CASEing the Catty - #CTC385 Case a Glitter Project Lights Aglow Designer Series Paper

 

It's all about glitter this week at CASEing the Catty #CTC385, Case a Glitter Project from the Mini Catalogue.

Welcome to the blog hop or you may have come from Michelle Strazds.

I have chosen to case the box on page 30 of the July to December Mini Catalogue.

I have simplified the decorated box to a small greeting or gift card.  

I used some off cuts of Thick Basic White cardstock measuring 8 1/4" x 3 1/2", I folded this in half and added a strip of the Soft Succulent Lights Aglow Speciality Designer Series Paper.  Before adhering this down I added some Gold Cord on top and either the circle or square cut outs from the sheet of Cherry Cobbler DSP.  

I finally added a sentiment from the Hope & Peace stamp set and a beautiful Gold and Vanilla Ribbon bow and wow it did not take long to repeat the process to create a set of four.

Stamp Set:  Hope & Peace

Cardstock:  Thick Basic White, Basic White, Lights Aglow Specialty Designer Series Paper

Ink:  Soft Succulent

Accessories:  Gold & Vanilla 3/8" Satin-Edged Ribbon, Gold Cord, 2 1/4" Circle Punch (retired)

The set of 4 matching cards

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

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CASEing the Catty - #CTC377 Case Sale-A-Bration Tree Lot Dies

 

This week at CASEing the Catty we are CASEing the Sale-A-Bration brochure and wow there are some amazing FREE products that can inspire you.

Welcome to the blog hop or you may have come from the talented Rachel Palmieri.

I am in the process of preparing for my Christmas in July card class so I want to used the Tree Lot Dies which is featured on page 12 with the Trees for Sale matching stamp set which you can purchase in the July to December Mini Catalogue for $39.00.

The card to the left uses non traditional Christmas colours of Mossy Meadow, Daffodil Delight, Polished Pink, Blushing Bride with Starry Sky card base.  These are colours I would never have picked for a Christmas card colour combination but it really does work.

First I used Whisper White Craft ink to stamp the circles on the Starry Sky card base.  

Then I stamped the two largest trees from the set in the four colours using the two step stamping technique - stamping off the ink with the background stamp and then with full ink with the highlighted branches.  

Die cut all the trees and the caravan in Very Vanilla with a piece of Basic White for the windows.

It's then just time to arrange the trees separating the colours and sizes to fit your card (mine are a little different to the catalogue) and mounting some on diminsionals for added effect, don't forget to die cut at couple of tree trunks for the front two trees.  Finally stamp the sentiment in one of the coordinating colours I chose the Polished Pink and add some of the gorgeous Iridescent White Adhesive Backed Stars.

Stamp Set:  Trees for Sale

Cardstock:  Starry Sky, Basic White, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake

Ink:  Mossy Meadow, Daffodil Delight, Polished Pink, Blushing Bride

Accessories:  Cut n Emboss Machine, Tree Lot Dies, Adhesive Backed Stars

Love those Iridescent White Stars

After making the above card, I could not resist making one with shades of green and there are a lot of them - Parakeet Party, Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive, Mossy Meadow, Shaded Spruce and Evening Evergreen!

 

Close up of all those different colour of green trees.

Thanks for joining me this week, now it's time to see what Tina Gillespie has made.

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CASEing the Catty - #CTC375 Case your Favourite Retiring Product Boughs & Blossoms

This week CASEing the Catty are highlighting the January to June Mini Catalogue and a favourite retiring product you only have until Thursday to purchase any Last Chance stamp sets and accessories.

Welcome to the blog hop if you are starting here or you may have come from good friend, Rachel Palmieri .

I have chosen this week to featured the Boughs and Blossoms Bundle, the Boughs & Blossoms stamp set is retiring however my favourite punch Bough has carried over into the Annual Catalogue.

This bundle you can find on page 26 of the Mini Catalogue.

I have used Pale Papaya for my base card and layered it onto another piece of Pale Papaya and used clear embossing powder with the leaves and nut stamps to create a lovely shiny finish.  

Then tore a piece of Basic White cardstock and added two Pale Papaya flowers on top instead of the sentiment.

Adding punched out Parakeet Party leaves and nuts adding them under the Orchid Oasis twine which was wrapped around a couple of times and tidied in a bow and left two long ends hanging down.

Finally I stamped "a little hello" in Pale Papaya which filled in the clear space at the bottom of the card and added three tiny pearls to the centre of each flower.

Stamp Set:  Boughs & Blossoms

Cardstock:  Pale Papaya, Parakeet Party, Basic White

Ink:  Pale Papaya, Versamark

Accessories:  Bough Punch, Orchid Oasis Baker's Twine, Iridescent Pearl Basic Jewels, Heat Tool

Now it's time to see what Peta Stephen's has created this week.

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 - #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 - #CTC368 Case a Favourite Annual Catalogue Project Sending Smiles

It's new Catty time! Time to play with new products!

This week as CASEing the Catty #CTC368 we are caseing your Favourite Annual Catalogue project, which I am featuring the Sending Smiles Bundle.

Welcome to the blog hop or you may have come from Michelle Strazds.

I am caseing the card on page 14 and have decided that it will be a card I can easily use all the new in colors - Sweet Sorbet, Tahitian Tide, Starry Sky, Parakeet Party and Orchid Oasis.

I choose to use a background die from Poppy Moments which I had not used before, I repeated cutting it out 3 times to create my card front background and then stamped and die cut all the flowers, stems and sentiments for the Sending Smiles Bundle.  

Finally I added a few of the Brushed Brass Butterflies which I thought looked like they were flying around the garden of flowers.

Stamp Set: Sending Smiles

Ink:  Sweet Sorbet, Tahitian Tide, Starry Sky, Parakeet Party, Orchid Oasis, Mango Melody

Cardstock:  Thick Basic White, Basic White

Accessories:  Cut 'n Emboss Machine, Sending Dies, Poppy Moments Dies, Brushed Brass Butterflies

Close up of the background, with die cutting the Poppy Moments die 3 times.

Thanks for joining me on this Mother's Day, now it's time to hop on over to Peta Stephens.

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CASEing the Catty - #CTC366 Farewell Annual Catty Free as a Bird

 

It's time to say farewell to the Annual Catalogue this week at CASEing the Catty #CTC366. 

Welcome to the blog hop or you may have come from Lauren Meiklejohn. 

I have chosen one of my favourite stamp sets, Free as a Bird to feature this week which is highlighted on page 82 of the Annual Catalogue.  

I decided to keep the colours the same but changed the card to a landscape layout with the Stitched Rectangle dies as my centrepiece.  

I had only this week learnt from a fellow Stampin' Up! demonstrator that you can use a Colour Lifter to blend your watercolor pencils to blend out the strokes instead of using water in a Water Painter.  

It makes it so much easier with the small details of the stamp set as they don't run so much and therefore you have a lot more control.

Finally, I finished the card with a sentiment cut out with a half of one of the dies from the Hippo & Friends dies and some twine.

Stamp Set:  Free as a Bird

Cardstock:  Daffodil Delight, Balmy Blue, Basic White

Ink:  Black Memento 

Accessories:  Cut 'n Emboss Machine, Hippo & Friends Dies, Stitched Rectangles Dies, Watercolor Pencils from both Assortments, Thick Baker's Twine (retired)

Close up of the Watercolor pencils strokes blended with a Colour Lifter.

Thanks for joining me this week, now it's time to see what Julia Quinn has created.

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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.