CASE-ing The Catty Blog Hop - Make a Difference!

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Tonight the CASE-ing the Catty Crew are looking at the 'Sprinkles of Life' stamp set which is this year's Ronald McDonald House Charities stamp set. Stampin' Up! has been supporting this charity for more than 10 years and has contributed over $1,000,000.00. These funds support families who need to stay away from home for their children to receive medical treatment, including in Australia. For each purchase of this stamp set, Stampin' Up! donates $3 AUD to RMHC.  It's a great stamp set and a great cause, so I hope you will consider purchasing it and help make a difference!

You may have come from Rebecca's blog, but if you are visiting me, you can continue the journey by clicking on the button at the bottom of this post.

'Sprinkles of Life' is an incredibly versatile stamp set and unfortunately I only had time to make one card.  I've created a fun shaker birthday card featuring an apple tree and a bunch of apples that you need to get into the basket on the corner.  I saw this idea at Convention and have been wanting to try it out. I'm sure there is a name for these games that I remember from childhood. To add some extra interest you have to manoeuvre around the apples on the tree!

It was difficult to photograph the card due to the reflection off the window sheet, which you can see on the right hand side.

I created a taller tree by stamping a second tree at the first junction of branches. If you carefully wipe off the bottom edge of the tree after you have inked it, it meshes together quite well. 

Project Details
Stamps	Sprinkles of Life, Sheltering Tree
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Real Red, Soft Suede, Cherry on Top Stack
Ink	Early Espresso, Old Olive, Wild Wasabi, Real Red, Melon Mambo, Tangelo Twist, Soft Sky, Versamark
Accessories	Brights Candy Dots, Pearls Basic Jewels
Tools	Squares Collection Framelits, Itty Bitty Banners Framelits, Big Shot, Tree Builder punch, Early Espresso Embossing powder (retired), Heat gun, Aquapainter, Stampin Write Markers, White Gel pen

Now it is time to move on to check out the inspiration on Elizabeth's blog. Click on the button below.

As always, you can see the full list of participants in today's blog hop and join in by linking up your creation over at the CASE-ing the Catty Blog.

Thanks for looking!

Welcome the Holiday Catalogue!

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Today the Stampin' Up! Holiday catalogue goes live to the public, so I'm sharing the card I made for a team swap using new products from the catalogue. I chose the 'Dove of Peace', which is a single stamp incorporating the bird image and the sentiment.  To make this stamp more flexible I carefully cut the sentiment off the bottom and turned it into a separate clear mount stamp.

The bird is a beautifully detailed image, but it stamps so crisp and clean. It is perfect for colouring and also looks gorgeous embossed as I have done in gold on Shimmery White card stock. 

I have used other gold elements to complement the dove, including the gold striped washi from the 'Wonderland' set and the banner and 'peace' in gold foil. The word 'peace' is die cut using the 'Christmas Greetings' Thinlits and it cuts and pops out perfectly with the new Precision Plate for the Big Shot. On top of the gold banner is one of the new cute wood 'Snowflake' elements (that I choose to think of as stars) and the new gold cord trim.

I used a fine glue pen on the wing tips to add sparkle with the Dazzling Diamonds glitter. The dove was fussy cut and popped up to give it more depth.

Finally, for the inside I used a strip of the gold striped washi at the bottom and stamped the bird partially in the top right corner in gold ink. The lovely greeting is from the 'Embellished Ornaments' stamp set.

If you don't have a Holiday Catalogue yet, then please contact me and I will pop one in the mail for you. 

Project Details
Stamps	Dove of Peace, Embellished Ornaments, Holly Jolly Greetings
Card stock & Papers	Real Red, Shimmery White, Whisper White, Gold Foil
Ink	Versamark, Encore Gold (retired)
Accessories	Snowflake Elements, Pearls Basic Jewels, Gold Cording Trim, 'Wonderland' Washi, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter
Tools	Banners Framelits, Christmas Greetings Thinlits, Big Shot, Precision Plate, Xyron (not SU), Glue pen, Dimensionals, Stampamajig, Embossing Buddy, Gold embossing powder, Heat gun

Thanks for looking!