CTC#386 CASE A Sketch

The CASE-ing The Catty Crew are a group of Stampin' Up! demonstrators from Australia & New Zealand who take inspiration weekly from the catalogues. The catalogues are a fantastic resource and we love to inspire you to seek inspiration there too. Thank you for visiting the blog of Rachel Palmieri in Melbourne, Australia.

We're CASE-ing a sketch this week - what great inspiration!

My take on this sketch is a layer, somewhat smaller than the card base, a focal point to the lower right, with a sentiment over. It was easy to put together two variations to share with you this week.

The Fresh Cut Stem Dies arrived at my house on Thursday - I already had the stamp, so didn't take advantage of the 10% saving when buying as a bundle - but you can. The dies are only available in September, while stocks last. More information at the end of post.

For this card in Flirty Flamingo the pattern paper has been switched out for a texture embossed piece, and the smaller sprigs of flowers have been grounded on a white circle.

This card features the larger flowers, on a subtle stripe from Abigail Rose DSP. Blessings Of Home has this long sentiment with a die cut piece from the Fresh cut stems dies underneath.

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My lovely friend Sandra is our next crew member sharing this week

From 1 -30 September 2022, Stampin’ Up! are releasing six sets of dies to coordinate with six stamp sets in the 2022–2023 Annual Catalogue and the July–December 2022 Mini Catalogue. If you don't have the stamp set yet, there is a special code under the picture to buy the stamps & dies bundled at a 10% saving.

Fresh Cut Bundle #162519 $89

Stamps #159018 $39 Dies #160251 $60

 

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Three Scotch Terriers

Christmas Scottie is in the July-December mini catalogue, and as the name suggests, is intended for Christmas. With Christmas a long way off, I wanted to have a play around with this little trio.

Using Blushing Bride helped make this a birthday card, plus a birthday sentiment and balloon sealed the deal. This narrow sentiment fits quite comfortably under the die cut window. It’s from Blessing Of Home and I use it a lot. 

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Your orders are very much appreciated, no matter how small or big, every little bit helps me to meet my minimums, and keep on creating. Hopefully you are inspired by some of the projects I share, and want to make your own. My online shop is open anytime and delivery by tracked Australia Post takes 5-10 days. 

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I'm offering anyone who makes a $90 order a chance to win their pick of one of these following retired SALE-A-Bration stamp sets. For every multiple of $90, your name will be entered in the draw, so there is a very good chance you'll get to win something. The draw will be on September 1st, and I will post the prizes out unless I usually see you in person. 

Colour Creations - Week 8 - Bermuda Bay

The participants in Colour Creations are all Stampin' Up! demonstrators and members of Art With Heart. We love to Blog Hop sharing all the Stampin' Up! Colours. This is week eight of this round of Colour Creations Blog Hop, and this week is Bermuda Bay.

Again, Bermuda Bay is a favourite of mine, being blue-ish. For one of my stamp groups I had created a simpler card using this stamp and the DSP, so they were aware it was about to retire. You can make some lovely cards with one or two stamps and some lovely DSP.

This is my stepped-up version where I've used a number of the stamps, dies and layers. The dark layer is Evening Evergreen, which seems to go nicely with Bermuda Bay.

Bonus this week, a second card.

It was hard to resist making two cards this week, so I didn't!!! Blessings Of Home provided the lovely floral image and the sentiment, which was masked to remove 2 words which weren't needed.

The Split Card Textures dies are a stand alone pair of dies, they aren't bundled with a stamp set or anything, but they are too versatile to ignore. See them on page 174 of the Annual catalogue. This is the lacy version, the other is similar to straight lattice.

Let's hop across the border to visit with the amazing Andrea Sargent in South Australia

If at any time you find a broken link, please head to the blog of this week’s host of the AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop, Cathy Proctor, and she will have the list of all participants.

 

Spotlight On Blessings Of Home

Blessings Of Home is a stamp set that I love to colour, so I thought I would share the spotlighting technique, in case you don't love colouring as much as I do, but a small portion of an image is achievable.

 For the first example I have stamped the image onto a white card front, before die cutting from the centre with a Stitched Rectangle die. All the area inside the rectangle is coloured, and it has been raised on dimensionals before placing it back. A few die cut sprigs of foliage add a nice touch.

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If you watched my Facebook Live this morning you will know that Card 2 below did not turn out as well as I'd hoped. I still felt very dissatisfied with it after finishing filming, so I made some changes.

After removing the sentiment and the ribbon, there was a lot of glue to get rid of. I did draw a black line using the die as a guide, and I took another sentiment from my table and trimmed it. I prefer this softer look, do you?

Colouring card 3 with Stampin' Blends was a joy. The sentiment was very simply stamped direct to the card, and the only embellishment is a piece of white twine tied in a bow.

I wonder if you have a favourite out of card 1, 2 or 3? I recommend that you add Blessings of Home bundle to your craft room, with lovely flowers and useful sentiments, its a winner.

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Your orders are very much appreciated, no matter how small or big, every little bit helps me to meet my minimums, and keep on creating. Hopefully you are inspired by some of the projects I share, and want to make your own. My online shop is open anytime and delivery by tracked Australia Post takes 5-10 days.

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CTC#372 - CASE All Occasions Pages 12-45

The CASE-ing The Catty Crew are a group of Stampin' Up! demonstrators from Australia & New Zealand who take inspiration weekly from the catalogues. The catalogues are a fantastic resource and we love to inspire you to seek inspiration there too. Thank you for visitingthe blog of Rachel Palmieri in Melbourne, Australia.

All Occasions is a huge segment of the catalogue, so there is endless inspiration to pick from here. My choice was a simple daffodil card on page 20. I liked the 3 strips of paper behind, and for my not-so-confident stampers, a perfect card without colouring. They don't always seem to enjoy that!

The Polished Pink card was the one I began with. Hand Penned Petal's larger bloom was stamped in Smokey Slate before die cutting. One of the Stitched Rectangles was used to cut strips for both cards, using Abstract Beauty DSP.

'Thank You For Inspiring Me' comes from Blessings of Home. 

Once the Fine Sparkle Adhesive-backed Gems were added, the card seemed to come alive.

Not colouring the image had been difficult! After stamping the smaller blossom from Blessings Of Home, it was a pleasure to colour it with Stampin' Blends.

The sentiment and bee were additions from Honeybee Home.

We love having you join in our challenges. Ask to join our Facebook group, and then add a picture of your CASE, and let us know which card or project you've CASE-d. No blog required, no special qualifications.

And next you're heading to my lovely friend Julia in Queensland, to see her sweet songbirds, I believe.

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SHOP

Your orders are very much appreciated, no matter how small or big, every little bit helps me to meet my minimums, and keep on creating. Hopefully you are inspired by some of the projects I share, and want to make your own. My online shop is open anytime and delivery by tracked Australia Post takes 5-10 days.

JOIN

If you live in Australia, you can join my team, the FUNdamentals.  One of the great things about Stampin' Up!® is the support they give to their demonstrators, creating a lovely 'family' feel. There is no pressure to hold parties, classes or demonstrate unless this is a path you want to go down.Join my team for $169 (remember to have your order for $235.00 worth of products written down), and after that get a 20% discount on orders. 

Want to find out more? Message me to make a time to chat. MOB: 0417 500 681