CASEing the Catty - #CTC562 Case a Scrapbooking Layout

I am back from Stampin' Up!'s OnStage event in Sydney and it was lovely to catch up with the CASEing the Catty Crew.  This week we are caseing a scrapbook layout and I am really enjoying creating a double page layout.

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I have chosen to feature the Scrapbooking Workshop Currently Loving which is available as an Online Exclusive product which is available for $63.00 for 3 double pages.

I have cased the pages as a direct copy and will be gifting them as a present within a scrapbooking album in the coming months.

Double page spread

Close up of the left page.

Close of the right page.

Thanks for stopping by this week, now it's time to see what Rebecca Scurr has created.

CASEing the Catty - #CTC560 Case a Project Featuring Animals

I have not participated in the CASEing the Catty challenge since mid January due to some heart health issues, but I am slowly feeling better and have found relaxation in my craft room over the last few weekends.

Welcome to the blog hop or you may have come from Peta Stephen.

This week we are caseing a project featuring animals and I have chosen the cute bunny on page 34 of the January to April Mini Catalogue.

The Formula One Grand Prix is in Melbourne, Australia this weekend and I remember attending the last one that was held in Adelaide where I was an Ayrton Senna fan with the black and gold race car.  Times have changed a lot in 31 years and now as a proud Australian I support Oscar Piastri and I could not go past colouring the car in his team colours.

I chose to stamp the side on view of the car with the checked flag in Peach Pie as a tone on tone background.  It was then time to copy the colours of the front on image of the McLaren Team Grand Prix Formula One Car, in Peach Pie, Pumpkin Pie and Secret Sea.

With some fussy cutting of the checked flags and car, I layered them onto a piece of Designer Series Paper with demensionals to make them stand out and then finished off with a sentiment.

Stamp Set:  Ready, Set, Go!, Simply Said

Paper:  Peach Pie, Basic White, Florals in Bloom Designer Series Paper

Ink:  Black Memento, Peach Pie, Pumpkin Pie

Close up of the McLaren Team Formula One Car, coloured using blends.

Thanks for stopping by this week, now it's time to see what Judy May has created.

CASEing the Catty #CTC553 January Online Exclusives

I have been having a little break from creating due to some heart health issues, but I received a BBB (Big Brown Box) on Friday with some new products from the January Online Exclusives so I thought I would share a little with you.

Welcome to the blog hop or you may have come from Peta Stephen.

I am today featuring the Currently Loving Scrapbooking Workshop Kit and I am looking forward to gifting these pages to some friends later in the year.

I have copy and cased the double scrapbook page as it was intended with the instructions and I love the colour combination in this page.

Accessories:  Currently Loving Scrapbooking Workshop Kit, Brushed Brass Butterflies

Scrapbooking Page (left hand side)

Close up

Scrapbooking Page (right hand side)

Close up 

Thanks for stopping by for my first post in 2026 and now it's time to see what Rochelle Laird-Smith has created.

CASEing the Catty - #CTC550 Case the Mini Catalogue

You only have a couple more weeks of purchasing from the Mini Catalogue and some products are already on the Last Chance List and this week at CASEing the Catty we are featuring the whole September to December Mini Catalogue.

Welcome to the last blog hop of the year or you may have come from Julia Quinn.

I have chosen to case Stampin' Up!'s Making a Difference stamp set Love & Courage which $4.25 from each purchase is being donated to a breast cancer organisation.  

This set really touches my heart as I have lost both my mother and sister to breast cancer and I support these charities with a lot of passion.

I have chosen to create my background for this card by inking up the reverse side to the Sunflowers 3D Textured Embossing Folder in Pretty in Pink.  I tapped the ink pad all over the embossing folder and then put a piece of Basic White cardstock on top and then put it through the Cut 'n Emboss Machine.

Place the background onto a piece of Thick Basic White cardstock, cut out a circle in Pretty in Pink and a half circle in Strawberry Slush.  Then stamp in Strawberry Slush onto Pretty in Pink cardstock the half flower twice and fussy cut, one around the edge and the second choose some of the small petals, then with your bone folder curl up the petals a little to give further depth.

Finally, glue the Strawberry Slush half circle to the Pretty in Pink circle and the two layers of the flower and the stamp the sentiment, fixing a little piece of Pretty in Pink ribbon to the back before adding the centrepiece to your cardstock with dimensionals.  Lastly I added some pink sequins that I had from my stash.

Stamp Set:  Love & Courage, Simply Said

Cardstock:  Thick Basic White, Basic White, Strawberry Slush, Pretty in Pink

Ink:  Strawberry Slush

Accessories: Cut 'n Emboss Machine, Circle Die, Sunflower 3D Textured Embossing Folder, Pretty in Pink Ribbon (retired), Pink Sequins (retired)

Close up of the fussy cutting and inked embossing folder background.

Thanks for stopping by this week, now it's time to see what Rebecca Scurr has created.

CASEing the Catty - #CTC549 Case a Kit Card

This week at CASEing the Catty we are featuring the Kits collections.  Stampin' Up! releases 2 new kits every month and they are really lovely.

Welcome to the blog hop or you may have come Peta Stephen.

I am in the process of getting my Christmas cards written and I did needed a few more to add to my stash so I have chosen the Nutcracker Tags Kit this week, unfortunately this kit is unavailable in Australia but you can be notified when it is back in stock in your international market.

To make very quick cards I put together the tags as per the step by step instructions which are included in your box.  

I have then mounted them onto the Gold Pipped Card & Envelope packs in Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green and Night of Navy with the lovely Gold trim which I found in my clean up in my craft room.  Finally, adding a double bow in the Black Twine which was also included in the kit at the top of the card where you would normally tie to your gift.

Accessories:  Nutcracker Tags Kit, Gold Dipped Cards & Envelopes

The four matching beautiful Nutcracker Tag Cards and Envelopes.

Thanks for stopping by this week now it's time to see what Rochelle Laird-Smith has created.

Colour INKspiration Challenges - #CI200 Your Favourite Colour

Colour INKspiration Challenges is celebration 200 Challenges, wow what an achievement!  As an original Crew member I was asked to come and celebrate with the very talented creators.

Lou Kitzelman set a challenge of creating a card using my favourite Stampin' Up! colour (current or retired).  We can also add Basic White, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Basic Beige, Basic Black and metallic colours.

I could not go past my favourite green "Old Olive" it's an oldie but it's still my go to green shade.

I have chosen a  variety of stamp sets to create a background of green foliage, I masked off a strip on an angle in the centre which I stamped straight onto the cardstock.  I added a strip of Very Vanilla mounted onto a piece of Old Olive cardstock which I stamped the sentiment

Then I layered some foliage die cuts which I added some more Old Olive ink with my blending brush onto Very Vanilla cardstock and vellum (which is again available as an online exclusive in 12" x 12" sheets.  Finally I put some Holographic Resin Dots to finish off my card.

Stamp Sets: Textured Notes, Gallery Blooms, Biggest Wish

Cardstock:  Old Olive, Very Vanilla, Vellum

Ink:  Old Olive

Accessories:  Cut 'n Emboss Machine, Petal of Beauty Dies, Holographic Resin Dots

Close up of the Old Olive foliage.

Inside the card.

INKspired to join the challenge? It's so easy. Firstly, get some INKspiration by checking out all of the creations of the Colour INKspiration Crew in the challenge album on our Facebook page. Then you have 12 days from today to make and upload your creation to the Facebook Colour INKspiration Group. You don't have to have a blog to participate but if you do you can link back to your post. Make sure you use all of the challenge colours. You can also use neutrals such as Basic White, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Basic Beige and Basic Black as well as Metallics.

Not a member of the Colour INKspiration Facebook group yet? Just click here and ask to join Colour INKspiration, add the group to your favourites and share it with your crafty friends so they can join in the fun too. We can't wait to see what you create with these gorgeous colours.