Butterfly Whisperer Layout

Hi Everyone,

Here is another layout I completed this weekend. This is somewhat new for me as I very rarely do anything 3-d on my pages. However, I am quite pleased with this layout. As I look at the photos I think perhaps I should have embossed the butterflies with my cuttlebug but at the time I felt that might look too busy since the background paper is so busy.

Anyway, I used Lyrical Letters for the title. The butterflies were cut out using my Stampin Up bigz beautiful butterflies die. The circles were cut using my CM circle templates and all three blades.






I hope you enjoy this layout as much as I do. If you have any questions please email me or post a comment.

Recipe
Paper: Basic Grey-two scoops/sprinkles, yellow, blue, and coral cardstock from my stash (not sure which manufacturer)
Accessories: CM circle templates, red, blue, and green blades, stampin up bigz beautiful butterflies die, cuttlebug

Thanks for visiting,
Catherine

Cameo Quilt Card

Hi Everyone,

Here is another card made with one of my favourite colour combos. This was done with whisper white, cameo coral, real red, and old olive cardstock. I punched out 1 1/2" squares using my CM square maker. When I had three of each colour I ran the squares through my cuttlebug using the d'vine swirls, distressed stripes, script, and swiss dots folders. Then I glued them onto a piece of scrap cardstock that I had cut so it was aobut 1/4" bigger than my bigz top note die. In order for the quilt to look most appealing I started with the centre two squares and worked out from there. When I had all of the squares where I wanted them I lined up the middle two squares with the middle of my top note die and ran it through the cuttlebug. Now I have a patchwork quilt top note die.

To accent my card I used my polkadot punches stamp set. The centre of my punched flower is covered with an extra brad topper from the build a brad set.

"Smile" was stamped with chocolate chip ink.





Recipe:
Ink:Chocolate chip, Real Red, Old Olive, and Cameo Coral
Accessories: SU top note die, swiss dots, script, distressed strip, and d'vine swirl cuttlebug folders, build a brad, SU corner ticket punch, Creative Memories Square Maker
Paper: SU old olive, real red, cameo coral, and whisper white cardstock
Stamp set: SU polka dot punches

Enjoy and Happy Crafting,
Catherine

Cameo Christmas Card

Hi Everyone,

I just received my latest SU order and it included the sweet treat cups as well as the Serene Snowflake stamp set. I got a chance yesterday to play with my new stamp set and decided to do a non traditional Christmas card using one of my favourite colour combinations Cameo Coral, Real Red, and Old Olive. I cased a card done by Wannabestampin' over at splitcoast stampers. It was a gorgeous card done in browns and was a beautiful layout. I wanted to see what it would look like done in bright colours.

I used my cuttlebug embossing folders (swiss dots, snowflakes) to addd some texture. I decided to use the Rock n Roll technique to ink up my snowflakes and they turned out really nice. I like how this technique adds dimension and visual interest to your stamped image.

Finally I finished the card off with a bit of stardust stickles and some old olive coloured ribbon from my stash.





Recipe:
Paper: SU Old Olive, Cameo Coral, Real Red, Whisper White
Accessories: Cuttlebug embossing folders (swiss Dots, snowflakes), green ribbon, gold mini brads
Ink: Cameo Coral, Real Red, Old Olive
Stamp Set: SU Serene Snowflakes

Happy Crafting,
Catherine

SU Sweet Treat Cups Birthday Card

Hi Everyone,

My sister in law just dropped off my latest SU order today. I ordered some Sweet Treat Cups as well as the Serene Snowflakes stamp set. I couldn't wait to try out the sweet treat cups and I had the perfect opportunity. We are having a birthday party for my other sister in law so I thought I would try and create a birthday card for her and use the cups as well.

For this card I followed the instructions on the "Stampin-Style" blog where he gives instructions on how to create a card with a trap door so your hard work doesn't have to be ruined to get the candy out of the treat cup.

The inspiration for my card came from the new holiday mini catalogue on page 20. The card is complete except for the missing treats that I need to run out and get. I am planning on filling the treat cup with pink and brown smarties to stick with my colour scheme.











Here is the recipe for my card:

Paper: Stampin Up Chocolate Chip, Melon Mambo, Whisper White, and Pink Pirouette. The tag was cut out of a DCWV stack (not sure which one)

Ink: Stampin Up Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Ribbon from my stash, SU Bigz Top Note Die, SU Scalloped Edge Punch, Mini Mongrams Cricut Cartridge, Pooh Font Cartridge for the sentiment, Design Studio to weld sentiment together, Creative Memories circle cutter and blue blade to create 1 3/4" circle, SU Sweet Treat Cups

I had a lot of fund creating this card and encourage all of you to try the new sweet treat cups! Lots of fun.

Happy Crafting,
Catherine

Stamps: House Mouse stamp, Studio G dollar stamps for sayings

Playing with the New SU in colours

Hi Everyone,

Well I finally decided to experiment with the new Stampin Up in colours. To be honest with you, I really think they are horrible and have no idea what SU was thinking when they put these out. I know there are people out there that love them but they are not working for me. That being said I do love how this card turned out and may just grow to love the colours the more I work with them.

I started off by going to the SU colour combo site. I highly recommend trying this tool out. It is great for figuring out what colours go together.

I decided to go with Melon Mambo, Bermuda Bay, Lovely Lilac, and Apricot Appeal. Then I had a look at some cards and found one I fell in love with. My inspiration came from Jennifer McGuire's Blog. She is one talented lady and her blog definitely warrants a visit.

Here is my take on Jennifer's card.



Recipe:
Paper- All SU Melon Mambo, Bermuda Bay, Apricot Appeal, Lovely Lilac
Ink- Gingerbread versamark chalk ink, Cloud White Versa Magic Multisurface Chalk ink
Stamps- SU French Script, SU Upsy Daisy for the sentiment, Daisy D's Petals stamp set for the flourish
Accessories & Tools- SU scalloped punch, SU Bigz Beautiful Butterfly Die, SU jumbo eyelets in pewter, Stampendous Winter Wonderland embossing powder.

Happy Crafting,
Cat

Bigz Top Note Die

Hi Everyone,

I hope all of my canuck friends out there had a great Canada Day yesterday. I know that my family and myself had a wonderful time enjoying each other's company and the wonderful weather we had.

Happy 4th of July to everyone south of the border! I hope the weather cooperates for all of your outdoor festivities.

Here is a anther simple card I made. I used the Bigz Top Note Die from Stampin Up. I love this die and am finding I use it way more than I expected to. There is nothing fancy on this card. Simple straight forward stamping with a little bit of distressing. I don't have any stampin Up markers yet so I stamped my image in Bashful blue and then used my aquapainter to add some Certainly celery ink to the stems. It would have looked so much better if I had the markers but I used the supplies I had.

Enjoy!


Recipe:
Bigz Top Note Die from Stampin Up
Sale a bration Designer Series Paper from Stampin Up
Yellow Cardstock from Creative Memories
Green Cardstock from Creative Memories
Whisper White Cardstock from Stampin Up
Upsy Daisy Stamp Set Stampin Up
Ink: Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery,Sahara Sand(VersaMagic Chalk Ink), Wheat(Versa
Magic Chalk Ink)
Ribbon is from my stash (I think it might be American Crafts)
Aqua Painter

Stampin Up Bigz Beautiful Butterflies Die

Hi Everyone,

Here is a card that I cased off of Splitcoast Stampers. This was the first time I used my Bigz Beautiful Butterflies Die from Stampin Up. I originally purchased this die so I could make my own ghost shapes using old cricut cartridge packages. I have been saving the packages because the hard plastic clamshell cases are perfect for using with alchol ink.

Anyway, here is the card. I think it turned out pretty nice and could be used for just about any occasion.



Recipe:

Stampin Up Bigz Beautiful Butterflies Die
Stampin UP Bigz Top Note Die
Parisian Breeze Designer Series Paper
Stampin Up Chocolate Chip Cardstock
Stampin Up Whisper White Cardstock
Stampin Up Inspired by Nature Stamp Set
Stampin Up Chocolate Chip Ink for the sentiment
Stampin Up Old Olive Ink for the grass
Clear Skittles from Michael's

Another SU card.

Here is another card I created using my new stampin up stamp sets. I used pocket silouettes and inspired by nature. Inspired by Nature has quickly become my new favourite stamp set. I love the grass stamp. It is perfect for creating backgrounds for cards and adding a little pizzazz. I think it the perfect stamp to use for a masculine card. I love how easy it is to add dimension by double stamping with two shades of green. To create the 3 squares in the middle I used a cut file I downloaded from okieladybugsscrapnmore.blogspot.com . She has a ton of fabulous cut files she is willing to share. This one was a cutfile for the scalloped square punch that SU sells. I cut out the middle square using whisper white cardstock then I stamped my image with versamark and embossed with detail clear embossing powder. After the embossing powder cooled I sponged rose read, pacific point, and pumpkin pie ink on my three silouettes and mounted them on coordinating cardstock.




Recipe:
Cardstock: SU Old Olive, SU whisper white, red bazzill bling from my stash, orange bazzill bling from my stash, blue CM cardstock from my stash.
Ink: pacific point, rose red, old olive, pumpkin pie, versa mark, versa magic chalk ink in tea leaves.
Embellishments: misc ribbon, misc bookplate, brad from making memories