=A Crafty Cat

Monday, March 2, 2015

Boys Lego Birthday Card

Cards for boys are not always easy to create however if they love LEGO, then the door opens to all possibilities and today's post showcases two ideas for you. Heather created this gorgeous card for her grandson...

A Crafty Cat: Lego Card

Heather layered the lego as if it was tossed on the card - so love it!

A Crafty Cat: Lego Card

My creation is structured to show you two effects, similar colours - just in lines...

A Crafty Cat: Lego Card

The blocks were 3x1.5cm, 3x3cm, 3x4.5cm and 3x6cm and this card was made for a gorgeous little boy called Jack.

A Crafty Cat: Lego Card

I raised the Lego lugs with glue dots...and the Lego pieces with Dimensionals and highlighted a shine spot with a Stampin' Up! white gel pen.

A Crafty Cat: Lego Card

I am looking forward to making many more of these,

Thanks for stopping by and I look forward to seeing you at the next post,
Yours in craft,

Thursday, February 26, 2015

Stampin' Up! "Perfect Peacock"

Perfect Peacock, a rubber stamp released by Stampin' Up! is a must have for those that love peacocks and love to colour images with detail. CN created these two stunning cards with use of the beautiful Blendabilities...

A Crafty Cat: Perfect Peacock x CN

Old Olive, Night of Navy and Pumpkin Pie were the colours used to colour the image...

A Crafty Cat: Perfect Peacock x CN

From blue and green to purples - Rich Razzleberry, Pool Party and Old Olive...

A Crafty Cat: Perfect Peacock x CN

This photo captures the colours much more vividly - and the finish with the ribbon to the side is a tying touch...

A Crafty Cat: Perfect Peacock x CN

A beautiful stamp, coloured and mounted by a very talented girl. LOVE your creations CN, you should be so proud.

Yours in paper craft,

Sunday, February 22, 2015

Stampin' Up! Traveler & World Map - Macsuline Birthday card

Happy Birthday Dad! Male cards can be a challenge but if you own the Traveler WM134510/CM134513 stamp set released by Stampin' Up! then you are pretty well covered. Coupled with the World Map WM130342/CM130345 background stamp, the two complement each other purrrfectly.

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! "Traveler"

I used chocolate chip to stamp and distress with, the gold washi tape (watercolour wonder 133000) is more of an antique colour and works purrrfectly with the gold twine 132976.

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! "Traveler"

I fussy cut the globe out and lifted it over the twine and washi tape with Dimensionals...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! "Traveler"

I knotted the twine around it self to add a little more male character...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! "Traveler"

The greeting is from the must have word stamp set "And Many More" WM134273/CM134276.

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Traveler

So with a bit of layering, some washi tape and string, and a couple of vintage, masculine stamp sets, you too can create a very nice masculine card. If you would like any of the products used; WM is the means Wood Mount, then the code is listed with which to purchase the products from my online store. CM is the Clear block Mount then code.

Yours in paper craft,

Friday, February 20, 2015

Stampin' Up! Punch Art Dog

Punch Art is sooooo much fun and this punch art dog is sooooo cute! a couple of days ago I show case a creation by Heather Baker, HERE and today I want to share with you a couple more creations by those that attended class.

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Punch Art Dog

Wisteria Wonder on Perfect Plumb...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Punch Art Dog

The very cute little pup up close and personal...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Punch Art Dog

A big thank you to Dawn for showing us how to make this pup which was created using a number of punches including

the oval punches

Owl builder punch

small heart punch

Word Window punch.

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Punch Art Dog

A highlight of Faux Patina...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Punch Art Dog

The instructions are HERE in Dawn's video. Gorgeous aren't they, I just love it.

I look forward to your company at the next post,

Yours in paper craft

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Stampin' Up! Punch Art Birthday Dog

Stampin' Up! punches are great for creating animals of all sorts and Heather Baker took a look at the wonderful Dawn Griffiths Punch Art Doggie video to get inspiration to create this gorgeous card...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Punches x Heather Baker

The little girl dog is created using a number of punches including

the oval punches

Owl builder punch

small heart punch

Word Window punch.

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Punches x Heather Baker

The cute dog is hold a balloon which announces the age of the Birthday girl, and there are banners of Happy Birthday flying from the string of the balloon.

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Punches x Heather Baker

The card is created in Wild Wasabi, Pink Pirouette and Early Expresso...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Punches x Heather Baker

The instructions are HERE in Dawn's video. Gorgeous isn't she, and I am sure the Birthday girl will just love it. A big thank you to Heather for allowing me to work with her on this project, the card is personal and very cute!

This of course lead to a class, and these are their creations...