Faux Patina - Stampin' Up! Bloom with Hope, Wetlands & Lotus Blossom

Welcome to another showcase of Faux Patina created by my wonderful A Crafty Cat team.  This post
begins with the beautiful combination of Always Artichoke and Cherry Cobbler created by Rose Christian.


A Crafty Cat:  Faux Patina with Stampin' Up! Bloom with Hope with Beautifully Baroque Embossing Folder

 Love the colouring...

A Crafty Cat:  Faux Patina with Stampin' Up! Bloom with Hope

Any stamp set can be used to compliment the Faux Patina technique, in this example, Stampin' Up! Wetlands, looks great too...

A Crafty Cat:  Faux Patina with Stampin' Up! Wetlands with Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder.

 A card base of Chocolate Chip compliments the colours used in this Faux Patina panel...

A Crafty Cat:  Faux Patina with Stampin' Up! Lotus Blossom with Spring Flowers Embossing Folder

Another creation where Faux Patina is used on a Soft Suede base and complimented with the Staampin' Up! set Wetlands...

A Crafty Cat:  Faux Patina with Stampin' Up! Wetlands with Beautifully Baroque Embossing Folder

Oh the creations are just stunning aren't they.  These are so beautiful and I know the creators were very pleased with them.  Book into a class to learn this technique and many more by going to my Workshops & Classes tab above.

Yours in paper craft,

Faux Patina - Stampin' Up! Lotus Blossom

More more more, faux patina is becoming a favourite technique and those attending A Crafty Cat classes.  This is a beautiful creation ...

A Crafty Cat:  Faux Patina with Stampin' Up! Lotus Blossom

The background of the Faux Patina technique utilised Old Olive on Very Vanilla cardstock, the Vintage Wallpaper was the embossing folder chosen for the texture...

A Crafty Cat:  Faux Patina with Stampin' Up! Lotus Blossom

 The black ribbon compliments the colours purrrfectly...

A Crafty Cat:  Faux Patina with Stampin' Up! Lotus Blossom

 A beautiful card creation...

A Crafty Cat:  Faux Patina with Stampin' Up! Lotus Blossom

Enjoying these posts showcasing the Faux Patina technique? Let me know by leaving a comment.

Yours in paper craft,

Faux Patina - Rich Razzleberry and Gold

Faux Patina is becoming a very popular technique with Acraftycat customers.  This is my fourth post showcasing beautiful creations of the faux patina piece itself - Soft Sky, Daffodil Delight and Rich Razzleberry; what a beautiful colour combination...

Acraftycat: Faux Patina in Soft Sky, Rich Razzleberry and Daffodil Delight.

This picture shows the detail of the embossing by the folder (Lovely Lace) and the highlights of the Gold powered embossing....

Acraftycat: Faux Patina in Soft Sky, Rich Razzleberry and Daffodil Delight.

The ribbon combination just sets all of the colours to play... LOVE IT...

Acraftycat: Faux Patina in Soft Sky, Rich Razzleberry and Daffodil Delight.

Please visit toocoolstamping, for a great video the Faux Patina technique, or of course book into a class, book your own class or have  one on one with me.  I'd love to show you this fantastic versatile technique.

Yours in paper craft,

Faux Patina x Heather Payne

Heather is a very talented card maker and paper crafter as I am sure you will agree after seeing this amazing card creation. Using her faux patina sample pieces and the camera from Stampin' Up! Traveler stamp set, this is her creation...

Acraftycat: Faux Patina x Heater Payne, Traveler, World Map

On Daffodil Delight cardstock Heather stamped in soft sued the world Map background stamp by Stampin' Up! This was wrapped in crumb cake seam binding (sponged with soft sued) and black 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon, and then mounted on Soft Sued cardstock which had its edges sponged.  Heather the mounted her faux patina sample onto black  and placed the camera on black (to give a shadow) and finished it of with a greeting on Whisper White.

Acraftycat: Faux Patina x Heater Payne, Traveler, World Map

 The camera was stamped on Very Vanilla in Stayzon and coloured in basic grey and Burnt sugar, the lens left to capture the light of the card.  The photo below captures the beautiful gold powder embossing on the dry embossed background.

Acraftycat: Faux Patina x Heater Payne, Traveler, World Map

The card was finished off with three basic black candy dots - totally stunning...

This are cards you can create by attending a class, holding your own class or in a one on one with me.
I love encouraging your artistic style and seeing you create...

Yours in paper craft,

Faux Patina showcase Two

Faux Patina is a wonderful technique that can be used for that bit of vintage, a bit of metallic effect, a bit of fun! This is a great video by toocoolstamping, demonstrating the Faux Patina technique.  Put simply you emboss a piece of card stock, layer colour by sponging and then randomly powder emboss.  It is so much fun my son did it with me.  What did acraftycat customers do with this....

these some of the creations from the first class.

 

Embossed Wild Wasabi on Soft Sued complimented with Gold ribbon and embossing powder.....another beautiful Heather Payne creation!

Acraftycat: Faux Patina in Wild Wasabi and Soft Suede x Heather Payne.

Rich Razzleberry, Sky Blue and Perfect Plum then Gold powder embossed set on layers of the same coordinating card stock by Stampin' Up! Love that Gold Satin ribbon and Venetian Crochet Trim.

Acraftycat: Faux Patina in Rich Razzleberry, Soft Sky and Perfect Plum..



The Gold Satin Ribbon looks great and compliments the Gold Powder Embossing.


Acraftycat: Faux Patina in Rich Razzleberry, Soft Sky and Perfect Plum.. with Gold powder embossing

Last but not least, this beautiful creation...

Acraftycat: Faux Patina

 ...and a little closer!

Acraftycat: Faux Patina

Don't forget toocoolstamping, to check out this easy, impressive, fun technique - we had a ball and know you will too.

Yours in paper craft,

Faux Patina Showcase One

I love the Faux Patina technique and just had to try it out and show my customers how to do it in a class. Faux Patina is a wonderful technique that can be used for that bit of vintage, a bit of metallic effect, a bit of fun! This is a great video by toocoolstamping, demonstrating the Faux Patina technique.  What did this crafty cat do with this great technique....  well these are my creations to present in class.

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Faux Patina SAB Lotus Blossom

These are basic layouts featuring two panels, the Faux Patina technique on the left and a greeting panel on the right, and I couldn't resist the lotus blossom ...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Faux Patina SAB Lotus Blossom

 Baja Breeze and Perfect Plum, we picked and chose our piece of Faux Patina...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Faux Patina SAB Lotus Blossom

 The light from a different angle catches the gold embossing...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Faux Patina SAB Lotus Blossom

I cannot wait to share this in class - so much fun and the effect is just gorgeous!!!

Stay posted so you can see what the A Crafty Cat team created,
Yours in paper craft,

Bow Builder Punch x Stampin' Up!

Today's post is a showcase of customer creations using the Bow Punch distributed by Stampin' Up! so if you love what you see, please give me a call, e-mail or text and I will be happy to order products for you.  These lovely cards were created by my A Crafty Cat team at PLR...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Bow Builder x PLR

 Pool Party, Whisper White and Bermuda Bay...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Bow Builder x PLR

 Calypso Coral and Whisper White...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Bow Builder x PLR

 Pacific Point and Whisper White...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Bow Builder x PLR

The ladies had a lovely morning creating with the Bow Builder punch and I know you will too,
thanks for stopping by,

Yours in paper craft,

Bow Builder Punch x Stampin' Up!

Bows are a great addition to a female card and so many things can be made out of the bow builder.  For this post I will concentrate on a couple of cards I made - with a bow and a flower, yes both made with the bow builder punch. Rich Razzleberry, Pacific Point and Melon Mambo are the colours used on these bows - pure and simple, I just love the white background embossed with the Arrows 132187 Textured Impressions Embossing Folders.


Acraftycat: Bow builder punch x Stampin' Up!

 Now to play, Rich Razzleberry, different patterns of DSP...


Acraftycat: Bow builder punch x Stampin' Up!

 With the addition of a heart and some script from By the Tide under the heart...


Acraftycat: Bow builder punch x Stampin' Up!

 From a different view....


Acraftycat: Bow builder punch x Stampin' Up!

Now to bow topper building - our test run out of Old Olive DSP.  4 tails, 4 loops/2 bows and one centre piece...


Acraftycat: Bow builder punch x Stampin' Up!

Now to make it look like a flower...Rich Razzleberry - 5 loops, Old Olive leaves/2 tails simply placed on Whisper White with a coordinating stamped Thank you from "Lots of Thanks" a strip of DSP across the bottom edge of the card and of course a button in the centre of the flower.


Acraftycat: Bow builder punch x Stampin' Up!

I'm lovin' this punch! Cannot wait to see what you all do with it! If you don't have it yet please give me a call and I will order one in for you and share a whole lot more creations.

Yours in paper craft,

Baby Shower, Easel card for Tripplets

A baby shower card for a Mum carrying triplets was the challenge for today.  This easel card, created by Melinda Larsen, seemed the most appropriate way of showcasing the gorgeous cover of the card and allowed the incorporation of the colours and buttons that were part of the gifting theme.


A Crafty Cat: Melinda Larsen baby shower card





Melinda and I created this card together from a couple of ideas Melinda had found on pinterest.  The three tags, one for each girl, the pink and brown to incorporate the colours of the accompanying gift given to the Mum.

A Crafty Cat: Melinda Larsen baby shower card

With a background of stars, embossed with Stampin' Up! embossing folderxxx to set each mounted tag upon, each tag stamped with a giraffe from the retired Stampin' Up! set "wild about you" the white highlighted the stamping and ribbon chosen...

A Crafty Cat: Melinda Larsen baby shower card

"for your shower" also from a retired word set; was stamped in Soft Suede, white on pink pirouette finished with pearls, very classy!  from the angle...

A Crafty Cat: Melinda Larsen baby shower card

The card was completed late at night so I apologise that the photos are not better.  I hope you can see the beautiful detail, the layers included in this gorgeous card, a gift in itself.  

Thank you for stopping by

Yours in paper craft

 

A Crafty Cat - Stampin' Up! Mother's Day

I offered one of three layouts for an afternoon Mother's Day class, the Friday before Mother's Day.  The card layouts featured different techniques and layouts; dry embossing, to masking and sponging to 2-step stamping.  This is just a snippet of what we created...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Sheltering Tree

Some wrote words of Thanks...


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Papillion Potpourri sponging over mask.

The versatility of the layout showed it could also be used as a female and masculine card...



A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Papillion Potpourri sponging over mask

The original layouts... Perfect Plum and Melon Mambo...



A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Papillion Potpourri sponging over mask

A set created by a crafty cat...




A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Embossing & Sheltering Tree

My Examples for the class...





A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Sheltering Tree

It is so easy to create simply lovely cards for Mother's Day, I hope one of these layouts appeal and encourage you to create and give a card of love to a "Mum" in your life who has nurtured you.

Yours in paper craft,