Guest Design for AAA Birthday - Winter Birthday

 

Hi everyone,

 I hope the festive season was a happy one for you and that 2026 is a great year for all of you.

I'm planning on a cruise holiday in a couple of months and then I'm taking 6 months leave or so from work, so exciting times ahead!

I was delighted to be asked to guest design with AAA Birthday when my snarky card won a challenge recently.

Thankyou to the AAA Team for invinting me along, I had fun with the Winter Birthday theme!

I've used lots of glittery cardstock for the snow, sentiment and confetti so this card is very sparkly IRL!

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Inkspirational

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, add a sentiment.

Simon Says Stamp Monday, sparkle & shine.

Can You Handle the Pressure, playing along with the winter blues twist.

I've used the Sizzix Christmas dots embossing folder.

Cut it Up, anything goes using a diecut.

Little Red Wagon, use the force. I've used an embossing folder and lots of diecuts.

Word Power

Supplies:

 Sizzix Christmas dots embossing folder; Whimsy Stamps yay die; Lawn Fawn All the party hats stamps and die; Taylored Expressions celebration confetti dies; unknown brand penguin and stitched border dies; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle die; glitter cardstock; chameleon pens.

Thanks for visiting, and Happy New Year!

Cathy x

Santa Action Wobbler!

 

Hi everyone, I am getting a bit addicted to action wobbler cards!

I know they have been around for a long time and as usual I'm late to join in with the fun!

I used  a 3D embossing folder for the background and coloured the images with my chameleon pens.

Having the matching dies made this a quick and easy card to put together.

I added some crystal stickles to Santa's hat and the sentiment is diecut from silver metallic card for some sparkle and shine.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday, sparkle & shine

Addicted to Stamps & More

Can You Handle the Pressure, playing with the twist of celebrating any holiday.

Double D Challenge santa or snowman

Krafty Chicks

Little Red Wagon, Christmas card

Supplies:

MFT Jingle all the way stamp & die; Sizzix Christmas tree pattern 3D embossing folder; chameleon pens; unknown brand sentiment die; action wobbler.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Aussie Christmas Greetings

 

Hi everyone, I was asked to make an Australian themed Christmas card recently.

I hadn't used this kangaroo die before and thought the silhouette would suit a desert night sky background.

I used similar colours in this card and changed the orientation.

The sentiment and star are diecut from metallic silver and shimmer card, and the stars are a spattering of Finetec silver watercolour paint.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Addicted to CAS

Addicted to Stamps & More

Krafty Chicks

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday

Tic Tac Toe, I chose the diagonal navy/free/holiday sentiment

Unicorn Challenge, Christmas or Winter

Supplies:

Dies: Paper Rose kangaroo; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle; Creative Expressions sentiment; Memory Box star of wonder.

Other: distress inks; Finetec silver paint; Darkroom Door small rectangle stencil.

Thanks for visiting and hope you have a great week,

Cathy x

Guest Design for Cut it Up Challenge #343 - Favourite Colour

 

Hi everyone, I was invited to be a guest designer at Cut it Up when I was lucky enough to be chosen as one of the top picks in Challenge #336 .

I love die cutting so this challenge is so much fun! Thankyou to the team for inviting me along to play again.

The theme for this challenge is to use your favourite colour.

I have a few but decided on pink for this card.

I diecut a rectangle of designer paper and added my dreamcatcher cut from white glitter card. It's layered up for dimension,

I embossed the background with a 3D folder called painted texture, I think it suits the dp.

I added some bling from my stash and a sentiment sticker.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Addicted to Stamps & More

Dragonfly Dreams, feminine.

The Neglected Stuff Challenge, bling is my sadly neglected item on this card. 

Allsorts, playing along with the anything goes option.

Supplies;

Dreamcatcher die brand unknown; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle die; Craft Consortium dp; Stampin Up painted texture embossing folder.

Thanks for visiting, have a great week.

Cathy x

Use Christmas supplies for Seize the Birthday-action wobbler!

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and Ashwini wants us to get into birthday mode using our Christmas supplies!

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

Our party guests Johanna and Liz, along with my team mates have some great inspiration for you, and this is our last challenge for this year, so I hope you can play along.

I had fun creating this reindeer with his party gear! He's also on an action wobbler so he shakes and wobbles, need to stop playing with it lol! Pity I can't show you.

Not sure of the reindeer brand but I pieced him together then added a party hat from a dimensional sticker pack By Jolee that I've had in my stash for many years!

I diecut some sparkly confetti for his antlers and a scarf from some designer paper.

I embossed the base then added a top layer with a circle diecut. I lay that on top of the base and embossed it again so that the tree images all matched up. I coloured a circle on the base with some white gold metallique wax, it's nice and shiny IRL.

The sentiment is clear embossed for some more shine and the reindeer was mounted on his wobbler!

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Addicted to Stamps & More

Allsorts, playing along with the anything goes option.

Can You Handle the Pressure, playing along with the anything goes option.

Mix it Up Challenge, anything goes option.

Supplies:

Reindeer die unknown brand; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle die; Sizzix 3D christmas tree pattern ef; Jolee's Boutique dimensional hat stickers;  Art Alchemy wiite gold metallique wax; Technique Tuesday confetti die; Memory Box anemone plaid dp; silver glitter card scraps; Waffle Flower elegant sentiments stamp; versafine clair nocturne ink & clear ep; frayed burlap distress ink & white gel pen.

Thanks for visiting and have a great week,

Cathy x

Giraffes for a Baby Boy

 

Hi everyone, it's starting to rain again (we need it!) so I'm staying in the craft room for a bit longer!

Some colleagues are expecting soon, so I thought I'd get some baby cards done.

I love giraffes and thought this mother and baby would be perfect, they are from a layering set by Altenew.

I used kraft card for the top layers and added shading with distress inks in antique linen, tea dye and brushed corduroy. The base layer is a chocolate brown.

I used a 3D leafy embossing folder as a background. The sentiment is layered up for dimension.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

The Male Room

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday, add some texture

Tic Tac Toe, I've gone with the diagonal- leaves-free-diecuts

Mix it Up, playing along with the anything goes option

Krafty Chicks

Supplies:

Dies: Waffle Flower piercing layers; Altenew gentle giraffe; Paper Smooches welcome; Paper Rose new baby.

Other: Distress inks; 3D leafy embossing folder.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Musical Birthday

 

Hi everyone, I was asked to make a large masculine style card for a music lover's birthday.

I came up with this 5x7 design and they seemed to like it.

The top layer was diecut with a piercing layers die, inked up with some oxide inks in blue, then embossed with a really old Spellbinders music folder. I swiped some white pigment ink over the raised areas for some definition.

I used some black gloss card for the musical notes and silver metallic card for the sentiment and name.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday, add some texture.

Krafty Chicks

Can You Handle the Pressure, playing along with the anything goes option.

Addicted to Stamps & More

AAA Birthday

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, anything goes

Supplies:

Dies: Poppystamps happy birthday poe script; Memory Box parker upper alphabet set and fancy music border; Waffle Flower A7 piercing layers.
Other: Spellbinders EL011 Music embossing folder; oxide inks; white pigment ink; black gloss and silver metallic card.

Thanks for visiting and have a great week,

Cathy x