CASE-ing the Catty - Easter Friends

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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 an Easter Project. You can see the sample projects in the photo above. 

I've used the sweet treat box in the photo above for my inspiration, but decided to turn it into a baby card instead.

I have taken the layout from the treat box, with the designer paper across the centre and some white showing top and bottom. I've the pretty Fresh Freesia gingham from the Pansy Petals DSP with a little border of a coordinating small print at the top and bottom.  The sweet bunny, my favourite image from the Easter Friends stamp set, was stamped in Basic Gray ink and fussy cut.  I added a little Light Smoky Slate around the shaded areas with a Stampin' Blends marker.

I have a sneak peek of a new product from the 2022-23 Annual Catalogue with the Stylish Shapes Dies. Initally I thought they were stitched dies, but found when I cut the circle, that they are pierced. Included in the set are 6 nesting circles and 5 nesting squares (yay!) and also 4 banners of varying length and width.

I stamped some grass at the bottom of the circle in Just Jade ink and used a Blending Brush and Balmy Blue ink to add a soft background before popping up the bunny over the top. The bunny has a little bouquet of flowers die cut with the (sadly, retiring) Pierced Blooms Dies. The greeting from the Many Messages stamp set was stamped in Fresh Freesia Ink and I used one of the banners from the Stylish Shapes Dies to crop it. I finished with a trio of Brushed Brass Butterflies and a bow at the top in the Glittered Organdy ribbon.

Project Details
Stamps	Easter Friends, Many Messages
Card stock & Papers	Basic White Pansy Petals DSP
Ink	Basic Gray, Fresh Freesia, Just Jade, Balmy Blue
Accessories	Basic Jewels Pearls, Brushed Brass Butterflies, 3/8" Glittered Organdy ribbon
	Stylish Shapes Dies, Stampin' Cut & Emboss, Dimensionals, Stampin' Blends (Basic Gray), Blending Brushes

 

We would love to see your CASE this week of an Easter project from the  2022 January-June Mini Catalogue or 2021-22 Annual Catalogue. 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 Rebecca to see her lovely project and follow the hop to see the inspiration from the rest of the CTC Crew.

 

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IDEAS Blog Hop - Cards that Move

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I'm back with the IDEAS (International Demos Exciting Artistic Stampin') team this month to share more fabulous projects. We are a group of international demonstrators who create a Tutorial Bundle each month to give you, our customers and readers a heap of inspiration for your crafting.

If you've come from looking at Elizabeth's fabulous project, 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 IDEAS Team by clicking on the NEXT button at the bottom of the post. 

Our theme this month is Cards that Move. We are talking cards that flap, spin, wiggle, jiggle, pop out, pop up and slide to name just a few.

This bundle contains an amazing 15 tutorials and 65 pages of crafty inspiration. There is a fabulous selection of fun ideas here for your next 'wow' card with many Stampin' Up! products used. 

It's nearly time for Easter so I've created this spring-feel Explosion Box using the super sweet Easter Friends stamp set. This is an easy 'wow' card to make and you can easily adapt it to any seasonal or special occasion.

Pop the lid off and the sides fall open to reveal a sweet basket full of Easter treats. The basket lifts off for sharing and you can write your Easter greeting in the bottom panel. There is still lots of time to create this 'wow' card for someone special this Easter!

Would you like a copy of the instructions for this and the 14 other projects for your personal use, or even to use in your classes? 

There are 3 ways you can get the April 2022 Tutorial Bundle.

1.  Place an order with me for $50 or more using the current month's Host Code (shown in the side bar on the right) and you will receive the tutorial bundle for FREE. I will email you the PDF file within 24 hours of your order being confirmed.  

2. You can purchase the tutorial with Instant Download through my Etsy store by clicking here. You can pay with a credit card or PayPal and you DO NOT need to sign up to Etsy to make a purchase. Check out as a guest if you are not a member.

3.  Join my team and you will get this bundle of tutorials FREE every month to use for your personal crafting or for classes. You can see all the details over on the Join My Team page. It might be the right time for you consider the opportunity to run your own home-based craft business or to get a great discount on your craft supplies.

Once you have received the tutorials, please remember not to share or distribute the printed or electronic copies of these bundles. We have worked hard to provide these exclusive projects for your use. If you know someone that would like to purchase the bundle, please direct them to me to obtain their copy. Thanks for your support.

Now it's time to hop over to Yolanda in the Netherlands to see her fabulous project. 

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CASE-ing the Catty - For Easter

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Welcome to another week of CASE-ing the Catty!

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 project from any catalogue and giving it an Easter twist.

I was inspired by the sweet spring banner above from page 22 of the 2021 January - June Mini Catalogue. I couldn't resist that sweet bunny and my favourite Arrange a Wreath Bundle, which is sadly retiring. It will be staying in my stash a little while longer though.

Despite being Autumn in the southern hemisphere, Easter is always depicted in pastel colours. My background colour is Highland Heather, which has been dry embossed with the Dazzling Diamonds 3D Embossing Folder. Due to the width I did have to run it through twice and it came out well; you just need to be careful lining up the design the second time. I adhered the panel to a thick Basic White card base. The background of the centre panel is the lovely soft Purple Posy striped designer paper from the Playing with Patterns stack and I added a mat of Silver Foil. Unfortunately, it shows up more grey in the photo than it really is. 

I adhered the plainer wreath die cut from Vellum and then the more detailed wreath die cut from Granny Apple Green popped up over the top. The Easter eggs from thhe Arrange A Wreath stamp set were stamped in a variety of pastel colours and then die cut. To get a lighter tone, I used the back of a teaspoon to push the ink down in the pad, before inking up the stamp.  The greeting from the same stamp set was stamped with a lighter tone of Basic Gray and cropped with a die from the Stitched Rectangle Dies. Once the greeting was in position, I popped up the eggs around the wreath.

The sweet bunny from the Springtime Joy stamp set was stamped in Basic Gray ink and coloured with Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends with a touch of Petal Pink on the ears, nose and cheeks. The flowers in the head band are the same colours as the eggs with a tiny 1mm rhinestone in the centre of each. The bunny was fussy cut and popped up at the base of the wreath. I finished with a little die cut flower on the greeting and a sprinkle of rhinestones.

For the inside I have mat of Highland Heather for the writing panel, with a strip of the Purple Posy designer paper at the bottom. I have stamped and coloured the little chick with Stampin' Blends and added a group of stamped eggs in the opposite corner. The greeting stamped in Basic Gray is from the Springtime Joy stamp set.

This photo shows the background texture of the Dazzling Diamonds 3D Embossing Folder.

 

Project Details
Stamps	Arrange A Wreath, Springtime Joy
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Highland Heather, Granny Apple Green, Vellum, Silver Foil, Playing with Patterns DSP
Ink	Basic Gray, Balmy Blue, So Saffron, Highland Heather, Flirty Flamingo, Coastal Cabana
Accessories	Basic Jewel Rhinestones, 1mm rhinestones (not SU)
Tools	Dazzling Diamonds 3D EF, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Wreath Builder Builder Dies, die cutting machine, Dimensionals

 

We would love to see your CASE of a project (from either catalogue) that has an Easter twist. 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 Rebecca's blog to follow the hop and see the inspiration from the rest of the CTC Crew.

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CASE-ing the Catty - Easter Sketch Challenge Week 2

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Welcome to another week of CASE-ing the Catty challenge!

If you've come from looking at  Siobhan's lovely project, 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 is the second week of our sketch challenge to create a card for Easter.

This week I have turned the sketch 90^o to the left to create a landscape orientation for my card. 

I have used the rest of the strip of designer paper from the Ornate Garden Specialty Designer Series Paper pack that I cut for my card last week. The reverse side of the pretty Mint Macaron and gold foil design is this sweet floral design that says Easter/Spring to me. We seemed to have skipped Autumn for a very wet and wintry weekend here in Melbourne, so this pretty floral design boosts my spirits. I layered it on a Whisper White panel with the pretty decorative edge that was cut with a die from the new Ornate Borders Dies.  All of the products in the Ornate Garden Suite, which is new in the 2020-21 Annual Catalogue are now available to purchase from my Online Store and there is lots to love!

The floral panel was adhered to a card front-sized panel of Petal Pink that was dry embossed with the Subtle 3D Embossing Folder. I've wrapped some of the 1/4" Terracotta Tile silky and shimmery ribbon from the Ornate Garden Ribbon Combo Pack around the panel and finished it with a bow. The Petal Pink panel was adhered to the front of a Thick Whisper White card base. 

I have coloured the sweet rabbit from the Fable Friends stamp set with Stampin' Blends. I've used Crumb Cake (light and dark) for the body with a touch of light Petal Pink in the ears, on the nose and cheeks. I wanted to match his jacket to the darker of the small flowers in the floral print, which is a lighter and slightly pinker shade of Terracotta Tile. As we don't have that colour in our Stampin' Blends, I have improvised with a combination of Light Calypso Coral and Light Cajun Craze and I then went over it with the Rich Razzleberry watercolor pencil to add the pinkish tone. I've fussy cut the image on the line and popped it up on the stitched oval. I added some grass and sponged colour in Old Olive at the base of the oval to ground him. The finished embellishment was popped up over the floral panel and I added the coordinating small flower from the Ornate Style stamp set at the bottom.  The 'happy' is die cut in Whisper White using the Well Written Dies and the 'easter' from the retired Crazy For You stamp set has been heat embossed in white and then cropped with a Stitched Rectangle Die. 

For the inside, I have a stamped the border of the writing panel with the small flower cluster from the Ornate Style stamp set and then coloured it with Stampin Blends in Dark Petal Pink and Old Olive with the centre in Light Calypso Coral. I then went over the flowers lightly with the Rich Razzleberry watercolor pencil to create the slightly pinkish tone in the designer paper.  

 

Project Details
Stamps	Fable Friends, Ornate Style, Crazy About You (retired), In The Meadow (retired)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Petal Pink, Terracotta Tile, Ornate Garden Specialty Garden DSP
Ink	Versamark, Memento Espresso Truffle, Old Olive
Accessories	Basic Jewels Rhinestones, Ornate Garden Ribbon Combo Pack
Tools	Subtle 3D EF, Well Written Dies, Stitched Shapes Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Ornate Borders Dies, Big Shot, Dimensionals, White EP, Heat Gun, Stampin' Blends (Crumb Cake, Petal Pink, Calypso Coral, Cajun Craze, Old Olive), Watercolor Pencils

 

We would love to see the Easter cards you make, using this sketch for inspiration. You can upload it to 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. 

 

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

 

I hope you've enjoyed my Easter project, with this great sketch.

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CASE-ing the Catty - Easter Sketch Challenge

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Welcome to another week of CASE-ing the Catty challenge!

If you've come from looking at the amazing creativity of my lovely friend Tina, 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 have a sketch challenge to create a card for Easter.

This is a great sketch and I've got a lot more ideas for it, but for this week I've created a card that represents the true meaning of Easter. Although I don't usually send many cards for Easter, I always send them to our Mothers. 

The inspiration for this card came when I opened my new pack of the Ornate Garden Specialty Designer Series Paper. The Mint Macaron design with gold foil detail is soft and elegant and I thought it would work well for the type of card I had in mind. I started with a Thick Whisper White card base and added a layer of Gold Foil. Next is a layer of Whisper White and I stamped the floral spray from the Hold Onto Hope stamp set in the corners with Mint Macaron ink. The stamped layer was dry embossed with the Subtle 3D Embossing Folder, although it is not apparent in any of the photos; it adds a nice texture to the background. I have placed the greeting from Itty Bitty Greetings under the oval rather than across it as shown in the sketch.

I cut a 2" strip of the designer paper and adhered it flat onto the art panel. For the embellishment, I die cut the largest of the stitched ovals from the Stitched Shapes Dies in Gold Foil. I've used the Cross of Hope Dies to cut the 2 layers of the cross; the solid Mint Macaron base topped with the open design cut from Sparkle Glimmer paper and popped up on the gold foil oval. The small cross was cut from Gold Foil and adhered flat and I finished with one of the clear Epoxy Droplets. I added a double bow on the side with the 1/4" Whisper White Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon to add some softness. 

For the inside, I have a Gold Foil mat and I added a strip of the designer paper at the base. On the white writing panel, I have stamped the wreath from the retired stamp set Wishing You Well in Mint Macaron and in the centre I have gold embossed the sentiment from the retired His Grace stamp set. 

 

Project Details
Stamps	Hold Onto Hope, Itty Bitty Greetings, Wishing You Well (retired), His Grace (retired)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Mint Macaron, Gold Foil, Ornate Garden Specialty Garden DSP, Sparkle Glimmer
Ink	Versamark, Mint Macaron
Accessories	1/4" Whisper White Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon, Clear/Frosted Expoxy Droplets, Gold Metallic Pearls
Tools	Cross of Hope Dies, Subtle 3D EF, Stitched Shapes Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Butterfly Beauty Dies, Big Shot, Dimensionals, Gold EP, Heat Gun

 

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

You have one more week to join us with your CASE of  a card from the January - June Mini Catalogue, giving it a male twist. You can upload it to 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. 

I hope you've enjoyed my Easter project, with this great sketch. I'm looking forward to showing you a totally different card with this sketch next week.

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