Inkyfingeredcat

I love Christmas decorations (might be insane but we have four full size 6 or 7 ft trees in our house every year plus a smaller one for our bedroom) – so being able to make Christmas trees is fabulous! And you can then make them any style you want!

So I made a start with this one initially using cardstock and a few pieces of patterned cardstock … I did add stamps and a bit of ink and started the construction … this was how it looked.

I was already loving the construction at this point but knew that a full on painty tree might be more what I wanted to make … so the tree above transformed into …

I pulled it apart again (I hadn’t actually glued the tiers at this point … and went to town on each layer with four paint colours from my fresco finish paints. Then I spritzed with two of the shimmer spritzes and left them to dry overnight.

This gave them a lovely finish with the mica and resin in the spritzes giving the pieces strength.

Then once dry I adhered them back together in their rings and then adhered them to the central cone.

And here it is! I absolutely love it!

The view from the top is fun … but I just love it on my shelf!

I don’t think the photos capture the shimmer as much as you can see in real life … but I think it is great!

Hope you like this big 3d item … the grand marquise cutting machine is the size you need for this but that’s just for the cone element – the rest are fine for smaller machines.

And this finally launched on Hobbymaker yesterday evening so it was good to see both mine and Sarah’s trees on the TV! Sarah’s with the lights is so cute!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

I knew that I wanted to play with all the fab word type chipboards in the kit to go with this photo from back in 2006 of my daughter’s first Christmas!

I grabbed the lovely dark green cardstock from the Christmas paper pad from last years Kingston Crafts range and then chose three of the Holly Jolly slimline papers to create a central vertical panel of patterned paper down the page.

I trimmed the original photo down a bit and then mounted it on the plain cream coloured slimline paper (it works great as a mount and for adding journaling strips too!)

Then I started grabbing the chipboard elements I liked most and adding those around the photo. I particularly liked the circle one of the santas nice list which paired well with Santa checking the list and the gift pile!

Some of them I adhered to the papers and then some overlapping the photo. I used a wet glue to adhere them all so I was sure they would survive travelling through the post to Martin!

I added some little strips of journaling to finish but decided it didn’t need additional embellishment as the chipboard did all the work!

I have realised as I look at the pictures now that I totally got the year wrong when I added the date tab – how could I get the year my daughter was born wrong I will never know – so will have to try and correct that in the future! Doh! 🙊

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Back to playing with scraps and this card is leftover bits of patterned paper and a leftover die cut from the design team work I’ve been doing! It’s a very small sneak peek for something that hasn’t been released yet so shhhh don’t tell anyone you saw it here first! 🤣

I then added the wooden embellishment and the acetate sentiment.

I then added the gems and called it done! So cute!

Just love the texture and the different patterns!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

I went full on cute for this card because the gingerbread vellum is super cute!

I decided to tear the vellum into a panel and mount it on to coordinating red from the slimline papers.

Then I created two tags – the solid red and the striped vellum.

I then created a cluster of ribbon scraps to add to the top of the tag. This is a lovely way to add texture. I added the tags on foam adhesive to give dimension.

Then I grabbed one of the gingerbread men chipboard shapes and one of the motion springs (aka Boingers!) and added that to the tag.

Just love those motion springs for adding movement!

I finished the card with some card candi and then the foiled and die cut sentiments already made in my stash!

So a card full of cuteness – love this!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

These balloon dies from my Dimond Press are perfect for birthday cards and I loved making these cards.

Let’s start with the bold and bright 18th birthday card! Used a mix of the three primary colours to make sure it was super colourful!

I love the balloons all popped up and the little stripes by bows I gave them!

Because I kept the patterns on the balloons and the background panel subtle it was fun to then grab a bold patterned card base as contrast!

This 5th birthday card I went with lots of pattern using some old patterned paper.

This time I inked the balloon cut from the bold patterned paper to give it more contrast and added a swirly ribbon to finish off!

The next card I combined two die sets – the background die and the balloons.

I cut the background from a patterned paper along with the oval panel. Then layered up with a coral red colour.

I then cut the balloon numbers from the same coral red and raised them up on foam adhesive. I then sandwiched a bit of gold angel hair paper between the top panel and the background panel to add a touch of luxury.

Then added the gold gems to finish off!

And finally this one which I added movement to…

You will see that fab background is the birthday background die which I cut from the rainbow cardstock (I cut it just to use some of the solid candles on another card I made but kept this background panel ready for another make!). I trimmed it down from the original 5×7 and instead made an American sized card 4.5×5.25.

Then some glitter paper added for sparkle and the pop up panel is green with the fab yellow balloons! I added movement with the ‘boinger’ mechanism.

And that was this card done!

Lovely set of number cards … and of course because the balloons are all separate you could make a card for any age … or indeed how about a special anniversary card too!

I went fairly bold with all mine but also thinking black and white with gold or silver would look great!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Hello! How quickly that fortnight passed! And also let’s recognise this is my third post today! It’s been so busy and so many things to share!

Time to share another Addicted to stamps and more design team card I’ve made – this time for our birthday theme!

I still love these Kraft papers from Kingston Crafts and this one I went full on florals with the full panel for the background, a spotty one in the middle with a little rainbow banner and then fussy cutting the floral out to rise above.

I just love those flowers – super cute! And it’s just one of the florals in a pack of lots of other designs – and of course the colours are perfect for the rainbow stripe too! Love it when it all easily coordinates.

I added some little chipboard stars as embellishments and of course the sentiment which I foiled in the rose gold and then die cut (it’s a spellbinders coordinating plate and die set)

I kept it simple with a white top folding card base and then inside just added the two banners of the remaining cardstock.

Simple but lovely and fresh!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

I did say at the beginning of the month I wasn’t likely to do all sketches – but did think I might have done more by now than I have – ah well at least I managed this one for day 13!

Another page achieved using a sketch from the #30dscbl series 22 – this time provided by Briana from My Life on Paper

I love this sketch although had to slightly amend to make the photos work! but I think it is quite close!

I once again I used papers from my #100patternedpaperchallenge and love how it came out!

I added in the panel of the laser cut paper (Kingston Crafts) and then some bakers twine for the added texture!

I went less busy with the embellishments as a result of the busy page.

So mainly kept to the title, a wooden element and some stickers.

Hope you like it! Thanks Briana for the sketch!

Hope to get more done but still ploughing through design team work which is taking up most of my craft time available at the moment – so no promises. Video is here!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

I wanted to make some little notecards with the chipboard as embellishment … and wanted to show how easy this would be with all those chipboard pieces to make lots of cards.

I started by using however one of the Everyday 5×7 card blanks and cut it in half to make two notecards. To each of these I added a little panel of vellum to just add in a different texture.

Then I took a small piece of the Holly Jolly Slimline paper to add to the front – I alternated the side showing for the two cards to show the different sizing on each side – such a clever Kingston Crafts thing to make the papers the same but function differently!

Then I chose my chipboard shapes.

One of them I went with the single tree to which I added some spots of the clear glitter glue where the lighter patches are on the artwork.

The other I went with three of the more graphic trees and added glitter glue to the central one to give it some real sparkle!

All the chipboard element take ink and glitter glue and shimmer spritz well so you can certainly step them up like this!

A fun set of smaller Christmas cards!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Back with five more cards from the #kcc23 challenge I started with the Indigo Blu magazine papers at the beginning of the month.

Love these papers so much! They made putting the cards together with the sketches so easy!

Card 6…

I added in the stamping to the back panel and then a little scrap of trim.

I love that the stamps go with the papers perfectly – such a pretty card.

Added a little edging to the layers too! Just helps to define the borders.

Card 7…

I went with a very purple theme for this card.

I also added texture with the embossing of the panel once the paper and card rectangles were added.

I also added some ribbon and the foiled sentiment too.

Loved the inking on this one too and that I coloured my ribbon to be matching!

Card 8 …

I added stencilling and stamping to bring interest to the background layer and then a little stamping to the patterned papers as well. I also inked each piece a little to make them blend a little better.

I think the dragon fly is one of my favourite stamps from the set – really love it!

Card 9…

I completely changed up the sketch for this one as I just didn’t like how it looked in the original format!

This one is very grungy with the stamping and ink blending on the background- but I think it works well with the paintbrushes image.

Probably my least favourite of the set – but still like it!

Card 10 …

This one I put together the papers and then added stamping and embossing for texture – this is what Indigo Blu sets are great for!

I love that focal image too – different from the sketch which had circles – but I think it worked well!

A great five more cards made using my Indigo Blu magazine! Great way to get a good batch going from the kit!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

So here we go with the first project I actually made with the new releases from Kingston Crafts – the Holly Jolly range and for this scrapbook page I went with three of the slimline papers and then some of the chipboard shapes.

Base is a cream leftover from last years Christmas papers which I inked the edge of with my Vintage Photo ink to blend with the gingerbread theme.

I layered the three slimline papers to create a cluster for under the photo element.

I was scrapping the three gingerbread houses we decorated in 2024 – it’s become a new tradition to do some kind of baked goods decorating – and each year we realise we are not exactly skilled in this – Maya however seems to have more of the knack!

So of course I chose the gingerbread themed paper, and put with it the candy canes and then the subtle patterned red one.

Next I chose some chipboard shapes I thought worked with the theme … firstly that fun title ‘baking spirits bright’ – I did ink it a little so it was in keeping with the page. Then that fab house on the stand.

I also added the pinwheel cookies/sweets as I liked the pop of colour against the cream.

I was going to add the chipboard gingerbread men too but for once I decided not to go OTT!

I added my journalling on strips of the cream and again inked them.

I decided I needed to edge the panels a little so I doodled some wobbly lines around and then decided this was finished!

Love the new designs – they have some familiar designs in the papers but slightly different colour schemes, although they still coordinate, and also there are loads of new designs too. And of course the stack of papers is huge so will definitely be working through these for a while after the design team work is finished!

And this is another of those “as seen on TV” projects from back in September when Martin was on – so enjoy this ‘famous’ page for today’s Scrappin Saturday!

Happy crafting!

Catherine