Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Stampin' Up! Remarkable You

When I first saw the stamp set Remarkable You, Stampin' Up! I knew just how I wanted to use it - a background stamped in a paler colour Mint Macaroon) and the outline image stamped in a colour to match a matting frame of the same colour...
A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Remarkable You

On a Whisper White face cut 1/4 of an inch smaller than the base card, I stamped the background stamp in Mint Macaroon or Crumb Cake or Tip Top Taupe.  I then stamped the image and Greeting in a coordinating colour - Crushed Curry, Cucumber Crush or Garden Green...
A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Remarkable You
The Whisper White face was then adhered (Sticky Strip)  to the mat, the mat then adhered to the Whisper White base card...
A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Remarkable You

Water Melon Wonder...
A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Remarkable You

 Crushed Curry...
A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Remarkable You

 AND Melon Mambo on Pink Pirouette background...
A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Remarkable You

This card was created on Shimmer White cardstock for a special someone who lost her Mum...
A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Remarkable You

Does this layout look familiar - funny thing is I didn't realise until I began this post after posting the previous post - this layout is transferable and looks great! 

Hope you are having a purrrfectly crafty great time over the school holidays - hope you are getting a break!

Yours in paper craft,

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Stampin' Up! SAB Botanicals for You

SAB is a fantastic time of year to purchase all of those stamps left on your wish list and earn FREE stamp sets.  This year my favourite resulted in seeing this layout on Pinterest - I LOVE IT.  So it was recreated in Night of Navy and Silver butterflies....

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Botanicals for You
and in Elegant Eggplant and Gold Butterflies...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Botanicals for You
The card is layered on a Whisper White base, Whisper White face on Elegant Eggplant.  The face was cut 1/4 inch smaller than the base card, the mat cut 1/8 inch smaller than the base card, thus giving the 1/8 inch matting.  The background was stamped in So Saffron, but you could stamp in anything from So Saffron, Mint Macaroon, Pink Pirouette or Sky Blue just to name a few. 

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Botanicals for You
So just a little something that I cased, just a little something that I LOVED and just had to share.

Yours in paper craft,

Thursday, January 14, 2016

Stampin' Up! Bohemian Border

Masculine Cards using Stampin' Up! Bohemian Border was a great idea for my class this month.  The use of Real Red and Old Olive stampin and Chocolate Chip sponging to accentuate the embossing folder worked a treat on this card...
A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Bohemian Border
I do love Old Olive, Tempting Turquoise and Early Espresso...
A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Bohemian Border
Love the layered banner for the Happy Birthday and the use of the twine...
A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Bohemian Border
From portrait to landscape and the introduction of Pumpkin Pie... love it...
A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Bohemian Border
The A Crafty Cat team had a lovely day creating their cards...
A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Bohemian Border
and what a lovely set of cards they created...
Yours in paper craft,

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Stampin' Up! Bohemian Border

Stampin' Up! Bohemian Border makes Masculine Cards easy and great to create.  This post features the use of the stamp and coordinating embossing folder in masculine colours of Marina Mist, Old Olive and Early Espresso...
A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Bohemian Border
This is what I created for the class, and I used Washi Tape!...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Bohemian Border
Leanne created this lovely card - love the use of the layered banner and popped up diamonds...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Bohemian Border
this truly is very smart...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Bohemian Border
from a Early Espresso base to a Marina Mist base...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Bohemian Border
The cards look great, so stay close, another post tomorrow,

Yours in paper craft, 

Monday, January 11, 2016

Stampin' Up! Gift Tags

Sale-a-bration is a great time for me to take the time to make some tags of Thank you.  For ladies who attended class and placed orders, I created thank you tags with ribbon, to wrap around their SAB items  - all a little different, each a one off...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Flower Shop & Stampin' Up! Another Thank You.
All put together the SAB gift looked like this... Blushing Bride card stock stamped in Real Red.
A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Flower Shop & Stampin' Up! Another Thank You.
Smoky Slate card stock stamped with Real Red...
A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Flower Shop & Stampin' Up! Another Thank You.
Pool Party card stock stamped in Tempting Turquoise
A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Remarkable You & Stampin' Up! Cottage Greetings.

Tags are easy to create and look great as a small gesture of appreciation.
To create these tags I simply cut out a 2 inch strip of Stampin' Up! Card stock, 4 inches in length and used Stampin' Up! Tag punches to sculpture the tag end. 
I then stamped the card stock with a coordinating colour and then stamped the greeting to match.
Too easy ;-)

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Remarkable You
 From a background of coloured cardstock to white...
A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Remarkable You
Enjoy gift giving with personalised tags,

Yours in paper craft,