Author: Catherine

Another long talk DL card using the gifted dsp from Crafters Companion.

This time I added an inked panel of the paper to the card blank and then added a panel of embossed Smoky Slate cardstock I had also inked to this and added lots of splatters of pearlescent ink in rose gold.

I then took some elements of vintage ephemera from a kit and added those before starting work on the main floral image.

I decided to have a go with stamping and using the coordinating masks for the Altenew Rosy Outlook set. Well it worked ok but it was very messy with the masks sticking to stamps and having to be continually realigned … next time will just stamp and cut out of a post it note like normal!

But the stamped images work really well to create a cluster of flowers and I’m pleased with it!

I fussy cut it out and then added on foam to give some dimension before I then added the sentiment… I used a magazine stamp for this.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

I played with some more of the crafters companion dsp but the focal image I stamped onto shimmery watercolour background I had created from mop up of another projects.

I teamed it with a small panel of green and then some twine. I then stamped the sentiment onto some Kraft cardstock for underneath.

It is difficult to see the shimmer in the pictures but hopefully you can see that there is a variation to the pigment in the following picture with the flash on…

I also added some dot of the mica onto the background.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Todays blog is a card that was made in stages … using scraps and things put to one side until the time came to use them!

I had some scraps left over when I made a few Christmas cards last month so instead of shoving them back into the box I decided to make a panel of strips of paper by taping them together and trimming it so it became a panel. This then got up into the ‘backgrounds’ folder.

Then on another session I stamped the three reindeers all together (I stamped them twice actually … the other three are still in the folder to be used) and coloured them using the stamping blends and the promarkers.

So when I made this card I had the background panel and the topper … I decided that the Kraft would work well with it and I happened to have this merry word already die cut and sitting in the to be used tray … so then it all came together quite easily. I gave the background a mat layer of the Kraft, I made a layer to offset the stamped reindeer panel and then added the sentiment die and stamped the rest of the sentiment from the Avery Elle set.

Then I added the dotty card candi and added some glossy accents to Rudolph’s nose to make it extra shiny and with dimension!

A perfect cute card made from pieces leftover from other projects, scraps and a lot of love!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

I decided to make up another of the backgrounds from the lovely Altenew layered stencil using some pale blue cardstock and then different shades of blue inks and then added some embossing through the final layer of stencilling. I only added it to some bits of the final layer and not on the larger flowers that I had added the teal through the stencil for.

The embossing I chose to add was silver.

I die cut a circle which I then placed over the part of the panel that has a little circle gap … it isn’t immediately obvious that it is there but I think that on a large panel like this it needed something to break it up.

I then decided to have another play with the stacked cake stencil and dies.

I decided to keep to similar colours for the cake as the background but also added in the purple colour too.

The cake i die cut several times to stack up, and also added lots of layers underneath to give it dimension. The frosting layers of the die I inked and then embossed with clear embossing to make them shiny.

I also added gold wink of Stella to the flames on the candles.

I then decided to turn this into one of the 18th birthday cards for the stash for this year. So I cut a banner and stacked it up a few times using turquoise cardstock. I decided to add a mat layer of white and then turquoise for the full panel too.

Then the 18 I cut from the Playful Alphabet dies three times … I added a bit of ink and then clear embossing to the top layer so again it is a shiny finish for the numbers.

I decided this would be enough as the cake and the embossing and all the layers make this a heavy card and plenty to look at with all that gorgeous pattern behind the cake!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Another card using that gorgeous Crafters Companion dsp …

This time I shortened the front of the card blank and punched the edge. Then added a piece of the dsp so that formed the bottom half of the card front.

Then I created a topper using the dsp, a Kraft die cut flourish and the Artistically inked stamps.

I also used a scrap of the ruffled ribbon to embellish along with the sequins!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

I have a box that has all the Christmas papers in it along with embellishments/card toppers and random things people have gifted that have a seasonal feel to them but I wanted to have a sort through and get rid of things I wouldn’t use… and of course ended up making some cards from what I found!

First up the focal element was gifted to me but no idea by who … but I appreciated it and kept it and now am reusing it in this card.

I added the Tim Holtz die and some magazine papers for the background and the black layer to frame it. Quick and easy and another card for the stash!

The next one uses similar papers but this time I added lots of vintage type pieces of ephemera that I had had in the stash for a long time.

I also had one sentiment left from the gold foil cut sentiments from an old Stampin Up kit and found a little wooden snowflake that finished it off perfectly.

Not bad from a short session when I should have been tidying! Good news is that I did manage to throw some things away… bad news is there is still too much paper in the box for me to justify new dsp for Christmas this year! Ah well maybe next year?

Happy crafting!

Catherine

So today it is my wedding anniversary … 16 years ago I married my lovely V!

I made the card for V from some gifted elements mainly as I thought that they worked well as topper elements.

The little journaling cards and the heart were both from gifted extras that came with a swap and then I used the Pefectly Penned dsp for the background paper. I edged each panel with grey ink, using the brads to ‘pin’ each of the cards into place. I layered up the panel onto foam to give it dimension.

I added the embossed sentiment too.

Then inside the large card I added the sentiment using a stamp set I bought in a sale … love that large halftone Everything … and embellished with the little Lawn Fawn hearts.

Fairly simple card but enjoyed putting together this simple card.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

A few weeks ago the first of the 18th birthdays happened … and it was the lovely Kaspa!

Here is the card I made for her… the brief was green and flowers … so it ended up being pink, purple and green … with tons of sparkle!

I did the whole emboss over the watercolour technique, but this time silver rather than gold. I used the same Altenew as I have used previously and I really love how this looked. I used a mix of distress inks and SU inks for the colouring.

Then I took the same colours and used them through the layered stencil to create a background I knew would work colour wise. I then grabbed the shimmer vellum and cut the stitched circle and also a plain circle from white to give the floral element something to rest on.

I used the same vellum for the mat but decided to turn it to the Matt side as I knew that it was getting very sparkly as I’d decided to add in the silver glimmer die cuts behind the floral piece and also die cut the 18 from the same silver glimmer.

I used Biggest Wish stamps and my stamp positioner to add the distress ink in both the pink and the purple to give a two tone effect to the words.

I used foam to raise up the circle, floral element and the sentiment but kept the other elements flat.

I didn’t add any gems or pearls … there really is enough sparkle already with the embossing and the shimmer vellum and the sparkly glimmer paper elements!

Really enjoyed making this… so lovely to make cards for these girls birthdays. So nice my princess has such good friends.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

My lovely friend has gifted me a stack of Crafters Companion dsp that is so pretty. It’s soft and a bit shabby chic and I have been enjoying playing with it over the past few weeks. I’ve got lots of projects coming up over the next few weeks using it as I wanted to space out the projects so you don’t get bored seeing the same style over and over… so be prepared for a few pretty and vintage type projects this month!

Let’s start with this one… a piece of dsp which I punched down one side added to the cream card base. I then added the Kraft strip which I had embossed using a scoreboard. Then some flourish die cuts added and the large floral stamped piece that is from Altenew. Then some sequins and a sentiment strip that I added on foam with ruffled ribbon peeking out the bottom.

The image I stamped and then watercoloured with some inks, keeping the style very loose and fluid.

The sentiment was from a magazine kit that I had … I thought the font suited the style of the image.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

The lovely Michelle had her birthday a few days ago and I made this card for her, knowing her love of purples!

I used up the other panel of the stencilled background I made and used on another card at the beginning of the month but added a layer of paper on which I had done some distress ink splodging and some shimmer vellum as a mat and a circle cut into two.

I then added some flowers and leaves I created using the zig zag flowers from Altenew and some of the pierced blooms leaves I had got in a pouch cut from scraps.

The sentiment I stamped and embossed and then inked the panel more so it became another shade of lilac. I added some foam between some layers to give dimension and also the stamped flowers I had die cut a few times to stack them up..

I added some sequins for bling and then layered it onto a 7×7 card blank. I then decided to go all out and do something on the inside as well as the envelope!

The envelope I used the layered stencil and inked that and the outside part of the envelope. I then used some leftover from the splodged background a scrap for writing Michelle’s name.

Then inside I used an old Stampendous stamp and did partial inking in my stamp platform so it would be multi coloured.

Love how this turned out.

Happy crafting!

Catherine