CASEing the Catty - #CTC374 Case a Favourite Retiring Mini Bundle Home & Garden Bundle

This week at CASEing the Catty we are Caseing your favourite retiring Mini Bundles.

Welcome to the blog hop or you may have come from Sandra Collett.

I am at home recovering from a cold (luckily it was not covid) but it meant I was grounded in Adelaide and unable to fly to Melbourne and join 8 other Stampin' Up! demonstrators for a long weekend of crafting in Rye.

I have chosen the Home & Garden bundle to feature this week which is on page 72 of the January to June Mini Catalogue.

I have made two cards this week, one for the Beginner stamper and one for the Avid stamper.

The cased card is for the Avid Stamper, a stepped up version but it has the same colour theme and more layers and accessories.

I have used Very Vanilla and the Timber 3D  Embossing Folder for my background and then layered some Night of Navy Baker's Twine and tied a fake bow at the top.  

A banner of Artfully Composed Designer Series Paper is placed down next and then I stamped all the tools in Early Espresso and used my Stampin' Blends to add a pop of colour.

Stamp Set:  Home & Garden

Cardstock:  Thick Very Vanilla, Very Vanilla, Artfully Composed Designer Series Paper

Ink:  Early Espresso, Stampin' Up! Blends

Accessories:  Cut n Emboss Machine, Garden Dies, Timber 3D Embossing Folder, Night of Navy Twine

Close up of the colouring with the Stampin' Up! Blends.

Both cards, the beginner card and the CASEd inspired stepped up avid stamper card.

Card for the beginner stamper.

It's now time to hop on our 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 - #CTC362 Case a Sketch Pansy Petals Designer Series Paper

 

This week at CASEing the Catty we are using a sketch challenge inspired by the Annual Catalogue simplify or step it up collection on page 71.

Welcome to the blog hop or you may have come from Rebecca Scurr.

I am currently on holidays in Victoria but I made this card prior to leaving last weekend.

I have chosen to feature a retiring in color, Bumblebee and I have coordinated this with the beautiful Pansy Petals Designer Series Paper.

I used Bumblebee cardstock as my base and layered a piece of matching DSP.  I then cut 4 @ 1 1/4" squares using 4 different designers, choosing 3 flowers and a lighter square that I could over stamp a sentiment in Black Memento.  I then add a lovely Fresh Freesia ribbon bow and some Polished Pink jewels.  

This design would be great to use up all those packs of designer series papers that we all have in our collection.  I would love to see you create some and share with me.

Stamp Set:  Flowing Flowers

Cardstock:  Bumblebee, Pansy Petals Designer Series Paper

Ink:  Black Memento

Accessories:  Fresh Freesia 3/8" Open Weave Ribbon, Polished Pink In Color Jewels

Close up of the gorgeous ribbon

Thanks for joining me this week now it's time to hop on over to Rachel Palmieri.

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 - #CTC296 Poinsettia Place Designer Series Paper Step It Up

It's Step It Up at CASEing the Catty this week taking inspiration from the Mini Catalogue.  Creating comes in three categories of Crafters - Beginning, Casual and Avid!

You may have started the hop here, welcome or you may have come from Siobhan Fitzsimmons.

Earlier in the week I fussy cut out the white poinsettias as I wanted to use them as my centrepiece of the card.  I have used the Whisper White note cards with a strip of the green Designer Series Paper on the left hand side.  

Beginner Card - The Designer Series Paper is stuck down onto the card base as it the Sentiment

Casual Card - I have layered a piece of Whisper White cardstock up on dimensions on the card base and I have also popped up the poinsettia and added a gem and also the sentiment is raised up and I used the banner punch to give a further detail.

Avid Card - I again layered with a piece of Whisper White cardstock and then added some wonderful Plush Poinsettia Speciality Paper as a background.  I added the Beaded Pearls to the centre of the poinsettia and then made a feature of the sentiment with the Tasteful Labels Die and then added some ribbon on the edges.

Stamp Set:  For Unto Us

Cardstock:  Whisper White, Poinsettia Place Designer Series Paper, Plush Poinsettia Speciality Paper

Ink:   Garden Green

Accessories:  Tasteful Labels Die, Bead Pearls, Metallic 1 1/2" Mesh Ribbon, All the Trimmings Ribbon, Banners Pick a Punch, Elegant Faceted Gems

Casual Card, Avid Card, Beginners Card

Close up of the Avid Crafter card

Thanks for stopping by, now it's time to hop on over to Julia Quinn.

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.