2016 Christmas Stampin' Up! Wonder of Christmas (Angel)

Angels, I've been eyeing off this set Wonder of Christmas by Stampin' Up! for awhile and finally decided to get it and create with it. She is such a dear little girl, fit for soft pastel/pale colours; Soft Sky, Pink Pirouette and Smokey Slate ... sweet!

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Wonder of Christmas

stamped, water coloured, shaped and lifted with Dimensionals and Wink of Stella, she soon became a mass card production for Christmas giving...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Wonder of Christmas

Vellum for her wings, embossed with a mix of clear and dazzling diamonds added just the right amount of sparkle...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Wonder of Christmas

 Pink for the girls who love pink...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Wonder of Christmas

They certainly are a treat!  Enjoy your Christmas and I hope you continue to stay posted and enjoy more creations for Christmas giving.

Yours in paper craft,

Stampin' Up! Sitting Here

Hello and welcome to A Crafty Cat Blog,

I am enjoying creating using the Stampin' Up! set Sitting Here, so much so I have a couple more creations to share with you.

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Sitting Here

I created this using the Lovely as a Tree, So Happy for You, both compliment Sitting Here ...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Sitting Here

Sheltering tree is another of my favourites - co ordinates so well with Sitting Here...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Sitting Here

From Tree swing to bench, the Sitting Here set is very versatile...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Sitting Here

Sheltering tree  was used to create the picture, Gorgeous Grunge was used to age it...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Sitting Here

This is a fabulous set and I have loved demonstrating its use and creating a swag of cards.  I cannot wait to see  your creations, so don't forget to take pictures and send them to me.  If you don't own the set and dearly want to, order online with me or contact me for personal service.

Yours in paper craft,

Stampin' Up! Gorgeous Grunge meets Butterfly

Stampin' Up! has a several beautiful butterfly dies and when combined with Stampin' Up! stamp set Gorgeous Grunge, in portrait style, this is what I created for class as samples.

A Crafty Cat: Stamping' Up! Butterfly thinlit die

In Melon Mambo, this is a very cute and simple card.

A Crafty Cat: Stamping' Up! Butterfly thinlit die

I created the card by choosing a base card, (above Melon Mambo) cutting a Whisper white card front, 1/8 to 1/4 inch smaller than the base card front and using the solid butterfly thinlit die to cut out two windows for the coordinating, detailed butterflies to sit in.
In between the two butterfly windows I stamped the gorgeous grunge lines and backed the windows with coordinating DSP.
I then cut out two detailed butterflies in melon mambo and one in whisper white.
I sponged the Whisper White butterfly from the centre with a dauber dipped in Melon Mambo.
I mounted the three detailed butterflies with glue dots.
I stamped the sentiment and adhered  the completed card face onto the Melon Mambo base card.

A Crafty Cat: Stamping' Up! Butterfly thinlit die

I created this card using the colours of Whisper White and Bermuda Bay.

A Crafty Cat: Stamping' Up! Butterfly thinlit die

Hope you are having a purrrfectly crafty good day
Yours in Stampin' Up! demonstrator,

Stampin' Up! Gorgeous Grunge meets Butterfly KISS

Stampin' Up! set "Gorgeous Grunge" has an array of splatters that are just purrrfect to set of the back ground of any card.  Today's post showcases one of the KISS (Keep It Simple Sweetheart) catalogue launch projects using one of my favourite dies, the butterfly. To highlight the background, we used Gorgeous Grunge in coordinating colours to match the use of card stock and the Designer Series Paper (DSP) backing of the butterflies.

A Crafty Cat: Stamping' Up! Butterfly thinlit die

Real Red and Whisper White made for a stunning Thank You card...

A Crafty Cat: Stamping' Up! Butterfly thinlit die

Daffodil Delight and Basic Black on Whisper White...

A Crafty Cat: Stamping' Up! Butterfly thinlit die

I created the card by choosing a base card, (above Delightful Daffodil) cutting a Whisper White card front, 1/8 to 1/4 inch smaller than the base card front and using the detailed small butterfly thinlit die to cut out two windows for the detailed butterflies to sit in.
I backed the windows with coordinating DSP, cut in a long rectangular strip.
I then cut out one detailed butterfly in Basic Black and a solid small butterfly in Delightful Daffodil.
I mounted the detailed black butterfly on its cut out of Delightful Daffodil.
I stamped the Whisper White card diagonally with the splatters from Gorgeous Grunge in Basic Black.
I mounted the three detailed butterflies with glue dots - white, black, white, the white ones nesting in their windows, with glue dots.
I stamped the sentiment and adhered  the completed card face onto the base card

A Crafty Cat: Stamping' Up! Butterfly thinlit die

This was created by one of the crafty cat team... in Daffodil  Delight, Whisper White and Basic Black.

A Crafty Cat: Stamping' Up! Butterfly thinlit die

I want to create these in a rainbow of butterfly colours, I think this is so cute and thanks to Pinterest I was able to case the layout.

Hope you are having a purrrfectly crafty good day!

Yours in paper craft,

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,  

Stampin' Up! Tag Topper punch with bird builder

From intricate hearts thinlits die to Stampin' Up! tag topper punches. This post employs the Scalloped Tag topper punch and the Ornate Tag topper punches to create tags which are added to card fronts to create a feature.  The tag can be embellished with a bird created using the bird builder punch...


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

This card is created in Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Whisper White and Rose Red.


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

Another colour combination of Calypso Coral and Very Vanilla by the class attendees Jan and Leanne...


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

This was my creation...


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

The tag is popped with Dimensionals and the Old Olive and Mossy Meadow bird, branch, ribbon matches the greeting...


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

Rose Red and Blushing Bride...

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

The tag is stamped in Gorgeous Grunge...


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

If you want other ideas on how to embellish your tag, stay posted as the next post will showcase other ideas...

 

Hope you are having a crafty great day

Yours in paper craft,  

Stampin' Up! SAB Sky is the Limit

Masculine cards are made very easy to create with this fantastic stamp set by Stampin' Up! "Sky is the Limit"  It is a Sale-a-bration stamp set us girls kept going back to over the past two months and coupled with gorgeous grunge, this post showcases customer creations and just what you can do with it, so I hope you chose it as a SAB freebie...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Sky is the Limit

Heather created this lovely card above, and I believe it was Mary? who made this card below?


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Sky is the Limit

Sherenne created this card...



A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Sky is the Limit

All similar layouts, just different colours greetings and presentations.  This is Leanne's creation - a little stronger in colour...


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Sky is the Limit

 Love Love LOVE the Read Red heart smoke trail...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Sky is the Limit

Jan Nottingham created this card... love splitting the plane over two colours...


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Sky is the Limit

 Leanne Slattery created this contrasting card...


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Sky is the Limit

 and there is that Real Red smoke trail again - gorgeous...


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Sky is the Limit

Just loved this SAB set and hope you do to,
Yours in paper craft,

Stampin' Up! SAB Sky is the Limit

Sky is the Limit, by Stampin' Up! an awesome stamp set for anyone who loves a plane.  This set is versatile and coupled with another of my favourite stamp sets, Gorgeous Grunge, I'm sure you will create a card you will love to give...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Sky is the Limit

The following cards are creations of mine, Night of Navy on Smokey Slate...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Sky is the Limit

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Sky is the Limit

The card layout can be created on the base card or mounted on a contrasting stronger colour as shown above...


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Sky is the Limit

 Real Red and Choc Chip; Old Olive and Soft Suede a great colour combination...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Sky is the Limit

I tied a little twine on this one to dress it up just that little more, The plane is popped with Dimensionals...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Sky is the Limit

Split colours, so you like the effect?
- stamp the plane on two pieces of card, cut the plane in same place and match the two pieces of card like a jigsaw or if you are not too great at cutting both images in the same place,
cut one and place it on the other, sliding the first image over the second image until it matches up.


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Sky is the Limit

I layered the banner just to get that hint of blue - Marina Mist and I achieved this by using the banner punch.

I layered the banner just to get that hint of blue - Marina Mist and I achieved this by using the banner punch.

The clouds are from the stamp set Sprinkles of Life and the scratchy lines are from the Gorgeous Grunge set all by Stampin' Up!

What fun!
Yours in paper craft,