CASE-ing the Catty - Floral Impressions Slimline

Hi there

Welcome to CASE-ing the Catty for this week. 

If you've come from visiting Andrea, then welcome!  If you're visiting me, I appreciate you stopping by today! You can continue your journey to see the other inspiring creations from the CTC Crew by clicking on the button at the bottom of the post.

This week we are CASE-ing any project from the 2025- 2025 Annual Catalogue. This is always fun, but there are so many amazing projects to choose from.  If you do not already have a Demonstrator (in Australia) and would like your own complimentary hard copy of the catalogue, then fill in your details on the Request Catalogues page (click on the link) on my blog. 

I chose the project in the photo above from page 41 of the Annual Catalogue. I like slimline cards for something a little different and this layout is a great way to display pretty paper.

I've stayed close to the layout this week, but I've added in a mat for the beautiful Floral Impressions paper that I used for the strips. In fact, I used the sheet that has the flowers in vertical columns, so I cut a 3" strip across the design and then cut the flowers into strips, making little adjustments to get the section of the design I wanted. I added the strips to the Basic White mat and then adhered the panel to the Cloud Cover slimline card base.

I stamped the greeting from the Mixed Labels stamp set in Misty Moonlight ink and cropped it with the largest of the banner dies in the Stylish Shapes Dies. I wanted the embellishment to pop, but not compete with the floral background, so I cropped the pierced circle from Cloud Cover card stock and added the Queen Anne's Lace die cut cropped from Basic White. The die is from the Beautiful Motifs Dies, which has 3 large background foliage designs and some Victorian style motifs. I have layered up 3 of the die cut Queen Anne's Lace pieces to create a lovely dimensional effect. Both the greeting and embellishment were popped up at different heights. I finished with 3 tiny flowers cropped from Strawberry Slush card stock using a die from the Impressions Abloom Dies and I added a tiny rhinestone to the centres.

I hope you will try this layout with your left over strips of patterned paper.

 

Project Details
Stamps	Mixed Labels
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Cloud Cover, Strawberry Slush, Floral Impessions DSP
Ink	Misty Moonlight
Accessories	1mm Rhinestones (not SU)
Tools	Stylish Shapes Dies, Beautiful Motifs Dies, Impressions Abloom Dies, Stampin' Cut & Emboss, Dimensionals

 

We would love to see your CASE from the 2025-2026 Annual Catalogue this week. Click on this link or the image below to go there. The first time you will need to click on the 'Join Group' button at the top. Once you have been added to the group, you can go ahead and post your creation and you do not need to have a blog. 

You can head over to Peta & Marvi to see her lovely project and follow the hop to see the inspiration from the rest of the CTC Crew.

Thanks for visiting today!

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CASE-ing the Catty - New Annual Catty!

Hi there

Welcome to CASE-ing the Catty for this week. We are just a few short days away from the brand new 2025-2026 Annual Catalogue  being available to customers!

If you've come from visiting Monique, then welcome!  If you're visiting me, I appreciate you stopping by today! You can continue your journey to see the other inspiring creations from the CTC Crew by clicking on the button at the bottom of the post.

This week we are CASE-ing from the front cover of the 2025- 2025 Annual Catalogue, as we can't show you the inside until Tuesday 6th. A little strange I know, as you might already have been browsing your very own copy of the new catalogue. If you do not already have a Demonstrator (in Australia) and would like your own complimentary hard copy, then fill in your details on the Request Catalogues page (click on the link) on my blog. 

Stampin' Up! hasn't given us much to work with this year, so I chose the project above from the front cover for my inspiration. I like using designer paper across the width of a card, although this card is a little too busy for me, so I have morphed it into something that allows the florals to shine.

I was very time poor this week as I've been preparing for the next round of classes, so I took the beautiful new Florals in Bloom DSP and got to work with my paper snips to fussy cut some images from one of the pages. There are 2 pages of designs that are perfect for fussy cutting to achieve a gorgeous pile of floral ephemera to have on hand for quick makes. 

First up though, I decided on the Secret Sea and Cloud Cover striped design for my background strip. I've gone with a wider strip than the sample project and added a cute Cloud Cover border that I created with the largest of the Textured Notes Dies by cutting the strip twice.  I added some white Bakers's Twine at the bottom to ground my cluster of fussy cut flowers and layered it onto a Basic White Thick card base. The greeting from the retired Stippled Flowers stamp set was stamped in Berry Burst ink and cropped on an angle. Berry Burst isn't one of the listed colours on the pack, but I think it works perfectly with this group of flowers. I finished with a trio of Antique Pearls.

For the inside, I have a Cloud Cover mat for the writing panel and I have taken an image from the edge of the page to start my little cluster of flowers. This is a great way to use up the partial images from the edges.

 

Project Details
Stamps	Stippled Flowers (retired)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Cloud Cover, Florals in Bloom DSP
Ink	Berry Burst
Accessories	Baker's Twine Essentials Pack, Antique Pearls
Tools	Textured Notes Dies, Stampin' Cut & Emboss, Dimensionals

 

We would love to see your CASE from the Front Cover of the 2025-2026 Annual Catalogue this week. Click on this link or the image below to go there. The first time you will need to click on the 'Join Group' button at the top. Once you have been added to the group, you can go ahead and post your creation and you do not need to have a blog. 

You can head over to Julia to see her lovely project and follow the hop to see the inspiration from the rest of the CTC Crew.

Thanks for visiting today!

• Shop my Online Store 24/7
• See the latest Stampin' Up! Promotions
• Request a FREE Catalogue
• Check out my Tutorial Store