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CTC237 – Case a Layout

Posted in CTC Challenge, Magnolia Blooms, Story Label Punch, Timeless Label punch by

Welcome to a fun week at Caseing the Catty. This week, we are casing a layout from page 151.

So there are five projects on this page to choose from. I went with the card on the top right with the horse on it.

This is such a versatile layout. I’m on a Bird Ballad DSP roll at the moment and so I went with one piece on the left and then stamped the flowers and leaves on the right. I added a piece of linen ribbon and tied a bow with the Mossy Meadow linen thread which are both from the Magnolia Lane ribbon combo pack.

I stamped the sentiment in Pool Party and punched it out using the Story Label punch.

I was on a roll with this layout so I made another one with the Magnolia Lane DSP and the Magnolia Blooms stamp set from the Experience Creativity brochure. I used the Timeless Label punch for this one.

Next up is the lovely Judy. I can’t wait to see her stunning creation.

Come and share your creation with us over on at our Facebook group.

Happy Stamping

Stampin’ Up! Product List
Free As A Bird Cling Stamp Set
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$38.00
Magnolia Blooms Photopolymer Stamp Set
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$24.00
Bird Ballad Designer Series Paper
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$20.00
Old Olive A4 Card Stock
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$15.25
Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad
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$13.00
Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad
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$13.00
Magnolia Lane Ribbon Combo Pack
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$15.75
Story Label Punch
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$31.00
Magnolia Lane Designer Series Paper
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$20.00
Very Vanilla 3/8" (1 Cm) Scalloped Lace Trim
[149593]
$12.25
Timeless Label Punch
[149516]
$31.00
Petal Pink A4 Cardstock
[147009]
$15.25
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CTC236 – Love, Thanks and Support

Posted in Banner triple punch, CTC Challenge by

Welcome to another week of Caseing the Catty. It’s a wonderful rainy day today, just perfect for crafting!! Who am I kidding, any weather is good for crafting!!

This week, we are casing the Love, Thanks & Support section, pages 72-97 of the 2019-2020 Annual Catalogue.

There’s lots of choose from! I didn’t get too far in and went with a card on page 79.

This layout is very easy to duplicate. I decided to use the Bird Ballad DSP instead of a stamped image as the birds on the paper are just too cute. (And I didn’t want to do any fussy cutting either!). I layered the dsp with Pool Party cardstock. I cut a frame using the Layering Squares dies in Daffodil Delight cardstock. I used the Foam Adhesive Strips to lift up the frame.

I cut a strip of vellum cardstock and used the Triple Banner punch to create a banner. I stamped the sentiment in Bermuda Bay. The sentiment is from the Incredible Like You stamp set, which I discovered has retired after I had written my post!

I added a bow using the Scalloped Lace Trim which is just so pretty.

Next up is the lovely Tina. I can’t wait to see what she has created.

We would love to see your creation from this section. Just add it over on our Facebook page.

Happy Stamping

Stampin’ Up! Product List
Incredible Like You Photopolymer Stamp Set
Incredible Like You Photopolymer Stamp Set
[148708]
$28.00
Layering Squares Dies
[141708]
$58.00
Bird Ballad Designer Series Paper
[149592]
$20.00
Pool Party A4 Card Stock
[124391]
$15.25
Petal Pink A4 Cardstock
[147009]
$15.25
Daffodil Delight A4 Card Stock
[121680]
$15.25
Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad
[147096]
$13.00
Very Vanilla 3/8" (1 Cm) Scalloped Lace Trim
[149593]
$12.25
Banner Triple Punch
[138292]
$38.00

CTC159 – Case any project from the 2017 Holiday Catalogue

Posted in Banner triple punch, Christmas Quilt, CTC Challenge, Quilt Builder Framelits by

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Can you believe that this is our last hop and challenge for the year!!  A big thank you for hopping with us over the year.  We really appreciate your comments and for joining in with our challenges.

For our last challenge, we are casing any project from the 2017 Holiday Catalogue.

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There are so many lovely projects in this catalogue that it was hard to choose.  But one of my favourite sets has been the Christmas Quilt bundle.  I’m really sad that it is not carrying over.

I decided to case the Red peace card in the centre of the page 4.

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The Quilted Christmas DSP is so lovely, I’ve really struggled to cut it!  But I did manage a few cuts for these cards!!  I decided to make 2, one more of a direct case with a few changes, then the other with more.

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I hope you are inspired to do some “quilting” with this bundle!!  But don’t miss out as it will be gone soon!!!  Just click on the link to go to my online store, here.

Next up is my lovely friend, Rose.  I can’t wait to see what gorgeousness she has created this week.

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Make sure you share your creations from the 2017 Holiday Catalogue on our Facebook group.

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Merry Christmas and Happy Stamping!!

cropped-rebecca

 

 

 

 

Stampin’ Up! Product List

Christmas Quilt Photopolymer Bundle

$80.00
Quilted Christmas 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

$16.00
Cherry Cobbler A4 Card Stock

$14.00
Whisper White A4 Card Stock

$15.75
Stitched Felt Embellishments

$16.00
Mini Tinsel Trim Combo Pack

$16.00
Vintage Crochet Trim

$10.00
Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad

$11.50
Banner Triple Punch

$38.00

CTC158 – It’s my age page!

Posted in Christmas Happiness, CTC Challenge, Festive Phrases by

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I hope you are going well with your Christmas shopping.  I finished mine this week!  Woo hoo!! Well, I might get my husband a couple of other little things, but I’ve got all the main shopping done.

We are having a fun challenge this week at Caseing the Catty.  Our challenge is to case a project from the page that is your age (or the age you would like to be!).

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So I’m casing a project from page 43 of the 2017 Holiday catalogue.  I went with the card on the top left corner.

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I liked the idea of stamping on the background with a piece of vellum over the top.  I used the Christmas Happiness stamp set and stamped the branch in Wild Wasabi.  I then cut out a piece of vellum and embossed the sentiment from Festive Phrases in gold embossing powder.

I added a square of whisper white behind the sentiment so that you could see it clearly.  I then added a Green sprig and tied it with gold ribbon.  It’s a fairly simple card but I’m happy with how it came out!

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Next up is the amazing Peta!

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Make sure you join in and share your project on our Facebook group.

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We only have one more week of Casing the Catty to go for this year!  We will be having a short break but will be back early in January.

Happy Stamping!

cropped-rebecca

 

 

 

 

Stampin’ Up! Product List

Christmas Happiness Photopolymer Stamp Set

$37.00
Festive Phrases Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$30.00
Wild Wasabi A4 Card Stock

$14.00
White Vellum A4 Card Stock

$11.50
Whisper White A4 Card Stock

$15.75
Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder

$8.75
Wild Wasabi Classic Stampin' Pad

$11.50
Versamark Pad

$15.00
Gold 1/8" Ribbon

$8.75

CTC157 – Case a Colour Combo

Posted in CTC Challenge, Layering Square framelits, Merry Patterns, Quilt Builder Framelits, Swirly Snowflakes Thinlits by

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Can you believe that in only 3 weeks, we will be preparing for the best day of the year!!  Can’t wait!!  (Although I have so much to do between now and then!!)

This week, we are casing a colour combo from either the 2017-2018 Annual Catalogue or the 2017 Holiday Catalogue.

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I’m still needing Christmas cards, so I turned to the 2017 Holiday catalogue.  I decided to go with a non-traditional combination which I found on page 35.

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Isn’t silver and Pool Party amazing!

I don’t usually start with the end in mind (well, except for the fact that it will be a card! lol!) and today was no exception!  I decided to use the embossing paste and coloured it with a few drops of Pool Party ink.  I also added in a bit of dazzling diamonds glitter.   I then remembered that I got some Silver embossing paste in my pre-order of the 2018 Occasions catalogue, so I decided to give it a go as well.  As I’m needing a few more cards, I made two of each base.

The silver is a slightly different texture to the regular embossing paste and it took a bit longer to dry.

Whilst I was waiting for the bases to dry, I had a look through my Christmas framelits.  I decided to go with the retiring Quilt Builder framelits.  I haven’t actually used the framelit which embossing quilting lines so I decided to make that my feature.  And it looks amazing on silver foil!! The flower is also from the same set of framelits.

To create the banner at the bottom, I used the dotty thinlit from the Swirly Snowflakes thinlits and added a strip of white cardstock down the middle, which I stamped with the sentiment from the Merry Patterns stamp set.

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Here’s all the cards that I made.

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Next up is the talented Peta.

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Make sure you join in with us and add your entry to our Facebook group.  Just click on the image to go to the group.

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Happy Christmas Stamping

cropped-rebecca

 

 

 

 

Stampin’ Up! Product List

Merry Patterns Photopolymer Stamp Set

$0.00
Quilt Builder Framelits Dies

$52.00
Layering Squares Framelits Dies

$58.00
Swirly Snowflakes Thinlits Dies

$52.00
Pool Party A4 Card Stock

$14.00
Whisper White A4 Card Stock

$15.75
Silver Foil Sheets

$7.00
Pool Party Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

$6.50
Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad

$11.50
Embossing Paste

$11.50
Dazzling Diamonds Stampin' Glitter

$8.75

CTC154 – Case a Colouring Project

Posted in CTC Challenge, Good Vibes, Layered Leaves embossing folder, Stampin' Blends by

It’s been an exciting, but full-on weekend!!  I’ve been to the Onstage Local event in Melbourne with my fellow demonstrators!  Onstage is held every 6 months with an Onstage Live event for 3 days (which is in Utah this time), and local events held throughout the world on the same weekend.  Oh and it’s only for demonstrators, so if you want to come in April 2018, you’ll need to join up and become a demo!!

I also had the privilege of being asked to do a presentation of a bundle of products that are coming out for the 2018 Occasions and Sale-a-bration catalogues.  You’ll have to wait until Tuesday to check them out!!

So this week, we are casing a Colouring Project from either the 2017-2018 Annual Catalogue or the 2017 Holiday Catalogue.  I decided to go with the Annual Catalogue since it’s been a while that I had a look through it.

With the arrival of the Stampin’ Blends, I also purchased a few of the colouring stamp sets.  I decided this week to case the Hey You card, on the left on page 169 but I decided to use the other stamp in the set, the Good Vibes stamp.

I stamped firstly on Whisper White thick A4 cardstock, using Memento Black ink.  I started off by colouring the word, Good Vibes using the Bermuda Bay pens as that’s one of my favourite colours!  I then coloured the flowers in all the other colours!  I like bright, what can I say!!

I then embossing a piece of Bermuda Bay cardstock using the Layered Leaves embossing folder like the sample.  I added a piece of Pear Pizzaza shimmer ribbon and a bow.  I was actually surprised at how quickly this card came together.

Next up on the hop is the lovely Angela.

I’m off to bed now as I’m stuffed from such a big weekend!!

Happy Stamping


 

 

 

 

Stampin’ Up! Product List

Good Vibes Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$33.00

Stampin' Blends Markers Collection

$209.25

Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay

$14.00

Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock

$12.25

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

$10.00

Pear Pizzazz 3/8" Shimmer Ribbon

$12.25

Layered Leaves Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

$16.00

CTC153 – Case a Holiday Catalogue Tag

Posted in 3D item, Christmas Cards, CTC Challenge, Tags & Trimmings, Trim Your Stocking thinlits by

It’s been another lovely week in Queensland!  Summer is definitely coming quickly!

We are casing Tags from the 2017 Holiday Catalogue this week.

As I was flipping through the catalogue, I realised how many tags are actually in there!  So many!  I actually ended up not casing a tag but casing another project and turning it into a tag.  I cased the Stocking and pillow box on page 15.

I love the snowflake included in this set so I had to use that!  I created the base of the tags using the pillow box die and cut it by hand to the score lines.  I used the lovely Merry Music Specialty DSP as the base for the wreath tag.  I then stamped out the holly leaves from the Tags and Trimmings stamp set on Pear Pizzazz cardstock and Wild Wasabi cardstock.  I cut them out using the dies and laid them in a circle to see how they fit.  Once I was happy with the layout, I then attached them using a glue dot under the end of leaf.

I then inked up just a part of the Celebrate the season stamp with versamark and did some white embossing on the black cardstock.  I used the banner triple punch to cut the ends of the banner and used a dimensional to attach it.  To create the holly leaves, I cut the trimming die in Cherry Cobbler and just carefully cut the balls off.  I used the white chalk pen and then some Wink of Stella for a bit of bling.   A small piece of gold ribbon and voila, all done!

I used a second base of the pillow box die as before, and stamped it with the snowflake stamp in Crumb Cake.

I then stamped the sentiment onto a piece of Smoky Slate cardstock.  The “inside” words weren’t quite as solid as I would have like, so I used my black marker to go over the stamping.  I added a piece of Real Red ribbon to the top and bottom of the sentiment piece and used it to create the hanger as well.

I then cut out the snowflake from a piece of Dazzling Diamonds and the Pear Pizzazz button.

 

I hope you like my tags today.  Make sure you come and join in with the challenge at our facebook group.

Make sure you  hop on over to visit Peta.

Happy Stamping