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CASE-ing the Catty - Sale-a-bration

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This week the CTC Crew are taking inspiration from the Sale-a-bration Catalogue for the first time. Not got your own copy of the Occasions and Sale-a-bration catalogues yet? If you are located in Australia, just leave your details here and I would be happy to pop a set in the post for you. 

There are just so many great products available to earn for FREE during the Sale-a-bration promotion that runs until 31 March 2018. When you spend $90 or more (before shipping) you get to choose one of 11 great options. If you spend $180 or more (before shipping) there are 2 additional fabulous options to choose from, including the 'Celebrate You' Thinlits Dies. I'm really looking forward to getting those. I can honestly say there isn't a product that I don't love this year and there are some great samples to help you get started with your freebies.

You may have come from visiting Sandra's blog, but if you are visiting me, you can start your journey here and continue by clicking on the buttons at the bottom of the post. 


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This week, I couldn't go past the super cute 'Party Pandas' stamp set and I've used the card on the right, in the photo above, as my inspiration. I'm sure this is going to be the most popular pick from the Sale-a-bration catalogue this year. It is just so flexible for practically any celebratory occasion and they are just so darn cute! 

Stampin' Up! Party Pandas & Painted with Love DSP - Judy May, Just Judy Designs

I've stayed close to the layout this week, but changed things up by using several of the coordinating designs from the 'Painted with Love' Speciality Designer Paper. My card base is Whisper White and I've added a layer of Gold Foil over the top. I've chosen the 'painterly' design as the background for my art piece and layered it onto a card stock base, as I've popped up the entire panel onto the Gold Foil, I wanted it to be firm. My first banner is in Melon Mambo, dry embossed with the new 'Simple Stripes' embossing folder and the second uses the pretty hearts design which is the reverse side of the main piece. 

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I wrapped the white Baker's Twine around the art piece before adding the Powder Pink stitched circle that my sweet little panda sits on. If you want a rich black for your panda, then you can't go past the Basic Black Archival ink. If you get any lighter areas, you can touch them up with the Basic Black marker as it blends perfectly without being noticeable. I strongly recommend you give the stamped image a blast with the heat gun before you start fussy cutting, as the Archival ink takes a while to dry and it will smudge. I masked off the little heart on the envelope, so I could add the Melon Mambo enamel heart instead. It is a little fiddly as it is so tiny.

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Up to this point, the card could have been for a birthday, get well, just because or thinking of you occasion, but I decided to turn it into a Valentine's Day card. My white writing panel sits on a mat of Melon Mambo and I've added a small strip of the designer paper at the bottom and topped it with a narrow strip of gold foil. In the centre I have stamped the watercolour heart from the new 'Heart Happiness' stamp set in Melon Mambo. The heart image works well  with the style of the designer paper and I added the Valentine greeting from the 'Bloomin' Love' stamp set over the top in the Basic Black Archival ink. 

Stampin' Up! Party Pandas & Painted with Love DSP - Judy May, Just Judy Designs

 

Project Details
Stamps Party Pandas, Heart Happiness, Bloomin' Love
Card stock & Papers     Whisper White, Melon Mambo, Painted with Love DSP, Gold Foil
 Ink Basic Black Archival, Melon Mambo
Accessories Brights Enamel Shapes, White Baker's Twine, Metallic Sequins
Tools     Simple Stripes TIEF, Banners Framelits (retired), Stitched Shapes Framelits, Big Shot, Dimensionals, Tombow Glue, Heat gun

 

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Sweet Soiree Mega Project Kit

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I hope you have been enjoying browsing the new products in the fabulous Occasions and Sale-a-bration catalogues. If you are anything like me, your Wish List is long.  Not have your own copy of the new catalogues yet? If you are in Australia and do not currently have a Demonstrator, I would love to put one in the mail for you - just fill out your details here.

To help you get started, I'm offering a Mega Project Kit featuring the gorgeous 'Sweet Soiree Suite' from the Occasions Catalogue. This is a fabulous collection of products all colour co-ordinated to help you make gorgeous cards, tags and gift boxes that would be perfect for birthdays, weddings, anniversaries and other celebratory occasions.

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Please Note -   These offers are available to Australian residents only.

Contents of the Kit

  • Sweet Soiree Specialty Designer Paper - 6" x 12" of the 6 double sided designs. One side of each sheet features silver foil accents and the other side has coordinating printed images.
  • 10 Cut and scored card bases in coordinating colours - 2 each in Berry Burst, Daffodil Delight, Marina Mist, Whisper White and Flirty Flamingo.
  • 11 vellum/silver foil die cuts that are perfect for colouring with markers (on the reverse side)
  • 6 printed card stock/silver foil die cut embellishments
  • 2 card stock/silver foil cake embellishments
  • 2 sets white card stock/silver foil die cut numbers for milestone events
  • 4 lacy edged tags (2 long and 2 short in Whisper White and Silver Foil)
  • 2 silver foil die cut cake trays
  • 4 die cut bows (2 each card stock and silver foil)
  • 6 die cut open flowers
  • 6 die cut leaves/greenery
  • 3 silver Mini Gable Boxes
  • 1m Berry Burst Metallic-Edge ribbon
  • 45cm Marina Mist Scalloped Velvet ribbon
  • 2m Silver Baker's Twine
  • 3 white mini clothespins
  • 3 mini paper/silver foil tassels with jump rings

Plus, you will receive as a gift from me:

  • Full colour tutorial with 5 projects (including all measurements) using the products in your kit. You will need to provide your own greeting stamps (or similar), or see my additional offer below. 

Don't miss out on this limited time opportunity. Click Now on the PayPal button below to purchase my Sweet Soiree Mega Project Kit. Remember, you can pay with a credit or debit card (via PayPal) if you do not have a PayPal account. If you would prefer to make a bank deposit, please contact me for the details.

Buy Sweet Soiree Mega Project Kit - $30 + $5.00 postage to anywhere in Australia

 Plus, add on the Cake Soiree Bundle at 20% discount

Extend your Mega Project Kit by adding on the coordinating Cake Soiree Bundle, comprising the Cake Soiree stamp set and the Sweet Cake Framelits Dies.

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As an extra incentive to purchase this fabulous stamp set and framelits bundle, I will take another 10% off the Stampin' Up! Bundle price (before shipping). So, you will receive both the stamp set and coordinating framelits at a 20% discount to the individual price of these products. This offer is only available from me, as an Indpendent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, for a strictly limited time only.

  • Cake Soiree Wood Mount Bundle, normally $125.00 - my special price to you - $111.00 + shipping
  • Cake Soiree Clear Mount Bundle, normally $106.00 - my special price to you - $94.00 + shipping

You will need to contact me directly by email or phone, in order to take up this 20% bundle discount. Note, the purchased Cake Soiree bundle will ship directly to you from the Stampin' Up warehouse and the Mega Project Kit will be shipped separately by me.

 I look forward to hearing from you!

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CASE-ing the Catty - Picture Perfect Party

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Happy New Year! It is great to be back for another year with the Crew, providing you with inspiration from Stampin' Up! catalogues. We now have the fabulous new Occasions and Sale-a-bration Catalogues and there is soooo much to love! This week we are starting with the Picture Perfect Party suite on pages 4-9 of the Occasions Catty.

You may have come from visiting Monique's blog, but if you are visiting me, you can start your journey here and continue by clicking on the buttons at the bottom of the post. 


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This week, I'm taking inspiration from the layout in the card above on page 6 of the Occasions Catty (quite a popular one with the Crew this week!). It is a great layout that can be used with many embellishment options in place of the basket of flowers. I took my 'Lots of Happy' All Inclusive Card Kit away with me, when I went to visit family in the WA over Christmas. I got to colour some of the lovely images and I am using one of them on my card today.

Stampin' Up! Lots of Happy Card Kit - Judy May, Just Judy Designs

I've changed things up by making my card square and adding some extra layers. My floral bouquet embellishment was too tall for the normal sized card, so I went with a 13.5cm (a bit over 5 1/4") square card base that fits nicely into a 14cm square envelope. 

Stampin' Up! Lots of Happy Card Kit - Judy May, Just Judy Designs

For the colouring of the floral bouquet I used a combination of the water colour pencils that come with the kit and my Stampin' Blends. I love the Lemon Lime Twist pencil for the leaves and I added some Light Old Olive at the base of each leaf for depth. Pink Pirouette and Light Rich Razzleberry blends were used on the floral sprays in the bouquet. I took my cues from these colours to put together the remaining elements of the card.

Stampin' Up! Lots of Happy Card Kit - Judy May, Just Judy Designs

For the inside I have a double mat of Pink Pirouette and Lemon Lime Twist. I've added some Rich Razzleberry and Pink Pirouette washi to the base of the white writing panel and at the top I have stamped the small floral image from the 'Lots of Lavender' Sale-a-bration stamp set and coloured it in the same tones.

Stampin' Up! Lots of Happy Card Kit - Judy May, Just Judy Designs

The larger floral image in the 'Lots of Lavender' stamp set is slightly smaller but very similar to the die cut image from the 'Lots of Happy' Card Kit that I used on the front of the card. So for a final touch, I have stamped this image on the envelope and coloured it with my Stampin' Blends.  The stamp set does have solid images for each part of the bouquet for 2-step stamping as an alternative. When you are colouring on envelopes with alcohol markers, don't forget to put a piece of scratch paper inside, so it doesn't bleed into the back of the envelope. 

Project Details
Stamps  Lots of Lavender, Best Birds
Card stock & Papers      Rich Razzleberry, Pink Pirouette, Lemon Lime Twist, Whisper White, Fresh   Florals DSP Stack
 Ink  Memento Tuxedo Black, Rich Razzleberry
Accessories  White Metallic-Edge Ribbon, Metallic Enamel Shapes, Basics Pack 1 Washi,   Lots of Happy Card Kit
Tools      Stitched Shapes Framelits, Big Shot, Dimensionals, Glue Dots, Stampin'   Blends

Now it's time to click on the Next button below to hop over to see what Mel has to inspire you this week. 

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We would love you to join us with your CASE this week, using our Facebook group. 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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 Thanks for visiting today!

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