Tri-Fold card!!!

I saw a Tri-fold on SplitCoast Stampers.com and loved it but was worried it would be a real faff!
However thanks to a great tutorial HEREthe card was made in no time at all!!
It's so funky!!


So then out came the decorating bit!!
Out came my Cosmo Cricket Early Bird which is so retro and cool- I LURVE it!!!
I used my Retro Cowgirls which I stamped onto Cosmo Cricket paper to give them patterned clothes!

Tag Time!

H is for Heart! Thanks Gail!
Loving these doing tags!
Bombshell Stamp
Tim Holtz Tickets
MM Slice diecuts

Bombshell time!!

So it's June and I'm Miss June for Bombshell Stamps Woo-Hoo!!!
This is one of those £2 Ikea mirrors BOMBSHELLED!!!

First of all I covered the mirror with torn pages from an old book.
I used a wet glue to stick the pages on as they were quite furry!
I daubed on Purple and lilac Distress Inks.
The moisture from the glue made the inks run and spread into each other giving a nice soft effect.
When dry I used a black ink pad to stamp the Moth and Cherry Blossom all over the frame.
I cutout 'BOMBSHELL' using QuicKutz Eliza font and glittered it with Distress glitter for a vintage look.
I added Prima flowers, Crystal swirls and lace to the mirror.
Finally I stamped, coloured and cut out my bombshells and attached them to my mirror, pride of place!

Oh wow wow wow!!!

I have WON a prize on on the Hero Arts blog- I'm so excited to be chosen!!!!!
My Bottled sunshine card won a prize in the Hero Arts/ QuicKutz competition-WOW!!!

Beautiful Girl!!!

It's amazing that with just a hairbrush and a gallon of de-tangler spray the feral child or Miss Acorn could be teased and tamed and transform into this beauty!!
Thanks to the ladies on ebay who's stores provided the lovely outfit I bless you for always!!!

Bottled Magik

It's my turn on IACW today and I am sharing my love of teeny glittery things!!

Thirty-Nine and feeling fine!!!

06/06/09 and it's a most glittery day for ol' me today!!
Thanks to all my pals for their lovely birthday wishes - I've had a lovely day- been very spoilt! Currently sitting here with a nice cold glass of beer (beautiful new glass from Sally) my new Snoopy t-shirt from my 'DH' and babies and a pretty windchime tinkling over head (thanks Lorraine!).
HAve a great evening everyone and remember there are still a few hours to enter the Bombshell stamp challenge being run by Kathi and Gabby's sketch challenge runs until the 21st of June!

Pinch Punch First of the Month!

....and bagsey no returns!!! YAY it's June and it's a beautiful day today. I love June as it's my birthday month (that number just keeps getting bigger each year without any signs of me growing up yet!) and it's the SUMMERTIME!!! For those of us in the UK the weather is an obsession but then you never know what it's going to do one minute to the next *grins* It is a GORGEOUS sunny day again here in Middlesham with the promise of temps upto 27 degrees- amazing stuff!!
So I am Miss JUNE for the divine Bombshell stamps and I'm a HUGE fan as you *might* have guessed *giggles*
So if you want to see more Bombshells and have a looksee at what I've been making then tootle over to PaperCraftPlanet to see everything BOMBSHELL!!!

As Bill Wither's said..."A Lovely Day!"

Beautiful sunshine here all day in Middlesham :)
Enjoyed by 'DH' and the Beagues (plural of Beagles!!)

My Turn...

....on It's a Creative World Blog today!I've been having fun with this super teeny pincushions as seen on An Awfully Big Art Adventure and I loved them (I'm a sucker for miniatures!!) they use minimal materials and take no time at all to whip up PLUS they are so darn cute!!!

HAppy Birthday to the 'Boy with the Hair'

Our sweetie is ten today- happy birthday to you pud!!!

More Rowdy pics

Here he was rolling around in the grass yesterday!

Rowdy Roo!!!!

Here he is now he's now 14 weeks old and he's been part of the family 6 weeks although it seems like he's been here forever!! He's settled in so nicely and he and Willow get on like a house on fire- it's just wonderful!



When we got back from our morning walk (Willow, Me, my pal Lorraine and her doggie Freddie) Willow had a distinct aroma that was not at all pleasant. This is ho she looked
*sigh* so it was straight into the shower for her!! I have to say she's VERY good about just standing there and letting me wash her off and rinse her down! My lovely CLEAN girl now!!!
And as Rowdy came o see what was going on he had a quick shower down too as he'd been in the crate in the car with the stink (whatever the heck it was!) better safe than sorry!!! This is actually Rowdy's second shower. He tried to escape this time but I found I have a new skill- catching soaking wet beagle pups with my knees- maybe one day this will be an Olympic sport and I will be there!!!

This is Willow (clean and shiny) the other week enjoying the dregs from the peanut butter jar- sun and a peanut butter jar makes for Beagle Heaven!!!

Tag Time I: Idol

Thanks again to Efemera for the inspiration 'I is for Idol'. I love traditional Russian religious art. The rest kind of evolved from there and besides it was time to play with the Crackle Paints again!!!

GlitteryKatie xx

Beautiful Papers!

Recent yummy purchases:-
October Afternoon Ducks in a Row and Cherry Pie- fabulous!!!





Gorgeous Cosmo Cricket Girl Friday that arrived this week and is getting used this weekend!



Waiting eagerly for the NEW Cosmo Cricket release Early Bird due in the next couple of weeks WHOOP WHOOP!!!

Thanks Kate Hadfield...

Thanks Kate Hadfield....


.....for this great class. I don't do digi so this is my paper and glue version!
'Tis a great sketch to show off lots of photos and I have LOTS of holiday piccies I want to scrap- so it's perfick!!
Thanks so much Kate!
Oh and Lyme Jeebus is what the kids dubbed Lyme Regis- inspired partly by Homer Simpson!!

GlitteryKatie xx

For my Mum...

I did this LO on Mother's Day here in the UK and it will be appearing on Cafe Mojo for the US Mother's Day!
LOVED this photo of my Mum taken by my Dad whilst they were in Singapore ( probably taken about 1966). It's a lovely arty pic of Mum and it shows Mum & Dad together!!

Supplies Used:-
October Afternoon Papers
Prima Lace
Chipboard Flower
Tim Holtz tickets, tags and pins
Rusty Pickle Brad
QK Washington Font

GlitteryKatie xxx

Happy Birthday-teenager stylee!!!

Used my fabby Bombshell stamps for a card for a friend of ours who's turned THIRTEEN!!! :)

There's a fabby tutorial for a wax crayon masking technique at Paper Craft Planet by the super talented Kathi- the grungey colours were the inspiration for my card, because I couldn't find a wax crayon I haven't experimented with the technique- YET!!!

Howdy Rowdy-Roo!

HEre's our little man again in my FAVE photie of him!! He really looks like he's gonna chomp his way through the whole of that log!!
LO based on a class by the divine Charlottey who's blogless at the moment *Paddington Bear Stare*
Thanks to Charlotte- my LO is less prettiful than her's- mine's definitely grubby and dog-eared!!