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,

Work of Art

Work of Art (WM134111 /CBM134114) by Stampin' Up! is simply that.  I gave my customers free run at my 2014 Stampin' Up! catalogue launch as to which project they made, these are the examples created for them to be inspired by...first, a very simple but lovely card...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Work of Art on Rich Razzleberry

 This set is so amazing in what can be created with each swish...


A Crafty Cat: CASED Stampin' Up! Work of Art on Rich Razzleberry

 This is a stunning layout CASED from pinterest...


A Crafty Cat: CASE Stampin' Up! Work of Art on Blushing Bride and Smokey Slate

 Something for the boys...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Work of Art on Marina Mist and Smokey Slate, Ship is from Stampin' Up! set Traveler

Something for Christmas...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Work of Art in Old Olive

So as you can see this set is just amazing once you start to play, there are so many more ideas from bees, butterflies, a variety of flowers, palm tree, apple, caterpillar and yes even more.  For more ideas and to see how I was inspired please go to my PINTEREST board.

The next post will show you the creations of my very talented customers
Happy crafting
Love

Stampin' Up! Work of Art

Work of Art is an amazingly versatile stamp set and when this layout was found on Pinterest, I just had to case it...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up!  Work of Art

 With four layers of Card, Designer Series Paper and the ribbon on the top layer, I created Thank you cards, Happy Birthday and even a Sympathy Card.

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up!  Work of Art

 I created heaps of these all in the Blushing Bride and Smokey Slate, with Ribbons old and new...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up!  Work of Art

Such a beautiful layout with such an unassuming set - Work of Art.  For your set, please visit my online shop 24/7.

Yours in paper craft,

2014 Catalogue Launch - Z fold cards 2

To launch the 2014 - 15 Stampin' Up! catalogue, for Kathryn Free in Logan, Qld, Australia, we featured a project utilizing the Z fold card.  This is a very simple card to cut and fold as shown HERE by Dawn Griffith.  These cards were created at Kathryn Free's Catalogue Launch...

A Crafty Cat: Z Fold Card, very stunning in Black and Real Red highlighting the Stampin' Up! sets of Papillion Potpourri and Petite Petals

 This stunning card features Stampin' Up! "Flower Shop" and "Petite Petals"...

A Crafty Cat: Z Fold Card, very stunning in Night of Navy and Cherry Cobbler highlighting the Stampin' Up! sets of Flower Shop and Petite Petals

This card features Stampin' Up! "Papillion Potpourri" in Pacific Point on a Marina Mist base...

A Crafty Cat: Z Fold Card, very stunning in Black and Real Red highlighting the Stampin' Up! sets of Papillion Potpourri

Instructions:-
I cut a piece of 12x12 card stock in half to give me a 6"x12" piece of cardstock
I then scored the 12" length at 4 and 8".  These are the fold lines to make the Z
I measured and marked 4 1/2" on the 6" length and then cut from the 6" point to the 4 1/2" point to give me the angle which is the feature of the Z fold card.

Diane Jackson always creates something beautiful, just love the colour combo of her Z fold card...

A Crafty Cat: Z Fold Card, very stunning x Diane Jackson, highlighting the Stampin' Up! sets of Flower Shop & Petite Petals

The girls enjoyed having a card base made in seconds, the challenge was then to embellish it.
For me, this took some time but for others, no problem at all. 

I just love trying out and dressing different card folds, hope this inspires you to try this very simple fold and to dress it up too!

Have a purrrfectly crafty good day,
love