Stampin' Up! Fussy Cutting edges

A lovely finish to a card is a boarder of fussy cutting.  This post showcases the technique where the edge of the card stock is stamped and then fussy cut to produce a very striking card!


A Crafty Cat - Stampin' Up! Daisy Delight

In Berry Burst, Stampin' Up! new hot pink in colour, 

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Daisy Delight

and Tranquil Tide below, the cards are simply created by stamping and fussy cutting the mat that is adhered to the coloured base card. The stamping is colour coordinated with the ink and Designer Series Paper. The sentiment "thank you" is from the Daisy Delight set (143669)

A Crafty Cat - Stampin' Up! Butterfly Basics

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Butterfly Basics

You can choose any stamp for this layout - above I used the butterfly from Butterfly Basics (137154) and masked to over lap the butterflies, then die cut the detailed butterfly to add depth to the card.


A Crafty Cat - Stampin' Up! Daisy Delight

Back to Daisy Delight - just a gorgeous little flower that can be transformed into any aster with consideration of colour, petal shape and petal density.  I AM having a lot of fun with this bundle (145361) 


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Flower Shop

If you live in Australia and want to shop with me, I'd love to serve you!  You can shop online with me or contact me and I will serve you personally.  If you live on the Darling Downs, I'd love to have a cuppa with you.  Know you are always welcome!  Hmmm thinking snow flakes and dancing Santa.......stay posted to see what I get up to next!

Yours in paper craft,

Stampin' Up! Gift Tags

Sale-a-bration is a great time for me to take the time to make some tags of Thank you.  For ladies who attended class and placed orders, I created thank you tags with ribbon, to wrap around their SAB items  - all a little different, each a one off...


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Flower Shop & Stampin' Up! Another Thank You.

All put together the SAB gift looked like this... Blushing Bride card stock stamped in Real Red.

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Flower Shop & Stampin' Up! Another Thank You.

Smoky Slate card stock stamped with Real Red...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Flower Shop & Stampin' Up! Another Thank You.

Pool Party card stock stamped in Tempting Turquoise

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Remarkable You & Stampin' Up! Cottage Greetings.



Tags are easy to create and look great as a small gesture of appreciation.
To create these tags I simply cut out a 2 inch strip of Stampin' Up! Card stock, 4 inches in length and used Stampin' Up! Tag punches to sculpture the tag end. 
I then stamped the card stock with a coordinating colour and then stamped the greeting to match.
Too easy ;-)


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Remarkable You

 From a background of coloured cardstock to white...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Remarkable You

Enjoy gift giving with personalised tags,

Yours in paper craft,

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,

Stampin' Up! Flower Pot Card using "Flower Shop" & "Petite Petals" 3

Today's post is part three of show casing beautiful flower pot cards created by a special group of ladies in celebratory class...


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Flower Shop & Petite Petals

Tempting Turquoise and Rich Razzleberry flowers, with lovely pearl accents make for a lovely presentation on this pot...


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Flower Shop & Petite Petals

Burnt Sugar cardstock for the pot created a wonderful look for the flowers cascading down it in this creation...


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Flower Shop & Petite Petals

Daffodil Delight with Real Red is nothing short of stunning in this bouquet...


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Flower Shop & Petite Petals

A big thank  you to all those that came to the celebration and for allowing me to showcase the creations on my blog.  The cards are simple and lots of fun to create. If you would like more information , please contact me.

Yours in paper craft,

Stampin' Up! Flower Pot Card using "Flower Shop" & "Petite Petals" 2

Today's post is part two of showcasing the lovely cards created by a wonderful group of ladies in a celebration workshop.  These flower pot cards are so beautiful...Yellow, Blue and Brown with accents of white is nothing short of stunning...


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Flower Shop & Boho Punch

Another lovely creation...


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Flower Shop & Petite Petals

Another combination of Yellow, Blue and White...


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Flower Shop & Petite Petals

Striking Red and Yellow with White highlights set the Cajun Craze pot of beautifully...


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Flower Shop & Petite Petals

There are still 4 more cards to showcase, so thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out part three of this post.

Yours in paper craft,
with love,

Stampin' Up! Flower Pot Card using "Flower Shop" & "Petite Petals" 1

Every once in a while, each one of us is lucky to have someone very special enter our lives.  I have been fortunate to have many enter and stay, some enter and go.  I wanted to celebrate two of these wonderful women that are currently in my life, with a workshop hosted for them so they could attract the freebies.  The theme a Pot of flowers that never die - very fitting... These are the creations of those that attended the celebration.

A Crafty Cat: Flower Pot

A Crafty Cat: Flower Pot

A Crafty Cat: Flower Pot

A Crafty Cat: Flower Pot

We had 12 attend the celebration so I've divided the postings into 3, so see you at the next post!

Yours in paper craft,

2014 Catalogue Launch - Z fold cards 3

This post features Stampin' Up! products used in projects from Kathy Free's 2014 catalogue launch at her home in Logan.  The projects featured Z Fold cards, the burger box and the use of blendabilities.


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Z Fold card featuring Flower Shop, Petite Petals & Papillion Potpourri; and Burger box creations

This is a stunning effect; a mass of beautiful blue Butterflies stamped from Papillion Potpourri...


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Z Fold card and Burger box creations

Pink Pirouette with Melon Mambo and Rich Razzleberry - a lovely combination...


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Z Fold card and Burger box creations

Blendabilities are such a hit and the easiest way to demonstrate these wonderful pens is to colour the Stampin' Up! image of Blended Bloom...


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Z Fold card and Blendability project

Another stunning Z Fold Card....


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Z Fold card

LOVE THEM all, congratulations Kathy on holding wonderful, fun and productive workshops.  The finished projects were so stunning...

I look forward to working with Kathy and her very talented customers very soon.
xxx

2014 Catalogue Launch - Z fold cards 2

To launch the 2014 - 15 Stampin' Up! catalogue, for Kathryn Free in Logan, Qld, Australia, we featured a project utilizing the Z fold card.  This is a very simple card to cut and fold as shown HERE by Dawn Griffith.  These cards were created at Kathryn Free's Catalogue Launch...

A Crafty Cat: Z Fold Card, very stunning in Black and Real Red highlighting the Stampin' Up! sets of Papillion Potpourri and Petite Petals

 This stunning card features Stampin' Up! "Flower Shop" and "Petite Petals"...

A Crafty Cat: Z Fold Card, very stunning in Night of Navy and Cherry Cobbler highlighting the Stampin' Up! sets of Flower Shop and Petite Petals

This card features Stampin' Up! "Papillion Potpourri" in Pacific Point on a Marina Mist base...

A Crafty Cat: Z Fold Card, very stunning in Black and Real Red highlighting the Stampin' Up! sets of Papillion Potpourri

Instructions:-
I cut a piece of 12x12 card stock in half to give me a 6"x12" piece of cardstock
I then scored the 12" length at 4 and 8".  These are the fold lines to make the Z
I measured and marked 4 1/2" on the 6" length and then cut from the 6" point to the 4 1/2" point to give me the angle which is the feature of the Z fold card.

Diane Jackson always creates something beautiful, just love the colour combo of her Z fold card...

A Crafty Cat: Z Fold Card, very stunning x Diane Jackson, highlighting the Stampin' Up! sets of Flower Shop & Petite Petals

The girls enjoyed having a card base made in seconds, the challenge was then to embellish it.
For me, this took some time but for others, no problem at all. 

I just love trying out and dressing different card folds, hope this inspires you to try this very simple fold and to dress it up too!

Have a purrrfectly crafty good day,
love