Stampin' Up! Sitting Here (stamping, colouring, masking & sponging)

Welcome to A Crafty Cat,

Sitting here is a peaceful stamp set released by Stampin' Up! that has become a favourite in the technique of masking.  The A Crafty Cat team created these in class using the combined techniques of stamping, colouring, masking and sponging...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Sitting Here - Stamping, sponging, colouring & masking

They are amazing creations and it was the team's first time at creating with the combination of techniques!

Thinking of a Tabby Cat...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Sitting Here - Stamping, sponging, colouring & masking

Gotta love Rainbows and butterflies...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Sitting Here - Stamping, sponging, colouring & masking

 2 Step stamping was used to create the depth in greens for the trees with the set Sheltering Tree..

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Sitting Here - Stamping, sponging, colouring & masking

To see the technique of masking please go HERE and watch the You-Tube video...

Here is one more from the A Crafty Cat Team ...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Sitting Here - Stamping, sponging, colouring & masking

I look forward to your company at the next post,

Yours in paper craft,

Stampin' Up! Sitting Here (stamping, colouring, masking & sponging)

Hello and welcome,

Masking is a wonderful technique that allows one to create depth in their card creation.  The stamp set Sitting Here by Stampin' Up! is a wonderful set that allows you to create a master piece when combined with stamping, masking, colouring and sponging - a lot of techniques? No just a bit of each and this is what you can create...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Sitting Here - Stamping, sponging, colouring & masking

To see how to create these lovely cards using the techniques of masking please click HERE

From a swing to a park bench - this is the team's creations...



A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Sitting Here - Stamping, sponging, colouring & masking

The cat is gorgeous.

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Sitting Here - Stamping, sponging, colouring & masking

Love the set Sheltering Tree - the leaf can be used on the tree or as a foliage arch...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Sitting Here - Stamping, sponging, colouring & masking

So what else to do with this set - I will showcase a couple more creations next post. I look forward to your company and I will catch you then.

Yours in paper craft,

Stampin' Up! Sitting Here

Welcome to A Crafty Cat,

Sitting Here by Stampin' Up! is a great stamp set to learn masking, water colouring and picture creation.  The seat can be a swing seat or chair and the surrounds can be anything you dream of...

I created these examples for class...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Sitting Here

Elegant Eggplant flowers, colouring and base card, looks stunning against Wild Wisteria...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Sitting Here

Another creation with the blossoms...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Sitting Here

Barb created this stunning Autumn card...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Sitting Here

I love the dimension Barb has created with the tree, bow and mushrooms, the masking of the dog and pillow... love the warm feel of this card!

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Sitting Here

A simple creation from me, Sheltering Tree and Sitting Here...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Sitting Here

The pillows are the feature, with one masked and the other shaped and placed on top...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Sitting Here

The little pearls finish the pillows of nicely.

I love creating with this set, and hope you do too.  Thank you for your company and I hope to see you at the next post.

Yours in paper craft, 

Stampin' Up! Christmas Cards

I just LOVE receiving handmade cards featuring Stampin' Up! products, from my customers.  Today's post features beautiful cards I received from my ACraftyCat Team.

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Mary Anderson



 Heather Baker...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Heather Baker



 Amy Howarth


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Sheltering Tree

 Love the glittered/snowy flakes on the sponged background then set off by the pearls on the tree...


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Sheltering Tree

 layered and greeting on base card...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Sheltering Tree

Thank you girls for beautiful cards and now for a very special card - man card x Mick


Yours in paper craft,

A Crafty Cat - Stampin' Up! Mother's Day

I offered one of three layouts for an afternoon Mother's Day class, the Friday before Mother's Day.  The card layouts featured different techniques and layouts; dry embossing, to masking and sponging to 2-step stamping.  This is just a snippet of what we created...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Sheltering Tree

Some wrote words of Thanks...


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Papillion Potpourri sponging over mask.

The versatility of the layout showed it could also be used as a female and masculine card...



A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Papillion Potpourri sponging over mask

The original layouts... Perfect Plum and Melon Mambo...



A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Papillion Potpourri sponging over mask

A set created by a crafty cat...




A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Embossing & Sheltering Tree

My Examples for the class...





A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Sheltering Tree

It is so easy to create simply lovely cards for Mother's Day, I hope one of these layouts appeal and encourage you to create and give a card of love to a "Mum" in your life who has nurtured you.

Yours in paper craft,

Mother's Day with Stampin' Up!

For me, Mother's Day is a day to give thanks to a special lady in your life who is caring and nurturing, usually this is your birth mum, but often it can be a carer or foster mum.  I decided to donate Mother's Day cards to the school just down the road and with that decided to ask a few Mum's to help me assemble them.  I created the cards in three layouts, one with colour and butterflies, a white card with hearts and a beautiful tree of colour - the tree being from Stampin' Up! Sheltering Tree stamp set.  These are our creations...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Papillion Potpourri with sponging over the Hex Hive thinlit die I used as a mask for the background

The first was Papillion Potpourri and Sponging over a honey comb mask in colours of Perfect Plumb, Melon Mambo...  

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Papillion Potpourri with sponging over masked background

The layered butterfly using Stampin' Up! Bitty Butterfly and Elegant Butterfly punches...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Papillion Potpourri with sponging over masked background

The second layout was simple and used an embossed piece on a backing of Whisper White  and a line of hearts...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! embossing folders and small heart punch

More, more, more, together we made over 150 cards...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! embossing folders and small heart punch

The third layout used the stamp Sheltering Tree, LOVE THIS SET, and love that we can colour the tree to anything we like...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Sheltering Tree

 The majority of the cards were not dressed but I snuck a few with hearts and bows...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Sheltering Tree

 From a different angle...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! 

I thought they looked cute... the tree was double stamped in Melon Mambo and Rich Razzleberry...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Sheltering Tree

This was so lovely, I ran a class just before Mother's Day for my lovely A Crafty Cats.  So check out the next post to see what we made.

Yours in paper craft,