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A set of four cards inspired by finding some chipboard sentiment pieces – and went back to a technique I used in October for Make it Masculine to make a patchwork background from pieces of ephemera.

I did stick the video on so if you want to see the process of making them!

The effort mainly went into making the backgrounds from those small elements and then once those panels were all adhered I did add extra ink and the shimmer spritz to give them a lovely shimmery finish.

The chipboard shapes were quite large and I should have thought about that at the beginning but fortunately most of the panels had elements both horizontal and vertical so I could turn the panel into a landscape card.

This one will need a slightly larger envelope though as it does hand over the edge – but I don’t mind that.

For all of them I added waxed thread to bring in the additional texture – a fun way to mix it up a bit.

Love how these turned out.

And probably took less than an hour to make four cards as the toppers did all the work of being focal points!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Yesterday I finished the 30 day christmas card making challenge – and there is a full round up video now on YouTube sharing all of the cards I made …

… but I’ve not quite finished festive cards for the year. The beginning of the month is always a patterned paper challenge and I did mix it up for this month and stepped away from the Making Cards magazine ones … instead I have some Christmas cards! 🤣

So back in my Christmas in July series I did all the cutting and organising of Kendras Card Challenge 19 #kcc19 and these two cards are using up some of the leftover pieces …

So I think this can be a perfect first of the month patterned paper project to share with you. In addition to the panels which are the sketches Kendra provided I also found leftovers of the same paper and did 5.5” squares for the background panels.

This used sketch 6 and had strips of the patterned paper and some plain cardstock ground across the panel so I added the stamped holly leaves that I coloured with my promarkers and then fussy cut and added to the panel.

I then added the foiled sentiment which I die cut and stacked.

I decided to then added to the holly berries with glossy accents to give texture and shine.

The second card used sketch 11

I love those five squares of the patterned paper and so added the holly leaves around them to frame where the sentiment was added.

For these I decided to change it up a little and added glitter glue to the berries instead of glossy accents. It’s fun to try different mediums.

Simple cards but good to work through old stash hanging around from way back in July!

And so the Christmas card making continues … not sure what else there will be in December except my regular Festive Fridays – maybe I ought to start making next years sets of birthday cards as my starting point – or clearing up half finished other projects to get them done before the end of the year.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Final day – I hadn’t intended to do all of them – but then I got on a roll!

With Merry Little Moment I knew I just needed a Merry for my project – and so I decided to revisit two of my fave bits of stash – foiled pine needles background plate and the pine cones intricate die cut.

Christmas on a card!

To see this card come together including the trick with bubble wrap packaging – check out my video.

I just love this earthy natural card with the amazing foiled background peeping through the foliage. 😀

So there we go – 30 projects (31 cards in total) and I am delighted with them all! Thanks as always to Martin for the challenge and all those who participate and share their projects on the group – so much inspiration!

And as tomorrow it is December I think it will be time to slow down on production for Christmas and instead start planning for the fun of the festive season. Festive Friday will of course continue but nowhere near as many Christmas projects to come in the next month as I’ve shared this month.

Now I need to actually go and write some cards ready to send in the post and hand deliver in the coming weeks!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

For today’s scrappin Saturday I am sharing the second page I made using a page kit from Sarah at last weekends crop – although I went totally rogue on this one and totally ignored the inspiration page Sarah gave us!

Sarah is always interested to see how we use the kits in alternative ways so I was more than happy to just play with the supplies. I also have to say thank you to my lovely friend Helen who shared some of her supplies with me (more on that in a future blog) and so the title came from her stash!

I added some stencilling and splatters to the background and then used the pieces from the kit to add to my page – and I love it!

I don’t often get to scrap Christmas pics as we are usually too busy having fun to make good pics so it was good to use this kit to scrap some pics I did manage to take last Christmas – wonderful if I might remember to take more pics this year?

I love all the elements Sarah gave us – the chipboard shapes and the wooden elements are so lovely.

So that was my take on the second page in the kit that I got at the crop (Sarah’s second page was very different but with an equally gorgeous outcome!)

There are a lot of the chipboard elements left – just need to decide whether they go into the Christmas box or to make some more scrapbook pages with them! Decisions decisions!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Penultimate card of the challenge!

I saw the word cocoa and remembered that some chipboard stickers I had leftover from a scrapbooking page kit had got a cup of something yummy – so I went with that!

A very simple card, using Kingston Crafts papers and those chipboard stickers.

Added in touches of sparkle with the die cut leaves and circles and the little panel of punchinella.

Then the glimmer foiled sentiment in silver just finished it off perfectly! As with the others in this series a video sharing the process is on my YouTube channel.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Today’s post has a lot of cards – because I wanted to use up lots of scraps that had accumulated using the Kingston Crafts paper kit – I just wanted the pouch of bits done with so I could start to clear the decks and make some different things. So I videoed the full process for putting together all the cards!

I kept them all pretty simple and followed my usual rules of making them in stages – panels first, then chose the sentiments, then made the card blanks and then one by one went through and put them together!

A fun few crafting sessions were had – and by the end only a small pile of scraps left!

So a big pile of cards made – and a bit of a tidy up of the stash done! Didn’t get around to taking pics of all the photos individually – so instead just the big pile of them here…

And yesterday I said I had about 50 cards too many … guess that number has gone up quite a bit now! 🤣

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Today’s theme didn’t immediately push me towards a specific project …

… but I went with peaceful vibes and some simple glitter glue elements.

I started with a panel of the light blue grey just smaller than the card blank I made and added just a light amount of ink to the edges and across the panel to slightly differentiate from the back.

I then took the new stencil I bought from Hey Little Magpie at the crop last weekend and used Gloss clear gel through it and then set it aside to dry.

Next I took the die cut wreath, stacked it twice to give it some strength and added blue promarker to the bow and then glitter glue to the stars and the bow. Again I set it aside to dry.

Once it was all dry – about 90mins later – I assembled the card. I added dimension behind the wreath die cut and then added the Peace die cut sentiment that I had already got in the stash that had the perfect colour background.

This was such a simple card to make – obviously it takes time for the medium to dry – but it really doesn’t take long or much to make an impressive card when you do add texture mediums.

Want to see the process – check out my YouTube video.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Jingle & Mingle made me think of bells and as the only bell stamp I could see in my stash was this vintage Santa stamp set I decided to go vintage – for the first time this month!

Of course vintage makes me think of Kraft so browns became a theme! and of course quite a bit of gold too!

I also went with ripped edges and a bit of thread!

A simple card really – and I do love this vintage Santa!

I love the texture and the different finishes I created in the card – and that bell stamp is really sweet!

I also added the Santa to the inside of the card – just a simple stamped image – but sometimes something this simple is all that is needed to finish a card off!

If you want to see the process please check out my YouTube video.

At the start of the month I had no intention of doing everyday – and yet here we are at day 27 and 27 days completed! Guess I got inspired and then focused on doing each day! I now have around 50 cards more than I probably need for this years Christmas – guess quite a few will head to charity again this year so at least they might get used!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

I went with a simple scene card for today’s theme of Woodland Wonderland. To see it come together check it out in my video.

Just one stamp repeated and embossed to create the woodland…

And then inking to create the sky and the snowdrift. Some splatter of gesso for the snowfall.

I then decided rather than stamp the stag I would use a die cut instead.

I mounted the panel on black before adding to the card blank.

Then grabbed my glimmer to create the sentiment.

Just love how this came out – simple but very effective!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Colour challenge time and of course the Alex Syberia dies came out to play again – for the fifth time this month!

My interpretation of these colours … wildberry because I actually own that, then Lost Lagoon for the Lakefront and then Smoky Slate for the Harbour alternative. It looks like it is more of a blue than a grey from Martin’s cards he has made but never mind – I went with the grey tone instead!

So I die cut the flowers from white and then painted them with the wildberry and lost lagoon – I then also added a painted layer of the shimmer spritz in lilac and hydrangea to make them super shimmery!

The flower centres were then circle die cuts which were already cut out of the glimmer cardstock. I used the same for the letters.

Then I worked on the background.

The smoky slate lightly brushed through a Tim Holtz stencil. I then also added versamark through the stencil and added clear embossing to add texture.

I took a piece of pink cardstock and inked the edge with the wildberry and then spritzed the lilac shimmer spritz all over to give it a good coat of the mica.

I then splatter some of that onto the white background too.

Just love how this card came out and the pretty colour combo!

And as much as I don’t enjoy working with glimmer paper – those letters do look fabulous!

This is the final colour combo challenge for this month and I must admit I’ve loved doing these so much! Thanks Martin for the great combos!

And I am so pleased I got myself ahead on this challenge and made this early as my IBS has flared up again and been fit for nothing the past day and a half. At least I can look at the pretty card I made and that will help cheer me up!

Happy crafting!

Catherine