CASEing the Catty - #CTC334 Mini Catalogue page 8-15 Snowflake Wishes & So Many Snowflakes Dies

Happy Father's Day to all the fathers, grandfathers, step fathers, and those that are watching up from their heavenly home, which mine will be doing today.  

I did take some beautiful bright and cheerful daffodils to the cemetery today which the bulbs were from the family home at Oakbank, it always gives me joy when they are flowering and spring is here.

 This week at CASEing the Catty were are featuring pages 8 to 15 of the Holiday Mini Catalogue and the Gingerbread and Peppermint Suite.

Welcome to the blog hop if you are starting from here or you may have come from Judy May.

I was inspired my the non traditional colours of the Christmas card on page 13, utilising Petal Pink, Pear Pizzazz and Misty Moonlight, I have also used a different bundle from the Annual Catalogue, Snowflake Wishes and coordinating So Many Snowflakes Dies.

With this set there was not a background textured die, so I used one of the snowflake dies to create the background with Basic White cardstock and then adhered it another piece of Basic White cardstock and then cut it in 1 1/4" strips which I think turned out lovely.

For the snowflakes, I stamped in Petal Pink, Pear Pizzaz and Misty Moonlight and had to fussy cut two out of the three as there is not a matching die and then layered them with Basic White snowflakes.

I used a rectangle die from the Ornate Layers to create the Gray Granite block and had to reduced the size by cutting it in half as it was a little wide but knowing the sentiment was on top it worked out a treat.

Finally I added the bow and some gems and I was really pleased with how it turned out, but it will not be a Christmas card that I will be mass producing as it was quite time consuming making it.

Stamp Set:  Snowflake Wishes

Ink:  Petal Pink, Pear Pizzaz, Misty Moonlight

Cardstock:  Petal Pink, Gray Granite, Basic White

Accessories:  Cut 'n Emboss Machine, So Many Snowflakes Dies, Ornate Layers Dies, Misty Moonlight/Silver Baker's Twine, Soft Succulent Jewels

Close up of the snowflakes and creative background

Thanks for joining me this week, now it's time to see what Monique Fielder 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 - #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.

Heart of Christmas - Snowflake Wishes

This is the first time I have got organised this year to participate in the Heart of Christmas and you guessed it - it's the last one!  I have been Christmas inspired this weekend as the Christmas pageant happened in Adelaide on Saturday evening and I put up my Christmas tree on Sunday afternoon with the help of fellow Stampin' Up Demonstrator Andrea Sargent.

I am featuring the Snowflake Wishes Bundle in Bermuda Bay, Coastal Cabana and Whisper White.  I have used the embossed resist technique, with white emboss powder with a light sponge daubing in Coastal Cabana and used the splatter stamp from Forever Form over the top.

I have layered the sentiment on a couple of different shape labels and place then in the centre over some thick bakers twine, finally finishing with die cut ofthe three matching Snowflakes and a scattering of gems.

Stamp Set:  Snowflake Wishes, Positive Thoughts, Forever Fern

Cardstock:  Bermuda Bay, Coastal Cabana, Whisper White

Ink:  Bermuda Bay

Accessories:  So Many Snowflakes Dies, Tasteful Labels Dies, Elegant Faceted Gems, White Stampin' Emboss Powder, Mint Macaron Thick Twine (retired)

Close up of the Snowflake and Emboss Resist Technique

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have received some great Christmas ideas, why not be inspired further by the other Art with Heart team members, by going to Judy's blog for all the links.