CTC 139 – Everyday Occasions Using Pick a Pattern!

categories: Birthday, Blog Hop, Cards, Challenges, CTC

It’s Sunday night – so that means it’s time for another fabulous CASEing the Catty Blog Hop! The crew hop every Sunday Night, sharing their inspiration taken from select pages / categories in the current catalogues.

CASEing (Copy and Share Everything) is a great way to gain inspiration and use as a springboard for your own creativity. So take the hop, be inspired and join our Facebook Page so you can inspire us with YOUR project!

This week we are focusing on the Everyday Occasions Section on pages 18 – 67.

Pick a Pattern Shaker Card

This week I decided to CASE one of my favourite cards in this section. I have been wanting to do it for a while – so this was the perfect opportunity.

See that Green shaker card in the top left corner – yep – that’s the one I had fun with this week!

I was initially going to replicate the card using those fun images from the Designer Series Paper (DSP). But then another sheet in the collection caught my eye. You see – I need to make a Welcome card for a new team member (one of my favourite things to create!) – and this DSP pack has a very ‘crafty’ sheet in it. Perfect for this new member, who loves to craft!

So here is my version of this shaker card:

It’s a good thing that I love fussy cutting!!!

The Pick a Pattern DSP means you can create lots of different cards simply by purchasing a pack of the DSP. It has lots of different elements you can cut and use for Cardmaking and scrapbooking for lots of different occasions – camping, dinosaurs, crafts, photography and more! That’s why it has become a favourite DSP of mine this year.

I hope you have enjoyed my take on this card this week. Now it’s time to hop on over to Megan’s page and see what she has created for you 🙂

Don’t forget – you only have one more day to take advantage of our Bonus Days Promotion and our fantastic Joining Special!

Happy Crafting!

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Pick A Pattern Designer Series Paper

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$19.25

Sahara Sand A4 Card Stock

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Flirty Flamingo A4 Cardstock

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Sparkle Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

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$13.00

Basic Black Solid Baker’s Twine

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$5.25

Black Mini Sequin Trim

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$10.50

Emerald Envy Classic Stampin’ Pad

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Window Sheets

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$8.75

26
Jul
2017

Colour INKspiration 14 – Spinner Cards with A Little Wild

categories: Baby cards, Blog Hop, Cards, Colour Inkspiration

It feels great to be back for another Colour INKspiration Challenge!

You may have arrived from Jacque’s blog and her stunning project, or be starting right here, but make sure you hop the entire way around and see all the gorgeous projects created for you!

When you have finished, get creating and then play along and upload it directly to our Facebook group right HERE!

We have a beautiful colour palette for you to play with this week!

The Colours are :

Smokey Slate; Rich Razzleberry; Soft Sky and Night of Navy.

Spinner Cards

I have an upcoming class on Spinner Cards next week, so I thought this colour palette would be fun to play with to create one of the cards we will make in class. So I used the A Little Wild Bundle as this set seems like it was almost created to make gorgeous spinner cards!

The Elephant was perfect for the use of the Smokey Slate – I even cut an extra head and layered it with the new mini dimensionals for bit more effect. To give the background a bit more visual appeal, I used the Layered Leaves 3D Dynamic Textured Embossing Folder.

I highly recommend using Fast Fuse or similar when adhering down the thread for the spinner, as you want to ensure it is stuck down firmly for lots of spinning action!

It just seemed fitting to turn it into a New Baby Card 🙂

Now it’s time to hop over to Bronwyn’s blog and see the amazing project she has created for you!

Happy Crafting!

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A Little Wild Clear-Mount Bundle

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A Little Wild Wood-Mount Bundle

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Layered Leaves Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

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Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

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$50.00

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

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$58.00

Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock

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$14.00

Card Stock A4 Soft Sky

[131292]

$14.00

Rich Razzleberry A4 Card Stock

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$14.00

Rich Razzlebberry Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126950]

$11.50

Silver 3/8″ Metallic-Edge Ribbon

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$12.25

Silver Metallic Thread

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$5.25

Fast Fuse Adhesive

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$13.00

Rhinestone Basic Jewels

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$8.75

23
Jul
2017

CTC 138 – Holidays for This Little Piggy

categories: Blog Hop, Cards, Challenges, CTC

Welcome to CASEing the Catty Challenge 138!

This week we are agin taking a look around the Holidays section of the Annual Catalogue on Pages 112 – 125.

And Nope – I’m still not ready for Christmas!!! Lol. But I did love an image on Page 112 that I used as a base to design my card – the card right on the top of that stand –

Here’s a closer look for you!

I loved all those layers – but I repeat – still not ready for Christmas, so my version used one of the cutest new stamps ever – This Little Piggy! Those piggies remind me so much of Charlotte’s Web. I knew they would be on my must have list as soon as I saw them! So here is my version for this card layout –

I used dimensionals between the layers to really make the hills stand apart. Because I used a dimensional between the first and second hill, and then again between the second and third hill, you will need to remember to stack two dimensionals on top of each other when attaching the card front to the card base.

Here’s a side on view so you can really see the layers at work! And what do you think of our Dynamic Textured Embossing Folders! I have used Ruffled on this card. They really do add that bit of extra dimension to your cards!

And a quick peak at the simple inside if you are wondering what ‘this little piggy’ has to say –

They are little kisses around the sentiment which are included in the stamp set!

Well I do hope you have enjoyed this fun take on a Christmas Card! Make sure you continue the hop and see all the other inspiration from the crew and then add your own creation to our Facebook Page HERE.

Now it’s time to hop on over to Krissy’s Page to see what she has created for you all!

Happy Crafting everyone!

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This Little Piggy Clear-Mount Stamp Set

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$35.00

This Little Piggy Clear-Mount Stamp Set

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Ruffled Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

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$17.00

Linen Thread

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$8.00

Classic Label Punch

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$31.00

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

[145372]

$50.00

Layering Squares Framelits Dies

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$58.00

Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack

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$17.50

Powder Pink A4 Cardstock

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$14.00

Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock

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$14.00

Soft Suede A4 Card Stock

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$14.00

Card Stock A4 Soft Sky

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$14.00

Garden Green A4 Card Stock

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$14.00

Old Olive A4 Card Stock

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$14.00

Card Stock A4 Pear Pizzazz

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Soft Suede Classic Stampin’ Pad

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Early Espresso Classic Stampin’ Pad

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Powder Pink Classic Stampin’ Pad

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16
Jul
2017

CTC 137 – Artistic Expression with Rose Wonder

categories: Birthday, Blog Hop, Cards, CTC, Flowers, Techniques

Hi everyone and welcome back to CTC 137.

You may have noticed that I missed last weeks hop. That’s because I was away on my very first cruise having an absolutely amazing time and a much needed break! But I am back and ready to go!

I also wanted to say a very big WELCOME and CONGRATS to our new crew members! I am looking forward to playing along with you and all the amazing upcoming guest designers!

This week we are taking our inspiration from the Artistic Expression Section of the Annual Catalogue on pages 132 – 181.

There are LOADS of images to spark creativity this week, so I do hope you play along and upload your creations to our Facebook page HERE!

I found it so difficult this week to choose just one project. This is one of my favourite sections of the catalogue, with a load of my favourite products to play with. So in the end, I chose to CASE an image on page 162, using the Rose Wonder Stamp Set, to play with a technique I haven’t used in a while.

This technique is called the Stained Glass Technique using Vellum.

You first stamp and heat emboss an image on the vellum, the turn it over and colour the image on the back of the vellum, creating a stained glass look. You can colour with markers or sponge the image for the look you desire. I chose to colour mine with our Stampin Write Markers using Calypso Coral, Watermelon Wonder (retired), Pear Pizzaz and Wild Wasabi.

I use the different shades of colour to create depth in the image coloured and then mounted the vellum on Whisper White Card to really highlight the colouring. I then HAD to add some of our new Calypso Coral Ombre Ribbon and some Gold 1/8″ Ribbon and mini sequin trim for some extra sparkle!

It’s a pretty cool technique, so I encourage you to give it a try. It works best on ‘open’ stamps that allow to to apply a fair amount of colour.

Now it’s time to head on over to the lovely Elizabeth and see what she has created for you all!

Happy Creating!

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Rose Wonder Photopolymer Stamp Set

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$47.00

Versamark Pad

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White Stampin’ Emboss Powder

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$8.75

White Vellum A4 Card Stock

[106584]

$11.50

Subtles Stampin’ Write Markers

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$51.00

Calypso Coral 1/4″ Ombre Ribbon

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$12.25

Gold 1/8″ Ribbon

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$8.75

Gold Metallic Thread

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$5.25

Gold Mini Sequin Trim

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$10.50

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

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Calypso Coral A4 Card Stock

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$14.00

02
Jul
2017

CTC 135 – Holidays – In This World

categories: Birthday, Blog Hop, Cards, Challenges, CTC

Hi everyone and welcome to CASEing the Catty 135, where every Sunday night the crew share ways in which they have Copied And Selectively Edited (CASE) images and projects from the Catalogue.

This week we are focusing on the Holidays Section and Pages 112 – 125.

Now I don’t know about you – But I am DEFINITELY not ready for Christmas just yet!!!! So even though most of the projects are Christmas themed, I just used the image on Page 121 as a springboard for a completely Non Christmassy Card, using our In This World Stamp Set.

This card really grabbed by attention because of all the lovely layers, and I know layering works really well with the In This World Stamps. However, the colours didn’t, so I changed them up!

I copied some of the layering elements from the original card then added some of my own extra elements.

It’s super hard to see on the photo, but that butterfly is actually heat embossed with Pool Party Ink and looks so much prettier in life, adding just the right amount of subtle colour!

You can heat emboss any colour you have really. Just ink up in Versamark first, the ink straight into your chosen colour pad, then sprinkle with clear embossing powder and heat set. Neat trick huh!

And those tiny black dots are actually our new mini sequins! Even though they are super small, you can still seperate them and add them to your card base with a little tombow adhesive.

Once you have taken the hop and feel all inspired, don’t forget to create your own work of art and join the challenge by uploading the pic directly to our Facebook Page!

Now it’s time to hop on over to the lovely Kelly Kent and see what gorgeous project she has created for you all!

Happy Creating

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