Thursday, September 30, 2021

Great Tidings meets CASEing the Catty Sunday Challenge - CTC337 - Step up a mini catalogue project

Todays project, I have chosen to do a challenge.  Challenges are great to get the creative juices flowing and the CASEing the Catty Sunday Challenge is a great one to choose.  The challenge this week was to step up a project from the July-December 2021 mini catalogue CTC337.  I chose to step up the project on page 66 of the mini catalogue.  


To step up the project, I used the be dazzling specialty papers in the SAB catty.  

I also used a block with a dribble of whisper white reinker on it, with a squeeze of the wink of stella pen, which gives a nice sheen.  Mix it well with the wink of stella brush and then flick this ink on to your bottom layer.  It's a great way of making white splatter and gives a great effect. I also coloured in some of the bushes with this white wash.  The bushes were inked in versamark and clear embossed.



 

Stamp set:  Great Tidings
Ink:  versamark, whisper white reinker
Card:  soft succulent, be dazzling specialty paper, tidings of Christmas dsp, misty moonlight, night of navy, basic black, whisper white
Tools: wise men tidings dies, wink of stella



Tuesday, September 28, 2021

Tidings of Christmas and a sketch challenge - The Paper Players PP560

 Todays card uses the designer series paper called Tidings of Christmas.  I used The Paper Players PP560  sketch challenge to help me with the layout.  



These cards use The Tidings of Christmas designer series paper and are paired with the Christmas Trimmings dies.



Stamp set:  Poinsettia Petals (sentiment)
Ink:  Misty Moonlight
Card:  Basic White, Tidings of Christmas DSP, misty moonlight, soft succulent, be dazzling specialty paper
Tools:  Christmas Trimmings dies, detailed trio punch





Sunday, September 26, 2021

Beautifully Penned dsp meets Rectangle Postage Stamp punch

Todays cards feature the Stampin' Up dsp called "Beautifully Penned and I have paired it with the Rectangle Postage Stamp Punch.  Using simple elements, like a punch and some designer series paper and just 2 colours creates a clean striking look.








Stamp set:  Color & contour
Ink:  Memento
Card:  basic white, basic black, beautifully penned dsp

Please excuse my head in the video, I am new to doing video's and a few lessons to learn still.


Saturday, September 25, 2021

Nature’s Harvest meets Beautifully Penned DSP

My card today features the Nature's Harvest stamp set and the Beautifully Penned DSP which is in the SAB catalogue that ends at the end of this month.
card nature's harvest stamp set stampin up



Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Herringbone technique using Beauty of the Earth dsp

Another card featuring the herringbone technique and my first video tutorial.




Stamp Set:  Hand-Penned Petal
Ink:  Misty Moonlight
Card:  Misty Moonlight, Basic White, Beauty of the Earth dsp
Technique:  Herringbone



Sunday, September 19, 2021

Herringbone Technique using Tidings of Christmas dsp

 

Last week at the Adamstown Uniting Church craft zoom chat session, one of my friends showed a beautiful card using the herringbone technique.  Everyone loved it so today I thought I would do a followup tutorial for today's craft zoom chat session.

Our project today uses the Tidings of Christmas 6"x6"  dsp.  Find 4 designs that you like and cut at 3/4" thickness.  So you then will have 4 pieces of 3/4" x 6" strips. as seen in our first picture below.


Cut a piece of Basic White, for your top layer.  Mine measures 10cm x 14.3cm.


Turn your card layer sideways and measure on the top edge in from the corner 1.5cm.  On the bottom edge, measure in from the corner 8.5cm.  Draw a faint line joining up those 2 points.  This is your starting point for your first strip of dsp.  


Use your preferred adhesive and put a line of glue above the line - I like to put the glue straight on the card.  Line up your first piece of dsp on the line.  My second strip is now going to be at a right angle, being parallel to the first strip of dsp.  I started with the darkest of my dsp.  Do  2 more strips at the same angle.  To fill in the blank space, now turn the strips to be in the same direction as your first strip.  Glue these in place.  This gives an eye catching focal point for your card.


Stamp your sentiment in the bottom right corner of your layer, then place on your base card.

Stamp set used:  Perfectly Plaid
Ink:  Cherry Cobbler
Paper:  Tidings of Christmas dsp, basic white, cherry cobbler
Tools:  Stampin Up paper Trimmer, Tombow multipurpose glue