Valentine's Day CTC#65

Welcome again to another round of CASE-ing The Catty. Each week the crew take inspiration from a section of a Stampin' Up!® catalogue. Currently we are all so excited by our Occasions catalogue, but this week is Valentine's and we might have CASE-d the Annual catalogue too. CASE is an acronym which stands for "Copy And Share Everything" and we hope by sharing what we have CASE-d, you'll be inspired too.

If you happen to take a look at Page 14, you will see that I have CASE-d a tag there, and placed it on a card. It's hard to see but the patterned paper is Love Blossoms Designer Series Paper Stack and those are rows of sweet little hearts, all in Blushing Bride and white. Balloon Builders is a very cute stamp set, that you might take a look at and say, "What will I use that for?" I decided I'd begin by trying out all the animals etc that were showing on page 14. Some were easier than others, and it is fascinating how a slight change in position alters the look.




I've used this tilted-paper design before with this birthday card but I don't have a magic formula, I just place it and cut off the excess. The 6 inch square sheets in the paper stack might make this process easier I think, and there was a matching piece left over to line the inside too.

I've kept the card quite simple with the flower and sentiment stamped onto a 'no-fuss' circle, mounted on another white circle one size bigger. The sentiment is one of four from Balloon Builders, and a bonus is that two of the stamps can also get punched out beautifully with the Balloon Bouquet Punch, so that's two stamp sets you can use the punch with. I tied a strand of white baker's twine around the top card, and made a bow to finish it.




Strictly speaking this Going Global card isn't really a CASE, but an adaptation of the sample made at November 2015 Onstage in Melbourne, using products from the Going Places suite. After using it at Onstage, the paper stack,
World Traveler Embossing Folder and Going Global stamp set were all on my first order. My husband and I aren't the most sentimental of people. We don't celebrate Valentine's Day, I'd rather flowers for no particular reason and not over-priced arrangements, thank you very much. However, this card is the type I might give him on Valentine's Day (or for no particular reason).
This is a great product suite for masculine cards, and travel-related memory-keeping. I've been loving the other examples for Valentine's Day (or no particular reason) that have been popping up on Pinterest.

Starting this year we are doing a monthly challenge. If you have been inspired by any of the projects in the catalogue or on the blog hop, feel free to share with the linky tool at CASE-ing The Catty. A winner will be chosen and announced on the first post of the following month.

If you are travelling in reverse around this blog-hop, click on the previous button and go back to see what Kathryn is sharing this week. Otherwise, click on next to proceed forward to Rebecca. 

   

Cheers, Rachel

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Blushing Botanicals Sneak Peek CTS# 152

Christmas cards are written and posted, and its about time to get on with some more birthday cards. Can you believe, three people in my circle celebrate a birthday on December 18th? I looked through the challenges and loved this sketch this week at Cas(e) This Sketch. I often take things literally when I see a sketch, but managed to see beyond a heart this time. The Botanical Gardens die punched a larger flower out of the Crumb Cake base, so the Blushing Bride flower could be inlaid. A sheet of paper from  Love Blossoms Designer Series Paper Stack was glued to the inside cover, giving a glimpse of pretty patterned pink paper under the raised petal. The reverse of the paper has Crumb Cake hearts, which show on the inside of the card. As always, these paper stacks are really good value with delightful prints.

Collage stamping is not a strong point of mine, so I thought I should get more practice, and yet it needed to be 'clean and simple', hopefully it conforms to that criteria. I had new goodies to play with, Grateful Bunch was a gift from Stampin' Up!® Onstage, and I received the Blushing Bride sequin trim in my order this week. The banner carrying the 'happy birthday' is from a new stamp and framelits combo, Number Of Years. It will be in the Occasions catalogue (January 3rd) but I need it for a daughter-in-laws special birthday on January 5th, so it came in this week's order too.

It seemed a good idea to continue on and finish the inside off completely, when I was making the card, so another piece of the patterned Blushing Bride paper finishes off the white card which is sitting on more of the lovely Blushing Bride.

Enjoy your weekend,
Cheers, Rachel

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