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CASE-ing the Catty - Country Floral Lane Suite

January 29, 2023

Hi there

Welcome to CASE-ing the Catty for this week! Can you believe it is the last week of January already!

If you've come from visiting Rebecca, 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 buttons at the bottom of the post.

This week we are CASE-ing a project from the Country Floral Lane Suite on pages 8-11 of the 2023 January-April Mini Catalogue. I love the pretty pastels in both the Country Gingham and Country Floral Lane paper packs.

I've selected the project in the photo above for my inspiration this week. I like the use of the negative for the LOVE and making it the focal point of the card.

I started with a small panel of Balmy Blue card stock and added Foam Adhesive Sheet to the back. The letters from the Alphabet À La Mode Dies were positioned and held in place with sticky note before die cutting. You get two of the 'L' in the set of dies which is really helpful. In a stroke of luck, the die cut panel was the perfect size to fit evenly on the red heart design from the Country Floral Lane DSP. I liked the look of the hearts framing the greeting, so I decided to add a piece of Sweet Sorbet card stock to the back of the die cut panel.

The heart was fussy cut from the Country Floral Lane DSP after adding a scrap of Basic White to the back to give it more body. I popped up the heart and slipped the fussy cut leaves underneath. The 'friend' sentiment from the Biggest Wish stamp set was stamped in black, fussy cut and popped up over the heart and I finished with a small bow in white Baker's Twine. I added a white border to the heart panel and then adhered it to the card base that I had covered with the blue plaid design from the Country Gingham DSP. A trio of gold sequins from the Pastel Adhesive-Backed Sequins were the finishing touch.

For the inside, I have a Balmy Blue mat for the writing panel and I added a strip of the heart DSP down the right side. I fussy cut the sweet blue bike from the Country Floral Lane DSP and added in the corner.

I hope you like my sweet friendship card!

Project Details
Stamps	Biggest Wish
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Sweet Sorbet, Balmy Blue, Country Gingham DSP, Country Floral Lane DSP
Ink	Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories	Baker's Twine Essentials Pack, Pastel Adhesive-Backed Sequins
*Tools*	Alphabet À La Mode Dies, Stampin' Cut & Emboss, Dimensionals, Adhesive Foam Sheets

We would love to see your CASE from the Country Floral Lane Suite this week. Click on this link or the image below to go there. The first time you will need to cte bundlick 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 Peta & Marvi to see her fab card and follow the hop to see the inspiration from the rest of the CTC Crew.

Don't forget, that Sale-a-bration finishes on 28 February 2023, so you only have a month left to earn your favourite FREE products when you place a qualifying order of $90AUD.

Thanks for visiting today!

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CASE-ing the Catty - Sale-a-bration Favored Flowers DSP

January 22, 2023

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Welcome to CASE-ing the Catty for this week!

This week we are CASE-ing a project of our choice from the new 2023 Sale-a-bration Catalogue. You can choose a FREE item from a great range of stamps and patterned papers when you place a qualifying order of $90AUD or more until 28 February 2023.

Today, I'm using the Favored Flowers Designer Series Paper, which I have to say wasn't one of my favourite items from the Sale-a-bration brochure. The paper is very bold and I found the black background on some sheets a bit off-putting, although I do like the small prints on the reverse. So, I decided to push on and see if I could make something I was happy with. My card is a mash-up of the card on the left and the card on the right, in the photo above.

I started with a card-size panel of Fresh Freesia card stock and added the narrow strip of the Blackberry Bliss geometric design down the left. On the right I have added a panel of polka dot vellum from Vellum Basics 12 x 12 Specialty DSP. This product is new in the 2023 January-April Mini Catalogue and in addition to the polka dots, there are leaf and diagonal stripe designs. The vellum softens the Fresh Freesia and adds another layer of interest in the background. I wrapped a couple of strands of white Baker's Twine around the panel at the border of the vellum and finished with a bow at the top.

I fussy cut the cluster of Fresh Freesia flowers from the paper, cutting right on the line as I didn't want a black border. I popped up the flowers and also cut some extra partial leaves from the edges of the paper to fill it out and add dimension. I also added a bit more to the bottom flower, as I thought the edge was a bit straight, so now it has a nice rounded shape. White sprays were cropped with the Framed Florets Dies and some open leaves from Silver Foil also with the same dies. The greeting is from my favourite Biggest Wish stamp set, stamped in Blackberry Bliss and fussy cut with a generous border. I finished with a trio of Iridescent Pearls.

For something a little different, I cut an 'L' shape piece of the Blackberry Bliss design and adhered it to the inside of the card and then added the white writing panel over the top. A small flower was fussy cut from the paper and added to the corner.

I'm pretty happy with how the card turned out and will be adding it to the thank you cards I'll be taking overseas to thank our hosts.

Project Details
Stamps	Biggest Wish
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Fresh Freesia, Favored Flowers DSP, Silver Foil, Vellum Basics Specialty DSP
Ink	Blackberry Bliss
Accessories	Baker's Twine Essentials Pack, Iridescent Pearls
*Tools*	Fitting Florets Dies, Stampin' Cut & Emboss, Dimensionals,

We would love to see your CASE from the 2023 Sale-a-bration Brochure this week. Click on this link or the image below to go there. The first time you will need to cte bundlick 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 card and follow the hop to see the inspiration from the rest of the CTC Crew.

Thanks for visiting today!

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CASE-ing the Catty - Ginkgo Branch Dies

January 15, 2023

Hi there

Welcome to CASE-ing the Catty for this week! It has been a challenging week after our house was burgled and my laptop and Nikon DSLR camera was stolen. I'm making do at the moment with an old laptop and iPad for the photos, so I'm sorry the photos will not be how I would like them to be.

This week we are CASE-ing a project of our choice from the new 2023 January - April Mini Catalogue.

I chosen the project above from page 57 of the Mini Catalogue. It uses the Ginkgo Branch Bundle. I think I was attracted to the slim line shape and the way the die was used.

I started by cutting the card base from Thick Basic White to measure 7" x 8 1/4", (17.8cm x 21cm) scoring at 3.5" (8.9cm). I then cut another panel from Basic White slightly smaller and composed my art panel on that. Adhesive Sheet was added to the reverse of a panel of Basic White and 2 of the large Ginkgo Branch die were cropped from it. The original sample uses Shimmery White card stock with ink refills and Water Painters to colour the die cuts. I've chosen to use Stampin' Blends alcohol markers in Highland Heather, Mango Melody and Polished Pink. I've treated the solid sections, which are embossed by the die, as leaves and coloured them with Granny Apple Green.

I've adhered the 2 die cuts close to the edge and then added an extra 'flower' using the smaller die cut to fill out the space. I created a faux bow with the silver trim in the centre and then popped up the Highland Heather circle cropped with the Stylish Shapes Dies over the top. The greeting from the Sending Smiles stamp set was stamped in Gorgeous Grape ink and cropped with the banner from Stylish Shapes Dies. I've finished with some pretty 2021-2023 In Color Opal Rounds.

For the inside, I've die cut the smaller Ginkgo branch and coloured it to match and popped it inside at the bottom right.

Project Details
Stamps	Sending Smiles
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Highland Heather
Ink	Gorgeous Grape
Accessories	Simply Elegant Trim, 2021-2023 In Color Opal Rounds
*Tools*	Ginkgo Branch Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies, Stampin' Cut & Emboss, Dimensionals, Tombow Glue, Stampin' Blends (Highland Heather, Mango Melody, Granny Apple Green, Polished Pink)

We would love to see your CASE from the 2023 January - April Mini Catalogue this week. Click on this link or the image below to go there. The first time you will need to cte bundlick 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 Monique to see her lovely card and follow the hop to see the inspiration from the rest of the CTC Crew.

Thanks for visiting today!

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CASE-ing the Catty - Favourite Retiring Project

December 11, 2022

Hi there

Welcome to CASE-ing the Catty for this week!

If you've come from visiting Peta & Marvi, 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 buttons at the bottom of the post.

This week we are CASE-ing a favourite retiring project from the 2022 July - December Mini Catalogue.

The photo above is the sample project from page 8 of the 2022 July-December Mini Catalogue. The background using the striped die from the Candy Canes Dies to create a kind of plaid pattern always catches my eye, so I'm using it for inspiration.

I started by die cutting the striped background twice from Basic White card stock. One of the die cuts you need to turn to the wrong side to make the pattern. I used a bone folder to press down the raised edges, and I put it underneath so it is less obvious. The die cuts were adhered together around the edges and then onto a Pool Party card base that I cut to a custom size to suit the background.

I chose the striped design with all the colours from the Sweetest Christmas DSP to create a border for the banner that was stamped in Real Red and Garden Green. The pine foliage was die cut from Granny Apple Green card stock and I added some Shaded Spruce with a Stampin' Blend marker to take some of the brightness off. I used another of the foliage dies from the Christmas Banners Dies to crop from Gold Glimmer paper. The holly leaves were stamped in Shaded Spruce on Mint Macaron card stock. Finally I have the Textural Elements and I die cut the berries from the Christmas Banners Dies from Poppy Parade card stock and adhered them with Tombow glue. I actually meant to use Real Red, but it does add pop of colour. Once you have all of your elements ready, it is a matter of positioning them as you desire. I added Dimensionals to the tails of the banner and positioned it over the striped paper and then popped in the rest of the elements, with extra Dimensionals added later to prevent sag.

Project Details
Stamps	Christmas Banners
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pool Party, Granny Apple Green, Mint Macaron, Poppy Parade, Gold Glimmer, Sweetest Christmas DSP
Ink	Real Red, Garden Green, Shaded Spruce
Accessories	Adhesive-Back Seasonal Sequins
*Tools*	Candy Canes Dies, Christmas Banners Dies, Stampin' Cut & Emboss, Dimensionals, Tombow Glue, Shaded Spruce Stampin' Blends

We would love to see you CASE your favourite retiring project from the 2022 July-December Mini Cataloguethis week. Click on this link or the image below to go there. The first time you will need to cte bundlick 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 card and follow the hop to see the inspiration from the rest of the CTC Crew.

Thanks for visiting today!

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CASE-ing the Catty - A Christmas Twist

December 04, 2022

Hi there

Welcome to CASE-ing the Catty for this week! It's great to be back with the Crew after a few weeks away with the Stampin' Up! OnStage event in Sydney and then a week catching up with family and friends in Western Australia. My first airline trip away since before COVID and I'd forgotten how much patience you need to travel, lol.

This week we are CASE-ing a project from the 2022-23 Annual Catalogue and giving it a Christmas twist. I've been trying to get cards made in the last couple of days to send off this week, so I was happy to have the opportunity to get another one made.

The photo above is the sample project from page 53 of the 2022-23 Annual Catalogue that I'm using for inspiration. I think it was the polka dot background on this card that caught my eye, as well as the slimline shape.

My card is also a slimline shape, although it is slightly shorter than a standard metric DL card. I decided to go with proportions that looked right with the Poinsettia image from the Boughs of Holly designer paper. The card base is in Shaded Spruce, which looks more intense in real life. I have a mat of Gold Foil for the spotty background using the Spots & Dots Die, cropped from Basic White.

Edited to add the dimensions for this card:

The finished card is 3 7/8" x 6 3/4" (9.9cm x 17.cm). The gold mat is 3" x 6" (7.6cm x 15.2cm) and the white dotted panel is 2 3/4" x 5 3/4" (7.2cm x 14.8cm). For the envelope, cut a piece of paper to measure 8 1/2" x 9 1/2". Score on the short side at 2 1/4" and 6 3/8". Score on the long side at 1" and 8". Cut out the 4 small corners. Fold into the centre on the score lines and adhere where it overlaps. Use a corner rounder on the 2 end flaps. Fold over and adhere the shorter end.

I placed a folded piece of Gold Shimmer ribbon under the fussy cut Poinsettia image and then positioned it to work with the greeting banner. The greeting from the Leaves of Holly stamp set was heat embossed in white on the Gold Foil and then cropped with the banner from the Stylish Shapes Dies. I also popped some extra foliage in to balance out the shape. I used a foliage die from the Christmas Banners Dies and cropped it from a small piece of Basic White that I coloured with Dark Shaded Spruce and Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends markers to get a colour that worked with the leaves in the Poinsettia flower.

I have kept the inside simple, with a Basic White writing panel and another fussy cut Poinsettia flower. I've used a partial image from the edge of the sheet, which is a great way to get the most from the paper.

Because of the non-standard size of this card, I quickly made an envelope to go with it, using some 12 x 12 envelope paper. It is super simple and I added a trim to the flap using the smaller Poinsettia design from Boughs of Holly and rounded the corners.

Project Details
Stamps	Leaves of Holly
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Shaded Spruce, Gold Foil, Boughs of Holly DSP
Ink	Versamark
Accessories	Gold Shimmer Ribbon
*Tools*	Stylish Shapes Dies, Spots & Dots Die, Christma Banners Dies, Stampin' Cut & Emboss, Dimensionals, White EP, Shaded Spruce & Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends

We would love to see you add a Christmas Twist to project from the 2022-23 Annual Catalogue this week. Click on this link or the image below to go there. The first time you will need to cte bundlick 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 Rebecca to see her lovely card and follow the hop to see the inspiration from the rest of the CTC Crew.

Thanks for visiting today!

Posted at 06:55 PM in CASE-ing The Catty, Christmas | Permalink | Comments (1)

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Hi, I'm Judy May and I live in Toowoomba, Queensland with my husband and beautiful Bengal cats Milo & Crafty. I love Stampin' Up!® paper, stamps and ink and using them to make beautiful projects. Let me be your creative coach and inspire you to bring the joy of creativity to your life!