Look what I did yesterday..

...well actually I sat on my bum for several hours but the glorious Dawnii Fantana
There's an ace photo on the Painted Lady website and my fab son 'The Blonde One' took these snaps yesterday:

  I can't thank Dawnii enough for the artwork and for being so encouraging, especially through the last couple of painful hours!!
I had a brilliant day with Dawnii- chattering and enjoying her studio and movie collection!!
Love GlitteryKatie xx

Time to BLOG HOP!!!

New Bombshell girl Rachael challenged to create something with a wedding theme this month, so inspired by that and the triptych I made at the recent Paperartsy event I made:

 

Supplies:

Copics for colouring (I kept a limited palette so the three scenes would match one another)

Tim Holtz paper stack for the frames

Tim Holtz Tissue Tape for the frames

Grungeboard and crackleglaze for the embellies

Hope you enjoyed my take on Rachael's Wedding theme and now it's time to .......

..................... Hop on over to Sparkly Engineer's Blog

BOMBSHELL Blog Hop tomorrow starting at the Bombshell Blog- hope you'll be there!!

My Tattoo!!

So I turned 40 last June and my darling 'DH' booked me in with AWESOME Tattoo artist Dawnii Fantana.

Well finally after thinking and planning and dreaming about my BIG tattoo the moment is nearly here!!! Next Wednesday I am off to get inked!
To add to my excitement Dawnii sent me the sketch today...do you want a sneak peak.....

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

To say I'm excited is an understatement- I'm also REALLY nervous now cos it's suddenly HERE!!!!

Well back to reality for now, kitchen to tidy, dogs and kids to feed!!

Love,

GlitteryKatie xxx

Stitching Time again!

Last year I stamped my Bombshell Mermaid stamp onto fabric and coloured her in with Copic markers. I made a quilted surround from sea themed fabrics:

Well this time I wanted to use the same stamp but EMBROIDER the mermaid stamp this time!

I also wanted to include some fabric for the mermaid's tail and bikini top so I bonded some Bondaweb (to prevent fraying) onto the back of my chosen fabric and stamped the Mermaid's tail and top onto this fabric:

I then carefully cut it out the tail and bikini top from the fabric.

I stamped my Mermaid onto a piece of cream fabric using Staz-On ink and put the fabric into an embroidery hoop.

I took the fabric tail and bikini top I had cut out and used some clear glue to place it onto the mermaid:

I then used a combination of back stitch and satin stitch to outline and fill in the mermaid's image.

I also outlined the fabric tail and bikini top with back stitch.

Once the embroidery was complete I finished the mermaid by attaching her to a collaged and stitched fabric background to make a hanging!

I rubbed a little Rock Candy Stickles over the fabric tail and top to give the mermaid some sparkle!

Hope you enjoyed this project remember stamps make excellent subjects for embroidery!

Happy crafting!

GlitteryKatie xxxx

Teddy Time!

I love Traditional Teddy Bears and I love anything miniature so when I spotted these gorgeous kits by Emily Farmer on Etsy I was so stoked!!  I was even happier when my darling hubby bought me a kit for Christmas!!
The kits are gorgeous and include EVERYTHING you need except thread and filling- so you are ready to go straight out the bag!
I love the traditional styling of Emily's bears and her kits make up beautifully, the fabric is a non-fray type which makes the stitching up part much easier!
Emily is also available via email for tips and any questions you may have, which is great if you are a newbie!
The kits are small and can be fiddly but if you are a neat stitcher and have made some toys before you won't have any problems with these kits.

Here are my Teddies so far:


Scooter on the left with the trousers is 3.25 inches tall and his lil bear friend in front is a tiny 1.5 inches short! The larger white and peach bears are 3.25 inches in height!

Here's my latest bear based on Scooter but in a soft blue rayon fabric:



I've been making them as pressies for my family as they are so cute- you don't realise how small they are until you hold one in your hand!

I'm currently working on this cutie:


As you can see I'm building a little collection but at least they don't take up much room!
Emily's kits are available from her Etsy Store, her online store EmilyFarmer.com and in the UK fromEmmary Bears.
Happy Crafting!
love,
GlitteryKatie XxxX

Bombshell Time

Here's a card I made from a Sketch by Anam Stubbington who launched her Sketches 4 Cards App for the iPhone- how cool is THAT idea- Inspiration on the Go?!

I used the multi masking and stamping technique that I used HERE but toned down the effect by using fewer stamps and a lighter colour (Walnut Distress Ink)

Happy Crafting!!

Tim Time

So didn't I have a SUPER Fabbo time on Feb 25th?! As well as being Big Sister's birthday I was at the PaperArtsy event of the YEAR with Mr TIM HOLTZ!!!!
I've been cheeky and borrowed some of the delightful Mario's photos from his Twitter page because like a twit I forgot my camera.
We were given:
Kits with papers,inks, paint and a large Configurations Box

LOTS of tissue tape!!

...and a baggie full of glorious things:

This together with the effervescent and wonderful Tim Holtz...

We produced....

Can you see Little Tim??!!

I altered Tim's Fragmented Doll, turning her into a freaky Fairy!

Miss Willow enjoyed exploring my Box!!

Happy Crafting!

Love GlitteryKatie XxX

Happy Valentine's Day!!

Hope you are lovin' thing up with your sweeties!!
Oodles of love to my baba xxx

Supplies:
Sacred Heart Art Bombshell
Girl's Ruin (No Regrets Banner)
Idea-ology ticket, tag,pin
7 gypsies gaffer tape
Sizzix Texture Fades folder (background)
Distress Inks
Copics

Scrapping with A Trip Down Memory Lane

I was thrilled last month to be asked by Mel and Jill at A Trip Down Memory Lane to work with the gorgeous 7 Gypsies Paddington and Conservatory Ranges.
There are some beautiful projects in the ATDML gallery from their designers, Suzanne Torr, Debbie Jewell, Mel Hand and Jane Hewitt and Karen Cole see all our work HERE

Here's my contribution:

My Inner Bombshell and Multi Masking Tutorial

Mary G has challenged the Bombshell team to come up with a Bombshell project that reveals their inner Bombshell!

As a Gemini I find I have two distinct sides to my personality and my crafting! Sometimes I'm neater and nicer and like to go with pretty, glittery and happy. Other times I'm inky, grungey, showing a dark sense of humour and loving skulls and tattoos!

So my Bombshell project is kinda my Gemini self!

I layered multiple Bombshell images by using masking. 

First I stamped the Bombshell Bride onto my card with Memento ink.

I stamped her again onto some scrap paper and cut her out to make a mask. A little repositionable Hermafix on the back of the mask and placed it over my stamped image:

Next I lined up where I wanted my second stamped image and stamped her over the mask:

Then I had my two main Bombshells 'Lucky Bride and Butterfly Queen' next to each other:

I stamped Butterfly Queen onto scrap paper and cut her out so I could make a mask for my second stamped image, I could then start stamping over the two Bombshells without making a mess of them. Here are both Bombshells, masked with some of the next layer of stamping going on:

As I progressed I added more masks so that I could over stamp more of the card:

Not all the masks were stamped on scrap and cut out- for smaller images, sometimes all I needed to use were strips of paper to protect an image below:

Once all the stamping was done and the masking removed the card looked like:

The final job was to colour the images in and add some extra images with 3d foam to make the pop off the card

I really enjoy this technique as you get a really dense layered look but you can still focus on the main subjects of the card. It's quite involved but i find it quite relaxing and my 'DH' commented on how quiet the colouring in kept me!!

I've used this technique before:

and if you leave the images uncoloured apart from sweeping with Distress inks it forms a cool background:

Happy Crafting!

Love,

Glittery Katie xxxx

December Bombshell Sketch

I KNOW it's a little late but with the dead computer and so on I wasn't able to download this from my camera until now!

This was Kathi's cool sketch!:

Supplies:

Girl's Ruin Bombshell Stamps

Copic Pens

Glossy Accents and Glitter for the shoe

Papers: Graphic 45 (Steam Punk Debutante) October Afternoon

Embellishments: Florist holly leaves and berries, Idea-o-logy Trimmings, idea-o-lody Tissue Tape

Tools: Nestabilities Lables 14, Quickutz 12" scallop die

Magical!

Hiya All I'm back!!!
Picked up our new 'pooter today and we are cooking on GAS!!
It's amazing how FAST this new model is- LOVE it!!!
LOVE Apple iMac!!!

So on January 4th we had a solar eclipse and I thought I'd have a go at capturing it on camera (not really knowing what I was doing!!)
Well today was the first chance I'd had to see the piccies and I was REALLY pleased at the results!
You can actually see the crescent!!

It was a beautiful sunrise and I loved my photos but to capture the eclipse itself was really special!

Currently I am embroidering and working on 'The Blonde One's' quilt- seems that New Year makes me wanna stitch!! 

Sorry MIA

My beloved iMac has gone caput and I am VERY limited in my internet time :( oh i miss you all!
I have sent iMac off to the docs but with the Chrissy hols and New Years break it will be a while before  hear what I fear will be BAD news. Fingers crossed that I will be back with y'all by mid January.
I'm so gutted- all my photies are on the 'pooter and my misuc *sigh* I 'spose this is the DOWN side of being all technological!
I have been busy crafting- I have some Bombshell cards ready to photograph and share and a gorgeous teeny bear that I made from a ki I received from 'DH' for Christmas. See Emilyfarmer.com if you want to see the cutest lil bears EVER!!
Today I started making a quilt for eldest son 'The Blonde One' using the drunk log cabin style of block- taking it easy as it's new!! Lovingthe fabrics-all tattoo and skull inspired mostly by Alexander Henry- awesome!
Well I'm off to try and get some onlinbe chores done whilst I have access to the net!
Love GlitteryKatie xXXx

Tim's 12 Tags of Crimbo 2010 Tag 12

Day 12:
Here it is at last- had to wait for the Crackle glaze to dry and I LURVE the effect of it over the Red Distress Ink- it looks enameled- gorgeous!!
Waltzing Mouse stamps and matching nestabilities.

Tim's

There's a fab challenge for any Tim 's tag  related crafting over on  Simon Say's blog HERE!!