Inkyfingeredcat

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

Now July is over I’m back to the weekly challenge of a festive project once a week – rather than the mammoth effort of daily! Having said that it might be a challenge given that I might have Christmas burnout after all those festive projects – but I will give it a go! Starting easy with these ones…

Today I have two cards made using up inky/gelli print backgrounds and the rub ons I had in my stash for years and finally found a way I love using them … and now have no more but a real urge to buy more as they look so fab on the inky and gelli print backgrounds!

Let’s start with this one … the rub on element was done a while ago for both cards and then these just sat in the box of ready made backgrounds to play with in future. Well when I came across the little Darcy Paperartsy trees I stamped and set aside I decided they were perfect for these backgrounds when watercoloured with matching colours.

This one I did doing some stencilling on the background with the enamel accents (an idea I got from old craft stamper magazines and had never tried before !)

Then I mat the background and the stamped and coloured image with black.

On the snow on the stamped image I added a bit of glitter glue just to add a little extra sparkle. And I did raise up the stamped image a bit with some cardstock behind to give dimension.

This one I added two strips of sparkly glimmer paper on either side of where I had added the rub ons. Then I used some embroidery floss threads behind the trees and fussy cut them. This time a little strip of foam behind them gave them dimension and I added the panel to the dark green cardstock.

Just love how these came out … and I have so many premade inky and gelli print backgrounds I am really tempted to order more rub ons so I can do these kinds of projects again!

Hmmmm…. Temptation is not good when trying to be more frugal with my crafting spends!

Ah well two more cards made for my Festive Friday challenge!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Easing myself back into non-Christmas projects with the usual start of the month patterned paper and this time picked up my pouch of the Sheet Load of Cards templates from earlier in the year that were already cut …

I didn’t follow the actual sketches but certainly put together some fun cards with the items in the pouches. These sort of half made projects are the sorts of things I take to crops as then I can just get on with something if I’m not inspired to do a scrapbook page and indeed that had been the intention but I ended up scrapping at the last crop and so it’s sat there untouched for some time!

The two cards were easy to put together just grabbing the ready die cut elements and the ready stamped sentiments … I did have to die cut a few additional circles for the first one but that’s about it!

All the cardstock I used was already sitting these waiting to be used and although I glanced at the sketch I didn’t follow it after that point.

I also added in a few additional die cuts like those pierced leaves.

I used the glittery gems to embellish and then the sentiment from Altenew.

Totally disregarded the sketch for this and just created the cluster of strips with an inked circle behind the panel (could have done with this being slightly larger to show more but don’t mind it just peeping out the sides.

This time chose a Waffleflower sentiment and some pretty pink gems for the embellishment.

It was certainly nice to not do Christmas for this and remind myself of how pretty this Crafters Companion paper is that my friend gifted me. Glad I’ve still got more cards to make in this pouch for either future crops or when like today I just need something easy.

Happy crafting!

Catherine