Kool Kitty Musings

Furry Pet Friends - Daring Cardmakers Challenge

Morning all!

There's a new challenge over on the Daring Cardmaker's blog today, where Rizwana is wanting us to feature pets on a card.

Well, in an effort to use up bits of past scrapbooking collections, without cutting into new sheets, my card is a bit of a hodgepodge.

Paper and chipboard: Simple Stories - Dream Big (r)
Die: Waffle Flower - Lacy Squares

It features bits and pieces left from the Simple Stories Dream Big collection that were all ready to finally make it onto a card.

And there is even a magical looking kitty from one of the cut-apart sheets that I cut out then trimmed down using a stitched die.

All very simple, and finished off with some of the chipboard stickers and a bitt of glitter glue on the star accents on the kitty and background.

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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Waffle Flower - Lacy Squares dies Shop at: MISC	Simple Stories - Dream Big - 4x4 Elements paper (r) Shop at: MISC	Simple Stories - Dream Big - Be Younique paper (r) Shop at: MISC	Simple Stories - Dream Big - Dream Big paper (r) Shop at: MISC
Simple Stories - Dream Big - Chipboard stickers (r) Shop at: MISC	Bearly Art - Precision Craft Glue Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Crafter's Companion - Gemini machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Sizzix - Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC
Thermoweb iCraft - Purple tape for die-cutting - 1 1/2" Shop at: AZ (UK)	Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (maxi) Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC

Festive Door Decor with Concord & 9th

Morning everyone!

I'm back on the Seven Hills Crafts blog today with not one, but two cards featuring the Door Decor die set from Concord & 9th.

You know me, I can't resist a die layering set that builds a scene, especially for the festive season!

Stamps: Waffle Flower - Elegant Christmas 2, Waffle Flower - Family Christmas
Dies: Concord & 9th - Door Decor, Waffle Flower - Elegant Christmas 2, Waffle Flower - Family Christmas

This set is designed to create a gatefold cardbase in the shape of a door and works for any season of the year - there are pumpkins, spring blooms, topiaries, and of course Christmas greenery.

For my first card, I used the dies as intended.

I cut the card base die from pale pink cardstock and simply went ahead and added all the festive elements for a clean and simple look.

I wanted to create some panelled doors in a nice dark green to contrast against the festive greenery. Concord and 9th's Rainforest cardstock was perfect for this.

I cut the door frames twice so there'd be some depth to the die-cuts once pieced back in.

I kept the pink theme going with the planters and bow on the wreath, and for some extra sparkle I wrapped metallic silver thread around the Christmas trees in the planters to look like string lights.

There is a matching Door Decor stamp set from Concord & 9th, but for my projects today I wanted to see what else in my stash would work well.

So I finished off the outside of the card with a sentiment from the Elegant Christmas 2 set by Waffle Flower, and there's another festive sentiment inside from Waffle Flower's Family Christmas set.

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For look number two, I wanted to create a door scene on an actual A2 card base.

This time I cut the cardbase die from dark grey cardstock and snipped off the doors.

Stamps: Waffle Flower - Elegant Christmas 2
Dies: Concord & 9th - Door Decor, Waffle Flower - Elegant Christmas 2

I cut the door frames from the same grey shade twice, and stuck a piece of vellum behind the "window" elements. Then I added the white glitter snow elements over the vellum and the panel elements at the bottom of the door.

As the backdrop to my door, I used woodgrain patterned paper for the wall and decking and then kept the colour scheme pretty traditional for all the greenery.

The rounded garland die in the set can be inverted to make hanging boughs, and I simply cut the little bauble dies from gold glitter cardstock to add that finishing touch.

For my greeting, I used another sentiment from the Elegant Christmas 2 set from Waffle Flower.

And there we have it, two different festive looks and designs with the same die set.

Until next time, happy crafting!

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Waffle Flower - Elegant Christmas 2 stamps Shop at: SBC | SHC (UK)	Waffle Flower - Family Christmas stamps Shop at: SBC | SHC (UK)	Concord & 9th - Door Decor dies Shop at: C&9 | SBC | SHC (UK)	Waffle Flower - Elegant Christmas 2 dies Shop at: SBC | SHC (UK)
Waffle Flower - Family Christmas dies Shop at: SBC | SHC (UK)	Versafine - Onyx Black ink pad Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC | SHC (UK)	Bazzill Cardshoppe - Pale Rose Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Bazzill Cardshoppe - Rock Candy Shop at: AZ (UK)
Concord & 9th - Assorted cardstock pack Shop at: C&9 | SBC | SHC (UK)	Concord & 9th - Rainforest cardstock Shop at: C&9 | SBC | SHC (UK)	Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb smooth Solar White cardstock Shop at: AZ (UK) | MISC | SBC	The Stamp Market - Bubblegum cardstock Shop at: MISC
The Stamp Market - Cotton Candy cardstock Shop at: MISC	Honey Bee Stamps - Grain and Grunge - 6x8.5 paper pad Shop at: SBC	Lawn Fawn - Vellum Shop at: SBC | SHC (UK)	Memory Box - Majestic Hues glitter pad Shop at: MISC
Zig - Wink of Stella glitter brush pen - Clear Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC | SHC (UK)	Bearly Art - Precision Craft Glue Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Lawn Fawn - Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: SBC | SHC (UK)	Mini MISTI stamping tool Shop at: MISC | SBC
MISTI stamping tool Shop at: SBC	Crafter's Companion - Gemini machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Sizzix - Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Sizzix - Sidekick machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC
Thermoweb iCraft - Purple tape for die-cutting - 1 1/2" Shop at: AZ (UK)	Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (maxi) Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC

October Elemental Inspiration - Daring Cardmakers Challenge

Morning all!

So this week, it was my turn to choose the image for the Elemental Inspiration Challenge over on the Daring Cardmakers blog.

And as it's October, there had to be a hint of autumn in the air!

Here's what I chose via good old Pinterest:

The elements I went with were a book, autumnal orange/peach tones, and a few flowers for good measure:

Stamps: The Stamp Market - In My Book, The Stamp Market - True Story (r), WPlus9 - Heartfelt Holiday (r)
Dies: The Stamp Market - Book Die, Pinkfresh Studio - Notched Corner Frame

The perfect excuse for me to use the Book die from The Stamp Market that I've been coveting for ages and finally managed to snag here in the UK.

I cut the cover and spine details from Grapefruit cardstock and added some embossed details from the In my Book and True Story sets.

Then I cut an aperture in the cover using a Notched Corner Frame die from Pinkfresh Studio. I stamped the You are No. 1 sentiment in Dijon ink on Neenah and added more details from the stamp sets mentioned.

The green folksy branches at the bottom are from the Heartfelt Holiday stamp set from WPlus9 - that stamp has had so much use over the years, as it's just perfect for adding details here and there.

I needed a contrasting background for my book, so used Evergreen cardstock as the card background and added flowers and leaves from the Book die set in Rusty, Fern, and Rainforest, with Almond cardstock in the centres.

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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The Stamp Market - In My Book stamps Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - True Story stamps (r) Shop at: MISC	WPlus9 - Heartfelt Holiday stamps (r) Shop at: MISC | SHC (UK)	The Stamp Market - Book dies Shop at: MISC
Pinkfresh Studio - Notched Corner Frame dies Shop at: MISC | SBC	The Stamp Market - Dijon ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Fern ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Gravel ink pad Shop at: MISC
The Stamp Market - Peach ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Salmon ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Umber ink pad Shop at: MISC	Versamark ink pad Shop at: AZ (UK) | SHC (UK)
Concord & 9th - Evergreen cardstock Shop at: C&9 | SBC | SHC (UK)	Concord & 9th - Grapefruit cardstock Shop at: C&9 | SBC | SHC (UK)	Concord & 9th - Neutrals Assorted cardstock Shop at: AZ (UK) | C&9 | SBC	Concord & 9th - Rainforest cardstock Shop at: C&9 | SBC | SHC (UK)
Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb smooth Solar White cardstock Shop at: AZ (UK) | MISC | SBC	The Stamp Market - Coral Reef cardstock Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Fern cardstock Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Rusty cardstock Shop at: MISC
Hero Arts - White embossing powder Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC | SHC (UK)	Bearly Art - Precision Craft Glue Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Lawn Fawn - Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: SBC | SHC (UK)	Mini MISTI stamping tool Shop at: MISC | SBC
MISTI stamping tool Shop at: SBC	Waffle Flower - 6.5 x 8.5 Grip Mat Shop at: SBC | SHC (UK)	Crafter's Companion - Gemini machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | 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) | SBC	Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC

Over the Rooftops with Concord & 9th

Morning all!

I'm back on the Seven Hills Crafts blog today with a project featuring another festive favourite from last year's Concord & 9th Christmas release.

Yep, this week it's Over the Rooftops!

While I spent last week on house and cat sitting duty away from my craft space, I filled some of the time by die-cutting and assembling scores of tiny little houses from this set ready to use on future cards.

Honestly, these kinds of dies are perfect when you need to pack light for crafting on the go, and they use up lots of cardstock scraps!

Win-win!

So once I was reunited with my craft desk, it was just a matter of putting some of those houses to good use on a card.

Paper: Waffle Flower - Season's Greetings
Stamps: Concord & 9th - Over the Rooftops, Waffle Flower - Family Christmas
Dies: Concord & 9th - Over the Rooftops, Mama Elephant - Framed Tags - Madison Avenue

I've made countless cards with Over the Rooftops before, and wanted to try a different look.

I already had the Season's Greetings paper pad from Waffle Flower out on my desk, so used the candy cane stripe for the background and the woodgrain pattern to cut the frame.

Waffle Flower also came up trumps with the perfect sentiment for this little street scene - the Family Christmas sentiments.

Once everything was assembled, I added some frosty sparkly touches to the roofs, windows, and steps with glitter glue.

Until next time, happy crafting!

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Concord & 9th - Over the Rooftops stamps Shop at: C&9 | SBC | SHC (UK)	Waffle Flower - Family Christmas stamps Shop at: SBC | SHC (UK)	Concord & 9th - Over the Rooftops dies Shop at: C&9 | SBC | SHC (UK)	Mama Elephant - Framed Tags - Madison Avenue dies Shop at: MISC
Versafine - Onyx Black ink pad Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC | SHC (UK)	Waffle Flower - Season's Greetings paper pad Shop at: MISC | SHC (UK)	Bearly Art - Precision Craft Glue Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Lawn Fawn - Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: SBC | SHC (UK)
Mini MISTI stamping tool Shop at: MISC | SBC	Crafter's Companion - Gemini machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | 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) | SBC	Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC