CTC250 – Casing a Fall layout

Posted in Beautiful Bough die, Christmas Rose, CTC Blog Hop by Rebecca S

Welcome to a soggy weekend in South East Queensland. It has been so dry here so it’s nice to finally have a wet weekend. And it’s cold!! We were so hot on Monday with 36 degrees and now it’s 15!

We are casing a layout on page 46 from the 2019 Holiday Catalogue.

I decided to case the layout at the bottom left with the ribbon behind the Stitched Nested labels die.

I decided to use the Night Before Christmas DSP and the note cards. You know how you have friends that you give Christmas cards to who are not really into hand made cards and don’t really appreciate the work that goes into them. Well these are the perfect cards for them!!

So I trimmed the cardstock to fit the notecard, cut out the sentiment piece in Old Olive using the Beautiful Boughs Dies and embossed the sentiment in silver embossing powder. This pretty sentiment is from the new Christmas Rose stamp set from the Christmas Time is Here Suite which will be available on 1 November. I then used either the Garden Green double stitched ribbon or the Real Red Curly ribbon behind the sentiment. These were so quick and easy to make, that I made 10 with my helper, Jaster.

I hope you like these quick and easy cards. Don’t forget about those cute note cards!! Next up is the lovely Tina.

We would love to see your creations so please share it over on at our Facebook group.

Happy Stamping

Stampin’ Up! Product List

Night Before Christmas 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [150437] $20.00	Whisper White Note Cards & Envelopes [131527] $12.25	Beautiful Boughs Dies [150661] $61.00	Old Olive A4 Card Stock [106576] $15.25
Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder [109131] $10.50	Real Red 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Curly Ribbon [150426] $12.25	Garden Green 3/8" (1 Cm) Double-Stitched Ribbon [150434] $12.25

CI65

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I’m back playing along with Colour Inkspiration Challenges. We have a stunning combo this week with Merry Merlot, Blackberry Bliss, Gray Granite and Basic Black.

Isn’t this such a gorgeous picture!! I’ve added a bit of silver to my card as I felt it needed a bit of bling. My base is Basic Black and I have layered with a Subtle embossed Merry Merlot piece. I’ve then done a silver foil layer with Gray Granite. I have silver embossed the large Good Morning Magnolia flower and coloured it using Blackberry Bliss ink and an aqua painter. I played a bit for a shape for the sentiment (which is from the Magnolia Blooms stamp set) and finally settled on the small label die from the Beautiful Boughs dies. I then cut a large Stitched Oval in Basic Black. I needed somewhere to base my oval and I realised that I had some Gray Granite textured weave ribbon which I added across the bottom.

Next up is the lovely Jacque in New Zealand.

Come and share your creation over on at our Facebook Group, here.

Happy Stamping

Stampin’ Up! Product List

Good Morning Magnolia Cling Stamp Set [149298] $63.00	Magnolia Blooms Photopolymer Stamp Set [152729] $24.00	Beautiful Boughs Dies [150661] $61.00	Stitched Shapes Dies [145372] $50.00
Subtle Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [143706] $17.00	Gray Granite 1/2" (1.3 Cm) Textured Weave Ribbon [147656] $13.00	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $15.25	Merry Merlot A4 Cardstock [147005] $15.25
Silver Foil Sheets [132178] $8.75	Gray Granite A4 Cardstock [147008] $15.25	Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder [109131] $10.50	Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin' Pad [147092] $13.00
Aqua Painters [103954] $20.00

6Oct2019

CTC249 – Toile Tidings

Posted in CTC Blog Hop by Rebecca S

Happy World Card Making Day for yesterday! I hope you were able to make a card or two yesterday. I had a lovely day with a couple of my customers and I made the Christmas Countdown Project Kit and the Joy of Giving Tag Kit. Both of these kits are so much nicer than the photos in the catalogue!

This week, we are casing the Toile Tidings Suite, pages 6-11 of the 2019 Holiday Catalogue.

I decided to case one of the wreath cards on page 9.

I really love the look of the vellum over the cardstock so that is where I started. I love the Perennial Essence DSP but I have struggled to use it as it’s so nice and I don’t want to cut it up!. But I bit the bullet and did it. Well just a little bit of it!!

I cut a wreath in Highland Heather using the All Around Wreath die and attached it using mini dimensionals. I then used a Crushed Curry marker and inked up the outline of the banner from the Toile Christmas stamp set which I then cut out with the Christmas Cardinal die. I stamped the Thanks sentiment (from Here’s a Card) in Silvery Shimmer ink.

Next up is the lovely Tina.

Please share your project with us over on at our Facebook group.

Happy Stamping

Stampin’ Up! Product List

Toile Christmas Bundle (En) [152367] $89.00	Here's A Card Cling Stamp Set [149438] $38.00	Perennial Essence Designer Series Paper [149100] $20.00	White Vellum A4 Card Stock [106584] $17.50
Blackberry Bliss A4 Cardstock [133682] $15.25	Highland Heather A4 Cardstock [147010] $15.25	Card Stock A4 Crushed Curry [131288] $15.25	Silvery Shimmer Delicata Metallic Ink Pad [150709] $19.25

29Sep2019

CTC248 – Casing Annual Catty using Holiday supplies

Posted in Christmas Cardinal die, CTC Blog Hop, Rectangle Stitched framelits, Toile Christmas by Rebecca S

Well it seems like Summer is coming early to Queensland. It’s been a bit warm this weekend!! This week we are casing an Annual Catalogue project and use Holiday Catalogue supplies.

I really love the heirloom frame card on page 12 of the 2019 – 2020 Annual Catalogue.

For my background, I used the Stylish Scroll embossing folder. Thi sis such a pretty folder. I created the frame using the Stitched Rectangle dies. I used the Toile Tidings DSP for the centre of the frame. The cardinal and sentiment is from the Toile Christmas stamp set and cut out with the Christmas Cardinal dies.

I’m really happy with how this card turned out! My class ladies might be making this one in October.

Next up is the lovely Rachel.

Please join in at our Facebook group.

Happy Stamping

Stampin’ Up! Product List

Toile Christmas Bundle (En) [152367] $89.00	Toile Tidings Designer Series Paper [150432] $20.00	Stylish Scroll Embossing Folder [150665] $13.00	Real Red A4 Card Stock [106578] $15.25
Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Garden Green A4 Card Stock [108605] $15.25	Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad [147084] $13.00	Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad [147089] $13.00
Real Red Combo Pack Stampin' Blends [147935] $15.50	So Saffron Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [149557] $15.50	Foam Adhesive Strips [141825] $14.00

22Sep2019

CTC247 – Holiday Punches

Posted in Christmas Cardinal die, Christmas Gleaming, CTC Blog Hop, Greatest Part of Christmas, Merry Chistmas Thinlits, Perfectly Plaid, Toile Christmas by Rebecca S

I’m in Yamba this weekend with my family, celebrating my parent’s 50th Wedding Anniversary. I haven’t made them a card yet !! (Bad daughter, I know!!) but their anniversary isn’t actually until November, so I’ve got a bit of time up my sleeve!!

This week, we are casing the Holiday Catalogue punch projects.

It’s surprising how many new punches there are in the Holiday catty. There’s the Snowman builder punch, Pine tree punch, Moose punch, Gleaming Ornament punches, Apple builder punch and the Every Season punch pack!!

I don’t know about you, but sometimes I go crazy and start looking at my catalogue from the back! Wild, I know!! And I didn’t get very far as on the second last page (p62), there was a really cute card that I just had to case!!

I was feeling a bit lazy (and I didn’t want to get up and down from my desk as I broke my little toe the day before and my foot was a bit sore), so I used a piece of the gorgeous Wrapped in Plaid DSP as the background. I love how every piece of this dsp has gold on it. I’m a sucker for sparkle, in case you hadn’t noticed. I then punched a pine tree from the paper and gold embossed one of the tree stamps from the Perfectly Plaid stamp set. A stitched circle, some retired gold thread and voila!!

The sentiment is from the Greatest Part of Christmas stamp set (hostess set) and is cut from the Merry Christmas dies.

Now seeing as I was home from work due to my foot, I had time to play so I decided to have a go at re-creating the ornament from a couple of years ago using the punches instead of dies.

You will never guess which DSP I used? Can you? It’s the Monster Bash DSP!! Isn’t the reverse side of this piece elegant!! So I punched out 4 of each shape for each “petal” and made 5 of these. I kept one flat and scored the other 3 in half. I then tombow glued them together. Repeat for both of the Gleaming Ornament punches. I then punched out a couple of circles and hot glued each “petal” onto the circle. I added Seaside Spray Metallic ribbon between each petal, which I attached with hot glue. More hot glue to attach the smaller circle of petals to the bigger circle.

I then punched a 1″ circle from silver glimmer paper and stamped the sentiment from the Toile Christmas stamp set in Silvery Shimmer Ink and die cut it using the Christmas Cardinal dies.

I’m pretty happy with how it turned out!! Let me know what you think!

Next up is my talented friend, Siobhan.

I’d love to see your punch creations over on at our Facebook group.

Happy Stamping

Stampin’ Up! Product List

Wrapped In Plaid 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [149596] $25.00	Pine Tree Punch [149521] $31.00	Cherry Cobbler A4 Card Stock [121681] $15.25	Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder [109129] $10.50
Merry Christmas Dies [147912] $49.00	Monster Bash Designer Series Paper [150447] $20.00	Toile Christmas Bundle (En) [152367] $89.00	Silver Glimmer Paper [146960] $8.75
Silvery Shimmer Delicata Metallic Ink Pad [150709] $19.25	Seaside Spray 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Metallic Ribbon [150446] $12.25

15Sep2019

CTC246 – Feels like Frost

Posted in CTC Blog Hop, Greatest Part of Christmas, Stitched Nested Labels by Rebecca S

Welcome to another fun week at Casing the Catty!!

We are casing the Feels like Frost DSP (use the colours of the DSP as Inspiration and layouts from page 40) Balmy Blue, Blushing Bride, Highland Heather, Night of Navy, Pretty Peacock, Purple Posy, Rococo Rose, Seaside Spray, Smoky Slate, Whisper White.

Now I’m the one who comes up with our Challenges and when I created my projects for tonight, I just read the bit about casing a layout and missed the bit about using the colours of the DSP!! Oops!! So please forgive my use of different colours for this challenge!! Just do what I say, not what I do!!

So I was inspired by the layout on the bottom left.

I love the Let it Snow Specialty DSP however, I don’t have any of the matching stamps and punches etc. But the paper is just so nice on it’s own, so I kept my cards fairly simple.

My sentiments come from the host stamp set, Greatest Part of Christmas. I love this set as it has lots of nice sentiments. I used the Stitched Nested Labels which I love!!

I love the glitter on the paper but the photos don’t really do it justice.

Next up is the lovely Michelle.

We would love to see your creations showcasing this dsp over on at our Facebook group.

Happy Stamping!

Stampin’ Up! Product List

Let It Snow Specialty Designer Series Paper [150393] $25.00	Card Stock A4 Coastal Cabana [131302] $15.25	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad [147084] $13.00
Stitched Nested Labels Dies [149638] $61.00

8Sep2019

CTC245 – Let it Snow

Posted in Christmas Gleaming, CTC Blog Hop, Frosted Foliage, Rectangle Stitched framelits by Rebecca S

It’s been a crazy weekend in Queensland with lots of bush fires. I hope everyone has kept safe. There is one fire near where I live, but don’t worry, we are perfectly safe!!

This week at CTC, we are casing the Let it Snow suite, pages 18-23, of the 2019 Holiday Catalogue. Actually we could do with “Let it Rain”!!!

This is such a cute suite!! And there’s a snowman punch!!! I was inspired by the card at the top of page 18.

When I first looked at this card, I felt the centre shape would make a great shaker piece. I’ve been dying to use the Feels like Frost dsp so this was my base for the colours. I used a piece of silver glimmer paper behind the dsp like the original. I then created the shaker frame using window sheets, foam adhesive sheets, Ice Stampin’ Glitter and Snowflake Sequins. I then cut a frame from silver glimmer paper using the Stitched Rectangle dies.

I punched out a whisper white 2 1/4″ circle and stamped the snowflakes from Frosted Foliage stamp set in Balmy Blue. For the sentiment, I stamped the Merry Christmas from Christmas Gleaming in Silvery Shimmer ink and used the Stitched Rectangle die. I added a piece of the gorgeous Seaside Spray metallic ribbon behind the sentiment.

It’s a little bit sparkly but I love glitter!!! I really think it’s my favourite colour!!

Next up is the lovely Shannon.

I would love to see your creations casing this section over on at our Facebook group.

Happy Stamping

Stampin’ Up! Product List

Frosted Foliage Cling Stamp Set (En) [150520] $35.00	Christmas Gleaming Cling Stamp Set (En) [150464] $37.00	Stitched Rectangle Dies [148551] $61.00	Silver Glimmer Paper [146960] $8.75
Feels Like Frost Specialty 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [150444] $25.00	Balmy Blue A4 Cardstock [147007] $15.25	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad [147105] $13.00
Silvery Shimmer Delicata Metallic Ink Pad [150709] $19.25	Seaside Spray 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Metallic Ribbon [150446] $12.25