Inkyfingeredcat

Today the my Diamond Press Bitsy die cutting machine has been launched on Hobbymaker and I have been waiting so long to share the samples I made with the products that went on sale today! Let’s start with the everyday word border dies …

The everyday word border dies from My Dimond Press are going to be a go to set in my life … 12 different sentiments and perfectly sized for a range of card sizes. And all can be cut using the new Bitsy machine – no need to get a big heavy machine out!

Today’s blogpost is all about the samples I made but be prepared you will see these die cut border sentiments appearing a lot in future!

Started with patterned paper panels for this one …

Coordinating cardstock for both the mat layer and the sentiment and then pulling the same into the flower die – makes this into a lovely coordinated card – and I’m imagining you could repeat this design easily with different papers and focal elements.

Next up I went with layers of vellum and three sentiments!

I thought the sentiment borders were perfect for edging the panel in the middle – and then finished off with the sentiment cut from the adhesive glitter paper from My Dimond Press too!

I did slightly raise that central one just under the words too by die cutting a couloir of other but cutting them at the end of the words and stacking them. Simple but effective way of boosting the impact!

And of course that was a different size of card … but the sentiment border lines tucked nicely round the panel.

Next up a DL card and whilst the border isn’t as long as the full panel I still think it worked well.

This one I kept pretty simple – two layers of pattern onto the DL and then some layering butterflies which I had inked and then spritzed and added the glitter glue to the bodies!

Pretty but very effective!

Next up I went with standard C6 sized card and this time I turned the sentiment to go on an angle.

Hindsight is a great thing but I wish I had stacked the sentiment to give it more dimension so it would sit as high as the puffy stars but hey ho … still fun and good to have a longer sentiment that works at the angle!

And finally … this floral and bright hello card is again C6 sized and this time the sentiment tucked around the width of the landscape card is perfect!

I love the mix of fonts and the different ways the dies are designed – just so practical for lots of projects.

Really happy with all the cards I made and how well the sentiments worked … and as I said earlier be prepared to see them many more times as I know outside of the DT samples I will be grabbing these often! oh and guess what – there are similar designs for Christmas sentiments too! So yes you’ll be seeing those soon too! 😍

And once again I am happy to say some of these are ‘as seen on tv’!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

So the page I made in the last Scrappin Saturday there were quite a few leftover bits in terms of die cut ephemera so I thought I would make some cards with that and leftovers in the #100patternedpaperchallenge pile – I did think I was recording the process of making them but turned out I forgot to press record! Doh!

I used teal/duck egg blue and pink themed papers and cut two panels for the base and then used smaller panels for on top.

I added some pink scrap cardstock and the sentiments and then chose the house for one card.

And the butterfly for the other.

I did add in some ribbon on this one which was leftover from some packaging (nothing goes to waste in my house!) but otherwise kept both cards simple.

Both sentiments were foiled ones with the rose gold colour foil and I think that worked well with the colours of the papers and embellishments.

Inside both cards I just added leftover scraps of the patterned paper.

Such a cute pair of cards.

Good to out at least a couple of the elements to use that were leftovers – and a little more of those scraps of patterned paper from the challenge used! Hurrah!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Used a page kit Sarah designed for our crop a while ago and made this page fairly consistent with the way Sarah designed it. Recorded the process of making this page so you can catch this on my YouTube.

Unusual for me but exactly the simple crafting session I needed at the time.

Pictures are from M’s 19th birthday and apart from adding a second photo I kept the page pretty similar to Sarah’s original with layout etc and did not add anything that wasn’t in the kit she put together with the exception of the adhesive and the photos!

Loved the pack of die cuts and vellum bits that she gave us to play with – love the diffeeenr textures and that large & with two layers was a genius addition to the page.

Loved these pictures and love the final page – thanks so much for a beautiful design Sarah.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

I had these bits of paper leftover from design team work and so put them and the little die cut birds that were already put together to use for today’s #festivefriday

I layered the papers onto card and then added some scraps of green and red too!

This created a fun cluster of the papers on the card base and then the birds and an acetate sentiment to finish off!

Such a fun but pretty simple card!

Love it when a card comes together easier!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

I do seem to post a few of these sorts of projects as when I get to the point of clearing up I often make cards from the bits and bobs leftover! And these cards were exactly that!

Let’s start with this one …

A KC card base, an inky layer with a leaf print, a printed digital image and some scrap ribbon!

I also added a sentiment and some cardstock layers!

Cute!

Next up …

An inky gelli print, some KC cardstock and then the digital stamp already coloured and cut out.

Next a sentiment and some gems!

Another cute one … and loving the inky splodges!

Next up a dramatic Christmas card.

I love those baubles and the embossing – just added the sentiment and the ribbon!

Just love the black and cream too!

So there you go – random collection of cards but love them all!

And the day after clearing up the desk a new set of products arrived for design team work … so time to make a mess again as another 50+ samples required from this little lot!

Well it certainly keeps me out of mischief! Although the past two days not much has been done as my digestion issues have started again! Fully expect they are the delayed result of all the stress of the last six weeks finally showing themselves in my gut but there you go! Feeling a little brighter as I type this after 2 days of feeling very rough so think I am on the mend. 🤞 ❤️‍🩹

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Last Sunday was the birthday of the beautiful Eleanor – my cousins daughter – and as usual I was late making and posting – but hopefully by now she has had her card!

I actually videoed the process and popped that up on YouTube so you can watch me put it together.

I went with fun butterfly papers my friend Tricia had given me and then the foiled butterflies.

The mix of the lilac, teal and pinks are so pretty!

I had a change of plan on the sentiment and ended up with the Lawn Fawn ones I had already cut out – so cute!

And the foiling on those butterflies is so fab!

Love those sparkly gems too! Perfect finishing touch!

Inside just a couple of pieces of patterned paper to finish off!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

For this challenge I actually went with adding the colouring to die cuts and the inky layers.

I went with the fun Alex Syberia dies in a mix of blues and whites – I added some blue ink to the die cuts and created a fun cluster for the front of card!

I then went with two pieces of blue cardstock that had some texture as the printed pattern. I inked the edges of each panel to give them some depth.

Then took some silver glitter cardstock and cut the three strips to add under the cluster and then the foiled sentiment.

Then added the gem as the final touch! So cute!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

So this months KCC project didn’t happen at the beginning of the month as a result of the craziness of August but I did manage to cut some panels before I gave up!

Yesterday I managed to make some of the cards up – albeit it was a case of using up some bits rather than really planning in advance!

Here we go … card sketch 1

A bright base and then some fun flower die cuts for the focal point! I did flip the sketch for the panel to sit at the bottom rather than the top!

Love the bright colours and the contrast with the black!

So that’s card 1!

Next up I went with card sketch 3.

I love the fun strips that are staggered. Then I used a die cut circle and the die cut ephemera bicycle!

Next I added a foiled sentiment and the gems.

Card sketch four I went with a different focal point …

This is one of those toppers that came with Making Cards magazine so many years ago! So pleased to see these finally finding a home on this set of cards!

Again I love the black layers for the contrast and the orange and green colour combo!

Ok next … I then moved to sketch 6 … moved away from the orange and just a larger panel of the patterned paper and then the base of black.

Then added lots of the ephemera which was on the desk leftover from a scrapbooking kit!

I love that vellum butterfly and think it works well contrasting the bold papers.

Next up I went with sketch 8 and this time more of the ephemera with this pretty blue and yellow colour scheme.

Whilst the papers are quite modern in design they still work well with the more vintage ephemera.

Ok sketch 9 I amended slightly … instead of the two panels and the extra pieces of the patterned paper … I went with a larger topper with one of the Making Cards magazine panel.

I just love the half circle pieces on the left hand side!

And of course I love the picture – how dreamy!

A few more to go!

This time sketch 10 but I rotated it to turn it portrait not landscape!

This time I grabbed one of the larger panels again from old Making Cards magazine kits and added this on the top! Simple!

Sketch 11 took a bit of fiddling but love this with that rainbow background!

I decided to add an acetate floral element from my stash … so bright and cheerful!

I have quite a few of these acetate flowers in the stash courtesy of a design team job so good to find I could use one now … but this is a little spoiler so no telling anyone! 🙈

Ok back to the scene topper … this time using sketch 12!

Really love how the colours worked on this – and such a lovely more masculine card.

Love the gems adding the finishing touches too!

Ok sketch 15 was my last one and I cut down one of the larger sentiment topper panels and this created an element for the card … albeit I changed it from a diagonal design for the little strip elements.

I once again added the black and the orange I kept coming back to as a base colour!

Such a fun and different set of cards!

Hope that you’ve enjoyed this set of fun cards!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

I am in the process of going through photos from our Paris break but then realised I made this page and hadn’t got around to posting it so this is this weeks Scrappin Saturday post!

The pics are from our Sardinia holiday and the awesome sunset we had!

I used papers from the #100patternedpaperchallenge and this created a lovely soft page.

I grabbed rub ons to enhance the papers and I really love these mixed with the wooden embellishments and the sequins.

I also love the thread which added some lovely soft textures.

Now back to editing the Paris photos so I can get them printed for lots more scrapbooking pages!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

When I got the Grand Marquise machine it came with a stamp and die set which makes a fun pop up box card – so this was my first play with it!

For the front of the card I made a patchwork from papers I bought off Vinted back in July and then added Santa who I paper pieced for his outfit from the spotty paper.

I also added some glitter paper for the mat layer and then a fun sentiment die cut.

Then inside …

A box which pops up and I added some gifts and sparkly leaves to!

Fun and definitely something a little different for me!

Happy crafting!

Catherine