Showing posts with label Wonderful Wreath Framelit Dies. Show all posts
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Sunday, 5 February 2017

Sending Love CTC#114


Hello and welcome to CASE-ing The Catty. This week the assignment is to CASE from pages 14-19 of the Occasions Catalogue. CASE can mean copy and share everything or copy and selectively edit. Our design team at CASE-ing The Catty use the Stampin' Up!® catalogues to ignite our own creativity. You may have come from Rebecca's Blog, wasn't her project awesome? If you missed it, never fear, blogs go full circle and you'll get back there.

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The card on page 16 with the rocking horse appealed to me and I decided to CASE it using Circle Of Spring. This is a stamp set found in your Annual Catalogue, page 94. I think this wreath is particularly pretty, and very easy to colour, which ever method you choose. I've used the new Watercolor Pencils; - Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight and Old Olive. It's actually coloured quickly and easily. The points I most liked and imitated from the design were doilies peeking out from behind the label, the strips of Old Olive and the de-bosssed Seaside TIEF. De-bossed is when the designs 'wrong' side is used, it's actually smoother.




Two labels the same size were cut with Lots Of Labels Framelits, and the white one trimmed a little to show Old Olive borders each side. Wonderful Wreath Framelit Dies are also really useful for cutting the wreath out, although you can use it without cutting it out also. My Big Shot Die Cut machine is my biggest and most expensive craft expense so far, but it pays for itself over and over. I love the fact that Stampin' Up! carries such a big range of dies and embossing folders to use with this machine, and everything co-ordinates with stamps. The Wonderful Wreath Framelit Dies also co-ordinate with another stamp set, Wondrous Wreath on page 32.


Although I've stamped a sentiment from a new stamp set, Suite Sentiments, in the Occasions Catalogue, Circle Of Spring actually includes six sweet sentiments already. From Happy Birthday all the way through to Easter and Mother's day, there is something for everyone. Those sentiments can all be fitted inside the centre section if you choose. I've stamped onto an Oval Stitched Framelit and lay it over part of the wreath.




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Now it's time to see the lovely card for Easter that the lovely Julia has to share this week.


Happy Crafting
Rachel

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Thursday, 18 December 2014

Wondrous Wreath - Again!

I needed some more Christmas cards this week and decided not to stick with my original card, mainly because I have so many lovely stamp sets, they should all get a showing!

Wondrous Wreath has been used before, but it deserved to be inked up again. I've kept it simple, in that I haven't cut it out with the Wonderful Wreath Framelits, but the bow has been stamped and die cut. The Bermuda Bay is a gorgeous accent colour!

The colour inspiration came totally from this challenge at Sunday Stamps.  The strip of Santa & Co DSP (on special in the End Of Year Closeout) seemed to suit  the colour palette, perfectly.

Its easy enough to stamp off the edge of the card front, especially as each stamp has a tab which I used to line up the layers. It doesn't seem to matter too much if you're slightly 'off' with this stamp either. With photopolymer stamps it is super-easy to make sure the sentiment is straight.




Now, I'm still not 100% sure that this is the last of my Christmas cards, I need to have a solid session of card writing tonight before I know for sure! Hope your preparations are going well.

Cheers

Rachel


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Thursday, 27 November 2014

Colourful Christmas Card CTS101

I've had a request from my lovely neighbour to make a bunch of Christmas cards and she selected some lovely, non-traditional colours for her cards! Crushed Curry was chosen for a couple of the designs. I wasn't too sure how they would look, but it rather suits our Australian summertime Christmas.
The sketch at CAS(E) This Sketch suits any of the wreaths (stamps, dies etc) which are around at the moment and I turned to Wondrous Wreath, as Sonya had requested that stamp set for a couple of her cards. The other has been made in the rather more traditional Pear Pizzazz and Real Red!
I tried a few different colour combinations in the wreath before reverting to two shades of green, another stamping in gold ink and red berries. the words from Wonderful Wreath Framelits seem a little stronger when cut in one of the Glitter papers and I added a red banner for 'Joy' to rest on.
I have a busy day ahead so this will be one of my briefer posts!
Cheers
Rachel


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Sunday, 2 November 2014

Stampin' Up! Christmas Cards

I had another Christmas Card class today and although it is November 1st, it was actually my last class for October!!!
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The ladies had lots of fun using Stampin' Up! Wondrous Wreath and the matching Framelits which are available in the Holiday catalogue until January 5th 2015.
We ended up with an even mix of Pear Pizzaz and Lost Lagoon cards, and every one of them looked wonderful! The bows did look extra-special cut from gold or silver Glimmer Paper.



The other card used Foil Sheets in gold or silver, one of the Star Framelits and the Confetti Stars Punch. The 'Noel' is part of the Framelits from Wondrous Wreath, and 'Joy' is another word included with the set. You can check out below the contents of the stamp set and the Framelits, (and if you click on the picture it will take you through to my online shop). On the side bar to your right, you will find the Holiday Catalogue, Wondrous Wreath is on page 9.

If you would like to take part in a class, there is usually one or two places left, and my ladies are very friendly.

On another note, November is my birthday and I'd love to send you a gift. So....any orders over $50 (before shipping costs) during November will qualify for a gift from me. I can't tell you what it is yet, and it will ship separately to your main order. You need to use this code   MYJAE96T  in the box "Hostess Code" BEFORE you enter your payment details.

Cheers,
Rachel


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Monday, 25 August 2014

Celebrate Spring

In my last post I made a passing reference to spring's arrival , but to continue this tale, my husband and I drove out of the city last weekend. We have a holiday cottage about 2 hours drive out of town. Friday night  it was too dark to see anything, but Sunday afternoon coming home was lovely. The fields are so green and lush, and the first of the lambs are with their mothers. They look so tiny, white and cuddly. One Mamma even had the cutest little twins, such a sweet scene. We had enjoyed some sunshine and fresh air while we were away, and then a lovely fire to keep us warm at night. Everything seems so much better with some sunshine, don't you think? Hey, I hope you realise I live downunder, in Australia, and our seasons are totally opposite to the Northern Hemisphere!

I've picked a huge bunch of white (Erlicheer) daffodils and brought them home to enjoy too, they were growing everywhere, even spilling onto the lawn. At least they can remind me that Spring is on its way even though the rain has returned.
On the subject of Spring, do these colours at Colour Q challenge make you think 'spring flowers'? They do me, so I pulled out my brand-spankin'-new Wondrous Wreath, thinking a floral wreath would be perfect. There are some gorgeous cards to see at Colour Q, be sure to take a look.

The Hardwood panel was cut into four pieces, but it hardly shows unfortunately. The wreath is stamped in two parts, and since this stamp is photopolymer, its quite straightforward to line the images up. There is a third stamp with clusters of berries too. Then there are the matching Wonderful Wreath Framelit Dies to cut it all out, and even better, if you decide to buy them at the same time, you'll get a 15% discount on the bundle.


The cute bow comes with this set too, in both stamp and die and I stamped in Wisteria Wonder and die cut, and another die cut from Rich Razzleberry as a shadow. The flowers were easy too. There are flowers in Pictogram Punches and also in Something To Say, which can be punched out with the flower punch in Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack. I wish I could lay my hands on a stamp which says 'Spring' to add to 'Celebrate'. Surely I have one among my huge stash of stamps. I'm very glad that Stampin' Up decided this year to list stamp sets with words in an extra section of the index, it makes it so much easier when you're looking for a particular sentiment. Celebrate comes from Sketched Birthday, with Bitty Banners Framelit Dies to cut it out cleanly.
I thought the sketch at CASE This Sketch was pretty neat, so I used it for a second time. The gallery there is filling up with inspiring cards too.
Hope you have a great week, and get to do some stamping. I'm looking forward to a fun few days at work and then a class at home this Thursday evening,
Rachel

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