Create With Kathe for Thursday 11th December 2014

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This week we made 4 projects!!!

As it is almost Christmas, and many people now give gift vouchers/cards for Christmas, this week’s focus was on how to present gift cards …

 

Project 1 “Circle Card Thinlits” Gift Card Holder, case via Jacque Williams

Jacque taught this card at our recent Christmas Extravaganza, and I had to share this card with my ladies.

I changed it up a bit by adding in the “Work Of Art” stamp set.

Stamp sets featured in this card are “Festival Of Trees”, “Letterpress Winter” and “Work Of Art” .

This card could be suitable for any occasion, just by swapping the stamp sets.

Project 2 “Cottage Cutz Filigree Pocket” Gift Card Holder

Featuring my favourite die from Cottage Cutz, the ladies got to choose between a snowflake embellishment {from the “Snowflake Card Thinlits” Die} or a flower {from the “Flower Shop” stamp set and punched with the matching “Pansy” Punch}. Both are secured with a Candy Dot Brad Base and a Rhinestone Basic Jewel.

The leaves are punched using the “Bird Builder” Punch.

The embellishments for this pocket card holder can be changed to any colour, that way you can match the embellishment back with the colour of the gift card.

Project 3 “Envelope Gift Card Holder”

The base for the card holder is the envelope from the “Note Cards and Envelopes” #131527 $11.95 for 20

Folded in half and adhered to a piece of Pool Party cardstock, the front is decorated with the “Work Of Art” and “Festival Of Trees” stamps sets, + Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

For the inside, one flap of the envelope is cut off, and the other stuck down.

This is a quick and easy card to make and took less than 10 minutes from start to finish.

Project 4 “Top Note” Swing Gift Card Holder

Love love love the “Top Note” Die, which ahs been used to create this swing card. Accented with “Trim The Tree” Designer Series Paper Stack which peaks through the negative detail, created with the Star punch from the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack.

The stamp set featured is “Get Your Santa On” which has bee coloured with the Cherry Cobbler Blendabilities. Did you see the cute Pom Pom on the Santa’s Hat? That’s created with the Crop-A-Dile and Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper.

The Cherry Cobbler Ribbon and Antique Brad are the finishing touch.

Wah-lah … Gift Card Holders …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.

“Festival Of Trees” Stamp Set and Matching "Tree" Punch

“Flower Shop” Stamp Set

"Get Your Santa On” Stamp Set

“Letterpress Winter” Stamp Set

“Work Of Art” Stamp Set

Recipe Ingredient List

Stamp Sets : “Festival Of Trees”, “Flower Shop”, :Get Your Santa On”, “Letterpress Winter”, “Work Of Art”

Ink : Bermuda Bay, Daffodil Delight, Lost Lagoon, Pool Party,

Blendabilities : Cherry Cobbler

Cardstock :  Basic Black, Glimmer Paper in Dazzling Diamonds, Pistachio Pudding, Pool Party, Soft Suede, Whisper White, “Trim The Tree” Designer Series Paper Stack

Punches : 2 1/2” Circle, Bird Builder, Pansy, Star from the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack, Tree

Framelits/Dies : Circle Card Thinlits, Deco Labels, Snowflake Card Thinlits, Top Note, and Cottage Cutz Filigree Pocket

Ribbons : Cherry Cobbler Ribbon,

Xtras : 2 Way Glue Pen, Antique Brads, Candy Dot Brad Base, Dimensionals, "Note Cards and Envelopes” #131527 $11.95 for 20, Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Glitter in Dazzling Diamonds

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

“Create With Kathe” For Thursday 16th October 2014

This weeks “Create With Kathe” Craft Class, we made a whopping 3 projects, starting with the Mini Album first.

The second project was a cute little “Curvy Keepsake Box”, and the third and quick and easy Christmas card, featuring the Bundle "Festival Of Trees" …

Project 1 Mini Album

For the sample, I featured the “All Is Calm” Designer Series Paper, and for my other/xtra samples I used the “Everyday Enchantment” DSP.

Take a 12” x 12” piece of Designer Series Paper {double sided paper}, and Score at 3”, 6” and 9”.

Turn  90 degrees and again score at 3”, 6”, 9”

This is a breeze , by utilizing my Simply Scored Scoring Tool.

Cut along the lines as per diagram ...

Fold concertina style {over under over under}, continuing around the corners.

Adhere the loose tops and bottoms with 3mm double sided tape or glue, to form the pockets.

Use the “Postage Stamp” Punch to punch the openings {of the pockets} for the Tag{s}, which have been punched using the “Scallop Tag Topper” and “Project Life Corner Rounder” Punches, then stamped with the “Petite Petals” stamp set in Coastal Cabana.

The ribbon closure is made with Venetian Crochet Trim or Soft Sky 1/2" Seam Binding Ribbon, and adhered to the Mini Album before the cover is adhered.

The cover is made with 2x 3 ½ “ pieces of cardstock {I used the backing/packaging from the DSP packs}, and 2x 4” pieces of DSP.

Adhere the 3 ½ “ cardstock to the centre of the 4” DSP, mitre corners, and fold DSP over and adhere.

The flower is made by using the “Blossom” Punch, x4 in Pool Party, and then crimped x8 in the Paper Crimper. The fibres of the cardstock are then broken down, so you can split each Blossom into 2, petal by petal {take it slowly!} = 8 Blossoms.

The Blossoms are then placed furry side up, adhered with a Mini Brad, then a Very Vintage Designer Button is threaded with Bakers Twine, a bow tied, and adhered to the Blossom.

Now adhere the Blossom to the Mini Album, and  …

Wah-Lah … Mimi Album done!

Project 2 “Curvy Keepsake Box”

Continuing the theme with the Pool Party cardstock, we cut 2x “Curvy Keepsake Box” Thinlits Dies, and on two opposite sides, embossed with the “Lovely Lace” Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, a small Pearl Basic Jewel is adhered to the centre of each of the embossed sides.

Once the box is assembled we added some Tags in Pool Party cardstock, 2x with the Tag Die included in this pack, one of which was embossed with the “Lovely Lace” TIEF, and a small Pearl Basic Jewel + 2 x feathers from the “Feathers” framelits, 1 in Pool Party and 1 in Vellum.

The word "love" is from the "Good Greetings" stamp set, and is actually the sentiment "i love you", but we have just coloured the word "love" with the Early Espresso Stampin Marker.

The tags/Feathers are strung together and tied with Bakers Twine.

Wah-Lah … “Curvy Keepsake Box” done!

Project 3 “Festival Of Trees” Christmas Card – which I showcased in the “Creative Inkers Christmas Blog Hop”

I chose this Bundle as it is very affordable {$59.25}, and can be used in many different ways.   For more ideas you can check out Pinterest.

I have made up 4 samples, each different from the others.

In all four cards I featured a small Candy Dot as an anchor, created using the Crop-A-Dile and Glimmer Paper in “Dazzling Diamonds”, and adhered with Glue Dot.

The card Base is Pool Party, with a overlay of Crumb Cake.

The sentiment “Merry Christmas” is from the stamp set “Endless Wishes” and stamped in Tempting Turquoise.

The Star Punch from the “Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack” is used to punch the Star from Glimmer Paper in “Dazzling Diamonds”.

First sample features the Tree, with no embellishments/decorations on the Tree.

Second sample features the Tree with a Bucket, with no embellishments/decorations on the Tree.

Third sample features the Tree with “Dazzling Diamonds” Candy Dot embellishments/decorations.

Fourth sample features the Tree with a Bucket, and the Tree with “Dazzling Diamonds” Candy Dot embellishments/decorations.

For the card insert, which is Naturals White, the sentiment “A Merry Little Wish… For Lots Of Joy At Christmas” is from the “Festival Of Trees” stamp set and stamped in Early Espresso,

 I used the “Confetti Stars” Punch as a border, and adhered the negative detail of the Tree in Crumb Cake.

In the second version, I have added the Bucket.

The finishing touch is the Star at the top of Tree.

The “Tree” Punch {below} is very versatile, as it can also be used to make small trees as per the photo below.

Wah-Lah ... “Festival Of Trees” Christmas Card done!

Thursday’s evening Class, we also had a surprise birthday party for one of our crafters Jill, and I was so overwhelmed to receive this gorgeous handmade stitched thank card from Jill yesterday …

By Jill Hosking

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.

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Recipe Ingredient List

Stamp Sets : “Endless Wishes”, “Festival Of Trees”, "Good Greetings", “Petite Petals”

Ink : Coastal Cabana, Early Espresso, Tempting Turquoise

Stampin' Write Markers : Early Espresso

Cardstock :  Crumb Cake, Designer Series Paper in “All Is Calm”, Glimmer Paper in Dazzling Diamonds, Naturals White, Pool Party, Vellum

Punches : “Blossom”, “Confetti Stars” Star from the “Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack”, “Postage Stamp”, “Project Life Corner Rounder”, “Scallop Tag Topper”, “Tree”

Framelits/Dies : "Curvy Keepsake Box” Thinlits Dies, “Feathers” Framelits

Textured Impressions Embossing Folders : “Lovely Lace”

Ribbons : Soft Sky 1/2" Seam Binding Ribbon, Venetian Crochet Trim, White Bakers Twine

Xtras : Glue Dots, Dimensionals, Mini Brads, Pearl Basic Jewel, Very Vintage Designer Button,

Special Tools : Crop-A-Dile, Paper Trimmer, Simply Scored Scoring Tool, Stampin’ Scrub and Stampin’ Cleaner, Stampin Trimmer

Creative Inkers Christmas Blog Hop

I am super excited to be involved in my first Blog Hop with my Team the “Creative Inkers”.

The Challenge/Theme is “Christmas” so I broke out the “Festival Of Trees” stamp set and matching “Tree” Punch.

I chose this Bundle as it is very affordable {$59.25}, and can be used in many different ways.   For more ideas you can check out Pinterest.

I have made up 4 samples, each different from the others.

In all four cards I featured a small Candy Dot as an anchor, created using the Crop-A-Dile and Glimmer Paper in “Dazzling Diamonds”, and adhered with Glue Dot.

The card Base is Pool Party, with a overlay of Crumb Cake.

The sentiment “Merry Christmas” is from the stamp set “Endless Wishes” and stamped in Tempting Turquoise.

The Star Punch from the “Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack” is used to punch the Star from Glimmer Paper in “Dazzling Diamonds”.

First sample features the Tree, with no embellishments/decorations on the Tree.

Second sample features the Tree with a Bucket, with no embellishments/decorations on the Tree.

Third sample features the Tree with “Dazzling Diamonds” Candy Dot embellishments/decorations.

Fourth sample features the Tree with a Bucket, and the Tree with “Dazzling Diamonds” Candy Dot embellishments/decorations.

For the card insert, which is Naturals White, the sentiment “A Merry Little Wish… For Lots Of Joy At Christmas” is from the “Festival Of Trees” stamp set, and stamped in Early Espresso,

I used the “Confetti Stars” Punch as a border, and adhered the negative detail of the Tree in Crumb Cake.

In the second version, I have added the Bucket.

The finishing touch is the Star at the top of Tree.

The “Tree” Punch is very versatile, as it can also be used to make small trees as per the photos below ....

Can’ wait for my next Blog Hop, as this has been heaps of fun.

As I am #16, I am officially at the end of the Blog Hop, but you may like to go back to the beginning, in case you missed something, so head on over to #1 Narelle Hoggard.

Or if you want to go back, head on over to #15 Kathryn Tyrell.

For more craft ideas, head on over to my Pinterest page.

Happy craftin’,

Kathe.

“Festival Of Trees” Stamp- Set + matching "Tree" Punch

“Endless Wishes” Stamp Set

Recipe Ingredient List

Stamp Sets : “Endless Wishes” and “Festival Of Trees”

Ink : Early Espresso, Tempting Turquoise

Cardstock :  Crumb Cake, Glimmer Paper in Dazzling Diamonds, Naturals White, Pool Party

Punches : “Confetti Stars” Star from the “Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack”, “Tree”

Xtras : Glue Dots, Dimensionals,

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

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Creative Inkers Christmas Blog Hop

1. Narelle Hoggard

2. Jackie Noble 

3. Bev Poultney 

4. Sally Williams 

5. Bernice Collins 

6. Irene Wardlaw 

7. Sharon de Vos 

8. Jacque Williams 

9. Delys Cram 

10. Rachael Knight

11. Lisa Bullock 

12. Paula Reid

13. Heather Stewart

14. Ria Kaire

15. Kathryn Tyrrell
16. Kathe Oldham