Crazy Cat Lady Starter Kit

My friend is a cat lover so I try and find images that she will like, she lost her beloved grey cat last year and even though he is no longer with us I included him sleeping on her card. The other cats are her kitten and her daughters kitten. 

 

We Go Way Back

Its not often that I make a card for my uncle that he really likes but this was one of those, he laughed when he saw it and said it was almost like I had taken a photo of him in his chair, a very rare compliment from this particular gent lol.

Ingredients

Image: Sit Back laugh lines from Art Impressions

Dies: blueprints 13 and basic and stitched tag corner rectangle stax all from MFT

Halloween 2021

Now if you thought you were going to see my halloween costume you are going to be bitterly disappointed lol. This year like last year I made a few Halloween cards and I will say I need to buy some halloween supplies as this wasn't an easy make.

I was chatting with a friend on zoom and saying I didn't have any supplies to make halloween cards when she commented on the Art Impressions Spider stamp behind my head and I had totally forgotten I had bought her in the clearance section at Hobby Lobby. Then of course I needed a spider web die so I asked my friend if I could cut some of hers and this is the result.

I am totally obsessed with the blueprints 30 die and don't even put it away at the moment lol.

The two different backgrounds were an experiment and one that didn't go as I had hoped. I used glossy photopaper and the oxide sprays and on the top one I pounced them on my mat as otherwise it covered the panel completely.

AI Christmas Jumper

I made an almost identical card last year and I decided if it ain't broke why fix it and do the same again. I did change the sentiment and added the scalloped die but that was all. 

The big day is getting closer and I am so pleased I decided to have all my cards made by the 1st December. Normally I am rushing to finish all my cards but this year I am just rushing to do everything else lol.

Ingredients

Image: christmas jumper from Art Impressions (Ai)

Dies: bluepints 29 from MFT

Ink: peacock feathers distress oxide

Christmas Jumper

I know you aren’t supposed to have a favourite card but I do think these ones come very close. I had a blast colouring them and I hope the recipients like them as much as I do.

Ingredients
Image and Sentiment: "christmas jumper" from Art Impressions
Dies: blueprints 20 from MFT
Inks: peacock feathers, twisted citroen and mowed lawn all distress oxides

Art Impressions - Crazy Friends

I am wondering if this ever happens to anyone else, I was watching a video from "theres Calvird - Lost in Paper" and she made a card with this set and I loved it, so I decided I needed to buy it. Ok so far the story is pretty familiar but once I found it and had it in my basket, a small niggle appeared in my brain and I decided to check my stamps and yes you have guessed it I already owned it lol. At least I suppose I didn't buy it twice and i liked it enough to want to lol.

This card sort of evolved once I remembered I owned the MFT wild stencil, bit of stencilling, colouring and wish bash bosh its all done lol.

Ingredients

Image: "crazy friends" Art Impressions

Sentiment: "keep it simple birthday 3" Papertrey Ink

Stencil: "wild" from MFT

Card: Harvest gold from Papertrey Ink

Dies: strips of ease from Heffy Doodle and blueprints 15 from MFT

Guinea be a Good Day

I can’t believe that I have used another stamp from this set, only one more and the entire set will have been used and that will be a first for me lol.

Its a simple card but I hope Kathy liked it. I know she likes Guinea Pigs and purple so thats a start lol.

Ingredients
Image and Sentiment: "guinea pig-out" from Art Impressions (ai)
Dies: "tag corner rectangle stax" from MFT
Paper: "" from MFT


Copics
Guinea pig - W4, 2, Blender, E99, 97, 95, 93
Chocolate Drops - E59
Ground - E87, 84

Cone of Shame

This set of stamps by Art Impressions was perfect for one of the get well guy cards I have needed this week, its not often I send get well cards as I always run out of time to make them, normally the patient is better before I get to it lol.

Its a simple card, because time was against me but I hope it cheers the recipient up.

Ingredients
Image and Sentiment: "doggy kisses" from AI (art impressions)
Dies: Mod rectangle from MFT
Paper: "ouchies" from Nit Wit

Copics
Dog - E34, 31, 30
Cone - N3, 2, 1, 0

Art Impressions Guinea Pigs

I have a very good friend who is obsessed with Guinea Pigs, she used to have them and now wishes she could have them all. Whenever we visit a pet store she spends ages looking at them and I keep thinking one day she will have a herd of them.

I kept the card simple to highlight the image and I used colours from Tracy on the art impressions design teams colouring of the images.

Ingredients
Image and Sentiment:
Dies: "wonky stitched rectangle" from MFT
Card: "winter wisteria' Papertrey Ink

Copics
Pigs - E99, 97, 02, 01, C2
Cake - E59, 57, 35, RV14, 13,
Hats - RV14, 13, BV04, 02, BG11, 10

AI Crafting=Happiness

Yet another of the Hobby Lobby wood mounted AI stamps has been inked up. Every year when I visit Florida I look out for these, normally I don't find them straight away but this year I did.

Its a big stamp and complicated to colour but I hope the recipient likes it. I followed the coloured image on the stamp block and although I changed the colours I used the shadows and even though all the colours are just two markers each it seems to work ok. Next time I might try using a grey or a BV as the shadow for all the colours, baby steps though lol.

Ingredients
Image and Sentiment: "craftiness" Art Impressions (AI)
Dies: Blueprints 31 from mft
Card: "hibiscus burst" from Papertrey Ink

Copics
Skin - E11, 00, R20
Table - E34, 31, N3, 1
Blue - B26, 23
Green - YG17, 25
Pink - RV14, 13
Purple - V17, 15
Black - N7, 5
Grey - N3, 1
Ground - E44, 43, 42
Hair - E30, 31, 34, 35, 57, 59, 49, T5, 3, 1

Swiss Army Knife

I am not normally pleased with the cards I make, I kind of like them and I don't hate them but pleased is just a little too far lol, this card is the exception to the rule. It turned out better....yes I said better...than I hoped it would. It didn't go to plan and I had to adapt along the way but that just means it's different to how I envisaged it and in this case that's a good thing lol.

I was experimenting with the die set and cut it from white card to see how it all went together, I thought I would use my wink of Luna and colour the tools and my copics to colour the body. This was my first attempt and I ended up liking it a lot so I scrapped my idea to use metallic cardstock and went with what I had.

Of course once assembled it was too big for a standard A2 card so my handy trusty 6x6 cards came out to play. My original idea was a pocket from an old MFT set but it was too small, then I had the brainwave of making it like a front pocket, I used the jeans I was wearing to get the correct look and a circle die to draw around and bish bash bosh it was done. This makes it sound like it was quick, it wasn't lol.

I have left the knife loose inside the pocket so it can be removed, this card was a lot of work and I hope the recipient likes it too.

If you are still here, well done on sticking with my ramblings lol.

The Pocket Knife

Ingredients
Card: "enchanted evening" papertrey ink
Stamp: "denim" background from MFT
Dies : "utility die set - his" from Art Impressions

Art Impressions Entertained

Now this image was coloured especially for this card but the background was stamped at the same time the shoe cards were made. So another item used from the enormous pile lol.

I was desperate to buy this stamp during my florida trip last year, it was a "hobby lobby" wood stamp exclusive and it took two stores before I found it. Of course I was so desperate as I was going to use it straight away and here we are a year later and its finally coloured in

Ingredients
Image and Sentiment : "entertained" Wood Art Impressions (ai)
Dies: Mod stitched rectangles from MFT
Card: "charcoal" Recollections at Michaels, Diagonal Stripe background stamp from MFT


Copics
Grey Lady - N5, 4, 3, 1, YR23, N8, 6, 4, V17, 15, E11, 50
Blond Lady - N8, 5, V17, BG49, 45, E11, 00, E34, 31, 30
Brunette Lady - E04, 13, 11, E49, 79, 74, RV17, 14, 13, N8, 6, 5,

Reel Great Guys

This stamp set was a purchase last year for a specific birthday, I am terrible for doing that and then forgetting what I bought and buying more and this would have been no exception apart from the fact I had seen a card created and I knew I wanted to replicate/cas it.

I saw the card on the art impressions blog by Karen Day, Karen had drawn the tress with her copics, now mine are nothing like hers but I did try and I am pleased with the result. It was actually easier and more fun than I imagined it would be lol.

Ingredients
Images and sentiment : "reel great guys" art impressions (AI)
Card : "night shift blue" MFT stamps
Dies : a2 stitched rectangle from MFT

Copics
Skin - E04, 11, 00, 000
Boat - E47, 44, 43
Water - B02, 01, 00, 000, 0000
Trees - YG67, 63, 61
Fish - BG99, 94
Caps - E09, R08

Art Impressions - Chocolate Therapy

Every year for Lent my friend gives up chocolate and this year she decided to include cake in that so as soon as I saw this image I knew it would be perfect for her birthday. I have coloured the one eating the cake like me and the one watching like her lol.

Ingredients
Image and Sentiment: "chocolate therapy" from Art Impressions
Dies: "mod stitched rectangle" from MFT
Card: "raspberry fizz" from Papertrey Ink
Dots: eyelet outlet and dollar tree

Copics
Purple Lady
Skin - E000, 00, 11
Hair - T6, 5, 4
Trousers - N9, 7, 6
Top - N2, 1, 0, blender
Cardi - V09, 06, 05
Pink Lady
Skin - E13, 11, 00
Hair - E59, 57, 35
Trousers - T6, 5, 4,
Top - RV09, 06
Cardi - T4, 2, 1,

Cake - E29, 27, 25, 23, RV04, 02,
Candles - V06, 09, 05, RV09, 06, 04
Table - T4, 2
Chris - T4, 2, RV09, 06
Hat -V09, 06, RV09, 06
Ground - W4, 2

Roadtrip

The list of ingredients for this card is low but that is outweighed by the copic list lol. I recently saw a video by Kelly Latevola where she built a scene and I thought wow she makes that look easy but I bet it isn't. Well it isn't as difficult as I thought and definitely more fun than I expected. Of course there is no perspective on mine but for my first attempt I am more than happy.

I drew the hills and the road myself. I used my T-square ruler for the road but the hills are freehand. I don't think I am ready for a full on scene card but you never know lol.

Ingredients
Image: "roadtrip" Art Impressions (AI)
Dies: Blueprints 1 from mft

Copics
Road - T8, 7, 6, Y15, 13
Car - RV09, 06, 04, N4, 2, N9, 8, 7, 6, Y13
Sky - BG11, 10
Hils - YG17, 25, 03
Driver - E34, 31, 30, BG13, 11, E13, 11, 00, R20, RV09
Baseball Hat - E11, 00, 000, R20, BV02, 00, R85, 83, BG13, 11, G43, 40
Red Hair - E09, 19, 17, E11, 00, 000, R20, RV09, N1, N8, 6, G43, 40
Brown Hair - E13, 11, 00, R20, R85, 83, 81, E59, 57, 35

There's a Nap for That

This image is just perfect for my cousins birthday, he has been a keen fisherman since he was little, personally I think he liked the peace and quiet lol. As this image is quite large I went with a simple design and let the image carry the card. 

Ingredients
Image: "Catching z's" Art Impressions
Sentiment: as above
Paper: "avocado soup" Jillibean Soup
Card: "jellybean" MFT
Dies: Blueprints 2 and 13, basic stitched edges 2 and square stax all MFT, crealies XXL stitched square

Copics

Skin - E15, 13, 11, 00

Grass - YG23, 25, 17, 67

Wadders - YG99, 97, 95

Hat and Jacket - BG09, 49, 05

Sky - BG11, 10

Chair - E35, 33, BG23

Art Impressions - Giant Cake

When I was colouring this image I didn't realise quite how large it was. It was only when I went to pop it on a card I thought blimey its huge lol.

I used the coloured image on the packaging for my shadows and its different to my normal style as I only used two colour shading in the most part. I have used this before on an AI image and I think its effective and fun too.

Ingredients
Image: "giant cake" Art Impressions
Dies: Blueprints 16 from MFT, scalloped border from Simon Says Stamp and numbers from Papertrey Ink
Card: "grape Jelly" mft and diagonal background stamp and "grape jelly" ink also from MFT

Copics
Skin - E000, 00, 13
Ground - W2
Cake - E53, 51, 50, N2
Candles - V17, 15, B24, 21, RV66, 55, Y38, YR07
Purple Lady - V17, 15, N6, 4, 2, E34, 31, 30
Pink Lady - C5. 3. RV66, 55, N8, 6
Blue Lady - E59, 57, 35, B24, N2

Weekend Warrior

I am sure you are sick of hearing how this is from the 30 day challenge, well guess what it is lol. This was however different to my normal colouring style, I tried to emulate the coloured packaging and use only one or two colours and not blend them out, I think its pretty effective but look much longer than I thought and hoped. The AI stamps seem to all have this packaging and I have quite a few, unused of course so I might try this again.

Ingredients
Image :"weekend warrior" AI
Sentiment : "spotlight sentiments" MFT
Card : "elegant evening " papertrey ink
Dies : Blueprints 15

Copics
Skin - E13, 11, 00
Hat and shirt - BG99, 96, 93
Jeans - BG97, 93
Belt - YR27, 24
Hammer - E34, 31, N5, 3
Drill - E09, 08, 05
Sentiment - B99, 97, 95, 93, 91

Wine Diva

I think these Ai images are too funny but you have to be mindful of the audience, the images kind of remind me of members of my family but I think they would be mortified if they realised this lol so I try to send them to people with a sense of humour about themselves. My cousin always sends me a funny card and I thought this year I would return the favour.

I paper pieced the chair and I'm so pleased I did as it ties in nicely with the background papers. This card didn't turn out as I envisaged but sometimes things just evolve.

I'm a big fan of the MFT staxs and blueprints but they are a little small for a 135mm card base so I was tickled pink when I saw that "crealies" are making XXL dies with or without stitching in larger sizes, I bought the square and the circle ones and I'm looking at the ovals as well.

Ingredients
Image: "wine diva" Art Impressions for Michaels clear stamp
Paper: "Beautiful Moments" Carta Bella
Card: "Smokey shadow" Papertrey Ink
Dies: Basic border edges, square stax and zig zag stitched squares all MFT and Stitched Square no 22 by Crealies

Copics
Skin - E000, 00, 11,
Hair - E30, 31, 34
Headband and earrings - W9, 7, 5
Dress - R85, RV34, R83, 81
Ground - W3, 1
Wine - R89, 39, 37

Coffee and Friends

Sometimes there are cards you can only make for fellow crafters, you know the ones I mean that use techniques or supplies that a non-crafter won't appreciate like this card. I am sure a non-crafter would look at the coffee stains on the background and think I had put my cup down whilst I was making it and was too lazy to start again where a crafter sees the deliberate attempt to look like an accident lol. I have wanted to make this card for a while but I wasn't sure it would work like I wanted it to and I had to be in just the right frame of mind, sometimes the planets just align and everything goes exactly as you planned, no cards were thrown out during the making of this card, a minor miracle in itself.

So I hear you ask exactly what did I do to make this card, well there was some copic colouring (no surprise there) a few blueprints and a bit of paper piecing (again no surprise) but then no patterned paper (hang on, hold the phone) and I used a stencil to ink with, well I ask you what is the world coming to.

Hopefully the recipient who is a very dear friend will like the end result as much as I enjoyed making it for her, so in case she is reading this and got to the end, A very Happy Birthday Jane x

Ingredients
Image: "cathy caffiene" from AI
Paper: "snap" Simple Stories
Card: "crumb cake", "cherry cobbler" both Stampin up and "dark chocolate" from Papertrey Ink
Dies: Blueprints 1 and 24 from MFT
Stencil: "splatters" Tim Holtz, inked with "dark chocolate" from Papertrey Ink
Sentiment: "clearly sentimental about coffee" from MFT


Copics
Skin - E000, 00, 11, 21, R20
Hair - E19, 99, 97
Trousers and stool - E79, 77, 74
Earrings - YR27, 23
Coffee - R39, 37, 35, E42, 40, N3, 1