Inkyfingeredcat

I needed today’s festive Friday card project to be a quick one when I sat down to make it – so out came the Christmas Tags and More speciality DSP once again! This is my go to for quick and easy cards – I still have a fair few sheets of the 6×6 left and still quite a few die cut elements too so suspect there will be more of these types of quick cards to go in this years festive Friday series!

I decided I wanted to use the Kraft coloured papers – I suspect these are crumb cake coloured! I distressed the edges and then lightly inked them with vintage photo.

Then I adhered them straight into the background which is a cream coloured heavy weight cardstock from the stash.

I then chose to add two of the die cut foliage sprigs to the wreath die cut and this created my focal point.

On my desk I had this Joy inked and die cut sentiment (this is the waffle flower overlapping words set) and decided now was the time to use it.

I added a thread bow just where the two sprigs met and then layered the sentiment over the top with some foam adhesive.

I then added some shimmer lines on the sprigs with my shimmer gel pen and some dots in the wreath. I also added glossy accents to the berries on the sprigs for some additional shine and texture.

Inside I added the remaining by pieces of the patterned paper I had cut for the front of the card. I inked them to give some definition but otherwise left it quite simple.

So a slightly rustic looking but still a modern card I think!

One thing I can say for definite about it though is that it was QUICK! Just had to wait for the glossy accents to dry!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Hello! My design team card for Creative Knockouts for the latest challenge is this one…

The theme was die cuts / punches / stencils and we are sponsored by Polkadoodles which where this fab Blossoming Winnie digital stamp came from!

I printed her out and then coloured her with alcohol markers and then fussy cut her out.

Then I decided to play with the Craft Addiction UK dies to create some wobbly panels for her to sit on. I used the Kingston Crafts card base for both the base and the speech bubble panels.

I added twine and then some die cut flowers from the stash – these are old dies I did lots of scrap die cutting from so I have a real mix of colours which works with the multicoloured background.

I added the Winnie image up on foam adhesive to give her some dimension.

I added wink of Stella to parts of the image like the spots and the bow and then also to the flower centres. Then chose a sentiment from the foiled stash ready done.

Inside I added an offcut of the patterned panel and another foiled sentiment and a final layered flower die cut.

A cut card for sure!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

The slimline papers from Kingston Crafts are perfect for making long DL type shape cards and so I grabbed one to make this simple card.

The brocade type pattern is so elegant and would make a great background to lots of different images but I went with these leaves. I decided however to see how it coped with inking and it turned out that it coped really well!

I used the vintage photo distress ink to edge the panel which I did cut down to give a lovely border to the green card base I made from cardstock from the Christmas pack.

Then I used scraps of colours of cardstock in my stash that went well to create a striped panel. This gave my cluster of leaves somewhere to sit.

I inked the panel and the leaves to coordinate.

Then I made lovely bow from some waxed thread which I added where the leaves were clustered.

I decided to raise the panel up on foam adhesive and then when I added the foiled sentiment trip I added that on foam too so there is quite a bit of dimension to the card.

Inside I added a plain panel but also some offcuts of the patterned piece to just edge the inside.

Not a challenging card to make but a really effective one – having those longer panels of the patterned paper really help with this shape of card!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

I wanted to make use of the rainbow stripe again and bring that in with the Kraft and white patterns … so kept the design quite simple with all those patterns!

I went with a couple of banner shapes and because the paper is so thick (I would really describe it as cardstock) it distresses well which gives it some texture!

I mounted them onto the scalloped stripes background.

Then I went through my die cuts and chose these blue and mustard flowers. I added ink to them to give them some depth. Then layered them up to create the little base for the sentiment.

I then added some of the lemon glitter glue to the centre of the flowers to add some sparkle!

I then added the panel to a white top folding card blank.

Love how fresh this looks!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

So back at the beginning of March I made the KCC21 with the paper and got everything ready and made 10 cards – but never finished off the last five. So as I’m getting back in the swing of my challenges etc I decided to finish off those five rather than start a new set off.

I started with sketch 5 and made this one. I added in some ribbon and some sequins but otherwise kept it very similar to the original sketch.

Next I went with sketch number 4….

This one I used an oval of vellum and ran that through and embossing folder and again added those flowers and leaves that I had pre-coloured and fussy cut ahead of the project in March.

This one I mounted onto a polka dot bright card blank rather than the Kraft.

Next up is sketch number 3…

This one I added stencilling to the background with a snowflake design and again added the floral elements and a banner for the sentiment to sit on.

I also chose to add a third flower on foam adhesive to add a bit of dimension. Most of the cards I kept pretty flat except this.

Sketch 2 didn’t use any paper that was specifically Christmas themed so I decided to change it up and went with a birthday card instead.

This one I embossed after adding the half circles to the background panel which I like the look of.

The scripty sentiment die cut I added ink to by pressing into the ink pad which I think gave it a fun look!

Finally sketch one I turned into a bauble!

I love how this came out. Again some embossing for the background panel and then turned the circle to make my bauble.

Love that linen thread too!

So a fun set of five cards made and pleased to have another PHD out of the basket and finished!

I’ve already decided to pause the patterned paper project for next month as I think I have enough going on with Christmas in July but hope to be back in August with some more patterned paper projects for the 1st of the month … and probably not Christmas related as I think we will be ready for a bit of a break by then!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

This months Make it Masculine card was very much inspired by the leftover papers from a scrapbook page left on the desktop so that became the theme!

I absolutely love how it came out though! Fabulous texture and pattern and I think it ticks all the boxes of a fun card for a man!

The squares were left from the grid page I made along with the other scraps so I distressed everything and then created the base onto cream cardstock square knowing I wanted to make a 6×6 card.

I then grabbed these chess pieces leftover from Januarys KCC sessions … they became my focal point.

I wrapped and tied some twine for a different texture and then added the sentiment using foam adhesive (the chess pieces were also lifted on foam adhesive).

I then made the inside of the card which I put more effort into than normal – because I was all about using up scraps!

These papers are from the #100patternedpaper challenge I started in January so very much about using them up and not hoarding! Any final scraps that are left get put back into the 100PP box so they will have to get used at some point – chance I was more generous than usual on the inside of this card!

But I love this card. Really enjoyed putting it together and nice to use patterned paper for my Make it Masculine series as it’s not something I always think to use!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

So beach holidays in the UK sometimes don’t include sun and this page is all about that!

The page is using up papers from the #100patternedpaper challenge pile and I had put them together into a page kit pouch when sorting out embellishments. But I actually made it as part of the (inter)national scrapbooking day/weekend for one of the challenges in the HLM Facebook group where the challenge was to use stencils!

So the orange paper had a big circle cut from it so I backed that with the wavy lines paper and made that into the centre of the page – choosing the textural grey for the background to go with the colours of the sky and the walkway by the sea in Paignton.

Then I used a Tim Holtz stencil and some quite dried up Early Espresso ink to add some pattern to ground the photo and then again top left to balance.

I then used a white posca pen to doodle the larger circles I had stencilled – I thought this added whimsy to the page and worked with the wavy lined paper!

I then added two lines of the trim which I used the tiny attacher to attach! Then I started pulling ephemera from some Kingston Crafts kits … like the heart border, the banner flags, the clouds and some stickers and rub ons.

I raised the photo and a few embellishments up on foam adhesive for dimension, but also so the photo could sit above the trim elements.

I added my journalling and thought the Summer Time sticker was a good title (although the real life rub on could work as the title too!)

A fun page! particularly like the doodled elements on the stencilling – think it helps bring them out!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Our May theme at the Facebook group is Holly Jolly and here is my card …

I chose Indigo Blu stamps from a magazine and used my stampwheel to create the frame/wreath and then stamped some extras.

I then coloured the holly and the flowers with my alcohol markers.

I fussy cut the extras out to cluster with the sentiment and then die cut some sprigs from the Kraft cardstock to match the card base.

I added wink of Stella to the holly berries to give them shimmer.

Inside the card I added another sentiment and the leftover bits and bobs.

Love that I managed to steer clear of using my favourite Holly stamps (Darcy Paperartsy ones) and made a fun rustic card for this months challenge!

And this is a process video too over on my YouTube where yesterday I made it to the 1000 subscribers milestone which I am absolutely delighted with!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Hello! Another design team project to share with you using the beautiful papers from the 12×12 Kraft papers from Kingston Crafts. This time I wanted to use one of the floral papers and cut apart to create some pretty clusters.

I fussy cut them out and then decided to put them onto the white polka dot panel. I then decided rather than going with the more neutral papers for the base I instead made a card base from the rainbow stripes.

I raised the top panel up on foam adhesive for dimension – I love adding dimension to my cards!

And in this case I added even more dimension with foam under the sentiment die cut too!

Next I added a white panel to the inside of the card, and added a strip of the polka dot paper and then another fussy cut flower – just forgot to take a picture!

I then grabbed the orange glitter glue and added that to the centre of the flowers to add sparkle!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

I have only made one card using the magazine kit I bought so decided it was time to resurrect this project and made a simple but cute bee themed card.

I think the patterned paper is superb and I decided to enhance it with embossing with the stencil and then adding some ink through and some additional word stamping.

The bee is a cut apart from the paper so I glued it to some scrap cardstock before fussy cutting it. Then I added a motion spring behind (aka Boinger!) to give both dimension and movement.

Then I added the sentiment and a scrap of crochet trim and added two mat layers to the panel to frame it. I added it to the Kraft 5×7 card base and then added a white panel inside with some of the leftover paper and a little stamping.

I then finished the front with some glitter glue dots and some clear glitter glue for the wings on the bee. So sweet!

Lovely fun but super simple card because all the hard work went into the paper itself – I just added the texture and a little extra detail with the stamping.

And so a new playlist has been started over on YouTube for these two and any future cards I make from the kit!

Happy crafting

Catherine