Inkyfingeredcat

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

I played with the Alex Syberia dies and another little puddle of scraps off the desk – I think this is one of the fab things about die sets to use up bits and bobs and create something fab!

I went with purple, plum and black – and a white layer too!

I then added the ink to make the white ink a mauve colour.

Once the ink blending was done I then adhered it together and then decided to finish off the card with a layer of green vellum.

I embossed the vellum with the fern folder to add texture.

I added an oval die cut with some foam to add dimension. Then I added the foiled sentiment and some gems.

Love how this turned out!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

So the first of the 21st birthdays has happened! When did our girls get so grown up?

Kaspa is the first to have her birthday and as M has bought her Spider-Man themed goodies and so she suggested a Spider-Man themed card!

Of course I didn’t have anything spidey themed so bought a digital stamp from Etsy which is a cute version I think. I printed it out and then fussy cut it.

Then I worked on the background.

Some web stencilling in lilac and then the star in grey – this gave a lovely base for the image.

Then I die cut the letters for Kaspa’s name and then added the foiled sentient strip.

Next I added the sparkly silver number stickers and the single spot as an embellishment.

It’s quite a plain card for my normal style but I love it! And importantly so did the birthday girl!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

I am late with my design team for Creative Knockouts as ran out of time prior to our break away in Paris and so here it is now better late than never!

Using Polkadoodles Bee Buzzy Gnome image I created this cute card. The challenge is lots of layers … so I’ve got pink cardstock, patterned paper, yellow cardstock and then the printed image that came coloured … and of course the card base.

I also added the bakers twine, some gems and a rub on sentiment on the banner.

I love how easy this was to put together and it helped get me back in the swing of crafting after the break!

Also the colouring on the printed image – so much better than mine – so it turned out so cute!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

PS – Paris and Disneyland Paris were both fabulous! Totally recommend and we will definitely be revisiting!

So today’s scrapbook page is another one using those papers in the #100patternedpaperchallenge pile and a page kit I put together at the beginning of August.

I decided to use the sketch my lovely friend Jackie designed for 1 sketch: 3 ways and made this page from that inspiration.

I used a mix of the greens from the patterned paper pile along with a navy pattern for the base but decided to also add in the white panel too so it gave some contrast.

Once I had all the layers sorted, I adhered them to the white but kept that apart from the navy so I could add sewing. I punched holes for the sewing and used a blue similar to the colour of my hubby’s shirt to do some simple stitching.

Once that was done I add the photos up on foam adhesive to give dimension. Then started adding stickers and other elements to finish the page and stuck the white to the navy.

I grabbed a wooden element for the first part of the title and a chipboard for the second part – I thought this summed up the page well.

I also grabbed another wooden element for this sun to balance it out.

Really love this page and it’s a lovely way to remember the lovely meal we had at the hotel in Sardinia in the restaurant.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

I seem to grab for the Christmas Tags and More speciality dsp kit every time I need an easy card! And that is what happened for today’s Festive Friday!

I decided to mix things up a little and made a DL card instead of the standard shape I usually go for with this pack of papers and laser cuts.

I made four little topper panels which would work perfectly on their own but instead I went with all four on the one card.

I added each of the elements with foam adhesive to add dimension. I added some shimmer gel pen to some elements and some glossy accents to others. Then a bit of thread for the top of the bauble as a cute bow for texture.

The sentiment is one of those Tim Holtz stickers – perfect for a long card shape!

The background striped paper is actually very old scrapbook paper that was a good colour match to the other papers and perfect for the longer card background as the 6×6 wouldn’t work.

Inside I added another strip of paper and then the candy canes laser cut element.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

I made this card for our friends anniversary which we celebrated with them last week.

I used the gorgeous Altenew Splendid Bouquet set which I hadn’t used in ages.

It makes such an elegant card.

The silver embossing, the stickers and the puffy heart embellishment are just the perfect little touches for this card – making it super special for our friends!

I also love the vellum layer that softens the grey background.

Inside the card the offcuts and a little strip of silver glitter cardstock along with the stamped sentiment are the perfect finishing touches.

Happy anniversary to Annmarie and Mark and Happy crafting everyone!

Catherine

So I have the card I actually made for my Mums birthday last month as my design team contribution for the die cuts challenge at Addicted to stamps and more … I saved it for sharing now as it’s die cut heavy!

I started by making a wreath from some leafy elements and then added an oversized fun floral element.

I normally add ink blending when I do those flowers but this time I wanted bold and solid colours.

Then I added the gold sparkly letters and the foiled sentiment cardstock.

A mount of the pink cardstock to finish off and then raised the panel up on the 5×7 card blank.

Love how this came together and fun to mix all the different sets of dies together.

Happy crafting!

Catherine