Retro wheels!

 

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday  and Shirley has chosen wheels as the theme.

The design team and our guest Lynda have lots of inspiration for you, so I hope you can join us in the gallery.

If wheels aren't your thing then there is also the anything goes birthday option, a great chance to build up your birthday stash!

I love this kombi stamp and have used it in the past with a peace sign brad! 

 I vaguely remember kombis also having a smiley cover on the spare tyre. It was coloured with oxide ink, layered onto a black circle then inked with versamark and clear embossed to add lots of shine.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Retro Rubber, anything goes, the date on the retro cars set is 2010!

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, anything goes

AAA Birthday celebrating their 2nd birthday!

Supplies:

Kanban retro cars stamp; Hero Arts unicorn ink; Memory Box groovy symbols die; distress oxide ink; versamark ink & clear embossing powder; sentiment sticker.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Geometrics

 

Hi everyone, I used a new to me die from Paper Rose to create this panel.

The background was a bit of a grungy mess, made by spritzing distress spray stains and water. It was experimenting for fun, but looks ok once cut!

It was a quick and simple card to make, apart from the fiddly gluing lol.

The sentiment was diecut, stamped with versamark and embossed with Ranger black sparkle embossing powder.

I'm linking up to a few challenges:

AAA Birthday congratulations on your 2nd year!

AAA Cards are celebrating their 7th birthday! Congrats

Inkspirational, 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, dies or punches

Cardz 4 Guyz, create your own background.

I hope diecutting the background is ok.

Darnell's NBUS

Supplies:

Paper Rose geometric border die; distress spray stains; Mama Elephant happy script die; versamark ink & Ranger black sparkle ep; birthday sticker.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

More infusions and a fern

 

Hi everyone, been clearing out my bits box to try and get my mojo going!

 Again! Oh well...

This is the negative of a card I made a year or so ago and I thought it would be perfect as a sympathy card. 

The framed fern was diecut from white linen card and again from an infusions background (powder spritzed with water, a bit like brushos but with a vintage look)

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Make My Monday, sympathy

Addicted to Stamps & More

Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, dies or punches

Uniko

Supplies:

Penny Black framed fern and Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle dies; Paper Artsy infusions; Happy Little Stampers stamp from the thinking of you set; versafine clair ink & clear ep.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Watercooler Wednesday 316 - Cathy's Challenge : All about occasions

 

Hi everyone, it's my turn to host the challenge at Watercooler Wednesday and it's all about occasions! Birthdays, celebrations, anniversaries, or in my case, a baby card!

The design team have some wonderful inspiration for you, so I hope you can play along.

I love giraffes and a few years ago saw this card by Lisa Addesa. I need a special card to welcome a little boy, so am casing her card again.

The giraffe die is embossed using a rubber mat, then fussy cut to give a base layer upon which the diecut pieces are paper pieced. Lisa's instructions are fabulous for creating the giraffe!

I've used a piece of gingham dp as a background and a burlap impression plate from Papertrey Ink to emboss the top layer. This is laid onto a layer of fun foam to add some dimension.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Addicted to Stamps & More

Allsorts, anything goes

Happy Little Stampers anything goes with dies

Supplies:

Simon Says Stamp picture book giraffe die; Mpress heart die; Papertrey Ink burlap impression plate; Imaginisce little bundle of joy stamp; versafine ink & clear ep; scrap of ginham patterned paper; fun foam.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Birthday Bouquet

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and Colleen has chosen make it a bouquet as the theme.

There are loads of gorgeous floral cards to inspire you on the blog and our guest is Lynda, from Loopy Lou.

You can always play along with our anything goes birthday option too, it's a great way to build up your birthday stash!

I have a few floral stamps but rarely use them! Need to practice my colouring more lol.

I've gone with an older diecut and used distress inks for the stems and alcohol inks on glossy card for the flowers.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

AAA Birthday, congrats on your 2nd birthday!

Addicted to Stamps & More

Cuttlebug Mania, flower power

Mix it up Challenge Blog, anything goes and I've gone with the layering option this time.

Supplies:

Memory Box bella bouquet die; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle die; peeled paint distress ink; glossy card and alcohol inks; Sizzix summer fun embossing folder; sentiment sticker.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

On your special day.

 

Hi everyone, I was excited to be asked to guest design for Retro Rubber as one of the winners of Challenge #154 with this card.

I love using my stash of older stamps, and this is the perfect challenge for using them, your stamps just need to be at least one year old.

This challenge has a tic tac toe theme:

I've gone with the diagonal hearts, heat embossing and something shiny.

I diecut the solid part of the heart vine from an inky background in my stash, then topped it with the outline layer cut from gold foil cardstock. It was a bit fiddly to glue but worth it I think!

The sentiment stamp is from the Especially For You set by Happy Little Stampers, (the company has closed down). I googled the set and it was released in 2016.

I stamped it with versafine nocturne ink and heat embossed it with clear powder.

Here's a closer look

The design team have some wonderful inspiration for you, so I hope you can play along.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Happy Little Stampers anything goes with dies.

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, feminine

Little Red Wagon, a theme for her.

Mix It Up Chalenge Blog, with the optional twist of up to 3 layers.

My card has 3 layers in parts, but I'd better stick with the anything goes option as it's still very CAS.

Supplies:

Honeybee Stamps lovely layers heart vine die; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle die; smooshed inky background using distress spray stains; gold foil cardstock; Happy Little Stampers especially for you sentiment.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Flower with Alcohol Inks

 

Hi everyone, I've been using up bit box scraps again!

I found a scrap of yupo with alcohol inks in blues and silver and it was big enough for a flower head!
Perfect for a thank you card.

I'm linking up to a few challenges:

The Card Concept with this gorgeous inspiration pic.

I was inspired by the bright blues in the crockery and the greens in the floral arrangement. My card is in the clean and simple category.

Dies R Us, anything goes using a brand of die stocked by the store.

Addicted to Stamps & More, any occasion.

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, feminine.

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, feminine.

Happy Little Stampers anything goes with dies.

Supplies:

Sizzix wildflower stems #1 die; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle die; yupo and alcohol inks; distress oxide inks; Happy Little Stampers sentiment from doodled flowers set; versafine nocturne ink & clear ep.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

WWC 315 - Marsha's Challenge : All Things Feminine

 

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge at Watercooler Wednesday and Marsha is hosting all things feminine. 

The team have some wonderful ideas to inspire you, so I hope to see you in the gallery.

It will be Mother's Day here soon, so I thought I'd better get some cards made for that!

I bought some designer paper pads that have an alcohol ink look to them, Craft Consortium Ink Drops, and this one is from the Dusk set.

Not sure I like all of the colours in the pack but I did love this blue and purple one.

I used some opaque matte texture paste and the Tim Holtz scribbles stencil to create this pattern, pretty  happy with how it turned out.

The butterfly is diecut from part of the same sheet.

I'm linking up to some challenges:

Addicted to Stamps & More

Simon Says Stamp Monday, feminine

Always Fun Challenge, combine some old and new products.

I have had my stencil and butterfly die for ages, but the designer paper is new. 

Darnell's NBUS Challenge, my paper pad is new.

Supplies:

Craft Consortium paper Ink Drops - dusk; Tim Holtz scribble stencil; Ranger opaque matte texture paste; Memory Box moonlight butterfly die; sentiment sticker.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Christmas 3D holly

 

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge at CAS Christmas and Christine has chosen the theme of foliage and berries. 

Our guest this month is Robyn and she and the design team have some wonderful cards to inspire you, so I hope to see you in the gallery.

This new die arrived last week, just in time for the challenge! It's a 3D embossing folder and die all in one.

I cut the holly from black card stock then rubbed on some antique brilliance wax in lucky emerald. I used fire ruby for the berries. I also added some gold metallic rub on paint to get more definition on the veins.

It looks better in real life, here's a closer look ot the shimmer.

The Christmas diecut was inked with versamark and embossed with Lindy's midnight gold powder.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, anything goes.

Mix it up challenge blog, anything goes and the option of layering.

(I've done a little bit of layering)

Merry Little Christmas Challenge, anything goes

Dies R Us I've used a Sizzix die for the holly.

Christmas Craft Creations, no stamping. I've used dies and a happy sticker.

Supplies:

Dies: Sizzix 3D holly impresslit; Simon Says Stamp Merry Christmas; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle; Spellbinders circle;

Other: Art Alchemy Antique Brilliance waxes in lucky emerald and fire ruby:  Jim Allred Supply metallic rub on paint; versamark ink & Lindy's midnight gold ep; sentiment sticker.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x