Painted With Love CTC#166

Welcome back to another week of CASE-ing The Catty. The crew is made up of Stampin' Up! demonstrators from all parts of Australia and New Zealand.You are at the blog of Rachel Palmieri, Independent Stampin' Up!® demonstrator. I run classes at my home studio in South Morang, Victoria, share Stampin' Up!® products and tools at parties for my customers, coach my lovely team and create cards and the occasional 3D project.

This week we are CASEing pages 18-21, featuring the Painted With Love Suite. I was happy to make another box using the Lots To Love Box Framelits Dies, & the Narrow Note cards also on page 18 of the catalogue. The Painted With Love DSP really does the heavy lifting on this project, and I've added hearts and die cut words from various other Stampin' Up® stamp & die sets. Sunshine Sayings and Sunshine Wishes Thinlets are available from the main catalogue, and some dies from Mini Treat Bag Thinlets were also used on the box.

I took inspiration from the small notecard at the bottom right of the promotion picture and made a set of 4 cards with matching envelopes to be gifted in a matching box. This extravagant paper does all the work on this project, paired up with some gold foil words and various hearts.

Celebrate, You and Amazing are available now as a SALE-A-Bration freebie, (Celebrate You, page 17 in the SAB Catty) and I'm able to let you in on the hot news, they'll be in the next Annual catty too, so you could earn them now and get a head start on your projects this year.

Next lovely crew member to check out is the marvelous Mel Pagano

You can share what you have CASEd from pages 18-21 of the Stampin' Up!® Occasions Catalogue on our Facebook page too, we love to see what inspires you.

Team Meetings

I really enjoy the team gatherings when we sit and chat without any pressure to "get it right." You can see with the cards from the 'Lots Of Happy' kit that we all used random colours for colouring and I even forgot to place my gold banner under the tag! We've decided that this is a great kit, with everything you need (maybe add some Tombow or snail) to make the set of cards up. The base set would give 4 participants 5 cards each to make, take home and send out. An enjoyable way to practise colouring. There are even 4 pencils included, so you can complete these cards in Old Olive and Lemon-Lime Twist for the leaves and Rich Razzleberry and Flirty Flamingo for the petals.

After we'd completed and admired those cards, I shared the challenge I had set for them. I felt like You're So Sweet hadn't been getting much inky love lately, so I printed off some pages from Pinterest and asked the ladies to CASE a card. I was actually surprised and very happy with the way they rose to the challenge with enthusiasm even!

Watch the video here

Leanne knew exactly who she was making her card for and used splatters from Timeless Textures as well as a sentiment from a retired stamp, and the Mini Treat Bag Thinlet dies which go with this stamp set.

Angela decided she'd use mainly washi tape and has made such a nice clean card, perfect to send a note to anyone.

Mine wasn't too far different with the same star and 'hello' die cut and 'my friend' another stamp from You're So Sweet and the new washi tape from the Myths and Magic suite in the Occasions catalogue.

Hopefully next time even more of the team will be able to gather for a fun few hours. Would you like an opportunity to buy your supplies at 20% discount, get an amazing starter kit worth $235. retail for $169? Even better for the next couple of months Stampin' Up! are allowing you to order two extra stamp sets to the value of $174 and not charge you a cent more than $169. Feel free to ask me more, because I'd love to share this opportunity with more people who love to craft.

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 If you'd rather remain a customer, you can purchase anytime from my online store. Don't forget that for every $90, you choose one free SALE-A-Bration item.

What I Love SAB CTC#64

This week at CASE-ing The Catty we are sharing another SALE-A-Bration pick, whether it be a stamp set, one of the papers or even Project Life - they're all available for you to pick when you make an order of $90. If you happen to be mad for everything in the Occasions catalogue, you can pick an item for every $90 you order ($180 = 2 items, $270 = 3 items, $360 = 4 etc). If you get as high as that, maybe you should have a chat to me about joining up as a demonstrator, Stampin' Up!® welcomes and supports all types of demonstrators from the hobby demo buying crafting supplies at a discount, through to those making it a full time business. During SALE-A-Bration you get to choose $60 extra, choose $295 of any products from the Annual Catalogue and/or the Occasions Catalogue and pay only $169. Of course, if you prefer to be a customer, you can purchase your supplies through my online shop, or by contacting me, you just need to have a delivery address in Australia.

This week I had fun with What I Love, a two-step or three-step stamp in photopolymer. I CASE-d the tag on the gift bag and came up with a little pack of four Thank You notecards. Really, it's so easy to ink up the leaf and stamp a few times with a couple of different greens onto a square of Whisper White, mounted onto a slightly larger square of Wild Wasabi.

These notecards are available in packs of 20 in Whisper White and Crumbcake with matching envelopes, and they only cost $10.50! So handy to have on hand for when you're short of time. You'll find them on page 149 in the Australian  annual catalogue, or click on the image in the supply list below.
To make the packet they're contained in, I cut a Gift Card Envelope from Crumb Cake and made a belly band from Botanical Gardens DSP, with some additional trims from Botanical Builder Framelits Dies and Mini Treat Bag Thinlets. There are also a couple of stamped banners from Choose Happiness.



My good friend and fellow crew member on CASE-ing The Catty celebrated her birthday recently. While this isn't CASE-ing The Catty,  What I Love helped me create this cheerful bunch of flowers to celebrate with Kathryn. I selectively inked up a greeting from Party With Cake. It's actually the bit about cake I left off - [chuckling]. No..... it's not that Kathryn and I don't like cake, we just live too far apart!! Kathryn is in South Australia and I'm in Victoria. Perhaps we should make a date for cake when we meet up in Sydney in April, hey Kathryn!


I wanted to fit a greeting into the oval, something that makes a statement and this sentiment seemed to fit that description. I've used Blackberry Bliss, stamped off once in some images, giving a lighter shade. The other two are Bermuda Bay and Melon Mambo.
 The smaller sentiment is from Sunburst Sayings which fits nicely on a 1¼" punched circle.

If you can't wait to get some of these goodies in your hands, and you'd like me to be your demonstrator, you can shop in my online store here. Australian buyers only. My phone number if you have any questions is 0417 500 681. If your order is less than $250, it would be great if you used the Hostess code 4G296SCD when you checkout.
Starting this year we are doing a monthly challenge. If you have been inspired by any of the projects in the catalogue or on the blog hop, feel free to share with the linky tool on this post. A winner will be chosen and announced on the first post of the following month.

The email address if you're in Australia and wanting catalogues sent is rpalmieri5@bigpond.com 

If you're someone who likes to go in the reverse direction, click on 'previous, button and it will take you to Tricia at The Speckled Sparrow

but if you're proceeding forward, you'll click on the NEXT button and move forward to lovely Liz at Lilly Loves Paper

   

                                                       

 Cheers, Rachel

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Dove of Peace FMS#203

There's been a bit of heat embossing going on at my place lately. It's not something I'm very comfortable with, but practice makes perfect, so that's what I'm working toward.

Dove of Peace was one of my must-have stamp sets from the Stampin' Up!® Holiday Catalogue. The patterns doodled on that lovely bird were irresistable, and it makes a simple, but lovely Christmas card. I have embossed with white embossing powder onto Sahara Sand, but can imagine it looking equally stunning on many other shades of card.

The simple sentiment, Peace, is actually from Peaceful Wreath, another of my new stamps. The Mini Treat Bag Thinlet has a cute little torn tape die that has cut the single word sentiment out. I should mention that this single wood mount stamp does actually have a verse from Luke 2:14 under the dove, but I have cut mine off, as I would prefer to put it on the inside of the card. I can still use it with a clear mount block, although I might just have a spare wood block.


I began with the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, but because I chose to place the image on a square of card, instead of fussy-cutting the dove, it has only a slight resemblance to the original. Hope you like my latest card, I'd love you to leave a comment.
Cheers
Rachel

Thank you to Jen B at Freshly Made Sketches for picking this card as a winner! Very much appreciated.

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Christmas Festival CASE-ing Christmas CTC#41

This week the CASE-ing The Catty Crew are CASE-ing the section of the catalogue titled Christmas, pages 67-72. You may be starting here with me, or perhaps you have come from Emma's Blog, Vintage Graffiti. I love what she made this week.
If you've started here, you can continue to blog hop your way right around for plenty of CASE-ing The Catty inspiration by clicking on the link at the end of my blog. If you happen to get lost along the way, you can get back on track at Case-ing The Catty.


On page 70 of the catalogue is a picture of a box decorated with green and red Festive Trees. I case-d the layout, changed the colours and turned it into my very first Christmas card for 2015. The fabulous part is the Tree Punch for quickly punching out the stamped images. Although tricky to photograph, up on my display shelf it glimmers and glitters, and looks gorgeous. Youngest son's girlfriend loves it, she always seems to like the things made with Glimmer paper!

It's hard to see the lovely textured embossing on the Night of Navy banner, (Elegant Dots) and the stars stamped on the background are very faint too. The banner framelit included in the Mini Treat Bag Thinlets, is a nice wide one and I joined two together under the circle. The irregular die for the greeting label is from that set too. Unfortunately, Endless Wishes has retired, so if you were to CASE my card, you might have to pick a different sentiment - easily done!

Next, just to show you how versatile this particular sketch is, here is a non-Christmas sample. The Textured Embossing Folder is  Elegant Dots again, so you can see how lovely it is. The banner, from the Mini Treat Bag has been cut twice in Mint Macaron and joined behind the circle. I used a favourite stamp set, Summer Silhouette and a sentiment from Cottage Greetings. I often have thin strips of card lying about, perfect to stamp a sentiment and hand cut the flag ends. I hope I've inspired you in some way, and now you're off to my friend Kathryn's blog, you'll love her gorgeous card.



If you're wanting to shop for supplies, my online shop is open 24/7, or the links below take you straight to those items in the shop. If you choose to use the Hostess Code 36JSEMF6, I will post you a small gift from my stash during September. Two lots of happy mail!
Cheers,
Rachel

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This Caught My Eye CTC#33

Welcome back to another week of blog-hopping with CASE-ing The Catty. We've been given the freedom this week to pick anything that caught our eye in the catalogue this week with an 'Anything Goes' blog hop. Perhaps you've arrived from The Paper and Stamp Addict, (don't you love Rebecca's work?) or maybe you are starting here with me. Whichever it is, just keep on travelling around until you arrive back at your starting point.
As I turn the pages of a new Stampin' Up!® catalogue, my eyes are now tuned in to look out for designs to CASE. I have done this for a few years, jotting down page numbers in a notebook, and referring back to them when I run out of inspiration. This year I began the list while I was still away on the Gold Coast, attending the 2015 South Pacific Stampin' Up® Convention.

The sketch that really jumped out at me is on Page 46 and uses  Pictogram Punches, which was already on my shelf from last year. I've used this stamp set a lot already, and look forward to another year of fun with it, now that it is definitely in the catalogue again. You might wonder about the pink dot beside the stamps name. When I get my new catalogue, it is time for stocktake in my craft room. I mark the catalogue in some way (this year, pink dots) to show stamps, dies, punches etc that I already own to avoid doubling up.

I decided to make my card for a new baby boy, and chose some paper from the retired paper stack, Winter Frost. I think it is in the now-retired Coastal Cabana but with Silver Fancy Foil Vellum over the top, it looks very close to Pool Party. I used a white doiley (or two!) some retired Pool Party satin ribbon, white Baker's Twine and White Jute Ribbon and layered them all. I fancy that it has a soft fluffy look, much like a baby's blanket.

After stamping "You're A Star" in Bermuda Bay and adding 'Welcome Baby'  from Petite Pairs, underneath in Pool Party it was time to grab some dies to cut. The Mini Treat Bag Thinlets have some great 'extras' included, such as this wide banner, a heart and a star, which co-ordinate with a new stamp set, You're So Sweet. Look out for it on page 57. There is no punch or die for the moon from Pictogram Punches, and I don't like fussy cutting a whole lot, but I resolved the problem with circle dies. I matched them in size as closely as I could, and went back and re-positioned as needed to get a nice smooth curve. I'm very happy with the result!

I love the vase and flowers included in this stamp set, you can see a Mother's Day card here.

Enjoy our Anything Goes Blog Hop, you're heading next to the lovely Julia Quinn, you'll love her work too.

Cheers
Rachel

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