SAB CTC #161

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.

With CASE-ing the SALE-A-Bration Catty, we aren't restricting it to any particular pages. However, I can see no good reason to start anywhere but the beginning and I've picked page 5, two out of three of the cards pictured at the bottom of the page.

This embossing folder, Garden Trellis is a favourite of mine, so I didn't hesitate to choose the same one, but I changed to Wisteria Wonder, even though I do love Pool Party. The Sweet Sugarplum tinsel is in the new Occasions Catalogue paired with gold. The red and silver were popular at Christmas, so I'm sure these two new colours will be too.

 There is a pack of 6 inch square glimmer paper on page 37 of the Occasions Catalogue in three colours, Lemon-Lime Twist, Bermuda Bay and I guess it might be Powder Pink. This is the softest, prettiest shade of pink and I cut some flowers from Eclectic Layers Thinlet and Rose Garden Thinlets. I thought they made a cute little bunch beside the sentiment and label from Rose Wonder.

To finish, I tucked a Christmas doiley, which I've coloured pink, just for fun.

For the second CASE, I chose the same colour as the catalogue, Sweet Sugarplum. I echoed the circle, using the Starburst Punch, because punches are so quick & easy, and so was stamping this little bird. It comes from a new stamp set, Petal Palette which has a lot of images and also a lot of sentiments. The narrow Textured Impressions Embossing Folders are from the Petal Passion Suite and come in a pair. The floral one in the catalogue is beautifully detailed, but I used the other vine-like one on vellum for something different.

A scrap of DSP cut with a label die from Petals & More Thinlets, and stamped with one of the sentiments in Petal Palette. That ornate little piece behind the 'thank you' label is another die in that set and I've used it a bit, because it is so pretty.

My youngest son bought me four of these sweet china Christmas ornaments and they also inspired my card.

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Rose Wonder CTC#129

We are Case-ing our favourite project from the Annual Catalogue, which is really difficult, like picking which of your children is your favourite. You may have just arrived here from Kelly Kent, but if you are starting here, don't forget that blogs are full circle and you can check out what all the design team selected by pressing the next button at the end.

Rose Wonder is a beautiful stamp set with some wonderful sentiments and I CASE-d a card using this on page 133 of the almost retired catalogue, to make my version.

Stampin' Up!® Catalogue Sample

I was searching for something fun for my ladies to make at our next stamp class. It is often hard to decide on something which will challenge them without overwhelming and so I've made a plain sample of white on white, and then my attempt at CASE-ing the other catalogue sample.Again, I glued white to the base, and then I had fun with re-inkers and an Aqua Painter. Also used the speckles from Touches of Texture. I know I will be using Touches of Texture, and probably that particular splatter stamp a lot now that Gorgeous Grunge is retiring. Bonus is, there are some lovely flowers included in the Touches Of Texture stamp set.

I decided not to stress too much when I couldn't cleanly remove all the pieces from the die as it hadn't cut right through, I just went with what I had. Really, the problem was not using the Precision Base Plate which is suggested for more intricate dies.

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We always love to see what you are crafting too, so what is your favourite project from the Annual Catalogue? You can link to our Facebook site here if you'd like to share.

Now head on over to see what the talented Rebecca Scurr has made.

Happy Crafting, 

Rachel

Spotlight On Roses CTS#176

Looking for something different to showcase the stamping side of the Rose Wonder stamps (because I think we may have already seen how wonderful the Rose Garden Thinlets are!!) it occured to me to try two-step stamping. I was planning to use it for a class, but found the ink on photopolymer is a bit hit-&-miss, if you don't use the correct technique every single time and that might be frustrating for class members. I decided to try just sketching a block with a Project Life pen and ruler, and water colouring the inside of the rectangle.
I didn't mind that the pen doesn't end neatly at the corners, but I will suggest that the girls might prefer to use a Framelit to guide them if that bothers them. I didn't think of it when I was playing!!!





The colours I used were Flirty Flamingo, Watermelon Wonder, Emerald Envy and Crushed Cucumber. Because I wanted a greeting to fit into a narrow banner, I took Birthday Blossoms and used the birthday sentiment from that stamp.
Sketch #176 by Sam Simpson at Case This Sketch actually started this inspiration, and helped me tick something off my 'to-do' list.




I'm actually still enjoying some rose blooms in my garden, even though we are in the first month of winter in Australia. We do have reasonably mild winters in my part of Melbourne. July is the month to prune here, and that will be another job for my 'to-do' list. I love being busy!

Have a lovely weekend,
Cheers, Rachel

Rose Wonder Birthday

I had a couple of cards to make for friends this weekend just past, and this one has been handed over today.
My last Stampin' Up!® order contained the Rose Wonder stamp and Rose Garden Thinlets bundle - even I like to save 15%!!!




I was very inspired by last Sunday's CASE-ing The Catty Bloghop too, when a lot of the design team used this combination, with lots of different effects.

I had some fun die cutting several different colours of the smaller rose, and then putting them together in different combinations. This particular version has a Rich Razzleberry outline, and some petals, along with Blackberry Bliss, Perfect Plum and Wisteria Wonder. It has a lovely rich, jewel tone. I've kept the leaf quite basic this time - I'm liking the clean, uncluttered look of this card.

The iside has a sentiment from Happy Happenings and a strip of Bohemian DSP across the bottom. This paper is only available until May 31st, not long till we see a new catalogue now, so it's time to order any ink, paper or ribbon of the retiring In colours before the rush is on.

The colours retiring this year are Blackberry Bliss, Mossy Meadow, Lost Lagoon (my favourite) , Hello Honey and Tangelo Twist.

If you need supplies and you have an Australian shipping address I'd love to be your demonstrator. You can shop in my online store anytime, and I can advise you on how to use your new products. I also hold classes at home if you're able to get to South Morang, Victoria.

Do let me know if you'd like information, catalogues or product advice.

Cheers, Rachel

Mother's Day PPA289

The colour challenge at Pals Paper Arts inspired me to make a Mother's Day card. Although my dear Mother is no longer with us, this is exactly the card I'd have made for her. She loved her garden, particularly her roses, and spent many hours in it.
She WAS the best mother, certainly the best one for me!

I had been playing with the Rose Garden Thinlet Dies making mosaics of  three-colour flowers, so it was refreshing to use just Blushing Bride. For some additional depth I've inked some petals using a sponge dauber - I'm loving this effect and will do it more I'm sure. For the leaf, I allowed the pieces to fall out, I'll use them in another version.These framelits are such a lot of fun, you really can do so many things with just them alone. I bought the photopolymer stamps, Rose Wonder. and framelits as a bundle, because even as a demonstrator I get the 15% discount for bundles. The sentiments cover birthdays, weddings and bereavement. I grabbed this whimsical Mother's Day sentiment from A Nice Cuppa. Isn't this a great colour combination?

Cheers, Rachel