Inkyfingeredcat

The Kingston Crafts 12×12 Kraft pad is perfect for scrapbooking and this is the first page I made …

I did base my page on a page kit Sarah designed that I made a few months ago as I loved the layout. I chose the star for the background and the rainbow stripes for the triangles.

I then fussy cut two of the scalloped lines of a sheet of that to create borders for the triangles.

I went with simple after that … mounted my photo onto white and raised it on foam adhesive for some dimension.

I added my journalling on strips of white to go above and below the photo.

I found the perspective title in my stash that I thought worked well with the photo of me at Alton Towers waiting to go on The Smiler!

And then used the puffy star stickers from an Everyday Stories kit in different colours to embellish.

A far more simple layout than I normally make but with the pattern and the large photo with all those twists and loops of the rollercoaster it seemed like more would have been too much so I stopped the adding and decided enough was enough!

This one got shown on tv back in May! So funny to see myself on telly!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Getting close to Christmas in July and I’m getting nervous as nowhere near as prepped as I should be! Oh well! This one was very much about grabbing papers and then deciding what to make!

And what came together turned out pretty nice I think!

I grabbed some Kingston Crafts papers and then a strip of the Indigo Blu tartan paper to make up the layers and then some scrap cream cardstock to make up the bow.

I inked the die cut pieces with vintage photo and then stuck together the double bow.

Then I decided a vellum layer with an embossed sentiment would work nicely too.

I inked the edges and of the panels and ruffled them up a little on the smaller panels and then added to the red card blank I made.

Inside the card I added the cream panel and some strips of the patterned paper along with another stamped sentiment.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Yes I made this card a little while ago just after finishing a scrapbook page but only just getting around to blogging it!

Used leftover paper for both the background panel and then the strips on which I added the floral element.

I added some ephemera from the rainbow Kingston Crafts kit… the floral element I added foam adhesive to raise it up.

Then I added some glitter glue to the centre of the flowers for some sparkle!

I then added some leftover bits to the inside …

Lovely bright cheery card!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

I wanted to make another card using the Kraft floral papers…

I went with a slanted piece and then fussy cut a scalloped border under which I added a fussy cut floral element!

I then added the green panel, a scrap of ribbon and then the sentiment!

I also added the little chipboard stars to embellish!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

I love using up scraps – and these bits leftover from scrapbooking became a card!

So two layers of the patterned paper squares … and then some torn scraps on top! These became the perfect place to add the trim, a bow and the sentiment!

Simple and effective!

Inside a few more scraps and a panel of white for writing on it!

Love it!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

At the start of the month I finished up the five remaining cards from the KCC22 I started back in March – this left me some bits and bobs on the desk – so I made a final card!

The strip panel I had made from tiny bits of the papers I had cut off and then there were a few flowers left, one leaf and some sentiments I had foiled and cut out.

I then had some scraps of the plain cardstock I had used to mat and layer and add in as solids so created the little topper.

I then cut myself a card blank from a remaining full sheet of the paper (it’s just about thick enough for a card base!

Inside the card I added a panel of white and another leftover flower.

I added some sequins to the flower centres for the front and called this done!

Two flowers and a couple of sentiments remain but decided to throw those away as not going to try and make another from those bits so I’m being uncharacteristically ruthless! 😂

Happy crafting!

So the name for this kit from Kingston Crafts is Kraft Slimline papers but is also contains some other lovely colours and I concentrated on that for this page.

I chose the two greens and the blue to create a landing cluster for the photo (sunset at Whinfell Park, CenterParcs). I went with a pastel blue base from the pastel cardstock kit and added some stencilling in light blue along with a bit of packaging technique to give a smudgy look!

Then I added the cluster using the slimline papers. I did also added in some bits of the cloud patterned kraft as I thought it worked well with the photo.

I mat the photo with black and then raised that up on foam adhesive for some dimension. Then I added lots of die cut leaves I had cut from scraps of different greens and white.

I stamped and die cut the title – Christmas sentiments sometimes work for other purposes and Peace is definitely perfect for how this photo makes me feel!

Then grabbed some stickers for adding some little phrases to the page!

I then went round the panels with pen and doodled lines and added the journalling.

A gorgeous page!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

This card came about because I decided to ‘tidy up’ my Christmas boxes ahead of the chaos of Christmas in July but I didn’t get very far as I got distracted with the papers and made a card instead!

I grabbed these green themed papers and made a card base and then a topper and a strip for the left hand side. Then grabbed a digital stamp that was already coloured in and cut out.

I decided to die cut the vellum scrap with my Alex Syberia snowflake die – oh so cute – and added that too.

Then added the image on top with some foam adhesive to give it dimension.

I then grabbed the sentiment die cut that had been foiled and added that too … then I went Wink of Stella mad and added it in a generous coat over my snowman!

I’m not sure that the photo captures the sparkle well but I think you can see some of the sparkles on the snowman’s head!

Inside the card I added a white panel and then some strips of the patterned paper.

Love this – it’s quite a funky looking card I think – of course this was a great distraction but hasn’t meant I have finished the tidying up and organising! 😂

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Back to the colour cube challenge as I wasn’t sure what to make with the new to me Waffleflower stamps I had bought … so I went with whatever the random generator gave me … 938 … which meant lots of teal greens!

So I first of all created the topper panel with the plant pot and vases using distress inks in Tumbled Glass, Evergreen Bough and Pine Needles.

I then created the background panel inking with the same three colours.

I grabbed a stencil from the stash to add some pattern in opposite corners and then some of the stamps from the stamp set got stamped too.

Then I started adding a bit of depth to the edge with black soot on both the topper panel and the background panel.

I added the banner using a scrap of black and then added the rub ons from 49&market just add a little extra pattern and grunge.

I chose an Alex Syberia sentiment die cut for the finishing off … a vellum shadow layer and the words from black.

I added everything to the black card base and inside added a panel of card and stamped one of the vases and some greenery.

I just love the drama of this card.

And lovely to have the card determine the colour scheme for me!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Hello there! The latest challenge at Addicted to stamps and more is an easy one to join in with … it’s our Any Occasion challenge – and so I went with a Fathers Day card!

I decided to grab the Spellbinders Oh Buoy dies and create the little seagull, post and lifesaver ring … just so much fun! I bought this set ages ago but this its first use!

I then used one of the strips of scraps cardstock panels to become the background – it’s been so handy to have these ready made to grab then the colours are right for my project – these colours are beach reminiscent!

I then added some of that gold angel hair paper behind the panel. This reminds me of grasses in sand dunes!

I had a little hunt through the die cut sentiments I already had ready cut and found the fab Waffleflower ones – I stacked the red onto white with another panel of white behind to finish off. I also added the Kraft hearts from the same die set.

Next I created two panels of the brown for the base … the top one I inked up with the Vintage photo ink and then splattered with water to give it some texture.

I raised this panel up with a couple of pieces of scrap cardstock to give some subtle dimension.

I then made the card blank from Crumb cake and added a white panel inside.

Really love how this card came together – a perfect card that with a different sentiment would be good for all different occasions!

Happy crafting!

Catherine