Darling Label Punch Box

This gorgeous metal box is something different from Stampin' Up!®. It contains two ink spots (Night of Navy & Grapefruit Grove) 6 photopolymer stamps, an acrylic block and the punch. It set me to thinking, "What else would you need to start your stamping journey?"  

I spent a pleasant hour putting together a set of six cards.

Mainly, I've used paper from the 2018-2020 InColor range, along with Flirty Flamingo, which WAS an InColor and is now a part of the Brights family. Grapefruit Grove, the included ink spot is one of the new In Colours, and the other, Night of Navy goes with everything.

 Notecards and envelopes are available in a pack of 20, for $11.25 in Whisper White (#131527) or Very Vanilla (#144236). I used 6 of the Whisper White for this project. I've punched balloons with our Balloon Builder Punch, and labels with Eastern Medallions, Stitched Labels and Stitched Shapes Thinlits

The only stamps used are the ones included in the kit, and of course you also get the punch to punch them out with.

You get all the items above when you purchase the Darling Label Punch Box (#146855) including a box to keep your supplies in, or as I may do, keep my Stampin' Blends in. When you purchase this Darling Label Punch Box through my Online Shop, Stampin' Up!® send me a notification, but you can also email me if you like (rpalmieri5@bigpond.com) because I will send you everything else you need to make these six cards, for FREE!!! Sorry, but you can only purchase from me if you have an Australian mailing address.

All the cards and papers are cut to size and the other pieces are diecut or punched for you. Included are 6 notecards and 6 envelopes, White card for stamping, 1 sheet of adhesive Dimensionals to raise the labels and 3 pieces of ribbon.

You need to provide glue (Tombow multi purpose Glue or snail adhesive) for attaching the card and paper, and scissors for cutting the ribbon.

When you place your order in my Online Shop, please add the Host Code for July to the order.

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SALE-A-Bration Step-It-Up CTC#165

 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 CASE-ing the SALE-A-Bration Catty again, you might notice that is happening every other week. The card I am CASE-ing has been done before but it's a great little sketch on page 7 of the SAB catty.

 It's the peacock card in Lemon-Lime Twist with the  medallion from Eastern Medallion Thinlet Dies and the full length strip running from top to bottom behind the medallion. Then because the reverse of the Petal Garden DSP is so pretty, I couldn't resist adding a strip of that across the card. It's okay to make these changes when you're CASE-ing as it makes your project more original.

Seeing the photo, I'm not so sure about the black die cut pieces, but they seem less obtrusive in real life.

The lovely sentiment is from a stamp set in the Annual Catalogue, Beautiful Bouquet. I bought this photo polymer set, purely for the sweet sentiments, but I do get a lot of use out of the flowers and dies also.

Next talented design team member to visit is Elizabeth Gross

Join us with your CASE of any project from the SAB catalogue, including the new leaflet if you've seen it.

Holidays CTC#135

Welcome back to another blog hop with the crew from CASE-ing The Catty. Do keep on hopping along, to see what else the crew are sharing. Our challenge this week is to CASE from the NEW Annual Stampin' Up!® catalogue, Holiday section, from page 112-125.

Because I haven't very many of the holiday sets yet, I've had to put a bit more thought in and ended up CASE-ing the following sketch for a couple of cards. I liked the 3 circles with an image on the middle one and decided to CASE this to make a couple of bereavement cards. I've been sending more of those the last couple of weeks than birthday cards, and it really pays to have a couple on hand.

I began with a base of Tranquil Tide and a second layer in Crumb Cake. I thought I'd ink around the edges for a more shabby chic effect. One circle was cut from the Wood Textures DSPS, another from a long-retired newsprint while the central circle was cut in Very Vanilla. It was stamped using Versamark and Birthday Blossoms flowers and leaves, then heat embossed in copper.

All the edges were inked and some Ombre ribbon was laid behind along with some copper cord. Looking at it now, I do wish I'd put a sentiment on the outside, as it seems to be missing something. This has already been posted, so I can't change anything now.

The inside has been decorated to match with a scalloped piece of newsprint, a straight strip of wood texture and the copper cord tied in a bow.

Next I changed the colours and stamped with Thoughts and Prayers, probably the second oldest stamp set in the Stampin' Up!® range. The reason it has been around for a while is because it is a lovely stamp set, as is Lovely As a Tree, the longest-lived stamp set. The sentiments are perfect for those more sombre occasions such as illness and bereavement, but saying that, I used one of the images for my son's wedding card. This image was inked with Stampin' Write Markers to get the flowers a different shade from the stems and leaves. This time I added washi tape, and some Glitter Enamel Dots.

Next stop along this week's blog hop is Rebecca Scurr

Keep on crafting,

Rachel