A Horsey Happy Birthday

 

At Kate Hadfield Designs there are so many fabulous sets it is really easy to get inspired to use them. There are digital stamps which you can colour, coloured versions you can scrapbook or make into digital layouts. Papers, patterned overlays and doodles galore. No matter what your skill level there are so many goodies to play with.

One of the most fabulous things about being in this Creative Team is that we have free rein to make anything we want to using the sets in the shop. This is amazing for inspiring creativity as there are so many amazing packs to play with. I feel very, very lucky to be able to have this opportunity.

I have used the Chinese Zodiac kit to make a card for a young lady's 11th birthday. She has recently become the owner of a horse who looks very similar to the horse in this kit so it is the perfect horsey to use for this project.

You can purchase this kit as uncoloured stamps or pre-coloured images. I chose to use the pre-coloured as unfortunately I am still having issues with stiffness in my hand and colouring is an issue for me at present.

I used the current sketch from Cheerful Sketches for the layout and printed my image to suit a 6" card. I distressed the edges with an ink pad and popped it up on 3d foam pads.

The main background paper is a lovely glossy sparkly floral which has a large corner motif which I thought would suit the large amount of open space in the sketch. I chose some semi plain green papers to pick up colours from this and the darker floral paper picks up the brown and provides a contrast. I was VERY annoyed at myself when I realised I had stuck the paper on upside down. I don't think it is really noticeable but I know it is wrong :( 

The final thibg to add was the sentiment from my stash which I matted onto a scrap of brown card.

Over at Kate Hadfield Designs there is lots going on. Kate is really generous with her freebies which are readily available. If you sign up to the newsletter you get access to an extra subscriber area the Doodle Den where there are loads more freebies. There is a gallery full of projects by the Creative Team and customers and so much inspiration for crafters and teachers. I would highly recommend you pop over there and join in the fun.

Card Details -

Size - 6”x6”

Digital Image - Chinese Zodiac (Kate Hadfield Designs)

Designer Paper - Desert Blooms 6x6” & Love Letters (First Edition Paper) Green At Heart (Basic Grey)

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order)

• 613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes & A Splash of Colour
• A Perfect Time To Craft - #4 - Anything Goes
• A Place to Start - Anything Goes & Add 1 or More Flowers
• Allsorts - #777 Anything Goes
• Ally's Angels - #81 Anything Goes
• As You Like It - Fave Fussy - I can never seem to 'do' CAS cards as there is too much white space and I 'Need' to add something to fill it LOL
• Beautiful Blossoms - #16 Anything Floral Goes
• Cardz 4 Galz - #223 Movie Madness (Inspired by the movie 'Dream Horse')
• Cheerful Sketches - April Sketch for layout
• Classic Design Challenge - #4-2024 Anything Goes / Happy Birthday
• Craft Rocket Challenge - #113 Layer It Up
• Crafty Animals - #82 Anything Goes with an Animal or Insect
• Crafty Catz - #670 Anything Goes
• Crafty Gals Corner - #254 Anything Goes
• Creatalicious Challenges - #276 Anything Goes
• Creations in Pink - #69 Anything Goes with More Pink Than Any Other Colour
• Creative Fingers - #276 Anything Goes
• Creative Moments - #257 Anything Goes
• Critter Crazy Challenges - #85 Anything Goes With a Critter as the Focus
• Digi Choosday - #15 Anything Goes
• Ellibelle’s Crafty Wednesday - Anything Goes
• Gem of A Challenge - #8 Anything Goes
• Heart's Quest Celebrations of Love - #4 Birthdays
• If You Gave A Crafter A Cookie - #191 Inspired by Happy Birthday
• Incy Wincy Designs - Inspired by the movie 'Dream Horse'
• Let’s Craft & Create - #206 Anything Goes
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #228 Anything Goes
• Mirtillamente - #30 Anything Goes
• Morgan’s Art World - #75 Anything Goes
• Outlawz Sunday Songs & Rhymes - Inspired by the word Spring (flowers)
• Outlawz Twisted Thursday - Anything Goes
• Pattie’s Creations Design Challenge - #217 Anything Goes
• Penny’s Challenge - #570 Anything Goes
• Polkadoodles - #15 Anything Goes
• Scrapping4fun Challenges - #234 Anything Goes
• Sheepski Designs - #85 Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Anything Goes
• Sisterhood of Crafters - Springtime Designer Paper
• Sparkles Monthly Challenges - #175 April Showers Brings May Flowers
• Star Stampz Challenge Blog #57 - Anything Goes
• The Crafting Challenge - Anything Goes
• The Creative Crafters - #75 Anything Goes
• The Four Seasons Challenge - Anything Goes SPRING
• Through The Purple Haze - #214 Anything Goes
• We Love 2 Create - #3 Anything Creative or Mixed Media Goes
• Word Art Wednesday - #645-646 Anything Goes
• Worldwide Crafters & Colorists Challenge - #16 Anything Goes