Card Creations with Catherine

We have a super fun birthday card today with a cute dinosaur to send happy birthday greetings. I combined this with a couple of letters from the Party Alphabet Dies, creating some fun imagery on the front of this card.

Cheers,
Catherine.

Please visit my website to read the blog post for this project, to find other resources including tips, how to's, current activities and promotions - www.catherinestanding.com.au .

Christmas projects have commenced and one of the first ones I wanted to start with was the fun Festive Friends bundle. Three cute Christmas characters are in the stamp set, two appearing on this card. Along with the stamps are some fun dies to create a snowy background. I used the two tree dies on this card.

Cheers,
Catherine.

Please visit my website to read the blog post for this project, to find other resources including tips, how to's, current activities and promotions - www.catherinestanding.com.au .

This suave dinosaur from the Darling Dino stamp set does not quite have his heart on his sleeve, but holding it in his hand was close enough for me. Looking pretty dressy with his glasses and top hat, this pretty blue dino is making his feelings known.

Cheers,
Catherine.

Please visit my website to read the blog post for this project, to find other resources including tips, how to's, current activities and promotions - www.catherinestanding.com.au .

When I want to let go of the pressures of the day and relax, colouring is one of the things that I enjoy that helps me to do this. Spending time to gradually bring an outlined picture to life with colour is a perfect way to get out of my head and forget about what else is going on, relaxing into the act of colouring and enjoying the processes of creativity.

Cheers,
Catherine.

Please visit my website to read the blog post for this project, to find other resources including tips, how to's, current activities and promotions - www.catherinestanding.com.au .

This card design is a variation of one we made at a Stampin' Up! event. I love the simplicity of the design and find that it is very versatile, changing how it looks depending on the pattern papers you use and the focal point you create. I have simplified the techniques used to create this card, but that then leaves you with many options to add techniques for variety on your cards while using the same design. This is one reason why card making is so much fun!

Cheers,
Catherine.

Please visit my website to read the blog post for this project, to find other resources including tips, how to's, current activities and promotions - www.catherinestanding.com.au .

This pretty card is heavily inspired by one of the samples for the Impressions Abloom Bundle that you will find in the Online Exclusives part of my online store. You will only find these products on my online store, they do not appear in any catalogues. The floral stamping and sentiment banner are following as closely as I could to the sample that is shown with the products. It was such a pretty design that I had to copy and share it with you.

Cheers,
Catherine.

Please visit my website to read the blog post for this project, to find other resources including tips, how to's, current activities and promotions - www.catherinestanding.com.au .

The Turtle-y Awesome bundle is super cute, with lots of images and dies to create fun cards. However, I must admit that I haven't used my bundle a lot yet as the Turtle-y Cute designer series paper has some fabulous images that are super easy to fussy cut out and I have been using these to make a bunch of cards instead of the stamp set.

Cheers,
Catherine.

Please visit my website to read the blog post for this project, to find other resources including tips, how to's, current activities and promotions - www.catherinestanding.com.au .

Stampin' Up! products are well known for the terrific way that the colours coordinate across products. I have used this in today's card coordinating the coloured parrot with the pinks in the floral paper and part of the stamped sentiment. I have created a very pink card today!

Cheers,
Catherine.

Please visit my website to read the blog post for this project, to find other resources including tips, how to's, current activities and promotions - www.catherinestanding.com.au .

My August monthly card club projects featured the super fun Poppin' By Bundle. This super cute bundle has a popcorn theme and I just had to share one of the class cards with you. This bundle is perfect for creating 'movie night' card designs to invite friends over for a movie night or if you wanted to keep in touch with a movie buff friend!

Cheers,
Catherine.

Please visit my website to read the blog post for this project, to find other resources including tips, how to's, current activities and promotions - www.catherinestanding.com.au .

For quick and easy card making, you can't go past Stampin' Up!'s kit collection. Each kit contains all the product you need to create beautiful cards or other projects. Today's cards are from the lovely Painted Wishes Kit. Some kits include some stamping, however this one does not and I love the blue foil sentiments that come in the kit.

Cheers,
Catherine.

Please visit my website to read the blog post for this project, to find other resources including tips, how to's, current activities and promotions - www.catherinestanding.com.au .

I have been wanting to create a card featuring the Encircled with Love stamp set for some time, and today is the day. I have used the solid Thank You stamp on green card stock which shows through on all the etched areas of the stamp, as well as giving the image a fun border. So many things achieved with a single stamp.

Cheers,
Catherine.

Please visit my website to read the blog post for this project, to find other resources including tips, how to's, current activities and promotions - www.catherinestanding.com.au .

I could not stay away from the Silly Safari stamp set for long, I just love the cheeky faces of these cute critters. Surely they must brighten anyone's day!

Cheers,
Catherine.

Please visit my website to read the blog post for this project, to find other resources including tips, how to's, current activities and promotions - www.catherinestanding.com.au .