Pink Plaid Birthday

 There's a new challenge at Sweet Stampin' Challenge today - and the challenge is to use Gingham/Plaid. 

I did a couple of cards in different colours.  This first one is the one that will be on the blog today.

The background was stamped with the Catherine Pooler Plaid Background using It’s a Girl ink, with fine black pen details added. A die-cut panel (Gina K Master Layout 2) features a large Elizabeth Craft Designs sentiment, which was  placed ear the top to allow for a small bouquet of Sizzix and Spellbinders flowers with gem centres. The panel was matted in dark pink and mounted on a white card base.

For the second card I used Concord and 9^th Plaid background stamp with Catherine Pooler Fiesta Blue ink and used the stripes stamp in black ink.  Die cut the oval from Gina K Master Layout 1 to highlight the focal floral.  Used the rosebud from Elizabeth Craft Design to cut some Scrapbbok.com watercolour patterned paper.  Happy Birthday sentiment by Memory Box was foiled in black and die cut. Finished with some gold dots.

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More Christmas cards using the mixed media background.

 Well over the last few days, I've made up three more cards using some of the mixed media masterboard I made. 

I had used Gina K Master Layout 2 to cut the panel.  I then used some texture paste through a star stencil and sprinkled with some Diamond Dust glitter.  Matted it with the dark green card and added the gold die cut sentiment (minus the shadow layer) and some gold dots. 

Next I used a square panel of the background 

Matted the square panel with the dark green (looks black in my photo) and used a strip to add my red die cut sentiment.  Added some little red star embellishments.   A very quick card. 

And the last for today 

This panel was a smaller one cut with one of the dies and matting layer dies from Gina K Master Layouts 2.  The background panel is a white embossed panel (Christmas words) matted onto a white layer and added to the top folding dark green card base.   Added the panel to the base layers and then used a Hero Arts stamp and die set called Holly Jolly to make the leaves.  Used Catherine Pooler inks - Eucalyptus and Green Tea.   Stamped the sentiment from the Hero Arts set in Altenew Forest Green Crisp Dye ink and used a circle from Pinkfresh Studio's Mini slimline Essentials die set.  Added the die cut circle over the Holly leaves and finished with some dark green dots. 

Still two pieces of the background to make into cards.  

Poppy Stamps Die at Die Cut Divas

Can you believe it's the last day of June... over 6 months of the year done!   

As it's the last day of the month, it's time to share my card at Die Cut Divas. 

Our sponsor

for the month is Poppy Stamps

and our challenge is a colour board. 

I've used an older die called Adriana Square Frame.  

I die cut the frame from white card and used three Altenew inks - Pink Crystal, Mauve and Berrylicious to add colour.   I made a background panel by adding some Catherine Pooler Garden Party ink to a Gina K embossing folder (Tapestry).  I cut it to a square and added to a white base.   Added a stamped and die cut a Couture Creations sentiment.  

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Festive Frames at Christmas Kickstart Challenge.

 

Another wintery day here in Auckland, NZ so a bit more time in the craft room today.  While tidying yesterday I found a set of peg stamps by Rubber Stamp Tapestry.  I see my local stamp store has a number of these type of stamps.  The set I have is called Holiday Garden set.    

Here's how I used the peg stamps to add a festive frame around my sentiment. 

I lightly drew around a circle die and then used 4 colours of CP stamps - Rockin' Red, Peppermint Scrub, Eucalyptus and Green Tea to stamp the 4 different pegs.  Added a lot of little dots of the Rockin' Red and Eucalyptus inks and a few gems for the centre of some of the flowers.  The sentiment is from a NZ company called Montarga.  And to finish this CAS card, I used the Rockin' Red and Eucalyptus inks direct to paper to die cut 2 of the smallest die from Spellbinders Poinsettia dies, in the red, and the next size up in the green.  Added some yellow gems for the centre. 

Playing with Plaid at Christmas Kickstart Challenge

Loving the latest challenge at Christmas Kickstart Challenge.   I love Plaid on Christmas cards.  So I pulled out a Plaid Background stamp and stamped some backgrounds.   And made two cards. 

For this one I stamped Catherine Pooler's Plaid Background stamp with Peppermint Scrub ink and die cut with Gina K Master Layout 2.  Used a  Navy mat and to cut the oval from Master Layout 1.  The little deer is from a Magazine Freebie (mag purchased in 2017!) I took some light brown inks and swinked it onto some white card.  I die cut the deer and then stamped the deer in a darker brown using the negative pieces as a jig.  Makes it easy to get the stamp lined up so well.   Stamped the sentiment from the same free stamp set, in Versafine Onyx Black ink.  Added the panel to a kraft card base. 

For this one, my Plaid Background was stamped wth Catherine Pooler's Rockin' Red ink.  I trimmed the panel and added some navy card mat.  My focal image is a digital image from Mo's Digital Pencil called Shall I Play for You   I've had it for over 12 years!   Great to print and colour again.  I used Zig Markers this time around and fussy cut it out.  My sentiment is from a Kaisercraft set called Christmas Quotes... an other older set although this was the first time I used this sentiment from the set.    

So two more Christmas cards for my stash.  Happy about that.  

Using a big sentiment with Elizabeth Craft Designs.

 It's the last day of the September challenge at Die Cut Divas.   Our lovely sponsor is Elizabeth Crafts Designs

You only have until 9:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time to enter the challenge.

The theme is "Anything Goes"  

The Prize: $25 gift card  
Thank you to Elizabeth Craft Designs for their sponsorship!

I have two cards to share today....

First up is the card I shared on the Die Cut Divas blog 

The background for this one was brayered by Grace last week when she conned Pop that she needed to come home with him after he had been "parent" helper when her class at daycare went to the Transfer centre for a recycling lesson.   I got a text message to say she wanted me to come home so she could craft!  She had fun using some Catherine Pooler inks to brayer and using the "Magic powders" aka Pixie powders and Nuvo powders to make some backgrounds.   I took this orange one and ran it through an embossing folder and added white ink, gold ink and some gelato crayon on top.  I trimmed it down and then added the Elizabeth Craft Designs Happy Birthday die.  I cut it from black and white and layered the two together.

And card two is a bonus one... 

After Grace had done her "Magical powders" panels she decided to use the little guillotine to trim off some of the edges,   I grabbed them and glued them onto a panel of card.   I trimmed it down and layered onto some purple card and added to a dark blue card base.  I had a couple of die cut circles that I decided would work with the background.  I stamped the sentiment and then used the Elizabeth Craft Designs dies to cut the umbrella from a bit of the panel I made.   Added the black gems and some iridescent sequin's from Nuvo to simulate rain drops. 

Do come and join us at Die Cut Divas - you have till 9.00pm Pacific Time to link up your project.  

You're one of a kind...

 I have been home sick for the last couple of days... bad head cold with runny nose and sore throat,  - did a RAT test... negative so that was good.   I haven't felt like doing much - a little sewing today - Today's card was made on Sunday when I was just starting to feel unwell.  Inspiration for this came from a Gina K 5 minute video.  Gina used rubber bands to make a plaid background.   I could not find my bag of rubber bands so improvised to make a plaid background with a stamp.  I used Catherine Pooler's Peppermint Stick background.  I stamped it firstly with Sweet Sixteen ink and turned it 45 degrees and stamped it with Mint To Be ink... 

Due to the way it was stamped, I cut it down and layered it onto purple and then onto the white card base.   I used some ephemera from an Anko set called Blooms Die Cuts - I got this from K-Mart here in NZ.  The sentiment is one of a LDRS stamp and die set.  It stamps a number of sentiment all at once and then the matching die cuts them all at once.   It's great to have sentiments on hand.  I added some purple gems and called it finished.  

I'm still coughing and sneezing - hopefully will be able to head to work tomorrow.  I haven't been sleeping very well at night with all the coughing.   A dose of cough mixture before bed in the hope that I will sleep.  

Go Green!

 Yes, today my cards are GREEN.... I decided I better get a card into the latest challenge at Let's Squash It.... but OH NO... I didn't read the brief properly  - It's Green and an insect!!!!  I've made two GREEN cards ... I had finished the cards before I realised - but managed to add a butterfly to one to meet the criteria!  

Here's the first card that DIDN'T follow the brief...  

I took a Craft Concepts Folder and some Catherine Pooler Lime Rickey ink and used a brayer to add the ink to the folder.  I have to admit this is the third try to get the look I wanted.   I had this little MFT Toucan sitting on my desk so added some colour to it.  I added Glossy Accents to her beak.  I used a dimensional dot behind her and slipped the die cut leaves (also from the scrap bowl) behind.  The sentiment was also in the scrap bowl - so not sure who it's by.  Did some matting, adding to a white base.  I really like this one.  Good practise to try th
e inking the folder technique.  

And here's the card I added the butterfly to so it DID meet the brief.  

For this one I took some light green card and an Altenew 3D folder.  I then look some green Altenew ink and blended over parts of the folder to highlight the embossing.  I added white dots on the flowers and added some pearls.  I had a silver foiled sentiment which I blended the green ink over. ( so hard to photograph) and added the Memory Box die cut Butterfly.  So this one is going into the Let's Squash It challenge. 

I must say though, I had a great afternoon playing in my craft room.   Staying home as much as I can...as Omicron numbers are rising... 1906 today.  Luckily no places of interest in my part of the city. 

Let's Squash It - challenge 2 - take 2

 I'm back today to share a fun card I made for the Let's Squash it Challenge.  The challenge is: Use a Christmas embossing folder and a stamp on your card.    

I haven't had a great deal of success trying the technique of inking up an embossing folder but this afternoon I tried it with a piece of watercolour paper and some Eucalypts ink by Catherine Pooler,  I used my brayer to add the ink to the folder and then gave my card a spritz of water before running it through my Cuttlebug.   Best success so far!  I trimmed the panel and added to some pearlised cream card.  I used some more of the watercolour paper to stamped and gold emboss a Pointsetta stamp from a Penny Black set.  I used Catherine Pooler Rockin' Red and Peppermint Scrub inks to do an artsy watercolour.

Thanks for stopping by.  If you come back shortly, you'll see my Sweet Stampin' Challenge post.

  

Edited:  Thanks Jo for reminding me that I can enter this into the challenge at Christmas Kickstart too... same  challenge theme!