Snowy Birthday.

 

Hi everyone, Happy New Year and welcome back to Seize the Birthday!

Barb has chosen a snowy background as our theme this time,

or, you can play along with the anything goes birthday option.

My team mates and our party guest Julie, have some wonderful cards to inspire you, so I hope you can play along.

I haven't seen much snow since we emigrated to Australia from Scotland when I was 6!

I just remember it was cold, very cold! 

So I may have created a blizzard as a background lol!

I used brushos spritzed with water to create the background then stamped the Katzelkraft guy onto it. I stamped another image, coloured him with Prismacolor pencils, and fussy cut part of him to paper piece over the other stamped one.

I stamped the Hero Arts warm thoughts sentiment then

 lightened the ground with a white prismacolour pencil and added a streak of snowtex to ground the character.

I tapped a white posca paint pen over the card for snow drops.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Addicted to Stamps & More,, brushos, prismacolur pencils and posca paint pen.

Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge, brushos.

Simon Says Stamp Monday, use a new or unused product.

This Katzelkraft sherlock set is unused, and my posca pen was new!

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, something new.

Supplies:

Brushos prussian blue; Katzelkraft Pabos Sherlock stamp; Hero Arts Find Joy stamp; versafine clair nocturne ink; clear ep; DecoArt Snow tex; Prismacolour pencils; white posca paint pen; birthday sentiment sticker.

Thanks for visiting,
Cathy x

Just a note...

 

Hi everyone, I'm trying to use some of my stash that has been neglected since I bought it!

In 2021 I'm hoping to use what I have and only buy the odd crafty supply, wish me luck lol!

Since the sax player is being inked for the first time, I'm linking up to the challenge at

The Paper Players where LeAnne's theme is to use something new.

At Cardz 4 Guyz the theme is black and silver or black and gold.

At Inkspirational the theme is something in your home.

One of my son's friends has left some gear here until he can get back to collect it, and there's a saxophone!

I'm also linking to the Stamplorations Stencil Challenge, the stars are stencilled using gold ink and a design from Funky Fossil.

Supplies:

Visible Image Jazz it up stamp; versafine clair nocturne ink; Funky Fossil star stencil; Encore metallic gold ink; Paper Smooches sentiment sampler stamp; versafine clair ink & clear ep; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle die.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Christmas Silhouettes.

 

Hi everyone, hoping that you had a very Merry Christmas, and a wonderful New Year celebration.

We had a quiet time at home, as I guess lots of people did. Looking forward to being able to catch up with more friends and family later in the New Year.

It's time for our first challenge of 2021 at CAS Christmas and Julia has chosen silhouettes as the theme.

Pat is our guest and she, along with my teamies, have some wonderful cards to inspire you!

This card was inspired by Tracey from Lavinia Stamps who had a tutorial on creating backgrounds using oxide inks and torn paper. I still need lots of practice lol but this was fun to do! (The deer is supposed to be on hills but I'm thinking it might look like clouds!)

The trees and reindeer are from Lavinia Stamps and the sentiment is a retired Stampin Up one, I love the wispy font!

It's embossed in silver, here's a closer look.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Merry Little Christmas Challenge, anything Christmas goes.

My deer stamp is a newbie so I'm joining Darnell's NBUS challenge.

Simon Says Stamp Monday, celebrate.

Watercooler Wednesday, anything goes.

Allsorts, anything goes.

Supplies:

Lavinia Stamps small reindeer and fairy fir tree small : Stampin Up retired sentiment stamp, not sure of the name; distress oxide inks stormy sky and broken china; Versafine Clair inks nocturne and twilight; Wow metallic silver ep; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle die.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Happy Trails!

 

Hi everyone, I'm not usually a fan of snails but for some reason I really like this Impression Obsession one, Happy Trails Snail Mail.

The background was made by sprinkling brushos onto some card stock and spritzing with water.

I dried it with a heat gun, stamped the snail with versafine clair ink then bleached out some of the background colour with a water brush.

The snail and trail are coloured with white and light brown Prismacolour pencils.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

The Alphabet Challenge, T is for traffic.

Admittedly the snail would be very slow traffic lol!

Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge, anything goes.

Dies R Us, anything goes using a brand of die DRU sells.

AAA Cards, made in minutes without the optional twist of Christmas.

Edited to add: Also linking up to Mix it Up Challenge anything goes + option of bleaching.

Thanks Trina!

Supplies:

Impression Obsession Happy trails snail mail stamp; versafine clair nocturne ink; clear ep; brushos;

Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle die: Spellbinders circle die.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Sparkle on your birthday!

 

Hi everyone, Happy New Year!

I hope 2021 improves on the best of 2020 for all of us.

I need a birthday card for my sister, and since she also has a blog and will see this post, it won't be this one Mo lol!!

(It was on the list so to speak though.)

I trimmed a panel of alcohol inked yupo and thought I'd bling up the sentiment with versamark ink and black sparkle embossing powder.

Here's a close up.

I'm linking up the these challenges:

Allsorts, sparkle and shine.

AAA Birthday,

Make My Monday, create your own background in an inky way.

Simon Says Stamp Monday, celebrate.

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, sparkle and shine.

Watercooler Wednesday, anything goes.

Supplies:

Yupo paper, alcohol inks, Simon Says Stamp birthday die; versamark ink and black sparkle embossing powder; sentiment sticker.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Enjoy your new home!

 

Hi everyone, 

I hope your preparations for the festive season are going well. I'm behind as usual lol!

Hopefully I'll get my cards posted soon. Had lots of rain in the last couple of days so creeks are up and floods threaten. From drought to flood in a matter of days!!

A friend at work wanted a card for someone moving into a new home.

I thought a bit of glitz and glamour would be fun!

The flower is diecut from an alcohol inked background with gold foil on it. The enjoy die has been modified slightly and embossed with aged gold frantage embossing enamel.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Watercooler Wednesday,

Simon Says Stamp Monday, my favourite technique, I've used a few on this card, alcohol inks, wet embossing and diecutting.

Supplies:

Penny Black hooray die; versamark ink and Stampendous aged gold frantage embossing enamel; Memory Box chloe stem die; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle die; alcohol inks, yupo and gold foil; Inspired By Stamping big congrats sentiment stamp; versafine clair nocturne ink & clear ep.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Singing Christmas cat.

 

Hi everyone, 

I'm still behind with my Chrissy cards, haven't even got any in the mail yet!

Better get organized on Monday.

I had a few Katzelkraft cats fussy cut and coloured sitting in my stash and

thought this one would fit the bill at Inkspirational, where they have this sweet pic for inspiration.

ABC Christmas, Y for your favourite things and Z for sleeping.

One of my favourites are these quirky Katzelkraft cats!

Merry Little Christmas Card Challenge, anything Christmas goes .

Watercooler Wednesday,

Supplies:

Stamps: Katzelkraft cat; Hero Arts tiny star backgrond and Holiday conversation.

Other: Prismacolour pencils; Spellbinders rectangle dies; distress inks; silver ink & Wow silver glitter ep; versafine clair nocturne ink & clear ep; happy christmas sticker.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Wedding card with Inka gold.

 

Hi everyone,

 I'm still making much needed Christmas cards but thought I'd take a break to play with a new die set.

This card uses 2 of the dies and cuts 2 borders and the middle section.

I bought it to make wedding cards and after a few wasted efforts finally worked out how to get it to cut through properly!

I laid it on my Big Shot Plus on a metal plate at an angle and ran it through twice. Any other way didn't work...whew!

I trimmed an inka gold smooshed background from my stash to fit under the borders.

Here's a closer look at the shimmer.

The sentiment is stamped with versafine clair nocturne and embossed with silver ep.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, fun with dies.

Watercooler Wednesday

Darnell's NBUS challenge since my Paper Rose die and the stamp set are brand newbies!

Supplies:

Paper Rose ornate swirl rectangle die; inka gold pastes; Woodware wedding words stamp; versafine clair nocturne ink and Wow fine detail silver ep.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Alcohol inked bauble.

 

Hi everyone, I've been playing with alcohol inks and yupo trying the polished stone technique.

I'm addicted!

14 backgrounds later and I thought I'd try and make a card.

The colours I used were indigo, mermaid and teakwood.

Here's a closer look.

I'm linking up to some challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, anything goes.

Simon Says Stamp Monday, alcohol inks.

Countryview Challenges, anything goes Christmas

Stamplorations CAS Challenge anything goes CAS without the colour twist.

Dies R Us, christmas

I've used the ornament 2 die from Elizabeth Craft Designs.

Supplies:

Ranger alcohol inks; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle and Elizabeth Craft Designs ornaments 2 dies;

silver cord; Annabelle Stamps sentiment stamp (retired) versafine clair ink & clear ep.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x