Stampin' Up! Christmas in July Christmas Pines

I love Stampin' Up! stamp set of Christmas Pines (142049) and had to use it again in my Christmas in July celebration.  The coordinating dies Pretty Pines Thinlits enables one to create beautiful pine cones and leaves, to compliment your work...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Christmas Pines & Pretty Pines Thinlits dies

The cluster in detail contains the pine cones on darker (Early Expresso) backs and the leaves are stamped and die cuts layered over the top...


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Christmas Pines & Pretty Pines Thinlits dies

String or Ribbon down the side breaks the white from the backing card...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Christmas Pines & Pretty Pines Thinlits dies

The cluster on the Pool Party base up close with ribbon... 

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Christmas Pines & Pretty Pines Thinlits dies

One of the A Crafty Cat team created this striking card on a Smoky Slate...Old Olive Mini Chevron Ribbon to tie the cones together...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Christmas Pines & Pretty Pines Thinlits dies

The creations are nothing short of stunning and I love this layout found on pinterest and cased from nice people stamp.  If you live in Australia, know you can shop with me 24/7 on my online shop.  I hope you have purrrfectly good crafty day,

Yours in paper craft,


2016 Christmas Stampin Up! Upright Z fold 2

Welcome, it is Christmas time and I'm show casing a bunch of cards that you can create for your loved We had a great day creating these Upright Z Fold cards using Stampin' Up! products.  With Christmas in mind, the A Crafty Cat team created these beautiful cards... 

Pretty Pines being  so very popular for the feature piece on the cards...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Upright Z fold card

Rach created this lovely card - love the way she has the baubles hanging from the tree...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Upright Z fold card

Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla and foiled baubles...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Upright Z fold card

Delicate Ornament thinlit dies are a must have to your Christmas collection of craft...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Upright Z fold card

A special card for a special Reg, hope he and his wife love it...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Upright Z fold card

There are so many possibilities for Christmas card creations, and yes there are more to come so be sure to subscribe so you don't miss a single creation.

Thank you for your company,
Yours in paper craft,

2016 Christmas Stampin' Up! Upright Z Fold

This card fold - Reverse Easel Fold was featured last year and requested again for classes this year.  It is a beautiful fold we used to show case the Delicate Ornament thinlit dies along with the Pretty Pines thinlits.  The marriage is purrfect!

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Delicate Ornaments, Pretty Pines thinlits

From Night of Navy 

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Delicate Ornaments, Pretty Pines thinlits

to Emerald Envy base card and Cherry Cobbler...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Delicate Ornaments, Pretty Pines thinlits

 DSP featuring Emerald Envy and Delightful Dijon...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Delicate Ornaments, Pretty Pines thinlits

The sponging on this creates an amazing card - Cherry Cobbler & Crumb Cake...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Delicate Ornaments, Pretty Pines thinlits

The cards are simply beautiful...Very Vanilla and Cherry Cobbler...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Delicate Ornaments, Pretty Pines thinlits

Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake and Garden Green with Silver features...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Delicate Ornaments, Pretty Pines thinlits

The "Upright Z Fold" was found on pinterest and led to Jan's Creative Corner.  It is a fold that can be dressed so many ways; my A Crafty Cat team LOVES it.

Thanks for joining me today, and don't forget my online shop is open 24/7 so if there is something you need, PLEASE go and check out the December deals and order those must have items ;-)

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,