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

 

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Way To Go!

I was sad to see Boutique Borders retire - I really like the 3 stamps in this set. Anyway, for a bit of fun, I've mixed a retiring stamp, a carryover stamp and a brand new stamp on this card. 

Flower Patch is the stamp set that has carried over, and I'm loving it more this year than when it first came out.That might be because I've finally mastered stamping with photopolymer stamps, so it's much more enjoyable. It's a blessing to have the Flower Fair Framelits to cut out all the different pieces. 

The new stamp is I Think You're Great, which I received at Convention this year. I've hung onto the retired Word Bubbles Framelits for cutting out different sentiments and they seem to fit this banner greeting too. I wonder if you can see that I used the 'kissing' technique on the 'way to go'? I think it echoes the pattern of the Boutique Borders with the scallops.

Looking through the Color Throwdown design team cards, I noticed that 3 of them really picked up on the pattern in the bedcover, funny!

Cheers, 

Rachel

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South Pacific Stampin' Up!® Convention 2015 - Day One

Thursday was the first day of Convention for me, but Managers had already had an extra day prior. The welcome this year was by Sara Douglas, who is acting as CEO of the company while her mother, Shelli serves a mission. I was thrilled to speak with Sara during the Convention, she is just as gracious as Shelli.

There was a bit of business to hear about first but we didn't have to wait very long before Bonnie Farley arrived on stage and began to introduce the catalogue to us. They're smart enough not to hand them out to us at this stage, it is just as we head out for lunch we held it in our hands. It's a really good way to introduce the catalogue, with a walk through some select pages, looking at completed projects and cards. It makes you want to go off and stamp!

 Before we could stamp though, Carrie Cudney talked us through the new In Colors. They work really well with the existing colour range, adding a lot of life. In the picture, they have sample circles of the existing colours, mixed with the newest In Colors. We were surprised at the two greens, but they're quite different from one another. There is a new Butterfly Framelit, while the one from Occasions Catalogue - Butterfly Basics and matching die, appear in the annual catty, I'm glad about that!

Our first Make and Take was made with a new stamp set, I Think You're Great. We used notecards and envelopes, and it was a quick and easy card to make. I think that this will be a lovely card to make when I have my catalogue launch in June.

After lunch, we had opportunities to play with new products, view the samples we'd seen on the big screen up close and listen to presentations by other demonstrators. My team leader, Sue Madex, was giving an 'In A Nutshell' talk on holding a catalogue launch. I thought she was very brave being onstage in a large theatre like this, but she definitely is an expert on the topic, with a ton of helpful ideas to share. There were others who presented 'In A Nutshell' talks on holding a class, a workshop etc.

On Thursday night, our greater team (Art With Heart - under Claire Daly) went out for dinner at a restaurant called Hanks. There were actually three tables of us, a really good turnout, and the menu was a shared one with dishes being brought out all the time, One of the big pluses of joining Stampin' Up! are all the new friends you make, who share a common interest.

If you think this is something that might interest you, and you live in Australia, you can either join up by clicking on the "join my team" link down the right side of my blog, or you can email (rpalmieri5@bigpond.com) or phone me (0417 500 681) for some more information. Now is a really good time to join, with a new catalogue in pre-order now, and available to the  public from June 2nd. You don't have to do parties or demonstrate unless you'd like to make it your career, every level of participation is welcome at Stampin' Up!

Cheers,
Rachel