Feb

6

Friend

Filed Under Cats, DT: Danielle K., Just because | 1 Comment

danielle-friend-smDanielle sent in this very sweet card. I love the way she shaded behind the colored image – it just adds so much.

She said the ribbon is seam binding she sprayed with Glimmer Mist to coordinate with the patterned paper.

eat cake graphics stamps used:
2003-I Crumbs and Farley

signature

Jan

20

Too late for cake

Filed Under Birthday, Cats, DT: Annie F., Food, People | 3 Comments

annie-toolateforcake-smSo a little bit of a confession…this is my birthday week, and even though it’s already past mid week I’ll be posting a few birthday related cards.

The first one was sent in by Annie. Oh what yum I say. She stamped Penelope and kitty Percy and the word bubble…but she actually drew the cake! Isn’t it the cutest!

eat cake graphics stamps used:
1073-J Penelope and kitty Percy fly
8011-D Am I too late for cake (text)

signature

Jan

12

Wishing you a day bright with sunshine

Filed Under Cats, DT: Wanda G., Just because, People, Spring | 2 Comments

wanda-abundance-sm
Wanda sent in this oh-so-happy little card. The colors she chose are so cheery and the butterfly punched border is just perfect. In the detail photo below you can see she added a wee bit of glitter to make the butterflies sparkle.

wanda-abundance-detail-sm

wanda-abundance-supplies

eat cake graphics stamps used:
1135-M Abundance (MMM-butterflies)

signature

Dec

7

Thanks so much

Filed Under Cats, DT: Georgia, Dogs, People, Thank you | Leave a Comment

georgia-thanks-so-much-smGeorgia sent this card in a little bit ago but I thought I would post it now. In this hustle and bustle time of the year it’s always nice to have a little “thanks so much” card as well. Too cute Georgia!

eat cake graphics stamps used:
1148-J Hadley and kitty give Buddy a big hug (GF)

signature

Aug

1

Just waiti’n

Filed Under Cats, DT: Georgia, Just because | 1 Comment

georgia-kittyfence-sm

Georgia is at it again! I love the crispness of this card – it’s almost all black, white and red but then there’s just a hint of bright orange peeking out.

She said that she used a software program to create the fence. Kitty Werther was stamped and cut out, as were the flowers which are actually only part of a much bigger stamp. She layered everything so it’s dimensional – something I find I’m doing more and more of because of the cards the design team sends in. She used the polka dot ribbon and two matching red buttons.

Too cute! Hopefully Kitty won’t have to wait much longer!

eat cake graphics stamps used:
2014-I Kitty Werther with his legs out
7044-V Magical flowers (left big) – she used part of this stamp, not the whole thing

signature

Jul

15

Family Holiday invitation

Filed Under Cats, DT: Georgia, Dogs, Summer | 2 Comments

georgia-familyholiday-smgeorgia-familyholiday2

Isn’t this the cutest invitation. Georgia has such an eye for putting colors together – the aqua waves with big polka dots and the bright sunny polka dot orange. I love too that she used thicker pop dots behind the Family Holiday label, Yardley kitty and the waves – it really adds such dimension.

She also sent in a picture of the actual invitation with Scooter down at the bottom – notice he’s sporting the same colors she used on the front. To finish it all of two different ribbons were tied at the top. Kinda makes me wish I was part of the family and getting one of these in the mail. :)

eat cake graphics stamps used:
2011-F Yippy for Yardley kitty
3034-G Scooter’s day at the pool

signature

Jul

14

Breakfast, lunch and dinner

Filed Under Animals, Cats, DT: Judy | 1 Comment

judy-kittyandfishes-sm

Judy called this card “breakfast, lunch and dinner”. Oh my!

I love the fact that the fish swim outside the circle – very clever. Everything is nicely tied together with Judy’s use of dots – a big dot for the fish to swim in, the dot background and the purple polka dot ribbon – she even added tiny bubble dots with the fish.

Looks like Tarzan kitty is going to be lickin’ his chops very soon!

eat cake graphics stamps used:
2031-E Tarzan looks left
5056-C Fishy

signature

Jul

9

For the Brave book

Filed Under Animals, Bears, Book, Cats, DT: Kriss, Dogs, Holiday: 4th of July, People, Summer | 2 Comments

kriss-BraveBook-smWhat a great project Kriss has sent in! Using the kids from Maple Lane she’s created a wonderful book. I just love the distressed stamp in the corner, her use of cork (something I’m certainly going to have to try) and all of the details – the flags, the brads – oh just everything!

You can click on the picture to get a closer look. Below are her very detailed instructions – thanks so very much Kriss!

  1. Paint two 5 ½” x 8 ½” chipboard with red acrylic paint. Two to three layers may be needed to completely cover chipboard. Once dry, gently brush on snow paint with Ranger’s Acrylic Paint Dabber to soften red.
  2. Using Watermark Resist ink, stamp flourish in upper right corner of front cover. Emboss with white embossing powder.
  3. Cut cork with Keyholes Mover and Shape die (a label shape). Attach to lower right of front cover.
  4. Stamp For the Brave with black ink on white cardstock. Color with watercolor pencils and blend. Trim to 3” x 5 ¼”.
  5. Cut light blue cardstock to 1 ½” x 5 ¼” and punch bottom with Effervescence border punch. Attach to bottom of stamped image, and mount both to 4” x 5 ½” black cardstock. Attach to front cover.
  6. Stamp saying of For the Brave with Watermark Resist on navy cardstock and emboss with white embossing powder. Cut strip close to top and bottom of saying, and attach to front cover with white brads.
  7. Mask For the Brave to allow cat only to be inked. Ink image with Jet Black ink, remove masks, and stamp on white cardstock. Color with watercolor pencils and blend. Cut into circle shape. Layer on top of navy circle and red scallop circle. Attach to cork label with Pop Dots.
  8. Stamp For the Brave with black ink on white cardstock again, this time for both the flags. Crease your cardstock back onto itself along the “stick” of the flag, and then cut out three sides of the flag; keeping the folded-section intact. Do this for both flags. Color with watercolor pencils and blend. Attach each flag to a decorative stick pin, by gluing the stick pin inside the folded flag. Insert flags into Pop Dots on back of scallop circle/cat.
  9. Attach silver sticky-back dots to cork label.
  10. Cut either white cardstock or notebook paper to 5 ½” x 8 ½” for the pages of your book. Place pages between covers and punch holes at the top with Bind-It-All. Bind book together with white owires.

eat cake graphics stamps used:
1160-S For the Brave

Other supplies:
2- 5 ½” x 8 ½” Chipboard
Acrylic Paint, Lipstick Red, FolkArt
Acrylic Paint Dabber, Snow White, Ranger Industries
Archival™ Ink Stamp Pad – Jet Black, Ranger Industries
Watercolor Pencils, Prismacolor
Blender Pen, Marvy-Uchida
Watermark Resist, Ranger Industries
Embossing Powder, Seafoam White, Ranger Industries
Border Punch, Effervescence, Fiskars
White Brads, Making Memories
Cork, Unknown
Keyholes Mover and Shapers, Tim Holtz, Sizzix
Circle and Scallop Circle Nestabilties, Spellbinders
Pop Dots, Ranger Industries
Stick Pins, Making Memories
Silver Sticky-Back Dots, Unknown
Corner Flourish Stamp, Close to My Heart
White, Red, Light Blue, Navy & Black Cardstock
White Cardstock or Notebook Paper
1” White O Wires, Zutter
Bind-It-All, Zutter

signature

Jun

3

Are we there yet?

Filed Under Cats, DT: Crafty Math Chick, Dogs, Travel | 3 Comments

crafty-house
Crafty Math Chick writes…

When I first saw Lewis & Trudy’s Wild Ride I instantly paired it with Are We There Yet? and envisioned the little car driving on a road made of saddle stitched ribbon – thinking it looked like a road. When I looked I thought the Maple Lane House would work nicely with these two images as a “We’ve Moved!” card. For something a little different I scored only part of the card base and cut around the top of the roof and treetop with a craft knife so it would stand out from the top of the card. For the grass I simply took two strips of wild wasabi and cut into it with a scissors (grass is a great way to use up green scraps!) and pulled out a few blades with my hands for dimension.

This card is just too cute! I love the way she used ribbon for the road – I never would have thought of that. Great coloring – the little red car just pops off the road. It’s nice too that she carried just a little accent of red on the house as well. Great job!

eat cake graphics stamps used:
6018-P Maple Lane House
8016-E Lewis & Trudy’s Wild Ride
8110-E Are We There Yet?

Supplies:
Paper: Gina K. Luxury Cardstock, Wild Wasabi (Stampin’ Up!)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Other supplies: ribbon, Copic markers, pop its, scissors, craft knife & mat

signature

May

26

Another birthday?

Filed Under Birthday, Cats, DT: Georgia | 1 Comment

georgia-katie-kitty-sm

Some years “another birthday” does feel just like this. Georgia created the screen and stamped Katie kitty hangin’ on. Love the use of the background texture, black framing and the silver buttons

This “activity” is actually what inspired the original drawing. There really was a Katie kitty and if I wasn’t paying attention and she wanted in I would sometimes find her half way up the screen door!

katie


eat cake graphics stamps used:
2042-M Katie kitty wants in!

signature

May

10

Abundance card and pin

Filed Under Cats, DT: Kriss, Jewelry, People, Spring | 3 Comments

kriss-spring-card-pin

Kriss decided to create not only a card but a cute little pin as well! They are simply darling. I love the little phrase she added, it fits the image so beautifully.

You can click on either of the photos below to see a detail view…

kriss-spring-card kriss-spring-pin

Here are her instructions if you’d like to give either of these a try.

  1. Stamp Abundance two times with black ink on white cardstock. Color with watercolor pencils and blend colors.
  2. Stamp words two times each with black ink on white cardstock. Trim closely to each word and ink edges with black ink.
  3. PIN: Align one of the images behind a 2” x 2” Memory Glass and trim to size. Add words to image, and then sandwich between two pieces of Memory Glass. Place into a 2” x 2” Silver Memory Frame.
  4. Add beading to bottom and adhere pin back to back.
  5. CARD: Die cut scallop square of bright green cardstock. Trim stamped image to fit, ink edges with black ink and adhere to scallop square.
  6. Cut turquoise cardstock to 5 ½” x 6 ¼”, fold in half to create a 5 ½” by 3 1/8” top-folded card.
  7. Add strip of pattern paper to bottom of card.
  8. Add turquoise ribbon to cover seam of pattern paper.
  9. Adhere words to bottom right corner and attach image to center of card.

Finished card measures 4 ¼” x 5 ½” Card and the pin 2” x 2”

eat cake graphics stamps used:
1135-M Abundance

Other supplies:
Archival™ Ink Stamp Pad – Jet Black, Ranger Industries
Watercolor Pencils, Prismacolor
Blender Pen, Marvy-Uchida
Word Stamps, Innovative Stamp Creations
2” x 2” Memory Frame, Silver, Ranger Industries
2” x 2” Memory Glass, Clear, Ranger Industries
Various Beads
3” Head Pins
Pin Back
Scallop Square Die, Nestabilities by Spellbinders
Turquoise, Bright Green, and White Cardstock
Pattern Paper
Turquoise Ribbon

signature

Apr

29

Abundance

Filed Under Cats, DT: Georgia, People, Spring | 1 Comment

Georgia said she used to be afraid of mixing papers. I’m so glad to hear that she’s worked through her fears. :) There’s so much going on in this card, yet it all works beautifully!

georgia-abundance-sm

Georgia says she was reading through Paper Crafts magazine and there was a suggestion – pull out a multi-colored focus paper and then use it as your color guide for pulling in other papers. Funny how crafts overlap because that’s exactly what I do in the quilting world too. It’s a sure way to make sure things go together. Great tip Georgia!

eat cake graphics stamps used:
1135-M Abundance

signature

Apr

18

Penelope and Percy Sketchbook

Filed Under Animals, Cats, DT: Thao, Other projects | 3 Comments

thao-sketchbook

Sometimes a special book to hold our thoughts, sketches or whatever else we feel the need to put down on paper is so nice.  Thao decided to create her own little book. She decorated it using specials papers and added a touch of ribbon as a page placeholder.

thao-sketchbook-detail

She stamped Penelope and Percy and then colored them in using Tombow markers. She added a bit of Crystal Effects on the fish to give it a little shine. Oh so lovely.

eat cake graphics stamps used:
1073-J Penelope and kitty Percy fly

signature

Mar

27

Hugs for Woogums

Filed Under Cats, DT: Judy, People | 3 Comments

judy2-hollywoogs

Judy created another lovely card, using just one stamp, Holly & kitty Woogums. I like how she offset the image so that part of it comes outside the oval. Gotta be pretty good with the scissors to cut out those whiskers! She added the little flowers and three tiny brads for that little something extra.

eat cake graphics stamps used:
1092-J Holly & kitty Woogums

signature

Mar

26

Paw Humbug

Filed Under Cats, DT: Georgia, Holiday: Christmas | 2 Comments

georgia5-pawhumbug

Who wouldn’t want Christmas in March with this card! Georgia said while everyone’s making spring and Easter she decided to be different. I love the red backgrounds and the black border just makes everything look so crisp. The little addition of lime green ribbon, just the right finishing touch.

mouseA little side note, when I drew this image it was actually inspired by our cat, Mouse. She showed up on our doorstep and was so sweet. She actually nuzzled up to, at the time, our two big dogs (both over 100 pounds). My husband immediately knew she was here to stay.

Over the years she’s gotten quite grumpy (I’m sure it’s nothing to do with the other three cats that are now here as well), so Paw Humbug is her to a T.

eat cake graphics stamps used:
8185-G Paw Humbug (kitty with text)

signature

← Previous Page — Next Page →

  • Follow what's up


      Enter your email address:


      Delivered by FeedBurner

      What are you working on?

      I'd love to see what you're working on, feel free to send me a link or project photo - holly@eatcakegraphics.com