Add a Silhouette for Seize the Birthday

 

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and it was my turn to choose the theme - add a silhouette.

Or play along with our anything goes birthday option, it's a great way to add to your stash.

My team mates and our party guest have loads of inspiration for you over at the blog.

Silhouettes make me think of sunsets, and so that's what I went for with my card.

I was inspired by Kristina Werner's YouTube on colour selections for ink blending sunsets.

I've used her colour choices - carved pumpkin, peacock feathers and chipped sapphire oxide inks.

She has some other combinations that I am keen to play with too.

I think her video has been around for a few years but I'm so glad I finally found it, her cards are amazing!

The die is a Sizzix/ Tim Holtz one - flower field and the sentiment is a sticker from my stash.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

AAA Birthday

Addicted to Stamps & More

The Neglected Stuff Challenge,

My neglected item is the flower field die, might have only used it once since I bought it a few years ago!

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, anything goes

Supplies:

Tim Holtz/Sizzix flower field die; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle die; oxide inks in carved pumpkin, peacock feathers and chipped sapphire; sentiment sticker.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Fancy Fold CASE for Seize the Birthday

 

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and Barbara has chosen fancy fold cards for us this round.

Or play along with our anything goes birthday theme.

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

I was inspired by a youtube video by the talented Natasha Foote here to make this z fold card.

I started with a 4.5 x 4.5inch card like hers, then made a 4 x 6 inch sized card (in hindsight I think I liked the smaller, slightly wider card better!)

This was a fun technique but took ages to make as I'm a bit spatially challenged lol!

Sadly too, the "peeps" stamp in my set is faulty - it stamps with a line through the text.

I bought it ages ago and so it's probably too late to let the manufacturer know. I'm in Australia anyway.

My solution was to print the sentiment and diecut it with my cloud die, since the stamp isn't usable.

(Not linking to challenges as this is a straight CASE of Natasha's card.)

Here's another look front on.

Supplies:

Simon Hurley/Spellbinders spring chicken stamp & dies; MFT cloud and grassy edges stencil and cloud dies; 4enScrap tree dies; distress oxide inks and chameleon alcohol pens.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Use a frame for Seize the Birthday

 

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and Ashwini wants us to use a frame on our card.

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

This is one of the few frame dies that I have, might be it's first outing too!

I double layered it so the white on white would stand out a bit and embossed the centre offcut. These are new to me butterflies, coloured with a dab of Catherine Pooler inks. 

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Addicted to Stamps & More

AAA Birthday

Allsorts, playing along with the anything goes option.

Cardz 4 Galz, Things with wings real or fantasy.

Supplies:

Scrapdragon frame die; Honeybee Stamps dogwood blooms embossing folder; Memory Box canyon butterfly dies; Creative Expressions happy birthday die; CP inks; scraps of metallic gold card.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Happy Mother's Day floral.

 

Hi everyone, Happy Mother's Day for tomorrow (in Australia) to those that celebrate it :)

I'm looking forward to a lazy day, not sure that my 2 boys will make it home but hubby and I will enjoy a lamb roast anyway lol!

I used some new to me goodies on this card, the flowers, sentiment and embossing folder!

I inked up some card with Altenew fresh dye inks and diecut the sentiment from it. Spattered on some water for texture.

The same colours were used to colour the flowers and distress inks used on the leaves. I think the flowers on the 3D embossing folder are a good match for the flowers.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Aud Sentiments, I've chosen the Spring option

Can You Handle the Pressure, anything goes embossing with a twist of florals

Cardz 4 Galz, flowers

Darnell's NBUS Challenge

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, beautiful blooms

Word Power

Supplies:

Dies: Simon Says Stamp exotic blooms; Waffle Flower mother's day word; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle.

Other: Sizzix flower power 3D embossing folder; Altenew sweet dreams fresh dye inks; evergreen bough & peeled paint distress ink.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Flowers for Seize the Birthday

 

Hi everyone, time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and Vicki wants us to create with flowers.

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

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

I have had this flower stamp for ages, although haven't used it much, and just recently bought the matching die as I thought it would make it easier to use.

It's more forgiving to stamp on something other than the base card, especially if you can cut out any oopsies!!

I stamped and embossed in gold ep on watercolour paper and coloured with my zig pens, before diecutting part of the flowers.

The base card is hammered so it sort of has texture like watercolour paper.

The sentiment is diecut from black mirror card and layered up for dimension.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

AAA Birthday, congrats on your 6th birthday!

Cardz 4 Galz, flowers

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, beautiful blooms

The Neglected Stuff Challenge, my sketched flowers stamp has been neglected since 2021!

Supplies:

Simon Says Stamp sketched flowers stamp & die; zig brush pens; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle die; Creative Expressions happy birthday die; Versafine clair ink & Wow gold ep.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Sending well wishes

 

Hi everyone, I made this card for a colleague who is unwell at the moment, a science teacher!

I hope this cheers him up a bit.

I've had this stamp & die set from MFT for years and this is it's first outing!

The same with the Spellbinders sentiment.

I used lots of leftover bits and scraps from other projects to diecut the colourful "elements".

The background was inked with tumbled glass oxide, spritzed with water then spattered with white gloss spray and diluted black gouache,

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon, use that stash.

I've used neglected goodies and loads of scraps.

Mix it Up Challenge, I'm playing along with the anything goes option

Darnell's NBUS Challenge

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, anything goes

Word Power Challenge

Supplies:

Waffle Flower A7 piercing layers die; MFT undeniable chemistry stamps & dies; Spellbinders Reaction stamp & die - only used one of the stamps; oxide ink; white gloss spray; black gouache; versafine ink & clear ep; Wow primary red robin ep; vellum and scraps from stash.

Thanks for visiting,

Have a great week, Cathy x

Daisies cover die & oxide inks.

 

Hi everyone, I'm back with another layered card.

This cover plate is a new to me die and it's a bit of a doozy for getting all of the pieces out of.

Loved it once that was done!

I ink blended a panel with kitsch flamingo, squeezed lemonade, salvaged patina and shaded violet oxides. It's a lovely pastel rainbow!

The sentiment was diecut from glossy black card and layered up for dimension, sorry about the glare in the photo.

I added a few bling dots to finish it off.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday, blooming blooms

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, make it girly

Moving Along with the Times, spring flowers

Inkspirational, I've selected Spring - Mother's Day in Australia

Double D Challenge, springtime flowers

Addicted to Stamps & More, I made my mark with oxide inks

Supplies:

Altenew honeycomb daisies cover die; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle die; Poppycrafts sentiment die; oxide inks; black glossy card.

Thanks for visiting and have a great week,

Cathy x

Geometrics & designer paper.

 

Hi everyone, my last day of holidays so I'm getting in some extra crafty time!

I've been going through my paper pads and trying to think of ways to use them. I diecut this sheet and layered it onto a white diecut for dimension. I popped a smaller piece of white card behind that, then mounted the piece onto a black base card.

The happy is diecut from the same paper, layered onto black then inked and clear embossed for shine. The birthday is diecut from black gloss card. 

I did inlay some of the angular pieces back into the design, not sure that that was such a good idea lol!

It looks better in real life.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Tic Tac Toe, I went with the middle row across: birthday, patterned paper and layers.

The Male Room

Krafty Chicks

Allsorts, playing along with the anything goes option

Supplies:

Paper Rose Studio charlotte decorative background die; Simon Says Stamp happy birthday die;

Lawn Fawn watercolour wishes rainbow 6x6 pad; versamark ink & clear ep;

 glossy black card.

Thanks for visiting, have a great week,

Cathy x