Green floral tag

Hi, I had a few of these images stamped and embossed ready to make card panels.

When I saw the inspiration pic at The Card Concept

I was inspired by the pillows so

traced around a tag so that I could fit the image in, and cut it out.

I've coloured it with bundled sage, shabby shutters and crushed olive distress inks. It's the first time I've splashed water drops onto these inks and I think it breaks the green up, a little like the petals in the pic. My card is in the clean and layered category.

I'm also linking up to the anything goes challenge at

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.

There's a snippet of hand dyed silk ribbon that a friend from work gave me to finish the tag off.

I think I have a reputation for wanting ribbon scraps as I've been lucky to get a few little bags lately!

Thanks girls!

I'm visiting the playground at Pixie's Crafty Workshop. All you need is to use 1 scrap or snippet on your project and you can join in the fun.

Materials used:

Penny Black Dreamy stamp; distress inks; sentiment sticker; foam dots.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Distressed fern fronds

Hi again, I made this card a little while ago for a friend's birthday.

It's a similar layout to the one I made using alcohol inks, although this time I used an embossing folder to frame the fronds.

I'm linking up to the challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday

where it's an anything goes theme.

Materials used:

Memory Box delicate fern die; distress inks; stately embossing folder; sentiment sticker.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Father's Day banner

 

Hi, it's been such a busy week! Better make the most of what's left of the weekend.

I was inspired to make this card by the challenge at Scrapbook Boutique where there is this gorgeous pic.

It's Father's Day next Sunday here in Australia, Dad's turn to be spoilt!

Materials used:

Distressed stripes embossing folder; Impression Obsession alphabet die; Maya Road banner stamp, versacolor inks and clear embossing powder; Fiskars star punch; twine; brads and sentiment sticker.

Thanks for visiting.

Cathy x

Fishing Lure

Hi, I was experimenting with this card.

I used a wood grain impression plate as the grain looked like ripples in water to me.

I need to do something else with the inking as the border between "land"and water is not quite right. Anyway, it was fun!

The fishing rod and hat were stamped on scraps of card and fussy cut. The lure is a 3D sticker from Jolee. I attached the piece of fishing line behind the lure and at the end of the rod with glossy accents.

I'm linking up to Pixie's Crafty Workshop where all you need to enter is to use a snippet or scrap in your project.

At Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge the theme is anything goes.

Materials used:

Inky Antics fishing stamps; Versafine ink and clear embossing powder; tombow markers; PTI impression plate; distress inks; Jolee sticker; sentiment sticker from stash.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Purrfect cat

Hi, I was inspired by a few challenges to make this card. The card colour is sort of a teal like peacock feathers but the photo has come out more blue.

The challenge at Just Add Ink is to use chipboard.

This cat is a Scrapmatts product I bought at a craft show last year. It was in a pack of 6. (I've used one before on a similar tag, the cat was black, the tag was purple and the flowers were coral.)

I used pumicestone and black soot distress ink to colour this one and used a wink of stella pen over the top for some shimmer.

I used peacock feathers and black soot to highlight the embossing on the tag.

At Less is More the theme is animal.

At Addicted to Stamps & More the theme is Clean & Simple.

At Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge it's an anything goes theme.

Materials used:

Scrapmatts chipboard cat; distress inks; wink of stella pen; Kaszazz vine edge embossing folder;

Technique Tuesday sentiment stamp; silver  ink and embossing powder; EK success & Punch Bunch flower punches; teal cardstock; home made tag.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Blue bouquet on green

Hi, we had some much needed rain here over the last 24 hours, hopefully our water tanks have had a nice top up! 

I needed a card for a friend's birthday and was inspired by the colour challenge at Just us girls.

The flower heads were diecut from snippets of watercolor paper, so I'm visiting the snippets playground

 at Pixie's Crafty Workshop.

 I tried an old set of watercolor paints my sister gave me years ago but I wasn't very happy with the result!

So, I spritzed over the top with blue patina perfect pearls mixed with water to blend the colours a bit better.

I'm also linking up to the challenge at Seize the Birthday where it's anything goes,

and to Simon Says Wednesday Challenge where the theme is Summer.

Materials used:

Memory Box bella bouquet die; distress inks; watercolor paint; blue patina perfect pearls;

Scrollwork frame embossing folder; sentiment sticker.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend,

thanks for visiting, Cathy x

Blue wedding flowers

Hi, it's mid week or hump day as they say here, so I'm looking forward to the weekend (again!)

These vellum flowers are quite shiny in real life as they are painted with twinkling H2O's.

I'm linking up to the challenge at The Card Concept where it's a wedding theme with this gorgeous inspiration pic. My card is in the clean and layered category.

I've used snippets of white card to diecut my leaves so I'm visiting the playground again at 

Pixie's Crafty Workshop.

I had cut away most of the embossed card front to use on another card and was left with a small strip attached to the back of the card.

By opening it up and embossing the other edge of the base I got a new front panel. 

So I guess that's another snippet!

Materials used:

Sizzix embossing folder (swirls and waves); Memory Box fresh foliage die; Annabelle Stamps Wedding Medallion sentiment with silver ink and embossing powder; Stampin Up flower stamp; vellum; twinkling H2Os; silver shimmer paper and pearl bling.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Summer Flowers

Hi again, I'm back with another snippets card.

This time I used up some of the gloss card scraps from the fern frond card I made a few days ago.

I touched up the existing colours with some indigo alcohol ink and cut pieces to fit over the flowers in this die. There's still a few pieces left that might come in handy for something!

I'm visiting the playground again at Pixie's Crafty Workshop.

I added a couple of butterflies as the theme at Mrs A's butterfly challenge is summertime butterflies.

I used wink of stella to add some sparkle to the yellow flower centres and the butterflies are cut from gold shimmer paper, so I'm linking up to the challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday

where the theme is make it sparkle.

Materials used:

Memory Box bella bouquet and butterfly delight dies; Sizzix swirls with waves embossing folder;

gloss card scraps coloured with alcohol ink; distress ink on the stems and leaves; sentiment sticker.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Sparkly presents

Hi, I've spent today making a few of these cards in a range of colours, and 

my snippets box supplied all the bits and pieces!

So I'm visiting the playground at Pixie's Crafty Workshop.

I added some sparkle to the bows with a clear wink of stella pen,

 so I'm also linking up to the challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday

where the theme is to make it sparkle.

Materials used:

Spellbinders square die; Memory Box crisp bows die; bling and sentiment sticker.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Golden stars and sequins

Hi, hope you're enjoying your weekend, or at least getting close to doing so!

These stars are diecut  from metal sheet and coloured with alcohol inks.
(gold metallic,caramel, butterscotch and pitch black)

I scored some lines to create a panel, added some sequins and a sentiment sticker.

I definitely struggle with photographing shiny surfaces, here's a laid back view.

I'm linking up to the challenges at Addicted to CAS

where the theme is gold.

At Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge the theme is to make it sparkle.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Fern Fronds

Hi, I've been playing with some new dies and alcohol inks.

The bottom frond is inlaid into the base to reduce bulk. I glued the right half of the top fern down and popped the lower fronds on the left hand side up with small foam dots for dimension.

I'm linking up to the challenge at Less is More where it's a colour theme.

I used stream, lettuce, citrus and clover alcohol inks. The only colour not used is grey, so I hope this is representative enough of the colours to meet the rules.

Materials used:

Memory Box delicate fern die; alcohol inks on glossy card stock; sentiment sticker.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Fairy tale anniversary

Hi, I'm back with a card that was very quick to make.

I diecut the Fairy tale border in gold paper and glued it onto a white diecut for dimension. It was a bit tricky getting the tendrils to sit on top of each other! Scored a couple of lines to create a panel and popped on some bling with glossy accents.

I'm linking up to the challenge at Addicted to CAS where its a gold theme.

I'm popping a last entry into Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge 

where it's anything goes.

Sister Act Card Challenge also has an anything goes theme.

Enjoy the rest of your week, 

thanks for visiting, Cathy x

Baby Ducks

Hi, one of my nieces had a new baby boy recently,

 and I wanted to make her a card that was a bit different.

I had seen this gorgeous card by Sue T on the Outside the Box blog and thought I'd create some colourful ducks on the water.

I'm linking up to the colour challenge at Less is More.

I'm adding another entry to the anything goes challenge at 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday.

At Simon Says Stamp Monday the theme is family.

Materials used:

 Memory Box Mama and baby ducks die and texture wave stencil; Memento Bahama blue ink; distress ink for the duck and yellow flock for the fuzzy yellow ducklings; Annabelle Stamps All things grow reed stamp; white gel pen; a dot of black enamel accents for the eyes; sentiment sticker.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

More inky butterflies

Hi, I've diecut the rest of the glossy card that I used alcohol inks on.

It made 8 butterflies and they all look different! The earlier card used a brownish one and most of the others have more of the cranberry in them.

I've succumbed to ordering more of the inks too. I thought if I bought alcohol inks instead of alcohol for a while I'd be better off! So the red wine will have to be postponed for now LOL!

I'm linking up again to the challenge at Allsorts. The theme is to use your favourite things.

So, I'm back with more diecuts.

The flourishes are cut from snippets of pink cardstock.

 I managed to position scraps over the part of the flourish I wanted to use so didn't have to waste a larger piece of card.

So, I'm visiting the snippets playground at Pixie's Crafty Workshop to see what's been happening.

I'm also putting another entry into Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge where the theme is anything goes.

Materials used:

Memory Box Darla butterfly and MFT fancy flourish dies: alcohol inks - cranberry, pebble and butterscotch; gloss card; Stately embossing folder; sentiment sticker and bling.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Flowery Flourish

Hi, I seem to be alternating a bit between flowers and butterflies in my cards.

I'll have to try and stretch my creativity a bit more!

I stamped and fussy cut these flowers ages ago at my sisters. The stamp belongs to her so it is maybe a Stampin Up one, not sure.

I've coloured it with inktense pencils so I'm visiting the challenge at

Inkspirational where the theme is to use pencils or markers.

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

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge also has an anything goes challenge.

At Allsorts the challenge theme is to use your favourite things. Dies are one of my top favourites as are distress inks. I do have a long list though!

There's lots of fabulous DT inspiration on all of these challenges.

Materials used:

Stamp unknown; inktense pencils; MFT leaf filled flourish; distress inks; sentiment sticker.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend and thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Alcohol Ink Butterfly

Hi, I'm scraping in to the challenge at Scrapbook Boutique which closes in a couple of hours.

Here is the fabulous inspiration pic.

I love chocolate, and I'm loving alcohol inks at the moment.

 I saw this card on pinterest today at Flower Shoppe Cards and had to take a closer look. 

So many fabulous cards using alcohol inks and one of my other loves, Memory Box dies!

It was my first time "pouncing" on glossy cardstock and I wasn't overly impressed with my results.

I googled some info on the technique and followed it the best I could but wasn't really happy with the colours ( I don't have many, think this will be remedied soon!)

However, once I diecut the butterfly, I was happier with the end result. I used cranberry, pebble and butterscotch.

 I pounced with blending solution after inking up the cardstock. I just love the marbled effect.

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

which has an anything goes theme this week.

The theme at Addicted to Stamps & More is also anything goes.

Materials used:

Memory Box  Darla Butterfly die; MFT Fancy Flourish die; alcohol inks; sentiment sticker and bling from stash.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Aqua and Lime Peonies

Hi, I wanted to CASE this gorgeous card by Katherine at

little things blog.

I love how she trimmed the Lovely Peony Outline diecut so that you can fit more of them on the card.

My colours came from the current challenge at The Card Concept

as did the inspiration for the lacy background. My card is in the clean and simple category, or maybe clean and layered.

At Simon Says Stamp Wednesday blog the challenge is to emboss it, using dry or wet embossing or paste.

My background is embossed with the Entangle folder (I think it may be retired).

A new challenge for me is AAA Cards

The challenge this week is to create a CAS card be inspired by Angela.

I was inspired by her row of gorgeous crisp flowers and the pops of colour.

I diecut the peony centres from scraps of white and cream card. I used up quite a few bits as I cut 2 for each flower, coloured them with distress inks and glued them together for dimension. I was even tempted to put the trimmed outer petals into the snippets box! The only thing that stopped me was the fact they were too fiddly to untangle from the rest of the scraps.

So, I'm visiting the snippets playground again at Pixie's Crafty Workshop.

Materials used:

Memory Box Lovely Peony Outline die; Entangled embossing folder; distress inks; ribbon and bling from stash.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Hello

Hi, I was inspired to make this card by a few challenges.

CASology has a a pet theme.

It's a spots and dots theme at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.

At The Card Concept it's a colour challenge.

My card is in the clean and layered category.

I used snippets of designer paper and the positive rectangles from the Memory Box window die
as my little blocks, so I'm popping into the snippets playground again at Pixie's Crafty Workshop.

(AAA Cards  had a sketch type challenge to use 4 shapes in a window block. That was a main part of my design but our satellite internet connection dropped out and I was too late to enter.

I'll try for the next one!)

Materials used:
Memory Box/Poppy Stamps window, cat ,bird and tiny bow dies; Simon Says Stamp hello die; snippets of dp; wink of stella clear pen; bling from stash.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend and thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Floral Flourish

Hi, I had a break from my craft room recently due to quite a few other things that were happening, some good, and some otherwise! Hopefully things will settle for a little while now.

This card started out as 2 pieces of flourish left from another project and 1 flower. It was for a sketch challenge, but it kept growing LOL!

The die is a fairly new purchase, MFT leaf filled flourish. I can cut 5 from a piece of card and then use up the scraps for bits of leafy flourish. My snippets habit is getting a bit compulsive!

The flowers were stamped, fussy cut and coloured with inktense pencils in carmine pink and shiraz. Great name for a colour! I shaped them a bit using a stylus on a  mouse pad and popped them up with foam dots.

I'm visiting the snippets playground at Pixie's Crafty Workshop. I thought I was in time for last week's fun but the gates had shut, so I'm an early bird this week!

The theme at Addicted to Stamps & More is CAS.

Materials used:

 Stampin Up flower shop stamp; MFT leaf filled flourish die; distress inks; inktense pencils; black opal stickles in the flower centres; sentiment sticker.

Thanks for visiting :)

Cathy x

Sunrise Celebration

Hi, this is my 2nd post as a guest for Addicted to CAS. It's been great fun, thanks again to Kylie and the team for the warm welcome. I hope you can join in with this fortnight's code word Celebrate.

I've had this stamp set for quite a while and hadn't used it. I love how carefree and happy the little figures look. 

 I stamped extra trees on the left to create a frame and thought a sunrise would highlight the silhouettes.

I'm also linking up to the challenge at Addicted to Stamps & More where the theme is Clean & Simple.

Materials used:

Flourishes Kids Play and Hero Arts sentiment stamps; Versafine ink and clear embossing powder; distress inks.

Hope you have a great weekend, thanks for visiting,

Cathy x