CASE-ing the Catty - Fave Annual Catty Project

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Welcome to CASE-ing the Catty for this week. 

Happy Easter Sunday to you! However you choose to spend the day, I hope it will be joyful and in the company of loved ones. Yesterday I made some yummy treats for us and this year I made some caramel first and then made the chocolate and put them together in some cute molds. A little fiddly, but I love that I am eating a healthier treat made with ingredients I chose.

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This week we are CASE-ing our favourite project from the 2024- 2025 January Annual Catalogue. We are winding down towards the end of our current catalogues with only 2 more weeks until the brand new Annual Catalogue is live to customers.

I  have actually chosen my favourite products from the 2024-2025 Annual Catalogue and I was sooooo disappointed that they are being retired. I'm talking about the Country Woods Suite Collection which comprises the Country Flowers Bundle and Country Birdhouse bundle. I love all the imagery and extra detailed dies and the smaller scale sentiments that come in these bundles. They will find a home in my collection for the forseeable future. You can still buy the stamp sets and dies individually for both bundles in the Last Chance section at a discount. 

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The sweet little gift cards in the photo above caught my eye as I was flicking throught the catalogue. I cut strips of that sanded-back woodgrain paper a while ago and then didn't end up using it, so I thought it would be good to finally put it to use.

Stampin' Up! Country Woods Suite | Judy May | Just Judy Designs

I started with the Basic White Note Cards & Envelopes as my base as they worked better with my pre-cut strips of background paper from the Country Woods DSP. I stamped a bunch of images from the Country Flowers stamp set and started colouring them with Stampin' Blends. I started with the tea pot in shades of grey to hopefully look like the light is shining on the silver surface. I stayed with cool colours for the flowers and then decided to go with Misty Moonlight for the mat. I heat embossed the greeting in white at the bottom before layering on the elements. 

For the second card I stamped the milk churn onto another design of the Country Woods DSP and cropped it with coordinating die. I went with brighter colours for the flowers and added the sweet bird from the Country Birdhouse stamp set at the bottom and a mat of Pretty in Pink. 

I have quite a few images left to colour, so I'm going to make a little set of these note cards in a gift pack.

Project Details
Stamps Country Flowers, Country Birdhouse, Sending Smiles (retired)
Card stock & Papers Basic White Note Cards & Envelopes, Misty Moonlight, Pretty in Pink, Country Woods DSP
 Ink Early Espresso, Versamark
Accessories Baker's Twine Essentials Pack, Brushed Brass Butterflies
Tools Country Flowrs Dies, Country Birdhouse Dies, Dies, Stampin' Cut & Emboss, Dimensionals, Glue Dots, 1mm foam pads (not SU), Stampin' Blends

 

We would love to see your CASE of one of the templates from page 12 of the Mini 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. 

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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.

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Easter Cross Card for Mum

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Today I want to share an Easter card I made to send my Mum who lives in another state. She loves receiving happy mail and enjoys putting my cards on display for people to see and comment on. In November last year when I was clearing out her house to sell, I found more than 120 cards that I had sent to her over the years. Some I was embarrassed to see from my early card making days (well before Stampin' Up!) and it was also like a journey through Stampin' Up! catalogues over my almost 16 years as a Demonstrator. Mum has now gone into residential care, so I brought the cards home with me to keep for her.

Stampin' Up! Regal Winter 3D Pop-Out Easter Cross Card | Judy May | Just Judy Designs

This is the card I made her with a 3D pop-out cross on the front. The purple colour symbolizes penance and reflection leading up to Easter and the white, gold and lovely floral design representing the joy and celebration of the resurrection. I have used Blackberry Bliss for the card base and the floral design from the beautiful Regal Winter DSP that is now discounted in the Last Chance category in the Online Store. This style of card would also be perfect for a sympathy, First Communion, or Confirmation occasion by changing the colours and sentiment. It stands beautifully for display and folds flat to send by mail.

Stampin' Up! Regal Winter 3D Pop-Out Easter Cross Card | Judy May | Just Judy Designs

This photo gives you a better idea of the wonderful dimension that you get from this design. There are a few different ways of creating a cross card but I like the simplicity of this style and I have customised the measurements to make the card a little larger than standard, but it still folds flat to post in an International C6 envelope. 

Stampin' Up! Regal Winter 3D Pop-Out Easter Cross Card | Judy May | Just Judy Designs

I couldn't find a suitable sentiment in my stash, so I created this one on my computer and then cropped it with the 3rd smallest die from the Spotlight on Nature Dies. I think the 'sunburst' border is perfect for this sentiment. I added a little foliage and flower embellishment to coordinate with the Regal Winter paper.

Stampin' Up! Regal Winter 3D Pop-Out Easter Cross Card | Judy May | Just Judy Designs

For the inside I have the same layers under the message panel to mirror the front of the card. Mum loves a nice verse in a card, so I created this with my computer and printed it onto Basic White and trimmed it to size.

Stampin' Up! Regal Winter 3D Pop-Out Easter Cross Card | Judy May | Just Judy Designs
If you would like to make a card like this, I have a detailed 7-page  Tutorial available in my Etsy store (click on the link). Measurements are in both inches and centimetres and also includes the files for the sentiment and verse that you can print if you don't have something suitable.

 

Project Details
Stamps None
Card stock & Papers Basic White, Blackberry Bliss, Lost Lagoon, Regal Winter DSP, Gold Foil
 Ink None
Accessories None
Tools Spotlight on Nature Dies, Linked Together Dies, Impressions Abloom Dies, Basics 3D Embossing Folders (retired),  Stampin' Cut & Emboss, Dimensionals, Tombow Glue, White Gel pen

 

Now I have to hope the postal gods are with me and the card arrives in time!

Thanks for visiting today!

 

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Don't forget to check out the bargains in the Last Chance category (under the Specials Category) in my Online Shop - definitely only while supplies last. These are the products from the 2025 January-April Mini Catalogue and the 2024-2025 Annual Catalogue that will be retiring.  Click on the image above or use the links below to help you quickly get to the good stuff!

Products Discounted 40% or more

Products Discounted 50% or more

Retiring from the 2024-2025 Annual Catalogue 

Retiring from the 2025 January - April Mini Catalogue