CASE-ing the Catty - Punch Project

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Welcome to another week of CASE-ing the Catty!

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This week, we're CASE-ing a a punch project from the Holiday Catalogue.

There are a number of new punches in the Holiday Catalogue, so I've taken the opportunity to unwrap my Pine Tree Punch. It is one of the coordinating products in the Wrapped in Plaid Suite and I've used a few of them in my project.

I've taken my inspiration from the project above, which is an embellished Gold Mini Pizza Box from page 12 of the Holiday Catalogue. I have created a card instead, using the embellishment as the focus and keeping it very clean.

I started with a standard card base in Shaded Spruce and added some of the lovely plaid designer paper at the top and bottom from the Wrapped in Plaid 6" x 6" Specialty Designer Series Paper. One side of each sheet is a plaid deisgn with gold foil accents, with a variety of small prints on the reverse. This was another really difficult card to photograph and the colours are much nicer in real life.

For the centre panel I have taken a piece of Very Vanilla card stock and dry embossed it with the Subtle 3D Embossing Folder and added a narrow band of Gold Foil on each side. The coordinating colour in this designer paper is Cherry Cobbler, but I've used a Real Red stitched circle to add some brightness and matted it on a Shaded Spruce scalloped circle.  I've punched out one pine tree in Gold Foil and dry embossed it with the new Hammered Metal 3D Embossing Folder. For the other, I have stamped the tree from the Perfectly Plaid stamp set in Versamark and heat embossed it in gold on Shaded Spruce card stock and then punched it out with the Pine Tree Punch. I cut this tree horizontally about 2/3 of the way down and moved the pieces apart to lengthen it, which makes more of it visible under the greeting.

The greeting from the Perfectly Plaid stamp set was stamped in Real Red ink and I've used the Stitched Rectangle Dies to cut it to the size I wanted. It was a little fiddly cutting twice for the length and twice for the width, but was pleased when it turned it out first time. I coloured some white Baker's Twine with the Light Shaded Spruce Stampin' Blend marker and tied it around the end of the greeting in a bow and added a gold bell from the Jingle Bells embellishments. I added a trio of stars from the Snowflake Sequins to finish.

For the inside I have a Real Red mat for my writing panel and I have stamped the greeting from the Perfectly Plaid stamp set in the centre. At the base I've added a strip of the designer paper and a narrow band of Gold Foil. A gold embossed tree in the corner finishes it off.

Project Details
Stamps	Perfectly Plaid
Card stock & Papers	Shaded Spruce, Real Red, Very Vanilla, Gold Foil, Wrapped in Plaid Specialty DSP
Ink	Versamark, Real Red
Accessories	White Baker's Twine, Jingle Bells, Snowflake Sequins
Tools	Subtle 3D Embossing Folder, Hammered Metal 3D Embossing Folder, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Layering Circles Dies, Big Shot, Dimensionals, Stampin' Blends (Light Shaded Spruce)

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Comments

[Rebecca S]

Wow your card is just stunning!! I really love this dsp with its touches of gold. I love all the details on your card.

[Tina Gillespie]

Such a great card, Judy, and I love how you've cut the tree to enlarge it. What a fabulous idea that I will have to try.

[Peta Stephen]

Beautiful card Judy, the Gold Foil Embossed tree looks wonderful and I love what you've done on the inside of the card too.

[Siobhan Fitzsimmons]

Love the transformation from box to card. The plaid paper is perfect with the colours of the tree panel.

[Rachel Palmieri]

This card is super, I am reminded of felt embroidered decorations with the green trees, but just love the whole composition.

[Michelle Strazds]

I love this! The colours work so well together and the DSP at the top and bottom just top it off.

[Elizabeth Gross]

Great adaptation Judy. Love the detail on the inside - youre' so good at that.