Cupid Billy Wallet

Hello everybody. I just wanted to show you this Cupid Billy Wallet I made for a lovely little girl named Suus. She is the daughter of friends of ours and her mom told me how she loved Fairy Lily and kept asking her mom to print it so I thought I'd send Suus some stamped images to play with. I packed the images in this wallet and Suus has already called me to tell me how much she loved it. Here is the wallet once again made with the tutorial on Moni's blog (I just love that wallet to bits). And here is a close up of Billy from the Pink Cat Studio Sweetheart set. The background was done with clouds from the C.C. Designs EZ Mounted Sugarplums Scenery set by All That Scraps.

And here is a close up of the flowers and stuff.

The papers I used are from the Basic Grey Two Scoops Collection Pack I received from a Secret Santa. I loved it Santa whoever you are!! I finally had the chance to use it and I just love the gorgeous colours and patterns!!

Once again I used tule, I just love the effect of that, it's from Bazzill. The flowers, brads and stuff are all from stash.

I hope you like it!! Have a great Sunday, or what's left of it!!

xxx

Mariska

Sketch Saturday week 34!!

Good afternoon everybody!!

Sorry for being a bit late today. I had finished my card for this weeks Sketch Saturday late last night and wanted to make good close up pictures in the day light only it's turning out to be a very grey day here so I just had to do with that and finally took my pictures a couple of minutes ago... on the doormat while it rained outside :S.

First I don't know if you've read the Sketch Saturday blog yet but if you have you will know that we have had some sad news. Emma is going to leave us, she is just to busy at the moment to take time out to craft and so she had to tell us she is going to stop with making her gorgeous creations for Sketch Saturday. I already told Emma but I'll say it again here, I completely understand why she had to make this choise but I will miss her gorgeous designs and I wish her all the best in the future and hope to see her cards again real soon.

But there is also good news!! Jo came up with another brilliant sketch for this week. It's not the easiest sketch (at least it wasn't for me), it took me right out of my comfort zone but I think that's a very good thing for a sketch challenge!! Here is the design Jo came up with:
It turned out I just had to buy two new Spellbinder templates to get this card done. Just had to... Jo's to blame hunny :). Here is my card:
As you can see I took this picture last night by lamplight but I think it turned out OK after I used my PSP. Here is a close up of the cute little Lily from the new Pink Cat Studio Sweetheart set (other examples with this set and the full set are shown in the posts below this one).

And a close up of the bottum of the card where I used one of my new templates.

I embroidered the piercings and used some liquid pearls on the embossed heart. The paper is the new Basic Grey BitterSweet.

Don't forget to check out the blogs of my DT friends.

Have a great Saturday!!!

xxx
Mariska

They are for sale!!!

And these are the gorgeous new sets I've had the pleasure of working with for the past weeks. Aren't they just incredible? And today you can purchase a set of both of these of your own. I know you want to so don't spoil your time here, here is where you can get them!!! Can't wait to see what you guys come up with!!

xxx
Mariska

Day three of the Pink Cat Studio Sneak peeks!!

Sneak peak, sneak peek... I'm not sure anymore but you know what I mean :). The last day in which we show you the wonderful new stamps Melissa created. Today I'm featuring the cutest stamp in the Lily & Billy Sweethearts set I think, Lily and Billy with their backs together. Here is the card I did with that stamp: And here is a close up of the stamped and coloured image:

And of the sentiment which is also included in the stamp set and also fits the hearts that Lily and Billy are holding in the stamps that sneak peeked yesterday:

I just love this card so much. The glittery background paper is Doodlebugs if I'm not mistaken and the rest of the paper is once again Bo Bunny's, I today received my second order of the paper, I think it's just gorgeous! As you can see I've embroidered all the papers around with embroidery floss. I love how that turned out. I also added some foamcubes for dimension and the ribbon with the pompoms is Bazzill if I'm not mistaking. This card is my personal favourite of my sneak peaks. It's so sweet and I just love the colours.

But of course there is also a Kiki stamp in the sneak peeks today. I'm featuring Kiki with the balloons:

And this is a shot to show you that I used black foam instead of paper and that the flowers are realy thick with Paper Glaze on them. I also didn't colour them but did some paperpiecing. The paper is from stash as is the ribbon.

This is my least favourite card of the bunch but I like it anyway. I think it shows that you can easily do quick small cards with the Kiki set.

I can't wait to see what my fellow Design Team members have come up with today. I loved what they did until now, didn't you? I mean have you seen the purse that Vicky did yesterday... how can you not love that? It's such a talented bunch of ladies and these two days have certainly made me even more proud to be in a team with them.

Well, this was it for the sneak peeks from my kitchen. Don't forget, tomorrow the stamps are for purchase and you can all show us how it's done :). I know I loved working with these stamps and will continue to use them in the future. Thank you so much Melissa for your incredible designs and for allowing me to work with them... I love it!!

Have a great day!!

xxx

Mariska

Sneak Peak day two at Pink Cat Studio

Day two of the Sneak Peak at Pink Cat Studio!! Today I get to show you the project I did using Lily holding a heart of the Sweethearts set. But don't forget to check out the other Design Team girls blogs because there are more stamps from this set featuring today!!

I did a little wallet. I received a wallet like this from my dear friend Jeanette a while back and I loved it. I've been wanting to do a wallet like this one for a long time and I thought little Lily offering her heart would be a great stamp to use on a wallet like this. I found a link on Jeanette's blog to this tutorial on Splitcoast Stampers. The paper is again from Bo Bunny Sweetie Pie. The heart was done with Paper Glaze. And the image was coloured (as always) with my Derwent Watercolour Pencils and Copic Markers. The heart was touched with some stickles. The beads are from a box I bought on sale a while back, I've been wanting to use them ever since.

The stamp I'm featuring from the Kiki set today is Kiki with a cupcake and I just had to use this cupcake box I bought at All that Scraps a while back. The cupcake is store bought but it wasn't decorated so I did that myself. The Hello Cupcake sentiment is also from the Kiki set. The little hearts are from the Lily & Billy Sweethearts set.

The paper used is once again Bo Bunny Sweetie Pie. And I used my Derwent's, Copics and Stickles for the colouring. I gave the cupcake to my husband when he got back from work a while back and he loved it. Don't forget to check out the blogs of the other Design Team members since they also feature other stamps from this set! I'll be back tomorrow for the last sneak peak day and then Thursday you can finally order your own stamp sets... I'm sure you'll all want to by now!!

See you back tomorrow!!

xxx

Mariska

First sneak peak day at Pink Cat Studio

Monday January 12, finally, the first day of the Sneak Peak days for the January release at Pink Cat Studio. I have had these stamps now for a couple of weeks and I love them so much and it has been so hard not showing anybody what they look like. I have had a lot of fun making the cards for these Sneak Peak days and now finally I get the chance to show them to you. The first set is called 'Lily & Billy Sweethearts Stamps' and this first day we get to show you this gorgeous stamp with Lily and Billy on a bike. The sentiment I used 'Together Forever' is also in the set and I used black embossing powder.

Don't you love that image? The papers I've used are from the Bo Bunny Sweetie Pie collection which I bought especially for this set of stamps so you'll be seeing this paper back in the next two days. The pins I bought from 'Scrapfever' a Dutch scrapbookstore, you'll find the link on the right and the ribbon is from stash. The cardstock used is Core'Dinations Black Magic. The tule is from Bazzill. I coloured the image as always with my Derwent Watercolour Pencils and my Copic Markers. The white highlights were done with a Uni-Ball Signo pen I received from my dear friend Jeanette (love it honey!!).

The second set is called Kiki Kitty Stamps and future a new little kitty designed by the amazingly talented Melissa. I love Kiki, she is perfect for quick projects and she is just super cute. Today in the sneak peak are no less then three Kiki stamps!! I'm featuring this one with a suitcase and a little cute mouse. I did a wallet for my passport using Kiki with the suitcase. To see sneak peaks of the other stamps in the sneak peak today please visit the mega talented other members of the Pink Cat Studio Design Team (I'm still so proud to be in a team with them!!). Since most don't live in Europe they won't post their cards at the same time I do though, but keep checking back and during the day all of them will post their sneak peaks.

I bought the leather wallet at an Internet Store. The red oval is felt and the oval Kiki was stamped on is foam. Both were cut using my Spellbinder templates. Stamping on foam is just like on paper only you need to let it dry a little longer. Colouring prooft a little more difficult. I didn't like how my Copics reacted on the foam so I just used my Derwent watercolour pencils. The nose of both the mouse and Kiki were done with Liquid Pearls Ruby Red. The little bell on the mouse was done with golden Stickles. If you want to sew on leather you should get a special leather needle, that makes the job a lot easier. I loved doing this project and I hope you like how it turned out.

Please don't forget to check the blogs of my fellow Design Team members, I'm sure they all did an amazing job, can't wait to check them out myself. I'll be back tomorrow with two other projects using these new sets. And don't forget, these gorgeous stamps will be on sale starting next Thursday!!

xxx

Mariska