Author: Catherine

Hello! I have another birthday card made for this months Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes birthday challenge blog.

This time it is a birthday card for my cousin and I know she will love this card … but shhh don’t tell her you’ve already seen it as it’s not her birthday for a 21 more days! 😂

I used lots of the Paper Blooms dap with fussy cutting and then those fabulous Biggest wishes stamps for the sentiment.

As I had already done all the fussy cutting as part of my patterned paper playtime this came together so easily … I am so pleased I could get some more of this stash used up.

I found some card Candi that coordinated well with the colours.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

I actually made this and gave it last month but only just getting around to blogging as I forgot to edit the photos and write this up.

I used the waffle flower die and stencil and made a very green bunch of flowers using distress oxides to layer the inks. I decided to add some pattern to the balloons by adding a stencil on top of the stencil so there are striped and dotty balloons in the bunch.

I die cut the balloon four times to stack the die cut background but then also decided to add stencilling in the background using normal die inks and a lighter application of the pale green.

Next I die cut the numbers and then gave them two coats of embossing with an emerald green colour powder. I used the same powder to emboss the sentiment too which I cut as a panel and raised up on foam in the middle with the ribbon behind. I then added a little bow of the silver ribbon and some transparent green sequins for embellishment.

Love how you can change up the balloons for this both by colours and also adding pattern with other stencils.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Hello! Wow… October has come around fast.

As with other months this year I’m starting the month with some patterned paper playtime… I took a piece of dsp, had a cutting apart session and popped all the bits into a pouch so that I could grab that and just have some fun playtime to create a card easily.

This time it was a piece of the Paper Blooms dsp (I’ve used this dsp pack a few times as almost all the papers had big easy to cut apart images!).

This time I kept it pretty simple by just creating a cluster of the elements around a panel for the sentiment and raising it up on foam and then adhering to the background. It’s pretty much my favourite quick way of making a pretty card.

Of course what makes it extra fabulous is the embossed and inked background panel, the dimension and the fun two colour stamped sentiment!

Oh and the sparkle of course!

Inside I just picked one of the larger images and added that as a fun element inside the card.

Also can I just say I love this Orchid Oasis colour card … so lush!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Todays post is all about using pencils on Kraft cardstock … not something I am brilliant at doing … but it’s always fun to try!

I wanted to use some of the tidings and trimmings dsp pieces and teamed them with Kraft cardstock then I grabbed the Avery Elle North Pole friends stamps and stamped out a reindeer. I then grabbed my Prismacolor pencils and gave the reindeer a covering of white before adding in the other colours. I did have to go over the line art with a darker pencil at the end to make sure you could still see the eyes and the details.

I then covered the whole image with wink of Stella so he is a sparkly Rudolph!

I fussy cut him out and added him to the card then also fussy cut some images out of a sheet of the dsp and added those to a Kraft circle I had punched out as an embellishment cluster.

I then grabbed the metallic card Candi which I have in my stash to add those to finish off!

Cute!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Today I have two more card using that Crafters Companion paper that I was gifted and decided to blog them as one post as I used the same paper and the same die set and a similar font sentiment for both … so why not!

First up … lots of scraps and bits and bobs for the cluster for this one and then the star of the show … Cottage flowers dies. So sweet these intricate dies. I did of course stack the die cuts to make them more sturdy and give them dimension.

The sentiment I embossed with gold directly onto the dsp layer and had the layer go from top to bottom with a border of the card blank on either side.

I know I’ve used this ruffled ribbon a few times now but love it on the edge of panels peeping out like this… so cute.

Right the second card is the usual A6 size.

This time the front panel is cut a little short and embossed with the Old paper folder then the dsp and the die cuts have a base of the kraft. The sentiment is again gold embossed but this time on a different strip.

I chose a different ribbon and added two small pieces to add texture of a different kind behind the focal point.

I also added that flat flower sequin to add a touch more gold.

Love how these both came out. Mainly just layers and blocks of papers but those cute die cuts just do all the work!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

I made another card from scraps and the lovely Avery Elle stamps I had already stamped and coloured and then set aside.

I love these little reindeer … they are so cute!

I had the panels of dsp left over from last month plus the cute little circles leftover from the speciality gold paper I die cut from the zero waste leaf die.

I stamped the sentiment onto white cardstock I had coloured with promarkers and then added the glossy accents to the nose of Rudolph.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

The challenge for this next two weeks at Addicted to stamps and more is to use die cuts and stencils… well I didn’t quite manage a stencil for this but plenty of die cutting!

This started with the gorgeous little reindeer and then the Colorado Craft company die cut stamped Christmas. But then I decided to go with a die cut and layered background using the fab plaid die.

Once I had die cut it out and cut it to size for the small square card I decided to add in the Kraft strips to sit behind part of the pattern. I could then add foam behind those parts to help the card layer up.

I coloured the image with a mix of prisms colour pencils and inktense pencils that I activated with water. I did a simple stamp and cut out for the holly and berries. I embossed the little Merry sentiment and then added glossy accents to Rudolph’s nose!

Cute and simple but messy getting all the bits out of the background die cut!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

I stamped onto a piece of scrap that I had wiped off a brayer on and it had some lovely textured colour on it so I didn’t want it to go to waste.

I decided to use the embossing the background technique and have another play … I used the same stamp set to add gold embossing to the background. I decided to add some ink also to the background to distinguish it from the base card blank. I also splattered some ink although it also added some sparkle as the brush had some shimmer ink still in it!

I decided to keep the focal flower flat and so adhered it straight to the background panel. I instead added dimension by mounting the background onto foam and the same for the sentiment panel.

I added some additional shine by adding wink of Stella to the focal element.

The sentiment I grabbed from Artistically Inked and embossed on blank with white to give contrast.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Today I have another of those Crafters Companion dsp cards I’ve been making but this time I added some die cuts that I haven’t used in years.

Those Kraft coloured bird on wire dies and the Just for you sentiment die I have had in my stash for a long long time but barely used.

I created this by stamping the card blank in the background before creating the panel of the dsp on the Kraft background. I embossed this using the Pinewood Planks folder.

Then I added a cluster of the vintage ephemera bits and pieces before die cutting the birds three times each and stacking them up.

Then I die cut the sentiment twice, stacked it and added ink and versamark so I could then emboss it with the pearl embossing powder.

This created a lovely element to finish off the card that had dimension and shine.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Todays card is another using the Crafters Companion dsp and this time I used some more of the shimmery watercolour to stamp the flower on to.

The panel behind the flower is two strips of cardstock run through an embossing folder which I had added ink to. I then added a scrap of ribbon and then stamped the sentiment onto the leftover watercolour card and sandwiched the ribbon behind the sentiment.

A simple but I think pretty card.

Happy crafting!

Catherine