CASE-ing the Catty - It's Sale-a-bration Time!
January 14, 2024
Hi there
Welcome to CASE-ing the Catty for this week. It's Sale-a-bration time for 2024!
If you've come from visiting Michelle, then welcome! If you're visiting me, I appreciate you stopping by today! You can continue your journey to see the other inspiring creations from the CTC Crew by clicking on the button at the bottom of the post.
This week we are CASE-ing the Sale-a-bration brochure for the first time. We have a wonderful collection of products that you can choose for free, when you place a qualifying order of $90AUD or more before shipping. You can see all the Level 1 and Level 2 options in my Online Store and it gives you a much better view of the designer papers especially, with a close-up view of each design, that isn't possible in the brochure. The selection covers stamps, dies, bundles, designer paper and embellishments and many coordinate with other products in the 2024 January-April Mini Catalogue so you get more value from the products you purchase.
I've chosen the project above from page 14 of the 2024 Sale-a-bration Brochure. It has the sweet flowers from the Softly Sophisticated Bundle in the background and the embossing folder peeking from behind the focus panel, but it was the old fashioned cart that caught my eye.
I've kept the key elements of the layout, but changed up the colours and the placement of the greeting. I started by adding a layer of the Pecan Pie gingham to a Thick Basic White card base. Next up is a panel of Berry Burst card stock dry embossed with the Softly Sophisticated 3D Embossing Folder and added to the centre of the card base.
I cropped a panel of Basic White with one of the Deckled Rectangles Dies and then stamped the stems and flowers from the Softly Sophisticated stamp set across the bottom and popped it up over the embossed panel. The cart was cropped from Pecan Pie card stock using the Flower Cart Dies. The tray is a single die that cuts the 2 pieces and I used a sponge dauber and Pecan Pie ink to go over the grain lines on the die first, before die cutting so you get the lovely detail showing. More Pecan Pie ink was sponged around the edges and the 2 pieces of the cart were adhered together with 1mm foam pads for a little dimension. The wheels and stand for the the cart were cropped from Early Espresso card stock and I added Adhesive Sheet on the reverse side first.
The sample card has a layer of ribbon under the cart, but I used a 1/2" strip of Vellum to bring the cart out from the flowers without adding any additional colour. The greeting from the Flower Cart stamp set was heat embossed in white on Berry Burst card stock and cut into pieces. I wanted it to look a little playful, so I adhered the words a little randomly (my Mum would tell me I haven't put them on straight!). I finished with a couple of dragonflies from the Adhesive-Backed Dragonflies & Birds embellishment pack.
For the inside, I have use the Deckled Rectangle Dies to cut the writing panel and I cut it twice to get the length I wanted. I've stamped the set of 4 pots from the Flower Cart stamp set at the bottom in Pecan Pie ink, then the leaves in a mix of Granny Apple Green and Garden green ink and the flowers in Highland Heather, Berry Burst, Daffodil Delight & Bubble Bath using Stampin' Write Markers. The writing panel was adhered to a Berry Burst mat.
| Project Details | |
| Stamps | Softly Sophisticated, Flower Cart |
| Card stock & Papers | Basic White, Berry Burst, Pecan Pie, Early Espresso, Vellum Cardstock, Glorious Gingham DSP |
| Ink | Versamark, Garden Green, Granny Apple Green, Berry Burst, Bubble Bath, Pecan Pie |
| Accessories | Adhesive-Backed Dragonflies & Birds |
| Tools | Flower Cart Dies, Softly Sophisticated 3D Embossing Folder, Deckled Rectangles, Stampin' Cut & Emboss, Dimensionals, White EP, Heat Tool, Stampin' Write Markers (Highland Heather, Berry Burst, Daffodil Delight, Bubble Bath), 1mm Foam pads (not SU) |
We would love to see your CASE of a project from the 2024 Sale-a-bration Brochure, 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. You need to answer the questions, to confirm that you are human and not an Internet bot! 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.
You can head over to Kathryn to see her fab project and follow the hop to see the inspiration from the rest of the CTC Crew.
If you are in Australia and do not have an active Demonstrator and would like a paper copy of the new Mini Catalogue & Sale-a-bration brochure, then fill in your details on my Request Catalogues page and I'll pop them in the post to you.
Thanks for visiting today!
Oh WOW - I really need to look at the catalogue with a microscope - I did NOT even see this project!! And I love that you've highlighted it - just what I love about our blog hop!! And the colours are gorgeous. Great Card.
Posted by: Julia Quinn | January 16, 2024 at 11:12 AM