Category: Biggest Wish

Arrange a Wreath, Beautiful Brocade, Biggest Wish, DCWV, Spellbinders, Splendid Stems, Splendid Thoughts

Patterned paper play

Catherine

It’s the start of the month so it’s a patterned paper focus and this time I used two pieces of patterned paper from the stash (again both DCWV old papers) and made a few cards by layering them up together. I’ve got a couple to share today that were the first two I finished off. The others are to follow in other blogs as haven’t actually finished them completely as I write up this blog post!

So the patterned paper is the pink one and then the dark grey crisscross type pattern.

I treated both of these in very different ways … first up is this embossed one.

I embossed the large piece of the pink with my intricate design folder and then wiped over with my Kraft white ink before adding clear embossing. The clear embossing actually stuck to the whole panel so it turned it into a shiny panel with some white highlights on the raised elements.

I added a mat of the dark grey paper and then a square of it for the middle.

I then used some purple cardstock to white heat emboss the wreath from Arrange a Wreath, which I fussy cut.

I used the same purple for the flower elements on the Spellbinders dies and cut the leaves and stems from black.

I added the three sprigs coming out from the sentiment as contrast to the wreath.

The sentiment I chose for both cards is from the Biggest Wish sentiment set… still one of my favourites.

The second card I changed up the colour of the paper a little by adding some purple ink to the pink and the dark purple to the dark grey.

This gave it an even more weathered look and also darkened the grey panels to be more in keeping with the grunge look.

I decided to contrast this with the lovely Splendid Thoughts leaves which I embossed and watercoloured before I die cut them. I was reminded of the way Martin used these in a card a month or so ago and so laid them in a diagonal across the card panels.

I raised the sentiment up a little on some scrap cardstock and then added the purple pearls for embellishment.

Love how adding the ink and the embossing changes up the paper and makes it something a little different from the original.

The other cards I have done less with the papers at this point … but who knows how I will end up finishing them!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Biggest Wish, Design Team, Digital stamps, Masks/Stencils

DT: Creative knockouts:

Catherine

Hello again!

Today’s blog is another Design team contribution for Creative Knockouts where the challenge is Birthday Wishes. Now as I make a lot of birthday cards this really doesn’t count as a challenge!

However we were gifted this image from The Paper Shelter and as it came as a pre coloured image, black and white image and a background panel coloured my challenge was how to use it!

The excellent news was as it is so cute you don’t need to do much – especially if you decide your colouring couldn’t possibly be better than the pre coloured version!

So I printed out the background and the image in colour. Cut out the image including the three free floating balloons and added them to the background with a bit of dimension using pinflair glue gel. I also added gold thread to the balloons and some wink of Stella to both the balloons and gifts to give them a touch of sparkle.

I decided to add to the balloon theme using the waffle flower balloon builder stencils on the background card panel. I used teal and green ink for this to keep in with the colours on the image and background.

I also added little white highlights to the balloons to keep them looking dimensional.

I finished off the card with the heat embossed sentiment which I fussy cut and the pink puffy sticker hearts I found in the stash which I thought went well with the cutesy image!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Altenew, Biggest Wish, Design Team, Designer Series Paper, Masks/Stencils, Pinewood planks

DT: Addicted to stamps and more – any occasion #464

Catherine

Hello! Another day, another design team contribution. Over at Addicted to stamps and more our challenge is Any Occasion… but I went with birthday again for my card.

I chose to grab those gorgeous hanging houseplants stencils and make a collection of pot plants as my main focal element for this green and brown card.

After stencilling the plants and their pots I created a cluster of patterned paper scraps from the stash (these are very old bits of magazine kits – thought they worked well with the colours of the plants and pots) and some scraps of Kraft and created my card topper.

I added this to a panel of wood grain embossed white as again I thought the natural element of texture worked well with the images and the papers.

I then created a sentiment panel using the Treat Yourself stencil and stamp set from Altenew and the Biggest wish stamp.

I decided to embellish with three brads in different brown and greens … all three are different sizes and thought it looked quite cool.

Finally a mount of Mossy Meadow and a little bit of hand drawn lines on the Kraft to finish off. Perfect! Well that’s that I think anyway! How about you?

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Biggest Wish, Brushos, Canvas and Mixed Media art, Creative Expressions, Dylusions spray inks, fresco finish paints, Paperartsy, Gorgeous Grunge, Masks/Stencils, Tonic

Mixed media purple flower card

Catherine

This card started off as the palette for my ATCs I shared the other day … although that’s not entirely true … it actually started as a piece of art I had made and popped in a frame many years ago but fallen out of love with. I used it as a palette for the paints and then cut a panel for the card background and carried on creating on it so it ended up matching the ATCs.

I used stencils, paints, Dylusions spray inks, stamps and posca pens to create the background. Then stamped and edged using the stampin up Rich Razzleberry colour.

I also created lots of the flowers using some old watercolour paper and Dylusions inks and brushos to make varied purples and cut it using creative expressions dies.

I cut a vellum panel using tonic curved stitched rectangle die and added the flowers to that and then added the sentiment from biggest wish to it with a mat of the painted paper I had left over.

I added a mat of the white and then added it to a Rich Razzleberry card base.

Final touches were to add the enamel accents as embellishment.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Biggest Wish, Brushos, Canvas and Mixed Media art, Creative Expressions, Dylusions spray inks, fresco finish paints, Paperartsy, Gorgeous Grunge, Masks/Stencils, Timeless Textures, Tonic

UK stampers forum ATC swap

Catherine

The theme at UK Stampers Forum is Spring Flowers and I decided to join in again this month as I got in the mood to get painty and this is what I fancied making!

Admittedly at first glance these may not appear particularly spring like (usually would have gone yellow for daffodils or white for snowdrops) but my mojo wanted to play with purples so let’s think I was inspired by purple crocus instead even if the shapes of the flower are far from crocus like!

Ah well some days you just got to go with the mojo and where it decided to go and forget the rules!

Also the rule for UK stampers forum is stamping and whilst there is stamping in the background it is barely visible from the way I ended up finishing the ATCs. Oops! Again it is where the mojo took me and I went with it!

The backgrounds were made individually using four different Paperartsy paints, some Dylusions spray inks and posca pens with some stampin up ink used for the stamping and the edging. Whilst the dye ink sits on the paint at first it will eventually settle and dry but be warned if using a dye ink on paint it can smear – not really an issue for this style of making but worth noting regardless.

After making the three backgrounds I added die cut vellum and the flowers that I die cut from some watercolour cardstock I had coloured using both the Dylusions spray ink and brushos giving them different purple colours.

I added some thread in a purple colour underneath the sentiment for each – these were sticker labels adhered to some painted paper and cut out.

Then I added the purple enamel accents as final embellishment and called them done!

I did also make a card using the piece of paper I had been using as a palette but will share that another day!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Last minute edit … the photos I don’t think showed the colours well so the next morning took this which seems more true colours … well that’s what I think anyway!

Avery Elle, Biggest Wish, Design Team, Masks/Stencils, Waffle flower

DT: Addicted to stamps and more – dies and stencils #460

Catherine

Hello!

Well I have a card I made a while ago using the first play with the Waffle Flower Balloon background stencil and die. This is my design team creation for Addicted to Stamps and More … because we are back after a little break and with a new leader.

I love how this came out with the soft colours on the balloons and the bold black and white sentiment!

I actually fussy cut a few balloons from the background to layer them up to give more dimension as well as stacking the background die so it was raised off the card blank.

The sentiment is my old faithful the Biggest Wish which I heat embossed with white onto black and then cut out the strips. The numbers are die cut several times from black and stacked and then I used wink of Stella and some glossy accents to make then shiny and sparkly.

To be honest this is such a quick and easy background to put together I can see me using it lots with different colours. This one I wanted pastel and mixed colours … might try it with other more coordinated and bright colours next time.

(NB well aware at this point you might have seen this stencil and die used on the blog already but I made and blogged this a while ago in readiness for this challenge and whose birthday this card is for … so you will no doubt have seen the background in use already! – letting you into the ‘secret’ that I don’t always blog the card I make in the order I make them!)

Anyway … hope you like this fun card!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Avery Elle, Biggest Wish, Spellbinders, Timeworn Type, Watercolour paints

Teal stitched card

Catherine

Today’s stitched card makes use of both the November and the December monthly stitching for kit from spellbinders. I decided to go monotone for the card with all types of teal!

I love teal so why not go over the top with teal coloured cardstock, ink and stitching!

Ok let’s start with the flower. I die cut all the pieces from what I think was Bermuda Bay. I added some ink to the centre of the flower and the bits of the petals and the leaves where they connect to the flower stem to give dimension. Then I stitched using a dark teal thread.

Next I die cut from Lost Lagoon cardstock the background scalloped piece … isn’t this a fun shape? I inked the edges with the lost lagoon ink to give it some depth and made it lighter in the centre. This is quite subtle but still I was pleased I remembered to do this.

Then I embossed it and added the flower to the card. I then decided to go splatter mad with a shimmer watercolour paint.

Next the sentiment is a mix of stamps and the little happy is embossed. I like mixing up sentiments like this especially when one of the words is a bit bigger. I added some lighter colour teal thread beneath the sentiment to be in keeping with the monotone look.

I finally added the sequins for a little more bling – again the colour worked well with the rest of the card topper.

I stuck the topper to the card blank with pinflair glue to give it a little bit of dimension.

Love this. Love the colour and the textures and the shape of the scalloped topper. Fun!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Biggest Wish, Design Team, Digital stamps, Hot Picks, Promarkers, Letraset, Whale of a time

DT: Creative Knockouts – Celebrations

Catherine

Hello! My first design team contribution of the year is this card I made for Creative Knockouts using the image Funny little turtle from Streamside studios.

I found the Whale of a Time papers in the stash to go with the theme and coloured the image using my promarkers.

As I will likely be using this for one of my great nephews birthdays in a few months time I kept the right hand side free for adding the number for his age nearer the time.

I also kept the embellishment simple with just some Card Candi and wink of Stella on the balloon and the hat for the little turtle ! 🐢

The sentiment I added the embossed strip as well as the larger happy from Biggest Wish.

Love how this came together and isn’t he just the cutest guy?

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Amazing Phrasing, Biggest Wish, From all of us, Lovely Inside and Out

Happy birthday Hugo!

Catherine

Todays birthday card I am sharing was made using up some leftover Christmas paper from a load I cut up and never got around to finishing for a sheet load of card template but I saw it and thought this would work with the fun From All of Us image for a card for my great nephew whose birthday was earlier this week.

So once again showing that Christmas themed paper isn’t just for Christmas !

I decided to add a few sentiments together … amazing phrasing, biggest wish and Lovely inside and out and embossing and layers and some fussy cutting which made a fun sentiment along with the foam sticker for the number!

All the layers and the patterned paper work well with the fun image which I had coloured using watercoloured inks.

I then added three card Candi for embellishment… plus because he turned three! And here is a pic of the birthday boy at his party last weekend stolen from his mums Facebook. Isn’t he adorable?

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Biggest Wish, Design Team, Paper Blooms

DT: Happy Little Stampers anything goes birthday challenge

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