I am an on-the-side and increasingly up front papercrafter who loves nothing more than getting inky and creating pretty things with paper and stamps!
I am also a wife to lovely hubby and mummy to a wonderful 14yr old princess.
Hello again… back with another #dyicad2024 round up!
Days 4 to 6 looked like this …
Lots of collage bits and stickers and some randomly created shapes too.
I’ve kept on with the adding an old stamp to each as the connecting element but otherwise pretty much just creating as I fancy from the bits on the desk and in my box of bits and bobs – feeling good to use up this stuff and get it onto some finished collages!
Days 7-9 are as follows…
Another common feature I am noticing is circles – not all but a lot have circles on them … and those raffle tickets also keep making an appearance – well I do have just under 2000 of them to use!
Yesterday was the Warrington crop day and I got the pleasure of crafting alongside friends (new and old) and made two layouts from a kit Sarah at Hey Little Magpie had put together.
The first one is relatively similar to the inspiration Sarah provided but the second one I turned to #30dscbl15 and loosely followed that!
So page one … Sarah’s inspiration was this which I’ve lifted from the shop page hence the magnifier icon!
And my page – well I think you can see the original in there a bit but I added sewing and stamping to the background, adjusted the photo on the right and also changed up the quote panel in the middle.
I also added more fussy cut flowers and dotted them around the page too.
I then used scraps to make the second page using this sketch from day 20 by Miss Carrie.
And ended up with this page
I added the cluster top left as I wasn’t keep on just the strip flat across the top and also added in more stamps.
The stamps I used on both layouts are new Hey Little Magpie ones (yes I spent a “bit” of money at the crop too!) and in both cases stamped with my oxides.
This still needs some kind of title but I ran out of energy so didn’t get to finish it off- will do that this next week when I get round to tidying up and putting away my stuff from the crop!
Pleased with both these pages and how I made them my own and also still at least one more page I think I can get out of the papers that are left so maybe that will also happen when I get around to putting things away!
This week we marked the end of an era in our household as the princess finished her ALevel exams and so the end of school/college!
I made a card to mark the occasion of course with a little gift for her to receive when she got back from her exam.
It’s an arty one (well she is arty!) with a painty background on the text paper. Then the main feature is of course the gorgeous Altenew floral (Eclectic bouquet) which is stencilled, die cut and embossed!
Loved using the translucent fresco finish paint on the background so the text is still visible.
I added the sentiment that was already die cut and stacked (easy) with some copper thread underneath to add texture.
Mounted the panel on the aqua card and then a layer of embossed white to again add texture.
So congratulations to our girl on finishing this stage of her life – now onto the next. Pending results we are hoping for her next step to be Fashion Marketing at Manchester Fashion Institute. 🤞🏼
I’ve had a bit of a break from blogging this week – well I did say at the beginning of the year I wouldn’t blog daily this year (but pretty much have for most months!) – anyway this weekend I have a crop to go to so might get a few projects done and ready to blog about in coming weeks – so maybe I’ll be back more routinely – but sure you’ll forgive me for being a little more absent this past week!
Today I have an interesting project that is similar to cards I made a few months ago using rub ons. On the previous projects I used the white rub ons … well this time it was the black ones and I used the full sheet across four different inky/painty backgrounds in one session.
Aren’t they lovely?
Well I didn’t have time to make four cards but I did manage to make this one using the panel in the top right…
By putting rub ons in different parts of the background (this one is a gelli print) it leads the eye around the panel and then that white die cut deer stands out in contrast.
Love how this worked.
I kept the actual card very simple… mounted on white and black to frame and wrapped some floss for a bow for the area that seemed like it needed something. Then added some enamel accents to create ‘gems’ as embellishments.
Love this moody looking artsy card and looking forward to using the other backgrounds when I get time to do something with them.
So I said I probably wouldn’t blog my #dyicad2024 all the time but thought I would share the first three days as I don’t actually have another project to share today!
Day one
Day two
For all three I basically am just grabbing a card that already has something on it and then adding random bits and bobs from either the box of collage materials I have, or things I’ve previously stamped or die cut and having fun adding colour or doodles.
Absolutely no planning going on – just doing whatever I feel like at the time.
At the moment the only connection they have are the old stamps I’ve added to all three so far but not feeling the pressure to keep that up – we will see!
Yesterday I promised you other projects using the True Love papers that I made at the crop back in early April.
Well here is one of them … rainbow of flowers with some pieces of the reverse of the dsp and a sentiment! Done and dusted! And perfect for Pride month don’t you think?
With having chosen the mix of colours I kept the background neutral with just the black and white and then the large expanse of white. I did bring in a colour for the card base but with such a small amount visible it didn’t dominate the card and allows the flowers to be the focal point.
Used a Waffleflower sentiment and a single black gem for embellishment!
Two more True Love dsp flower cards to come – watch out over the next couple of weeks!
It’s the first of the month so time to play with patterned paper and this time I cheated and actually made these months ago at a crop where I took along the pouch that had a few remaining pieces of the True Love dsp along with a few other bits of paper from the Expressions in ink papers.
I had fun colouring in the flowers with the Stampin Blends and then made up several card fronts using the stash I had to hand. Will share others later this month as they had a different thing going on!
Because I had the flowers already cut out and the panels I kept quite simple these were easy cards to make. I’d also die cut and stamped all the sentiments already too so that made those really simple to pick out and adhere!
I liked keeping it simple at the time because of the fact that I had very few supplies to hand (although I had packed a lot of stuff to take with me!).
When I got home I finished them off with gems and adding them to card bases.
I’ve loved this paper and although it is sad to see the final pieces of it being used it is also good news —- means I might eventually get around to buying new papers because I am making a small inroad into using up what I have!
Today I have two cards I made using up those backgrounds I made in a big session of crafting whilst watching the fabulous Tim Holtz on YouTube. During the session I made lots of colourful background panels …
But those two black and grey ones on the top were the ones I actually chose to play with.
The one on the left hand side was a background made using Hickory Smoke and black soot direct to paper and then used the greetery stencil to add the pattern with more black soot distress ink. The one on the right hand side was using the ink left on the stencil and making a print with it onto white cardstock! So a two for one type of effect!
I trimmed down the panel and edged it with more black soot to create the frame and then used a black sticker that I found a stack of in my bits and bobs box to make the label for the sentiment.
I had a few of the rub ons left in the Christmas stash box in the white and used them to embellish around the panel and also near where I added the sentiment.
The white rub ons are quite subtle but work well in adding another element to the card.
The sentiment is a Tim Holtz Sizzix die and I already had them die cut and glued together ready so perfect for these cards. Whilst a white card blank might have worked better for the black and white theme I decided to make it a little different with the cream card base instead.
The second card with the print of the stencil I teamed with purple colours.
The two purple colours create both the card blank and the mat and also the panel for the sentiment to sit on.
I then added the purple sequins to embellish.
Really pleased with both of these and also these were the last panels I made in that crafting session of making backgrounds but the only ones I made specifically thinking of Christmas cards so it was good to make them into something at last!
Of course still plenty of backgrounds left to play with so who knows how many more will turn into Festive Friday projects?!
I’ve made the decision to join in with Daisy Yellow Index Card a Day again … I’ve managed to complete it twice before but had at least three failed attempts to finish previously … let’s see how 2024 goes.
Don’t think I will follow the prompts but rather just make a pledge to create an index card daily. I was definitely inspired by @craftytrog to join in (thanks Alison)
Here is my cover card done and dusted. Probably won’t blog most (maybe do a round up every week or so) so please do check out my instagram @inkyfingeredcat_crafting
Had a play with distress inks and new stencils to create this card for my friend who has recently moved home.
Yes I bought two circle themed stencils at the same time … Tim Holtz and Aall and Create.
Made a blue and green panel and then a red, orange and blue panel and played with the stencils on both and then stamped the little house out of the red panel before using my stampin blends to add some definition to the image.
The stamp itself is a Craft Stamper magazine one and it’s so cute and quirky!
I also added some stamping to the blue panel with black for the cup stain to add something a little different in the background.
I edged panels and doodled round edges and then added the sentiment and gem after adding it to a green card blank.
Pretty sure my arty friend enjoyed this bright and fun card I made.
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