2014 Catalogue Launch - Masculine Cards

Masculine cards are often said "hard to make" but my A Crafty Cat team made easy work of it when we implemented Stampin' Up! earthy/vintage colours, a large Stampin' Up! background stamp and a focus window.

Many of the girls who attended this workshop, which was held in Waterford, Logan, by Kathryn Free a Stampin' Up! demonstrator and a member of the A Crafty Cat team, were first timers to stamping.

This is their creations...

Stampin' Up! background stamp Hardwood, with the focus picture  By the Tide by Stampin' Up! and the result is this beautiful creation...


A Crafty Cat - workshop attendee - Stampin' Up! Hardwood & By the Tide

Stampin' Up! background stamp World Map, with the focus picture of the ship from Traveler by Stampin' Up! and the result is this stunning creations...

A Crafty Cat - workshop attendee - Stampin' Up! World Map & Traveler on Crumb Cake



A Crafty Cat - workshop attendee - Stampin' Up! World Map & Traveler on Soft Suede

 

A change back to the background stamp Hardwood and a focus picture from the Stampin' Up! set Wetlands with Old Olive sponging and this is the hansom result...

A Crafty Cat - workshop attendee - Stampin' Up! Hardwood & Wetlands

Couple the World Map with the globe from the Traveler stamp set and again another masculine card creation any man would be proud to receive...

A Crafty Cat - workshop attendee - Stampin' Up! World Map & Traveler

 

These are great card creations to give to a special male someone in your life. 

Happy crafting
Love

2014 Catalogue Launch - Traveler

Love vintage, then you will love Stampin' Up! Traveler stamp set.  The girls at my catalogue launch certainly did and look at these beautiful creations...


A Crafty Cat - workshop attendee - Stampin' Up! World Map & Traveler on Crumb Cake cardstock.

These cards use Stampin' Up World Map (WM130342/CM130345) for the background and a focal piece from Stampin' Up! Traveler (WM134510/CM134513).  The recessed label window was created with the use of the label die from the label die collection and the label die from the label swing card.

The following card's base is Stampin' Up! cardstock - soft suede, stamped in soft Suede, with a change of focus in the window...

A Crafty Cat - workshop attendee - Stampin' Up! World Map & Traveler on Soft Sede cardstock.

This beautiful creation - Stampin' Up! Soft Suede ink on Crumb Cake cardstock...



A Crafty Cat - workshop attendee - Stampin' Up! World Map & Traveler



Another beautiful creation with purrrfect sponging... 

A Crafty Cat - workshop attendee - Stampin' Up! World Map & Traveler



The backgrounds were distressed using ink on a sponge as was the focal point of the card.  The background was raised above the focal point using Stampin' Up! dimensionals, to add to the dimension of the card.

 

Thank you to the "A Crafty Cat" creative team for putting together a wonderful collection of masculine, vintage cards.  I just love them, don't you?



Father's Day 2014

I believe Father's Day is a day to recognise Dad's contributions to the family and say thank you.  My team of A Crafty Cats came over for an afternoon and this is what they created given a background stamp, feature stamp focused in a window created with the use of the label die from the label die collection and the label die from the label swing card.

This card use Stampin' Up World Map (WM130342/CM130345) for the background and the camera from Stampin' Up! Traveler (WM134510/CM134513)...

A Crafty Cat - workshop attendee - Stampin' Up! World Map & Traveler on Soft Suede.

The cards were created using a chosen tone of brown for the base card and a piece of Very Vanilla cut down to frame the stamping.  This gorgeous card was created by Suzie...

A Crafty Cat - workshop attendee - Stampin' Up! World Map & Traveler on Chocolate Chip, stamped in Pacific Point & Chocolate Chip.

Some crafters added extras - these crustaceans are from the Stampin' Up! set Sea Street (WM133985/133988) with a hint of blue sponging around the punch out...

A Crafty Cat - workshop attendee - Stampin' Up! World Map & Traveler  on Crumb Cake cardstock.

This creator used the duck/goose from Stamping' Up! Wetlands (WM126695/CM126697) on soft suede card stock...

A Crafty Cat - workshop attendee - Stampin' Up! World Map & Wetlands on Soft Suede cardstock.

The backgrounds were distressed using ink on a sponge as was the focal point of the card.  The background was raised above the focal point using Stampin' Up! dimensionals, to add to the dimension of the card.

This card utilised the Stampin' Up! Hardwood background stamp...


A Crafty Cat - workshop attendee - Stampin' Up! Hardwoon & Traveler

These beautiful cards of appreciation were created at a workshop held in Waterford, Logan by a very dear friend Kathryn Free, who is now a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator and a valued member of my "A Crafty Cat" team.

Happy crafting
love,

Circle Swing Card Thinlit by Stampin' Up!

Stampin' Up! have a wonderful, easy to use, wafer thin die; a circle swing card thinlit.  This thinlit enables uses in conjunction with their big shot to easily create swing cards - and they are SOOO much fun.  My son and I cannot get enough of these wonderful cards - we just keep on making an playing with them...open, shut, open, shut LOL.

The card fold is great for Christmas...

A Crafty Cat - workshop attendee, Stampin' Up! Circle swing card thinlit.

 Or even as a Thank You or Birthday card with a difference...

A Crafty Cat - workshop attendee, Stampin' Up! Circle swing card thinlit.

The lovely ladies at PLR wanted to make swing cards - this is a small selection of what was made...

A Crafty Cat - PRL class attendee, Stampin' Up! Circle swing card thinlit, featuring Stampin' Up! stamp set Flower Shop

This card features a marina mist background and a scallop circle stamped with Stampin' Up! Betsy's Blossom...

A Crafty Cat - PRL class attendee, Stampin' Up! Circle swing card thinlit.

 Papillion Potpourri is always very popular with everyone...

A Crafty Cat - PRL class attendee, Stampin' Up! Circle swing card thinlit.

I love going back and looking at the creations of my customers - and these were made at the beginning of 2014.  I love looking at the colour combinations and how each customer grows in creativity.

I look forward to your company at the next post,
Love

2014 Catalogue Launch - Swing Card 5

Stampin' Up! Swing card circle and label thinlit dies are so much fun to play with.  This post expands on the last few posts, with additional centre features of butterflies and a heart chain.... the sky really is the limit.

The 2014-16 Stampin' Up! In colours are so soft and the moon light DSP paper stack highlights Lost Lagoon in the example below.

A Crafty Cat - Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator Australia Stampin' Up! Circle Swing card thinlit featuring a butterfly centre.

 The cards are created using the big shot and the Stampin' Up! circle thinlits die, coupled with the Circles collection of thilits enables you to create a port hole.  For directions please click HERE.

A Crafty Cat - Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator Australia Stampin' Up! Circle Swing card thinlit featuring a butterfly centre

As one opens the card, you can see the circle piece swings away, holding the suspended butterfly, revealing the series of circles cut out to form the port hole.


A Crafty Cat - Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator Australia Stampin' Up! Circle Swing card thinlit featuring a butterfly centre

I used a butterfly image from Stampin' Up! Papillion Potpourri stamp set and stamped it on Lost Lagoon card stock.  I then used the elegant Stampin' Up! Butterfly punch with Hello Honey card stock.  I layered this to form the centre piece...


A Crafty Cat - Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator Australia Stampin' Up! Circle Swing card thinlit featuring a butterfly centre

Stampin' Up! Basic Black, Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler and Real Red - no better combination for a card of love.  The DSP used on this card is from the 12x12 paper pack Back to Black (133700).

A Crafty Cat - Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator Australia Stampin' Up! Circle Swing card thinlit featuring a heart centre

The card viewed from a different angle...so love the combination of the Stampin' Up! Word Window with the Stampin' Up! Modern Label to highlight greetings...


A Crafty Cat - Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator Australia Stampin' Up! Circle Swing card thinlit featuring a heart centre

I used the Heart framelits collection to create the Real Red heart and I used the Stampin' Up! heart punch from the Itty Bitty Accents punch pack (133787) for the centre piece...

Yes a girl friend of mine and I are having sooo much fun with the swing cards so stay posted.

Love and happiness in craft,

2014 Catalogue Launch - Swing Card 4

Stampin' Up! Swing card thinlit dies have been so very popular.  Now we are punching out the centre and featuring a hanging piece...flowers, butterflies, hearts, Christmas trees... the sky is the limit.

These are examples I created to showcase the versatility of what can be a centre piece.


Decorated in Stampin' Up! DSP, The scallop flower is the centre point for this birthday card.

A closer look shows the layering of the 2014-15 in-colours in the flower piece, and the structure.
The flower is simply created by layering the different colours of the scallop circle punched out card stock...


The colours used in this creation include Hello Honey, Tangelo Twist and Pink Pirouette.

I then test the waters for Christmas and combined Hello Honey and Lost Lagoon to make a lovely 3D Christmas tree, which is comprised of four (4) punched out triangles...

The Stampin' Up! DSP is mounted on Smokey Slate.

The tree was made using the Stampin' Up! punch Petite Pennants Builder 122361...

A Crafty Cat - 2014 Catalogue Launch, Stampin' Up! Circle swing card Thinlit.

If you have the Stampin' Up! Circle swing card thinlit along with the circles collection thinlits, take them out and start playing... If you want the thinlits, please call me so I can order it for you or go to my online shop and purchase it from HERE.  If you have missed the previous posts and would like to know how to make these enchanting cards please visit Lyssa's site HERE

Happy crafting
Love

2014 Catalogue Launch - Swing Card 3

Swing cards are so much fun to create and so easy if you gave the Stampin' Up! swing card thinlits.  My favourite project for the Stampin' Up! catalogue launch was a swing card with the centre cut out and a feature added.  Click HERE for a tutorial by Lyssa.  This post features three beautiful cards created by A Crafty Cat creative customers, when they attended a workshop hosted by Michelle, an amazing, wonderful Mum and friend of mine. 

Michelle, Rachel and Leanne, made these lovely cards featuring the every adorable Stampin' Up! Owl Builder Punch...


A Crafty Cat - Stampin' Up! Blackberry Bliss base, Circle Swing Card

A Crafty Cat - Stampin' Up! Lost Lagoon base, Circle Swing Card

A Crafty Cat - Stampin' Up! Circle Swing Card featuring the Owl punch.

Love the Lost Lagoon base card coordinated with Hello Honey...

A Crafty Cat - Stampin' Up! Lost Lagoon base, Circle Swing Card

The butterfly layering up close...

A Crafty Cat - Stampin' Up! Lost Lagoon base, Circle Swing Card

I love these creations and hope they inspire you to explore and create fun projects with your circle swing card.

Stay warm and enjoy your crafting,
Love

2014 Catalogue Launch - Swing Card 2

Swing cards are so easy to create using Stampin' Up! swing card thinlits.  One of the projects my customers made at my Stampin' Up! catalogue launch was a swing card with the centre cut out and a feature added.  Click HERE for a tutorial by Lyssa.  This post features two beautiful card created by A Crafty Cat creative customers when they attended a workshop hosted by Michelle, an amazing, wonderful Mum. 

Featuring Smoky Slate along with the DSP from the Moonlight paper stack and Mosaic Madness (CM 130249 / WM130246) stamp set, this is Rose Christian's swing card creation...


A Crafty Cat - Rose Christian, Stampin' Up! thinlit circle card

 I love the detail Rose added to the front of the card...

A Crafty Cat - Rose Christian, Stampin' Up! thinlit circle card

 Doreen made this stunning swing card - just love the colour combination...

A Crafty Cat - Doreen, Stampin' Up! thinlit circle card

I loved the detail Doreen added to the back of the card...

A Crafty Cat - Doreen, Stampin' Up! thinlit circle card

the front suspension a little closer...

And yes there is more from the workshop, so be sure to stay posted and leave a comment.

Happy crafting,
Love

2014 Catalogue Launch - Swing Card feature

Swing cards are so easy to create using Stampin' Up! swing card thinlits.  One of the projects my customers made at my Stampin' Up! catalogue launch was a swing card with the centre cut out and a feature added.  Click HERE for a tutorial by Lyssa.  This post is a feature on a beautiful card created by A Crafty Cat, Heather Payne.  This card is nothing short of amazing...

Featuring the new in-colour Black Berry Bliss along with the DSP from the Moonlight paper stack and Nuts about You (Hostess CM 133946 / WM133943) stamp set, this is Heather's creation...


A Crafty Cat - Heather Payne, Stampin' Up! Thinlit swing card front view

 This is a photo of the back of the card to show the gorgeous detail of the flip side...

A Crafty Cat - Heather Payne, Stampin' Up! Thinlit swing card: rear view

 This is the card folded out...

A Crafty Cat - Heather Payne, Stampin' Up! Thinlit swing card:  folded out

 The card from another angle...

A Crafty Cat - Heather Payne, Stampin' Up! Thinlit swing card; close up

A big thank you to Heather for allowing me to photograph and showcase her beautiful creation.  This is just a taste of the swing cards to come, so stay posted, stay warm and keep on crafting!

with love,