CASE-ing the Catty - A Little Bit Festive
October 13, 2024
Hi there
Welcome to CASE-ing the Catty for this week.
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This week we are using the fabulous sketches on page 16 of the 2024 September-December Mini Catalogue for our inspiration. There are 20 sketches for cards and tags and you can use the tags as an embellishment on a card as well.
I've chosen the sketch above for my project this week, which I've numbered #13 (first one on row 4). It has the 3 elements in row and you could interpret it with lots of options and of course you can also turn a sketch 900 for a different orientation. A sketch is a starting point, so you can follow it exactly or let your creativity take you where it will! I have used the sketch as an focus panel on my card, rather than as the card front, if that makes sense.
I had the A Little Bit Festive Specialty Designer Series Paper on the table in my studio and saw the row of sweet stockings and thought it would be perfect for the sketch. There are actually 4 stockings in the pre-cut piece, but I've cropped one and used it elsewhere as you will see below. I wanted to add some Christmas sparkle to my card so started my focus panel with a piece of the Cherry Cobbler Festive Glimmer Paper. Next I adhered the panels of Garden Green patterned paper from the Take A Bow paper pack at the top and bottom and the panel of Basic White in the centre that I dry embossed with the Forever Plaid 3D Embossing Folder, leaving a narrow border of red sparkle between the layers. When adhering patterned paper to the glimmer paper, I recommend you use the Tombow glue as tape will lift after a time.
The photo above shows the lovely sparkle from the glimmer paper layer. I placed some Garden Green foliage behind the foliage on the stockings pre-cut to add dimension and then popped the stockings up on Dimensionals and added some Cherry Cobbler berries. I have to admit I'm a little fussy when it comes to die-cuts, so I have trimmed the border around the stockings down a bit, but it is just my personal preference. I added the greeting from the Joyful Sayings Mix & Match Ephemera Pack which was the perfect for the image and also the right size and shape. I finished with the gold bow and a trio of gold sequins, which seem to go with everything!
On the inside I have a Real Red mat for the writing panel and I stamped the greeting from the Greetings of the Season stamp set in Garden Green. I added some Granny Apple Green foliage behind the 4th stocking and finished with some berries.
Project Details | |
Stamps | Greetings of the Season |
Card stock & Papers | Basic White, Garden Green, Granny Apple Green, A Little Bit Festive SDSP, Festive Glimmer Paper, Take A Bow DSP, Joyful Sayings Mix & Match Ephemera Pack |
Ink | Garden Green |
Accessories | Cherry Cobbler & Pearl Adhesive-Backed Berries, Neutrals Adhesive-Backed Sequins, Gold & Silver 1/8" Trim Combo Pack |
Tools | Winterly Tree Tops Dies, Forever Plaid 3D EF, Stampin' Cut & Emboss, Dimensionals |
We would love to see your CASE of a sketch from page 16 of the 2024 Sep - Dec Mini Catalogue 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. 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 Julia to see her lovely project and follow the hop to see the inspiration from the rest of the CTC Crew.
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super super cute - love the sentiment inside the card - it looks fantastic!! Great card.
Posted by: Julia Quinn | October 18, 2024 at 02:05 PM
Perfect!
Posted by: Wendie | October 13, 2024 at 11:23 PM