Inkyfingeredcat

Had a lot of fun putting these three cards together using really old patterned paper stash!

So bright and fun!

I die cut some of the rectangles using waffle flower dies I got in the sale at Seven Hills Crafts and layered them up in different configurations with the Coastal Cabana cardstock too.

I then stamped all the feathers and fussy cut them out.

After I had chosen the way I wanted them to be it was time to do the sentiment.

I chose to construct the sentiment from the Altenew set for the strip and the Biggest Wish SU set for the birthday.

The Birthday I stamped and embossed using white onto the coastal cabana cardstock and then fussy cut this out.

I then added gems to each card in a mixture of colours – one silver, one black and one dark grey.

I used leftover scraps of the paper for the inside of each card and then trimmed one down to be slightly shorter a card as it didn’t look right off to the left as I had mounted it.

Really love this set of bright cards and they were really fun to put together – I think those feather stamps are great too for a fun and bold card.

I did remember to video the process of doing this too so check this out on YouTube.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

I grabbed some old stash papers and embellishments from Lollipop box club kits and made this page with a picture of us all at lunch for the hubby’s birthday meal last year.

I actually made this over several weeks in three sessions because I kept getting distracted and putting it to one side. I did however video all of it (except some fussy cutting and sewing) so check out my video on YouTube.

Loved using some old papers and that music print in particular I’ve been hoarding for some time so it was good to be brave and just go for it ripping a strip off for use! Now I know I will use the rest of it too!

I enjoyed adding the sewn elements too – it’s definitely something I like doing to add texture. Unusually though no mixed media! I think I just felt like with the torn edges and the other elements it didn’t need it.

Hope you like this – I certainly liked adding in those old paper mania bits I fussy cut out to make what could have been a girly page with the pink flowers into something a bit different. Definitely think I was channelling the theming in the Bills restaurant!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

I shared over on my YouTube channel how I make gelli print backgrounds – and leftover from that were these two pieces of torn paper with lots of lovely texture, pattern and colour so I had to get them used! They were just too pretty to throw away!

I glued them to the black cardstock square. Then I chose to use the waffle flower Greenery leaves that I had already die cut on a previous use of the die. They created a nice cluster for the sentiment to sit in.

I added some velvet trim across the panel and then the black gems to add texture and embellishment.

I think with the gold within the paint this is paper gives me luxury and opulent vibes!

Perfect for an anniversary card I think!

I raised the panel up onto foam so it has dimension and it helps to also frame the panel on the 6×6 card base.

I love how you can’t really control gelli printing results (well some people can but I am not talented enough for that!) so you end up with surprise treasures like these torn scraps that make some fun cards!

I did film putting this together as well as the gelli printing process so please do go check that out too.

Entering this into the anything mixed media challenge at Creative artiste mixed media blog

Happy crafting!

Catherine

A cheat festive Friday for you today as I actually made and shared the round element of the card some time last year but then when hubby went to write the inside of the card he made an error and we couldn’t send the card so I rescued the topper ready to use again another time!

Then I also stamped and embossed the snow Crystal image for other projects but never got around to using it … so decided it made a good base for this topper and so stuck them on the card.

So really it’s a super quick project when this happens but obviously the effort went in the first time I made the card!

So given that I finished it (again) I thought I could use it for this weeks festive Friday project!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

I made two very very simple cards using old Making Cards magazine stash.

I added sentiments and some die cuts to finish off – but otherwise it was a case of simple cutting – layering – sticking!!!

This one I added some gold pierced leaves and some banners under the sentiment from Waffle flower.

The second one I added a different banner and three colours of pierced leaves.

I also cut down the topper quite a bit on this one too.

Simple cards but perfect project to do as it got some stash used, got two cards made and I felt a little creative doing this and it helped clear the mind a little!

Inside the cards I just added little strips of leftover paper!

Even though this was a simple project I decided to film the process – so please check that out over on my YouTube channel.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

I actually made this card in June for Amelia’s birthday in July but only blogging now as I decided it should be a design team card!

This is the last of the 18th cards that I’ve been making for the last 12 months as all my daughter’s friends have now reached adulthood!

I made this one from us, because I made one I’ve already shared from the daughter to her friend.

I decided to go bright and shiny with the waffleflower balloons and the sentiment.

After die cutting the balloons I added the colours using distress inks and then did lots of splattering using both the inks and some shimmer paints… so this got messy but the die cut against the white background still looks clean and modern.

I used the same inks to blend a panel of cardstock before die cutting the sentiment out so it would match.

I decided to then create a panel for the sentiment to sit on so it could be seen clearer and punched a circle from the leftover blended background for the sparkly stickers to sit on for her age.

I raised them up on foam so they sit proud of the balloons. 🎈

I then added the little sparkly circles that were leftovers from the zero waste leaf die panel I used for her other card.

Love this bright and cheerful card.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

I needed a new home card for my friends who have recently moved … well actually they moved in June but I am only just getting around to posting this on my blog because I was so late in posting the actual card (really should do better at posting things out!).

I used a panel I had used to remove paint from a gelli plate through a stencil and it had created these fun circles. Then I used a mop up panel of paint from the same gelli printing session to stamp and emboss the building images from ArtJourney.nl as my focal images.

I know Lynn would appreciate the quirky artsy look of the card as she is creative too.

I did however keep it simple with the panel of pink and the sentiment and then the die cut hearts.

Love all those colours coming through the building image … such fun!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

I used the scraps of the page kit from Hey Little Magpie and made a scrapbook page. I love using kits and trying to get more out of them than they were originally designed for.

Fell in love with the neutrals on this one. Also used some of the Hey Little Magpie dies and some black cardstock too.

I added in those gorgeous flowers which were stamped from the Simon Says Stamp Beautiful Flowers set.

I loved mixing up the stamping and the stickers for the title.

I also added in a little bit of sewing just those three little x’s.

I did video the process and you can check this out on my YouTube channel.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Well it was actually Mum’s birthday on the first but as her card had no patterned paper I couldn’t post it then! So here is the card I made…

I used some new to me stamps and dies to create this that I bought in a sale of old stash from Waffleflower through Seven Hills craft. This set was called Succulent and there are a few solid stamps and some outline succulent images as well as some sentiment/word stamps.

I started by creating this panel with the solid stamps and the wreath builder template with some masking. Then I stamped the line art images and added some water coloring before die cutting.

I then took another new to me die set (foliage) which I die cut some of the leaves and added ink to then too.

I stacked up those succulent die cuts to give dimension and then adhered them in place. For the sentiment I used an Altenew one for the happy birthday, and then playful alphabets dies to create Mum which I coloured in pink.

It was nice to use cream cardstock as the base for a change from white. I added foam behind the main panel and then with a different cream for the back panel.

I dry embossed a frame around and this almost fit the whole of the 6×6 card blank.

I also added a little thread just behind the sentiment and then some pearls dotted round the card for more texture.

Inside the card I added another panel of cream and stamped some of the solid images and then added some of the die cut leaves and one of the die cut succulent images I had water coloured.

I also added stamping using the word stamps from the succulent set.

I added a dry embossed frame again to go around the panel excluding the part with the image.

So happy birthday to my Mum and I hope she liked the card. I certainly enjoyed making it!

Happy crafting!

Catherine