Holiday Blog Candy

HI All,
I just wanted to let you know that I came across another blog that is offering great blog candy. I am a subscriber to her blog and receive her emails because she offers great weekly tutorials. Some really fun stuff....stop by and check out her blog candy and tutorials here: Sunflower & Dragonflies....
Good Luck and Happy holidays....
Julie

Some additional things.....

Hi all,
here are some additional things I have been working on. There will be a small craft fair that I will be participating in at the beginning of December where I work, so I am trying to get some things done to sell there.

This necklace is my daughters idea in the naming "Head in the clouds" necklace. I have a silver tone one posted in my Etsy shop here.
Isn't that just the cutest title? If you are interested in the necklace but would prefer the gold one, just send me a convo within Etsy and I can set up a custom listing for you. This necklace is listed for sale here...
This one is one of my favorites. I liked it so much that I had to make me one. I haven't even listed this one yet, so again you would have to convo me if you were interested.

Update: I listed this necklace in my Etsy shop, you can find it here...

Here is another request from someone on Etsy. It was for a custom bookmarker with a Harry Potter/Spider theme and the quote is from Harry Potter. I really like how it turned out. Dramatic....

These are just fun things I am working on for the craft fair. They are fairly easy to make. I have about 5 of them done now, this is just one of my favorites. I do have one listed in my shop for purchase as well.

well, that is it for now, I hope to have some more to show you tomorrow. Thanks for stopping by...

Julie

Hi all...

HI all,

Just thought I would drop a quick line and let you know that I haven't really fallen off the face of the earth, lol....

I actually decided to go back to school and finish up my degree...I have a ways to go but this program is really structured and I feel confident I can get it done this time. I am already at the end of my second class and I am maintaining a 4.0 gpa....Yeah!

Anyways, here are a few things I have been working on in between work, school and well, Life:

How about some cute little Halloween cupcake toppers to start things off with? These are actually buffet markers. The buyer is going to hand write the name of the dish on each of these for her Halloween party....I think these turned out adorable. You can view the listing here.....

This was a request from someone on Etsy for "Will you be my bridesmaid? Cards". You can view all of them here They arrived to her today and she loved them. That always makes me happy.

This is another version of the cards above that I made for another Etsy bride. They just look so pretty in both colors. Here is the listing for that one....

have a great day ;-)

Julie

HI Everyone....

HI Everyone...I can't belive it we are already in August....My time sure flies when you are having fun...

We have been busy getting all the back to school supplies for my daughter....as many of you have I am sure....She returns to school on Tuesday....

Boy, where did the summer go?

I have a couple of new things to show you that I just posted in my ETSY shops....

New Cards:

Mickey and Minnie playing Tennis

Adorable Spaceman Penquin Birthday Card

And coming soon to KattfiveCreations Jewelry on Etsy.... You

Gold tone disk and findings with Topaz Fire Polished Glass Beads....lots of shimmer...
A little honey anyone? Cute little Honeybee with Amethyst and Light Colorado topaz Octagon beads....on 14K gold plated chain.
Until next time....
Julie

New Jewelry Creations

HI everyone....

Here is wishing you all a fantastic day today....

I just wanted to pop in and say hi and show you one of the things that I have been working on. I finally finished it up and got it posted on my Etsy site.

These last ones, the antique brass hoops will be listed later tonight....

Hope you like these creations....

Again, Have a fantastic day...

Julie

HI all.....

Well, Summer Basketball league is over now....so I can start posting a little more regularly. I thought I would post some new wine bottle tags that I made. I thought this would make a great wedding gift for the bride and groom on their special day. It would be a reminder on their 1 month, 1 year and 5 year anniversary.

These can be customized in color, wording and design.....

You can find the tags listed in my shop here.

Until Next Time....Happy crafting,

MIA- and newest creations

Hi all,

Sorry I have been MIA lately. I have been regularly receiving orders in my ETSY shops and just keeping up. Between the shops and now for the month of June, we will be attending Summer basketball league tournaments....June is going to be a very busy and hectic month.

Anyway, I thought I would post some of my newest creations that were just listed in the shops....

Listed in the KattfiveCreations jewelry shop:

Newly listed in the Kattfive Creations card shop:

That's all for today....I hope to post at least once a week in June and more often after that....

Enjoy the rest of your week end...

Julie

Happy Mother's Day!

Hi all,
I would like to take a moment to wish all of the Moms out there a very Happy Mother's Day!
It is the toughest, yet most rewarding job out there, one I am so thankful to be able to experience....

Here are some cards I made for Mother's Day...

Have a great day....

Julie

Treasury Feature on Etsy....

Hi everyone....
I just wanted to pass along the great news....
I have been featured in a treasury on Etsy....

Someone picked one of my necklaces....if you want to see which one go take a look, you can find it here on Etsy.....


Have a great week end.....
Julie

Newest Jewelry Creation

HI Everyone...
I have been busy creating like crazy and I have lots of things to share with you in the next few days....
But I had to share this with you...I was so excited about how it turned out...I think it is so pretty...
This bracelet was something I had been kind of piecing together for a couple of weeks, trying to figure out how I could incorporate lace into a design. Let me tell you it helps to go out and look at the lace, because I think I found the perfect piece...

Here is some pictures of the bracelet...

I hope you agree...I thought it turned out very vintage and classic.
You can find it listed on my Etsy shop here....
Until next time, happy crafting...
Julie

Come Vote For Me...

Come Vote for me...
KattfiveCreations was just nominated as "Shop of the Week" in a poll on this blog site...http://funkeyjunkdesigns.blogspot.com/
I would love it if you all would take a minute to vote for me...
You can find the voting area on the right hand side....
Thanks in advance...

Instyle Stamps

HI All,

I received this adorable digi stamp called "Kissing Birds" from Instyle Stamps and I just couldn't wait to use it....I thought it would make the cutest wedding card since the male bird has a top hat....

I found this pretty black and white swirl paper and this is how the card ended up....

Hope you like it...

Until next time....have a great time crafting...

Julie

Instyle Stamps March Blog Hop

Hi all,
Yep, it is that time again....time for another fun blog hop.

Instyle Stamps is hosting their monthly blog hop full of inspiration, great images and did I mention fun?
The theme is Easter.
If you stumbled upon my blog the blog hop starts at the Instyle Stamps Blog here.
If you came to my blog from Jodi's blog, you are on the right track....
.....I used Instyle Stamps image of an Easter Basket to create my card. I did not use the typical Easter eggs in a basket, instead I chose to use (for the first time) Flower Soft. I purchased this about 6-8 months ago and this is the first time I used it. I thought I would make an Easter basket full of flowers.



Here is my card with using the Easter basket and Flower Soft:

Closer view:


Hope you enjoyed the blog hop.....Your next stop is at Joy's blog....
Have fun....
Julie

Stamp and Create Wed Give away

Hi all,

Stamp and Create is having a Weekly Wed Candy Giveaway....You should really go check it out. It is for a cute little Greeting Farms stamp and some silk ribbon.

Have a great day....
Julie

Instyle Stamps OHBCGA

Hi all, Another quick catch up post....

This one is for the Instyle Stamps Over the Hump Blog Candy Give Away.... You can find it here....

This month's theme is to use green and yellow.
Charlie the dog is very handsome, don't you think? I had colored his shirt green before I realized that the challenge would include the color green...lol....

...I hope you particpate in the weeks OHBCGA, but for now, I hope you enjoy my Charlie card.
Happy St. Patrick's Day....hope you have your green on, or a pretend pinch is coming your way....lol...
Have a great day,
Julie

It's Wedding Week at Instyle Stamps...

Hi all,

It is Wedding week at Instyle Stamps.....Boy do they have some nice things in store for you...

Go check out all that is happening...You can find the post here.

There is a great prize package up for grabs to one luck participant....

Here is my card for Wedding Week...My card was using the Portrait Bride image....I used her as asking for her bridesmaids to be her bridesmaid? I also added some blingy earrings and a necklace to her.

I sure hope her bridesmaids say "Yes"....

Until next time..
Happy crafting,
Julie

Instyle Stamps Color Challenge

Hi all,

It is time for March's Instyle Stamps Color challenge.

I made a card using Eula, she is Up, Up, Up and away in her beautiful hot air balloon....

Hope you like my card....

Have a fantastically creative week end....

Julie

Instyle Stamps Weekly Challenge

As promised yesterday...here is the Instyle Stamps Wed Challenge card that I created last night.


I entered this card into these challenges:
Instyle Stamps Wed Challenge: Use a Pinch of Green (Design Team Member)(Give-Away going on, on their blog, along with Hula Week)
Crafty Cardmakers Challenges: Feminine Celebrations
Stamping for the Weekend Challenges: Monochromatic
Ooh La La Challenges: Anything Goes

I also sent this birthday card to my friend for her birthday....Hope she likes it and I hope you do too...
Have a great rest of the week....
Julie

Week Night Challenge

HI everyone...

I was very motivated and ready to create tonight....I was able to get 2 cards done tonight. One I will show you tonight and one is for the Design Team that I am on with Instyle Stamps for their Wed Challenge, so you will have to wait to see that one tomorrow.

Anyway...this one is (I think) so adorable....Love the girly pink, floral and swirls....Not to mention this adorable Motivet Stamp (it is a freebie on their site).

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly Challenge: Sketch

Stamp Challenges: Something Girly

Creative Card Crew Challenges: Celebrations

Here is the card:

Tomorrow is hump day....Have a great evening...

Julie

HuLa DaYs are here....

Yeh....Instyle Stamps Hula Days are hear....

Time to see all the new creations and images the design team has come up with....

Today's theme is: Island Sun

My card has a great tropical Palm Tree on an island....The water is shimmery and the sand glistens from the sun....
You can see and join in all the festivities here on the Instyle Stamps blog....

This is where you will see the rest of the line up and amazing work....
Monday – Island Sun
Tuesday – Leila
Wednesday- Top & Bottom Frame
Thursday – ArielFriday – Borderless Flowers
Saturday – Floral Border

Check out the festivities....there are lots of prizes to be given away....

Pink Elephant and Sketch & Stash Challenge

HI all,
I got to do one card for challenge this week-end....I am bummed about that, but I love how the card came out....I used a stamp set from Close to My Heart, called Enjoy Every Moment.

I used this card in Sketch and Stash Challenge for the sketch,
and in Pink Elephant Challenge for adding green to your color combo.

The card was a request for someone I work with...Sshh...don't tell Stella if you know her, lol...Hope you enjoy the card....
Have a great week....remember to check back...Hula Days start tomorrow. ...
Julie

Instyle Stamps "HULA DAYS"

Hi All,

I know this is a nice long post but full of yummy goodness and worth the read....

So all next week, we will have a Happy Hula Day's week.

Each day will feature a tid-bit of the islands as well as a few favorite design team projects featuring our old and NEW digital stamps we are releasing. You will be seeing Ariel our mermaid, Leila our dancing beauty and 4 new ones that will make your summer projects come alive.

Also during the week, we will have a special hula skirt for sale created by none other than Janelle, who is one of our dt members (she also created the button for the event.) And get this, it will only be $1.00.

So yeah you will even be getting some bargains! And just to jump start the festivities, if you grab the button and post it on your blog from now until the end of next week, we will be giving a free Leila digi away! Yay! I love Leila, she is too cute! Simply follow the Instyle Blog (if you are not already) and grab the button and post it on your blog/website for the entire week starting the day you visit Instyle. Then leave a comment here along with your email address (leave some spaces so you won't get spam) and they will be sending lovely Leila straight to you.

Also, if that isn't enough, if you leave a comment each day, they will be choosing 6 lucky winners to receive all the digitals being released on Saturday! And lastly we will have our favorite Island photo drawing. We want to see what makes the island special for you. All you have to do is post your favorite island photo on your blog/website and post a link to it. Make sure you tell theym why you like that photo so much in your post too. All those that participate will be entered into a drawing for some great prizes including some new spellbinder dies!

Woo hoo! That's all I can say for now. But you won't want to miss it. Stay tuned on Monday for a photo of the giftbasket of goodies. The total value of the prize will be over $150.00. That's a lot of money honey!

So check back on Monday on the Instyle Stamps blog for more information.....It's gonna be great....

Julie

Instyle Sneak Peak....

HI all.....

Here is a card for Instyle Stamps Sneak Peak. This image any many more are being released tomorrow.

I got to use this adorable little bird bath in my card. It was very easy to use and it turned out really cute....

Here are some more sneak peaks:

Robin's Eggstatic Card

Cyndi's Sweet Treat and Eggstatic

Cabio's Kitten Sale (January/February Guest Designer)

Linda's Fountain of Praise

Lucy's Flower and the Bee

Taylor's Flower and the Bee

Go on over and check it out....

Happy crafting,

Julie

Instyle Sketch Challenge

Happy Tuesday everyone....and welcome to another Instyle Stamps sketch challenge...

I used the Instyle Stamps Angelfish for my design team card. You can find the Angelfish here. I put Liquid Glass all over the angelfish after I colored him to make him look glossy and shiny. The background paper reminded me of bubbles....plus it was blue, like water.

Here is my card using Angelfish...

Closer view of the Liquid Glass....

Have a fun filled week of crafts....

Julie

Instyle Stamps February Blog Hop

Hi all,

Yep, it is that time again....time for another fun blog hop. Instyle Stamps is hosting their monthly blog hop full of inspiration, great images and did I mention fun?

The theme is Spring/St Patricks Day.

If you stumbled upon my blog the blog hop starts at the Instyle Stamps Blog here.

If you came to my blog from Lana's blog, you are on the right track....

I used the sketch over at Sketch and Stash to get my card started.....I used Instyle Stamps image of Marissa, you can find her image here. Marissa was so great to work with, she so versatile.....

Here is my card with her:

Hope you enjoyed the blog hop....Looks like I am the last stop...Head on over to where you began at the Instyle Stamps blogspot and cast your vote for the most inspiring.....

Have a great week end....

Julie

Last Challenge card for this week end....

HI all, this is the last challenge card I will be posting this week end.

This is a cute Motivet stamp.... here is the card:

I entered this card into these challenges:

Motivet Challenges- The Sketch

Creative Card Crew Challenges- Get Well Soon

Crafty Creations Challenges- Stitching

Lil Red Wagon Challenges- Ribbon

Stamp Something Challenges- Touch of Spring

Hope you enjoy browsing....

Happy Crafting,

Julie

Hot Pink and Zebra stipes....

Now that I have your attention....lol....the colors in this card are pretty and bold, but what a great card for a young girl for her birthday....
It is Pink, it has flowers, it has bling, it has shimmery ribbon.....what else would a girl want....

I entered this card into these challenges:
Digital Tuesday Challenge- All things girly
ABC Challenge- One Paper
Lily of the Valley Challenge- the Sketch
Fussy and Fancy Challenge- Dazzle Us
Lexis Creations Challenge- Spotted or Striped

Hope you enjoyed the card....
Happy Sunday!
Julie

Week End Challenges....

HI all,
I had some time yesterday to play and make some cards so I was able to participate in some challenges....
That was fun...I haven't been able to for a week or so, I have felt so disorganized the past couple of weeks...
I think I am back on track...
Here is the first one....
This card I entered into these challenges:
Paper Play Challenge-the sketch
Pink Elephant Challenge-to use ribbon
CupCake Craft Challenge-keep it simple
A Spoonful of Sugar Challenge- Spring is in the air

Hope you like the card and try out some of the challenges.
Have a great week ahead....
Julie

Instyle Stamps OHBCGA

Hi all,
Another quick catch up post....

This one is for the Instyle Stamps Over the Hump Blog Candy Give Away.... You can find it here....

This month's theme is St Patricks Day, I was thinking it was Spring, when I picked out my mushrooms and finished my project....I will be going back to redo this one later....

I hope you particpate in the St Patricks Day theme, but for now, I hope you enjoy my Mushroom card. I found this mushroom paper and thought it would be great....

Happy Saturday!

Julie

Instyle Stamps Retro Sneak Peek & a challenge

Hi all,

I am catching up today with my design team cards....I got behind because of the varsity basketball playoffs last week. I still feel like I am trying to catch up with everything....Hopefully this week end...

Anyway, here is the Instyle Stamps Sneak Peek for their retro and whimsy images. I got to play with this cute little frog. I found this sentiment in my Close to my Heart stash and thought it would be perfect for this little frog with hearts on the lily pad.

To create this card, I also used the sketch over at 2 Sketches 4 You I really thought the sketch was a great one for this image... The paper is new paper (Penny Lane, Leaves of Love) from the new Hobby Lobby that just opened up by my house (Yeh! for me)....gotta go back there when I have more time to browse (minus the hubby and daughter, lol)....

I also entered it into the challenged over at My Time to Craft Challenge blog. The challenge over there is to use green plus one color (brown).

Hope you liked the card and the sneak peak....I will be posting another Instyle Stamps card soon...stay tuned...

Happy Saturday!
Julie

Instyle Anime Sneak Peak

Hi all,

Better late than never....we were so busy getting wrapped up with the basketball season, I almost forgot to post my Anime sneak peak....

I got to play with "Drea". She was so fun to color and make into a card....a very simple and easy one to complete... I always try to match the colors of my image with the paper as well. I found this fun nature inspired paper and drew the colors out of that for the image. I just love these colors.....
Anyway, if you are interested in purchasing Drea, you can find her here....
I hope to be back tomorrow with the Retro Sneak Peek and the OHBCGA cards....
Until tomorrow,
Julie

Instyle Stamps Color Challenge

Hi all,

I haven't been around much lately....we have been busy with our State Varsity Basketball Tournament. My Daughters team (their first year having a Varsity team) made it to the State Championships. Friday night they advanced to the final 8 teams in their division....We are so proud of our team....


Needless to say, it's been a little distracting and busy around here....

Here is my card for the Instyle stamps color challenge this week....


I used the Sunflower digi stamp....didn't it turn out cute...I just love this paper that I picked up at JoAnn's....
Hope you enjoyed the card....and I hope you play along with the challenge....You can find the challenge here....
Wish us luck Saturday in the playoffs....
Until next time,
Happy crafting,
Julie