CASE-ing the Catty - Last Week of Sale-a-bration!

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 Welcome to CASE-ing the Catty for this week. Wow, it's the last week of February already and the last week of the Sale-a-bration, too.

Last weekend we were in Brisbane catching up with our niece who was moving into her university accommodation and we picked up some recycled floorboards to (hopefully) repair our bedroom floor, so that we can refinish the hardwood floor and not have carpet. The jury is still out on that, but hopefully our amazing builder can make it happen!

If you've come from visiting Kathryn, 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. 

For our final CASE from the Sale-a-bration brochure, we have a very flexible sketch to get your creative inspiration going. It is based on the watermelon project on page 4 that is shown on the bottom right in the photo above.  

You can see the bones of the layout more easily in the image above. 

I have stayed fairly close to the layout, using the bold floral design from the Sale-a-bration Sunny Days Designer Series Paper for the background with a narrower border than the sample.  This paper is a little different, in that the stems and leaves are black, so it gives it a pop. I wanted to bring in the black in my focus panel, but solid black was too harsh, so I used a strip of the black and white striped design from the Rock & Roll Designer Series Paper that is in the 2024 January-April Mini Catalogue behind the Basic White pierced panel. I used the largest square from the Stylish Shapes Dies and cut a second time to extend it into a rectangle. 

For the embellishment, I decided to mirror the flowers in the background paper using the Paper Florist Dies. I created a trio of flowers to surround the 'hello' greeting from the Biggest Wish stamp set, that I stamped in Poppy Parade and fussy cut. The foliage was cropped from black card stock using the Timeless Arrangements Dies. I finished with a white Baker's Twine bow in the bottom corner and a trio of gold sequins.

For the inside I added a strip of the Pool Party striped design from the Sunny Days paper pack and a narrow border of Poppy Parade card stock and the Basic White writing panel above. The Petal Pink flower and black foliage was adhered on top of the border to complement the front of the card.

 

Project Details
Stamps	Biggest Wish
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Poppy Parade, Petal Pink, Crushed Curry, Basic Black, Sunny Days DSP, Rock & Roll DSP
Ink	Poppy Parade
Accessories	Pastel Adhesive-Backed Sequins, Baker's Twine Essentials Pack
Tools	Stylish Shapes Dies, Timeless Arrangements Dies, Paper Florist Dies, Stampin' Cut & Emboss, Dimensionals, Glue Dots

 

We would love to see your CASE of this sketch 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 Monique to see her fab project and follow the hop to see the inspiration from the rest of the CTC Crew.

There is still time to get your favourite Sale-a-bration product FREE with a qualifying order until 11.50pm AEDT on 29 February, 2024. Don't forget all the additional products that were added from the Annual catalogue as well. You can see them all in the Online Store. The fabulous Glass Mat Studio is still available as a BONUS when you join my team. Check out all the details here.

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CASE-ing the Catty - Bee Mine Section

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Welcome to CASE-ing the Catty for this week.

If you've come from visiting Monique, 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 taking inspiration from the Bee Mine section of the 2024 January-April Mini Catalogue, which is on pages 8 - 13. There are lots of cute samples here for projects where you want to send love.

I've chosen the project above from page 9 of the 2024 January-April Mini Catalogue for my inspiration, as the  cute 3D frame caught my eye.

I'm not sure of the size of the sample made by the Stampin' Up! concept artist, but the finished size of mine is 5" (12.7cm) square and the inside space is 4" (10.2cm) square. That means a starting size of 9" (22.9cm) square of the Sweet Sorbet design from the Bee Mine Designer Paper.  Once you know the principles of how the frame is made you can adjust the size as desired.  I have a tutorial available for a rectangular version, but the construction process is the same whether the frame is square or rectangular. 

Once the frame is made, it is all about the decoration. I added a layer of the sweet floral into the centre. I stamped the greeting from the Heartfelt Hexagon stamp set with Poppy Parade ink on Basic White and cropped it with the coordinating Heartfelt Hexagon Punch. I cropped another in Pool Party and cut it in half to frame the greeting at the top and bottom. To give my greeting some focus, I popped it up on a Vellum circle cropped with the Deckled Circles Dies. The cute bees were fussy cut from other sheets of the Bee Mine Designer Paper and popped up at the corners. I added some foliage in Granny Apple Green cropped with a die from the Thoughtful Expressions Dies. I adhered the embellishment in the centre of the frame, with Glue Dots adhered on the back of the Vellum circle where they couldn't be seen and finished with a couple of Petal Pink flowers from the Adhesive-Backed Hearts & Flowers embellishments.

On the reverse of the frame, I have white writing panel and the flowers from the Bee My Valentine stamp set were stamped in coordinating colours of Petal Pink, Pool Party and Sweet Sorbet on Lemon Lime Twist stems. The panel was added to a Pool Party mat and adhered to the frame.

I'll be sending this to my Mum who is unwell at the moment and I hope it will bring a smile to her face.

 

Project Details
Stamps	Heartfelt Hexagon, Bee Mine Valentine
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pool Party, Granny Apple Green, Bee Mine DSP, Vellum Cardstock
Ink	Poppy Parade, Pool Party, Lemon Lime Twist, Petal Pink
Accessories	Pool Party 3/8" Grosgrain Ribbon, Adhesive-Backed Hearts & Flowers
Tools	Deckled Circles Dies, Thoughtful Expressions Dies, Stampin' Cut & Emboss, Heartfelt Hexagon Punch, Dimensionals, Glue Dots

 

We would love to see your CASE of a project from the Bee Mine Section of the 2024 Jan-Apr 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 the lovely Julia to see her cute project and follow the hop to see the inspiration from the rest of the CTC Crew.

 

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CASE-ing the Catty - Garden Walk Designer Paper

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Welcome to CASE-ing the Catty this week. 

If you've come from visiting  Rachel, 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 taking our inspiration from the Bright & Beautiful Suite. 

I decided to take the layout from the above sample on page 14 for my project today, with the fun fringe trim. I also have a sneak peak for you, of a new paper pack from the forthcoming 2023 Septemer-December Mini Catalogue, called Garden Walk. It is a 6" x 6" pack with some lovely coordinating prints, including some for Christmas, but I prefer the pretty florals. The colours included are Pretty Peacock, Poppy Parade, Calyspo Coral, Garden Green and  Wild Wheat.

I chose the pretty rose floral paper (my favourite in the pack) and a coordinating Pretty Peacock print. I started by cutting a card size piece of each print and then cutting each on the diagonal, which gives you 2 cards. You could of course alternate the prints, but I didn't want to cover the pretty rose design too much.  I decided on one as a friendship card and the other as a birthday card. 

Although it isn't one of the listed colours, I thought Flirty Flamingo went well with the print, as it isn't as bold as Calypso Coral, but there are similiar tones in the small flowers. I used the fringe die from the Beautiful Balloons Dies with the Flirty Flamingo strip and added the resulting fringe to the reverse side of the floral print. The Pretty Peacock print was adhered directly to the card and then the floral print with the attached fringe. My tip for this step is to ensure the fringe at the top corner finishes at a space between the cuts, so that when you trim the edges, you don't end up with a tiny piece that falls off (as happened on the first one I made).  A 3/4" strip of the Pretty Peacock stripe was added underneath the fringe and is half the width of the the fringe.  I added a faux bow of Gold 1/8" Trim under each greeting label, which adds some sparkle and a sprinkle of Iridescent Pastel Gems.

I finished both cards inside with a Pretty Peacock mat with a narrow border. At the bottom is a piece of the floral paper and small strip of Flirty Flamingo fringe for a fun touch. 

 

Project Details
Stamps	Charming Sentiments, Biggest Wish, Circle Sayings
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pretty Peacock, Flirty Flamingo, Garden Walk DSP
Ink	Versamark, Pretty Peacock
Accessories	Iridescent Pastel Gems, Gold 1/8" Trim
Tools	Love For You Dies, Beautiful Balloons Dies, All That Dies, Stampin' Cut & Emboss, Dimensionals, 2 3/8" Circle Punch, 2 1/4" Circle Punch (retired)

 

We would love to see your CASE 0f a project from the Bright & Beautiful Suite from the 2023-24 Annual 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 my lovely friend 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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CASE-ing the Catty - So Refreshing Bundle

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Welcome to CASE-ing the Catty 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 button at the bottom of the post. 

This week we have free reign to CASE any project from the Annual Catalogue. Woohoo, so much to choose from!

The So Refreshing Bundle arrived on Friday, so I decided on the sample project above for my inspiration.  It is soft and pretty, but I wanted to give my project a bright summery feel with lots of pop. You might need to have your sunglasses handy!

I started by die cutting the 'rug' from Tahitian Tide card stock. I actually meant it to be Azure Afternoon, but they are similiar, so I went with it. Although it is hard to see, I used a sponge dauber to add more ink to the embossed checks on the rug and the fringe, to add more depth. Next I stamped the jug and glasses in stamped off Smoky Slate ink then Lemon Lolly for the lemonade, fussy cutting them on the line, to reduce the bulk. I added some lemons to the lemonade with Daffodil Delight ink and stamped 2 extra and fussy cut them to add to the glasses.

The strawberries are soooo cute with the embossed detail, so I decided to add a basket of strawberries to the picnic. The die cuts 3 at once, so it didn't take long to cut a dozen from Real Red and the calyx from Garden Green. The calyx is very petite, so you need to use a tiny dot of glue on the strawberry and tweezers to put them together. I added them to the embossed basket from the Crafting With You Dies, cropped from Pecan Pie card stock, layering them with some on 1mm foam pads for dimension. A few fell out of the basket as well! The final element is the flower spray, which looks a bit like a lily or gladioli to me. I stamped the stem first in Garden Green and the flowers in 2 strengths of Melon Mambo. It took me a little while to see how the flower fit into the stem, but it is easier once you have some ink on it to see the outlines more easily.

To ground the elements on the background I added some ink blending with Balmy Blue at the top for 'sky' and Lemon Lime Twist at the bottom for 'grass'. The lovely friendship greeting was stamped in Smoky Slate and then all the elements were layered on top, mostly with 1mm foam pads to add dimension without too much bulk. The art piece was matted on Tahitian Tide with a narrow border and then onto the card base that was covered with the large plaid design in Lemon Lime Twist. I finished with a trio of (retired) Lemon Lime Twist Matte Decorative Dots. 

 

Project Details
Stamps	So Refreshing
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Tahitian Tide, Real Red, Garden Green, Pecan Pie, Gorgeous Gingham DSP
Ink	Smoky Slate, Lemon Lolly, Daffodil Delight, Garden Green, Balmy Blue, Lemon Lime Twist, Melon Mambo
Accessories	2022-2024 In Color Matte Decorative Dots (retired)
Tools	So Refreshing Dies, Crafting With You Dies, Stampin' Cut & Emboss, 1mm foam pads (not SU)

 

We would love to see your CASE 0f a project from the 2023-24 Annual 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 my lovely friend Tina to see her lovely project and follow the hop to see the inspiration from the rest of the CTC Crew.

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CASE-ing the Catty - Die Cut Project

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Welcome to CASE-ing the Catty this week. I've been MIA for the last couple of weeks as I had 2 fabulous weekends away! Not something that happens very often, but it was lovely to visit friends and see some lovely countryside.

If you've come from visiting  Monique, 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 taking inspiration from a Die Cut project in the 2023-24 Annual Catalogue. This provides a lot of scope given that it's almost impossible to make a card without dies!

I chose the project above for my inspiration this week. I'm busy cutting 56 card kits for a team event in Melbourne next week, so I was looking for a simple project. Haha, the best laid plans! 

I wanted a soft, feminine look for my card, so I started with a panel of Bubble Bath card stock and used the same mask from the Foursquare Decorative Masks with Berry Burst ink and a blending brush. My first effort was very bold (more on that later), so I put that aside and decided to try with Bubble Bath ink. It was softer, but didn't have any pop, so I turned it over and tried again with Berry Burst, using a lighter touch to get a result I was happy with. The moral of the story is to carefully lift up a corner while holding the rest firmly and check how it looks. It is hard to gauge the strength of the colour, otherwise.

I stamped a few of the bubbles from the Timeless Arrangments stamp set on the background in Berry Burst ink and then die cut some foliage in white and Berry Burst to keep a tonal look. The greeting from Crafting With You stamp set was stamped in Berry Burst ink and cropped with a die from Timeless Arrangments and I added a narrow border of Berry Burst. Once I had the foliage roughly arranged under the greeting, I removed everything and added the faux bow of silver Simply Elegant Trim with glue dots and then adhered the foliage over the top. The greeting label was then popped over the top with Dimensionals. I finished with silver Festive Pearls either side of HUG and a trio of the Loose Silver Sequins, which are actually quite see-through.

My first effort at creating the blended front panel with the mask was way too dark, but rather than waste it, I've used it for the mat to my writing panel, which I've left plain. I can add another greeting later, if I need to and the bold border is enough decoration.

 

Project Details
Stamps	Crafting With You
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Bubble Bath, Berry Burst
Ink	Berry Burst
Accessories	Loose Silver Sequins, Festive Pearls, Simply Elegant Trim
Tools	Timelesss Arrangments Dies, Stampin' Cut & Emboss, Dimensionals, Foursquare Decorative Masks, Blending Brush

 

We would love to see your CASE 0f a die cut project from the 2023-24 Annual 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.

Thanks for visiting today!

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