Author: Catherine

I thought I would go back to the fab wreath builder stencil design as I hadn’t used it in a while and also I went with Kingston Crafts summer paper for this pair of cards – I’ve now cut into all sheets of the green paper from this pack (which is the first of the papers for me to use up!). I guess it’s probably because it is not specifically themed and can be used for Christmas as well as summer themed projects!

I used the leaf stamps from the Peace & Joy stampin up set and created the two wreaths using a mix of green inks and the wildberry from Concord & 9th for the berries.

I then inked the panel before adhering it to the card blanks I made from the same paper.

For both cards I added foiled sentiment strips from the Spellbinders glimmer and die cut set – we all know I love a matching sentiment and die set and obviously I am also now obsessed with foiling so these are perfect.

I made loads in this session as it was my first use of the set and as usual I did loads in one go to pop in a pouch for future use!

After much fiddling I decided on the same sentiment for both cards but for one on the green and the other on the black. I stacked them up and also edged the green one with a stampin blend marker to give it some definition.

Next I chose some twine for each card and added that and then the gems for each.

Obviously the colour change of the sentiment, twine and gems give them different looks but love how they worked well for each!

If you fancy watching these come together I did pop my camera on so please check out my YouTube channel.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Hello! Back with a design team contribution for the Creative Knockouts blog where our theme is to use dies (or punches) and we are sponsored by Star Stampz. I used this Sakura Blossom image for my card which is so cute!

After colouring the image using my promarkers I chose layers of lilac, blue and deep purple. One of the layers I had tested a new to me foiling plate with the gorgeous fine diagonal lines on and I thought it made a nice touch!

I also added a layer of embossing in the background too with a spellbinders folder.

For the die element I added a floral element I die cut from the scraps in the scraps pouch but keeping to the theme of the card I kept with purple flowers and then a nice soft green stem and leaves.

I added some glitter glue to the flowers on the image and also to the centre of the open flower die cut. I just thought that added some fun sparkle to the card.

Unusually I haven’t added a sentiment to this card yet as undecided as to what I might use it for – but will probably end up with a foiled sentiment to tie in the gold on the foiled panel.

I love the different layers and the colour tones in this card. Cute! Also this is a sneak peek in some way of some of the gorgeous Kingston Crafts cardstock I have been playing with recently – so watch out for those coming soon!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

For my Any Occasion card for this fortnights challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More I played with a new to me Alex Siberia foil plate I bought from a destash group. It was part of a bundle and isn’t really the reason I bought the bundle – but it is a really fun plate!

It is called Angel Bells and I believe comes with a layering stencil and maybe a die to cut it out – but I only have the foiling plate so decided to test it with this pale peach cardstock (Sneak peek of Kingston Crafts cardstock coming soon!) and gold foiling. It came out beautifully and I decided to colour it using watercolour paints.

The cardstock is a little bit coated so although it works with the water coloring it does sort of sit on the top so it can look a little powdery when dried but I think that’s fine!

After colouring the image and letting it dry I then mounted it onto white and then chose the different peaches for the background. I also added those very thin gold strips to bring out the gold.

Next I die cut from the foiled cardstock the Crafters Companion sentiment, backed the open letters with the cream and added that on top using foam adhesive to raise it up.

I love the shine on the foiled cardstock and this sentiment is fun for adding to a card with the different elements to it.

I chose to add it to the left and then added three glittery green gems from the stash to finish off.

This is such a lovely large image – and next time I might try it on a larger card blank to make it more of the feature rather than a background – also going to see if I can get the stencil that goes with it as that will be easier than colouring them myself!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

So this is my fifth session where I have sat down to play with a magazine kit I bought where I’ve turned it into a series on my YouTube channel to see how I use up the kit.

This time I made a card using mainly the cut apart paper from the stash and then added in some stamped flowers and leaves which were in the kit.

I added the lilac cardstock and the gold trim elements from my stash along with the glitter gems in the flower centres.

This is not my go to type of crafting and I think using up these panels which are like card toppers might be the most challenging thing in this series but I like what I made here and think I did a nice job on something that isn’t in my normal comfort zone!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

I few days ago I made some stripy panels using scraps of cardstock and whilst I was making them had no idea how I would end up using them – but then on Saturday I had an idea for my UK stampers forum tag of a half and half tag – so that is what I made!

I used one of the stripy panels to cover just over half of the tag and then stamped a piece of white with the daisy stamps and embossed them and covered the other half of the tag with that!

I added a very thin strip of gold to the seam which helped finish it off nicely.

I then stamped and embossed the individual flowers and leaves and fussy cut them out.

I added colour using my watercolour paints and once dry I added them to the tag. The largest flower I added using the foam adhesive to raise it up for dimension.

I chose a Dina Wakely press plate sentiment I had foiled in green on yellow. I stacked it up with some more of the die cut shape in black for underneath – I thought the black worked with the bold stamping.

I then finished the tag with three large enamel dots, the black sparkly gem and some yellow seam binding. Oh and also doodled the lines around the edge of the tag to frame it.

Really happy with how this came out and pleased I’ve already got one of the stripy panels used – I have quite a few more to use up so no doubt some more stripy projects will happen soon!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

First of the month means using up my patterned paper – and so I made one larger card this month using the gorgeous floral papers and a cute Lily of the Valley digital stamp.

I stuck the camera on to record the process so you can see that over on YouTube.

Teaming the pretty florals with the black and the pink foiled cardstock made the card quite dramatic but I love it!

I used a magazine die for the sentiment and then a Tim Holtz die for the flower on the right.

As a 7×7 card this is quite a special one so will be sending this my friend for her birthday in a few months time.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Used up the scraps from the page I made for last weeks Scrappin Saturday for this page and given the photos are from the same day it almost seems like I made a double page – although as I don’t really do double page layouts I didn’t really do it with that in mind!

Quite a large portion of that turquoise paper was left but smaller strips of the other papers. I did add in a small amount of green cardstock for under the photos but otherwise it was those awesome 49th & market spice embellishments and the gorgeous leaves!

Kept this one quite simple with some doodled borders around the page and then the journalling.

I did have a little bit of scrap leftover from this – enough for a card – I shared this the other day! So that is all this paper done! ❤️

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Well I made this card a few weeks ago and I have to say I squealed with joy when I was making it! I know that sounds really sad but the reality is foiling brings me total joy!

I bought the press plates at the same time as I bought my machines but had a fail with foiling the smaller sentiment at the time when trying to layer the plates like the design on the packet and hadn’t tried to use them after that. But then I had a day when I did quite a bit of foiling and thought – oooh the kaleidoscope foil with those letters – must try!

And I was delighted with the results!

So I made a DL card with this panel I had foiled. I had used the Kingston Crafts cardstock so perfect for distressing the edge to frame the panel and then used the Merriest Moments stamps to create some flowers to add to the card.

To be honest I could have left it with just the foiling as that would have been a glorious CAS card but decided to go for my usual ‘add more’ type of crafting so hence flowers and leaves!

I added these by stamping and fussy cutting them out and then glueing them into place.

Inside the card I added a white panel onto which I stamped two leaves and then added another fussy cut flower on the top.

But seriously that foiling is just the most joyful thing ever! Will every card from now on have foiling on it? Quite possibly! I never thought I would find something I love more than embossing but it turns out foiling is just that! ❤️

Happy crafting!

Catherine

I had some scraps leftover from the pages I had made (one of which I will share on Saturday) and so I made a card.

All I had to do was add the butterfly embellishment and then the foiled sentiment.

The pink card is part of the cut apart that was on the back of one of the papers and I loved it when I saw it so I thought it made a good card topper.

The butterfly came from the April Hey Little Magpie embellishment kit.

I raised the pink section up on foam adhesive. This gave the card some dimension. I then made the card blank from Kraft cardstock.

This weekend I have planned to work through the scraps of plain cardstock I have in the pouch on my desk and get some used up – so expect there will be a lot of sentiments foiled and stamped and die cut – but the scraps of cardstock is getting out of hand!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

My first design team project I made with the foil cardstock was this because I wanted to see how well the cardstock held up to embossing and sanding … I wasn’t disappointed! But bizarrely I left it until the last one to share – just because I had so many other projects to share alongside my DT work!

Now first thing to say about the foil cardstock is the colours are vibrant! They are so gorgeous and I went straight to this gorgeous green and cut a panel and then embossed it with a 3d embossing folder (Fern). It coped well with that and I could have left it as it was but I wanted to see how it would sand as I love the look of sanded embossing.

This took off some of the foiling and revealed the white and I Love it!

From there it was simple – I chose an old but cute stamped image and cut that out to sit on the panel and then added the layers of the patterned paper and some die cut leaves to sit under the sentiment.

I added dimension with the image and sentiment raised.

I decided it was perfect for the long thin card design and this was so easy to put together but looks really cool with that texture and shine.

Happy crafting!

Catherine