Wednesday 31 October 2012

New Home

A friend of mine has just moved home and I needed a quick card to send, so my brayer resist technique was the perfect choice.  For the video tutorial on this technique please check out yesterday's post.

New home ink resist

I used the Penny Black cling stamp set Sweet Home 40-054 and memento inks Pear Tart and Bamboo Leaves.  The sentiment  and the hint of grass at the bottom was then stamped with Cottage Ivy Staz On ink.

Thank you for visiting me today and for taking the time to comment on my creations, I really do appreciate your thoughts.
Hugs Cathy
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Tuesday 30 October 2012

Resist Brayering with a Memento Mash Up

Hi I am back again with an extra video post today for Penny Black.  I wanted to share how easy it is to create a resist without the need for embossing powder...all you need is a bit of glossy card and a Versamark pad and away you go!  Here is the clean and simple quick design that I will be showing you how to recreate in the video today.

Ink resist technique

I mashed up several colours of memento ink to get this blush pink shade, so love how you can mix things up to get what you want! You would never guess that this colour is a result of mixing Angel Pink, Cantaloupe and Lady Bug inks would you! Watch the video below to see how I mixed them.


Materials used:- All You Need 40-092, Gratitude 30-105, Memento inks as listed above and Timber Brown Staz On.  Spellbinders Labels One - Standard and Large.

I hope this inspires you to have a go at this simple technique, I will be back tomorrow with one more clean and simple card, until then Hugs
Cathy
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Monday 29 October 2012

Just another Manic Monday

Hi everyone, did you have a great weekend?  Mine was completely the opposite of everything I had planned, but hey life would be boring if we didn't have a few surprises right?  I was hoping to visit my Daughter at her university yesterday but she got called in to work. :(

I did however manage to make a card or two and tomorrow I have a video treat to share on the Penny Black blog and on my blog here.  So to give you a hint of what is to come here is a quick card, details on how to create the base design will be shared tomorrow.

Birthday Butterfly

Materials used: All You Need 40-092, Free Flight 30-117, Sentiments 30-025 and Sea Breeze 08-001 Mix and Match cardstock.

The butterfly was inked with Colorbox pigment green ink and embossed with clear powder, I then used twinklets to add a little pink to the edges of the wings and a Copic pen to add shading to the centre. I will share how the background image was made tomorrow.  Did you notice the edge of the inside of the card?  I used a rubblier (just love that word) and some brown cardstock to create a textured edge.

Well I have just had some good news to start my week, my Son has offered to take me to see my Daughter later this week....I love him for being so thoughtful.

Have a wonderful week, Hugs
Cathy
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Friday 26 October 2012

Snowcone Favors - Pinterest Inspired

Yay, it is Friday again and so the Design team over at Penny Black have a plethora of Favor inspiration to share with you inspired by images found on their Pinterest boards, you can check out their creations here, there is also a link there to my snowcone template, just incase you fancy making one yourself.

I chose an image found on their winter wonderland board, I just love this deer cone, I think it is the perfect shape for some candy favor boxes!


Here is my favor equivalent of this wonderful light.


Here is how it is made, and if you want a more adult version, just leave off the snowman!



Stamps used in this project are available from Penny Black Shopatron, Hello Winter 30-141, Winter Magic 30-134 and  Let it Snow 30-086.

I have to say the temptation to eat the chocolates for this project was overwhelming, so this won't be gracing my table this Christmas as the contents are already consumed!

Have a fabulous weekend, hugs
Cathy
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Wednesday 24 October 2012

Wonderful Wednesday

It is officially the middle of the week and time for me to share my final Lollipop colour inspired card.


I just love the way the turquoise works with the red and green and so had to try it on the fashion girl in the Christmas Fashion set 30-127.  I then masked her and stamped the background with Puzzle Parts 30-114 and matted and layered with Storm 01-001, 01-003, Rose Garden 14-003 and Sea Breeze 08-002 mix and match card.  The sentiment was then stamped and embossed from Christmas Cheer 30-140.

Thanks for visiting me today, Friday I have something sweet to share with you, until then hugs
Cathy
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Monday 22 October 2012

A Colourful Monday

Welcome to the start of another week, you may recall on Friday I promised you another card made with  the lollipop colour scheme, well I thought I would take these summery colours and make a Christmas Card...yes you read it correct a Christmas card!


This card was created using Marzipan Greetings 30-126, Design Spotter 40-050, Mouse Deco 30-139, Rose Garden 14-003, Sea Breeze 08-002,  Storm 01-001 and Fern Green 05-001 mix and match card.

I think these colours work for Christmas too, what do you think?

I will be back on Wednesday with one more Lollipop colour inspired card until then.....

Hugs Cathy
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Friday 19 October 2012

Colour My Weekend

It's FRIDAY.....so lets start the weekend with a burst of colour.  The designers over at Penny Black were challenged to create a project inspired by Colour from Pinterest, I have had a sneak peek at the other designers projects and they are amazing so if you get a chance hop on over and check them out here.  I chose this summery colour palette here, and then found each colour equivalent using my Prisma Color pencils (see colour chart below).


From this I was then able to colour in my stamped image for the card.

I just love the new transparent stamp set Marzipan Greetings 30-126, I wanted to give the bird a fancier tail so I added the swirly twigs from the vase stamp and then set about colouring it in.


I used the Spellbinders Labels Eighteen to cut round the coloured bird, chopped off the bottom and then added some faux stitching.  The card blank was created from Sticks and Stones 02-001 mix and match card, Design Spotter 40-050 was then stamped onto some Rose Garden 14-003 card and added  turquoise patterned paper that was then stitched to the base card.  Some pink grossgrain ribbon was then added to the join and the bird image stamped onto Storm 01-001 card was then placed on top with foam pads with a few turquoise feathers.  

The sentiment was then stamped and embossed with black powder using Sweet Wishes 30-104 onto Rose Garden 14-001 card trimmed to a banner shape and added to finish off the card.

After I made this card I just had to create a few more, so if you want to see my other lollipop colour cards check back next Monday and Wednesday!

Thank you so much for your support and comments, have a great weekend

Hugs Cathy
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Wednesday 17 October 2012

Left Overs Pinterest Inspired Shaker card

Hi again, do you recall in my last post I used the Penny Black Christmas View 4274K Stamp? Well the outside ring was left over, so rather than throw it away I decided to make it into a frame for a shaker card.



Again pinterest inspired me with all the snow wintery village scenes like this one on Penny Black's new Pinterest board, so I stamped Village Christmas  4205L onto Storm card 01-001and then coloured with watered down Design Memory Craft Faber Castell big brush markers Cobalt Blue 143 and Light Cobalt Turquoise 154.  I then added glossy accents to the roof and snow drifts and sprinkled with diamond glitter.  I then cut out the design with a spellbinders nesting circle.

The next part is stolen from a genius tip that Elizabeth shared a while ago on her blog, about using the waste circle from an empty tape reel which was glued to the circle and then some Pinflair Ice Diamond was sprinkled into the circle.  This was then sealed with an acetate circle (again recycled packaging from a spellbinder die) and the frame from Christmas View using Clear Skies 10-002 mix and match card added on top.  To give that extra pop of sparkle I added a ring of navy glitter card which was cut using spellbinders nesting circles.

A square white base card was then stamped with All is Bright 30-137 and embossed with glitter snow embossing powder.  A third of the card blank was then covered in Madison 80-001 Paper and ribbon added.  A separate square of Scroll white Embossed  ep401  paper was added and the shaker element placed on top.

The sentiment was then stamped using part of All is Bright 30-137 edged with blue ink and added to the card, to finish off a spellbinders snowflake was added with a crystal gem centre.

I will be back on Friday with some more Pinterest inspiration.

Hugs Cathy
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Monday 15 October 2012

More Pinterest Inspiration

Hi everyone, I need your help can someone please invent a time machine and have it stop on this weekend for a few more days......I just have so much to do and not enough hours!

I wanted to share some more Pinterest inspired projects with you this week and today I have a card inspired by this snowflake. You can see my Pinterest board here.



I have used Penny Black's Chirstmas View 4274K and stamped with Versafine Majestic Blue onto Clear Skies 10-002 Mix and Match card.  I then cut out the centre using a Spellbinders Nesting circle.  The poinsettia leaves were then coloured with a Tim Holtz White distress marker and white enamel accents added to the centres and flakes.   

I then cut out two Spellbinder Ironwork Motif shapes (S5-059) in glitter card, cut out the centre and opened up each flake so that I could manipulate it to fit around the circle.  This was then mounted onto navy cardstock that had been embossed with Spellbinders nesting squares and alternate elements of the flake raised with foam pads.  To finish off I added a sentiment from a peel off sticker sheet.

I love how the edges of the ironwork motif look like a snowflake. I would love you to be inspired by some of my Pinterest pins, if you create anything I would love to see it.

Hugs Cathy
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Friday 12 October 2012

Winter Wonderland

Happy Friday everyone, so glad that the weekend is almost upon us...today the Penny Black team have been inspired by the new Penny Black Pinterest Board here and have created some stunning cards and projects to share with you, to see them all hop on over to their blog here, there is a rumour that there is a new challenge too!

My card is based on this Pinterest picture, I just love the warm grey sky against the muted brown buildings and then the focal point of the big tree in the foreground, and doesn't the snow look realistic all different sizes?




I wanted to recreate the snowy sky and so used Crystal Pattern 40-162 with Memento London Fog ink, the houses were stamped and embossed using Village Christmas 4205L and coloured with Copic markers, I drew in a path with the markers to draw the eye across the card(these were masked before the sky was stamped).  The Berry Red and Snow White 4202L stamp was then stamped and embossed with black powder to create a foreground.  

Spellbinders nesting squares were used to give an embossed edge to the card and the sentiment from Christmas Cheer 30-140 was stamped to finish off.

Have a wonderful weekend and thank you for visiting me and for leaving such warm comments.

Hugs Cathy
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Wednesday 10 October 2012

More From My Desk

Last week I shared a card using left overs from my desk, well there are still quite a few left overs left!!!!
So here is a trio of cards that I created using some leftover butterflies from Free Flight 30-117 that had been stamped onto vellum, embossed with white powder and cut out and some scraps of Kraft card.


This first one uses the negative from the square cut using a Spellbinders nesting square and also an SRM hello sticker (the full sticker says hello sunshine, but I just cut the hello bit to use on this card).


These cards were all really quick to make and the embossed detail around the edge is so easy and quick to do using the Spellbinders nesting squares.


In this card I also used the letter background 1999L stamp and edged the embossed area with a Faber Castell Pitt Dark Sepia fine pen.


I think they make a great note let set, and are so quick to do.

Hope you are having a great week, thank you all for your support and lovely comments, I love to read what you think of my projects!

Hugs Cathy
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Monday 8 October 2012

A Rose for a Rose

You may recall that I made a paper pink rose recently to decorate a gift box for my Nan's 90th Birthday, you can see the box here.  I wanted to create a matching card to go with the gift box and so decided to do a decoupage effect rose. Why roses, well my nan used to grow them in the front garden of her home before she moved to sheltered housing and so I though she would like this little reminder of her garden.


I stamped the rose from Love Assortment 30-090 four times onto some scrap card using Memento Lady Bug ink and then coloured with Copic Markers RV13, RV14, RV25, G07 and G14. I then cut out the petals omitting more from the back in each cut as can be seen here.


The Rose was then stamped again onto white card, this time using Memento Cottage Ivy ink and coloured with Copics and partially cut with a Spellbinders nesting oval die. Tip: Colour the edge of the flower head pink to allow for any cutting shortages on the decoupaged flower. The sentiment was also stamped at this stage from Words Express 30-106 (the word 'nan' was written in by hand using a fine liner pen).


This was then mounted onto a black oval using Storm 01-003 Mix and Match card stock and then onto a Rose Garden 14-003 Mix and Match Spellbinders Lacey Oval.  

The card blank was created using Rose Garden 14-001 Mix and Match card stock and Spellbinders Grand Large Scallop Oval die, which had been stamped with Wall Paper Print 40-134 using Tim Holtz Worn Lipstick Distress ink.  To finish off the card I dyed some seam binding with Spun Distress Stain and tied it into a bow on the side of the card and added some faux white stitching.

Wishing you a wonderful week
Hugs Cathy
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Saturday 6 October 2012

World Card Making Day

Today all around the world crafters are sharing their creations for World Card Making Day, the Penny Black design team are no exception and you can see all their amazing creations on the Penny Black blog here. There will be extra posts during the day and lots of prizes so do try and any hop on over there!

We were tasked with creating a card using one of several sketches, this is the sketch I chose to work with

and here is the card I created based on the sketch.


I stamped the flower from Flowers Sweet 30-096 onto scrap white card with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  I then coloured the flower with Copic Markers Y21, Y38, YR16 and YR68 and the leaves with YG03, YG17 and YG67.  I then cut out the flowers and leaves and shaped with an embossing tool to add dimension.

I mounted a piece of Madison 80-001 patterned paper onto Fall Festival 16-002 Mix and Match card and stitched around the edge (this is hard to see in the photo).  I then cut the top piece of card using Summer Sun 17-003 Mix and Match card using Spellbinders Labels Twenty.  Another strip of Summer Sun 17-003 card was then stamped with the sentiment from the Gratitude 30-105 transparent set using Versafine Onyx Black ink.

All elements were then adhered to a Storm 01-001 Mix and Match cardstock base and sheer and satin green ribbon added to finish off.

Thanks for visiting me on world card making day, I have some more flowery goodness to share with you all next week.

Hugs Cathy
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Friday 5 October 2012

Summer Garden Lanterns

I have been waiting for my husband to finish his jar of beetroot, so that I could enter the Jars of Joy challenge over at Moxie Fab World, details of the challenge can be found here.

The only problem is that it took so long for him to empty the jar that the rain and wind means that I can't now use it in the garden until next year!

It was so windy when I tried to take the photos that I had to use a battery operated tea light instead of the real thing for safety reasons and so it does not look as good. But there is always a silver lining...with winter looming it means I can make more over the winter and then scatter several in the trees in the garden next summer, they will look spectacular all lit up at night.

I thought I would show you it in an acer tree, still with leaves!


Then in my big tree that sadly is now quite bare.


And finally a closer look at the jar itself.


I stamped the wide lace from the Lace Delight 30-115 stamp set using white Staz On ink onto the glass jar. I have a tutorial on stamping on glass here.

Tip if you struggle to stamp on the round glass you can stamp on a flat piece of Sellotape and then apply to the jar.

I then stamped the butterflies from Social Butterfly 30-116 with Versamark ink onto vellum and kraft paper, embossed with white powder and cut out.

Wire was then wrapped around the jar to create a handle and extra pieces cut and glued to the butterflies with glossy accents and then attached to the jar to finish.

I think on the next one that I make I will just glue the butterflies to the jar.

Thanks for visiting me today, I hope you have a great weekend.

Hugs Cathy
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Wednesday 3 October 2012

A Silver Anniversary Card

I am of that certain age where a lot of my friends are having Silver Wedding Anniversaries and so this card was created with that in mind and the fact that I will need a card for my husband for our silver wedding next year.


The card blank and mounts for this card were created using the Storm 01-001, 01-002, 01-003, Mix and Match Card Stock set (it consists of White, Grey and Black card).  The black frame is the waste from the Spellbinders fancy square die.  

I stamped the grey card with Versafine London Fog ink and Crystal Pattern 40-162.  Winter Berries 4273K was then stamped with Versafine black ink onto scrap card and cut out, leaving a small white border.  Silver stickles was then added to each of the berries and it was left to dry.

The sentiment from Lace Delight 30-115 was then stamped with Versamark ink and embossed with black powder.  A bow and some heart pins were then added to finish off the design.

I like this card as it is not too mushy and reflects the Silver Anniversary theme.

Hugs Cathy
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Monday 1 October 2012

Christmas Cheer

My Godmother visited me last week and we did a bit of stamping, but I was so busy nattering that I only managed to finish off one card, and then I had a few stamped images left over that had not been found homes and have just been lying around on my desk!

So I decided to spend a day using up bits from my desk and came up with this card.


The bauble from Hanging Treasures 40-165 was stamped twice onto scrap white card using Versafine Satin Red Ink and then cut out (did you know you can use Spellbinders Heirloom Ornaments 2011 to cut out this bauble too). 

I made a card blank from Storm 01-001 Mix and Match card and then cut a piece of Madison Patterned Paper 80-001 with the Spellbinders Scallop Edgeability and placed down the right hand side of the card. 

On a separate piece of Fern Green 05-003 Mix and Match card I stamped Harmony 40-170 using Peeled Paint distress ink, once dry I stamped the sentiment from Christmas Cheer and embossed with white powder.  I then attached this to the left side of the card blank.

A circle frame was then cut from Madison 80-001 paper, distressed with barn door ink, stitched and mounted onto the card with dimensional foam pads, the bauble was attached in the same way and twine added to finish.

So have you got any thing lying around on your desk that you can create a card with, if so I would love to see what you make!

Have a great week
hugs Cathy
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