Author: Catherine

Hello! I grabbed the pouch with the magazine kit in it that I have been working through most of last year as a series on YouTube and made another card.

I chose the largest panel of the papers left and cut it to be 4.5” square and then put the stencil from the kit onto it and pounced the versamark through it before then embossing it with gold.

This came out so much better than I even hoped and looks so shiny and elegant in real life.

I mounted this onto some purple cardstock. Then I chose a piece of the patterned paper with the hummingbird on it and cut that to a nice 3” square with a mount of the same purple too!

I then chose the sentiment from the stamp set and embossed that in gold too. I trimmed it down to have a similar border on each side and then added that to the topper with an overhang.

Both the topper and the sentiment were raised on foam to give some nice dimension.

I adhered this to the 6” card blank and left the outside at that – a really elegant and simple design I think!

Inside I did stamp both the hummingbird and the sentiment as a finishing touch.

So another card made and now I really am down to the smaller scraps – but I still think I could make a few cards from those – so suspect more cards yet to come in this series!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

My lovely friend moved into her new home quite a while ago but we only just managed to see each other last night so could finally give her a card and present to celebrate her new home (also two Christmas presents were handed over as turns out we are rubbish at meeting up!).

I chose to use the cutie little house die to create a focal point and teamed it with papers from the stash that were from a Scrapbook page I made ages ago:

I thought the wooden cabinet pattern was good for a home card.

I also added in a bumpy border die cut and then the flourish type embossed die cut I bought last year and this is my first use of … looks like a sconce type of thing so again I thought quite house related.

I die cut the oval and embossed that too and then used the yellow colours to add some brightness to the card with both the mat and the enamel dots and of course the little jolly house.

Whilst the house itself isn’t exactly like Sue’s (🤣 – she doesn’t own a yellow and green house!) I did personalize it to her house number as a sweet little finishing touch!

Oh I also added some of that new braided trim I had bought to add in another texture.

Didn’t take a picture but inside I added some of the coral coloured cardstock and another hugs die cut to bring the outside design inside the card too!

Happy crafting (and of course happy new home Sue).

Catherine

Today’s Scrappin Saturday project is meeting quite a few different challenges!

First of all I followed a sketch which Helen designed for the 1 sketch: 3 ways challenge that she does with the lovely Sarah and the lovely Jackie.

It is also the first project I made using the papers in my 100 patterned paper challenge pile of papers!

And finally it also scored some points for the team challenge for week one in the Scrapbook Challenges Uk FB group I’ve joined. It score points by including circles, thread, layers and something white (the stars)

The picture s are of my Mum, daughter and hubby on Christmas Day and the many attempts to get a good picture of the three of them!

I adjusted the sketch to accommodate the large collage picture I had but I think it works well.

I used lots of random embellishments from the stash and I love how it finished up.

A really fun page to put together! I actually recorded the process so you can check that out on my YouTube!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

So I actually made this last Friday after sorting out many patterned papers etc for the 100 patterned paper challenge and for some reason I was feeling loathe to cut into papers and wanted to use scraps – so this was made using bits already cut into from the Christmas Tags and more papers.

I added the scrap strips to a piece of cardstock and cut it down to the right size for the card front.

I then used a brown pen to add stitching lines across the full panel turning it into a patchwork.

Next I created two tags with the cut apart panels by snipping the corners at the top and punching a hole for the ribbon.

I used a scrap of ribbon for the top and fixed it in place with the tiny attacher and then added the waxed thread as a bow to finish off.

I grabbed one of the doily’s on the desk and added that behind the tags and then adhered everything in place. I then grabbed the sentiment from the ready foiled ones in the stash and then added three clear gems to finish off.

Inside the card I added a couple of scraps of the paper leftover and turned them into little banners. I outlined with the same pen as on the outside and adhered them to the inside of the card blank.

So my second card made for this years Festive Friday and this time from those cute papers that had already been cut into! Chuffed with the fact I didn’t cut into something new – it feels like I was achieving some tidying up! 😂

Happy crafting!

Catherine

I treated myself to the Colour Cubes last year to try and help me pick different colour schemes than normal so I mentioned it over on my YouTube to see if other people wanted to see my makes using the cubes, how I chose my materials to match etc and the response was favourable – so today my first video and project has been uploaded so time to share my make!

I used a random number generator and asked it to choose between 1 and 250 so I would get a card from cube 1. It gave me 144 which was this beautiful autumnal scene! Now I didn’t fancy making an autumn specific project in early January – so I chose to use the colours and with a Tim Holtz stencil created this card!

I chose to use Distress Ink Black Soot, Vintage Photo and Fired Brick and then Stampin Up Early Espresso and More Mustard inks.

The Fired brick wasn’t exactly a match but when I went over the red with the Vintage Photo it became a good enough match for me!

I also added shimmery splatter from a gold wink of Stella pen and then the die cut elements for the sentiment and the octagonal panel.

Inside the card I added two panels of the white but I inked the edge of the lower panel to match the colour of the outside.

I absolutely would never have chosen to use these colours normally for a project but really really love how it came out!

So the good news is that the cubes are doing their job in helping me keep my colour choices fresh!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

So when I had finished cutting the layers for the patterned paper cards I was left with a pile of strips – so put some to use to make this panel which I then turned into a card!

I chose to switch the direction of the strips and then wrapped some thread around at the join (it was a bit messy and needed something to cover a couple of gaps!)

I then added the stamped present element, a small bow, sentiment and some enamel dots – a fun card!

And a real bonus as it was made from scraps that I probably would have temporarily kept and then ended up throwing away as not much use for anything except stamping sentiments – and in some cases too slim for that!

I did video this one too – so please see the short YouTube video.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Following on from last month – another project using up Making Cards magazine papers – but this one is for the Addicted to stamps and more blog challenge.

Loved that black doodled paper and the confetti paper – and that cute cycling boy was too darling not to use!

Kept the card itself simple – some layered panels. The die cut sentiment and some card candi!

A perfect birthday card for one of my great nephews I think!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

The final six cards using the patterned paper from the beginning of the month and the Cards by Kendra #kcc20 templates.

Here we go …

Card 10

Embossed the embossing and made a fun background for the patterned papers and the funky robots to sit on – really love the texture.

Card 11

Decided to add more colour with some light inking on the text patterned paper strips and also coloring in the postage stamp elements.

The background panel also full of texture with the knit design.

Card 12

Snuck in a Christmas card! When I was putting this one together I thought it would work well as a base for the polar bear who happened to be sitting on my desk (he was made from the extra bits I die cut when I made the table namecards for Christmas!)

So a slight deviation from the plan but a really cute addition!

Card 13

I chose the lightbulb image and then coloured all the elements with extra yellow ink to keep them in theme and also inked the panels for the mats with vintage photo – love this – it’s quite graphic and a bit grungy!

Card 14

Back to the teal and this time added more colour to the squiggly circles and also some white doodle lines on the black panel. Added quite a cluster of the elements but think it works well.

Card 15 – the final one!

This time I embossed and inked the background panel and instead of the die cut circles suggested on the card sketch I went with the chess piece postage stamp instead.

So that was all of the cards – here is the full batch from the three crafting sessions.

Don’t they look fab!

Really pleased with the full collection and loved that I snuck a Christmas card in too! 😂

As with the previous two sessions I did record the process so please check out my YouTube channel.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Carrying on with the patterned paper challenge from the beginning of the month with another four cards using the templates from Card by Kendra using #kcc20

Again I videoed the process so please check out my YouTube channel.

Card 6:

This time I added some foiled cardstock layers to bring some shine and colour.

I also used the cute robots from a Lawn Fawn stamp and die set.

Card 7:

This card has the pop of colour from the teal I had paired it with to match the splatter in the Maggie Holmes paper. For the leaves, I went over the grey colouring with a dark Bermuda Bay alcohol marker which gave it a lovely teal colour.

I also added texture to the square panel using the Waffleflower cover die – I kept it flat though rather than popping up the leaves.

Card 8:

I kept this one simple – I added the postage stamps I made with the leaves and this added a fun touch.

I also grabbed card Candi for the embellishment. I love the drama of the black layers – so cool!

Card 9:

This final one just has the one panel of patterned paper which is quite unusual for the KCC templates but with the turned over corner it is so effective – and of course I went a little embossing mad!

I embossed the sentiment to the back panel of black and the edge of both panels.

My focal element I went with the Paperartsy present image.

I raised this onto foam to give dimension – and then also added the gold gems.

So these are the next four cards in the challenge – just six more to go!

Love how these came out.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Today’s #ScrappinSaturday project is using the papers and stamps and stencil from the Crafters Companion magazine kit I’ve been using as a series on my YouTube trying to use it up on camera – this is project number 24 and the first time I thought to scrapbook with it!

The process of putting this page together was quite simple – embossed the stamped flowers with white on the patterned papers and fussy cut them.

Added a bit of stencilling in the background and lots of light shimmery splatter. Then adhered the flowers randomly along the diagonal.

I mounted the photo of craft projects on tv onto some peach cardstock and then layered some scrap white underneath to raise the image.

I then added my title, my journaling and a little extra doodling with the stencil and some black doodled dots.

Then finally added some embellishments of the little white flowers with brown beads to just finish off!

Really pleased with how this finished up – a fun page with texture and pattern but also (odd for me and the designs I usually end up with) lots of white space!

Happy that I thought to grab the magazine kit to make this page as it’s also made a good inroad into the papers 🤣 – I will find a way to finish off using them all!

Happy crafting!

Catherine