No Stamping for Seize the Birthday

 

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and Jules wants no stamping on the card.

Or add to your stash of birthday cards with our anything goes option.

Our party guest and my team mates have some great inspiration for you, so I hope you can play along.

I've had these dies in my stash for ages. 

The wavy vases, tiny tulips and eucalypt leaves are all from Gummiapan. The panel is diecut from Memory Box matinee layers and I've used the Stampin Up subtle embossing folder for the base. Finished off with a sentiment sticker - no stamps!

The vase was diecut from a tiny scrap leftover from an alcohol inked project. I need to make some more backgrounds as I don't have many scraps left! I added some shading to the flowers with my chameleon pens.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Dragonfly Dreams, Clean and Simple

Try it on Tuesday, wet or dry embossing

Stampin Up subtle embossing folder used on the base and diecut panel.

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, anything goes.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Funky Town!

 

Hi everyone, as soon as I saw this die I had disco flashbacks lol!

 Helped along by the super talented Trina from Phamtastic Designs card here. Thanks for the inspiration Trina.

I thought I'd pair my crew with a colourful floral stencil to add to the groove. Might have my 60's mixed up with my seventies here!!

I used oxide inks for the stencilling and layered up the dancers and top sentiment for dimension.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

My Time To Craft, 123 recipe

I've used 1 stencil, 2 sentiments and 3 dancers.

AAA Colourful

Addicted to Stamps & More, I've used oxide inks through the stencil.

Since the stencil and dancers are new I'll also link up to Darnell's NBUS Challenge.

Supplies:

Waffle Flower daisy background stencil; oxide inks; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle die; Whimsy Stamps retro dancers die; Waffle Flower party banners die; white shimmer card; birthday sentiment sticker.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Add a Heart for Seize the Birthday

 

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and JoAnn wants us to add a heart to our card.

Or play along with our anything goes birthday option.

Our party guests and my team mates have loads of inspiration for you so I hope you can play along.

Apologies for the dark photo, the slimline size is a bit too tall for my lightbox.

I attended the use your stash card making summit recently and the main takeaway was to have a look at what you have, simplify things by choosing just a few items at a time and just use them!

So, my designer paper pads, slimline dies and this rarely used sentiment die got an outing!

I had more fun inlaying the letters, and made another card using the negative diecut.

No room for a heart on this one though!

I'm linking up to these challenges:

My Time to Craft, hearts

Love Those Pretty Papers Challenge, playing along without the optional red theme

Edited to add: Also linking up to Word Power, thanks Darlene !

Supplies:

Craft Consortium ink drop candy designer papaer Pink & Main slimline dies; MFT big birthday wishes; Poppystamps heart confetti collage die; dimple textured card.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Love you hearts

 

Hi everyone, I've been trying to use some of my designer paper stash and thought these colours were perfect for hearts and romance!

I diecut the heart coverplate from the dp and 2 other pieces of white cardstock. Glued the white and dp hearts together so that each has 3 layers for dimension. It was easy to pop them back into the respective spaces.

The sentiment dies are cut from black glossy card stock for some shine and layered up for dimension too.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Addicted to Stamps & More

Allsorts, playing along with the romance option

Double D, hearts

Just Us Girls

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, love is in the air

Tic Tac Toe, I've gone with the top row; hearts, dp and love sentiment.

Try it on Tuesday, Romance

Supplies:

Heart coverplate die - not sure of the brand; Poppystamps swirled love and Simon Says Stamp you dies;

Craft Consortium ink drops candy; black gloss cardstock.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Snow Globe Shaker for guest spot at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown

 

Hi everyone, there is a new challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown and I am delighted to be a guest designer for this round, after winning a previous challenge.
Thankyou to the design team for inviting me.

The theme this time is a sketch, and there is loads of inspiration from the design team on the blog, so I hope you can play along.

As soon as I saw the sketch I thought of the retired Stampin Up die set I had recently bought featuring a snow globe. I thought the circle worked as the globe, the base was the horizontal panel and the three tiny snowflakes were in place of the holly embellishment.

I used distress inks to colour the interior of the globe and a versamark pen and Wow white twinkle embossing glitter for the snow. The stars were spattered on with Finetec silver paint, although you can't see them in the pic!

Here is a close up of the night sky. Apologies for the glare, it was hard to photograph without showing the lights on the globe!

I wanted a frame around the globe to match the silver base so used 2 Spellbinders circle dies to make a frame to fit.

I'm also linking up to these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, anything goes

Little Red Wagon, A is for anything goes

Addicted to Stamps & More

Merry Little Christmas Challenge, anything goes

Krafty Chicks Challenge

Supplies:

Dies & stamps: Stampin up snow globe scenes & shaker dome; Spellbinders circles; Waffle Flower elegant Christmas sentiment and die; MFT stylish snowflakes; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle.

Other: distress inks-faded jeans, chipped sapphire & black soot; versafine clair medieval blue ink & clear ep; versamark ink & Wow white twinkle embossing glitter; ; Sizzix christmas dots embossing folder; silver microbeads and Picket Fence Studio moonshine sequin mix.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

 

Katzelkraft dogs and fussy cutting fun!

 

Hi everyone, I'm trying to make Christmas cards regularly throughout the year.

So far so good, although it is still early days lol!

I was inspired by a few challenges: 

At 52 Christmas Card Throwdown, the theme is fussy cutting.

One of my favourite techniques.

I love the Katzelkraft cats and dogs and always seem to fussy cut them to use on my cards.

I like the extra dimension it gives, as well as keeping my hands busy waiting at appointments!

I stamped the images in versafine clair nocturne ink and clear embossed them. The dog is coloured with Prismacolor pencils and the gifts and Santa hat, chameleon pens. All are fussy cut.

The sentiment is a new to me die from Waffle Flower. Love this shade of sparkly blue card.

It's double layered for dimension.

I'm also linking up to these challenges:

Addicted to Stamps & More

Krafty Chicks

Merry Little Christmas Challenge, anything goes

The Male Room

Supplies:

Katzelkraft dogs; Taylored Expressions gift stamp from the Big Grumpy Christmas set; Stampers Anonymous mini bird crazy & things santa hat; Waffle Flower merry christmas print die; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle die; diamond stickles; hammered card base.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Kraft & Red for Seize the Birthday

 

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and Glenda has chosen a colour theme for us.

Or play along with our anything goes birthday theme and build up your birthday stash.

We have a new team member joining us, welcome Jenny!

 Looking forward to seeing your lovely cards.

Our party guest Amanda and my team mates have some wonderful inspiration for you so I hope to see you in the gallery.

I pulled out my packs of kraft card and found a range of colours, from light kraft right through to a very dark one! I used the more traditional kraft for the card front and a lighter one for some of the stars.

I added a range of reds for the other stars.

The inlaying of the stars took a while but was fun. I diecut the star panel in each of the colours so will have enough stars for a few of these cards!

 The hardest thing was trying to get the card base curved to match the rounded edges of the starry card front...hmmm. (My corner punch only manages lightweight card or paper.)

I diecut the top layer of the sentiment from glossy black card for a bit of shine.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Addicted to Stamps & More

Unicorn Challenge, birthdays

Darnell's NBUS Challenge

Both the rounded star panel and the sentiment are from my stash of unused goodies!

Supplies:

Waffle Flower rounded star panel die; Creative Expressions birthday wishes mini shadowed sentiment die; scrap of black gloss card.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Something new for Seize the Birthday

 

Hi everyone and Happy New Year!

It's time for us to start off the year with our Seize the Birthday challenges again and I am the host for this first one in 2025.

I thought it would be good to use some new goodies - I'm hoping to use more of my existing stash this year!!

Or play along with our anything goes challenge to add to your birthday card stash.

Our party guests Amanda, Valerie, Denise and my team mates have loads of inspiration for you, so I hope you can play along.

I made this card for my sister's birthday.

She's a fan of roses and red so hopefully she likes it!

The die is new to me from Memory Box. I added ink to the rose base with a finger dauber and the background is designer paper. Love it on the hammered card base.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

AAA Cards, without the optional twist

Double D, congrats on your 9th birthday!

Darnell's NBUS Challenge

Simon Says Stamp Monday, something new.

Supplies:

Dies: Memory Box scribble rose trio & background; Spellbinders standard circles; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle.

Other: Craft Consortium ink drops rose designer paper; picked raspberry distress ink; Happy Little Stampers doodled flowers sentiment; versafine clair nocturne ink & clear ep.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x