Showing posts with label Fringe Scissors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fringe Scissors. Show all posts

Friday, 12 June 2015

Birthday Wishes CTC#34

The most celebrated annual event would have to be birthdays, which probably means that it's birthday cards we need most of - am I right?

This week at CASE -ing The Catty, we are focusing on the birthday section of the new Annual catalogue, pages 5-12. You may have arrived here from Kathryn's blog, or perhaps you are starting here. Kathryn and I used the same inspiration sketch, in different ways, don't you love that you can do that? If you keep on hopping from blog to blog, you'll have lots of ideas for your next batch of birthday cards!

Page 5, is where I found heaps of inspiration. I focused on two of the cards and made only minor changes. Mainly, I decided not to use lace, substituting patterned paper from Cherry On Top. I'm using these as class samples for my July class, so wanted to show a couple of different colour choices. This year's In Colors are a delight, so fresh, and Watermelon Wonder is a fave of mine. I really like the way they co-ordinate with the existing colours and just add pizzazz to the range.The Cherry On Top Designer Series Paper Stack co-ordinates perfectly with it, and the Bermuda Bay used on my other pair of cards.

Build A Birthday, a new photopolymer stamp set provided most of these images, and Sprinkles of Life and Cupcake Party helped out a little when I couldn't find a suitable image in Build A Birthday.

I experimented with the fringing too and the watermelon card has fringes of card, while the blue has the Cotton Paper. The ladies at class will have the opportunity to choose which they'd prefer, as the Cotton Paper comes in a pack of four colours.

One class is on Friday 17th July at 7pm or Thursday 23rd July at 7pm, in South Morang, Victoria. Everything is supplied, no obligation to make any purchases, email me, rpalmieri5@bigpond.com for more details or to book in.

Hostess code for online orders under $250 is B6VWKZMJ. If your order is more than $250 you will be invited to make your own Hostess selections at the end of your order (10% of order before shipping).

The blue card reminds me a lot of a pinata, so maybe I prefer that, but regardless, its easy to cut this fringing with the Fringe Scissors.

Next you're heading off to Monique's blog, she has a cheeky little card for you!
And if by chance you get lost anywhere along the blog, this link to CASE-ing The Catty will see you back on track.
Enjoy
Rachel



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Monday, 1 September 2014

Fringe Scissor Card Class

 I had not planned on buying the Fringe Scissors when they came out, I've already been through the 'fancy' scissors stage and decided I didn't need to go down that path again. However, my upline Sue Madex, had bought them, and let us have a play when we had a team meeting at her house.


After making these two cards (above), I was in love and the Fringe Scissors were on my next order! When these cards were displayed at my Catalogue Launch, there was a lot of interest. Late last week I had a class at my home which the girls really enjoyed. The ombre blue card was made by all attendees, and then for the other two cards, they expressed their own creativity.
I took a photo of my friend's card, to share with you all. She needed a funny card, for an aunt, and Giggle Greetings fills the bill there. Next she chose a DSP from the All Abloom Paper Stack and So Saffron for the fringed piece. A piece of Lost Lagoon Stitched Satin Ribbon and some Gold Bakers Twine finished this card off beautifully.



If you are interested in seeing some of the great products Stampin' Up!® offers in their catalogues, the Annual and Holiday are available now. If you need a Holiday Catalogue to browse through, send me an email (rpalmieri5@bigpond.com) leaving your name and postal address, and I'll post one to you ASAP. Australian residents only, please.

And if South Morang, Victoria isn't too far for you, maybe you'd like to come to the next class.

Have a great week!
Rachel


Saturday, 30 August 2014

Life's Adventurous Bicycle

Often when I see sketches with multiple layers, I'm reluctant to try them. When I do though, I'm often so pleased with the result it makes me wonder why I hesitate. This ended up being such fun to put together, love the colours in these patterned papers.
Stampin' Up!® make it so easy for us with all these lovely papers that coordinate without any thought and I chose a couple from the All Abloom DSP Stack for this. The colours are listed on the cover, so it is easy to pick out the ink, card  or ribbon to match everything up.




There is a guest designer at Freshly Made Sketches this week, thanks Kim for the challenging (and FUN!) sketch.
I used another stamp from the Hostess stamp set Life's Adventure, and  THAT blossom from Petite Petals. I really do need to use some of the other flowers from Petite Petals or they'll feel neglected, but you know how it is when you get a favourite?

I just happened to have a scrap of card from the Fringe Scissors class samples, and it fitted under the strip and matched the colour scheme, so it has been added in. You can even get a glimpse of how I finished off the inside of this card with a matching strip of DSP and some more Petite Petals flowers.



I hope you have something nice planned for the weekend,
Rachel