Inkyfingeredcat

I wanted to die cut some flowers from the big pile of scraps I have accumulated – some of them were white and some were coloured cardstock.

So the purple, pink, yellow and cerise elements all started as coloured cardstock, but the rest as white – so I took my alcohol markers and coloured them, choosing bright colours to give them solid colour that would work with the patterned cardstock base I chose to use from Kingston Crafts.

Then I went to town with my blending brushes and inks to give them dimension and shading – it really helps to step them up!

I then glued all the elements together and created a cluster onto a piece of vellum.

I did add foam adhesive under the largest flower to give additional dimension.

Then I glued the vellum to the card base. I chose a foiled sentiment because I thought the purple worked well with the bright floral cluster and card base.

As the card base started as a 5×7 I cut it down to standard C6 size and then added a strip of the pattern inside with another die cut floral.

Really love this cheerful card and good to work through a few of the scrap pieces!

And then I had the idea that it would be a good idea to film this as a technique based video … and that resulted in a second card!

I changed up the card base and some of the colours!

I also added a little glitter glue to both cards in the centre to also step those up too!

So that was a surprise extra project and love both cards!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

So I made this page at the crop a couple of weeks ago …

… I had made up some page kits using papers pulled from my #100patternedpaperchallenge pile plus random embellishments … this made it easy for me to grab and take to the crop.

The photos are of the deer that wandered by our lodge window at CenterParcs so these papers seemed to fit – I know they are of strawberries but still I thought they worked!

I added some rub ons and then the butterflies etc from some 49&market kits. I also grabbed the wooden leaf elements my lovely friend Helen gave me.

I added a tag behind the photo and then threaded the red thread through and around the page.

I then grabbed a wooden element for the title.

I added the journalling on the strips of white.

Love how the page came out. Really textural and fun!

I then made another three pages but they all deserve a blog post so will share them soon!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

This pad of Kraft patterned papers from Kingston Crafts is most definitely not paper … and I think it is perfect for making card bases!

So I made a 6×6 Christmas card! And this is my Festive Friday for this week!

I made the card base and layered another piece of the same paper but reversed (KC make papers with the same patterned but differently sized on the reverse! So clever!). I distressed the edge to give it a little border – they are white core so this not only gives texture but allows for the white to show through!

Then I went to my pouch of the acetate and vellum ephemera and created a fun cluster using my favourite Kingston Crafts tape runner as the adhesive doesn’t show through!

I added a bow made of the linen thread.

I chose to layer the sentiment panel made from vellum onto white card as I wanted it to have more stability and I didn’t want the pieces underneath to show through and disrupt reading the sentiment. Then I raised this on adhesive foam for going over the cluster and the linen thread bow.

Inside I added a panel of white for writing on and added a little square with more of the ephemera on to finish off!

So cute!

Can imagine making more of these with a few of the other patterns in the pad such as the check or the scalloped strip pattern. So easy!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

I am back to playing with the colour cubes to create a project choosing a card at random… and the number generator chose 589.

So the photo is a lovely shot but didn’t inspire me in terms of content but the colour combo I love! I didn’t quite get depth of colour (my blending always tends to go pastel!) but really happy with the final card!

I used Alex Syberia layered chic roses dies (my first time playing with them) and then chose Hello Honey, Island Indigo and Sahara Sand from SU inks and then vintage photo distressed ink.

I added in the foiled stripe background and loads of dimension too!

Gorgeous!!

Inside the card I added an inked panel and the die cut leaf!

And the base of crumb cake worked well I think!

I did add the die cut and the foiled sentiment too to make it into an anniversary card and then those enamel dots to just finish off!

Loved how this finished up – it did take quite a bit of time to make but I love it! and you can check out the speeded up version of the process on my YouTube channel.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

I wanted to make use of the fun background die and create a sort of vellum window using the gorgeous heart patterned vellum.

I die cut several layers of the frame die from white and then sandwiched the vellum layer in between so there is dimension on the card and the vellum isn’t directly next to the card base.

I decided to then keep the card quite simple … used one of the 5×7 solid colour card bases and then die cut the letters for the smile sentiment.

Then just added some glittery gems.

Really pleased with this graphic and fun card!

And guess what … it appeared on the tv last Thursday! So yes as seen on tv!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

I think this kit with a very generous amount of papers is perfect for making notecards from and I wanted to make two very similar but using very different colours from the Kraft kit – because it isn’t just about Kraft!

I made the card bases by folding over a full panel – it makes the perfect size of notecard!

Then I added a layer of coordinating cardstock from the stash but slightly smaller to give a lovely frame.

I then cut a banner strip of patterned paper. Then found a coordinating strip of ribbon and then a plain scrap of cardstock for the top banner with the sentiment.

I stamped two damselflies (?) with memento and coloured with alcohol makers.

I fussy cut them out and added wink of Stella and then started adhering everything together!

Then added a white panel inside for writing a message.

So cute! And could easily be replicated with lots of the papers and in different colour schemes, or with different focal points!

And yes … these were as seen on tv projects! ❤️

Happy crafting!

Catherine

I decided to make a couple of cards using the strip panels I have had made up for a while!

I started with this one … I used a small panel of the scrap strips and added it to a white panel. I then embossed it using an embossing folder.

Then I added it to blue card base and another panel of the same blue to frame.

I then added a few of the Charming floral stamped images I embossed and painted using inks. I wrapped some of the linen thread and added a bow and then chose a sentiment.

Inside I used a little offcut of the strip panel, a couple of the stamped images and then the other sentiment.

Next card I went with this panel …

This one I stamped and embossed the leaf design onto the strip panel.

Again the elements from the charming floral stamp set I added to the front of the card.

I chose a pink card base and framed the strip panel with white cardstock.

Inside the card I added just a panel of white and then one more stamped image.

A lovely pair of cards and good to get a couple of those panels used.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Yesterday Martin was back on tv with new Kingston Crafts products – and the bundle of the Kraft slimline and the 12×12 Kraft papers sold out less than half way through the show! And I’m not surprised! They are my fave papers to work with so far! So plenty of samples to share with you over the coming weeks – and love the fact that I can say ‘as seen on tv’ for a fair few of the projects!

I knew when I saw the daisy patterned paper that I wanted to fussy cut and pop out some flowers and add glitter – so that became this card!

I mean really! So cute!

The Kraft is the perfect tone of the brown and the yellow glitter glue provides the perfect amount of sparkle!

And of course the dimension was those fab adhesive foam squares from the adhesive kit. So a very KC card for this sample – obviously the foiled sentiment is from the stash but I often include more bits from the stash when making my cards – but this just didn’t need it!

Inside I kept it really simple with the single daisy and a little strip of the cardstock…

So happy wth the final result … so cute!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

This page I actually made a few weeks ago for (inter)national scrapbooking day where HLM Facebook group had a few challenges for us to scrap along with – this one was to use a grid layout!

Well I grabbed one of the page kits I had put together when packing up the craft room and using the #100patternedpaper challenge papers and some random embellishments which I found when decluttering – like those fab keys!

I used the papers to create squares which I distressed up and created a panel of 4×3 squares (each measuring 2.75” square).

Because it is such a busy background I then created a panel for the photos to sit on.

I added some cream cardstock into the mix and torn edges and then lots of rub ons from the terracotta set from 49&market.

The photos capture our cold case murder mystery night at CenterParcs in our lodge and so I thought the papers worked well with the images.

I had also added in some scraps of ribbon to add some softer elements.

I love how his page ended up – really good fun!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Hello! I mentioned that I was making this card on a recent haul video as I bought the little penguin from Spellbinders in a sale a couple of months ago and only just got around to cutting him out!

I mean – isn’t he the cutest skating along!

So I cut him from scraps and put him together – he is so easy to do! I did colour his cheeks and beak with alcohol markers though to give it the right colour! And the little star he is holding I coloured with gold pen and then added the glitter glue to make it sparkly.

Now he is actually a moving penguin as the little skating feet move on a mechanism!

I decided to keep the card quite clean and simple – I added a panel of diagonal strips (I create these panels when I ended up with lots of little strips and then set them aside for future crafting – this seemed perfect project to add a pink and purple panel to!).

Then I added glitter glue to the edge of the full panel.

I chose a pink card base and then used a new spellbinders sentiment press plate and die set for the sentiment. I actually used the press plate in the Betterpress for a change (I usually foil them) and it turned out well.

I die cut it twice though to strengthen the die cut especially as I had to have it hang off the snowman with a little foam adhesive.

I love this cute penguin and can’t wait to cut out more – I just need more time to then go through the scraps and dress him in all the colours of the rainbow!

Happy crafting!

Catherine