Your Great Birthday CTC#38 -CASE-ing The Kids Section

Another Friday, another CASE-ing The Catty and this week we are CASE-ing the kids section, pages 39-48. You may have started here with me, in which case you have a delightful lot of hopping to do as you check out all the design team blogs, or if you came here from Stasia's  blog, you won't have quite as far to go.

I wanted to CASE the card on page 47, and fully intended to make a kids card, I need quite a few cards for children, especially boys. However, a sudden flash of inspiration came out of the blue!


 At convention we received the stamp set I Think You're Great and we made three different Make And Takes over the 3 days. One of them used the floral-like stamp which we inked, and then daubed with a darker shade in the centre. I decided to make a row of images using this technique and style it like the chosen design. Mint Macaron is the main colour, and Lost Lagoon was daubed into the centre. Those two shades really go nicely together, and a tiny accent of Hello Honey gives a bit of a 'lift'. I'm sure Watermelon Wonder would look great too. The sentiment is from the retired Itty Bitty Banners, cut with Bitty Banners Framelits (they're still in the catalogue). There was a scrap of  white Jute Ribbon on my table which I thought added interest, even though you can hardly notice it, along with some white Bakers Twine.


I've had more free time while school has taken a two week winter break, and I couldn't stop myself from creating another version of this card using Guy Greetings. I bought this stamp set mainly for the sentiments and the tool image. However, after a recent outing with a family member, it became very apparent that he has a 'thing' for hats. We had just exited Flinders Street Station, the main rail station for Melbourne. It is quite historic, and has some rather traditional shops beneath street level. One of these is a men's hatter and a comment was made about the nice hats but how expensive they are. I might have to sneak back to check it out sometime!

 This card is much plainer than either my first, or the catty version. I think I might have liked some Crushed Curry on there too.The strip of hats is mounted on Elegant Eggplant and the DSP is from that recent great paper stack, Adventure Bound. I don't use a lot of the Regals, but they really suited this card.
From The Herd was another of those stamp sets with very handy sentiments, in particular it's a really nice 'Happy Birthday' sentiment. The font is almost the same as Guy Greetings so they paired up here, beautifully! Even with the close-up I've taken, you can't see that I fussy cut three hats, sponged the edges and raised them on half Dimensionals. I'm using sponge daubers so much lately, might have to pop some more on the next order!

If you are thinking of ordering in my online shop, the Hostess Code for this month is 6J7FYB24.

It's time for you to pop over to check out  Tricia  on the blog hop. Are you looking forward to a creative weekend?

Rachel

 

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

Cupcake birthday CTS#36

My inspiration today was CAS(E) this sketch challenge 36, a much 'cleaner' look than is usual for me, but change is good, or so I'm told!!!!
It may look very plain, but I really went to town with my lovely new Stampin' Up! purchases beginning with a very sweet label stamp from Hostess stamp set Morning Meadow,  stamped in Smoky Slate. There are six super sweet stamps in that set, and I just had to have it after I saw some cards made by others.
Next I used the Happy Birthday from Sketched Birthday, stamped in Melon Mambo and cut with the Bitty Banners Framelits, because it fits so perfectly. Create a Cupcake is the next stamp set, it isn't new but its pretty cute with its matching punch and all the different patty tin cases you can put your cupcake into. I stamped the cupcake case next, again with Melon Mambo and punched it out with the Cupcake Builder Punch before stamping the icing in Pink Pirouette, and punching out. Those pieces were mounted onto a tag cut on the Big Shot using the Chalk Talk Framelits, so easy to use multiple pieces with the NEW Big Shot Magnetic Platform holding the framelits in place so beautifully. Lastly I added lots of tiny pearl sprinkles to the icing, and mounted natural card onto Melon Mambo, and that onto Smoky Slate.

Inside the greeting comes from Remembering Your Birthday, I'm not sure if you can read it but it says Today calls for something pink with sprinkles on top! Isn't that cute? Another patty tin case stamped directly on the card but the icing is a spare punched one decorated with multi-coloured sprinkles (Stampin' Write Markers).
I've had a fun day today with a friend over this morning so I made scones with jam and cream for morning tea, yum!
Hope your weekend was pleasant too....
Rachel

Freshly made Sketches #60 and CCMC226

It is well and truly time I participated in some challenges, and Freshly Made and Create with Connie and Mary are two of my favourites. It is worth your while to click on those links and take a look at all the wonderful inspiration there.

I needed a card for my darling husband's birthday tomorrow. Now, we have reached that lovely stage of life where we don't want much in the way of gifts, a happy family and pleasant companions are all you really need to travel through life comfortably, we have decided. So, his gift is quite a small one, a milk frother for his espresso coffee. (It probably has a much more technical name, LOL).

With that in mind, I turned to one of my favourite stamp sets from the Holiday catalogue, Scentsational Season and the Holiday Collection framelits to do a nice, neat cut. I textured the Cajun Craze card with the NEW Argyle Embossing Folder. The card has a folded piece of First Editions DSP for his morning paper tucked behind the Midnight Muse coffee mug. I used a doiley cut on the Big Shot from More Mustard card with the  NEW Delicate Doilies Sizzlet and added some banners to ground it cut from Comfort Cafè DSP.  Bitty Banners stamp set and Bitty Banners Framelits provided the "Happy Birthday" greeting.

You probably noticed already that I rotated the sketch for this card, no-one minds if you do that.

And just a little peek inside before I write in it, I inked up two of the stamps from a NEW set called From My Heart.  The big one says "The secret of life is enjoying the passing of time. James Taylor" and it is followed by another 'Happy Birthday" and there is some more of the First Editions DSP. I'm so glad Stampin' Up kept that for a second year, I seem to be using it a lot.

 

 now before I sign off just a reminder about the great offers that Stampin' Up has for all of us this month.

Stampin' Up! has  TWO fabulous promotions for the month of November, and going into December - I'm so excited about them!

Item	Description	Retail Value	Special Price
132260	Christmas Gift Pack (wood-mount) Includes Ornament Keepsakes Set (wood-mount), Candlelight Christmas Specialty Designer Series Paper, Festive Paper-Piercing Pack	$96.85	$82.90
132261	Christmas Gift Pack (clear-mount) Includes Ornament Keepsakes Set (clear-mount), Candlelight Christmas Specialty Designer Series Paper, Festive Paper-Piercing Pack	$84.85	$70.90
132262	Christmas Gift Pack (wood-mount bundle) Includes Ornament Keepsakes Bundle (wood-mount), Candlelight Christmas Specialty Designer Series Paper, and Festive Paper-Piercing Pack	$123.85	$109.90
132263	Christmas Gift Pack (clear-mount bundle) Includes Ornament Keepsakes Bundle (clear-mount), Candlelight Christmas Specialty Designer Series Paper, and Festive Paper-Piercing Pack	$113.85	$99.90

Firstly there's the FREE Paper Piercing Pack when you purchase the Keepsakes Ornament and Candlelight Christmas Bundle -if you haven't purchased the stamp set and framelits yet and you're dying to try making the ornament on the cover of the Holiday catalogue- doesn't this entice you just a little more? Either wood or clear mount stamps, patterned paper and paper piercing templates or stamps, dies, patterned paper and paper piercing. It certainly has encouraged me to invest some more money in my hobby.

WOULD YOU LIKE FREE INKPADS?

 

So while we think about that, for orders of $650 you can participate in the next offer from Stampin' Up. Now, I wouldn't suggest that one person would want to spend all that in one go, (although you're welcome to if you wish!) but you can show your catalogue around to friends and take orders to submit together or you can add your order to my group order. It needs to have been submitted by approximately 11.50pm on Friday, November 30th ( please don't leave it that late if you're thinking about participating!)

Be part of my group order.

 

For those people who like to place individual orders with me, you can still get some great freebies. I need 5 people to place a $130 order each and I will submit it as a virtual workshop order. Each person who submits an order will get:

•  2 free ink pads, I am starting with Brights.
•  $20 free product of your choice
• One person can buy any item from either catalogue at 50% off!

This a great opportunity to get some FREE products

I will be submitting my personal order on Tuesday 20/11/2012 if you want to join into that one.

What could be more INK-CREDIBLE than FREE Stampin' Up! Classic Ink pads - a whole family worth? Well, on top of our normal, very generous hostess benefits, Stampin' Up! are offering a whole colour family (that's TEN inkpads) to hostesses of qualifying parties, of $650.00 - Neutrals NOT included.click here for more details.

So if you are interested in any of these fab. promos, and you live anywhere in Australia, feel free to contact me on 0417 500 681 or email me to place your order. You can pay with credit card or direct deposit to my bank account, or cash if you see me in person. Orders can be delivered direct to your mailing address (takes approximately 10-14 days).
 Stampin Up charge 5% of order value for shipping, or minimum of $5.95.
Those of you who purchase from ebay know that $5.95 shipping for around $118.00 of product is a pretty good deal!!!

Happy stamping everyone,
Rachel