Inkyfingeredcat

I still had some pouches of leftover papers from the Making Cards magazine papers I had kitted up at the beginning of the year for the patterned paper projects – but don’t want to carry them through to the new year – so I had a big crafting session making with them!

Some papers I will admit went either to the bin or the concertina file I keep patterned paper scraps in. But the rest were used for a mish mash of projects!

Let’s start with these rainbow pineapple projects!

I used rainbows I made a while ago and then created the back panels from the pineapple papers.

I added the die cut sentiment and layer and the sun die cut – and then the foiled sentiments too!

So bright and cheery!

Next up is this card made using the boy image leftover …

I added a simple panel of white and the foiled sentiment. I also added the glossy accents to the mask on the boy to give it dimension and shine.

I raised the hands on the boy with foam adhesive too – it gives the image a feeling of movement.

But overall a simple card.

Next a card made from the confetti type papers and toppers.

I added some foiled cardstock layers and then the lawn Fawn cake image I stamped, stencilled and die cut. I then decided to fussy cut it rather than go with the white outline of the die cut.

I added some glitter glue to the candles – cute!

And finally …

Some torn scraps become a fun background with the card topper and a die cut candle to finish off!

I did make a few others from this stash … but decided one was a perfect design team project and the others were a lot of work and deserve a post all of their own!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

I actually videoed the process for today’s Scrappin Saturday so please feel free to check that out.

I used a page kit from Hey Little Magpie which I bought at the crop in November and decided to keep the layout pretty much the same but I did add in a little bit of difference! I did sewing, splatter and added some ephemera vintage tags.

Sarah designs lovely pages but this has too much white space for me to feel comfy with so hence sewing … I chose some fun label shapes to add and then I also added in the thread bow and trails from the tags I made … and of course shimmery splatter!

Hope you like this page. I certainly do!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Getting to the end of Festive Friday for this year and of course we are so close to Christmas now so I went for a load of tags for all the gift wrapping yet to be done! I really should start that!

And these were all done with random bits and pieces left in my Christmas box mainly leftover from the KCC19 I started in July. I had off cuts of cardstock and a few focal images and the. I just raided the stash of other items ready done and just waiting to be used!

I went back to my usual technique for using scraps and did some strip panels – in some cases full tags, in others that became the background.

I have a mixture of foiled or embossed and die cut sentiments and also some die cuts too!

I added some glitter glue to a few of them too which adds some fun – and I love how they all look together – a very random collection but with similar colour schemes!

All in all a fun job to put these together and helpful to have another little stash of tags to use as I now have to face the idea of gift wrapping!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Today’s card was using up some very different scraps of patterned paper.

The two bright papers were scraps from Kingston Crafts Everyday papers and then the ruler paper is some very old SU papers.

I grabbed two magnolia images I had in the pouch of already coloured images and added those along with the die cut sentiment with a banner underneath.

I added the panel to the brown card blank.

I finished off the card with the glittery gems that picked up on the peachy colours from the stamped image and the die cut and foiled sentiment.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

My challenge this year was to work through those Making Card magazine papers that I’ve had in the stash for ages … I had a few pouches left and decided not to take them into the new year … so here are two more simple cards using more landscape type arty card toppers and some masculine papers.

I teamed them with black layers and some card Candi.

I also chose foiled sentiments using the Dina Wakely press plates and dies to finish off.

I love the craft against the darker images and papers.

I also love the dotty card Candi which coordinate with that circular paper.

Quite simple cut and stick and layer type of cards but effective nonetheless!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

I am back with another ‘tidy up and use up stash’ project – I found a pouch that had leftovers of scrap papers I had made design team projects from for Kingston Crafts mainly using either the summer collection or the everyday papers and decided to make use of them as best I could … from this four cards made!

Aren’t they bright and cheerful?

You will see two I went with the lighthouse digital image I had coloured on another occasion but never got around to using – and then that cute rocket image too!

I did a very slim strip of the patterned papers with the strips and then in the background two triangles leftover from a scrapbook page.

I then cut the Hello There out of the word paper.

I added glossy accents to the window for the rocket and then fussy cut it out along with those stars. So cute!

Kept with the strips technique for this one but a wider panel for the same DL shaped card.

I then moved to smaller format cards… these were using some of the larger panels of cardstock left over!

Just two pieces of the patterned papers with the angular cut!

I then mounted the image onto blue which I think pops against the red,

The smaller one really is small … so just room for a die cut leaf and flower!

Love these cute and bright cards! And once again happy another stash of scraps and leftovers has been put to good use!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

This month will likely be about finishing off half finished projects, using up pouches of stash and trying to tidy things up for the forthcoming new year … today’s post is very much one of those!

I pulled out what was left over from the spring slimline cardstock I got a sample of for making my design team cards and enjoyed making these five cards using the fab Concord & 9th dies.

Let’s start with the DL shaped card …

This one I used three stripes of the paper to do the background to the die cuts. I then chose a rainbow I had made using the yellow, green, blue and lilac cardstock.

I cut a cloud shape and then also one of the suns from the set too.

Then I die cut the sentiment from the yellow with a white background die cut – I love a layered sentiment die!

I adhered it all together and then added glitter glue round the centre of the sun and the edge of the cloud.

Next up I carried on with the striped panel theme but this time just a small panel as a topper on a different background.

This time I chose the sentiment to be more of a focal point with white words and the peachy orange background.

I added the smaller sun as the die cut element and added glitter glue to the central part so it is super sparkly!

Next I used the strips of the cardstock to create a fun angled background panel.

This, along with the panels of the pastel cardstock from Kingston Crafts created a lovely base for the sun die cut.

I added glitter glue around the outside of the circle part of the sun and then grabbed the glimmer foiled sentiment. I also added the cute card candi to finish off!

Ok next up the square you made my day card…

This time lots of leftovers of the paper glued onto a square panel and then I created the square in the middle and added the gorgeous rainbow.

I added the die cut words which are from the same set using the negative die cut to position them.

I then added the funky pink and lilac sun to go with the colours on the card and stamped the little sentiment from another Concord & 9th set.

Lastly the left over strips from the kit – my usual technique of just creating stripes across a panel – this time adding in the blue and yellow stripes too – then added the fun die cut sun and the Altenew stamped and die cut sentiment with the card candi to finish off!

It was also fun to do this onto the blue card base too not a white one – inside I added a white panel for writing on along with another leftover strip of the patterned paper.

It was fun to do these rainbows in pastel colours rather than brights – and very cute to team with the spring slimline papers too I think! I still have a few ready made up rainbows too so they are left in the pouch ready for next time I fancy going rainbow! 🌈

I have only got a bit of the slimline papers left now which makes me a little sad – but know there are similar colours in the Hello Life EDS set so may have to pull them out to play with soon 😀 – but also happy as one of the main aims of this batch of cards was to get stash used up and this is one pouch of supplies that is almost finished – and that makes me feel good!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Yes I am late with my Make it Masculine card for November – but better late than never right?

I decided to use Creative Stamping Magazine stamp to create a scene and did some water colouring.

I videoed the process for you to watch. But here are the close ups!

I wrapped the ribbon, added a foiled sentiment and a little label with a thread nest to give some separation from the image.

I then chose a sand layer and a turquoise blue for the base to bring the colours all together.

Love this card – certainly suitable for either gender so it counts as a Make it Masculine card!

One more MIM project to do this month and I will have completed my challenge for the year! Hurrah! Actually although I still don’t enjoy making cards for males (where is the sparkle and pretty stuff?) I haven’t disliked any of the cards I have made – in fact I actually feel pretty proud of the ones I have made! (some might even be within my favourites of the year!)

Still undecided on whether to keep going with the challenge for 2026 – what do you think?

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Today’s page was the final page I made at the crop in November- this time not a page kit – but instead using very old papers from the stash!

I scrapped a pic of me and hubby on our holiday in Devon in July – and I went with the colours of my dress to try and bring those tones into the page with those papers.

I loved the angled pieces and then that block of wooden drawer paper to bring the page to life.

I then grabbed Hey Little Magpie embellishment kit stash I had with me to use on the page.

I might have then had a little second mooch in the Hey Little Magpie shop Sarah brought along to get the letter stickers to finish off the page!

Loved putting this page together – a real contrast too from the two previous Scrappin Saturday posts which were very Christmas themed!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Final set of cards from the #kcc20 using the Kingston Crafts Christmas paper and acetate bits … this has been such a fab set to work with! Photo of the full set is at the bottom of this!

I did actually make these a few weeks ago directly following the last set but only just got around to editing the video and sharing.

I think that house worked perfectly in the space the sketch allowed … but had to fiddle a bit with the sentiment and then it came together nicely!

I popped up the acetate elements on the adhesive foam to give dimension and I think that the cute pops of pattern from those paper squares work so well!

I did cut a layer out from the design and that allowed the pattern from the card base to peep out too!

This next one I really loved the diagonal stripes of the patterned paper and decided to use the scoreboard to add to that with the stripes on the background panel. And I am delighted with the end result. Why do I not use the scoreboard more often?

I again fiddled with the sentiment and made it a little smaller so it got rid of the white trim and fit the card a little better.

I also added in the bakers twine for some more texture.

I hadn’t got round to using the nutcracker shapes and was determined to get them on at least one project so this final card was the perfect base for them!

Again I added twine and also a ‘wonky’ sentiment which just finished it off perfectly.

I went with a two layer of the same colour background and just distressed the edge to bring out the white core which was perfect for adding a little texture and framing!

Inside all cards I added the white panel and some bits and pieces of the scrap patterned paper.

So this has been one of the most fun sets of cards to put together and super super easy because of all those acetate pieces which just make it so easy to grab elements and just stick!

Then adding in a few softer elements with twine and thread to give different textures.

So there they all are! I must admit I went a bit mad with dimension but it was a delight to put them all together!

Happy crafting!

Catherine