Cathie Allan Archives - Creative Scrapbooker

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Pop-Up Cardmaking Magic with Dare 2B Artzy

June 13, 2025 No Comments

Pop-Up Cardmaking is the perfect way to welcome spring with color, creativity, and a touch of fun! In this Technique Tasters episode, Cathie Allan walks you through a simple, stylish pop-up card project featured in the Spring 2025 issue of Creative Scrapbooker Magazine. This cheerful interactive card is designed to brighten someone’s day—and it’s easier than it looks. With bold stamped florals, whimsical bikes, and vibrant coloring, Cathie shows how to build beautiful dimension using: Dare 2B Artzy Bike Bouquet Stamp & Die Set Serenity Fair Vintage Victorian Roses Washi Tape WOW! Embossing Powder Creative Scrapbooker Super Stock Scor Board and more! 💡 Cathie’s tip? Use those tiny stamps to create custom backgrounds, and let your die-cut pieces shine as the focal point. With a clever pop-up fold and floral details, this card is guaranteed to deliver smiles. 🌼 Ready to embrace the season and your creativity? 👉 Watch the…

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Stamping a Holographic Background: Step-by-Step with Cathie Allan

March 30, 2025 No Comments

Create a showstopping holographic background with this gorgeous birthday card designed by Cathie Allan. Using stamps, pigment inks, embossing powders, and magical shimmer powders, this tutorial walks you through each step to craft your own layered, luminous floral design. This project features the Unity Stamp Co. Birthday Blooms stamp set and highlights the brilliance of Lindy’s Gang Magical Shakers combined with copper ink and vellum. Follow Cathie’s expert technique to layer color and shine, resulting in a unique holographic background that takes your paper crafting to the next level. 👉 Watch the full video tutorial of Cathie Allan putting this project together RIGHT HERE. Supplies Used: Unity Stamp Co. Birthday Blooms VersColor Pigment Ink (white) Black Embossing Powder Lindy’s Gang Magical Shakers Brilliance Archival Pigment Ink (Cosmic Copper) Peragamo Vellum Unknown Ribbon 3D Adhesive Instructions Step 1:Stamp the Unity Stamp floral image onto kraft cardstock using pigment ink and heat…

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Technique Tasters with Cathie Allan: Steel Dies as Stencils Featuring Art Impressions

October 29, 2024 No Comments

If you’re looking for a unique way to bring your Halloween crafting to life, try using steel dies as stencils! In this tutorial, Cathie Allan shows us how to create a spooky card with Art Impressions products, using steel dies in a whole new way. Follow along with these steps to blend, emboss, and color your way to a ghostly masterpiece. Materials Needed: Art Impressions Steel Die – Web Die Set Art Impressions Ghost Stamp (Fright Night Set) Black pigment ink (VersaColor) Gina K Designs Black Embossing Powder Zebra Mildliner and ClickArt pens Creative Scrapbooker Super Stock Vellum paper Step-by-Step Instructions: 1. Blend Black Pigment Ink through the Steel Die Place the Art Impressions web die over a piece of Creative Scrapbooker Super Stock. Blend black pigment ink through the die to create a spooky, web-patterned background. 2. Double Up for Depth Slightly shift the steel die and apply a…

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Step-by-Step Guide to Stamping Backgrounds with Pink & Main: Create a Stunning Birthday Card

August 12, 2024 No Comments

Step-by-Step Guide to Stamping Backgrounds with Pink & Main and Cathie Allan Creating unique and eye-catching stamping backgrounds is a fantastic way to add depth and interest to your handmade cards. In this step-by-step guide, designer Cathie Allan demonstrates how to use Pink & Main products to craft a stunning birthday card. The keyphrase for this tutorial is Stamping Backgrounds—a technique that can transform your projects into extraordinary works of art. Follow along to create your own masterpiece, and be sure to watch the accompanying YouTube video for a complete walkthrough. Here is a side view of Cathie’s card. Step 1: Creating the Stenciled Background Start by die-cutting the Pink & Main leaf die from heavy cardstock to create a stencil. Place the stencil on a white piece of cardstock. Using a blending foam, pounce umber ink through the stencil. After removing the stencil, gently blend the color around the…

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Handmade Birthday Card Featuring Art Impressions Frog Stamp Set by Cathie Allan

July 15, 2024 No Comments

Are you looking for a fun and unique way to craft a birthday card? Look no further! Using the Art Impressions Frog Stamp Set, you can create a delightful and vibrant card that will bring a smile to anyone’s face. In this blog post, we’ll take you through the materials needed to create this playful handmade card, and you can watch the full-length video by Cathie Allan to see the entire process in action. Full Supply List Stamps and Dies Art Impressions Frog Stamp Set Art Impressions Tag Stitched Die Set Inks and Coloring Tools VersaColor Pigment Ink VersaFine Black Ink Faber-Castell Pitt Artist Brush Pens Sharpie Black Marker Cardstock and Papers Creative Scrapbooker Super Stock Adhesives Sookwang Double-Sided Tape Tools and Embellishments Blending Brushes Tonic Studios Nuvo Crystal Glaze The Robin’s Nest Creative Dew Drops Here is a close up shot of Cathie’s card Watch the Full-Length Video For…

In Christmas

Art Impressions Christmas Slimline Stamp Set and Cathie Allan

September 14, 2023 No Comments

Cathie Allan was very busy designing projects using this Art Impressions Christmas Slimline Stamp Set. Here is a look at one of the layouts she designed. And here is a fabulous coordinating card. That snowman from the Art Impressions Christmas Slimline stamp set is absolutely delicious. WOWZA! Stunning creations Cathie! I love that Cathie used the stamp on BOTH a card and a layout. We often purchase supplies with one thing in mind and forget that there are so many possibilities and projects that it could apply to! Cathie’s projects both have a really unique aspect to them – they both include REMOVABLE tags that you can take off and hang on the Christmas tree. How stinkin’ cool is that! Both of these projects were featured in the Fall issue of Creative Scrapbooker Magazine in Cathie’s regular column – Cathie’s Choice.Do you have your copy yet? CLICK HERE to order…

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Wall Display featuring Heartfelt Creations Designed by Cathie Allan

January 28, 2023 No Comments

Christmas is one of my favourite times of the year, as I am able to share my passion of creating beautiful gifts using my favourite rubber stamps, dies, ink, and paint. This year, as a gift for my daughter Nikki, I decided to create a photo montage—a gorgeous wall display that she can leave up year-round. I used an amazing Christmas-ish die—Noel Decorative Die from Heartfelt Creations—to do the backgrounds on all three of the handmade frames. I referred to the die as “Christmas-ish” because it was designed as part of their Christmas angel series, however, it was perfect for this “Every Summer Tells a Story” custom-made gift. A Christmas gift that keeps on giving all year long!!!! YA! Have a wonderful Saturday everyone My project was featured in the Winter 2022 issue of Creative Scrapbooker Magazine in my regular column – Cathie’s Choice. Get your copy of the magazine…

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From WHITE to BRIGHT! with Cathie Allan

August 2, 2022 2 Comments

Create your own embellishments and patterned paper Cathie Allan style! INSTRUCTIONS 1. Stamp the Impression Obsession background stamp using VersaFine black ink on a piece of Creative Scrapbooker Super Stock. This panel will be cut into design elements when assembling the layout at the end. Set panel aside. 2.Apply Split Pea VersaColor ink on a piece of recycled plastic. Mist with water.3. Place a second piece of recycled plastic on top and move the ink around with your finger.4. Pull the two pieces apart. We have just created TWO stamps.5. Gently stamp the green-coloured plastic on a piece of Super Stock. Clean the plastic pieces.6. Repeat Steps 2 to 5 using Orange, Opera Pink, and Cyan VersaColor ink.7. Use a ruler and marker to create a frame, and edge the piece of Super Stock. Set aside.8. Using an Impression Obsession die, die cut a variety of foliage from Super Stock.…

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Once Upon a Heart with Cathie Allan and Impression Obsession

March 9, 2021 No Comments

Did you ever get one of those timeless stamps that you know that you can use in a million projects? I may have just “a few”. Recently I took out this amazing heart stamp from Impression Obsession (Wavy Line Heart) and I have been creating and creating and creating with it AND guess what, it is still on my desk because this stamp is simply not done with me yet. So far I have created 4 projects with it, 2 cards, a scrapbook page, and an altered piece of cardstock that I have not used in an actual project yet because I love it so much. I just don’t want to cut it up or put anything on it, yet, lol. I simply love it just like it is. The “I LOVE US” card was my husband’s valentine’s card. Brian actually gets offended if I buy a commercially built card…

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Making a “Me” Card with Cathie Allan

October 27, 2020 No Comments

Hi Everybody, Cathie Allan here today to share with you a card I made for myself. Yes …. for me! I love making these types of cards because it allows me to get my photos off of my phone or my computer and share them by displaying some of my favorites in my home. I make cards like this all year but most of them “go away” to a new home as I am always creating them for someone’s birthday, graduation, wedding etc. How I love creating one of a kind, very personal cards … I tend to always add photos in my cards …. for my special peeps but today …. that special peep is “me”. This “Me card” focuses on some amazing photos sent to me of my youngest “Grandhandsome son” Max. They simply could not just be on my phone …. they needed to be out and…