Wet and dry embossing

 

Hi everyone, I hope Christmas was a happy time for you and that 2023 is a good year for all of us.

It's been a hectic topsy turvy year here so I hope it all settles down next year lol!

I managed to get some time in my craft room and had a play with this impresslit butterfly and some waxes to colour it. I added some gilded foundry wax as highlights and heat set it to bring out the shine.(I added the antennae from a Memory Box butterfly die!)

The background is also embossed and the diecut sentiment was inked with versamark and embossed with aged black embossing powder.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

AAA Birthday

Bizzy Bec's Store Challenge, anything goes

Happy Little Stampers anything goes with dies

Happy Little Stampers Birthday Challenge

Supplies:

Sizzix 3D butterfly impresslit; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle die; Darice crackle embossing folder;

Art Alchemy antique brilliance wax in red amber; Ranger foundry wax-gilded; versamark ink and Frantage aged black embossing enamel; happy sentiment sticker.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

CASE an STB designer

 

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and Barbara wants us to CASE one of the design team's cards for this challenge.

of course you can always play along with the anything birthday option too.

I had plenty of cards I'd love to CASE but ended up choosing this card by Jules from our sparkle and shine challenge. I loved the vertical sentiment and the oriental feel. I also loved the spatters but was too chicken to try that here lol!

I hope you'll join us for this fun challenge. Our party guest and my team mates have some wonderful inspiration for you.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Krafty Chicks Challenge, all occasions

Allsorts, anything goes option

Bizzy Bec's Store Challenge, anything goes

Happy Little Stampers Birthday Challenge

Supplies: 

Sizzix ikebana dies; sentiment sticker; a leftover scrap of gilded card for the pot; Crafts 4 u stitched rectangle die.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Feel better soon!

 

Hi everyone, I bought this Funky Fossil stencil ages ago and decided it was time to give it a go!

I've spread crackle mousse through the stencil, then when it was dry spritzed it with distress spray stains.

When that was dry I outlined the mummy with a fine black sharpie!

The challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday is stencil it.

Krafty Chicks has a CAS theme

Since it's the stencil's first use I'm also popping into Darnell's NBUS challenge

Happy Little Stampers Stencil Challenge, anything goes

Supplies:

Funky Fossil mummy stencil; Nuvo crackle mousse ivory coast; distrsss spray stains; unknown sentiment stamp (as I've lost the packet!); versafine clair nocturne ink & clear ep.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

It's a numbers game CASE!

 

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and Ashwini has chosen the theme this fortnight...many of something.

Or, play along with our anything goes birthday option.

Our party guest and my team mates have some wonderful cards to inspire you, so hope to see you in the gallery.

I needed a card for a 30 year old male and had seen something similar to this design a long time ago on pinterest.

 I remembered tumbling numbers, pink and black! I couldn't find the original post to link here, but thankyou to the cardmaker for such a cool design!

I've changed it up a bit to suit a male. The tumbling numbers are diecut into the black, showing the white insert. While the blue numbers are stacked on top of the black.

Supplies:

Kaisercraft numbers die; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle die; sentiment sticker.

Thanks for visiting

Cathy x

Birthday Wishes

 

Hi everyone, I'm still on a roll with designer paper and die cuts!

This paper is by Craft Consortium and I love the colours.

I double layered the white diecut for dimension and inlaid the dp diecut.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

AAA Cards

Happy Little Stampers anything goes with dies

Happy Little Stampers Birthday

Supplies:

Simon Says Stamp sweet tulips die: Craft Consortium ink drops vivid paper; Stampin Up so happy for you sentiment stamp: versafine clair nocturne ink & clear ep.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Tartan at Christmas

 

Hi everyone, I've been stocking up on designer paper pads lately!

Thought it was time to try and use some of them, so I've made a few tartan themed cards for Christmas!

The die is new to me and it's quite large. I've layered it up for dimension. Love the gold foil card with these colours, lots of christmassy shine! The holly dots are cut from pearlized card too.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday, Christmas

Allsorts, sparkle and shine

Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge, anything goes option

Merry Little Christmas Challenge, anything Christmas goes

Unicorn Challenge, Christmas is coming

Supplies:

Poppycrafts basics paper pack: Poppystamps Merry Christmas poe script die; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle die; Sizzix mini christmas greens die; gold metallic card.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Autumn coloured brushos

 

Hi everyone, been making some backgrounds with brushos and thought this one would suit an autumn tree.

I'm always amazed at the colours that come out of the browns!

I layered the diecut up for some dimension.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, anything goes

Cardz 4 Guyz, Autumnal colours

Addicted to Stamps & More

Let's Squash It

Krafty Chicks, all occasions

Happy Little Stampers anything goes with dies challenge

Supplies:

Memory Box Arboscello tree die; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle die; Cuttlebug distressed stripes embossing folder;

brushos; gold glimmer mist; sentiment sticker.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Halloween colours for Seize the Birthday

 

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

Of course, you can always play along with our anything goes birthday option too!

Our guest and my team mates have some wonderful cards to inspire you, so hope you can join us in the gallery.

We don't celebrate Halloween much here, so I thought I'd just go with purple orange and green for some florals!

I diecut the floral spray from some designer paper and layered it up for dimension.

The sparkly green is a new toy - one of the new Halloween mica sprays! Love the shimmer, (which looks better in real life.) Added some stickles to the orange centres for more sparkle.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

AAA Birthday, one of my favourite techniques is diecutting!

Bizzy Bec's Store Challenge, anything goes

Happy Little Stampers Birthday Challenge, anything birthday

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, anything goes

Make My Monday, spooky or Halloween colours

Supplies:

Memory Box sketch flower spray die; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle die; Craft Consortium dp Ink drops rose; Distress mica stain in wicked elixir; sentiment sticker and diamond stickles.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Faces, human or animal, for Seize the Birthday

 

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and Shirley has chosen the theme of faces this time around.

Our guest Asa and my team mates have some wonderful cards to inspire you, so I hope you can play along.

Remember you can always play along with our anything goes birthday option too!

I was inspired by a CAS version of this card that I saw somewhere on the internet (pinterest I think) and wanted to CASE it. I've added the embossed background, the pots of flowers and put the blind behind the window.

Supplies:

Sizzix brick embossing folder; Memory Box window die; cat and blind die from Wish; Flowers and pots from The Greetery; distress inks; sentiment sticker.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

CAS coneflower for Seize the Birthday

 

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and Nancy has chosen a clean and simple theme.

One of my favourites!

Of course you can always play along with our anything goes birthday option too.

Our party guest Asa and my team mates have some gorgeous CAS designs to inspire you, so I hope you can play along.

I do have quite a few flower stamps, but don't often use them! This one by Stampers Anonymous is a favourite. Coloured with inktense pencils and a water brush, then fussy cut.

I'm linking up to a few challenges:

Addicted to Stamps & More

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, anything goes

CASology

Happy Little Stampers watercolour challenge

Supplies:

Stampers Anonymous Flower Garden;  sentiment stamp unknown; versafine clair grey ink; versafine clair nocturne ink & clear ep; Inktense pencils; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle die.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x