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

2014 Catalogue Launch - Traveler

Love vintage, then you will love Stampin' Up! Traveler stamp set.  The girls at my catalogue launch certainly did and look at these beautiful creations...


A Crafty Cat - workshop attendee - Stampin' Up! World Map & Traveler on Crumb Cake cardstock.

These cards use Stampin' Up World Map (WM130342/CM130345) for the background and a focal piece from Stampin' Up! Traveler (WM134510/CM134513).  The recessed label window was created with the use of the label die from the label die collection and the label die from the label swing card.

The following card's base is Stampin' Up! cardstock - soft suede, stamped in soft Suede, with a change of focus in the window...

A Crafty Cat - workshop attendee - Stampin' Up! World Map & Traveler on Soft Sede cardstock.

This beautiful creation - Stampin' Up! Soft Suede ink on Crumb Cake cardstock...



A Crafty Cat - workshop attendee - Stampin' Up! World Map & Traveler



Another beautiful creation with purrrfect sponging... 

A Crafty Cat - workshop attendee - Stampin' Up! World Map & Traveler



The backgrounds were distressed using ink on a sponge as was the focal point of the card.  The background was raised above the focal point using Stampin' Up! dimensionals, to add to the dimension of the card.

 

Thank you to the "A Crafty Cat" creative team for putting together a wonderful collection of masculine, vintage cards.  I just love them, don't you?



Father's Day 2014

I believe Father's Day is a day to recognise Dad's contributions to the family and say thank you.  My team of A Crafty Cats came over for an afternoon and this is what they created given a background stamp, feature stamp focused in a window created with the use of the label die from the label die collection and the label die from the label swing card.

This card use Stampin' Up World Map (WM130342/CM130345) for the background and the camera from Stampin' Up! Traveler (WM134510/CM134513)...

A Crafty Cat - workshop attendee - Stampin' Up! World Map & Traveler on Soft Suede.

The cards were created using a chosen tone of brown for the base card and a piece of Very Vanilla cut down to frame the stamping.  This gorgeous card was created by Suzie...

A Crafty Cat - workshop attendee - Stampin' Up! World Map & Traveler on Chocolate Chip, stamped in Pacific Point & Chocolate Chip.

Some crafters added extras - these crustaceans are from the Stampin' Up! set Sea Street (WM133985/133988) with a hint of blue sponging around the punch out...

A Crafty Cat - workshop attendee - Stampin' Up! World Map & Traveler  on Crumb Cake cardstock.

This creator used the duck/goose from Stamping' Up! Wetlands (WM126695/CM126697) on soft suede card stock...

A Crafty Cat - workshop attendee - Stampin' Up! World Map & Wetlands on Soft Suede cardstock.

The backgrounds were distressed using ink on a sponge as was the focal point of the card.  The background was raised above the focal point using Stampin' Up! dimensionals, to add to the dimension of the card.

This card utilised the Stampin' Up! Hardwood background stamp...


A Crafty Cat - workshop attendee - Stampin' Up! Hardwoon & Traveler

These beautiful cards of appreciation were created at a workshop held in Waterford, Logan by a very dear friend Kathryn Free, who is now a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator and a valued member of my "A Crafty Cat" team.

Happy crafting
love,