Hello again

Well hello everyone,
 I'm back from the outer reaches of the internet. I didn't realise that I was so long away from here.
Time surely does fly by whether you are having fun or not.
May, June and July of this year took their time passing by but August seems to have galloped along. My daughter will be 17 at the end of the month and those years have certainly flown by.
I have been dabbling in Facebook land and through that and some workshops I attended I met a lovely lady from Galway who paints such cute and quirky fairies.  I am fortunate to get to to play with some of her images. Her name is Sylwia and she is the owner of TandiArt.   

 TandiArt

I printed out the images in different sizes but the small ones were my favourite and made sweet images for cards.
In the first one I matted and layered some cream card and stamped white card and decoupaged the image. The sentiment came from my stash and fit the theme beautifully. It is a 15cm x 15cm card.

The second card has matts and layers in a soft mint green and white card. I used a sweet fairy princess and some bits and pieces from the images. I sparkled her crown and the hearts with stickles. You have to have a sparkly crown. The sentiment is hand written.

I enjoyed using these lovely images and have revitalised my blog. I'll definitely keep it going now. 

Maybe I'll look for some challenges to partake in and hopefullythe rest of the year will slow down and take its time to pass by and with some favourable weather too.

love and hugs

Kay xx

New Year Resolution.

Hi all,
Its been a while since I wrote here and I've just sent someone a link to my blog and thought it's about time I started back here again. I'll just share a few cards with you that I've made.

It's chilly here today so I'm staying indoors and having a really good tidy up of my crafty bits and pieces.
Happy New Year to all.
Kay

A Friendship Blog Hop for Lisa.

It's  been a while since I last blogged and with summer flying past it's coming into my favourite time of the year. 

Time to restart blogging again and what is a better way than a Blog hop.

 But it's not any old blog hop ; 

Our dear friend and brilliant crafter Lisa Tyrrell has suffered ill health over the summer and is still in hospital so this is a Friendship Blog hop for her.

I'm very excited as it is my first one. Maureen Scott ( No 1 on the list) organised this group of friends, Mad Crafters and Gigglers into an orderly lot and you can find them all below. You can visit us all or whomever you like but you have to visit Lisa's Blog and leave some love in a comment for her. 

I made a simple card using distress inks and stamps.

Here is the list of the blogs that are participating, you are at Kay Roche now so if you want to start at the beginning hop on over to Maureen ......

Thank you all for taking the time to leave comments and cheering up Lisa.
 Have a wonderful day.

Kay xx

Maureen Scott – http://maureenjscott.blogspot.co.uk
Jackie Cornfield - http://getthejclook.blogspot.co.uk/
Vicky Fortier - http://crafting-vicky.blogspot.ca/
Zoe Russell - http://zoeblingcards.blogspot.co.uk
Teresa Morgan - http://thefatcactus.co.uk
Bettina Leikvoll - http://bettandshobbykrok.blogspot.no
PaulineMargaret Stewart - http://pauline-paulinemargaret.blogspot.co.uk
Karen Willis - http://kazkayla.blogspot.co.uk/
Linda Simpson - http://lindasimpsoncraftypieceofheaven.blogspot.com
Kay Roche - Thats me.
Erin Bentley - http://followyourcraftyside.blogspot.co.uk/
Kath Muckypaws Halstead - http://muckypaws69.blogspot.co.uk
Kristy Deyette - http://kristybloominjourney.wordpress.com/
Susan Renshaw – http://susanrenshaw0404.blogspot.com
Kay Mowat - http://kaym74.blogspot.com
Fiona Walker - http://feesca1.blogspot.co.uk/
Stephanie Lukaszewski - http://stephscreativechaos.blogspot.ca/
Kyra Eunkyo Kim - http://unkylastrange.blogspot.com/
Catherine Craftyhands Wilson Dobbs - http://catscraftymess.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Sheena Fitzpatrick - http://sshhhcreations.blogspot.co.uk/

****Lisa Tyrell - http://www.pinkylisasinkycrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ ******

June Card for the Just For Fun Challenge.

Hi Everyone,

It’s the first of the month again and time for a new challenge at the Just For Fun challenge Blog. 

This month the theme is 'Here comes Summer'. Lots of things come to mind for summer and for me the peace and tranquility of warm sunny days with blue skys, green countryside and gardens full of flowers that bring back lots of memories.

So with that in mind I created this card....

On the base card (A4 folded in half) I used blue, antique linen and green distress inks to create a  soft background and I stamped some foliage over the green . 

I cut an oval aperture in a piece of card slightly smaller than the base card to coincide with the background colouring. I thought it needed a little something so I drew some birds in the sky. I mounted the top card onto the card with foam pads.

I then added flowers from stash and used a Joy die cut for the swirly foliage .

I added some fancy peel offs for the corners to tie it all together.

I hope you like it and you get some inspiration too.

Pop over to the Just for Fun Challenge Blog and have a look at the other Design Team makes for some lovely Summer Fun cards.

From the 1st July we will be "Anything Goes" for every challenge.

Have Fun, Hugs, 

Kay. xx

May Christmas Fun card

Hello everyone and welcome to the summer. 
The year is flying by and hopefully we will get a lovely summer to enjoy. 
Now I'll talk about the end of the year and that 'C' word that comes around on the 25th of December. Yes - Christmas and all that it entails.
 I'm way ahead with my cards this year thanks to the Christmas Fun Challenge Blog and all the cards I have made each month.

This Months theme is All that Glitters or Anything goes. So as always you have a choice.

 This is the lovely prize this month just for joining in.

 Only one prize tho' so you may be lucky and win it. 

Here is my card for inspiration. 

I did anything goes and it does have a bit of sparkle under the lacework but it was hard to catch it with the camera.

The die is one by Sue Wilson called Lattice Heart made by Creative Expressions.

And the decoupage is from Craft Creations.

Here is a close up of the decoupage... all handcut.

I hope you have got some inspiration from this card 

and I wish you 

Happy Crafting.

Love and best wishes,

Kay

A Box for me.

Hi all,
Just a short post today. I was playing with some boxes and came up with this one. It will have notelets in it and is a present for a friend of mine. 

I made the box from white card and decorated it with a red card with gold embossing on it.

The fastener is covered by a gold button and a red card candi in the centre

As it has an oriental look I decided to enter it in this challenge.

Crafting By Designs -  Asia.

Best Wishes,

 Kay XX

April Just for Fun Challenge Card

Good morning everyone,

It looks like spring is here with the daffodils in full bloom and Easter just around the corner. And the temperature is definitely a bit warmer.  The sun is struggling to part the clouds and shine as I write.

This months word at the Just for Fun Challenge is EASTER and can be found HERE.

 I took my cue from the daffodils and decided to draw some. In the end one splendid daffodil made it to the card and as it was for a friend I put this sentiment on it. 

Here is my hand drawn daffodil. It is coloured with Pro Markers. The Spellbinders die behind Is coloured with distress inks.

So hop on over to the Just for Fun Challenge Blog and enter your Easter card.

You will find lots of inspiration from the Design Team and from the other entrants.

I'm entering this in the following challenges

Catch the Bug challenge -Spring Time

I hope you all have a Happy Easter and a wonderful Spring.

Hugs, 

Kay XX 

Christmas Fun DT card for April

Hi Everybody,

Isn't the year flying. Here we are into April with Easter in a couple of weeks, the Summer not far off and I'm making Christmas cards. This is because I'm in the Christmas Fun Challenge group HERE 

The challenge for this month is a card for a man or Anything goes. Its up to you what you make.

This month I made a simple card that could be used for a man or woman. I folded an A4 card in half and folded back the front to the left. The topper is from Kanban and the die cut is a Spellbinders Adorning squares die.

I love snowmen and this one is so cute.

Walking in a Winter Wonderland.

Here is the inside, I over did the the foam pads so had to put an image on the inside of the topper to cover them up.  It finishes it off.

Lots of sparkle too.

I'm entering this card in these challenges,

Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned paper challenge

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge

ABC Christmas Challenge

52 Christmas Card Throwdown

Sparkles Christmas Challenges

 I'm making more of these so I'll have a good few cards for Christmas and you can use this idea for any type of card. 

Have fun playing along

Kay XX

Hi everyone, 
it's mid month inspiration over at the Just for Fun challenge and I had great fun making my card for it. You will find the challenge HERE.
 I seen this shape on Create and Craft and it caught my eye so I went and tried to make it myself. Anyone who knows me know that I love a challenge and I love playing when maths comes into the equation. 

So I took a piece of A4 card and folded it in half, then measured 3.8cm /1.5" in from each corner and took the corner off at the diagonal. It's a very pleasing shape
 Then I matted and layered the gold mirri card and patterned paper. The paper was only 6" sq so I inserted a contrasting piece to make it wider. The topper is from Hunkydory and I cut and assembled the flowers by hand with a tiny bought flower for the center. I cut the leaf shapes from patterned paper.

I love how it turned out and encourage you to try making some flowers yourself and also try the card shape. Try it on some copy paper to start with.

Have fun and I love to read your comments.
Kay. XX

Christmas Fun Challenge March

Hi Everyone,

It's March already, time is flying by. My daughter told me how many weeks of school is left until the Easter hols and then how many until the Summer hols and reduced to weeks its frightening how short it seems.

But to make it better I am well ahead with my Christmas cards. What? Do I hear you groan when I mention Christmas,,,,,,don't worry its still a way to go until December but it's fun to make Christmas cards at this time of the year.

These cards were made for the Christmas Fun Challenge which can be found   ~ HERE ~

                                                                    

The first one is following the original theme of Bauble and Bows and we are also introducing Anything goes so you can make either.

This one below is for Anything Goes but I just realised it also has some baubles.....designed that way of course :-)

It is a center stepper card and I will do a tutorial later on in the month of how I make them and on changing their size. There are plenty of tutorials around the web if you want to look it up now.

                                                       

So come along and join in the fun over at the 

Christmas Fun Challenge

I look forward to see what you make.

Kay XX