CASEing the Catty - #CTC384 Case Sale-A-Bration Hippest Hippos & Hippo Dies

I had my card class this afternoon and I made this card for the CASEing the Catty Sale-A-Bration and for the class.  

You only have until Wednesday at 11.30 pm Adelaide time to place a $180 order to receive both the Hippest Hippos stamp set and matching Hippo Dies.

Welcome to the hop or you may have come from my lovely friend, Tina Gillespie.

Wow what a beautiful day it is in the Adelaide Hills today.

The next door neighbours wattle is out and my tulips are blooming for the very first time and the daffodils are smiling at me when I walk outside.

I am remembering my dad and the family home at Oakbank where they came from, my favourite time of the year is Spring.

Which season is your favourite?

I have chosen the layout and the stamp set for my theme this week which is featured on page 5 of the SaleA-Bration brochure which is pictured below.

I layered the Brushing Bride Gingham Cottage Designer Series Paper onto Basic Black which I cut out both layers using the Deckled Rectangles Dies and then onto Crumb Cake cardstock for my base.

It was then time to use the Crumb Cake blends to colour in the oh so cute hippo which I had stamped in Black Memento.  

I cut out the decorate circle die from the Painted Labels in Blushing Bride and added a Balmy Blue umbrella and some flowers to create my centrepiece.  I used the waves dies from the Hippo Dies to create a boarder around the twine.  Finally finishing off the flowers with some Pearl embellishments. 

Stamp Set:  Hippest Hippos

Cardstock:  Brushing Bride, Balmy Blue, Basic White, Basic Black, Gingham Cottage Designer Series Paper

Ink:  Black Memento, Crumb Cake, Balmy Blue Bends

Accessories:  Cut 'n Emboss Machine, Hippo Dies, Deckled Rectangles Dies, Painted Labels Dies, Tahitan Tide Baker's Twine, Pearl Jewels (retired)

Close up of the cute hippo

Thanks for stopping by this week, now it's time to see what Monique Fielder has made.

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 - #CTC381 Boughs of Holly Suite

It's Sunday, so it's CASEing the Catty time, this week we are CASEing the Bough of Holly Suite in the Mini Catalogue.

Welcome to the blog hop or you may have come from Peta Stephens.

This is my very favourite bundle from the Mini Catalogue so I could not miss caseing this Suite.

I have chosen the card on page 24 which is featured below.  I have made a fancy fold card which on the first and third panels I have made some tone on tone stripes using the thickest Water Painter.  

I placed a clear block onto my old olive ink pad to create an ink pad where I could add lots of water with a container of water and then added the thick stripes of colour to the panels to create an effective background.

It was then time to create the centrepiece of the card which includes fussy cutting the poinsettias which I then positioned in diagonal corners and then added a lot of layers of embellishments and leaves -  especially the gorgeous Gold Holly Leaves,  Gold Open Leaf Trinket and the Iridescent Trim.

Finally, I created a featured Sahara Sand holly leaves insert which you can also see on the edges when the card is closed.

I am in the process of creating a tutorial for this fancy fold card, so if you would like a copy please join my newsletter mailing list or email me and I'll send you a copy once it's completed.

Stamp Set:  Leaves of Holly

Cardstock:  Old Olive, Basic White, Crumb Cake, Boughs of Holly Designer Series Paper

Ink:  Old Olive, Mossy Meadow, Evening Evergreen, Sahara Sand

Accessories: Cut n Emboss Machine, Holly Berry Dies, Gold Holly Leaves, Open Leaf Trinket, Iridescent Trim

Fancy Fold Card

Fully open card with the front and insert of the card.

From the top of the card, you can see all the panels

Close up of the beautiful poinsettias and the layers of embellishments and leaves.

Thanks for stopping by this week, it's now time to see what Tina Gillespie 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.

Bron's Birthday Blog Hop #5 - Fancy Folds Merriest Moments

It's Bron's Birthday Blog Hop (and Insta Hop) #5 but it's my first!  We're a group of stamping friends that are celebrating Bron's 60th Birthday in 2022 with six blog hops, over six months, with six fun themes!

I could not miss out on the Fancy Folds, Bronwyn is a star at making fancy fold cards and she kindly provided me a tutorial for a Gate Fold Double Box Card. 

As I created this last week, I had my supplies out from my Christmas in July card class so I just had to make an oh so special Christmas card (it will be going to be a lovely lady as it took me quite some time to complete).

I have chosen traditional colours of shades of green with Cherry Cobbler.  It's had to see but I started with Old Olive cardstock and layered it with a couple of different pieces of Boughs of Holly Designer Series Paper.  The layers and folds include two double boxes where I added some returning favourite Wonderful Snowflakes in iridescent foil.

Lots of stamping of the poinsettias in Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive holly leaves from the Merriest Moments stamp set, and lots of fussy cutting which I don't mind at all either.  It was then putting these together with more Wonderful Snowflakes and gems.   Finally, I then added a couple of Christmas trees from Trees for Sale to give added depth to the trees on the DSP.

Stamp Set:  Merriest Moments, Trees for Sale

Cardstock:  Old Olive, Basic White, Boughs of Holly Designer Series Paper

Ink:  Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler

Accessories:  Cut 'n Emboss Machine, Tree Lot Dies, Wonderful Snowflakes, Adhesive Backed Sequins & Gems, Iridescent Rhinestone Basic Gems

It does close up and fits in a standard envelope.

Opened up

Looking down on the Double Boxes

Pulled fully open

Close up of the left hand corner

Close up of the right hand corner

Thanks for stopping at my blog today and now it's time to see what fancy fold Chantell Randall has made.