Paper, Markers, Ink, Oh My!: Fab n Funky

Those who know me will attest to the fact....I am a shoeaholic. I love shoes and boots! My youngest granddaughter suffers from the same affliction and it began with her first steps. When the girls were younger, they would raid my closet and parade around the house in my shoes....the higher the heel the better and evening shoes were of course their favourite..

My card uses a new digi from Ladybug Crafts called Masquerade

Details:

DP- Basic Grey Little Black Dress
SB Marvelous Squares
Coloured with Copics
E50, E51, E53, E55, T2, T1, T0

I would like to enter the following challenges:
Ladybug Crafts Challenge - Girly
Party Time Tuesdays #105 - Anything Goes
MIM #105
Twisted Tuesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by,
Hugs,
Pat K

Wednesday, 9 January 2013

Fab n Funky Challenge #153

Good day everyone,
The girls and I are back from our little holiday break at the

Fab 'n' Funky Challenge

and to start off 2013 our lovely hostess Jackie has set the theme as

Winter

Our sponsor is the fabulous Digi Darla who generously supplied the
"Snow Buddies Gift" digi that I've used on my card.
The prize this week is 5 digi stamps to the winner.

Details:
DP - Graphic 45
Coloured with Copics
Swirl - Recollections
Ribbon - Stamp Simply Ribbon Store
Spellbinders Floral Ovals and Grand Nest. Ovals

Be sure to pop on over to the challenge blog and see all the fun creations from my team mates.

I will be entering the following challenges:
IDIC Challenge #141 - AG
Dream Valley Challenges #48 - AG
613 Avenue Create - AG
Challenges 4 Everybody: Challenge #11 - AG
Gingerloft Challenge - Christmas or Winter
MIM #122
PINspirational Challenges #39
Thank you so much for stopping by.
Hugs,
Pat K

Wednesday, 19 December 2012

Fab 'n' Funky Challenge - Add Ribbon &/or Lace

Good morning again.

Today is the start of the last challenge for 2012 at

Fab 'n' Funky

Our lovely, very talented hostess Sue would like to see you

Add ribbon and/or Lace to your creations

We are very fortunate to be sponsored by

I've used a Tiddly Inks digital stamp called Wryn goes Caroling
and she comes with the "Joy to the World" sentiment.

Coloured with Copics

Details:

DP - Authentique - Festive
SU Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss
SU Riding Hood Red Ink
MS red twine
Ribbon - Websters Pages & stash
SB - Back to Basics Tags

Entering the following challenges:

Tiddly Inks Challenge #100 - Make it like Pops (Christmas)
Crafty Boots Challenge - Christmas
Hooked on Craft Challenge 27- Christmas
The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop 17- December It's Christmas
Squigglefly Challenge #50 - Anything Goes with a Sentiment
The Cutie Pie Challenge #33 - Cute Christmas

Thanks so much for stopping by and Happy Holidays
hugs,
Pat K

Wednesday, 12 December 2012

Fab 'n' Funky Challenge - A Vintage Christmas

Good morning all,

Today is the start of a new challenge at

Fab 'n' Funky

and our hostess this week is Anne Marie and she has chosen

A Vintage Christmas as the theme.

We have two fabulous sponsors this week and they are

CrimsonCloud

and

Floppy Latte's Digital Designs

I've chosen an image from Floppy Latte's Digital Designs called Holly Bough
for my card share with another cas design.

I sat down yesterday to start my card ...house was nice and quiet then it happened....chain saws and mulching machines! Our neighbour had a crew in to cut down a 40 year old tree! 6 hours of mind-numbing noise.....so much for my peace and quiet :) At least he didn't schedule them for a Sunday....that's when he usually cuts his lawn. Like clockwork, every Sunday in the summer, just as we're sitting down to Sunday dinner! On the bright side...at least he's maintaining the property :)

Enough of my chatter.....on to the details. Green mirror cardstock has been used to frame the first layer and gold mirror for the Spellbinders Floral Oval. Seam binding for the bow. Gold atyou Spica pen used on the bow and SU square lattice embossing folder for the top layer.

Entering the following challenges

Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge - Metallic

Kaboodle Doodles Challenge 149- Use the Colour Red

Squigglefly - Traditional Red & green

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs,

Pat K x

Wednesday, 28 November 2012

Fab 'n' Funky Challenge 149

Good day everyone,

We continue to celebrate our 3rd Birthday this week at the

Fab 'n' Funky Challenge

and our theme is THREE of anything on your card

We are fortunate to have five fabulous sponsors for this challenge
with some great prizes up for grabs.

Joanna Sheen

Di's Digi Downloads

Flonzcraft
DigiDarla Designs

Our newest sponsor Cult Pens are offering a very special prize to end our challenge.
Details can be found on the Fab 'n'Funky blog.

Cult Pens

Now on to my card. I've used a stamp from Flonzcraft called Kindergarten, Children Swinging

My 3 items are the three children. Hope you like it.

Details:

Image stamped using Versafine Black ink

Dry embossed with Spellbinders Marvelous Squares

Tag printed in word and cut using Die-namics Fishtail Flags

DP is SU Pink Pirouette

Ribbon from Michaels

Entering the following challenges:
Challenges 4 Everybody Challenge # 8 - Anything Goes
Joanna Sheen Challenge - Anything Goes excluding Christmas
Pile it on Challenge #48 - Anything but a Christmas card
Party Time Tuesdays #96 - Anything goes
TTCRD Ch.#46- Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you get a chance to join in the celebration this week at
Fab 'n' Funky.
Hugs,
Pat K xx

Wednesday, 14 November 2012

Happy Bear-Day

Good morning everyone,

Today starts a new challenge at Fab n Funky

and our lovely, talented Wendy has chosen "Let's See Those Bears" on your projects

Our sponsor is Doodle Pantry and I have chosen Cuddly Bear and Beary cute Sentiment

Details:

CB Argyle folder

DP - MME Sabrina

SB Classic Diamonds

Flower: Melissa Francis Embellishment

Entering the following challenges:

Songbird Challenge #8 - Diamonds are a girls best friend

Make it Monday Challenge #115

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs

Pat K xx

Wednesday, 31 October 2012

Fab n Funky Challenge Challenge #145

Happy Halloween everyone,
First, I have some sad news. We had to say good-bye to our dog on Saturday night. She was in a lot of pain so we made the decision to let her go. We stayed with her until the end, cuddled her and gave her all the love we could....saying good-bye is heartbreaking. We've loved all our dogs, from mutts to purebreds, but this girl was very special. She was the kindest, sweetest dog and was loved by everyone who knew her and more than once let me know she was the smarter one. We have vowed no more dogs, although my Sister is skeptical since the longest we've been without a dog is 6 months, but it's getting way too hard to say good-bye.

I managed to create another Christmas card for todays challenge at Fab n Funky
My team mates have been so wonderful and supportive this week - I'm so lucky to have them.
Thank goodness also for new dies as I've lost my mojo......
Since it's my turn to host this week I chose the theme of
Die cuts or Punches

We are sponsored by Joanna Sheen and StampArt Designs

I've used the digi "Frosty Friends" that can be found here.

Details:

Joy Craft die

Silk ribbon from Stamp Simply Ribbon Store

CB swiss dot embossing folder

Sentiment circle - Justrite Christmas Treasures set

MS snowflake punch

I expect to enter the following challenges:
One Stitch at a time Challenge #137 - Make 1 for Christmas
The Crafty Pad Challenge #194 - Christmas is Coming
52 Christmas Card Throwdown - October
Allsorts Challenge Week 178 - Stitches
Card Makin Mamas - Anything you say
Christmas Stampin' All Year Long - Circle
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards Challenge #24- Stitching
Crafty Ann's Challenge #77 - Christmas
OLLCB#117 - Christmas

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs,
Pat K

Wednesday, 24 October 2012

Fab n Funky Challenge # 144 - Animals

Good day friends and fellow bloggers,

Today we have a new challenge at

Fab n Funky

Our lovely, talented hostess is Sue and she has chosen

Animals

as this weeks theme.

Our wonderful sponsors are Crimson Cloud and Digi Darla Designs

I've created a circus scene for my card today to highlight the cute little elephant from

Digi Darla Designs. He just keeps rollin on by!

The circus tent is a digi from Make it Crafty and both are coloured with copics.

Sentiment is computer generated. DP is Graphic 45 Le Cirque collection

Fringe is Recollections

Die-Namics scallop dies

I would like to enter the following challenges:

One Stitch at a Time Challenge #136 - Use a Digi

The Crafty Pad challenge #193 - Use an Animal

One Stop Craft Challenge #201 - Anything Goes

Make it Monday Challenge #112

Thanks so much for stopping by,

Hugs,

Pat K.xx

Wednesday, 17 October 2012

Fab n Funky Challenge #143 - Orange, Black and Choice

Good morning everyone,

Today's new challenge at Fab n Funky is brought to you by

the lovely Jackie and she has chosen the theme of

Orange, Black + Choice

My card share uses Witch Lily and Frankenstein Billy

These wonderful Halloween characters were supplied by our fabulous sponsor this week

Pink Cat Studio Designs

Here's another shot showing a side view:

Details:

Marianne Designs - Tree

SB Labels One Grand Nest.

Sentiment - Computer generated in Word

Haunted house, moon, bat - old MS set of stickers

Bat - from my stash

I will be entering the following challenges:

Card Makin Mamas - Time to get spooky
Pause Dream Enjoy Challenge #41 - Boo
Polka Doodles Week #42 - Halloween
Stampin for the Weekend Challenge #19
Stampin with the Dragon - Halloween
Allsorts Challenge #176 - Too Cute to Spook
Crafty Calender Challenge - October
My Sheri Crafts Challenge - Halloween
Eureka Stamps Challenge #10 - Halloween

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs,

Pat K.x

Wednesday, 10 October 2012

Fab n Funky Challenge #142 - Vintage

Good day bloggers. I hope your week has been a good one so far.

Today we have a new challenge at Fab n Funky and Shirley,
our lovely hostess has chosen the theme of Vintage.
Our sponsor is Flonzcraft who generously supplied the stamp I'm using today.

The image was stamped with Versafine Vintage Sepia - and coloured with Copics.

Flowers and ribbon are from WOC, SB Floral Ovals. DP -Graphic 45
MS fern punch, SU leaf punch

Entering the following challenges:
Pile it on Challenge #41 - Vintage or Shabby Chic
Wild Orchid Challenge Week 60 - Anything Goes
Happy Campers Craft Collective - Pink & Brown (hope peachy pink counts :)

Thanks for stopping by,
Hugs, Pat K.x

Wednesday, 3 October 2012

Fab n Funky Challenge 141

Good day everyone,

It's time for another challenge at Fab n Funky and we would like to see....
No Patterned Paper. Our sponsor is the wonderful Stamp Fairy

I chose to make a gate fold card using Mimi Fall Time.

Pretty CAS this time but I loved the image and could picture her twirling among the leaves.

Circles were cut using SB Large Circle and Grand circles
Sentiment is computer generated - font is called Tabitha
SB Double Ended tags

I will be entering the following challenges:
Dilly Bean Designers & Friday Challenge - Fall is in the air
Emergency Crafters Challenge - Autumn Leaves
Simply Create Too Challenge #23

Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs,
Pat K. xx

Wednesday, 26 September 2012

Fab n Funky Challenge #140

Hi everyone,

My second post today is for Fab n Funky Challenge #140.

Emma is our hostess this week and would like to see anything

that starts with the letter "F" on your card.

The lucky winner will receive a prize from Di's Digital so come on over and join in the fun.

For my card I've used another ADFD stamp, this time it's "Fairy Flower Delivery".

Details:

Pion Papers 6x6 sheet

SU Pale Plum

Rose made using SB Donna Salazar Rose Creations

SB Marvelous Squares

Cheery Lynn Doily

SU sizzix leaf die

MS leaf die

I expect to enter the following challenges:

Creative Card Crew Challenge #20 - Purple
Stampin for the Weekend Challenge #18 - Feeling Floral
Card Mania Challenge #4 - Handmade Flowers
Lollipop Crafts Challenge #90 - Break out your punch
Love to Create Challenge #34 - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp & Show Challenge - For the Love of Sparkle
Challenges 4 Everybody - Challenge #3 - Anything Goes

That's it for now....see you next time and thanks for your lovely comments..
always appreciated.
Hugs, Pat K.xx

Wednesday, 19 September 2012

Fab n Funky Challenge #139 - Things with Wings

Hello everyone,

For the Fashionista Blog Hop, please scroll down to the next post. Thanks :)

Today at the Fab n Funky Challenge the very talented Wendy is our hostess and she would like to see "Things with Wings" on your creations.

Our sponsor this week is Doodle Pantry

I've made a Flat Backed Treat Box ...oooh say that 10 times fast.....and coloured a Doodle Pantry image called "Happy Bird" which is a freebie at the shop. I filled the box with a favourite...Werther's Original candy. The tree die was cut twice, once in brown, once in rust, then I cut and glued the rust coloured leaves on the brown tree to give it a fall look.

The instructions for this box card can be found here under SCS tutorials.

Details:

Coloured with Copics: R29, R27, R24, R22

Tree: Marianne Creatables

Sun, Clouds, Fence: MFT

Grass: MS Punch

SB Double Ended Tags

Sentiment: SU Sweet Little Sentiments, Core Color Core'dinations

Paper: SU Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss

I expect to enter the following challenges:

Crazy 4 Challenges - Anything Goes - Fall

Digi Design Challenge - Use more than one die cut / punches

Clearly Inspired Challenge #59 - Leaves

Raise the Bar Challenge #111 - Anything with wings

Simply Create Too Challenge #22 - Anything Goes (1)

Make it Monday Challenge

The Crafty Pad Challenge #18 - Autumn colours

Lollipop Crafts Challenge #90 - Punches & Dies

Paper Playtime #84 - Punches & Sentiment

Twisted Tuesday Challenge #24 - Flying by to say hi

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you get a chance to join us this week.

Hugs, Pat K.

Wednesday, 12 September 2012

Fab n Funky Challenge #138

Hi Folks,

I'm back again with my second post for the day!
This time I would like to show you what I've created for

Fab n Funky Challenge #138

Our hostess is the lovely, talented Vicky and she has set the theme as

"Harvest Festival".

Our sponsor this week is Digi Doodle Shop, who are offering a $10. prize
to spend in their shop.

For my card share, I've used a digi from the Fall Harvest set. The Niagara Region in Southern Ontario is well know for it's vineyards and produces many award winning wines. I coloured this beautiful bunch of grapes to represent the Riesling variety...one of our favourite whites. This grape is also used in making Ice Wine. The grapes are left on the vine to freeze and picking time is crucial. The result is a delicious, sweet dessert wine.

Inside view:

Copics used:

Details:

Spellbinders Layered Elegant Swirl

inside: Spellbinders Decorative Labels One

TH Vintage Photo distressed ink

Ticket is from a Whimsy Stamp set, called Holiday Ticket Sentiments

I used the blank stamp and created the sentiment in word.

I align the stamp with the sentiment using my Stamp-a-ma-jig

Entering the following challenges:

Crafty Sentiments Designs - Leaves'

Make it Monday Challenge #106

Thanks so much for stopping by and as always, your lovely comments are appreciated.

Hugs, Pat K.xx

Wednesday, 5 September 2012

Fab n Funky Challenge #137 - Colours of Autumn

Good morning all,

WOW, Wednesday already....that's what happens when you have a long weekend! I'm scheduling this post as I will be out for the day with my cousin. We are taking a trip down memory lane you might say...to cottage country to visit an area where we spent the summers as children. It's sure to be a fun day .... I hope you get to do something special too!

...on to business... It's time for a new Challenge at Fab n Funky. This week our lovely, talented hostess Pat has asked us to use the Colours of Autumn on our projects. Our fabulous sponsor is My Creative Classroom and they have a wonderful prize for our winner this week.

I couldn't resist colouring up a new digi from Mo Manning called Fall Fairy Jesen. I did a little distressing on this one too.....not my usual, I know.

Here is a view of the inside. I like to print a digi on the inside. I cannot take credit for the idea....I saw it done a few years ago and unfortunately do not know who originated it. The little acorn is a stamp from an old SU set.