CASEing the Catty - #CTC463 Case Bundles from Mini Catalogue Thoughtful Expression Bundle

Happy Easter.  I hope you are having a lovely 4 day Easter break, for me I was able to catch up with family and friends and also spend some time tiding up my craft room ready to put in all the new in colors and goodies from the new Annual Catalogue which I received as part of pre purchase premier order as a demonstrator that attended OnStage in Melbourne.

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I have chosen to use the Thoughtful Expressions Bundle on page 73 of the Mini Catalogue as we are CASEing the Bundle section this week of the Mini Catalogue.  This Bundle will be carrying over into the Annual Catalogue however it will not be at the Bundle price (10% saving) so I would suggest you purchase it by the end of April.

I started with a Thick Very Vanilla cardstock base (I am a little disappointed that this is retired too and it has already sold out) and layered this with with a piece of Earthen Elegance Designer Series Paper in shades of browns.

The three images are stamped in Black Memento and I used the retiring in colors - Orchid Oasis, Sweet Sorbet and Parakeet Party with my blending brushes to colour them in and then die cut the leaves in Parakeet Party and the little flowers in Basic White which I again used my blending brush in Orchid Oasis.

The sentiment is stamped in Early Espresso and I have again used the dies from the Thoughtful Expressions set, finally added some In Color Gems from my retired stash.

Stamp Set:  Thoughtful Expressions

Cardstock:  Thick Very Vanilla, Basic White, Crumb Cake, Earthen Elegance Designer Series Paper

Ink:  Black Memento, Orchid Oasis, Sweet Sorbet, Parakeet Party

Accessories:  Cut and Emboss Machine, Thoughtful Expressions Dies, In Color Gems (retired)

Close up of the images coloured with blending brushes.

 

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

CASEing the Catty - #CTC462 Case a Sketch from the Mini Catalogue

This week at CASEing the Catty we are caseing a Sketch from the Mini Catalogue.  

I created this card whilst I was having a 9 day break in Melbourne and the regions with fellow crew member, Rachel Palmieri.  

After attending Stampin' Up!'s Onstage event at the Convention Centre, I went home with some new in color cardstock which I just had to use in my card.

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Whilst staying at Rachel's home I was able to use the Cutest Cows as I have not purchased this bundle yet.  I have used the two new green in colors - Shy Shamrock and Summer Splash to create grass by tearing the cardstock and then added a little colour with a blending brush in Shaded Spruce to the torn edges to give further texture.

I stamped the happy sunflowers in Black Memento ink and coloured them using a selection of blends and then with Balmy Blue ink and a blending brush added the sky around the flowers.  

All three cows were then coloured in and they were all so cute I wanted to use them all so I ended up not being able to have a larger border as featured in the sketch which I had planned.  Finally I added them with dimensionals and added the matching sentiment.

Stamp Set:  Cutest Cows

Cardstock:  Shy Shamrock, Summer Splash, Basic White

Ink:  Black Memento, Balmy Blue, Shaded Spruce, Crumb Cake, Basic Gray, Petal Pink, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, Old Olive

Accessories:  Cutest Cows Punch

Close up of those cutest cows and textured grass.

Thanks for stopping by today, now it's time to see what Judy May has created this week.

CASEing the Catty - #460 Case a Project and Step it Up Enduring Beauty Bundle

This week at CASEing the Catty we are caseing a project from either the Annual or Mini Catalogues and Stepping it up.

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I have chosen to case the Stepped Upped cards on page 39 of the Mini Catalogue using the Enduring Beauty Bundle which include a mix of masks, stamp set and dies which is a first for Stampin' Up!

This bundle has been in at my home for a couple of months but this is the first time I have had some time to pull it out and give it some love and ink.

I am featuring some of the upcoming retiring in colors - Orchid Oasis, Starry Sky and Parakeet Party for the featured floral centrepiece. 

I have stamped Black Memento ink onto Basic White cardstock and then I used my blending brushes in Orchid Oasis and Parakeet Party to easily coloured in the image.  

The masks have a number in the top left hand corner so this makes it so easy to layer the colours to create a wonderful image and I have only used 2 ink pads but with the layers it gives the different shades of colour.  The centrepiece was then die cut out.

With the layered Basic White cardstock, I very lightly added the stamens in Orchid Oasis to create a background, then added this to the Starry Sky cardstock, add the centrepiece with dimensionals and add a few tiny little buds in Black Memento and use the two step stamp and stamp off the ink to give a lighter colour.

Finally, I added some die cut buds and leaves in Parakeet Party, a sentiment from Thoughtful Expressions in Starry Sky, a double baker's twine bow and some Faceted Gems. 

Stamp Set:  Enduring Beauty, Thoughtful Expressions

Cardstock:  Basic White, Starry Sky, Parakeet Party

Ink:  Black Memento, Orchid Oasis, Starry Sky, Parakeet Party

Accessories:  Cut and Emboss Machine, Enduring Beauty Dies, Enduring Beauty Decorative Masks, Starry Sky Baker's Twine, Faceted Gems

Inside the card.

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

CASEing the Catty - #CTC458 Case a Sketch Sale-A-Bration

This week at CASEing the Catty we are caseing a sketch layout which is inspired by the card featured on page 4 of the Sale-A-Bration brochure.

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I have chosen to use the Softly Stippled Designer Series Paper which you can receive for FREE with a $90 purchase but you only have a few more days to take up this offer.

I have taken a Wild Wheat card base and added a piece of the DSP of the same colour which I die cut using the largest of Perennial Postage dies. 

I then added my centrepiece of the card where I fussy cut out the stippled roses in Pebbled Path and fixed them to a square piece of Basic White and then I coloured a full rose image with Calypso Coral blending brush.  

Final touches included a couple of strips of the Calypso Coral DSP to the top and bottom.  The sentiment which I used is the new Thoughtful Moments Hybrid Embossing Folder and matching dies and highlighted again with Calypso Coral ink.

Cardstock:  Wild Wheat, Basic White, Softly Stippled Designer Series Paper

Ink:  Calypso Coral

Accessories:  Cut and Emboss Machine, Thoughtful Moments Hybrid Embossing Folder and Die, Perennial Postage Dies

Close up of the Calypso Coral Stippled Rose and sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by this week now it's time to see what Judy May has created.

CASEing the Catty - #CTC456 Case the Sale-A-Bration Catalogue Softly Sophisticated

Time is ticking away as there are only 18 days left of the Sale-A-Bration products.  Today at CASEing the Catalogue we are featuring this brochure.

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I am caseing the stepped upped version on page 14 of the Sale-A-Bration brochure which uses the level 2 Softly Sophisticated Bundle which has a stamp set and embossing folder.

I have run a piece of Thick Basic White cardstock through the Cut and Emboss Machine with the Soft Sophisticated Embossing Folder, then used a blending brush in Sweet Sorbert to give colour and highlight the embossed effect.

Cut the largest and smallest dies from the Thoughtful Expressions in Basic White and then stamp the foliage in Shaded Spruce and the flowers on a scrap piece of Basic White and fussy cut out the 3 flowers and a bud in Sweet Sorbet.  Cut out the 2 leaves for the Dies in Shaded Spruce and Lemon Lime Twist and the sentiment on the small die.

Wrap some twine around the large die and fix a double bow in the same twine on the right hand side, adhere the sentiment on top of the bow.  Finally adding the 2 die cut leaves and then the flowers and bud mounted with deminsionals and then a couple of the gold flower.

Stamp Set:  Softly Sophisticated

Cardstock:  Shaded Spruce, Lemon Lime Twist, Thick Basic White, Basic White

Ink:  Sweet Sorbet, Shaded Spruce

Accessories:  Cut and Emboss Machine, Thoughtful Expressions Dies, Adhesive-Backed Birds, Sweet Sorbet Baker's Twine

Close up of the flowers.

Thanks for stopping by this week and now it's time to see what Julia Quinn has created.

CASEing the Catty - #CTC455 Case the Forever Love Section Flight & Airy Designer Series Paper

This week at CASEing the Catty we are featuring the Forever Love Section of the Mini Catalogue pages from 14 to 21.

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I have chosen to CASE the card on page 20 and I am featuring the Flight & Airy Designer Series Paper which you can receive for FREE with a $90 purchase.

Firstly I started with a Misty Moonlight card base and layered a piece of DSP which I cut out the arch out using the Garden Meadow Dies and I then added an arch in a different piece of the DSP.

To add a little detail I coloured the fence and flowers from the Online Exclusive Garden Meadow stamp set and finally finished off with a sentiment which I fussy cut out.

Stamp Set:  Garden Meadow

Cardstock:  Misty Moonlight, Basic White, Flight & Airy Designer Series Paper

Ink: Black Memento

Accessories:  Cut and Emboss Machine, Garden Meadow Dies

Thanks for stopping by now it's time to see what Rebecca Scurr has created.