CTC#236 Love, Thanks & Support

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 love, thanks and support, an enormous section from pages 72 - 97.

There are so many great samples through these pages but my choice was prompted by a customer commision for some cards suitable for weddings/engagements. I turned to Page 77 for inspiration and was able to make two with Dandelion Wishes and another two with the Stitched Be Mine dies, such lovely heart dies.

I knew my customer didn't have particular people in mind, so I wasn't trying to match an invitation or anything, which is where CASE-ing the Catty is such a handy point of inspiration.

Using the ornate heart from the sample was a given, and I liked the slim banner for the sentiment, and couldn't resist putting my own spin on, by threading it through the heart. Another difference is the designer series paper instead of a washed background, it is so pretty that it seemed a good idea to use it, as it has retired.

This version has more of the layers under the heart, like the card I CASE-d from, and there are still a number of other variations I could make.

This sentiment is from Dandelion Wishes and is lovely for a wedding or engagement card, don't you think?

Michelle Strazds has another amazing project to share this week.

Join our challenge on Facebook, just let us know which card you've CASE-d and the page number. I look forward to seeing it.

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The Power of Two

So glad I've finished my other job for the week, its been horrible. Staff numbers are being reduced in December, and we are all feeling emotional. My job is safe - for now, thank goodness!

Lying awake in the early hours of the morning, I sometimes get inspiration and I just HAD to have another play with Zoo Babies (130453), Retro Sketches, Wild Things for The Paper Players and SUO Challenges too, for "a favourite sentiment".

I picked the Zebra and Toucan this time, stamped the World Map (130342) image before reinking my old Basic Black stamp pad, and the wildlife were stamped after the reinking. I used a Stampin Write in Basic Black so that I could selectively ink the sentiment (because I couldn't fit the whole thing in a banner and it seemed to take too much room in full too.

I've chosen another bright shade, Tangerine Tango and Epic Day DSP (130814) is the layer behind the World Map. The frame is Textured Impressions Designer Frames (123130), this one is the rectangle with the centre torn out; there is an oval shape in that set too.

I still have some of my free Sale-a-bration buttons left, so I popped a Pool Party one on, tied with matching Bakers Twine.

I think this card would make a quirky engagement/wedding/anniversary card, for the right couple!!
Does anyone agree?


Happy crafting everyone
Rachel

Wedding card for FMS 382 and Dynamic Duos #49

I haven't used Basic Black and Basic Gray a great deal, but the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches combined with those challenge colors at  Dynamic Duos made me think - weddings.

My wedding cards are always very conservative (I think), not saying that it is a bad thing, a marriage is, after all, a very serious commitment, don't you think?


I didn't take up the dessert option of masculine in this case, but my card isn't particularly frilly and feminine either!
The first part of the greeting  was stamped onto Shimmery White card using one of a pair of stamps from the One In A Million stamp set.  I used two of the labels framelits to cut out that greeting for the top of the card. The other half of this pair, stamped on the inside reads,"Wishing You a Lifetime of Happiness". Some Basic Gray DSP from Twitterpated, which will most likely retire at the end of this catalogue, on June 30th is the main feature of the front of this card, trimmed with some Two-tone ribbon from the current mini catalogue, also finishing up on June 30th.

I stamped the flower from Creative Elements several times so I could fussy cut and layer them to place beside the label.

 Thanks for checking out my blog, please leave a comment if you wish and happy stamping!
Rachel