Tuesday 25 October 2016

Pretty Kitty | Global Design Project #059 & Case This Card #008

Hello and thanks for dropping by :)

Today's cards were inspired by a couple of creative card challenges:

The Global Design Project #059 : Animals/Pets Theme Challenge


And this weeks Case This Card #008, which was my winning card from last week's challenge



I have used the adorable kitten from the Pretty Kitty stamp set for my animal/pet theme and the bright yellow from my CTC card to come up with these. I couldn't help myself and created an extra card in another colour.

Here are my cards:





I stamped the kitty image in memento ink on Whisper White cardstock and then coloured my images using alcohol markers (I used my blendabilities markers).

I ran the Whisper White card front with my kitty image through my Big Shot with the "happy" thinlit from the Hello You thinlit set. I was going with a negative image so I attached my card front onto my coloured cardstock cardbase and then glued in the little cut out bits to complete the word. The birthday sentiment is stamped in the same colour as the card base and comes from the co-ordinating Crazy About You stamp set.

I added a little piece of Daffodil Delight ribbon as a little something extra on my yellow card.

***EDIT: I am super excited to add that my cards received a special mention in both card challenges I entered: Global Design Project #059 and Case This Card #008***





You too can make these ....... Here is a list of the supplies and tools used:

Click on a product link to head on over to my Australian online store to purchase your supplies.


Whisper White A4 Cardstock (106549)

Daffodil Delight A4 Cardstock (121680)

Calypso Coral A4 Cardstock (124392)

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (132708)

Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad (126983)

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad (126944)

Pretty Kitty Stamp Set (Clear 141864)

Pretty Kitty Stamp Set (Wood 141861)

Crazy About You Stamp set (Photopolymer 137137)

Crazy About You Stamp set (Clear 138859)

Crazy About You Stamp set (Wood 138856)

Hello You Thinlits (137363)

Big Shot (143263)

Magnetic Platform (130658)

Snail Adhesive (104332)

Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)

Retired products used: Daffodil Delight 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon and Blendabilities markers: Old Olive (M), Wild Wasabi(M), Cherry Cobbler (L), Daffodil Delight (L), Calypso Coral (M), Melon Mambo (L & M), Smoky Slate (L & M) & Coastal Cabana (M & D)


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The new holiday catalogue started on 1st September.




Make sure you check out the Designer Series Paper Sale.
During the month of October 2016, buy any 3 Designer Series Paper packs and get 1 free.
(excludes Stacks & Speciality Papers)










Thanks so much for stopping by and checking out my creations.

If you enjoyed my cards, it would make my day if you left me a comment below :)

Sunday 23 October 2016

Crazy Crafters Blog Hop with special guest - Bibi Cameron


Welcome and thank you for joining me in a special Crazy Crafters team blog hop.

We are hopping with a special guest - The amazing Bibi Cameron.

The theme of this blog hop was to CASE (Copy And Selectively Edit) one of Bibi's cards.

Here are the cards of Bibi's that I chose to CASE:


I really loved the water colouring on these cards and wanted to give it a try myself.
To checkout Bibi's cards in more detail click here.

Here are my versions:







So, I've had a brand new Black StazOn ink pad for a while now which I was a little afraid to use. I was worried that the ink would stain my stamps so I just avoided water colouring and used Memento and my alcohol markers to colour stamped images.

Well, I really wanted to try water colouring without the black bleeding (which happens when you use memento I've found out previously), so I bit the bullet and watched a YouTube video as I'd also never used my StazOn cleaner either and worked out what I needed to do and just did it. I was surprised that my red rubber stamps cleaned up perfectly using the StazOn cleaner. Now I wished I'd tried this sooner as I really enjoyed the water colouring on these cards.

After overcoming my fear of using StazOn, I stamped my turtle image from the From Land to Sea set on to some watercolour paper. I used aqua painters to paint on the water around the turtles using Bermuda Bay ink (I tried my blender pen first and the result wasn't as soft). I coloured the turtles using Blender pens and Soft Suede, Wild Wasabi & So Saffron classic ink pads.

My sentiments are stamped on using Memento ink (once my water colouring had dried completely) and come from the Guy Greetings, Watercolor Wings & Rose Wonder stamp sets. One of my sentiments I only partially inked up as I was only after the "You're in my thoughts" part of the stamp.

 I then tore the bottom off each piece of watercolour paper and stamped the mesh like pattern from the Butterfly Basics set on the torn off piece. I matched the ink with the card base colours I was going to use for each card (Soft Suede & Bermuda Bay). These pieces were then layered to give the rough/torn look.

You too can make these ....... Here is a list of the supplies and tools used:

Click on a product link to head on over to my Australian online store to purchase your supplies.



Watercolour Paper (122959)

Bermuda Bay A4 Cardstock (131286)

Soft Suede A4 Cardstock (119982)

Jet Black Stazon Pad (101406)

Stazon Cleaner (109196)

Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad (131171)

Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad (126978)

Wild Wasabi Classic Stampin' Pad (126959)

So Saffron Classic Stampin’ Pad (126957)

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (132708)

From Land To Sea Stamp Set (Clear 139361)

From Land To Sea Stamp Set (Wood 138720)

Butterfly Basics Stamp Set (Clear 138816)

Butterfly Basics Stamp Set (Photopolymer 137154)

Butterfly Basics Stamp Set (Wood 138813)

Guy Greetings Stamp Set (Clear 138828)

Guy Greetings Stamp Set (Photopolymer 137178)

Guy Greetings Stamp Set (Wood 138825)

Rose Wonder Stamp Set (Photopolymer 140697)

Watercolor Wings Stamp Set (Photopolymer 139424)

Aqua Painters (103954)

Blender Pens (102845)

Snail Adhesive (104332)

Tear & Tape Adhesive (138995)


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I have also included some of these cards as my entry for this weeks Crazy Crafters Team Project Highlight.

Click Here to view the projects submitted by the very creative Crazy Crafters Team, and to vote for your favourite projects. (Link goes live 28th October at 7.30pm AEDT)

If you love my cards, I'd love it if you voted for me :)
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The new holiday catalogue started on 1st September.




Make sure you check out the Designer Series Paper Sale.
During the month of October 2016, buy any 3 Designer Series Paper packs and get 1 free.
(excludes Stacks & Speciality Papers)









Thanks so much for stopping by and checking out my creation.

If you enjoyed my card, it would make my day if you left me a comment below :)


Don't forget to continue the hop all the way around to see what the very creative Crazy Crafters team have come up with.

You are currently visiting me - Kirsten Aitchison, so checkout the list below to see who is next in the hop.