Stampin' Up! Tag Topper punch with accessories

The tag topper punch range as released from Stamping' Up! is not only fantastic for scrapbooking and creating tags, it is also great to simply add to the front of a card. Embellish with literally anything you want to create a truly unique and stunning card...


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Tag Topper Punch with Tip Top Taupe lace



A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Tag Topper Punch

 Hearts are great...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Tag Topper Punch with Sweetheart punch

The colours used include Blushing Bride, Rose Red and Whisper White with the card base stamped with Gorgeous Grunge splatters...


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Tag Topper Punch with Bird Builder

Rose's gold butterflies takes my pick...


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Tag Topper Punch with Bird Builder

Always a stunning creation from Rose, thank your Rose for allowing me to share.  Next week something a little different so be sure to subscribe so you don't miss out.

 

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,

Mother's Day with Stampin' Up!

For me, Mother's Day is a day to give thanks to a special lady in your life who is caring and nurturing, usually this is your birth mum, but often it can be a carer or foster mum.  I decided to donate Mother's Day cards to the school just down the road and with that decided to ask a few Mum's to help me assemble them.  I created the cards in three layouts, one with colour and butterflies, a white card with hearts and a beautiful tree of colour - the tree being from Stampin' Up! Sheltering Tree stamp set.  These are our creations...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Papillion Potpourri with sponging over the Hex Hive thinlit die I used as a mask for the background

The first was Papillion Potpourri and Sponging over a honey comb mask in colours of Perfect Plumb, Melon Mambo...  

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Papillion Potpourri with sponging over masked background

The layered butterfly using Stampin' Up! Bitty Butterfly and Elegant Butterfly punches...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Papillion Potpourri with sponging over masked background

The second layout was simple and used an embossed piece on a backing of Whisper White  and a line of hearts...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! embossing folders and small heart punch

More, more, more, together we made over 150 cards...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! embossing folders and small heart punch

The third layout used the stamp Sheltering Tree, LOVE THIS SET, and love that we can colour the tree to anything we like...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Sheltering Tree

 The majority of the cards were not dressed but I snuck a few with hearts and bows...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Sheltering Tree

 From a different angle...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! 

I thought they looked cute... the tree was double stamped in Melon Mambo and Rich Razzleberry...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Sheltering Tree

This was so lovely, I ran a class just before Mother's Day for my lovely A Crafty Cats.  So check out the next post to see what we made.

Yours in paper craft,

Triple Tier Heart Easel Cards dressed with Stampin' Up!

This stunning triple easel card made by one of my PLR creators.  Using Stampin' Up! Hearts Collection framelits, and a selection of punches, she created this card out of Pink Pirouette and Blackberry Bliss...


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

The background embossing folder is non-SU, but the Boho punch was used to create the beautiful array of flowers...

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

A bow of Stampin' Up! Organza Ribbon sets of the back tear of the card nicely...

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

The stunning card in full and if you want to know how this card was created please click HERE and watch the fantastic tutorial by thestampcamp...

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

Thanks for stopping by,
Happy crafting...

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

French Foliage Workshop Highlight

French Foliage was the the focus of a workshop I conducted sometime ago.  This is what the lovely ladies from PLR made at that workshop.

This one was made by Marion

This one was made by Norma...

and Kris made this one...

 

I am sure you will agree that these cards are beautiful and I must tell you the last two ladies have been card making for nearly a year!  I am so proud of their beautiful work.

If you are unsure about card making but would like to give it ago like Norma and Kris, please call me and you can come to a beginners class and see if you like the art of card making.  Have a wonderful day.

French Foliage & Butterflies

French Foliage (W123557 / C121166) is a very versatile stamp and one of those, essentials for both scrapbooking and card making as it softens and adds texture to your backgrounds.  Coupled with Stampin' Up!'s new butterfly punches (Elegant Butterfly 127526 & Bitty Butterfly 129406) a simple yet stunning card can be created.


On a Crumb Cake base card I've matted the Whisper White on Perfect Plum. 

I've sponged the edge of the Whisper White card very lightly with Perfect Plum and then added the French Foliage splatters in Perfect Plum over the card with a highlight of crumb cake on the Left to Right diagonal.  The Butterflies were punched out of Vellum and Perfect Plum and lightly sponged in Perfect Plum and Crumb Cake respectively.

The sponging a little closer...

The Butterflies are adhered to the card with glue dots as they lift the butterflies slightly off the card.

Vellum is a great material to use on both your cards and scrapbooking pages.   I hope this card inspires you to not only use your butterfly punches that nestle so well onto each other, but to incorporate vellum into your projects.

The next card is one I've already posted but it shows you the same layout but with Butterflies from the Embosslit Beautiful Wings. Details for this card can be viewed HERE.


This time the butterflies from Beautiful Wings trail down the centre of the card.

This is a very simple layout and has different looks with different highlights - this card employs the Beautiful Wings Embosslits 118138 in Pink Pirouette with a Doily Background and the use of the script stamp from the French Foliage set.

The new in-colour Primrose Petals is just gorgeous, and works so well with pink pirouette, soft suede and the beautiful vintage lace from Stampin' Up!

Enjoy your butterflies and happy crafting on these wonderful sunny days and warm nights.
Happy crafting, Love