Snippets birthday

Hi everyone. My son asked me to make a birthday card for a friend and he wanted a bird on it.

I revamped a design I did a few years ago and luckily it fits a few challenges too.

Chrissie from Less is More is celebrating a very special birthday and the team wants us to use snippets on a card. Happy Birthday Chrissie!

My flowers are diecut from scraps of vellum and the bird and leaves are cut from snippets of cardstock. The scraps went back into my snippets box for another go later!

Di from Pixie's Crafty Workshop is the guest at Less is More and she is the queen of the snippets playground, so I'm visiting the playmates there too.

At Siomon Says Stamp Monday the theme is to use no ordinary paper.

I love the look of vellum, so I hope that fits.

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday has an anything goes theme.

Supplies: 

Memory Box grove branch, reed bird and fancy blossom dies; twinkling H2Os; distress ink; vellum; bling; liquid pearls; foam tape and sentiment sticker;

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

25th birthday

Hi everyone, I made this card for my eldest son's birthday this weekend.

I can't believe he's 25 already! 

I'm linking up to the challenge at Simon Says Stamp Monday where the inspiration this week is the letter I.

I used distress ink on this Memory Box stencil.

The theme at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday is sparkle and shine.

I covered the diecut numbers with versamark then embossed with black sparkle embossing powder.

The card is laid back to capture the sparkle in the photo.

The theme at Seize the Birthday is anything goes.

Supplies:

Memory Box Smash stencil & Parker numbers die; distress inks; versamark ink; black sparkle ep; sentiment sticker; Darice embossing folder, I think it's called crackle.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Teddy Bear

Hi everyone, once again it's been ages since I've had a chance to make any cards.

I'm hoping things have settled now and I'll have more free time.

This stamp is an old PSX one that belongs to my sister. I've coloured it with Prismacolor pencils and fussy cut it.

I'm linking up to the anything goes challenge at Simon Says Stamp Monday.

Supplies:

PSX stamp; sepia versafine ink & clear ep; prismacolor pencils & zest it: teddy bear ribbon from stash; swiss dots embossing folder; sentiment sticker.

Have a great week & thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Pink & Purple

Hi everyone, I made this card up from some leftovers on my desk and thought the flower looked more summery paired with purple rather than black. 

I'm linking up to a few challenges:

At Simon Says Stamp Monday the theme is summer. 

At CASology the theme is pop. I'm going with a pop of colour.

At Addicted to Stamps & More it's an anything goes theme.

At Allsorts the theme is how does your garden grow.

Supplies:

Memory Box tilth floral and Spellbinders square dies; Kuretake watercolour paints & Finetec gold paint; sentiment sticker; foam tape.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Antique linen & butterflies

Hi everyone, I need to make a few cards for friends going through some difficult times.

I thought these subdued colours would be ok.

I inked the tag with antique linen, weathered wood & frayed burlap distress inks.

I sprayed some water over it lightly just to blend the colours a bit more.

The butterflies are coloured with inktense pencils and gold finetec paint. I blended these with a water brush.

I'm linking up to a few challenges:

The Hero Club Blog tic tac toe challenge. I went with watercolour, tag and favourite colour (blue).

I hope the inktense pencils are ok as a watercolour medium.

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday  where the theme is anything goes.

Addicted to Stamps & More where it's also anything goes.

And Tag you're it where this is the gorgeous inspiration tag by Anja Curvers.

I was inspired by the browns and blue.

Supplies:

Hero Arts antique engravings butterfly stamp; versafine ink & clear ep; MFT tag die; inktense pencils; finetec gold paint; distress inks; leafy branch embossing folder; leather thong; sentiment sticker.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Blue & gold butterflies

Hi everyone, I was inspired to make this card by the colours at

Scrapbook Boutique's challenge this month. The base card looks black but it's a dark navy.

These cupcakes look so delicious!

At Cuttlebug Mania the theme is to use a sentiment, as well as a manual machine like a Cuttlebug. I used mine to diecut the tag and the flourish and to emboss the tag.

I'm also linking up to the anything goes challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday.

Supplies: 

Darkroom Door butterflies stamp; versafine ink & clear ep; twinkling H2Os; MFT tag die; Stampin Up stripes embossing folder; Crafty Ann flourish die; gold shimmer paper; sentiment sticker.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Green vellum butterfly

Hi again, I'm using up one of the last watercolour panels I made a while ago with my Kuretake paints.

I guess I'll just have to make some more! I've used this Lucienne tile a few times to cover the painted panels as I love the almost stained glass effect it gives.

There is a new monthly challenge at Memory Box and the theme is butterflies.

A few years ago the first die I ever bought was the Memory Box cocoa bean butterfly, and the matching stamp. I'm just scraping in with my entry as it closes in a few hours!

I'm also linking up to the challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday where the theme is anything goes,

Supplies:

Memory Box Darla & Vivienne butterfly dies and Lucienne Tile die; Kuretake gansai tambo paints; vellum; twinkling H2Os; sentiment sticker; gold shimmer paper; bling.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Birthday Gear

Hi everyone, I hope you're enjoying your weekend. Mine is about over but I'm on holidays for a couple of weeks and am looking forward to resting up!

I was experimenting with stencils and sprays.

I used  Goosebumps texture spray and a few Hueys Colour mists.

The tag was diecut then the gears cut from the leftover scraps. I added more colour with black soot distress ink and some silver gelatos.

I'm linking up to the challenge at Simon Says Stamp Monday where the theme is to use mists and a stamp. My sentiment is a clear stamp from Simon Says Stamp.


At Simon Says Stamp Wednesday the theme is anything goes.


Using scraps up means I can visit the snippets playground at Pixie's Crafty Workshop
where there is always lots of fun to be had!

Edited to add: I'm also linking up to the challenge at Uniko Studio
where the theme is anything goes with the optional twist of masculine.
Thanks Anita!


Also the challenge at Happy Little Stampers where it's a sprays/mists theme. I hope this tag is CAS enough. Thanks Loll!


Supplies:
MFT tag dies; Memory Box texture diamond stencil and gears dies; Simon Says Stamp Clear Happy stamp set; versafine ink & clear ep; Huey's colour mists and Goosebumps texture spray; gelatos; distress ink.

Thanks for visiting,
Cathy x

Navy & gold anniversary

It's been ages since I've had time to make any cards.

Hopefully I can spend more time in the craft room soon as it's nearly school holidays again!

I love this month's inspiration pic at  Scrapbook Boutique and thought it would be the perfect colours for an anniversary card that I've been asked to make.

I'm also linking up to the challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday where the theme is to use your favourite technique or product.

One of my favourite techniques is fussy cutting stamped images, and one of my fave products at the moment are these gold watercolour paints.

At Addicted to Stamps & More they are celebrating their 3rd birthday with a Clean & Simple challenge. Congratulations Kylie!

Supplies:

Stampers Anonymous flower garden stamp: gold versacolor ink & gold ep; vellum; Finetec gold watercolour paint; onyx liquid pearls; Distressed stripes embossing folder; Memory Box fresh foliage die; distress inks; MFT tag dies; sentiment sticker.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Watercolour windmill

Hi everyone, I received my new Darkroom Door windmill stamp on Friday and was keen to have a play with it. 

The background is made with brushos. I wet the watercolour paper, sprinkled cobalt blue powder and then misted with water again. A lot of the colour washed out and blended, but I think it looks a bit like clouds.

I'm linking up to a few challenges:

At Addicted to Stamps and More  they want us to use any material to make a mark on your project.

At Pretty Pink Posh they are celebrating with a watercolor blog hop.

At Simon Says Stamp Wednesday it's a masculine theme.

Supplies: Darkroom Door stamp;versafine ink & clear ep; brushos; Distressed stripes embossing folder; brads; sentiment sticker.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Butterfly Birthday

Hi everyone, I was inspired to make this card by a couple of challenges.

At CASology the theme is vintage.

I think of vintage as wallpaper, oval frames and florals.

 I kept the colour scheme white on white to keep a CAS feel.

At Simon Says Stamp Monday the theme is royal.

I used seedless preserves and dusty concord distress inks to give my butterfly a royal purple colour. 

Supplies:

Memory Box butterfly dies; Spellbinders floral oval die; Papertrey Ink cover plate;

distress inks; bought paper flower; sentiment sticker.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Tarnished Brass Butterfly

Hi everyone, my stencil experimenting is continuing!
I wasn't happy with one try and used it to diecut the butterflies, then had another go with the stencil.
I'll keep practicing lol!

I'm linking up to some challenges:

At Simon Says Stamp Wednesday it's anything goes.

Addicted to Stamps & More also has an anything goes theme.

Cuttlebug Mania want us to add some bling as well as using a manual machine.

Supplies:
Memory Box Vivienne and Darla butterfly dies and texture diamond stencil;
Tarnished brass distress spray stain; Casual Fridays Breath sentiment stamp; versafine ink & clear ep;
MFT pierced & traditional tag dies; bling from a large sheet bought at a $2 shop!

Thanks for visiting,
Cathy x

Floral tag

Hi everyone, I finally got out one of my stencils to have a play with.

This one is Texture Flourish by Memory Box.

I used antique linen distress ink for the stencil and the flower.

I'm linking up to the challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday where the theme is stencil it.

At Less is More the challenge is to add some metal.

The flower centre is a metallic circle that I coloured with pebble alcohol ink.

At Cuttlebug Mania they want us to add some bling and to use a manual machine.

I used my cuttlebug to cut the tag and foliage dies. I coloured the leaves with distress ink and cut a few pieces to use.

At Allsorts they are celebrating their 6th birthday, congratulations!

At Seize the Birthday it's anything goes birthday.

Supplies:

MFT traditional and pierced tag stax dies; Memory Box fresh foliage die and textured flourish stencil; distress inks; Stampin Up flower shop stamp, versafine ink & clear ep; bling and alcohol ink; sentiment sticker.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x