=A Crafty Cat: July 2017

Monday, July 31, 2017

Stampin' Up! Daisy Delight

The Daisy Delight Bundle is now available after an incredible sell out by Stampin' Up! customers. The last post shows you the card in green, now for the card in blue...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Daisy Delight

The Sparkle (141468) TIEF (textured Impressions Embossing Folder) adds depth to the card.

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Daisy Delight with Sparkle TEIF background

The card is again dressed up with a velum jar and gem flower centres...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Daisy Delight with petal burst TIEF, Velum jar and gem flower centres

Marion created this lovely card in class...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Daisy Delight

I love this layout, full of layers, textures and colour... I hope you have had a purrrfectly crafty day, thank you for stopping by,

Yours in paper craft,

Friday, July 28, 2017

Stampin' Up! release of the Daisy punch and coordinating stamp set has been a raging success with the punch selling out very quickly... but never fear, it is back! One of the perks of being a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator is the privilege of ordering some items a month prior and luckily I did. These are the projects I created for Catalogue Launch. A traditional layout but stepped up to show how to go from a simple card to adding, adding, adding to get a layered card, full of texture and bling.

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Daisy Delight

The card is simply stamped and matted with the flowers shaped...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Daisy Delight

with the addition of a strip of DSP, the card comes alive...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Daisy Delight on DSP

By adding texture by embossing, to the base card by embossing with the "Sparkles" Embossing Folder (1414168), the card becomes alive and the glimmer paper (133719) centres add a new bling dimension...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Daisy Delight on DSP and Embossed base card

A velum jar is added, gems for the flower centres and the card maintains it style. On this card I used Petal Burst (141493) Embossing Folder and Daffodil Delight (144116) double stitched ribbon...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Daisy Delight on DSP and Embossed base card, and velum jar

The velum up close and the ribbon and beautiful gems...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Daisy Delight close up of flowers and centre gems

The bundle of the punch and stamp set is a must in any card makers collection, I hope this post inspires you to step up your cards when using this (or any other) daisy punch and stamp set.

Yours in paper craft,

Thursday, July 27, 2017

Stampin' Up! Christmas in July Christmas Pines

I love Stampin' Up! stamp set of Christmas Pines (142049) and had to use it again in my Christmas in July celebration. The coordinating dies Pretty Pines Thinlits enables one to create beautiful pine cones and leaves, to compliment your work...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Christmas Pines & Pretty Pines Thinlits dies

The cluster in detail contains the pine cones on darker (Early Expresso) backs and the leaves are stamped and die cuts layered over the top...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Christmas Pines & Pretty Pines Thinlits dies

String or Ribbon down the side breaks the white from the backing card...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Christmas Pines & Pretty Pines Thinlits dies

The cluster on the Pool Party base up close with ribbon...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Christmas Pines & Pretty Pines Thinlits dies

One of the A Crafty Cat team created this striking card on a Smoky Slate...Old Olive Mini Chevron Ribbon to tie the cones together...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Christmas Pines & Pretty Pines Thinlits dies

The creations are nothing short of stunning and I love this layout found on pinterest and cased from nice people stamp. If you live in Australia, know you can shop with me 24/7 on my online shop. I hope you have purrrfectly good crafty day,

Yours in paper craft,

Monday, July 24, 2017

Stampin' Up! Window Box Cards 2

Stampin' Up! Window box framelits (142762) are not only for creating lovely hexagonal boxes but you can also create stunning stylish KISS (Keep It Simple Sweetheart) cards in a set! This post is a simple one layer Whisper White card with a mounted die cut focal point enhanced with ribbon.

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Window Box thinlits

This set of cards are not layered, but simply uses the window frame cut out with a Stitched Shapes (141708) square and mounted on a coordinating colour - Fresh Fig which coordinates with the stamping.

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Window Box thinlits

Burlap Ribbon (141487) is cut on the angle and adhered behind the focal piece...see the stitching, looks great!

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Window Box thinlits

Silver Natural Trim (141485) Ribbon is snaked behind this piece, again cut out with Stitched Shapes to get that stitched look...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Window Box thinlits

The candles are backed with Daffodil Delight before being mounted on the Denim Dapper mat. Gold Metallic thread is put behind.

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Window Box thinlits

The metal thread looks great and is shiny...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Window Box thinlits

The card set is simple and stunning, I love the layout - cased from Pinterest. I have listed may of the codes for the products I've used. If you live in Australia and would like to shop with me please click on the link to the right, if you would like personal service from me then please contact me.

Yours in paper craft,

Monday, July 17, 2017

Stampin' Up! Butterflies

To showcase Stampin' Up! new 2017-19 In colours, I decided to make a picture frame like so many I've seen on pinterest. The layout is another KISS (Keep It Simple Sweetheart) but two layers - a base card and mat of the same colour, to give it depth, not really caught by my photos...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Butterflies, Layering Squares, Stitched Shapes

The colours above are (left to right) Tranquil Tide, Lemon Lime Twist, and below Fresh Fig, Berry Burst and Powder Pink...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Butterflies, Layering Squares, Stitched Shapes

The idea came from Pinterest, Mary Brown but I mixed it up a little, using the stitched shapes and vellum.
From one layer of the butterflies to two and mixing up the matting....

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Butterflies, Layering Squares, Stitched Shapes

Fresh Fig with Sweet Sugarplum with Whisper White... the leaf created from velum with the leaf die out of the Stampin' Up! set Flourish Thinlits (141478)

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Butterflies, Layering Squares, Stitched Shapes

The codes for many of the products I have used are in brackets. If I can help you with anything paper craft please contact me. If you live in Australia, I would love your custom - and you can shop 24/7 with me via my online shop. Just click the link

Thank you for joining me,
Yours in paper craft,

Friday, July 14, 2017

Stampin' Up! Christmas in July - Diamond fold card

For our Christmas in July celebration, I chose a diamond card fold - one of my favourites as it has a bit of pop and the lovely diamond shape as the centre piece, for our detailed card creation.

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Christmas Stocking Thinlit x Marion

You can make them in any size but these were a 4" x 12" strip of cardstock scored at 2", 4", 8", 10" holding the card landscape. A diagonal score is then made from the centre edge to each the 2" score and 10" score, top and bottom so that it looks like this...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Diamond Fold

I dressed the side panels with DSP and the centre with a mat of coordinating cardstock and DSP on top. I then added the layered stockings and holly, along with a loop of ribbon on the main stocking...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Christmas Stocking Thinlit

The stockings look great!...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Christmas Stocking Thinlit x June

Stampin' Up! new Fresh Florals DSP stack (144131) coordinated purrrfectly with this colour combo!...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Christmas Stocking Thinlit x Wendy

Don't they look great! If I can help you with any of your Christmas creations please contact me, I would love to help! Thanks for stopping by and checking this post out.

Yours in paper craft,

Monday, July 10, 2017

Stampin' Up! Christmas in July - Cookie Cutter Christmas tags

The two-step, Cookie Cutter Christmas stamp set, by Stampin' Up! is so much fun and coordinates with Cookie Cutter Builder punch. The Santa, Deer, Bear, Gingerbread man and Eskimo can all be cut out using the one punch...BRILLIANT I know!!!