Sale-A-Bration CTC#167

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.

The shaker card in blue and yellow in the SAB catalogue inspired me to give this a try. The colours were changed to Flirty Flamingo and Lemon-Lime Twist with a wash of colours applied to watercolour paper.

The same die, Celebrate and stamp from Picture Perfect Birthday were used. Happiest of Days from the Annual catalogue provided the flower, which was coloured with Stampin' Markers.

As always, I struggled to fill the space with sequins and beads, which is why I hardly ever make a shaker card. The adhesive sequins on the front are so easy to attach though - bonus !

The inside has been finished with just a little more stamping and colouring.

It's time to hop over to see what the talented Rose Packer has presented this week.

Now, we want you to CASE the SAB catty and share here on our Facebook page. Don't forget to share which project you've CASE-d.

Don't forget that SALE-A-Bration only runs until March 31st, just over 4 weeks to go. If you have been thinking of putting in an order and collecting some free stuff, don't leave it too late. If you are anywhere in Australia, I'd be happy to be your demonstrator. You can ring/text me (0417500681), or order online 24/7 by clicking on the Host code icon. By using the Host Code you are participating in my monthly 'Virtual Party' and I will share the rewards with you according to the amount spent.

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Favourite Big Shot Project CTC #150

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. This week we are featuring our favourite Big Shot projects from the Holiday catalogue.


There are just so many to choose from and I can't wait to do the blog hop and see what the rest of the crew like. I know there are a lot of people out there who aren't as keen on Santa for their Christmas cards, but I have decided that this is suitable for my non-Christian-gift-giving friends. Even they take an opportunity at the end of the year to say thank you, and kids like gifts no matter what the family philosophy is. So, my choice to share for this log are two fairly simple cards featuring Santa's Suit!

There aren't too many versions on Pinterest of Santa face-on, using Santa's Suit. I've come to the conclusion that there might be two reasons for this. The first probably is that it involves many more staeps to add the face, beard etc. The second reason might be that it seems to change the shape of Santa, into a somewhat taller and thinner version.

 The card still 'needed' something so I stamped presents from Happiest of Days and scattered some Metallic Enamel Shapes about - they're very suited to Christmas!

It was such fun to make this card! A few days ago I had a session stamping and diecutting these shapes so there actually is a handy little container of the pieces for me to choose from. The set has the outline of the garments, and then separate stamps to put the colour on, and what's more, they were super easy to line up. I found that 2 stampings of red gave a more intense colour, which I prefer. I used some texture paste on his hair but it is tricky to see. The clothes line was stamped across the white circle & card base, before the red stitched circle was added. Washie tape held it in place as I stamped, and the red circle hides any bump in the line.

Stampin' Up!® are hoping/planning to add alcohol markers called Stampin' Blends to the range before the end of the year, and demonstrators are trialling them, and providing feedback at the moment. Old olive in light and dark coloured Santa's underwear, and I'm thinking of making some more of this card with underwear in different colours! We have Rich Razzleberry, Bermuda Bay, Daffodil Delight to name a few - won't that be gorgeous?

I'd love to know what you think of these cards, leave a comment if you have time. Now let's hop on over to see my friend Monique's favourite Big Shot project.

The CASE-ing The Catty Crew love to see your interpretations too. You don't need to have a blog, or be a demonstrator, just a Facebook presence, but if you do have a blog, you can share a link back to it. One photo of your project to be posted at the Facebook link below in the picture.

 When you add the Host code to your online order, you help me to maintain my business. You will always receive a gift from me the following month, but at the end of October there will be a special draw from all September/October online orders (minimum $50 before shipping) to win a special Christmas stamp set.

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Seventy Birthday Wishes CTC #137

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, Artistic Expressions pages 132 - 181. I have a lot of stamps from this section, but so far not this one right at the start of the pages. You may have arrived here from Kelly Kent, do make sure you hop around to see what all the crew are sharing from the Stampin' Up!® Annual Catalogue.

I've CASEd the bottom left card, the one with the Stampin' Up! insignia partly covering it. I've taken artistic liscence with it, as we are inclined to do, but some basic design similarities are echoed. The new Ruffled 3D Dynamic TIEF was my choice for the back ground. The birthday sentiment, from Happiest Of Days was stamped toward the bottom of the white card, which was trimmed to size. I wanted maximum exposure of the gorgeous textured background. The sample also had a smaller panel to show off more background.

Since the sentiment says 'birthday wishes' I could see no reason not to simply place the copper foil '70' above it, and there you have '70 birthday wishes'. If you own a Big Shot, an essential purchase is the Large Number Framelits. The leafy swirl and small flower are all part of the sentiment, and I coloured them lightly with an aqua painter and some ink in the lid of my ink pads. The tiny leaves were coloured with a quick stroke of the Stampin' Writer - so easy! The larger flower stamp is a single stamp, which seemed to balance the composition. Instead of the folded ribbon behind the art piece, a copper foil piece from the Swirly Scribbles Thinlets was cut, again on the Big Shot.

Inside has been finished with a layer of Blackberry Bliss (retired) card, a layer .5cm smaller of Petal Garden DSPS, one of the packs with 48 6" X 6" squares of pattern paper. Then another smaller square of Whisper White with another sentiment from Happiest Of Days.

Another quick look at the inside to see how the Rich Razzleberry flowers tie in with the base of the card. I love the 'pop' of Pool Party, to give it a lift. This card will be needed next weekend, but I'm pretty certain that it is safe to share it here.

Now it's time to hop off to Megan Lenske

Happy crafting, Rachel