Triple Layer Cards with Stampin' Up!

It is always fun to create a card trend, and this is one from a couple of years ago that has re-emerged, the triple layer card, which is in fact three sets of pictures on mats, on top of each other.  The technique is relatively easy, just required a lot of cutting out.  I love Sandi Maclver's video presentation which can be viewed HERE ... and here is what the A Crafty Cat team made in class.

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Lovely as a Tree presented as a Triple Layer card.

The mats are taken out and the Whisper White layers are re layered on top of each other and the assembly is then stamped.

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Lovely as a Tree presented as a Triple Layer card.

 World of Dreams x Stampin' Up! in Perfect Plum is nothing short of stunning...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! World of Dreams presented as a Triple Layer card.

 The tag features the beautiful Iced Rhinestone Embellishments...139637

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! World of Dreams presented as a Triple Layer card.

 Flower Shop x Stampin' Up! in Real Red - this was very striking...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Flower Shop presented as a Triple Layer card.

 This due utilised the sets By the Tide & Flower Shop x Stampin' Up!...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! By the Tide & Flower Shop presented as a Triple Layer cards.

 Leanne created this lovely card in Marina Mist, using the Stampin' Up! set Serene Silhouettes...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Serene Shilhouettes presented as a Triple Layer card.

 The Silver ribbon sets the card off purrrfectly...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Serene Silhouette presented as a Triple Layer card.

 Bu the Tide x Stampin' Up! makes a great triple layer card...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! By The Tide presented as a Triple Layer card.

This layout will be featured in our Christmas cards, so be sure to keep an eye out for that! Click HERE to see the Christmas triple layer cards.

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,

Triple Tier Square Easel Cards dressed with Stampin' Up!

Ben, our son, likes to create cards with me and when I was making the Triple Easel cards, yes my  focus was female cards.  Ben wanted to make a blue card and he adores the Stampin' Up! sets of "By the Tide" and "Sea Street".  I made this card for Ben, as he meticulously instructed me through out the creation :-)


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Squares collection, triple tear easel card

The Birthday greeting was stamped directly onto the back of the Natural Chevron Ribbon with Black Stayzon Ink...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Squares collection, triple tear easel card

The centre piece of the card features the Seahorse...


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Squares collection, triple tear easel card

The first tier features the crab, crayfish, sea star from Stampin' Up! Sea Street...


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Squares collection, triple tear easel card

The card in full features the bakers twine in Early Expresso...


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Squares collection, triple tear easel card

Thanks for stopping by; and please leave a comment so I can share with Benjamin.
Happy crafting,

Work of Art 3

Stampin' Up! Work of Art is a purrrfect stamp set to create backgrounds and masculine cards.  Kathryn Free had her Mum & Daughter Father's Day workshop and this is part two of what her very talented customers created...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Work of Art & Wetlands

From Tempting Turquoise above to Marina Mist below...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Work of Art & Sea Street

This card is stunning in brightness, makes me smile this one...


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Work of Art

A strong masculine card any Dad would be proud to receive...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Work of Art & By the Tide

This layout is so versatile and Work of Art clearly compliments any masculine stamp set...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Work of Art;  Traveler & Sea Street.

A big thank you to Kathy Free and her customers for allowing me to showcase their wonderful creations.  It was a very successful, crafty good day.

Yours in craft,

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

Fussy Cutting a Stampin' Up! featured card edge

Fussy cutting and edge of a row of stamping looks fantastic and is very effective on both male and female cards.  I have held a couple of classes and we made the following cards using Stampin' Up! Rubber stamps Secret Garden, Papillion Potpourri, Flower Shop and By the Tide.

Fussy Cutting is simply cutting a couple of millimetres around the stamped image - in this case we fussy cut around the flowers stamped on contrasting white card and then fussy cut the coloured base card, after adhering the feature card.


Rich Razzleberry and Garden Green

Stampin' Up! Papillion Potpourri in Perfect Plum...


Perfect Plum on Pool Party

Stampin' Up! Flower Shop with a little bling...


Rich Razzleberry on Old Olive

 One for the boys who love fishing...

Marina Mist all the way

Stampin' Up Papillion Potpourri in Perfect Plum...

Perfect Plum all the way

This card was inspired by Dawn Griffith, one of my favourite Stampin' Up! demonstrators.  Check her video out HERE to watch her make a very similar card - I just added a strip of Designer series paper to exaggerate the effect of the fussy cutting.

Melon Mambo on Old Olive

Add a contrasting Designer Series Paper (DSP) on the inside of the card to lift your fussy cutting, layer images and add a little bling and a sentiment and your card is finished.  So simple yet so effective.

If you need fine sizzors to undertake your fussy cutting, e-mail me and I will get for you Stampin' Up! paper snips (103579)

Card in a Box with Stampin' Up!

The card in the box has been a much loved class and the following pictures are of those boxes made by some dear crafty cats. To learn how to make these beautiful boxes by visiting HERE.  The ever popular Stampin' Up! Flower Shop and Petite Petals was the main two stamps sets used in creating these gorgeous cards.  These cards were made by the wonderful and inspiring PLR ladies

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Flower Shop featured on this Card in a Box

Old Olive made for a stunning background...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Flower Shop featured on this Card in a Box

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Flower Shop featured on this Card in a Box

Marina Mist looks stunning with these gorgeous sea creatures from the stamp set "By the Tide"

Colleen's card features "By the Tide" by Stampin' Up!

Flowers and butterflies make a gorgeous gift...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Flower Shop featured on this Card in a Box

Love them, then click HERE for the link to a wonderful video, showing you how to make them and please send me a pic of your creation,

Love

Masculine Cards - Stampin' Up! "By the Tide" featuring faux fossil stone backgrounds

Stampin' Up! stamp set "By the Tide" is a detailed set that is purrrfect for male cards and use on scrapbook pages for that big catch or event by the sea.  This versatile set includes coral, shell, seahorse, fish and more. Todays hand made background is Faux Fossil Stone, a background which can also be used in scrapbooking.

Traditional Marina Mist coupled with Early Expresso resulted in this card...my favourite of all the made I think...

A simple layout with the greeting from Curly Cute.

On this card I embossed the fish in Gold and the coral in Mellon Mambo and Tangerine Tango embossing powder.

 

I love the square lattice embossing folder; it adds real dimension to the card.  I layered the greeting on the postage stamp punch 122344 to bring forward the Early Expresso and add to the masculinity of the card.

Matting and popping a mat with Dimensionals makes the card pop.   

Gumball Green, embossed with the Woodgrain 127821 embossing folder, with Not Quite Navy matting resulted in this card. 

I powder embossed the coral in Early Expresso and the anchor in Pool Party embossing powder to add a little more dimension to the card.

 

Loving the background technique - Click HERE to learn how.

It is always lovely to show the makings of others, especially the results of a class where the ladies are new at Stampin' Up! and card making.  Bev and Lenny made the following cards using the Faux Fossil Stone Technique with By the Tide stamp set.

Bev's card used a very different colour combination of Marina Mist and Perfect Plum card stock, Gumball Green, Melon Mambo, Pewter and Silver embossing powder with Gumball Green, Tempting Turquoise and Perfect Plum ink.

 

Lenny was taken by the Tangerine Tango and I have to say I really love this card.  Coupled with Not Quite Navy matting and stamping the Marina Mist/Old Olive background worked a treat

Male cards are thought to be difficult to make, but By the Tide Wood Mount 129117 / Clear Mount 129120 is one set that makes this task very easy.  There are more posts and ideas using this gorgeous set so be sure to check them out.

Thanks for stopping by
Stay warm and happy crafting.