Stampin' Up! Christmas Cards - fussy cutting a decorative edge

Fussy cutting a decorative edge and using a coordinating Designer Series Paper to highlight your stamping looks great!  These are some examples from the classes I held in December...


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Fussy Cutting

Above the feature stamp was Flurry of Wishes and below the ever fun Cookie Cutter Christmas


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Fussy Cutting

The main image/s were stamped then masked and the rest of the images stamped over the masking...


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Fussy Cutting

The edge of the stamping was then fussy cut - optional as to if you leave a border or not...


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Fussy Cutting

and that reveals the DSP used on the inside of the card - tooo awesome!!!


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Fussy Cutting

The girls had so much fun creating these cards for Christmas, join us creating your own...
Yours in paper craft,

Stampin' Up! Santa's Sleigh Thinlits for Christmas in July 1

Christmas in July - a kick start to creating Christmas cards, enjoying a warm lunch, celebrating the gift of life, friends and creations.  The day was a cosy one with cold and rain, purrrfect to encourage the creative flairs of those that attended.  Keep It Simple Sweetheart (KISS) was again the theme for all but one project.  This is the first...


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Santa's Sleigh Thinlits x Marion and June

Simply emboss the background with your favourite folder and add a strip of coordinating DSP and frame with a strip of glimmer paper either side using Tombo Glue.  Cut out your embellishments - Sleigh, snow flake from the Stockings Thinlits and greeting (from the Flurry of Wishes set).


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Santa's Sleigh Thinlits x Marion and June

 Instead of a red base, Gold foil looks stunning on the building of the Sleigh and instead of Red Glimmer paper you can use strips of Garden Green Stampin' Up! cardstock...


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Santa's Sleigh Thinlits x Wendy and myself

Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh... and create beautiful KISS cards with friends.

Stay posted or subscribe so you don't miss a post, and enjoy our day of KISS projects.
Yours in paper craft,

2016 Christmas Stampin' Up! Easel slide card

I love the Easel slide card fold so much, I held a class for the A Crafty Cat team and this is what they made for a special someone for Christmas...I love the Merry Mice Stampin' Up! stamp set sooo much, they are just too cute!

The Father Christmas Stampin' Up! stamp is another favourite, he is so grand...Embellished Ornament mistletoe on the tag!

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Father Christmas

The Merry Mice again with Flurry of Wishes on the tag

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Merry Mice

Merry Mice again - I can hear him singing to me...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Merry Mice

A big thank you to the creators of pinterest - where I get most of my ideas and to Jan Brown and Dawn Griffiths for their You Tube videos on how to make this VERY cool card.

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Merry Mice

And thank you for your company, through out the year. I wish you and your loved ones a Very Merry Christmas and a fabulous 2017 filled with joy and prosperity.

Yours in paper craft,

2016 Christmas Stampin' Up! DSP & Pretty Pines thinlit dies 2

Welcome to A Crafty Cat and another post showcasing the creations by the A Crafty Cat team...Designer Series Paper coupled with coordinating card stock is stunning to say the least, when combined on a card front with a feature piece... 

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! DSP Pretty Pines thinlit dies

Even the Christmas owl from the 2016 hostess set Cozy Critters is so very cute...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! DSP Cozy Critters

The greeting from Christmas Pines a long with the mistletoe and pine cones is simply stunning...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! DSP Christmas Pines

Flurry of Wishes in Basic Grey or Real Red compliments nicely...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! DSP Flurry of Wishes

Jan created this lovely card...the Pretty Pines thinlits are a must to anyone's collection of dies...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! DSP Pretty Pines

And more that I created using a variety of dies and Stampin' Up! DSP...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! DSP

I love the versatility of stamps, dies and DSP in card making and hope this inspires you to use up your off cuts in a beautifully creative way.

Thank you for your company,
Yours in paper craft,

2016 Christmas Stampin' Up! DSP & Pretty Pines thinlit dies

Do you have wide strips of DSP and coordinating cardstock? This post may hold the answer for you!   I had a random pile of 2" and larger strips of DSP and cardstock and 1/8" strips of glimmer paper, DSP and foil.  This is what I did with them...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Pretty Pines

On a base card I placed the DSP on the bottom half, coordinating card stock on the top half - where they overlapped or met, or not quite met, a great cover :-) and highlighting strip!

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Flurry of Wishes

I then stamped my sentiment and added snow flakes from the set Flurry of Wishes...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Flurry of Wishes

or ornaments were cut using the Delicate Ornament thinlit dies 

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Delicate Ornaments thinlit dies top, Pretty Pines thinlit dies

or pine cones from the Pretty Pines die set...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up!

and I made heaps of them....

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up!

I think they look great and I used up a heap of scrap papers cutting out leaves, pine cones, bows etc.
Be sure to check out what the A Crafty Cat girls did with the idea in an up coming post...

Thank you for stopping by
yours in paper craft, 

2016 Christmas Stampin' Up! Flurry of Wishes

Welcome to another Christmas post.

Although it doesn't snow at Christmas time in Australia, many are partial to snow flakes.  I do love them and one day hope to experience just one, White Christmas...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Flurry of Wishes

The layout is stunning - there is a base card, a background piece and a feature panel with coordinating coloured snow flakes mounted on Stampin' Up! dimensionals...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Flurry of Wishes

You can choose a variety of Stampin' Up! textured impression embossing folders to create your background - Festive, Seaside, Softly Falling, Woodland, Holly, Lucky Stars, Elegant Dots just to name a few...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Flurry of Wishes

For something different but stunning - Tempting Turquoise and Melon Mambo... 

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Flurry of Wishes

Cherry Cobbler and Whisper White...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Flurry of Wishes

Traditional Red and Green....

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Flurry of Wishes

And to show the versatility of the layout, the use of Festive season instead of Flurry of Wishes...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Festive Season

They are lovely cards, clean and crisp.  Thank you for joining me, I look forward to your company at the next post.

Yours in paper craft,

2015 Christmas - Triple Layer cards with Stampin' Up!

Triple layer cards are in fact a card base and 5 layers of card on top or three sets of pictures framed, to give the triple effect. The concept is very striking and can be used to create a picture or used with a stamp/s repeated to form a pattern.  Both have been demonstrated in todays class, the first showcase, created by a gorgeous young lady Analyse...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Lovely as a Tree,Triple layer card

Set in grey and real red, with pearl highlights, the card was sponged to create the hint of sky; this card is very striking... 

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Lovely as a Tree, Triple layer card

Leanne created this lovely card highlighting a feature snowflake with Stampin' Up! rhinestones...


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Flurry of Wishes, Triple layer card

I think the chalking on the tag just sets if off nicely - love it...Stampin' Up! stamp sets used - Flurry of Wishes and Embellished Ornaments


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Flurry of Wishes, Triple layer card

I created this card using Flurry of Wishes in Marina Mist ...not that it looks like it, sorry the lighting conditions were poor (love rainy days) and has made the colour look a little like Island Indigo.

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Flurry of Wishes, Triple layer card

 A traditional red and green in Real Red and Old Olive was a must...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Embellished Ornaments, Triple layer card

Just love the sparkle of Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details (glitter glue) and the stars of Glimmer paper...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Embellished Ornaments, Triple layer card

Want to give the triple layer card a go, then watch HERE. I love how Sandi Maclver watermarks her card with Versamark and sponges over it. Thank you for stopping by and I look forward to seeing you at the next post!

Yours in paper craft,