Remembering Dad

It is with great sadness, I am sharing you that my dad, Ron passed away peacefully late on Wednesday evening at Restvale Aged Care.  He is reunited with mum and Trish.
He is at Peace.  In God's Loving Care.

I will be having a break from blogging and creating for a little while, but I will be back soon with more inspiration.  Also Sunday's card class is cancelled.

CASE-ing the Catty Beautiful Bouquet - #CTC132

Welcome to the second week of the CASE-ing the Catty utilising the new Annual Catalogue, unfortunately Australia Post could not deliver my Big Brown Box in time for this week, but I did get this set as my reward for Sale-A-Bration promotion earlier in the year.

You may be starting here so welcome or you may have come from Krissy Buck.

One of my Card Class ladies was celebrating her 80th Birthday yesterday, so I decide to make her card inspired by the layout of the card on the left (page 74 of the Annual Catalogue).  

I was inspired by the birthday badge and I wanted to make a centre feature of the 80. I started with a base of Fresh Fig and then stamped on a piece of Powder Pink with the small flowers and then layered on 2 circles.  I finished the card off with flowers on the diagonal sides and finished it off with some ribbon and sequin trim (sorry I had to used the retired trim).

I had a couple of flowers left so I then decided to decorate the inside of the card with one of my favourite sentiments from the Special Celebrations set.

Stamp Set:  Beautiful Bouquet, Special Celebrations

Cardstock:  Fresh Fig, Berry Burst, Powder Pink, Very Vanilla

Ink:  Powder Pink, Sweet Sugarplum, Flirty Flamingo, Tranquil Tide

Accessories:  Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine, Bouquet Bunch Framelits, Stitched Shapes Framelits, Layer Circle Framelits, Tranquil Tide 1/2" Finely Woven Ribbon, Gold Sequin Trim (retired), Circle Punch

Close up of the 80 Birthday Badge

Inside the card

Now it's time to hop on over to Mel Pangano.

Are you inspired by the CASE-ing the Catty Crew why not participate in the CASEing the Catty Sunday Challenge by uploading a photo on Facebook.

Oh So Eclectic Bundle

Have you taken a good look at the beautiful new 2017-2018 Annual Catalogue cover, featuring the Oh So Eclectic stamp set.

You need this set so you can recreate these cards (or any project) or with sets you have (which is exactly what Stampin' Up! did below).   The cards shown below use different floral images but have a similar look and feel.  Don't get stuck in a rut when you don't have a certain stamp set; just get creative so you see the versatility and value of every stamp set you have in your collection.

Oh So Eclectic Wood-Mount Bundle	145355
Price: $93.50

Oh So Eclectic Clear-Mount Bundle	145356
Price: $81.00
Bundle and save! Buy these two coordinating products and save 10%. Oh So Eclectic Clear-Mount Stamp Set The lines! The textures! The variety! We're so excited about the textural variations in this stamp set! Certainly it offers an indeterminable number of creative possibilities. * Quantity: 16 rubber stamps * Suggested clear blocks (sold separately): a, b, c Eclectic Layers Framelits Dies Create die-cut pieces in record time with Thinlits dies and the Big Shot. Thinlits Dies help you create detailed die-cuts with just a few turns of the Big Shot handle. * 13 dies * Largest image: 4" x 1-7/8" (10.2 x 4.8 cm)

CASE-ing the Catty Label Me Pretty & Pretty Label Punch #CTC131

It's a very exciting time of the Stampin' Up! year with the launch on Thursday of the new Annual Catalogue and as a Demonstrator I had the opportunity to purchase some products in the preorder and today CASE-ing the Catty - #CTC131 are featuring the Everyday Occasions section (page 18-67).

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

I decided to case the card to the left using a different colour combination as I wanted to feature the new In Colours but I only was able to use four - Berry Burst, Fresh Fig, Lemon Lime Twist and Tranquil Tide (I missed Powder Pink).

I did step up the card with a few extra layers with the sentiment so I could feature the Label Me Pretty stamp set and matching Pretty Label Punch.

As my order has not arrived yet, I used a strip of Fresh Fig 1/2" Finely Woven Ribbon instead of the Gold Mini Sequin Trim, layered onto the oh so beautiful Gold and Very Vanilla strip of Speciality Designer Series Paper and then finished it off with a Fresh Fig Mini Tassel.

Stamp Set: Label Me Pretty, Eastern Beauty
Cardstock: Berry Burst, Fresh Fig, Very Vanilla, Eastern Palace Specialty Designer Series Paper
Ink:  Berry Burst, Dapper Denim, Lemon Lime Twist, Tranquil Tide
Accessories:  Pretty Label Punch, Fresh Fig Mini Tassel,

A close up of the Sentiment with all the layers of Speciality DSP and the Mini Tassel.

Now it's time to hop on over to Jackie Noble to see what she has created with the new Annual Catalogue.

Are you inspired by the CASE-ing the Catty Crew why not participate in the CASEing the Catty Sunday Challenge by uploading a photo into the album on Facebook.

Wish List ... Embossing Paste and Palette Knives

Ok, it's been 3 days since the release of the Annual Catalogue...what was on your wish list, if you don't have one print off this one below (or I can email you a copy):

I have placed my order, I am really looking forward to trying new techniques with the new Embossing Paste as I have never used this before.

Embossing Paste	141979
Price: $11.50
Texture has been made even easier: * Mix a few drops of Classic Stampin’ Ink to Embossing Paste * Apply over decorative masks, let dry * May use without ink for white texture * Matte finish. 4 oz

Palette Knives	142808
Price: $9.00
Use Palette Knives to apply Embossing Paste. Easy as 1, 2, 3! * 3 knives: 1 offset trowel, 1 offset diamond trowel, 1 scotty knife

More Creativity from the Annual Catalogue

More creativity your way from the Annual Catalogue.  Watch this video by Stampin' Up! and get excited and place your order.

We LOVE Hosts meets the NEW Annual Catalogue

It's always a good time to get together with friends, but the NEW Annual Catalogue release, it's even better!

Book an event with me or "host" your own if you have a large wish list to receive spent $450 and receive an extra $45 Stampin' Rewards during the month of June.

Don't forget to order the amazing new 2017-2019 In Colours - Berry Burst, Fresh Fig, Lemon Lime Twist, Powder Pink and Tranquil Tide.

You can purchase the In Colour packs of Cardstock (A4 and 12" x 12"), Stampin' Pads and Ink Refills, Stampin' Write Markers, Bitty Bows, Glitter Acrylic Shapes and the Finely Woven Ribbon.

If your order is less that $250 please us the HOSTESS CODE - AYWZUTTD for the month of June to receive a special gift from me.
http://www3.stampinup.com/ECWeb/default.aspx?dbwsdemoid=4003429