Stampin' Up! Tag Cards

I've been having a little play with tags on cards and embellishing these tags with Stampin' Up! Designer Series Paper (DSP), embossing folders, ribbons, stamps and dies... First a rose ( Stampin' Up! Rose Garden thinlit dies) in neutral colours of Crumb Cake and Early Expresso...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Tag Cards

The card is simply the base card with a 2" strip of coordinating DSP with a dressed tag mounted onto the base card and the greeting placed...somewhere!  This one has a little more colour and a butterfly (Butterflies thinlit dies) die cut out of Calypso Coral Stampin' Up! cardstock.  A bit of sponging on the tag edges and this one is my favourite of all the creations today.

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Tag Cards

Calypso Coral and Old Olive - gorgeous colour combo...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Tag Cards

Blues, Greens and Oranges with black accents...and of course that butterfly!

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Tag Cards

from a different angle...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Tag Cards

I love versatile layouts and what a great way to use up any 2" strips of  DSP you may have left over from other projects and the little snippets to embellish the tags.  Quick, easy layout and very rewarding.

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Yours in paper craft,

Stampin' Up! Water Coloured Butterflies KISS

Stampin' Up! Bold Butterfly and Butterflies Thinlits have been a hugely adored in my classes.  This post is another of my KISS (Keep It Simple Sweetheart) layouts where the background of the butterfly has been water coloured.


A Crafty Cat; Stampin' Up! Water colour Butterfly thinlit die

Mary Coloured this one in stunning Night of Navy and wow, loved it so much I had to case it, thanks Mary...


A Crafty Cat; Stampin' Up! Water colour Butterfly thinlit die

The cards were created by choosing a base card and in this case, a Whisper White card face, cut 1/8 to 1/4 inch smaller than the card base.
Using the detailed thinlit die image of the larger butterfly, I cut out the butterfly and removed it so there was a window left.
On a rectangular piece of Stampin' Up! water colour paper or Stampin' Up! Shimmer White cardstock, cut larger than the butterfly, but smaller than the card face, I positioned it under the butterfly window and marked where I was going to water colour.
I then got a plate and a couple of drops of reinker colour that coordinated with the base card colour, in the above case, Night of Navy.

A Crafty Cat; Stampin' Up! Water colour Butterfly thinlit die

Using the aqua pen I picked up some reinker and worked from the outer edge of the markings to the centre, allowing the ink to lighten as I came into the centre.  Once I had covered the butterfly area, I allowed the card to dry and positioned it and adhered it to the back of the butterfly window ie card front using sticky strip.


A Crafty Cat; Stampin' Up! Water colour Butterfly thinlit die

I then stamped my sentiment in the coordinating ink colour and adhered the card face onto the card base.


A Crafty Cat; Stampin' Up! Water colour Butterfly thinlit die

The effect is warm, crisp and simply stunning...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Water coloured Butterflies thinlit die

Loving our KISS projects created for the new Stampin' Up! catalogue launch? Then please come by again to see more...Have a purrrfectly crafty day,

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Stampin' Up! Accordion Fold embellished with Botanical Blooms and Butterflies

The Accordion card fold is such a fun 3 dimensional card fold to decorate and with Stampin' Up! Botanical Blooms and Botanical Builder Framelits dies, embellishing could not be easier.  This is what I created to inspire for an up coming class...


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Accordion Fold

Yes I had to add butterflies and I love the monarch butterfly, hence the colours of Tangerine Tango and Pumpkin pie in the background.  The blossoms are in Whisper White with centres of Blackberry Bliss and Gold.   The foliage was cut in colours of Wild Wasabi and Always Artichoke, sketched on and sponging done in Old Olive...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Accordion Fold

A card in blue for a special lady who supports us HEAPS...


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Accordion Fold

 The butterfly had 3 layers, Basic Black on Velum (coated with Wink of Stella) on Daffodil Delight


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Accordion Fold

The flowers were in Cherry Cobbler, Melon Mambo and Pink Pirouette with Daffodil Delight and Basic Black centres, highlighted with Rhinestones...


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Accordion Fold

There is a lot of work in the cutting out of flowers, leaves and stamen, but the effort is worth it.  These are magnificent cards, ones I'm proud to pass on.

Yours in paper craft,

Stampin' Up! DSP, Doilies, Roses, Butterflies and more...

Today I want to share with you A Crafty Cat creations using Stampin' Up! DSP, Doilies, Roses, Butterflies and more...

A Crafty Cat; Stampin' Up! DSP, Doilies and Butterflies

I love this DSP from the Love Blossoms DSP stack.

A Crafty Cat; Stampin' Up! DSP, Doilies and Butterflies

From pretty flowers too the Go Wild DSP stack - love, love, love this card...

A Crafty Cat; Stampin' Up! DSP, Doilies and Butterflies

The gold under the Soft Suede butterfly not only sets off the butterfly but compliments the card as a whole...

A Crafty Cat; Stampin' Up! DSP, Doilies and Butterflies

Leanne created this beautiful card using the sequence ribbon to highlight her greeting...

A Crafty Cat; Stampin' Up! DSP, Doilies and Butterflies

This is so amazing and again I love that double mounted butterfly idea of CN, and the Love Blossoms DSP stack used for the background....

A Crafty Cat; Stampin' Up! DSP, Doilies and Butterflies

I've enjoyed watching the variations to the layout. 
I look forward to your company at my next post, until then, enjoy your craft.

Yours in paper craft,

Stampin' Up! DSP, Doilies, Roses, Butterflies and more...

Stampin' Up! has a great range of beautiful Designer Series Papers (DSP) that can be used in any aspect of paper craft; a background, highlighting strip or to create embellishments, and when coupled with a Doily and a greeting, this is what A Crafty Cat girls created...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Doily with DSP

Pink Pirouette and Crumb Cake is so lovely...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Doily with DSP

Butterflies on a Pacific Point base, the bow, Watermelon Crush...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Doily with DSP

Rose Red and White is becoming a favourite colour combination of mine...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Doily & Butterfly with DSP

This basic layout was cased from Bronwyn Eastley, an eye catching versatile layout for males or females...A masculine version...base card is Black.

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Doily with DSP

Bermuda Bay and Whisper White in landscape - lovely...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Doily with DSP

A little Tip Top Taupe...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Doily with DSP

Real Red - love the finish on the centre of this card... 

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Doily with DSP

A little closer where you can see the coloured edging and fine silver twine...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Doily with DSP

Love this layout? - me too, so one more post featuring ideas from the A Crafty Cat team.

Yours in paper craft,

Stampin' Up! DSP, Doilies, Roses, Butterflies and more...

Stampin' Up! has a great range of Designer Series Papers (DSP) and when coupled with a Doily and a greeting, this is what I created to inspire my class of A Crafty Cats...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! DSP, Doilies and butterflies

The above was inspired by CN - I love the doubling of the butterfly and the landscape layout.

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! DSP, Doilies and butterflies

 This is the original idea, portrait with simply a doily, butterfly and a greeting...


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Doily with DSP and Butterfly

I just love how simple and cute these are...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Doily with DSP and Butterfly

Rose Red and Crumb Cake with Blushing Bride - love the colour combinations...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Doily with DSP

These were inspired by Browyn Eastley and I just loved how they turned out.  Back to basics and the addition of a rose...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! DSP, Doilies and butterflies

The butterfly mounted on Gold to coordinate with the hello!...


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! DSP, Doilies and butterflies

Love the layering of the butterfly... I cased this ideas from CN.


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Doily with DSP

I look forward to your company at the next post, where you get to see more beautiful creations by the A Crafty Cat team.

Yours in paper craft,

Stampin' Up! Bloomin Hearts thinlit die & Bird builder punch

The Bloomin Hearts Thinlit die sold by Stampin' Up! is a must have versatile die.  This is what I created for class complimenting the die with DSP, Satin Ribbon and Bold Butterfly thinlits die. I used Rich Razzleberry, Blushing Bride and Whisper White...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Bloomin Hearts thinlit die

I folded the butterfly in half as to make it look like the butterfly landed on the bow amongst the flowers.

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Bloomin Hearts thinlit die

These are the creations from class attendees - Blushing Bride complemented with Smokey Slate..., the centre card used Soft Suede and Crumb cake...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Bloomin Hearts thinlit die

Soft Suede and Crumb cake...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Bloomin Hearts thinlit die

Soft Suede stamping and Crumb cake bow...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Bloomin Hearts thinlit die

Basic Grey...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Bloomin Hearts thinlit die

Thank you ladies for allowing me to show case your beautiful creations.


Yours in paper craft,