Kool Kitty Musings

2018 card challenge - August card

Today's card project was inspired by the August card challenge prompt: pattern!

I made my own patterned paper using a great stamp set from Concord & 9th.

Stamps: Concord & 9th - Blooms Fill-in, Mama Elephant - Scripty Bday
Dies: Mama Elephant - All Prettied Up
Other: Misti, 3D foam tape

So before this ever became a card, I had a little session stamping different backgrounds from the Blooms Fill-in stamp set using different colour combos. I was particularly happy with the results using a buttery yellow as the main colour and using various greys for the flowers and foliage. I've listed all the ink colours below.

Again, I don't think I'd have managed to get such a solid background impression without using my Misti to stamp it a few times.

Once the background was dry I cut a panel with the lovely scallop die from Mama Elephant and worked out how I was going to include a greeting without covering up the stamped background.

In the end I borrowed a window die from a friend and hey presto, it was perfect to add this embossed birthday greeting in white on grey cardstock. :)

Hurrah! 

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Concord & 9th - Blooms Fill-In stamps Shop at: EH | MISC | SBC | SHC	Mama Elephant - Scripty Bday stamps Shop at: EH | SHC	Mama Elephant - All Prettied Up dies Shop at: EH | SHC	Altenew - Buttercream dye ink Shop at: SSS
Altenew - Evening Gray dye ink Shop at: EH | SSS	Altenew - Industrial Diamond dye ink Shop at: EH | MISC	Altenew - Limestone dye ink Shop at: EH | MISC	Altenew - Morning Frost dye ink Shop at: EH | SSS
Altenew - Pure Graphite dye ink Shop at: EH | MISC	Altenew - Silver Stone dye ink Shop at: EH | MISC	Lawn Fawn - Black Licorice ink pad Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC | SSS	Versamark ink pad Shop at: AZ | EH | SHC | SSS
Altenew - Rock Collection ink cube set Shop at: EH | MISC | SHC	Altenew - Summer Afternoon ink cube set Shop at: EH | SHC | SSS	Altenew - Warm Gray ink cube set Shop at: EH | SHC	Bazzill Cardshoppe - Alpaca Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC | SSS
Neenah Classic Crest 80 lb smooth Solar White cardstock Shop at: AZ | EH | SSS	Hero Arts - White embossing powder Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC | SHC | SSS	3M Scotch double-sided foam tape Shop at: AZ | EH | SSS	EK Success powder tool Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC | SSS
Lawn Fawn - Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC | SHC | SSS	MISTI precision stamping tool Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC | SSS	Sizzix - Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC	Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC | SSS

 

2018 card challenge - April card

One way or another I'm going to get my cards made for this year's card challenge.

I'm woefully behind, but here's my interpretation of the "Nature" theme from way back in April.

The perfect excuse to use my rainbow stamp set from Concord & 9th:

Paper: Lawn Fawn - Really Rainbow
Stamps: Concord & 9th - Rainbow Wishes
Dies: Lawn Fawn - Mini Pop-Up Butterflies
Other: Misti 

I tried to pick ink colours to go with the striped rainbow paper from Lawn Fawn and have to say I wouldn't have managed to get the sentiment lined up so neatly without the aid of my Misti, that's for sure!

These little pop-up butterflies from Lawn Fawn are also a great little addition to add some pop to flat cards. :)

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Concord & 9th - Rainbow Wishes stamps Shop at: EH | MISC | SBC | SHC	Lawn Fawn - Mini Pop-Up Butterflies dies Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC	Altenew - Mango Smoothie dye ink Shop at: EH | SSS	Lawn Fawn - Carrot ink pad Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC | SSS
Lawn Fawn - Cilantro ink pad Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC	Lawn Fawn - Grape Soda ink pad Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC	Lawn Fawn - Guava ink pad Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC | SSS	Lawn Fawn - Mermaid ink pad Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC | SSS
Versafine - Onyx Black ink pad Shop at: AZ | EH | SSS	Altenew - Four Scoops ink cube set Shop at: EH | SHC | SSS	Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb smooth Solar White cardstock Shop at: EH | SSS	Lawn Fawn - Really Rainbow 6x6 pad Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC
Ranger - Multi-Medium Matte adhesive Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC | SSS	Lawn Fawn - Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC | SHC | SSS	MISTI precision stamping tool Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC | SSS	Sizzix - Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC
Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC | SSS

 

2018 card challenge - November prompt

Well good morning November!

You've certainly set the scene for the season ahead.

Cold, wet and grey. :(

With Halloween out the way, I'm sure many of you are looking to get productive with your Christmas and winter crafting projects.

So this month's challenge is all about...

Setting the scene

This is one of my favourite styles for Christmas cards so I'm definitely going to employ it in my 2018 Christmas card production series.

If you don't have border dies or stencils that will help you create a landscape scene, you can always make your own masks from post-its to create rolling hills and make dramatic skies with ink blending.

A snow globe is also a great way to make a scene your focal point.

But remember it can be any scene, not just a wintry landscape.

There are lots of great ideas out there from the design teams for companies like Lawn Fawn, My Favorite Things and Mama Elephant showing ways to make character images really stand out.

In the meantime, here's one of my "scene" cards from a previous year for wintry inspiration:

Happy crafting!