Cathy's Crafting Journey

Welcome to my blog, where I hope you will be inspired and want to share comments and your inspirations and tips too!! I love to create cards, mini albums, gift bags,tags, and boxes and I hope to take you on the papercrafting Journey with me!! Follow along!!

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Saturday, May 23, 2015

Hiding In My Craft Room Challenge #200-Any Holiday

Hiding In My Craft Room Challenge #200-Any Holiday
Good morning crafters, today I am posting as Design team member for Hiding in My Craft Room, and this weeks challenge is Sponsored by Shop Pumpkin Spice



The Giveaway is Something Special from SHOP PUMPKIN SPICE!!!
For my projects, I used a stamp from Shop Pumpkin Spice..
 I made 2 cards with the stamp Set ~ 

"Popcorn The Bear Someone Special Stamp Set" By Crafter's Companion.


I made 2 different cards using 2 coloring techniques,
Card one...easter card..I used the Spectrum Noir markers and their fur coloring tips here
And the second card, I used Spectrum Noir Markers also and used the coloring technique here

The papers are all scraps from my huge stash.  I hope you like my cards and will leave some crafty love.  Also would love for you to take part in out challenge " Any Holiday" and remember you have until the 29th, to link up your project here  and check out what the other DT members have to share with you too.  I can not wait to see what you come up with :)

Happy Crafting!!
Cathy




Thursday, May 14, 2015

different Center step card tutorial

Hello to you all,  Tonight I wanted to share with you another way I found to make a center step card, that folds a little different.  I found it quite by accident on the internet and wrote down the instructions, and glad I did, cause I could not find it again later.   Soooo, lets get started.

This is is what the new style center step card looks like.. (How do you like the KaDoodle Bug file??)



the center of the card is recessed instead of the end pieces.
below is a regular center step card with the sides recessed..

 Now, here are the details..
step one..6 x 12'' card stock base

on each side of the card..go in and up one inc and cut up to the 7 inch line as shown


score lines are dotted and cut lines are solid.
Diagram is suppoesed to be 6 by 12, (not really life like, sorry)



below I am folding at the scorelines


this is what it should look like when finished


I hope this tutorial helped, now try one yourself:)
Happy Crafting, Cathy

Saturday, May 9, 2015

HIMCR #198-Super Scraps Saturday!!!



  
 Happy Saturday everyone, today I am posting a card for the Super Saturday Scraps challenge at Hiding In My Craft Room.  I used a selection of scraps from my stash. today is going to be a short post, my husband is seriously ill and in ICU and this has taken a lot out of me, but I wanted to make sure to share the card I made for the challenge....
The giveaway is 2 images, winner's choice, from 2 Cute Ink!

     



Sponsor--2 Cute Ink

so please make sure to link your project up at HIMCR  



Thanks and have a great day!!!  Cathy

Saturday, May 2, 2015

Hiding in My Craft Room NSD challenge#4




Happy National Scrapbooking Day!!
welcome back for challenge #4 today with" Hiding In My Craft Room"
" HIMCR04NSD"

For this challenge, we are doing a color challenge: Old daffodil petals ( Old Olive, daffodil delight, and Primrose Petals)  these are stampin Up colors but you can use other company colors that match up.

Our sponsor is Sweet n'  Sassy stamps


Giveaway~~ 3 Sweet n Sassy images!!

Here is my project for theis afternoon:

I do not own any Stampin Up products, so this I what I came up with for color match.I used one of Sweet n' Sassy digital stamps for the challenge,  now it is your turn to get your craft on and enter the challenge  here.. Happy Crafting
Cathy




Hiding In My Craft Room NSD challenge 3




Good afternoon again, are you having a good time, this is challenge #3 of Hiding In My Craft Room's celebration of National Scrapbooking day. This challenge is sponsored by 

the challenge... Flowers!!  who doesn't love flowers.  Stamped, digital, acrylic, burlap, fabric...whatever, just have fun:) 

Here is what I came up with, a digital image from Spiced Sunshine Digital images and stamps, and flower papers:)


Don;t you just love the little bee image??  I used my Crayola colored pencils to color him in.  and the papers of course is where the flowers come in. Hope you like it and will take part in out challenges:)

Happy crafting, Cathy




Hiding In My Craft Room NSD challenge#2


Happy National Scrapbooking day!!!

                          Challenge~~  HIMCR02NSD 

Good morning everyone, welcome to my blog on this fine day.  Today is my first day Posting as a Design Team member with Hiding In My Craft Room! I am so excited  On it is  a very talented group  of ladies.  Today we are Celebrating "National Scrapbooking Day"!!  There is going to be 5 fun challenges today and this is Challenge #2... for this one  "Let's get Digital"
Our sponsor

Giveaway~~winner gets the 5 digital images the design team used.
 so without further ado, here is the card I made for the challenge....



I used my Crayola colored pencils to color her in.  I kind of like the color combo, was not sure how it was going to look when I was done. but I am pleased.  I hope you will take part in the challenge  we can not wait to see what you all come up with.   And as I mentioned before... the sponsor and the giveaway is  Scrapbook Stamp Society/My Besties - digital images (5 images used by DT)
Make sure to link your project here we would LOVE to see your creativity.
Cathy











Hiding In My craft Room challenge 1 NSD


Good morning crafters, today is National Scrapbooking day and also the first day of me posting as the NEW Design Team member of Hiding In My Craft Room!!!  Today is going to be a fun day, we have 5 fun challenges for you.  There are fabulous sponsors as well as GIVEAWAYS!!!

This first Challenge is sponsored by Hiding In My Craft Room.. the giveaway is???..Stamp & Create givieaway $20 gift certificate

Scrapbooking Challenge Number ONE!!!  Scrapbook Page!

For my project today....


 I used a KaDoodle Bug designs file My Binkie Bears to make the layout, as well as files in Cricut Design space.  I decided to tackle some of the scraps in my BIG scrap box for the papers.  I also used my CTMH inks to ink up the cuts.  I hope you like todays project and will link up a project for this challenge.
 I look forward to sharing lots of fun projects in the future as a team member, hope you will come back and have yourself a GREAT National Sscrapbooking Day :)   

Please make sure to check out the other DT members projects. Annnnnd link up your own!

Happy Crafting,,,  Cathy