Patterned Paper

Hope Your Day Is Purrfect

Hello there. I have had a busy few days out and about, but managed to find time to play with some products from my stash bought from a UK Facebook live sale they have every month:

The theme for this card is from the current challenge at As You Like It. They want to know if you are a cat or dog person – and why……. As most of you know, I am currently owned by four cats. We have never had dogs – both working full time for forty years – and therefore cats are what we started to homing 18 years or so ago.

These products from AALL & Create were an impulse buy, purely because they are cats, and the colours in this creative box sang to me.

I used one of the background cards which came in the box, and die cut the black layer from another AALL & Create die set. To get everything on the background I wanted, I die cut the black twice as it wasn’t quite long enough and just layered it behind. I then used a piece of paper from my stash to put behind the black, and then added to a 5 x 7 inch off-white card base.

The sentiment was stamped onto a piece of the background paper, then I used a smaller die from the frame set and angled it around to get the same edging.

I added the sentiment first, then arranged four of the cats as you see. I chose cats which would stand out a little from the gorgeous background, added the word ‘LOVE’ as well as the heart – ephemera from the same creative box.

I am not one for using lots of ephemera, but I have quite a lot from previous crafty events which I may just have to play with.

I shall be entering the following challenges:

As You Like It – cats or dogs and why

Ally’s Angels – anything goes

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends – anything goes

Crafty Animals – anything goes with an animal

Cardz 4 Galz – Fun Fold

Hello everyone. I have had a short break with hubby – travelling around Italy with a short stop in Switzerland. Hubby drove and we covered 1000kms in four days, through several mountain passes and lots and lots of hair-pin bends – they look like amazing zig-zags on the maps we followed.

Now back and hopefully crafting more, though I must my mojo seems to be having a longer break than me.

Here is the card I made for the new challenge at Cardz 4 Galz. Sue J is hosting, and she has chosen the theme of ‘Fun Fold’.

The design team has been a little more adventurous with their fun folds than me, but I actually enjoyed the process of creating this card.

I chose the gatefold layout, using patterned paper with a woodgrain effect as a backdrop to the vibrant flowers I was going to add.

The middle panel was another piece of paper from the same collection, the bamboo trellis is from Spellbinders, which I cut and assembled twice so I could make it a little longer.

The flowers and leaves are also from Spellbinders, using a few of their floral sets, assembling and arranging to cover the join in the trellis, and just generally whatever suited my eye.

The panel was then attached to the left side of the gate-fold card, and the foiled sentiment added – a bold black strip with gold foiling to make it stand out. Gems were added to the centre of the flowers – and a few around and about.

I hope you can come and join us with your creations featuring fun folds – I look forward to seeing which folds you use. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Die Cut Divas – die cuts – birthday

A Cut Above – anything goes with die cuts

Ellibelle’s Corner – anything goes

Crafts Galore – anything goes

Love Those Pretty Papers – anything goes with patterned paper

Inkspirational – word prompt – birthday

Have A Cool Summer

Hello everyone. Cardz 4 Galz is starting a new challenge. Pamela is hosting and has chosen the theme of:

‘Welcome to summer – anything summer related’

Here is my card:

To create this card, I used some die sets from Spellbinders, and an embossing folder -also from Spellbinders.

The background panel is a piece of light blue card stock for the sky, with a darker blue card for the sea, which I used the embossing folder for – looking like waves.

The hippo and the beach scene were all die cut and attached together, and I added some patterned paper for the ring and umbrella to add some pops of colour.

The clouds are die cut from white card stock, and the sentiment was attached as the final addition.

I hope you can come and join us with your creations related to summer. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Crafty Animals – anything goes with an animal

Crafts Galore – anything goes

A Cut Above – anything goes with die cuts

Aud Sentiments – fun fold and/or summer and a sentiment

D is for Dogs

Hello once again. The Alphabet Challenge has reached the letter ‘D’, and Caz has chosen the theme of ‘DOGS’. Here is my card:

Now most of you know I have cats, currently four of them, and have never owned dogs. However, it appears I have quite a few dog-themed crafty products in my stash. For this challenge I used a Spellbinders die for the dogs, die cutting in varying tones of brown and grey. Some black was used for the eyes and noses.

This die was part of the Spellbinders Advent Calendar 2024, and comes with additional elements to make this cute little guy into a Frenchie – a little beret, a little scarf, and stripes for his jacket. As you can see, I kept him quite simple – if die cutting and layering all those pieces can be called simple.

Once he was put together three times, I decided to use a slimline sized card to get them all on comfortably. The slimline scalloped circle die is from Pinkfresh Studio, and the patterned paper behind the three holes is from Time 4 tea Designs.

I added a gold foiled sentiment.

I hope you can come and join us for this new challenge with projects celebrating dogs. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Crafters Café – anything goes – option of no squares taken

Ally’s Angels – anything goes

Love To Craft – anything goes

Happy Spring

Hello everyone. I have a card to share for the new challenge at Cardz 4 Galz. Sue J is hosting this time round and she has chosen the theme of ‘Springtime’. Here is my card:

I chose to make use of products from a previous crafty event. The products are from ‘Stamps Of Life’ and the die set creates this stepper card, with added dies for the layers.

I started by creating the card base using the main die, then added layers of patterned paper for the background. Some bright and colourful dotty paper.

I added the two die cut words – also using dies from the same die set.

The two crocus flowers are from The Greetery layered as per instructions, and adding more green leaves for a fuller look.

I hope you can come and join us with your creations following our ‘Spring’ theme. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

The Four Seasons Challenge – Spring

Tic Tac Toe – middle column – flowers – Spring – 3D or add dimension

Crafty Calendar – more than one fold

2 Sisters On The Blog – Spring and/or Easter

Creative Creases – anything goes with a fancy fold

Mix It Up – anything goes – option of layers taken

Love To Craft – anything goes

V is for Vintage

Hello again. The Alphabet Challenge has reached the letter ‘V‘, and Caz has chosen the theme of ‘Vintage‘. Here is my card:

I really struggle with the vintage feel of projects, they aren’t my usual style, but I embraced the challenge and created this.

I started by using a 5×7 card base, and onto that I layered some patterned papers from my stash. These were given a torn edge with my scissors, then some brown ink blended around the edges.

The bottom two were adhered direct to the card base, then I found this vintage lady in my stash so I used her to be the focus in the bottom left corner.

I then used some flowers which had a vintage feel – to me anyway – and framed here, also adding some brown die cut wreaths and leaves which were laying on my table.

This quite a dimensional project but hopefully it works.

I hope you can come and join us with your vintage projects, and I look forward to being inspired. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Ally’s Angels – anything goes

Beautiful Blossoms – florals

Mix It Up – anything goes, option of monochrome

Love To Craft – anything goes

Crafts Galore – anything goes

Couch and Coffee

Hello everyone. I created a card following the colours from the Color Throwdown Challenge:

All the dies sets and the background papers are from a previous card kit by MFT – the colours inspired to create this little scene.

The furniture elements were die cut then layered together before I thought about how to lay out the scene. I decided to go with a landscape card base to allow less crowding of the elements.

The background papers were cut, allowing a bigger margin at the bottom to be able to stamp the sentiment, which is from another MFT stamp set.

Once stamped, the couch, chair, table, lamp, and the rug were added to create a cosy little scene.

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Color Throwdown – red, yellow, blue

Love To Craft – anything goes

Creative Fingers – anything goes

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends – anything goes

Delivering Warm Hugs

Hello everyone. The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge has started a new challenge. The them is always ‘anything goes Christmas’. Here is my card:

The main image is another layering washi tape from AALL and Create. A couple of foxes on top of a whole mound of presents.

Once the washi was layered onto some white card stock, I cut it into a square.

The background paper was added to a square card base, then I used a piece of previously created paper from a gel plate play session to die cut a scalloped square frame. Before die cutting the square I added the paper onto some white card for stability, then die cut the frame.

I went with the vintage feel to this card.

The sentiment is a foiled strip and added as you see.

I hope you can come and join us with your Christmas creations. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Jingle Belle’s – Christmas and vintage

Allsorts – delightful animals – or anything goes

Creative Inspiration Challenge – anything goes

Double D – use shapes – squares, rectangles, circles, ovals – I used square shapes

Creative Fingers – anything goes

Ally’s Angels – anything goes

Kittens Or Cats

Hello once again. The Alphabet Challenge has reached the letter ‘K‘. Deborah is hosting and has chosen the theme of:

K is for Kittens and cats

here is my card:

As I have four cats this was a ‘purrfect’ them for me – I obviously have a lot of cat themed products…..!

I started by die cutting the cat in a warm grey and lighter grey card stock, some pink for the tongue and ears, and a muted green for the collar. I don’t have collars on my cats – we live in a wooded area and one of my first ever cats got caught by a little branch – so no collars for my boys and girls….

I used Time4Tea designs patterned paper with paws, then topped that with some Lawn Fawn paper.

The huge sentiment is also from Time4Tea Designs, cut from some patterned paper, then layered with white card stock for stability and dimension.

I hope you can come and join us with your kitten/cat themed projects – I am looking forward to seeing what you make. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Crafty Animals – anything goes with an animal

2 Crafty Critter Crazies – anything goes with a critter

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends – anything goes

Craft Rocket – animals

Pinspirational – die cuts

Love Those Pretty Papers – patterned papers (3 used)

Ally’s Angels – anything goes

Shabby Chic……GDT Craft Challenge

Hello there. I was lucky enough to be chosen as winner of a previous challenge at The Craft Challenge, and invited to be a Guest Design Team member for an upcoming challenge. The challenge theme is ‘Shabby Chic’ – here is my card:

So – I am hearing you ask ‘is this really Loopyloo? Has someone taken over her blog for a day?’ Well – this was certainly a challenge for me – but I’m giving it a go – and I really had fun with this card….

I asked for hints and tips from Jo and the CRAFT Team – and was advised to be posh in a tatty way, some torn paper. I also had a look through Pinterest – quite a bit of research to give me ideas – and then I played….!

I hunted out some patterned paper, some paper flowers, some pearls, my edge distress tool, and my ribbon.

My card base is 5×7 inches, and I added several pieces of patterned paper, various but muted colours, distressed the edges, inked those distressed edges just a little with some Distress Ink and glued them down. I offset them so you can see the layers, and so that the large rose on the top piece of paper could also be seen.

I found some shabby ribbon which I have ‘stored’ for the past 3 years, and used a muted brown colour as a base for the flowers. Using my hot glue gun I added the ribbon, the flowers – cutting and bending until I was happy with the outcome. I added some gold wax to some of the leaves which I thought were too bright

I found some pearls in varying sizes and attached them with wet glue – dotted them all around the flowers, and onto the ribbon.