Stampin' Up! Special Reason catalogue CASE

Special Reason is a lovely stamp and die set released by Stampin' Up! and is great to use with the rock and Roll technique.   I CASED the layout on the bag for their class project...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Special Reason

On a base of Always Artichoke embossed with Seaside (141481) TIEF, the layer of rock and roll stamped flowers and die cut flowers and leaves were assembled on a Banner cut piece of So Saffron embossed with Hexagons Dynamic (143231) TIEF.


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Special Reason

 Caujan Craze, love this colour as a card base and instead of  embossing the card base, I sponged it in Old Olive.  The banner was still embossed and the Stamped flowers and leaves were created using the Rock and Roll technique...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Special Reason

 I love the layering, greeting from Wetlands


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Special Reason

Stampin' Up! create a beautiful catalogue and ideas book.  It has always contained many layouts that can be transferred from boxes to cards to scrapbook pages as vice versa.  I love my catalogues and refer to them for ideas constantly.

 

If I can help you with an order, old catalogues or a class, please contact me!  I'd love to serve you.

 

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! Wetlands masculine cards

This is a gorgeous layout for a masculine card, one I have cased off pinterest thanks to Amanda Bates.  I recreated the card in two colours, Stampin' Up! Crumb Cake and Pool Party.  I used Stampin' Up! rubber set Wetlands, (available in CM and WM) a wonderful little set with birds, reeds and scripted greetings.

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! "Wetlands" masculine cards

I love the use of Designers Series Paper from the Serene Scenery paper stack by Stampin' Up! which  I stamped when it was on the base card.  I then matted the DSP and embossed it with the Seaside embossing folder using the Big Shot.

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! "Wetlands" masculine cards

I created one matted on Night of Navy on a base card of Pool Party and the other is matted on Early Expresso on a base card of Crumb Cake.  I lined up the stamping so I maintained the continuation of the stamping...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! "Wetlands" masculine cards

Two different salutations, one for father's day (Teeny Tiny Sentiments CM), the other for Birthday (Wetlands CM)

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! "Wetlands" masculine cards

I love the cards and how they turned out.  Isn't it wonderful how social medial allows us to share beautiful ideas!  Thanks again Amanda, my son has chosen the crumb cake version to give to his Dad. 

Love what you see and want to come to a class or purchase product, then please contact me and let me be your personal Stampin' Up! demonstrator (Australia).

Yours in paper craft.

Stampin' Up! Tag Cards

I've been having a little play with tags on cards and embellishing these tags with Stampin' Up! Designer Series Paper (DSP), embossing folders, ribbons, stamps and dies... First a rose ( Stampin' Up! Rose Garden thinlit dies) in neutral colours of Crumb Cake and Early Expresso...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Tag Cards

The card is simply the base card with a 2" strip of coordinating DSP with a dressed tag mounted onto the base card and the greeting placed...somewhere!  This one has a little more colour and a butterfly (Butterflies thinlit dies) die cut out of Calypso Coral Stampin' Up! cardstock.  A bit of sponging on the tag edges and this one is my favourite of all the creations today.

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Tag Cards

Calypso Coral and Old Olive - gorgeous colour combo...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Tag Cards

Blues, Greens and Oranges with black accents...and of course that butterfly!

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Tag Cards

from a different angle...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Tag Cards

I love versatile layouts and what a great way to use up any 2" strips of  DSP you may have left over from other projects and the little snippets to embellish the tags.  Quick, easy layout and very rewarding.

If you live in Australia and would like some Stampin' Up! products please click HERE to shop online or contact me so I can personally assist you.

Yours in paper craft,

Work of Art 3

Stampin' Up! Work of Art is a purrrfect stamp set to create backgrounds and masculine cards.  Kathryn Free had her Mum & Daughter Father's Day workshop and this is part two of what her very talented customers created...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Work of Art & Wetlands

From Tempting Turquoise above to Marina Mist below...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Work of Art & Sea Street

This card is stunning in brightness, makes me smile this one...


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Work of Art

A strong masculine card any Dad would be proud to receive...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Work of Art & By the Tide

This layout is so versatile and Work of Art clearly compliments any masculine stamp set...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Work of Art;  Traveler & Sea Street.

A big thank you to Kathy Free and her customers for allowing me to showcase their wonderful creations.  It was a very successful, crafty good day.

Yours in craft,

Work of Art 2

It is awesome to see customers create with such a versatile stamp set as Stampin' Up! Work of Art.
This is a purrrfect card for the man in your life - so quick and easy to create...and stunning as shown in this example by Diane Jackson ...

A Crafty Cat Diane Jackson: Stampin' Up! "Work of Art" & "Traveler"

From a focus of Stampin' Up! "Traveler" stamp set to "Wetlands... as created by attendees at Kathy Free's Mother Daughter workshop for Father's Day...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! "Work of Art" & "Wetlands"

The background was simply created by alternating two colours using the larger swish and then creating a foreground of sand using the thin line stamp from the Stampin' Up! set "Work of Art"


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! "Work of Art" & "Wetlands"

 The younger girls just loved Sea Street - so with them there...How cute are these?


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! "Work of Art" & "Sea Street"

Sea Street was a big hit with the younger girls...


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! "Work of Art" & "Sea Street"

Be sure to check out part three of this post and see more amazing creations by the girls that attended Kathryn Free's workshop.

Yours in papercraft,

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

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,