Kool Kitty Musings

DCM - February Elemental Inspiration

Morning!

It was my turn to pick the image for this month's Elemental Inspiration Challenge over on the Daring Cardmakers blog, and here's what I chose:

The elements I chose were the knit pattern, pink tones, and hearts.

Stamp: MFT - My Galentine
Dies: The Greetery - Hearts at Home: Sweater, The Stamp Market - Stitched Shaker Windows
Stencils: The Greetery - Knit Wits

I started out by assembling the Hearts at Home Sweater die from The Greetery using various shades of pink cardstock.

Next, I stencilled two shades of pink onto pink cardstock with the Knit Wits stencils also from The Greetery.

I then used the middle Stitched Shaker Window die from The Stamp Market to cut out a frame in the middle of the card that I could then pop up on more die-cuts for dimension.

Before I inserted the aperture of the window back into the frame, I stamped my Galentine's Day sentiment from MFT with my Misti.

Once everything was assembled on the front of my card, I added white hearts from the Heart Bits embellishment set from The Greetery to the sleeves, and a little red heart to the corner of my card.

A very clean and simple number from me this week, but sometimes that's all you need. ;)

Make sure you check out the projects from the rest of the design team here, and play along if you can!

Happy crafting!

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MFT - My Galentine stamps Shop at: SHC (UK)	The Greetery - Hearts at Home: Sweater dies Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG	The Stamp Market - Stitched Shaker Windows dies Shop at: MISC	The Greetery - Knit Wits stencils Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG
The Stamp Market - Cheeky ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Cotton Candy ink pad Shop at: MISC	Versafine - Onyx Black ink pad Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC	Bazzill Cardshoppe - Pale Rose Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC
The Greetery - Heart Bits Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG	Tombow - Mono Aqua liquid glue Shop at: AZ (UK)	Tombow - Mono-Multi liquid glue Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC	Lawn Fawn - Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC (UK)
MISTI stamping tool Shop at: EH | SBC	Craft blending brushes Shop at: AZ (UK)	Sizzix - Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Sizzix - Sidekick machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC
Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (maxi) Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC	Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC

DCM - Around the House

Morning!

This week over on the Daring Cardmakers Blog, Joanne has challenged us to use household objects to either create our card or to feature them on our card.

Paper: Carta Bella - Our House (r)
Stamps: Mama Elephant - Birthday Messages, The Stamp Market - Happiest of Birthdays
Dies: The Stamp Market - Happiest of Birthdays, PTI - Tag Sale #10

To set the scene for my card, I used some lovely papers from the aptly named Our House collection from Carta Bella.

I just had to use that kitchen paper as the background to my card! And that led to me looking for a baking element to use as the main focal point.

Enter the Happiest of Birthdays set from The Stamp Market, which features a cake and candles. Once stamped, I added some "whipped cream" to the top of the cake in the form of Cosmic Shimmer Fluffy Stuff.

I used the Tag Sale #10 dies from PTI to show off the cake, and found the perfect sentiment in the Birthday Messages set from Mama Elephant.

As a finishing touch, I added some oversized enamel dots (to cover up my failed attempt to use Nuvo drops) and an October Afternoon button to hold the twine. Slowly but surely I am still using those lovely buttons. :)

Make sure you check out the projects from the rest of the design team here, and play along if you can!

Happy crafting!

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Mama Elephant - Birthday Messages stamps Shop at: MISC | SHC (UK)	The Stamp Market - Happiest of Birthdays stamps Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Happiest of Birthdays dies Shop at: MISC	PTI - Tag Sale #10 dies Shop at: MISC
The Stamp Market - Cheeky ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Golden ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Sea Glass ink pad Shop at: MISC	Versafine - Onyx Black ink pad Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC
Carta Bella - Our House - 6x6 paper pad Shop at: SBC	Altenew - Golden Edge washi tape Shop at: MISC | SBC	Cosmic Shimmer - Fluffy Stuff Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Tombow - Mono Aqua liquid glue Shop at: AZ (UK)
Tombow - Mono-Multi liquid glue Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC	Lawn Fawn - Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC (UK)	MISTI stamping tool Shop at: EH | SBC	Sizzix - Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC
Sizzix - Sidekick machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (maxi) Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC	Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC

DCM - Viva Magenta

Morning!

This week over on the Daring Cardmaker's blog, Rizwana is challenging us to celebrate the Pantone colour of the year: Viva Magenta!

Well, this is not a shade I use all that much, but I thankfully have some inks in my plentiful stockpile in this colour family and I just went to town with the stencils and stamps!

Stamps: The Greetery - Opposites Attract, The Greetery - Print Shop: Spring Mix
Dies: The Greetery - Opposites Attract, The Greetery - Opposites Attract Script, The Greetery - Print Shop: Spring Mix
Other: Distress Oxide

I started out by die-cutting the main outline from the Print Shop: Spring Mix die set from white cardstock and then attached it to a sticky mat so that I could stencil all the layers of colour in the ink shades below.

I also die-cut and stamped several of the pink and magenta blooms multiple times, so I could pop them up on cardstock strips for dimension.

Next, I blended Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide on the front of my card, and splattered some gold and light blue paint over it.

While that was drying, I did a bit of fussy cutting to separate the top and bottom sections of the floral background.

For the bottom border I covered up where I had cut with some of the die-cut blooms, and to add dimension to the top I added more pink blooms (including one to cover up a smudge) - always handy when your mistakes can be hidden and a project doesn't go in the bin.

Finally, I stamped the sentiments from Opposites Attract and positioned them between the floral borders, adding a couple more florals for good measure - probably one too many, but who cares. lol

And there we have it, card done!

Make sure you check out the wonderful magenta-inspired projects from the rest of the design team here, and play along if you can!

Happy crafting!

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The Greetery - Opposites Attract stamps Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG	The Greetery - Print Shop: Spring Mix stamps and stencils Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG	The Greetery - Opposites Attract dies Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG	The Greetery - Opposites Attract Script dies Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG
The Greetery - Print Shop: Spring Mix dies Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG	Distress Oxide ink pad - Tumbled Glass Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC	Lawn Fawn - Freshly Cut Grass ink pad Shop at: SHC (UK)	Lawn Fawn - Noble Fir ink pad Shop at: SHC (UK)
The Stamp Market - Fuschia ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Orchid ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Rosy ink pad Shop at: MISC	Versafine - Onyx Black ink pad Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC
Kuretake Gansai Tambi 36-pan watercolour set Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC	Tombow - Mono Aqua liquid glue Shop at: AZ (UK)	Tombow - Mono-Multi liquid glue Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC	Lawn Fawn - Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC (UK)
MISTI stamping tool Shop at: EH | SBC	Craft blending brushes Shop at: AZ (UK)	Detail blending brushes Shop at: AZ (UK)	Taylored Expressions - Blender Brushes Shop at: MISC
Tim Holtz - Distress Sprayer Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC	Tim Holtz - Stampers Anonymous Splat Box Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC | SHC (UK)	Waffle Flower - Mini Media Mat Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC (UK)	Ranger - Artist brush set Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC
Sizzix - Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Sizzix - Sidekick machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (maxi) Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC	Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC