Lighthearted Birthday -CTC 48 - Holiday DSP

Here it is Friday again and this week at CASE-ing the Catty we are inspired by the Holiday DSP - that's the patterned paper to put it simply. You may have arrived here from Julia's Blog, didn't she have a lovely project? However, if you have started with me, just keep on clicking on the links at the end of each blog, and you'll see them all that way.

My first order from the catalogue consisted mainly of the must-have stamp sets, no Design Series  Paper at this stage, but I do love the colours of the Into The Woods DSP.  So for this Holiday DSP challenge, I decided to be inspired by the colours used in that range, there's quite a lot to choose from, so it was easy to pick a few to try with the Lighthearted Leaves stamp set from the Holiday Catalogue,

Something about this stamp set (and Dove Of Peace) remind me of the seventies and the gorgeous, colourful fabrics clothing was made from and I know that I am going to enjoy lots of colouring in with these two. Gold heat embossing was the starting point today, and onto the Stampin' Up! White Vellum Cardstock, because it has lots of body. Once the embossing had set, it was easy to colour the gaps with Stampin' Write Markers® and then adhere with mini glue dots. I chose a sentiment from Cottage Greetings, the mixed fonts appeal to me.

Could you see that I used the thick Whisper White card and dry embossed it with Woodland Textured Impressions Embossing Folder? It is rather subtle when you don't ink it up, but on this card I was aiming for a 'clean' look. The embossing folder was in my initial order from the Stampin' Up!® Holiday Catalogue too, and I know I will use it in many different ways, it complements leaf and tree stamps so perfectly, and there are some amazing Christmas stamps about, also using the Woodland folder.

Already in my stash were the Leaflets Framelits, which I bought at 15% off as a bundle with Vintage Leaves when the Annual Catalogue was released. I'm yet to share a card using that stamp, but it is great for masculine, sympathy and cards for gardeners - so I had to have it too!

If you need more information, or just want to tell me you like my card, leave a comment at the end, and I'll get back to you. There's a complete list of all the 'ingredients' used at the end of the blog, with a link back to each item in my 'Open All Hours' online store or this link will take you to the storefront. Now it's time to pop on over to Elizabeth's blog, Lilly Loves Paper.(I love that blog name!)

Cheers
Rachel

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Watercolored Dove CQC#308

It was very relaxing colouring the Dove of Peace, which was already heat embossed in white and sitting on my table waiting for inspiration to strike. These colours at ColourQ were perfect for what I had in mind. I know everyone will enjoy creating with this colour range.

I wasn't involved with Stampin' Up!®  when Kiwi Kiss was one of their colours, but Lucky Limeade is very similar and I have both card and ink left over, because I liked that shade. I squeezed the ink pads so some ink was deposited into the lid, and using an Aquapainter, it was easy to fill in parts of the image in the two blues and a green.They've turned out very soft and subtle.

Peaceful Wreath is another of my favourites from the Stampin' Up!® Holiday Catalogue and I used two sentiments from the stamp set to finish my card. After cutting the dove and supporting layers with Square Framelits, it then demanded this card become a square one, with a green banner cut with the Banner Triple Punch.

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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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