Alice is 10 - cats & books

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My middle niece Alice is 10 this month.  She loves reading and cats so ive combined the two with these fab katzelkraft stamps and made a tri fold card which contains 2 bookmarks to Alice to use

The front of the card.  Its A4 folded 3 times so each section is 4x8.25" .  I stamped the cat images onto white card and coloured with alcohol markers.  I stamped the sentiment and then lightly stenciled on pawprints with cracked pistachio oxide ink, I then die cut into a panel and matted onto rainbow printed cardstock. 

I founded a printed paper in my stash that had a subtle blue pattern, matted onto blue holographic and then the card front.  I tied a double bow from the 2 ribbons ive used on the bookmarks.

I used blue holographic for my mat layer as when the light hits it it is rainbow colours to tie in with the image and every girl loves a bit of sparkle.

Showing the card opened up.  I made the bookmarks the same way as the front topper, this rainbow card is double sided so looks as great on the back of the bookmark as the front.  

I made pockets for the bookmarks using the same paper as the background and adding foam to the sides and bottom, leaving the top unstuck so the bookmark can slide in and out

So that when the bookmarks are removed it still looks good I stamped the cats a 2nd time, coloured in with alcohol markers and cut out, I adhered them to the pockets to line up with the bookmarks.

I doodled a line under the books with fineliner and shaded with grey alcohol marker to 'ground' the books and stop them floating in mid air

and the bookmarks front and back.  This rainbow card came in a pack from Lidl and is nice and stiff so ideal for bookmarks, I haven't laminated them as you know how childrens tastes change yearly but I know Alice will enjoy these bookmarks for as long as they do last.  I added stamped cats and pawprints to the back of the bookmarks for a little interest.  Punched a hole at the top and threaded with ribbons.  

Items Used:

Katzelkraft cat stamp set

Creative craft stamps 'fur babies'

Clearly besotted birthday stamp 'something to say'

DL stitched edge dies

Pawprint stencil

Oxide ink 'cracked pistachio'

Alcohol markers

Rainbow cardstock from Lidl

Blue holographic card 

Thank you all for stopping by.  Emma

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Building block card

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Today is a fun fold, my first attempt at a 'building block' card, I found a template on pinterest which was too small for the topper I wanted to use so I just adjust it to the size I wanted.  Ive used these beautiful acetate printed flowers, they have a lovely gold holographic foil which sadly the photos don't do justice too.

Approx card size closed: 7x4.5"      Opened out on display: 7x9"   Full length is 11.5" 

I found a paper in my stash in the perfect colour tones as the flowers so matted onto the card base.  On the front panel i matted white card onto of the purple paper so that my flowers really stand out.    I die cut the flower pot from kraft card.  I adhered one of the floral sprays flat to the card and then adhered one onto the insert that goes into the pot so that it can be removed and used as a bookmark.

Showing the building blocks.  I die cut my friends name and happy birthday from white and gold hologaphic cardstock, used the gold as a drop shadow and adhered them into place.

Showing how the 'bookmark' removed.  Its hard to do these acetate floral sprays justice in the photo.

Items Used:

Floral PET/Acetate flowers (ebay find)

Tattered lace alphabet dies

Honey bee stamps - Flower pot die set

Birthday sentiment die

12x12 Patterned paper 

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While i was in the mood i made a few more

A get well card, i used pink and lemon acetate butterflies which have holographic gold foiling, and die cut lots of mini butterflies to go with them.

Just a generic with love version this time using green & yellow acetate butterflies.

Thank you all for stopping by.  I hope you all have a good week. Emmax

 

Birthday Cats

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Today is a birthday card for  craft friend who loves cats so i dug out the fabulous cat stamps from katzelkraft

Card size approx 5x7"    I first die cut my base card using white card and the largest crealies arch die.  I cut a smaller arch from white card and inked with oxide inks - wilted violet and chipped sapphire to the top and evergreen bough & touch of black soot to the bottom to give a night sky feeling. I splashed on some water and dabbed off &  then splashed on mica spray to give a star like shimmer when the light hits it.  

From the middle top i die cut a star circle, adhered rose gold satin card behind and added to the base card. 

I stamped the cats on wall image twice onto white card and watercoloured, i cut out the whole image from the first one and added to the card with glue gel, from the 2nd one i just cut out the cats and decoupaged onto the main image. 

I picked a Tim Holtz snarky chat sticker which says 'I plan my whole day around the possibility of a nap' mounted it onto rose gold satin card and then the base. I glued the die cut stars that fell out from the star circle to finish.  

This photo shows the rose gold satin card i used behind the stars better

and as a little gift i wanted to make a cat bookmark 

I started by stamping the images onto white card, watercoloured and cut out....in hindsight i should have stamped them on paper to make it easier for the laminator...lesson learnt for next time! 

I found some paper in purples as thats my friends fav colour, an off cut of cream pearl card for the base of the bookmark which picks up nicely on the colour of the cats.  Chat stickers and doodling added before laminating, then adding an eyelet and some ribbons. 

I had stamped and coloured a few of these cats some made 5 bookmarks in all.  Ideal for using up the offcuts of white card i get from making 6x6" cards.   The stickers read 'I am fabulous' & 'you can never have too much happy'

Stickers read 'be awesome today' & 'darling, you are a work of art'

and finally....I was given a really beautiful paper pad for my birthday in August by ciao bella 'moon&me' and these are a couple of strips from the papers.  The moon reads 'with freedom, books, flowers and the moon who could not be happy?'

Just showing them all together

Items Used:

katzelkraft cat stamps 'cats on wall' & 'cats on books'

Star circle die 

Crealies arch die (discontinued)

caio bella papers 'moon & me'

various papers

Crafters companion rose gold satin card

Distress Oxide inks 'wilted violet, evergreen bough, black soot'

Distress inks 'vintage photo, lemonade, wild honey'

Tim Holtz snarky chat stickers

Thank you all for popping by once again and all your lovely comments last week.  I hope this week is a good one for you all.  Hugs Emmaxx

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Bookmarks

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I had lots of small strips of white card left which i thought would be ideal for bookmarks.  As part of my using old stash i dug out my much neglected ribbon box too.  I used a funky fossil paper pad which had gelli print backgrounds and is lovely to stamp on.

Set 1 A side.

I cut patterned paper to fit my white card strips and stamped little scenes on them, here i used mostly lavinia stamps.  And some doodled details with black and white gel pens.  I added tim holtz chit chat stickers with positive messages.  

Laminated, hole punched and ribbon added in co-ordinating colours. 

Set 1 B side.  This is the back of the above 3 bookmarks.

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set 2

Set 2 A side

Here i used the same woodware floral stamp by stamping it onto the paper and then cutting to size, i put half of the stamped image on the front of the bookmark and the second half on the back.  Details added with acrylic paint pens.  Positive quotes added again

Set 2 B side - this is the back of the above bookmarks

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set 3

Set 3 A side.  

Some pink ink stamps used here with the fungi & flying keys

Set 3 B side.  Showing the back of the set above

Items Used:

Various Lavinia stamps - hares, fairies, house, crows, hedgehogs, fox, owls

Pink Ink stamps 'thistlehogs' 'brock' 'shitake'

aall&create stamps 'bouquet border' #162

Woodware stamps 'wild meadow'

Funky Fossil paper pad 'kaleidescope'

Staedtler Coloured fineliner pens

Posca white pen

Grey alcohol markers

White card

Laminator

Thank you for stopping by once again and all your previous comments.  I hope you enjoy the rest of the week and weekend, although the weather doesn't look too good - ideal for staying in the dry crafting.  Hugs Emmax

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