Category: Dies

Alpaca Pals, Design Team, Peace & Joy, Pinewood planks, Promarkers, Letraset, Ribbons, Time for Tea

DT: ATSAM – #446 Make your Mark

Catherine

Hello everyone visiting my blog. Today I have another design team contribution for you for the Addicted to Stamps and More blog. This week the challenge is Make Your Mark which basically means colouring in!

I chose this beautiful image from Alpaca Pals and coloured it in with promarkers.

I chose some bright spring like colours and then fussy cut the image out. I then had a little look through the pre-prepared backgrounds folder and found this glossy paper one which had been done with mop up inks after ink smooshing and I thought it worked well with the colours I had chosen.

I wrapped some paper twine around it and then added it to the vellum I had embossed with the wood grain folder as a soft background.

I decided to add it to the soft green cardstock I had found for the card blank. Then had a hunt in the die cuts folder where I have precut die cuts using scraps and it makes it easy for quick cards.

I found one with the soft teal birthday and some white backgrounds … I stacked them a couple of times to give it strength. I added this to the floral image and then added the floral image to the card using foam tabs to raise it above the paper twine.

I added the stamped happy above and then added the sequins for some shine.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

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Avery Elle, Concord & 9th, Gelatos, Faber Castell, Hot Picks, Masks/Stencils, Ribbons

Gelato background playtime

Catherine

I made some backgrounds a while ago playing with gelatos and some Paperartsy stamps and then set a couple aside … today I’m sharing the final card I made with one of them.

This one took some work before I got to a point of being happy with it. I added some of the cute layered stencil butterflies using the Concord and 9th set and added the gorgeous sari ribbon too. I then added the big Hi stamp and die cut from Avery Elle and some big blue gems for the finishing touches.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Artistic, Biggest Wish, Ribbons

DT: Happy Little Stampers anything goes with dies

Catherine

Hello!

Today I have a design team contribution for Happy Little Stampers for the anything goes with dies challenge.

I kept this one quite simple with a die cut inlay and then the sentiment raised above.

I say simple … but actually sometimes these simple ones take a fair amount of work. First die cutting the shape. Then diecutting the separate piece which is actually doubled up so a little thicker. Plus this die creates zillions of tiny bits so lots of cleaning up!

Then decided to put a patterned paper behind it and then adhering the leaves in place!

Next I added the banner strip on foam with the paper twine underneath and some sequins and then stamped and fussy cut the sentiment.

Inside the card I used paper scraps to finish off.

Love how this came out. Just love this die set.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Biggest Wish, Design Team, Honey Doo Crafts, Jar, Jar of Flowers, Masks/Stencils, Promarkers, Letraset, Ribbons, Wreath Builder

DT: ATSAM – #445 die cuts and stencils

Catherine

Hi! Today I have another design team contribution for Addicted to stamps and more where our challenge is die cuts and stencils. Well I ended up combining the two by making a stencil out of the die cut!

I started by die cutting the background out of white cardstock and then making an inky background to go behind this … this created a pretty pink background on which I knew a floral element would look best.

I thought I would go for a wreath first of all but then decided not to stay with a wreath but to just put one down as a base and then I chose Jar of Flowers for the main feature. I coloured in the flowers with my promarkers before fussy cutting them out. I then punched the jar and added the little bow to it. I added a little foam behind to give it some dimension before adhering it to the background panel.

I decided it need tie in the black more so used the biggest wish stamps for the sentiment and used black for framing them.

Inside the card I used a die cut scrap to create the stencil and used the same pink inks to add a little interest inside the card.

I added the panel to the front of a 5×7 card and then added gems to finish off.

Pleased with how this came out. Must admit that background die creates a lot of little bits of card and the carpet is now rather in need of a vacuum but I do love the background regardless!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Artistically Inked, Berry Delightful, Design Team, Lawn Fawn, Lawn Fawn stamps, Pinewood planks

Patterned paper playtime

Catherine

Well hello… as its the first of the month it is time for my patterned paper playtime and this time I am sharing the card I actually made for my auntie for her birthday in March.

It uses the Berry Delightful dsp that I cut apart to get all those lovely strawberries and the flowers and leaves. The reverse is the picnic blanket style red paper. As with the other cards I’ve been making for this challenge this year I’ve been taking a dsp and fussy cutting out elements to make good use of the dsp. Well this particular one has given me lots and lots of fruit, leaves and flowers to play with!

I wanted to make a bigger card for my auntie so this is a 7×7 and I created a curve across the page with ink blending and the lovely Parakeet Party ink to ground the strawberries. I then stuck them on and embossed the panel using the pinewood planks embossing folder. I love the effect this gives. It pushes the images into the paper as it if was one panel not pieces stuck together.

Next I die cut the stitched circle three times and stacked it up for dimension before adding the stamping, the strip for the sentiment and the strip of the dsp. I then stamped and die cut the Hugs from Lawn Fawn again die cutting it a couple of times for dimension.

After adhering it to the main panel I also added the three leaves and flowers as additional embellishments.

I added a mat of the Parakeet Party underneath to frame it and tie in the sentiment. I also coloured the gems and added them to the flowers to finish.

Love this special card for my auntie. She is passionate about growing things and gardening so I know she would have appreciated this fruity card!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Avery Elle, Gelatos, Faber Castell, Hot Picks, Ribbons, Splendid Stems, Splendid Thoughts

Another gelato background

Catherine

Yesterday I shared a card I made with a gelato background and some Paperartsy stamps … well I made four backgrounds in total so I have another three cards I can share once I’ve finished them. So far I have only finished one so that’s what I have for you today!

This one I finished in a similar way with the bits and bobs off the desk and an Avery Elle sentiment … this time it had a Splendid Thoughts as the focal elements though.

Love how different in feel the different colours look between this and yesterdays card.

Looking forward to seeing how I finish off the other backgrounds I made at the same time.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Découpage, Design Team, Emma Godfrey, Fern, Playful Alphabet, Ribbons, Stampin Blends alcohol pens

DT: Creative Knockouts – spring is in the air

Catherine

Hi! Welcome to my corner of the internet.

This blog is all about my design team contribution for Creative Knockouts using a gifted image from streamside studios shop.

I ended up making a long thin card (DL size).

Streamside studio shop

I decided to play with decoupage after printing and colouring the image three times and then cutting different parts out to layer up.

I then added some layered cardstock and the ribbon and the embossed card base. I then decided to diecut the letters for the sentiment and stamp the final part.

I decided to add wink of Stella to each of the flowers and this made it really shiny!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Artistically Inked, Design Team, Designer Series Paper, Emma Godfrey, Pierced Blooms, Prismacolour pencils, Wreath Builder

DT: Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with Dies challenge

Catherine

Hello! Welcome (back) to my blog!

Today I have a card I made for the Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with Dies challenge design team using lots of the little flowers from Wreath Builder Dies and the leaves from Pierced Blooms dies with a cute digital image that has been printed and coloured in my stash for ages!

I chose some papers from the stash that worked with the colours in the image and then used Daffodil Delight as the base for the card and the mat layers.

As long time readers of my blog will know I occasionally have a big die cutting session using all my scraps of cardstock and as a result I end up with pouches of the die cuts sitting there ready to use and this was the case with the flowers and the leaves.

I just picked out the ones that went with the colour scheme and it was easy to create these little flower clusters. I added in the white die cuts that I think are Memory Box dies but I’ve had them so long I have no idea and certainly don’t own the die to check. This helped soften the slightly more graphic shapes of the leaves.

I decided to fill the centre of the flowers with rose gold shimmer paint to finish them off.

I remembered to also finish the inside with some of the paper, another leaf and flower cluster and a sentiment.

Cute!

Love this bright and cheery card.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Biggest Wish, Dies, Distress oxide ink, Kim Dellow, Ribbons, Washi tape

Uk stampers forum tag swap

Catherine

Hi all … hope you are having a great day! I’ve got a tag to share with you that I made for this months UK stampers forum swap.

I went for an inky tag this time and also had a little play with texture by partially diecutting a layer with a background die.

I used all pink coloured distress oxides and there was plenty of smooshing, blending and splattering. I also added some splatters of shimmer ink too.

I added some stamping to the tag itself with the sentiment stamp and also around the edges.

Next I stamped the chess pieces and cut them out and added them.

I decided to add the following washi tape as a backing to the sentiment and then the glittery gems and the pink ribbon as contrast. I also added some staples for more texture and to keep the washi in place.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Cottage Flowers, Cottage Rose, Design Team, Dies, Stampin Blends alcohol pens

DT: ATSAM – #443 Birthdays

Catherine

Hello! Thanks for popping over to my blog. I really like to see people coming to my little slice of the internet to see what I’m up to! Today I have a design team contribution for Addicted to Stamps and More where our theme is Birthdays! Now regular visitors will know I make a lot of birthday cards so this wasn’t difficult to do … but I decided to mix it up a little and make an easel card just because I fancied something a bit different.

I also wanted to use a new die (yes I sort of failed in my no spend quest but decided that the challenge would be that I can only buy things using the proceeds from selling craft supplies and I’m definitely within that budget still!) … so I started by partially diecutting the panel with my die and then adding that to a black background.

Next I went for the beautiful Cottage Rose stamp set and stamped the main image and coloured it with stampin blend markers. I die cut it out, then die cut another two to stick them together to give them dimension.

Next I constructed the card using black for the bottom panel and embossing the white sentiment and adding gems. I also added the sentiment on the front with the gems to make the card complete.

I love the contrast of the red rose against the black and white and also the partial die cut background.

Fun to create a different shaped card … hope you like it too.

Happy crafting!

Catherine