared & Smudged is running a Design Team Throwdown which Myself, Kathi Rerek and Alison Heikkila have entered
The first challenge is Paint and Splatter!

Here's my project!






I used my Mermaid Anchor stamps and added a the little skull face from Calaveras Fiesta. The background stamp is Homeward Bound stamped onto tissue and layered onto the background for a ghostly look !
they were coloured in using Spectrum Noir pens GT1, GT2, GT3, JG1, JG2, JG3, JG4, JG5, BG2, BG3, BG4

I created a shadow box using acrylic paint in cream, turquoise and gold and added SPLATS of each colour as well as sprays of gold and blue mica sprays for glimmer!



Hop on over to Smeared & Smudged's Blog for a look see at everyone's projects!!
Playing in Left Of the Centre's challenge HERE
Challenges 4 Everybody
Catered.Crop
Ginger Loft
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge
Craft a Scene
Great Impressions Blog Spot
Crafting When We Can
No Matter Which Challenge
Simon Says Stamp
CountryView Crafts Challenge


Happy Crafting!
GlitteryKatie X

7 March 2013

Beautiful Yarn Kit!!

Vey excited that my friend Anita Mundt has decided to bring out a yummy yarn kit! Anita has SUCH an eye for colour it's amazing see her Pinterest Board to see her wonderful crochet and stitchery HERE.
I was so happy when she said she was going to get a kit together!
LOOKEE!!


Anita has inspired me to make a hex blanket for the bed with THIS...



...isn't it fabulous?!

So that's what I will be doing for my next BIG project.
So looking forward to my yarn arriving!

Happy crafting!
GlitteryKatie xxXXxx