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,

2014 Christmas Stampin' Up! Joyful Christmas

Case - Copy And Share Everything and that is why one should purchase the Stampin' Up! catalogues.  Today's project is cased from an old Stampin' up! holiday catalogue and focuses on the retired Stampin' Up! Christmas set "Joyful Christmas" a poinsettia with greetings.

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Joyful Christmas

Instructions
The cards are a square, the backing card, created out of Cherry Cobbler textured cardstock (now retired). 
I embossed the poinsettia in embossing powder - pewter for the above example, on cherry cobbler card stock and then I cut out the image.
For this example I the used some watered down shimmer paint to add dimension to the centre petals.
The poinsettia is then adhered with dimensionals to a piece of embossed Whisper White, which was lightly sponged in a coordinating colour - the above example in Old Olive.
This assembly was then adhered to the cherry cobbler backing card with sticky strip.
The greetings were then added, the "merry" being a wafer thin die, run through the Big Shot machine and the "Christmas" a stamp.
The centre can be dressed with a button, embellishment of your choice, pearls or rhinestones...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Joyful Christmas

Variations of this include using different embossing folders and colouring the pearls...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Joyful Christmas

 The gold leaves are the excess from the Y when the die punched out "Merry"...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Joyful Christmas

 Another combination, the powder embossing is done in gold...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Joyful Christmas

 Rhinestones and gold embossing powder were the features of these and I popped the centre petals with dimensionals to add dimension...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Joyful Christmas

Oh how I love this set, even now.....

Yours in paper craft

2014 Christmas Stampin' Up! Endless Wishes

The effect of sponging over torn paper is not only a very effective technique but versatile for all occasions including Christmas cards,  Today's Christmas card is simply snow flakes peeping out of a coloured strip - reminds me of when you look through a window and you wipe your hand across to see outside....anyway one of my dreams is to have a white Christmas with Ben and a couple of special friends and this card takes me there.

A Crafty Cat: Endless Wishes Christmas Cards in Night of Navy, Bermuda Bay, Tempting Turquoise

Instructions
The sponged strip created by tearing two pieces of paper and masking the top and bottom of the card (Whisper White) and sponging over it with a coordinating ink. 
I then stamped various sized snowflakes from the Endless Wishes Stamp set by Stampin' Up!, in Grey over the mask and sponging.
I then removed the mask and stamped in the coordinating ink the greeting and then the snow flakes, but around the sponging. 
The card is then adhered to coordinating card stock.
If you wish you can dress up the card by adding a little bling with extra matting, Rhinestones (that can be coloured with Blendabilities or  any alcohol marker) or Dazzling details.

A Crafty Cat: Endless Wishes Christmas Cards in Bermuda Bay

To make these more economically this can easily be a one layer card...they are very stunning...

A Crafty Cat: Endless Wishes Christmas Cards in Pacific Point

This layout can be recreated in any colour combination and the flakes could even be embossed if you had the time - how stunning would that look!  Thank you for stopping by, it was lovely to have your company. 

Yours in paper craft,