Weekly Deals

It's the last day of September and I am loving this spring weather here in Adelaide and everyone loves a bargain and this week is no different.

The Mini Treat Bag is on sale from $66.00 to $49.50 (below is the bag coordinated with the You're So Sweet stamp set).

CRUSHED CURRY BAKER'S TWINE Price: $5.25 $3.94 EVERYDAY CHIC DESIGNER WASHI TAPE Price: $14.00 $10.50 FLORAL FRAMES COLLECTION FRAMELITS DIES Price: $45.00 $33.75 GIFT BOX PUNCH BOARD Price: $32.00 $24.00 HAPPY HEART TEXTURED IMPRESSIONS EMBOSSING FOLDER Price: $13.00 $9.75 LABEL BRACKET PUNCH Price: $28.00 $21.00 MINI TREAT BAG THINLITS DIES Price: $66.00 $49.50

Peaceful Pines and Perfect Pines Framelits Bundle

How to trim a Christmas tree in three easy steps:

1.  Stamp the tree.
2.  Stamp the decorations.
3.  Cut out the tree.  It's so easy with the Peaceful Pines stamp set and the Perfect Pines Framelits Dies.  Buy one or buy both at a 15% discount.  Watch and see how to make Christmas trees for cards, tags and scrapbook pages in minutes.

Check out this great you tube video

Just a little hint that at CASE-ing the Catty this week we will be featuring gift tags so subscribe to my blog posts (on the right of this post) or like my Facebook page to get all the updates.

CASE-ing the Catty Home for Christmas - CTC49

Yes it is Sunday evening, the CASE-ing the Catty Blog Hop each week will now go live on Sunday evenings at 6.30 pm Central Australian Standard time.

This week it is my favourite section in the Holiday Catalogue - Home for Christmas.  It features some of my favourite stamp sets and accessories, unfortunately my budget only goes so far but my must have was the Embellished Ornaments Stamp Set and Delicate Ornament Thinlits Dies.

You may have come from Rachel Palmieri or you might be starting here, but don't forget to hop to all the posts as you will love all the examples this week.

Stamp Set:  Embellished Ornaments
Cardstock:  Thick Whisper White, Whisper White, Old Olive, Real Red, Holiday, Fancy Foil Designer Vellum, Silver Glimmer Paper
Ink:  Old Olive
Accessories:  Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine, Precision Base Plate, Delicate Ornament Thinlits Dies, Silver Cording Trim, Hexagon Punch, Decorative Dots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

Close up of the very intricate Christmas decorations

It's now time to hop over to Tricia Raineri and her card this week.

If you have any problems hopping around, please check out the crew's creations below:

Julia Quinn - http://handmadebyjuliaquinn.blogspot.com/2015/09/home-for-christmas-for-caseing-catty.html

Stasia Sloma - http://stampzone.blogspot.com/2015/09/home-for-christmas.html

Rachel Palmieri - http://stampinpals.blogspot.com/2015/09/ctc49-home-for-holidays.html

Kathryn Mangelsdorf - http://klm55.blogspot.com/2015/09/case-ing-catty-home-for-christmas-ctc49.html

Tricia Raineri - http://thespeckledsparrow.blogspot.com/2015/09/ctc-49-home-for-christmas.html

Rebecca Scurr -  http://thepaperandstampaddict.com.au/2015/09/20/ctc-49-theres-no-place-like-home-at-christmas/

Judy May - http://judymay.typepad.com/just_judy_designs/2015/09/ctc49-home-for-christmas.html

Monique Fielder - http://stamping-with-moni-q.blogspot.com/2015/09/ctc-49-home-for-holidays.html

Alison Barclay - http://gothdovedesigns.blogspot.com/2015/09/stampin-up-australia-stampin-up-home-for-christmas.html

Helen Heil - http://h2designs.blogspot.com/2015/09/case-ing-catty-49-home-for-christmas.html
Jessica Williams - http://thepapercaper.com.au/2015/09/27/happy-hearth-home-and-caseing-the-catty

Elizabeth Gross - http://lillylovespaper.blogspot.com/2015/09/ctc49-home-for-christmas.html

CTC Blog - http://caseingthecatty.blogspot.com/2015/09/caseing-catty-49-home-for-christmas.html

Quick and Simple Christmas Card - Festival of Trees

Would you like to get a start on your Christmas Cards, well this design is a clear and simple design which uses the Festival of Trees stamp set with the coordinating Tree Punch.

I have a couple of colour combinations and I have just used the inks that match the strips of designer series paper.  I also used the whisper white note cards and envelopes to make it oh so quick and easy to mass produce.

Stamp Set:  Festival of Trees, Wondrous Wreath
Cardstock:  Whisper White Note Cards and Envelopes, Merry Moments Designer Series Paper
Ink: Read Red, Old Olive, Crumb Cake
Accessories: Tree Punch

Weekly Deals

This Weekly Deals feature the Ornate Tag Topper Punch ($38.00 reduced to $28.50) and you can make the below tags with the matching Lots of Joy Stamp Set and coordinating products.

BRIGHTS SEQUIN ASSORTMENT Price: $8.75 $6.56 CLOTHESPINS Price: $7.00 $5.25 FLOWER FAIR FRAMELITS DIES Price: $41.00 $30.75 HANDPICKED FRAMELITS DIES Price: $41.00 $30.75 LUCKY STARS TEXTURED IMPRESSIONS EMBOSSING FOLDERS Price: $13.00 $9.75 ORNATE TAG TOPPER PUNCH Price: $38.00 $28.50 REMARKABLE YOU CLEAR-MOUNT STAMP SET Price: $45.00 $33.75

CASE-ing the Catty Holiday Designer Series Paper - CTC48

This week at CASE-ing the Catty, we are featuring the Designer Series Papers in the Holiday Catalogue, well I just love the Winter Wonderland Designer Vellum Stack.  The stack come in a great size of 6" x 6" and there are 3 sheets of each of 6 gold and 6 black designs.

You may have come from Stasia Sloma or you might be starting here, but don't forget to hop to all the posts as you will love all the inspiration that we have created this week.

I have used the below card for my CASE-ing this week and used the Embellished Ornaments stamp set and Delicate Ornament Thinlits Dies as I don't have this beautiful Dove of Peace stamp set.

Stamp Set:  Embellished Ornaments
Cardstock:  Lost Lagon, Whisper White, Basic Black, Winter Wonderland Designer Vellum Stack
Ink:  VersaMark
Accessories:  Heat Tool, Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder, Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Gold Metallic Thread, Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine, Delicate Ornament Thinlits Dies

Close up of the Christmas Ornament with Gold Embossing and some Rhinestone Bling.

It's now time to hop over to Emma Palonek and what she has created with the designer series papers.

If you have any problems hopping around, please check out the crew's creations below:

Julia Quinn - http://handmadebyjuliaquinn.blogspot.com/2015/09/holiday-dsp-for-caseing-catty-totally.html

Rachel Palmieri -http://stampinpals.blogspot.com/2015/09/lighthearted-birthday-ctc-48-holiday-dsp.html

Elizabeth Gross - http://lillylovespaper.blogspot.com/2015/09/ctc48-who-doesnt-love-new-dsp.html

Stasia Sloma - http://stampzone.blogspot.com/2015/09/caseing-catty-holiday-designer-paper.html 

Kathryn Mangelsdorf - http://klm55.blogspot.com/2015/09/case-ing-catty-holiday-designer-series.html

Emma Palonek - http://vintagegraffiti.com/2015/18/09/home-for-christmas-with-caseing-the-catty.html/

Rebecca Scurr - http://thepaperandstampaddict.com.au/2015/09/18/ctc48-lovely-gorgeous-holiday-dsp

Monique Fielder - http://stamping-with-moni-q.blogspot.com/2015/09/case-ing-catty-48-holiday-dsp.html

Jessica Williams - http://thepapercaper.com.au/2015/09/18/christmas-stars-and-caseing-the-catty

Alison Barclay - http://gothdovedesigns.blogspot.com/2015/09/stampin-up-australia-stampin-up-christmas.html

Jackie Noble - http://www.creativejax.co.nz/2015/09/stampin-up-ctc48-holiday-dsp/

Judy May - http://judymay.typepad.com/just_judy_designs/2015/09/ctc48-holiday-dsp.html

CTC Blog - http://caseingthecatty.blogspot.com/2015/09/caseing-catty-48-holiday-designer.html

Art with Heart Team Blog Hop - Holiday Catalogue

Today some of the Art with Heart Stampin' Up! team girls are sharing some fun and fabulous ideas to inspire you from our brand new Holiday Catalogue available now until 4 January 2016.  (This year they are only available until sold out.)

You may have come from Tina Gillespie or you might be starting here, but don't forget to hop to all the posts as you will get some many ideas for Christmas.

I have decided to use the Oh What Fun Tag Project Kit and I have turned them into cards but using the Whisper White Note Cards and Envelopes.  I made these 10 cards very quickly so that make it a very affordable quick and easy way to mass produce your Christmas Cards this year.

This is a great value ... kit is $36.75 for 30 tags and with an addition of a pack of 20 Note Cards and Envelopes for $10.50, you have 20 Christmas Cards and Envelopes and 10 Christmas Tags all for $47.25.


You can complete the kit with the matching Oh What Fun Stamp Set but I used a variety of sets from other Christmas sets.

Kit includes:
* Sheets of tags and shapes
* Gold and red glitter die-cut shapes
* Silver foil snowflakes and doilies
* 1" Dotted lace trim
* Baker's twine
* Thick baker's twine
* Silver sequins
* Large pressed wood gold glittered snowflakes
* Small gold bows
* Silver bells

Stamp Set:  Wondrous Wreath, Embellished Ornaments, Flurry of Wishes
Cardstock:  Whisper White Note Cards and Envelopes
Ink:  Real Red, Garden Green, Smoky Slate, Mint Macaron

10 Note Cards

Let's keep this blog hop hopping.  Next up we have Rachel Woollard.

If you find a broken link or have come to this blog hop from a different entry point, you can view the participants below:

1. Rachel Woollard
2. Ros Davidson
3. Kate Morgan
4. Judy May
5. Claire Daly
6. Jenny van Dijk
7. Kathryn Ruddick
8. Tina Gillespie
9. Kathryn Mangelsdorf

Weekly Deals

Here in Adelaide we have had a little thunder and lightning, but I am inside now and sharing the Weekly Deals.

EARLY ESPRESSO 1/4" COTTON RIBBON Price: $10.50 $7.88 FRY BOX BIGZ L DIE Price: $54.00 $40.50 GOLD STAMPIN' GLITTER Price: $7.00 $5.25 LOST LAGOON CLASSIC STAMPIN' PAD Price: $11.50 $8.63 MOSSY MEADOW CLASSIC STAMPIN' PAD Price: $11.50 $8.63 SWEETHEART PUNCH Price: $28.00 $21.00 WHISPER WHITE 5/8" SATIN RIBBON Price: $12.25 $9.19

CASE-ing the Catty Let's Kit Together - CTC47

The Holiday Catalogue was launched last week and we are now featuring it in the coming week's at CASE-ing the Catty, this week we are featuring Let's Kit Together and wow there are many fantastic kits in this catalogue.

You may have come from Rachel Palmieri or you might be starting here, but don't forget to hop to all the posts as you will love all the kits that we have created this week.

I am using the To You and Yours Shakers Cards Project Kit which is available for $42.00 which makes 18 cards (6 each of 3 designs).

I did not have the matching To You & Yours Too stamp set so I utilised Festival of Trees, Embellished Ornaments, Flurry of Wishes, Perpetual Birthday Calendar for a few additional elements.

Shake it up, baby!  Your Christmas cards will stand out from the others, thank to these easy-to-create shaker frame cards.


Kit includes:
* White die-cut card fronts and envelopes
* Printed foil card bases
* Window sheets 3 3/8" x 3 3/4"
* Gold self-adhesive foil stars
* "Joy" and "Merry & Bright" word stickers
* Christmas tree and circle stickers
* Red metallic Baker's Twine
* Star sequins
* Red, green and gold sequins
* Dimensional adhesive strips and Stampin' Dimensionals
* Chucky clear glitter

Stamp Set:  Festival of Trees, Embellished Ornaments, Flurry of Wishes, Perpetual Birthday Calendar
Ink:  Cucumber Crush, Real Red, Daffodil Delight

Check out this video to see how easy it is.

It's now time to hop over to Rebecca Scurr and her card this week.

If you have any problems hopping around, please check out the crew's creations below:

Emma Palonek -  http://vintagegraffiti.com/2015/09/11/oh-what-fun-with-case-ing-the-catty/

Rebecca Benson- http://queenmommiedom.blogspot.com/2015/09/ctc-47-lets-kit-together.html

Stasia Sloma http://stampzone.blogspot.com/2015/09/caseing-catty-lets-kit-together.html

Rachel Palmieri - http://stampinpals.blogspot.com/2015/09/first-christmas-card-ctc-47-lets-kit.html

Kathryn Mangelsdorf - http://klm55.blogspot.com/2015/09/case-ing-catty-lets-kit-together-ctc47.html 

Rebecca Scurr - http://thepaperandstampaddict.com.au/2015/09/11/ctc47-lets-kit-together/

Tricia Raineri - http://thespeckledsparrow.blogspot.com/2015/09/ctc-47-lets-kit-together-oh-what-fun.html

Julia Quinn - http://handmadebyjuliaquinn.blogspot.com/2015/09/lets-kit-together-for-caseing-catty.html

Helen Heil - http://h2designs.blogspot.com/2015/09/case-ing-catty-47-lets-kit-together.html

Elizabeth Gross - http://lillylovespaper.blogspot.com/2015/09/ctc47-first-inspiration-from-christmas.html

Simone Bartrum http://simonebartrum.com/cards/ctc-47-oh-what-fun-tag-kit/

Jessica Williams - http://thepapercaper.com.au 

CTC blog - http://caseingthecatty.blogspot.com/2015/09/caseing-catty-47-lets-kit-together.html