Friday, October 20, 2017

Stampin' Up! 70th Birthday Swing Easel

I love creating one-on-one with friends on a special project and incorporating ideas to embrace character, and individuality.  This is a swing easel card for a lady turning 70....
A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Swing Easel Card
The card is created with a base of Rich Razzleberry with Designer Series Paper from "Petal Garden DSP stack (144168) and flowers die cut from Bloomin' Heart Thinlits (140621).  The Happy Birthday is Gold heat embossed from the Stampin' Up! Photopolymer stamp set "Big on Birthdays" (142877) and the 70 is die cut (from a retired set of Stampin' Up! dies) out of Gold Foil Paper (132622).
A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Swing Easel Card
Pearls in the flower centres look sooooo pretty.. and the card uses the flowers as a stop to create the easel.
A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Swing Easel Card
Isn't it just beautiful!  I love it and hope the receiver loved it as much too. For the dimensions of the card please visit the crafty spark, she has a video too!
Thank you for stopping by,

Yours in paper craft,

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Stampin' Up! Masculine Swirly Scribbles

Swirly Scribbles is a die set released by Stampin' Up! and it is AMAZING!!!  Today I wanted to showcase the versatility of the die cuts with a masculine card layout that was the feature of the class...
 A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Swirly Scribbles Thinlit dies
The swirls - 3 sizes were cut out in different colours to coordinate with the base card and the DSP strip coordinates with the base card as well...
 A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Swirly Scribbles Thinlit dies
Bermuda Bay is a beautiful colour for a base card as is Soft Suede and Early Expresso...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Swirly Scribbles Thinlit dies
It is always lovely to get a different slant in class, the above card was created my an A Crafty Cat attendee...

If I can help you with a technique or project or Stampin' Up! product, please contact me or shop online at my shop.

Yours in paper craft,

Stampin' Up! Window Cards

Hello, thank you for joining me today.  I have something a little different to share with you today!
Have you made a Window card?  This is a window card and I love creating them...
Three layers of cardstock joined at the sides and bowed to create a three layer effect...

A Crafty Cat:  Stampin' Up!
I ran a class and these are the cards the girls created.  The photos are not crash hot because I had to use a flash so you can see the detail in the window...
A Crafty Cat:  Stampin' Up!
This is literally a Window card - peek through the window to see a lady dancing in front of a seat of cushions...
A Crafty Cat:  Stampin' Up!
The background layer.. Below we used "Sitting Here" but "Mediterranean Moments" is another excellent choice

A Crafty Cat:  Stampin' Up!
The second layer (which is the middle layer)  is adorned with the image of the lady from the "Beautiful You" set, and lace to dress the window ...
A Crafty Cat:  Stampin' Up!
The top layer or card face highlighting the window frame...

A Crafty Cat:  Stampin' Up!
This card was created by one of my beautiful ladies - June for her sister Val.  It uses a combination of Stampin' Up! products and other products (silver stickers) to create a stunning 80th Birthday card.

A Crafty Cat:  Stampin' Up!
The cards are created from varying sized rectangles, taped at the edges - we used the dimensional strips, to give more depth.