Category: Embossing Folders

Design Team, Designer Series Paper, Old Paper, Promarkers, Letraset, Ribbons, Stampin Blends alcohol pens

DT: Happy Little Stampers Anything goes birthday challenge

Catherine

Hello!

Today I have the card I made for this months Design team contribution for Happy Little Stampers anything goes birthday challenge. I actually made this ages ago as a card for my Aunties birthday back in the spring! But I saved it to share on the blog.

I used some patterned paper that is quite grungy as the background and ran it through the Old Paper embossing folder.

I added a ribbon to give some more texture, choosing a wide grey grosgrain ribbon from the stash. Next I chose lots of panels of the dsp left in my stash from the patterned paper play I did a few months ago.

Next I chose to use some gorgeous stamped and coloured flowers and leaves to intersperse with the panels and tags.

I added some brads and the little metal key charm too to add some different types of bling from my usual kind of gems … nice to mix things up occasionally!

I then stamped and fussy cut the sentiment and added that on the top!

Love how it ended up … a bit different from the usual cards I have previously made for my auntie but I am sure she liked it even if not the usual pinks or yellows.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

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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

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

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

Alphabet, Art by Marlene, Concord & 9th, Gelli Plate, Stampin Blends alcohol pens

Gelli printing session

Catherine

I haven’t been feeling very well recently and focusing on things isn’t always easy so decided to just sit and play with ink and my gelli plate.

I made these three backgrounds and one where I was wiping off the brayer.

By the time I had made these I decided to make something with half of the yellow one.

I decided to emboss the background with some extra yellow ink. Then added some scraps of cardstock and then chose to stamp and colour the Art by Marlene beach house as the focal feature.

I also stamped the Corcord and 9th sentiment and cut that out.

Added the sequins as a finishing touch!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

First Edition, For My Family, Jar, Old Paper, Promarkers, Letraset, Ribbons, Splendid Stems, Splendid Thoughts

Patterned paper play

Catherine

How is it the beginning of March already? Wow this year is going so fast already.

So as its the first of the month it is time for my playtime with patterned paper.

Those of you who have popped by my blog for this before will know I got myself super organised last year, chose some 12×12 dsp and got fussy cutting and popped all the bits into a pouch so I could be ready to go with the starting point of a card! This time it’s an odd one as the dsp I cut up had lots of these labels on one side and the coral pattern on the other and I teamed it with some dictionary type print paper too.

So I grabbed some Pale Papaya cardstock and made up a card blank and used another piece to add texture then started layering up a few of the labels, a strip of the coral and the book paper.

This gave a nice spot for a focal feature to be added and I decided on a jar full of splendid Stems!

I did punch the jar a few times to give it some dimension and covered the top layer in wink of Stella so it’s very shimmery!

Inside the jar I added the die cut Stems and one of the stamped images which I stamped and coloured onto the bookprint which I think looks fabulous!

I finished off with a simple sentiment from For my Family and some pearl gems and a bit of twine wrapped round the jar.

Love how this finished up. A lovely mix of modern and vintage I think!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Design Team, Digital stamps, Fancy Phrases, Pierced Blooms, Pinewood planks, Promarkers, Letraset, Ribbons

DT: Creative Knockouts – Birthday wishes

Catherine

Now the Creative Knockouts challenges last a fortnight I get a bit more breathing space between my contributions which I must admit is a little bit of a relief.

This time the theme is Birthday Wishes and we are sponsored by All Dressed Up whose images I love.

I chose to use the image Little Scottie Dog which I was gifted by All Dressed Up. I printed it and coloured it using my Promarkers with some really pretty pastels.

I then die cut the image out.

I then went to town with the Pierced Blooms die cuts in coordinating colours.

For the background I went with Kraft cardstock and ran that through the embossing folder to give some texture. I also added some dsp in the blue as some contrast.

When I had put this together I went with a Kraft card blank and so added a mat of white and then chose my sentiment from the Fancy Phrases set.

I also added in some splatters of the pink shimmer ink and then some flower embellishments.

I also added a metallic button with some twine as the final embellishment.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Promarkers, Letraset, Tim Holtz, Woodland

Happy Valentine’s Day

Catherine

I decided to make a cutesy card for my hubby this year …

I mean this Tim Holtz die is just so adorable.

I die cut him lots of times from cream cardstock and then coloured him in using my promarkers. After adhering everything together I also added glossy accents for the eyes.

I chose to emboss the background using the woodland folder and then added a ribbon and two of the extra heart die cuts from the set.

Then the sentiment is an old one from the stash which I stamped and mounted it on the red.

I then decided to mount this onto a Parakeet Party card base as it’s one of my favourite colours at the moment and also matches with the scarf for the bear.

So happy valentines to my hubby!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Avery Elle, Biggest Wish, Fern, Forever Flourishing, Ribbons, Tropical Hideaway, YouTube video

Tropical hideaway play

Catherine

This card was sort of inspired by both Jennifer Maguire (her video made me grab the stamp) and instagram YVON0202 who I had seen using this stamp with a few colours … but I did go for a different style in the end so inspired by but far from copied!

I used stampin write markers to colour the image in using lots of different greens and some water spray which helped to blend them. If you want to see how I made it I did video it!

I decided to then use the Forever Flourishing dies and Biggest wish stamp set for the main elements with an embossed white panel behind the focal image. The twine and the sparkly gems finished it off.

I took some pics the night I made the card but this next one shows the colours better in the daylight.

Love that twine bow and the colour mix in the background and love even more that I have a second background yet to be used.

Once again I also videoed the process which you can watch if you fancy it!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Banner Pick a Punch, Brilliant Wings, Chevron

Inspired by Jennifer McGuire… again

Catherine

This card was inspired by this video of Jennifer’s and I wanted to use my Butterfly Brilliance dies to recreate it a little.

It was also inspired by the case that Michelle did of Jennifer’s original card … I don’t have a tiny thin frame die so just put a chunky one in instead!

Ok mine looks nothing like theirs … but they were what inspired me to create my rainbow background to die cut from and then add the white die cuts over the top.

So I created the background using Stampin Write markers onto mixed media card stock and then I die cut the solid shapes from the Butterfly brilliance. Then I die cut lots of the more intricate butterflies from the white card stock and stacked them up to give them dimension over the colourful background butterflies.

I took a piece of white cardstock and ran it through the chevron embossing folder then cut myself a black frame.

For the sentiment I added some rainbow washi onto black card stock and white embossed the sentiment. I then cut the banner shape and raised it onto foam to add to the card.

The card is a black base and this works well in framing the colourful butterflies and the monochrome base.

I decided to add some multi coloured bling from the stash as my finishing touches.

Love how this ended up. Not quite the brightness of the cards Jennifer and Michelle made but definitely had fun and pleased with the end result.

Happy crafting!

Catherine