"Create With Kathe" Craft Class For Thursday 2nd April 2015

This weeks “Create With Kathe” Craft Class was all about my new “Berry Basket” Bigz L Die, which was featured in both projects.

We made a “Berry Basket Flower Pot” Card and a “Punch Art Easter Berry Basket” …

Project 1 “Berry Basket Flower Pot” Card

 

The cardbase for this card is Naturals White, with the card insert either Crisp Cantaloupe or Wisteria Wonder cardstock.

The Flower Pot is cut with Sahara Sand {my new favourite!} cardstock with the “Berry Basket” Die, and then embossed with the “Decorative Dots” Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.

The dirt is a strip of Soft Suede cardstock  ... it is all in the details!

As the Fringe Scissors were on a Weekly Deal that week, these were used to cut the two layers of grass {Garden Green cardstock}.

The ladies had a choice between orange toned flowers, which was a combo of Tangerine Tango and Crisp Cantaloupe cardstock, or purple toned flowers, which was a combo of Wisteria Wonder with Elegant Eggplant cardstock.

Just about ALL the ladies chose the first option!

The flowers were stamped with the “Flower Shop” stamp set in Crisp Cantaloupe or Wisteria Wonder ink, then punched using the “Pansy” Punch.

The centre of the flowers are So Saffron cardstock, and I tried out my new Stampin’ Glitter in Gold – loved it so much I just had to order the Silver in!

The butterflies are stamped with the "Butterfly Basics" stamp set, then punched with the Bitty Butterfly punch, and layered, before 3 small Rhinestone Basic Jewels have been added to the centre of the butterflies.

The sentiment “just because” is stamped in Garden Green ink, and is from the stamp set “A Dozen Thoughts”.   This is the perfect sentiment, as it can carry a whole range of cards … thinking of you, birthday, bereavement, sickness, friendship etc.

For the card insert, the “Petite Petals” stamp set is stamped in either Crisp Cantaloupe or Wisteria Wonder ink, and a little flower from the “Itty Bitty Punch Pack” is punched  in the darker cardstock {Tangerine Tango or Elegant Eggplant}, and a Rhinestone Basic Jewel is placed in the centre.

The finishing touch is the “Confetti Heart Border” Punch which is featured as negative detail on the card insert.

Wah-lah … “Berry Basket Flower Pot” Card done!

Project 2 ”Punch Art Easter Berry Basket”

We also made an Easter Basket with the “Berry Basket” Bigz L Die, with a cute little bow, made with the “Bow Builder” Punch.

Easter is the perfect time to get out your Punches, and experiment with some Punch Art. To get some other great Punch Art ideas, check out Pinterest

This bunny is based on the Punch Art Easter Bunny I made last year …

I used a variety of Punches to create the Easter Bunny, 1” Circle, 2” Circle, Boho Blossoms, Extra-Large Oval, heart from the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack, Large Oval, Owl Builder, Petite Petals, and “Circles Collection” Framelits.

The little bunny is holding a sign, stamped in Old Olive featuring the “Crazy About You” and “Perfect Pennants” stamp sets.

Wah-lah …”Punch Art Easter Berry Basket” done!

Thanks for taking the time to stop by, and if you would like to make a Stampin’ Up! purchase online, please head on over  to my Stampin’ Up! website.

Happy craftin’,

Kathe.

Recipe Ingredient List

Stamp Sets : “A Dozen Thoughts”, “Butterfly Basic", "Crazy About You”, “Flower Shop”, “Hardwood”, “Petite Petals”, “Perfect Pennants”

Classic Stampin’ Ink Pads : Crisp Cantaloupe, Garden Green, Old Olive,  Sahara Sand, Wisteria Wonder

Cardstock : Basic Black, Crisp Cantaloupe, Daffodil Delight, Garden Green, Naturals White, Pink Pirouette, Sahara Sand, Smokey Slate, So Saffron, Soft Suede, Tangerine Tango, Whisper White

Framelits/Dies/Edgelits : “Berry Basket” Bigz L Die, “Circles Collection” Framelits,

Textured Impressions Embossing Folders : “Decorative Dots”

Punches : 1” Circle, 2” Circle, Bird Builder, Bitty Butterfly, Boho Blossoms, Bow Builder, Confetti Heart Border, Extra-Large Oval, flower and heart from the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack, Large Oval, Owl Builder, Petite Petals

Xtras : Glue Dots, Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Seam Binding Ribbon in Pink Pirouette, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Stampin’ Glitter in Gold, Uni-Ball Signo Gel Pen in White, Window Sheets/Acetate

Special Tools : Big Shot, Fringe Scissors, Stampin’ Scrub and Stampin’ Cleaner, Stampin Trimmer

"Create With Kathe" For Tuesday 17th March 2015

My Tuesday ladies put in a special request this week, so we {re-}made a Pop and Swing Card, and the Braided Card ...

Pop and Swing "Sheltering Tree" + "Crazy About You" Card

Braided "Butterflies Basics" + "From The Garden" Card ...

To view the original Posts, with construction details, please go to:

Pop and Swing Card : click here

Braided Card : click here

Thanks for taking the time to stop by, and if you would like to make a Stampin’ Up! purchase online, please head on over  to my Stampin’ Up! website.

Happy craftin’,

Kathe.

Stamp Sets : "Butterfly Basics", "Crazy About You", "From The Garden",  "Sheltering Tree"

“Create With Kathe” For Thursday 5th March 2015

We had fun learning new technique this week called “Braiding” or "Braided".

After spotting a very fancy card on Pinterest by Brandy Cox, I watched her fab Tutorial on her Blog, of course I added the “Kathe” twist and altered it up. 

Our second card is a very fun card featuring my new stamp set “From The Herd”.

This weeks tempting display!

Project 1”Braided ‘Butterflies Basics’ + ‘From the Garden’”

My order had just arrived in, and I thought “Always Artichoke” would be the perfect colour as the base layer {8x5,½”}.

Strawberry Slush cardstock has been embossed with the “Fancy Fan" TIEF.

The stem of flowers had been stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black, then coloured using Aqua Painters and Blender Pens, with Blushing Bride, Garden Green, Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz and Strawberry Slush ink pads.

Once colouring has been completed, the stem and flowers are then fussy cut.

The sentiment “Sending Wishes Your way” is from the “Butterfly Basics” stamp set, and is stamped in Always Artichoke on Vellum. If you look very closely, there is an under-layer of Blushing Bride cardstock which has been stamped with the butterfly from the “Butterfly Basics” stamp set, in half strength {stamped off once} Strawberry Slush.

The Vellum panel over top, give a very subtle effect. The finishing touch to the sentiment are three small Pearls.

The other sentiment “Fresh Picked For You Best Buds” is from the “From The Garden” {yes, I did write that tongue twister!} stamp set and is stamped in Always Artichoke on Blushing Bride cardstock, which is then cut using the “Handpicked” Framelits, sponged with Crumb Cake and a Pearl added to the corner.

The butterflies are also from the “Butterfly Basics” stamp set, are stamped in Strawberry Slush {stamped off once} on to Blushing Bride cardstock

The butterflies are then punched using the “Bitty Butterfly” Punch. The bigger butterflies are punched using the “Elegant Butterfly” Punch, then sponged in Crumb Cake. The butterflies are layered together and the finished tough are 3 small Pearls.

Once the front panel has been assembled and layered using Stampin’ Dimensionals, the finishing touch is a scrap of Venetian Crochet Trim which is tied in a knot around the bottom of the Braid.

The card insert is is Blushing Bride cardstock, that features negative detail, by using the “Chevron Border” Punch.

The sentiment “Happy Birthday” is from the “Butterfly Basics” stamp set, and is stamped in Always Artichoke.

Another cute butterfly is placed at the lower right hand corner of the card inset, and the finishing touch is another scrap of Venetian Crochet Trim.

Wah-lah … “Braided ‘Butterflies Basics’ + ‘From the Garden’” done!

Project 2 “From The Herd”

As the “Label Love” stamp set, “Artisan Label” Punch and Fringe Scissors were on this weeks “Weekly Deals”, I decided to incorporate them all in to this cute and fun card …

The card base for the card is Soft Suede {8”x5,½”}, with a panel of Marina Mist {3,7/8”x5,3/8”} added, which resembles the sky nicely.

The animals are from the “From the Herd” {yes, I did say that again!} stamp set, and are stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black onto the corresponding cardstock : Goat and Lama – Smokey Slate, Pig – Blushing Bride, Ox – Soft Suede, Chicken – So Saffron, and Bird – Real Red.

The animals are then all fussy card, and then adhered back into their original place, I cut an xtra piggy and adhered his head with Stampin’ DImensionals.

The fence is Crumb Cake cardstock which has been stamped with the “Hardwood” stamp set in Versamark and Clear Stampin’ Emboss Powder has been sprinkled on, then heat set with the Heat Tool.

I used the Triangle Punch to form the heads of the posts, and the Crop-A-Dile + Glue Dots for the nail/knot joins in the fence.

The grass is Garden Green and Pear Pizzazz cardstock which as been cut wit the Fringe Scissors.

The petals are punched using the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack, with tiny Rhinestones added to their centres, that have been coloured with the Pink Pirouette Blendabilities.

The sentiment “To the best friend I’ve ever had” is from the “Label Love” stamp set, and is stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black on to Vellum, and punched using the “Artisan Label” Punch.

The sun is from the {vintage}“Life’s A Beach” stamp set, and is stamped in Daffodil Delight, and has Dazzling Diamonds Stampin’ Glitter, adhered with my 2-Way Glue Pen.

For the card insert, Naturals Ivory cardstock has the same animal image stamped, with little party hats added, which have Dazzling Diamonds Stampin’ Glitter on them.

The sentiment “Happy Birthday” is also from the “From The Herd” {YUP!!!} stamp set, and is stamped on Very Vanilla cardstock, which has been cut with the “Word Bubbles” Framelits, and then sponged with Crumb Cake.

For the Tab, I used the “Artisan Label” punch again, with a scrap of Soft Suede cardstock and wrapped is around the top left corner of the card insert, then added a tiny nail/knot to finish.

Wah-lah … “From The Herd” Card done!

Thanks for taking the time to stop by, and if you would like to make a Stampin’ Up! purchase online, please head on over  to my Stampin’ Up! website.

Happy craftin’,

Kathe.

Recipe Ingredient List

Stamp Sets : “Butterfly Basics”, “From The Garden”, “From The Herd”, “Hardwood”,

Classic Stampin’ Ink Pads : Always Artichoke, Blushing Bride, Crumb Cake, Garden Green, Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz, Strawberry Slush, and Memento Tuxedo Black

Blendabilities : Pink Pirouette

Cardstock :  Always Artichoke, Blushing Bride, Crumb Cake, Marina Mist, Naturals Ivory, Smokey Slate, So Saffron, Soft Suede, Strawberry Slush and Vellum

Framelits : “Handpicked”, “Word Bubbles”

Textured Impressions Embossing Folders : “Fancy Fan" 

Punches : Artisan Label, Bitty Butterfly, Chevron Border, Elegant Butterfly, Extra Large Oval, Itty Bitty Punch Pack, Triangle

Ribbons : Vintage Crochet Trim

Xtras : Aqua Painters, Basic Pearl Jewels, Blender Pens, Dots, Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Glitter in Dazzling Diamonds, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Stamping Sponges,

Special Tools : Big Shot, Crop-A-Dile, Stampin’ Scrub and Stampin’ Cleaner, Stampin’ Trimmer, 

SplitCoastStampers Favourite, Week Ending- 22.02.2015

WOWsiers!!!I

I joined SplitCoastStampers earlier this week, and have uploaded a couple of recent projects.
Not even a week old, and I have been nominated as a favourite!

The nomination was on post #62 and read:

"I made one of these too, but this is so bright and beautiful: 4 Easel Panel Card, Featuring "Petal Potpourri" by JorjaRoseNZ - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers"

To check out my other cards on Splitcoaststampers click here

This is the card I was nominated/favourited for 

My original Post can be found here

Thanks for taking the time to stop by, and if you would like to make a Stampin’ Up! purchase online, please head on over  to my Stampin’ Up! website.

Happy craftin’,

Kathe.

Altered Butterfly Frame

My Mom and her twin sister celebrated their birthday on Friday.

What with so much gorgeous Stampin’ Up! product in my stash, I just had to make a handmade gift ..

Each lucky lady received a gorgeous altered Butterfly framed piece of my artwork, along with a card, featuring the “Butterfly Basics” and "Painted Petals" stamp sets and matching “Butterflies’ framelits.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by, and if you would like to make a Stampin’ Up! purchase online, please head on over  to my Stampin’ Up! website.

Happy craftin’,

Kathe.

Recipe Ingredient List

Stamp Sets : "Butterfly Basics", “Painted Petals”

Ink : Elegant Eggplant, Wisteria Wonder, Versamark

Blendabilities : Wisteria Wonder

Cardstock : “Irresistibly Yours” Specialty Designer Series Paper {SAB2015}, Elegant Eggplant, Naturals White, Whisper White, Wisteria Wonder

Framelits : “Butterflies”

Textured Impression Embossing Folders : Lovely lace

Ribbons : Seam Bing Ribbon ½” in Wisteria Wonder, Vintage Crochet Trim

Xtras : Basic Pearl Jewels, Dimensionals, Stampin’ Emboss Powder in Gold, Stamping Sponges, Packing Paper, Matted Picture Frame {via The Warehouse}, Vintage Flower Trim {via Stamps Plus},

Special Tools : Big Shot, Heat Tool, Paper Stampin’ Scrub and Stampin’ Cleaner, Stampin Trimmer, 

Create With Kathe for Thursday 8th January 2014

First Class back after the holidays, and I am brimming with ideas, what with the new Occasions and Sale-A-Bration catalogues that are now in effect!

This week we made 2 cards, the first featuring the new “Butterfly Basics” stamp set and matching “Butterflies” framelits, the second featuring the gorgeous {and my favourite stamp set from Sale-A-Bration} stamp set “Lotus Blossom” + “From The Garden” and matching “Handpicked” Framelits …

Thanks for taking the time to stop by, and if you would like to make a Stampin’ Up! purchase online, please head on over  to my Stampin’ Up! website.

Happy craftin’,

Kathe.

Recipe Ingredient List

Stamp Sets : “Butterfly Basics”, “From The Garden”, SAB2015 “Lotus Blossom”

Ink : Bermuda Bay, Coastal Cabana, Elegant Eggplant, Garden Green, Strawberry Slush, Wisteria Wonder

Blendabilities : Coastal Cabana

Cardstock :  Blushing Bride, Elegant Eggplant, Lost Lagoon, Naturals White, Pool Party, Whisper White, Wisteria Wonder, “Subtles” Designer Series Paper Stack, SAB2015 “Irresistibly Yours” Specialty Designer Series Paper

Punches : Hearts Border, Project Life Corner, Spiral Border

Framelits/Dies : Butterflies, Handpicked,

Textured Impressions Embossing Folders : Decorative Dots, Large Polka Dots

Ribbons : Linen Thread, Seam Binding ½” – Wisteria Wonder, Sequin Trim - Bermuda Bay, Taffeta Ribbon 1/8” - Melon Mambo, Venetian Crochet Trim

Xtras : 2 Way Glue Pen, Antique Brads, Pearl Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Stampin Emboss Powder – Gold, Stamping Sponges, Versamark, Vintage Faceted Designer Buttons

Special Tools : Big Shot, Heat Tool, Simply Scored Scoring Tool, Stampin’ Scrub and Stampin’ Cleaner, Stampin Trimmer,