CASE-ing the Catty - Sale-a-bration Trusty Toolbox DSP

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 Welcome to CASE-ing the Catty for this week. We are nearly at the half way point in our second month of Sale-a-bration, so only 2 more weeks to get the FREE products on your Wishlist!

If you've come from visiting Julia, 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, again. 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.  PLUS, more products from the Annual Catalogue have been added to the items you can choose.  See all the Level 1 and Level 2 options in my Online Store and make sure to use the Sale-a-bration item number and not the item number in the Annual Catalogue (a little confusing, I know).

This week I was inspired by the awesome Trusty Toolbox DSP, which you can see much better in the Online Store. In particular the huge number of tools displayed on 2 sheets of the paper. There are some dies to crop the images, but you will need to do some fussy cutting as well.

I decided that the pop up Card In A Box would be the perfect way to make use of a bunch of the tools.  It makes a great masculine card for birthdays, Father's Day or to thank someone doing work for you. I made the card box from Lost Lagoon card stock which is one of the coordinating colours and then added some metal plate using the Metal Plate 3D Embossing Folder and retired Silver Foil.

I have added 2 rails in the box and with the back, there are 3 surfaces you can attach the die cut and fussy cut tools to. I first added the peg board in Poppy Parade to the back and the side flaps and used 1mm foam pads to add the tools to the peg board and then to the rails so they are overlapping and looking like they've been thrown in!  I cropped the spanner from silver foil and added some silver foil accents to the drill and the snips with the dies, overlaying them onto the images cropped from the DSP and trimming where necessary.  The greeting from the Trusty Tools stamp set was stamped in Poppy Parade and cropped with the banner from the Stylish Shapes Dies and added to the top panel.  The 'thanks' from the Biggest Wish stamp set was stamped in black and fussy cut and popped up over the corner of the banner. The pencils were added to the other corner and I finished the banner with 2 black Classic Matte Dots. 

For the writing panel on the reverse, I have a mat of Poppy Parade and a strip of the metal plate at the bottom with a fussy cut screwdriver and a few nuts and bolts to finish.

The great thing about this card is that it folds up and fits into a standard Medium Envelope for posting. 

 

Project Details
Stamps	Trusty Tools, Biggest Wish
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Lost Lagoon, Poppy Parade, Silver Foil (retired), Trusty Toolbox DSP
Ink	Memento Tuxedo Black, Poppy Parade
Accessories	Classic Matte Dots
Tools	Stylish Shapes Dies, Trusty Tools Dies, Metal Plate 3D Embossing Folder, Stampin' Cut & Emboss, Dimensionals, 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 my lovely friend Tina to see her fab project and follow the hop to see the inspiration from the rest of the CTC Crew.

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Milestone Fancy Fold Birthday Card

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I'm slowly getting back into the swing of the new year and taking the opportunity to do a few housekeeping tasks in my craft room. With relocating and house renovations in the last few years, I haven't had the opportunity to sell my retired product as I normally would, so I've been busy sorting and listing all the products that I'm selling. If you're interested, you can see a list of my retired product for sale here. I only ship to Australian residents, sorry.

During our pre-Christmas visit to Western Australia in December, my husband celebrated a milestone birthday with a lifelong friend. As you would expect, I was tasked with making a special card for the occasion. This Slimline Tri-fold card is my go-to for milestone occasions as it has a real 'wow' factor.  It also fits into a standard metric business size  (DL) envelope with standard postage, if you need to post it.

I chose Blueberry Bushel and silver for a simple and elegant colour combo that still has a pop of brightness as well. The base card is Basic White with layers of Blueberry Bushel and a narrow trim of Silver Foil at the top and bottom.

I've used the retired Large Numbers dies and I cut 6 of each number in Smoky Slate card stock that had Adhesive Sheet added first. This allowed me to quickly adhere them all together and finally a layer of Silver Foil on top. This gives a fabulous dimension to the numbers that really pops. At the top of the first fold, I have the 'Celebrate' die cut from the Wanted To Say Dies. I cropped 2 of these from Smoky Slate card stock and adhered them together to make it more robust and added the fabulous Adhesive-Backed Silver Glimmer paper on top. To hold the celebrate in place, I have partially cut the shadow die from Window Sheet, so that I could sandwich it between the card base and layer of Blueberry Bushel and the die cut was adhered on top. You can see a slight reflection from the Window Sheet in the photo above. Using the Adhesive Sheets is the secret to putting this card together quickly and professionally without any messy glue residue to deal with.

I have left the writing panel in the middle plain, but you could add a greeting if desired. On the last panel, I've cropped 3 balloons with the Beautiful Balloons Dies from Silver Glimmer, Silver Foil and Gold Celebrations Specialty DSP (the reverse side is silver) with the Silver Foil balloon embossed with the Basics 3D Embossing Folder. I added a silver string behind each balloon with a glue dot and then positioned them at the top; two are adhered flat and the front one is popped up.  I used the retired Happy Birthday Thinlits die cropped from Silver Glimmer, adhered below the balloons. I sprinkled some Silver Foil and Glimmer stars around all the panels. 

I was very happy with the final result and hopefully the recipient liked it, too. If you're interested in making this card, I have a tutorial available. It uses different products and is a feminine version (shown below), so it gives you more ideas of how to decorate it. 

 

Project Details
Stamps
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Blueberry Bushel, Smoky Slate, Silver Foil (retired), Window Sheet, Gold Celebrations Specialty DSP, Silver & Gold Adhesive-Backed Glimmer Paper
Ink
Accessories	Simply Elegant Trim
	Basics 3D Embossing Folder, Wanted To Say Dies, Beautiful Balloons Dies, Cracker & Treat Box Dies, Happy Birthday Thinlits Dies (retired), Large Numbers Dies (retired), Stampin' Cut & Emboss, Dimensionals, Tombow Glue, Glue Dots, Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack (retired)

 

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Heart of Christmas - More Wishes All Around

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Welcome to another week of Heart of Christmas. Each week, the talented ladies from the Art with Heart team will  bring you inspiration for your holiday craft projects.  My gosh, can you believe it is already week 1o! 

This week I have another card with the Wishes All Around Bundle, this time a simple fancy fold using the tree wreath.

I think this fancy fold is called a Double Gate Fold and it is perfect for using your 6" x 12" sheets of patterned paper. It works best with an all over design and a strong contrast on the reverse. I have used the holly design from the Shining Christmas Specialty Paper that is in the Online Exclusives section of the Online Store. It is quite hard to photograph with all the shininess, but it is very pretty in real life. I have used the 6" x 12" sheet as is, but you can cut it down to the normal metric size if you like. The finished card fits into a metric Medium Envelope and stands for display.

For the centre embellishment that keeps the card closed, I have stamped the tree wreath in Mossy Meadow ink and adhered it to a Foam Adhesive Sheet and then cropped it with the coordinating die.  The greeting was stamped and cropped with a circle from the Deckled Circles Dies - there is one almost the exact size and the tree wreath was adhered over it. It adds a lovely dimension to the embellishment, which I adhered to a Gold Glimmer circle also cropped with the next size Deckled Circle Die. I could have used the wreath by itself, but I do love the sparkle of the glimmer paper when it catches the light.


This photo gives you a better view of the entire card and how it unfolds. I have used a Mossy Meadow mat with a strip of the holly paper at the bottom, with a space to create the border and then the writing panel. You can see how only half of the embellishment is adhered to the front fold.

 

Project Details
Stamps	Wishes All Around
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Mossy Meadow, Shining Christmas Specialty DSP, Adhesive-Backed Gold Glimmer
Ink	Real Red, Mossy Meadow
Accessories
Tools	Wishes All Around Dies, Deckled Circles Dies, Stampin' Cut & Emboss, Foam Adhesive Sheets

 

Now it's time to hop along to see what amazing creation our lovely hostess Sharon has for you this week.

If at any time you find a broken link and the next blog doesn’t come up, please click on the link for our host of the  Heart of Christmas Blog Hop, Sharon Davern, and she will have the list of all who are participating.

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IDEAS Blog Hop - Fun Fold Cards

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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 Sandra's cute 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 Blog button in the list at the bottom of the post. 

This month our theme is Fun Fold Cards and we have a great range of projects that cover lots of styles and skill levels to keep you busy! We have a great 67-page bundle this month with 15 tutorials that each include a fancy fold card and some also have coordinating projects.

Fun or fancy fold cards are perfect for that special occasion. Whether it be a milestone birthday, wedding or retirement, this Cascading Gate Fold card has a huge ‘wow’ factor. The card has a decorative belly band to keep it closed and when you remove it and open the card, the centre cascades toward you in a riot of colour and pretty details. This is the perfect card for someone special. It is easy to change up the paper and greetings for different occasions and gender. The dimensions of the finished card standing upright are 6 1/4” x 4 1/4” x 1/4” (15.9cm x 10.8cm x 0.6cm). I have sized the card to make it super easy to use 6” x 6” or 6” x 12” patterned papers with minimal waste.

There are 3 ways you can get the August 2023 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. There is a fabulous joining offer during Sale-a-bration where you can choose from 3 options, including a fabulous Boho Blue (yes that's a new In Color coming in May!) Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss machine.

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.

To continue on with the hop, click on Next Blog at the right in the list below.

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IDEAS Blog Hop - Holidays!

Hi there

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 Simone's sweet projects, 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. 

This month our theme is Holidays and we have you covered for Christmas, New Year, Easter as well as seaside and fishing themed projects. We have a great 77-page bundle this month with 14 tutorials that each include a card (many fancy folds) and 3D item such as treat packaging, home decor, gift card holder and gift box.

I’ve created a diorama with a woodland theme for a fabulous 3D Christmas card that folds flat for posting. Change up the greeting for a fabulous masculine card for a milestone birthday or retirement. I've also included BONUS instructions for a custom card stock envelope to make sure it survives the postal system! This is the perfect card for someone special. The dimensions of the finished card standing upright are 4 1/4” x 5 5/8” x 3/4” (10.8cm x 14.3cm x 1.9cm).

The luminary is a sweet piece of home decor, with an LED tealight candle providing soft background light to the forest vista. You can also place a string of battery operated fairy lights into the luminary for a brighter light. The finished size of the luminary is 4" x 4 1/4" x 1 7/8" (10.2cm x 10.8cm x 4.8cm).

The Grassy Grove stamp set and coordinating Grove Dies are available for purchase from my Online Store, so you can get started on these holiday projects right now!

There are 3 ways you can get the July 2023 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. There is a fabulous joining offer during Sale-a-bration where you can choose from 3 options, including a fabulous Boho Blue (yes that's a new In Color coming in May!) Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss machine.

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 Sandra to see her elegant Christmas projects. 

Thanks for visiting today!

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