Author: Catherine

Today’s Christmas in July is the other half of the papers I played with a week ago and again I made three cards.

I again grabbed some older dies that I rarely use to add those on the cards but pretty much just made stuff up as I went!

My first card I wish I had changed which paper went on the top to the less patterned plaid as then the die cut would have stood out more.

I kept all the sentiments similar using the Playful alphabets and the Peace & Joy to finish off the sentiment!

I gave this one lots of distressed edges and raised the panel up on foam to give dimension.

Next up is the vintage one where I added the Tim Holtz Paper Dolls.

I added vintage photo distress ink to the papers and also added the wooden snowflake too.

These paper dolls are so cute but rarely do I think to use them so it was good to get a couple used up!

I then returned to the more modern style for the final one.

I must admit I like that wreath die a lot so may have to keep that on the desk for other makes so I don’t forget about it!

It was also good to use the letters to spell out my own sentiments. Need to remember to do that more often too!

So that is six cards made in total with the two pieces of patterned paper and of course I videoed the cards I made in this session too (actually I made these over two sessions as I ran out of time!).

I’m already 10 days into Christmas in July – how are you doing with your festive projects? Also don’t forget to check out my YouTube channel to watch them being made!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Was so pleased when I realised that the theme for this Addicted to stamps and more was Christmas so I could keep my design team contribution in with the Christmas in July and didn’t have to make two projects today!

I did however end up making three cards in total for this as I had three pieces of paper to use!

I teamed the very old papers with the Avery Elle gorgeous Santa stamp and some sewing for the embellishment.

I used the stampin blends for colouring the image and otherwise kept it all simple.

So a little bit different but a fun set of three slimline cards.

As usual I’ve videoed the whole thing so check out my YouTube channel.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Made the decision I wanted to play with the Mama Elephant snowmen stamp and decided to keep it simple for these two cards.

Stamped the image once and then created the sky with my distress inks, splattered with gessso, coloured the image before chopping it into the two panels.

Mounted both panels onto black before putting on the card blanks. Then a simple sticker sentiment and sequins to finish!

Can’t get easier than that! if you want to watch me do this then please do check out my YouTube video.

They really are so cute!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Gosh I made a lot of errors when making this card but it turned out ok in the end.

I used the wreath builder template again but I think because I was tired when making it I wasn’t being particularly careful so a few mistakes were made. Apart from one though you can’t tell on the final card.

To see all the mistakes though please check out the YouTube video.

Love the colours I used and the final card – but will want another go with this stamp set and the wreath builder to see if I can get it to work better and turn into an actual wreath!

I kept to the same stamp set for the full card and also used a trimming off the side to pop inside the card to finish off.

And the mistake … well the one that stayed visible is that I glued the panel on upside down so the star is pointing the wrong way!

Oops!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Quick catch up on my #dyicad2024 and this is days 34-36.

No real theme for these although keeping up with the raffle tickets and old stamps. Final one is quite bulky too with those random letters that got leftover when I did an alpha sort a few days ago.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

I really wanted to use this quirky stripe stencil so that was my starting point on this card and I started it without any consideration of how I would finish it up … 45 mins later I finished my card!

I created a snow globe in the end and filled it with gifts!

I used all blue inks and also grabbed the ready made sentiments from the stash to add those too!

The presents were a Sizzix set where you stamp the base and then stamp additional elements like the bows and decorations afterwards and I chose to emboss the decorative elements in both blue and gold.

I did raise up the base of the snow globe but also added acetate in the hole and then raised that panel up with scrap cardstock to give some dimension.

Inside I added the circle I die cut from the front panel and some more presents inside along with another sentiment.

My finishing touch was to do some hand drawn doodle lines.

Love how this ended up but won’t lie I found this a little challenging to work out what to do once I had stencilled that original background!

Fancy watching me put it together – check out my YouTube channel where I am trying to post a video for each creation as well as my blog here!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Today’s project is an inky one which turned out to be quite cute!

I mean those gingerbread men are so cute!

I started by creating an inky background with a few green distress inks and then went to town stamping before I chopped it into two panels.

I ran both panels through the embossing folder and then added more distress ink on the top to add definition to the texture.

I then die cut the holly leaves from the mop up paper and the gingerbread men from Kraft and grabbed the labels from the ready die cut pieces.

I also added a scrap of ribbon to each to bring in the colour contrast.

I used my posca paint pen to add the details to the gingerbread man and the paperartsy sentiment was stamped in oxide ink.

Mounted both panels of Kraft to finish off.

Love how sweet these cards ended up and good to use those dies I’ve not used for ages too!

Please check out my YouTube video for seeing how it came together.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Todays project was one where I tried to just get some patterned paper used and wanted to grab some dies I don’t often use. I started with two pieces of 12×12 and then cut enough to make multiple cards but in this session stuck to the three which took me around an hour and fifteen minutes.

First up the trees which are very old dies I have for a long time in my stash.

I edged the patterned paper with black and then created the oval panel to add the trees to. I used some old glitter glue to add sparkle to the trees and I had added light amounts of ink to both the oval and the trees too.

I used the lawn Fawn die cut word on all three cards.

The second card was using the fiddly trees from the Tim Holtz Moose die set.

I kept it quite simple otherwise with the die cut sentiment and the stamped sentiment.

I once again used glitter glue on the trees but with all that patterned paper and the fiddly trees that pretty much did it for me!

The final card is by far my favourite because I love that moose!

He is just so cute! He is a little fiddly to put together as those final elements are tiny … but I think worth it!

Adding ink to him really helps bring him to life too!

With hindsight I wish I’d added the sentiment with a white die cut rather than the Kraft but otherwise love this!

I did cut into new Kraft cardstock but otherwise all the die cut elements were cut from scraps and I’m pleased to have got some more of the old paper stash used up. Plus from that Kraft I had leftover I spent a bit of time die cutting a few more moose so they are ready to go for the next time I want to use him!

Once again I managed to film the process and so check out the video on YouTube.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Small interruption to my Christmas in July to let you know that I’m still going with my index card a day challenge too!

Days 28-30 I started pulling out that thick black pen more often so that seems to be making an impact. I also kept going with the raffle tickets and stamps.

Really liked day 29 where I added the ink in blocks and then added the pen work at that point.

Days 31-33 I enjoyed getting inky a lot more … grabbing whichever distress inks I fancied at the time and just laying them over the colour has been fun!

Also rediscovered a batch of book print to play with!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

This card is probably the easiest card I’ve made in sometime – and it’s because of the wreath builder template I used. Mine is a copy of a Gina K type of one but it was all I could get hold of at the time I bought it – it has also been in my possession for a long time and I haven’t been using it! That changes now because I’ve realised how ridiculously easy it is to use!

If you watch my Youtube video on this you will hear how delighted I am with this card!

I added pre die cut elements from the stash and those gorgeous altenew enamel dots to embellish.

I will absolutely be using this wreath builder template again because it made this so so easy!

Happy crafting!

Catherine