Author: Catherine

This card was once again made using the scraps off the table … some mop up paper and then prestamped sentiment, flowers and leaves … oh and some scraps of cardstock and text paper too!

Part of me wished I had thought to emboss the background panel but I started sticking things down early … but never mind… end result is still pretty!

Love the twine and the sequins too! Blogging early today as I expect I will have more stuff to blog later today too!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

I’ve been enjoying making DL shaped cards on and off for a while and so decided to grab older stash and play again with the idea that the card my daughter made for my birthday again …

This time I went overboard with inking the background and also created a masked off area for the sentiment.

Unfortunately as I took the mask away the paper tore so I ended up having to add a strip of the cardstock over the top but I think it still worked well.

The jar I punched from the Pale Papaya cardstock and the flowers I coloured using stampin write markers.

I used my well used and most grabbed for sentiment set Biggest Wish (I’ve seen that there is a Christmas version of it in the new catalogue from SU so clearly I NEED that too!).

I embossed the happy into the mossy meadow strip and then fussy cut the birthday to add that separately.

I added sequins and twine to finish off … but really pleased with this card.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

I’ve been in a bid to tidy and clean up the desk and also made another few simple scraps cards.

This tiny card was made using scraps of die cutting that were leftover from a design team project that I made a week or so ago.

Just die cuts, a stamped sentiment and some sequins on a tiny notecard.

Simple and sweet … the different colour variations from the original gelli plate play make them special! Note to self … Projects do not always need to be complicated!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

My lovely friend has gifted me a pad of 12×12 scrapbook paper and it is truly gorgeous … so I’ve started making with it. Can’t share everything I’ve made just yet but thought I would take a piece left on the desk and make a card with it, along with some bits on the desk.

Firstly the little journaling card I cut down and then used a piece of sticky note to mat it as the colour worked fabulously … so this created part of the topper. I then added some punched circles out of the sparkly silver. These have been sat in the ‘scraps’ plate for ages!

I decided what would work well was one of the roses from the Rosy Outlook set … so used Smoky Slate and Night of Navy inks to create my rose and then layered up a couple of dies cuts to make it a stacked die cut.

I added some AveryElle sentiments and a sparkly gem to finish off!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Todays card I am sharing was made using leftover pieces that had been sitting in stamp boxes for quite some time waiting to be used.

It is only when I have gone through in a bid to have a clear out I discovered them and decided to put them on the desk so they would get used.

In this case … flower from the Cottage Rose set, leaves from the Forever Fern set. I also added a leftover die cut from another crafting session.

I then used a scrap of paper I had stamped for another project using the Jar of Flowers stamp. Then some scraps of cardstock and some music print.

Next I embossed the front of the card with the fern folder and then layered up all the little elements scavenged off the desk! I did stamp something specifically for the card … the sentiment using Biggest Wish stamp set.

Added a couple of flat enamel dots from the stash to finish off. Then called this done!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Hello … I stamped four cards in total with the Hello Winter large sentiment stamp however I only finished the first two in one session… the other two I finished off a few hours later but used a different set of stamps .. this time the Indigo Blu stamps were pulled out to play with.

I finished each card slightly differently.

One with more blending and some embossed snowflakes on top.

The other I roughed up the edges, inked it and then debossed and used my pen to add some lines around the outside.

I splattered both with ink and shimmer ink to add a little something sparkly.

Love both of these … think I prefer the none ink blended one more … what do you think?

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Decided to break open one of the other sets that I had bought and went for the Hello Winter set because that font is beautiful!

I decided to gold emboss the word onto cream cardstock and make some DL sized cards. After embossing the sentiment I then stamped lots of foliage from a magazine set all the way around.

On this first one I also splattered some gold shimmer ink all over. I then heat embossed another layer around the edges so that I could layer them up and have a gold border.

This one I actually edged the panel itself with the versamark which gave it more an organic edge.

I added them to the card blanks and called them done!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Ok so at the moment I am loving the hanging houseplant stencil and stamp set so much… did say I would use some other of the new sets but can’t tear myself away from these plants … Actually made this one into a hanging plant …

I cut it down into a card topper and then added lots of texture to the background by die cutting the same patterned paper but rotated and using the Honey Doo crafts big background die. I then cut it down so it would fit on the panel. I had made an error and already stuck the panel down before I decided on the die cut so had a messy job of drawing out the panel onto the back of the die cut before I could cut it down to size …. Next time will remember to not stick before I am happy with my layout and make it easier for myself!

I also grabbed some scraps of the Kraft … one for the sentiment stamp and the other for running through the Fern embossing folder for a bit more leafy texture.

Biggest wish and Artistically inked used for the sentiment.

Love it!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

I decided I wanted to make a flat (ish) card so I started with the Treat Yourself stencil and created the Happy Birthday sentiment, adding in the ‘holes’ with the stamps.

Next I took the hanging houseplants stencils and added plants on the rest of the panel at the bottom. I filled in the gaps with some of the dotty stamps from the Treat Yourself set.

Then I created a second sentiment strip and the standalone plant to finish off with that raised up on foam… I couldn’t keep it completely flat!

As the panel was a little shorter than I meant it to be I decided to still stick it toward the bottom of the card blank but added a wrapped around embellishment of the sari scrap ribbon which the colours matched well with the colours I’d chosen. This of course meant it wouldn’t be a flat card either. But it’s not as dimensional as I usually make!

Just love these plants and that sentiment stencil is fabulous! So pleased with these two sets I bought … well worth the splurge on their own … really need to stop grabbing the same things and try some of the other stash too!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

PS also been obsessed with Calypso coral and yellow recently … I need to play with blues for a change … maybe it is because I needed to get away from all the Christmas cards I made using blues? Or maybe I should just go full on pink to honour Barbie… went to see the film today with my mum and daughter and I am delighted to announce that it is well worth the hype. What a film!

Made another little thank you card because I have managed to sell a little more stash… which will help me feel less guilty about how much I spent on the new stash! 😜

This took me about 5 mins max to put together as a result of having the rose already made and having some scraps of patterned paper to hand ready to add to the card blank I made from some white card.

I didn’t need to worry about the size fitting an envelope as just popping it into the parcel without an envelope.

Happy crafting!

Catherine