Things with wings is the theme Hazel set us for this week’s CHNC design team contribution.
I chose to use this fabulous image from Making Cards magazine with the penguin and the little bird.
I added strips of papers and card and embossed the card blank with the wholegrain embossing folder to add texture.
Happy crafting!
Catherine
Yesterday I held another card making zoom session with my friends… and here are the samples from the class. I wanted to use the In the Pines dies and stamps and decided to go with the fun Heartwarming Hugs dsp.
I used the coordinating cardstock in Real Red, Pear Pizazz and Mossy Meadow. I also added white seam binding, red braided linen trim and some red organza ribbon.
I decided for the class to mix up the style of cards with some easel, z folds and the usual cards. I also mixed it up using both the Scalloped tag topper punch and the Banners Pick a Punch to create some interest.
I added a few sentiments from the Banner Year stamps set too.
Here are the cards…
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Loved having fun designing these. Hope the ladies enjoyed the crafting session last night too. I certainly did!
Happy crafting!
Catherine
About 2 weeks ago I received my Paper Pumpkin kit and I have been busy creating and sharing my makes over on YouTube but only just getting round to blogging what I’ve made.
For those of you that want to follow me over on YouTube and watch how I made these etc Here is my channel
I’ve made 4 videos in total using the Paper Pumpkin kit and here are the cards I’ve made.
The first two are very similar to the ones that were designed by SU on the accompanying leaflet. Of course I did change them just slightly.
Cards 3, 4, 5, 6 were using the kit keeping to fairly simple layouts but using the envelopes as dsp etc.
Card 7 I had great fun doing some messy play! Loved creating the inky background. I did add in a little extra colour with some Mossy Meadow and the Cherry Cobbler berries oh and stampin blend pen too!
Hope you enjoyed these. I’ve got loads of leftovers in the kit so wondering what I will make next?
Happy crafting!
Catherine
At the scrimpies team retreat back in September Amanda taught us how to make little treat pouches from a square of dsp… so I was keen to give it a try again and made these for my friends.
I used forever greenery dsp and cut it into 6×6 squares and did each one different.
Then I stamped and die cut a leaf from some scraps of patterned paper and added some sprigs I had die cut too.
Then I stamped the sentiment from Fancy Phrases onto some scraps of either white or crumb cake and turned them into little banners.
I punched a hole in the top where it was folded down to make it stronger. Through this I tied some white satin ribbon from the stash.
I love how each is different but easily made in a batch making kind of way.
Really shows off this beautiful paper too. So glad I ended up buying this paper for the class to go with the stamps and dies. It’s really beautiful.
Into each pouch I slid a herbal teabag and a little chocolate. A simple little treat for my friends who attended the zoom crafting class.
Happy crafting!
Catherine
My Craftyhazelnuts Christmas challenge blog contribution this week was in response to Hazel’s challenge to use something with the letter R.
I chose Reindeer for the letter R. I used a few different patterned papers from the stash and a mix of grey and kraft cardstock with a die cut frame. I then cut two of the deer and stuck them together to add dimension.
I added a sticker sentiment and layers few card candi.
Happy crafting!
Catherine
Whilst doing the zoom crafting sessions with my friends I hadn’t got quite enough supplies to make the same cards up… so I used the Whale of a Time dsp and some coordinating cardstock. I die cut some elements that I thought would work as seaweed too.
Here they are…
Love how fun and bright they are!
A couple of the sheets of paper are perfect for cutting apart and so I could use the whales and turtles as focal points.
I also added in some linen thread on a few.
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For all of them I used the sentiment from the From all of us stanp set.
Happy crafting!
Catherine
I arranged a couple of zoom crafting sessions with friends and sent them all a kit to make this project… a one sheet wonder using forever greenery dsp and lots of lovely die cuts.
We had great fun crafting and the ladies all made some amazing cards… these were mine!
Will be doing a Christmas version in a couple of weeks too… looking forward to it.
Happy crafting!
Catherine
I have a bright and joyful card to share with you today using the Flowers for every season dsp and the Peace and Joy bundle.
I used strips of the patterned paper, cardstock and some ribbon. I then added the couple of stitched shapes and the Joy die cuts and the stamped sentiment.
I love the little gems I added too. So cute.
Happy crafting!
Catherine
This week at CHNC, Hazel challenged us to use GLITTER. Ugh! I am not a fan of using glitter… so decided to add only little dots of glitter glue on my card toppers.
I used an old Making Cards magazine set of papers and toppers and teamed them with pink, black, grey and green cardstock. I cut the papers into 4 sheets of 6×6 and then created the panels from those so I could make a couple at a time with similar layouts. Almost like a one sheet wonder.
I added die cuts of foliage using the Wreath Builder dies and Forever Flourishing dies.
Then each topper got some dots of pink, green, red or silver glitter glue.
Love how they all look and love these fresh colours.
Particularly like this last one which uses the one inch scraps of paper… cool way to use up scraps!
Happy crafting!
Catherine
I have another one sheet wonder to share using the long since retired Winter Frost Dsp. This time the paper was a lot darker and bolder than the other ones I shared previously. This led to me wanting to add vellum to add a lighter touch to the cards.
Here is the cutting guide I followed…
… and here are all but two of the cards I made.
The remaining three panels (1,3,4) are the 4×4 panels which when they have a mat are too big for these a6 size cards. So I will share those another day!
As you can see they turned out to be quite busy cards with the embossed vellum adding a second pattern as well as texture!
I decided to steer away from stamped images completely and just use coloured cardstock with the white to create my wreaths. I mixed up the different wreath styles and added in foliage and flowers.
I chose to use either Basic Grey, Smoky Slate or White card blanks and cut them lengthways so they open on the left and stand easily even in this landscape format. I also backed most of the panels with a panel of basic black to give a lighter edge to the vellum panel.
Card 1: to be shared another day
Card 2: I actually turned this into two cards…
Card 3: to follow another day
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I love the Wreath Builder dies so much but must admit I also added some of the dies from the Forever Flourishing set too just to add some variance to the foliage on the wreaths.
The sentiments were both from the retired Good Greetings stamp set.
I loved adding the pop of pinks on these cards and also how the vellum over the patterned paper on some cards gave it a different look.
I went through scraps of ribbon to make teeny tiny bows for the wreaths too and added the little adhesive snowflake sequins as a little added embellishment.
I chose for those not mounted on white card blanks to make an insert for them… I did this using one sheet of white to create four inserts. I stamped in a cross and then cut it into four parts and then trimmed it down so they were slightly smaller than the card blank.
When I share the three remaining cards I made from this OSW I will link back here so you can see them all.
Happy crafting!
Catherine
