CASE-ing the Catty- More from Sale-a-bration

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It is Sunday, so that means the  CTC Crew are back with more great projects to get your creativity firing. This week we are looking again at the fabulous products available in the Sale-a-bration Catalogue, which you can get for FREE, when you make a purchase of $90 or more (excluding postage).  For me, this one of the best Sale-a-bration catalogues there has been, with such a great range of items to choose from.

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Tonight I'm featuring the 'What I Love' stamp set on Page 7.  I love creating my own designer paper and this stamp set is perfect for that purpose. It is also a great set to use with the emboss-resist technique as well for creating lovely embellishments by fussy cutting the stamped images. The actual project  I'm case-ing is the square card on page 7 of the Sale-a-bration catty. I love square cards  and I love creating a stamped background, so this is perfect. 

The one-sheet wonder immediately comes to mind when you get a set of images like this. However, sometimes I find it easier to cut up the A4 sheet of Whisper White and then do my all over stamping so I don't end up with a look that is too symmetrical. The bonus is that you get to try out different colour combos as well. I cut one half of the sheet into three 7cm x 14.8 cm strips and the second half into two 10.5cm squares and the narrow strip left was cut in half.  Having said I love square cards, I started with one of the 7cm strips. I always recommend trying a few different colour combos when you have 2 or 3 step stamps, so I started with the combination in the catty of  Tempting Turquoise, Pacific Point and Cucumber Crush. This is nice, but I wanted my outline to be a bit darker, so I ended up with Night of Navy (outline stamp), Tempting Turquoise stamped off (solid image), Tempting Turquoise (highlight image) and Cucumber Crush for the leaves. That decision took me down the path to this finished card.

 

This is a simple but effective layout to showcase designer paper, so I have kept the embellishments simple. I created a contrast to all the straight lines by using circle punches to cut and mat the greeting. For the inside, I added a strip of the Cucumber Crush washi tape from the set that is a Stampin' Rewards (Hostess) option in the Occasions Catalogue. The final embellishment is one of the blooms that has been fussy cut and popped up, with the leaves stamped onto the writing panel.

 

Project Details
Stamps	What I Love, Lots of Thanks
Card stock & Papers	Night of Navy, Cucumber Crush, Whisper White
Ink	Night of Navy, Tempting Turquoise, Cucumber Crush, Crushed Curry
Accessories	Cucumber Crush Dotted Lace Trim, Rhinestones Basic Jewels
Tools	1 3/8" and 1 1/2" Circle punches

I decided to try a different colour combo for my square card and I really like the way these colours pop. I have used Rose Red (outline image), Melon Mambo stamped off (solid image), Rose Red stamped off (highlight image) and Old Olive for the leaves with Tempting Turquoise to mat the square and greeting. I'm not sure about the Baker's twine at the top; it would probably be fine with out it - what do you think?

 

I have finished off the inside in a similiar way to the first card, but used some of the lovely Melon Mambo Stitched Satin ribbon at the base.

  

Project Details
Stamps	What I love, Cottage Greetings
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise
Ink	Rose Red, Melon Mambo, Tempting Turquoise, Old Olive
Accessories	Rhinestones Basic Jewels, White Baker's Twine, Melon Mambo Stitched Satin Ribbon
Tools	Stampa-ma-jig

 

Don't forget that you can choose your own FREE Sale-a-bration stamp set with a purchase of $90 or more (excluding postage) of Stampin' Up! products from either the Annual or Occasions catalogues. This is THE BEST time of year, if you love FREE craft products!

Now it is time to head over to Helen's blog to see what fabulous project she has for you this week. Click on the Next button below to continue the journey.

 

                             

 

You can see the full list of this week's participants over at the CASE-ing the Catty blog. Don't forget that you can join us and link up your creation at the CTC Blog.

Thanks for visiting today!

Comments

[Bronwyn Eastley]

Such vibrant colours used on both cards. Love how you finish off the inside of the cards too.

[Liz Gross]

Great cards Judy, and love that we started with the same inspiration and ended up in different places! Your DSP in the first one is my favourite, and the fussy cutting certainly makes a difference.

[Kathryn Mangelsdorf]

Wow they are bright, but I'm really loving the second one's colour combination it really just stands out.

[Helen H]

With or without the baker's twine, the square card is gorgeous! Love the bright colour combo & the special treatment you have given to the sentiment banner. The fussy cut blooms on the inside of your cards is a lovely touch. Great cards! :)

[thepapercaper]

Beautiful cards Judy. I'm really liking the blue card even though a few of the colours I NEVER use (in fact, I don't even own two of them!) Perhaps I need to think outside my colour palette square! Thanks for the inspiration :)

[Rebecca S]

Two gorgeous cards but my favourite is the square one. Love the colours.

[Julia Quinn]

Wow, totally gorgeous cards!! I love the little pops of colours with the tiny flowers too - you've chosen great contrast colours!!!

[Rachel Palmieri]

This is such a great stamp isn't it Judy? Love both your cards, especially the pretty insides.

[Tricia]

Wow Judy, these are so fun & bright. I love them both so much I am going to have to earn this set just to CASE you!