CASEing the Catty - #CTC366 Farewell Annual Catty Free as a Bird

 

It's time to say farewell to the Annual Catalogue this week at CASEing the Catty #CTC366. 

Welcome to the blog hop or you may have come from Lauren Meiklejohn. 

I have chosen one of my favourite stamp sets, Free as a Bird to feature this week which is highlighted on page 82 of the Annual Catalogue.  

I decided to keep the colours the same but changed the card to a landscape layout with the Stitched Rectangle dies as my centrepiece.  

I had only this week learnt from a fellow Stampin' Up! demonstrator that you can use a Colour Lifter to blend your watercolor pencils to blend out the strokes instead of using water in a Water Painter.  

It makes it so much easier with the small details of the stamp set as they don't run so much and therefore you have a lot more control.

Finally, I finished the card with a sentiment cut out with a half of one of the dies from the Hippo & Friends dies and some twine.

Stamp Set:  Free as a Bird

Cardstock:  Daffodil Delight, Balmy Blue, Basic White

Ink:  Black Memento 

Accessories:  Cut 'n Emboss Machine, Hippo & Friends Dies, Stitched Rectangles Dies, Watercolor Pencils from both Assortments, Thick Baker's Twine (retired)

Close up of the Watercolor pencils strokes blended with a Colour Lifter.

Thanks for joining me this week, now it's time to see what Julia Quinn has created.

Are you inspired by the CASEing the Catty Crew why not participate in the CASEing the Catty Sunday Challenge by uploading a card or project to the facebook page.

CASEing the Catty - #CTC 352 Mini Catalogue Blessing of Home Bundle

 

Welcome to this week at CASEing the Catty.  We are featuring the January to June Mini Catalogue so there is lots to choose from, so I am hopeful that we have many entries.

You may have come from Judy May or you maybe starting here.

I am featuring the Blessing of Home Bundle this week and as I am celebrating a special 'O' birthday next weekend I decided I would make a scrapbooking page which coordinates with the invitations I made, using the colour combination of Fresh Freesia, Highland Heather and Basic White.

On page 60 of the Mini Catalogue, there is a beautiful scrapbooking page which used the Heart & Home Designer Series Paper and I used this for my invitation so it was just swapping out some colours and wow it turned out really well.

Scrapbooking doesn't come naturally for me so it's a great start to the Memories and More album that I am planning to put together with some quotes from my family and friends and lots of happy photo's.

To colour in the largest flower I used my wink of stella to picked up some Fresh Freesia ink from the inside of the ink pad lid and then just coloured in with dark in the centre to light to the edge of the petals, very easy and you also get a sparkling effect.

Stamp Set:  Blessings of Home

Cardstock:  Crumb Cake, Highland Heather, Fresh Freesia, Basic White

Ink:  Fresh Freesia

Accessories:  Cut n Emboss Machine, Flowers of Home Dies, Highland Heather 1/2" Grosgrain Ribbon, Clear Glitter Wink of Stella, Variety Pack 6" x 8" Photo Pocket Pages, Brushed Metallic Adhesive-Back Dots (retired), Wonderful Snowflakes (retired)

Close up of the coloured in flower with the Wink of Stella Brush
 

Inside the Scrapbooking pocket

Now it's time to hop on over to Tina Gillespie.

Are you inspired by the CASEing the Catty Crew why not participate in the CASEing the Catty Sunday Challenge by uploading a card or project to the facebook page.

CASEing the Catty - #CTC327 Snowflake Wishes and So Many Snowflakes Dies

Wow, today we are celebrating our 7th Anniversary of blog hops at CASEing the Catty.

I can not believe it's been this long, time just flies by when you are having fun creating.  Bronwyn Eastley invited me onto the Crew when it was launched but I declined as it was a weekly commitment in the beginning, but at the Stampin' Up! Gold Coast Convention she convinced me to join as I could participate when I can.  I love CASEing the Catalogues they give you so many options and inspiration.  I need to have a look back at my first post and see when my first post was.

You may be starting here so welcome to the hop or you may have come from Peta Stephen. 

This week we are featuring the Holiday Section of the Annual Catalogue - pages 88 to 95 which coincided with my Christmas in July card class which I hosted yesterday and we made this shaker card featured on page 90.

I decided to make mine in shades of blue - Balmy Blue, Pacific Point and tiny bit of Pool Party.  

I love the snowflakes in this set as they layer well together to give depth and dimension in the corners of the card on top of a little snowflake stamping.

I then added some snowflakes and sequins to the shaker (unfortunately the current sequins did not match my colour theme so I had to use some from my discontinued stash) and then finally added the Gray Granite ribbon and fussy cut sentiment in the centre and added the cute gems.

Stamp Set:  Snowflake Wishes

Cardstock:  Balmy Blue, Pacific Point, Pool Party, Basic White

Ink:  Balmy Blue, Pacific Point

Accessories:  Cut n' Emboss Machine, So Many Snowflakes Dies, Window Sheets, Blue Adhesive Backed Gems, Gray Granite 1/4" Shimmer Ribbon, Fancy Frost Sequins (retired), Sprinkles Embellishments (retired), Snowflake Sequins (retired)

Close up of the shaker card and snowflakes.

Thanks for stopping by this week, now it's time to hop on over to Lauren Meiklejohn.

Are you inspired by the CASEing the Catty Crew why not participate in the CASEing the Catty Sunday Challenge by uploading a card or project to the facebook page.

CASEing the Catty - #CTC295 Poinsettia Place Designer Series Paper

 

It's Sunday here in Adelaide and we are out of complete COVID lockdown which luckily only lasted 3 days, we still have restrictions but slowly we can go about our daily lives again.  

CASEing the Catty this week are getting inspiration from the inside cover of the Annual Catalogue.

You may have started the hop here, welcome or you may have come from Lauren Meiklejohn.

As you can see to the left I have CASEd the "missing you" card and used the Poinsettia Place Designer Series Paper to create a simple Christmas card as I am slowly adding to my collection.   

I think I must be getting close to 80 Christmas cards now, only about another 20 hopefully by the end of the month as I hope to start sending them in early December as the postal service is really slow with COVID and all the online shopping.

I used a piece of Whisper White cardstock to stamp my sentiment as I wanted it to stand out more and layered it with some Silver foil and then fussy cut out a small poinsettia from a different piece of the Designer Series Paper to finish it off

Stamp Set:  Cherish the Season

Cardstock:  Bumblebee, Whisper White, Silver Foil, Poinsette Place Designer Series Paper

Ink:  Real Red

Close up of the sentiment feature

Thanks for stopping by, now it's time to hop on over to Sandra Collett.

Are you inspired by the CASEing the Catty Crew why not participate in the CASEing the Catty Sunday Challenge by uploading a card or project to the facebook page.

Merry & Bright Online Extravaganza - 10% OFF SALE on 24 November

 

Are you just about ready to start your Christmas countdown? The big day is only weeks away, which means you are starting to think about Christmas paper-crafting plans. 

Perhaps you would like to make an advent calendar, create some handmade decor, or prepare some scrapbook pages.  The possibilities are truly endless!

Since the busiest shopping season is going on now, this is the perfect time for the Stampin' Up! Merry & Bright Online Extravaganza which will be on only for 24 hours - 24 November, with 10% off selected Annual Catalogue items.

You know that adding a personal touch to your Christmas celebrations can make the season even more meaningful and fun.

Contact me for a comprehensive list of what's on sale, or join my newsletter mailing list to receive it in advance.

Order online so you do not miss out, please use HOST CODE V6YECDZ4 to receive a gift from me (which may just include something from the upcoming Mini Catalogue).

Designer Series Paper Sale

 

The Designer Series Paper Sale is a fantastic opportunity for you to stock up and save on paper.

With the 15% discount - and no order limits - you don't have to choose between your favourites.  

If you're torn between a couple of paper, you can have both as they are on sale until the end of October.

CASEing the Catty - #CTC285 - CASE Sketch, Rooted in Nature

This week we are CASEing the Catty we are casing a layout from page 29 from the Mini Catalogue which is featured below.

If you have started the hop here welcome, or you may have come from my friend and South Australian stamper, Tina Gillespie.

I have chosen the Rooted in Nature stamp set as it has a large individual tree stamp which I thought I would stamp 4 times to create the four strips, 2 in Shaded Spruce and 2 in Mint Macaron at the top of the card, as it did not fill the card to the bottom, I repeated this step with the trunk as a feature.  

It was a little sparse so I stamped off in Just Jade and added a little individual treat to fill in the background.  Finally I chose a long thin sentiment from the For Unto Us stamp set to stamp onto a thin piece of Whisper White cardstock in Shaded Spruce to cover the joins of the trees and then for a final touch added some Clear Wink of Stella Glitter to the four feature trees (unfortunately my photos can not pick up the sparkle).

Stamp Set:   Rooted in Nature, For Unto Us

Cardstock:  Mint Macaron, Whisper White

Ink:  Shaded Spruce, Just Jade, Mint Macaron

Accessories:  Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Brush

I was hoping you could see the Clear Wink of Stella, but I don't think it came out even in the close up.

It's now time to hop on over to Sandra Collett.

Are you inspired by the CASEing the Catty Crew why not participate in the CASEing the Catty Sunday Challenge by uploading a card or project to the facebook page.