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04
Aug
2019

CTC 240 – Everyday Occasions For the Win

Welcome to CTC 240 – where this week we are CASEing the Everyday Occasions Section of the Annual Catalogue on pages 12-71.

It’s been a long while since I have played along on any challenges, but this week my ‘baby’ turned thirteen, so I had great reason to get creating and play along!

I was so excited to see the For the Win stamp set in the Annual Catalogue this year. I have been waiting for a new sporting stamp set to come out! My son plays basketball and is a fan of the Milwaukee Bucks, so I had to CASE the card on page 59 for this weeks challenge.

I really liked the layout and background stamping, so I kept the basic elements and just changed up the colours to suit the Milwaukee Bucks, and of course, just used the basketball for this card. The stamparatus really helped me to complete the background stamping by using the hinges to evenly space the background sentiment – it just makes it so simple! So here’s my version of this card…

I used a gel pen to imitate stitching lines, and black embossing powder on the basketballs rather than just ink – it just gives it a bit more definition. I also pulled out the Well Said Stamp Set and coordinating Well Written Dies for the words, but used the old faithful retired Little Numbers for the 13!

I hope you like my take on the card this week. I really found CASEing so helpful given my mojo has been MIA for such a long time. I find that once I start creating using the catalogue images as a jumping board, the creativity just starts to flow! Why not give it a go if you’re feeling a bit stuck, and show of your design on the challenge group on Facebook by clicking the image below:

Don’t forget to continue the hop around and see what the rest of the crew have created for you all. There are a lot of pages in the Everyday Occasions section, so there’s a lot of inspiration to be had! Next up is Elizabeth … see what she has created by clicking the link below 🙂

Until next time…keep crafting everyone 🙂

Product List

For The Win Cling Stamp Set

[149435]

$40.00

Well Said Cling Stamp Set

[148796]

$77.00

Well Written Dies

[148534]

$70.00

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

[121688]

$15.25

Garden Green A4 Card Stock

[108605]

$15.25

Pumpkin Pie A4 Card Stock

[108601]

$15.25

Card Stock A4 Crushed Curry

[131288]

$15.25

Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad

[147089]

$13.00

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131173]

$11.50

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$16.50

Black Stampin' Emboss Powder

[146956]

$8.75

19
Aug
2018

CTC 192 – Tranquil Textures

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

Welcome to another week of CASEing the Catty!

CTC 192 – Tranquil Textures

This week we are CASEing the Tranquil Textures section of the Annual Catalogue between pages 154 – 163.

We would love you to play along with the challenge to. So take the hop, create your own project using inspiration from the catalogue images from the given section and then pop a picture of it on our Facebook Page HERE.

This is a gorgeous section of the catty to CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit or Copy and Share Everything). But i couldn’t go past the card on the bottom left below, found on page 157…

I thought it was a great colour combination and not one I would naturally think to use myself, so I had to have a play!

Now I didn’t mess with the design too much at all for this card because I LOVED the texture and layers that the Timeless Textures stamp set created on this card. Not to mention the gorgeous green! So my card ended up VERY similar to the original.

Healing Hugs Card

I used Granny Apple Green for my card base which is then stamped with one of the textured stamps from Timeless Textures. I also chose to use the rose from Healing Hugs for my card and Crushed Curry, because if you have been following me on Facebook you will know I have been featuring this stamp set heaps lately!!!

I think the overall effect of this card is quite lovely. I hope you do too!

Now its time to hop on over to Judy’s blog and see what she has created this week.

Happy Crafting

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Product List

Timeless Textures Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[140517]

$35.00

Healing Hugs Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[146530]

$37.00

Granny Apple Green A4 Cardstock

[147014]

$14.75

Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Pad

[147095]

$13.00

Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock

[121685]

$14.75

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147116]

$13.00

Soft Suede A4 Card Stock

[119982]

$14.75

Soft Suede Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147115]

$13.00

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$17.00

Linen Thread

[104199]

$8.00

05
Aug
2018

CTC 190 – Artistic Impressions

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

Welcome to another week of Caseing The Catty!

CTC 190 – Artistic Impressions Pages 127 – 141

Every week the design team get together to showcase a section of one of our catalogues to show you just how easy it is to create a project based on a design in the catalogue. You can join in the challenges each week. Just CASE a project from the selected section and upload a picture of your design by 7pm next Sunday! Here’s the link to play along:

Caseing the Catty Facebook Page

This is a gorgeous section of the Annual Catalogue. There’s lots of products I want to get my hands on in here!

Today I decided to CASE the image on page 135 – and from the looks of the teams projects this design has been quite popular!

I changed the orientation of my card, and because I wanted a colour card base, I stamped my images onto Whisper White before fussy cutting them and adhering them to the card. I then cut around the outline of the images again for the card front.

I love playing with Healing Hugs, so I knew that the flower was what I wanted to use to create this card. I also combined it with the Stitched Labels Framelits – You NEED those framelits in your crafting stash! They are amazing! I stamped two of the flowers in Calypso Coral and the other flower was created by inking up in Daffodil Delight, then sponging the edges with Calypso Coral using an ink dauber. Its a gorgeous effect that you can use on any flower image.

I hope you enjoyed my project today. Now it’s time to hop on over to Kathryn’s blog and see what she has created this week!

Happy Crafting!

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Product List

Healing Hugs Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[146530]

$37.00

Tufted Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[146335]

$16.00

Stitched Labels Framelits Dies

[146828]

$57.00

Soft Sea Foam A4 Cardstock

[147012]

$14.75

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$17.00

Calypso Coral Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147101]

$13.00

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147094]

$13.00

Old Olive Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147090]

$13.00

Pearl Basic Jewels

[144219]

$8.75

Twine Baker’s Whisper White

[124262]

$5.25

24
Jun
2018

CTC 184 – Delightfully Detailed

categories: Blog Hop, Cards, CTC, Male

Welcome to CTC 184 – Delightfully Detailed

where every Sunday the Design Team Copy and Share or Selectively Edit images from a given section of the catalogue. This week we are CASEing from pages 38 – 51 of the Annual Catalogue.

This section is full of beautiful inspiration, so it was difficult to know what to CASE, but as it happens – I realised yesterday that I hadn’t created a card like I normally do when my daughter performs.

Yesterday she was staring in Into The Woods Jnr. I love being able to create an individual card that relates to the performance.

I used the basic layout elements of this card…

I used the basic layout but for mine I used the new Subtle embossing Folder as the background. I am LOVING this folder for just that bit of texture in the background without overwhelming the images on the card. And Of course – what better set to use for Into The Woods than our Rooted in Nature Bundle!

Into the Woods Card

I really like the effect of the Tree Stump stamped on Vellum. It gives a more subtle appearance on your cards. And those brilliant embossing dies to create the leaves…whose not loving those!

TheLabeller Alphabet allowed me to create whatever sentiment I wanted! Don’t you love being able to get as creative as you want!

I hope you enjoyed this weeks project. Now it’s time to hop on over to Monique and see what she has created for you all!

Happy Crafting

Product List

Rooted In Nature Clear-Mount Bundle

[148353]

$126.75

Labeler Alphabet Photopolymer Stamp Set

[141936]

$30.00

Subtle Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[143706]

$17.00

Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack

[144177]

$19.25

Soft Suede A4 Card Stock

[119982]

$14.75

Soft Suede Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147115]

$13.00

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$17.00

Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock

[121685]

$14.75

White Vellum A4 Card Stock

[106584]

$15.75

Big Shot Embossing Mats

[146327]

$26.00

Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147111]

$13.00

Linen Thread

[104199]

$8.00

10
Jun
2018

CTC 182 – Tea Room meets Painted Glass

categories: Blendabilities, Blog Hop, Cards, CTC, Flowers

Hello and welcome to CTC 182. This week we are CASEing the Tea Room section on pages 13 – 25 of the Annual Catalogue.

How exciting that we now get to play with HEAPS of new goodies from the BRAND NEW CATTY!

Are you absolutely loving it?

Tonight I’m excited to be playing along. I barely seemed to have time to create lately, so it was good to get crafting for tonights hop.

There was plenty to choose from in the Tea Room section of the catalogue, but this image in particular grabbed my attention…

This card features the gorgeous Stitched all Around Bundle. I haven’t got mine yet, but I thought it would be perfect to substitute the design using the Painted Glass Bundle. So here are my

CTC 182 Tea Room Meets Painted Glass Cards:

My first card uses one of my all time favourite returning colours – Mint Macaron. The rest of the colours I based on the Designer Series Paper Colours from the Natures Poem DSP including one of our new colours – Petal Pink.

I used the Big Shot Embossing Mats to create the embossed shape on the card base. These mats are brilliant! You will be able to emboss any of your framelit shapes using these mats to create interesting backgrounds to suit any needs. The rose from the Painted Glass set is one of my favourite flowers. For this card I fussy cut the roses as I didn’t have any new Stampin Blends to match my colours for the leaves (They’re on my wish list too!)

My second card I made, as i was truly dying to make a card using the new Soft Sea Foam colour. Maybe it reminds me a bit of our old Pistachio Pudding – but I love it. I was a bit stumped at first as to what DSP to use as I don’t have much of that yet either, then I remembered our Wood Textures DSP is carrying over and would really help me achieve the subtle look I was after.

I have to say – I really love how this one turned out! I hope you do to. This bundle has so many possibilities – not just for stained glass looks!

Now its time to hop on over to Elizabeth’s blog and see what she has created. Don’t forget to hop all the way around and get some new catalogue inspiration!

Don’t forget to play along with the CASEing the Catty Challenge. Just choose a pic, create your own version and upload it to our Facebook page!

Happy Crafting everyone!

Product List

Painted Glass Clear-Mount Bundle

[148362]

$72.75

Nature’s Poem Designer Series Paper

[146338]

$19.25

Leaves Trinkets

[146343]

$14.00

Big Shot Embossing Mats

[146327]

$26.00

Mint Macaron A4 Cardstock

[138344]

$14.75

Tranquil Tide A4 Cardstock

[144252]

$14.75

Petal Pink A4 Cardstock

[147009]

$14.75

Soft Sea Foam A4 Cardstock

[147012]

$14.75

Card Stock A4 Blushing Bride

[131287]

$14.75

Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack

[144177]

$19.25

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$10.00

Soft Suede Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147115]

$13.00

Soft Sea Foam Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill

[147166]

$6.50

Blushing Bride Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill

[131157]

$6.50

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$15.00

White Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[109132]

$8.75

Aqua Painters

[103954]

$20.00

27
May
2018

CTC 180 – Favourite Retiring Project

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

So it’s been a while as I’m sure you will all be aware, but life has been SUPER busy lately! But I have jumped on board for CTC 180 – Favourite Retiring Project.

Today was no easy decision at all. Retiring time always brings mixed feelings of sadness saying goodbye to my favourites and anticipation for all the new goodies. I honestly couldn’t decide which was my absolute favourite for today’s challenge, so I combined a few favourites to create my project today.

I think if I was honest, my absolute favourite retiring item would have to be my Large Number Framelits. I’m not entirely sure what I am going to do without those….who am I kidding, they haven’t even moved out of my ‘current’ framelits basket to my retired but keeping’ basket yet, so I will continue to use them for a LONG time yet!!! I truly believe they are a MUST HAVE item!

My other favourites are the Rainbow Builder Framelits and the Myths and Magic Bundle – so I added them all to this project that I created for my niece!

I think this card pretty much sums up my favourite retiring projects! I will miss all of these products so much! Lucky for you, you still have a few more days to get your hands on our retiring products before they disappear forever. I’ve learnt the hard way not to delay or you miss out! Don’t be like me and make sure you place your order before May 31st!

I look forward to sharing some of our new goodies with you in the next CASEing the Catty hops!

Now its time to hop on over to the lovely Monique and see what she will miss the most!

Happy Crafting!

Shop retiring products – click below!

Product List

Large Numbers Framelits Dies

[140622]

$54.00

Sunshine & Rainbows Photopolymer Bundle

[145983]

$80.00

Magical Day Clear-Mount Bundle

[145985]

$80.00

Flirty Flamingo A4 Cardstock

[141421]

$14.00

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$15.75

Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets

[144106]

$17.00

Myths & Magic Glimmer Paper 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 Cm)

[145601]

$26.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$15.00

Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[109129]

$8.75

Heat Tool

[129056]

$50.00

Big Shot

[143263]

$159.00

29
Apr
2018

CTC 176 – Favourite Occasions Project Apron of Love

categories: Blog Hop, Cards, Challenges, CTC, Gift Box

Welcome to CASEing the Catty 176 where each Sunday members of the design team create projects from a given section of the current catalogues to help inspire you to create!

This week we get to create our favourite project from the Occasions Catalogue.

That was a bit of a tricky decision as far as I’m concerned. There are so many projects to love in the Occasions Catalogue – Myths and Magic, Charming Cafe and Sunshine and Rainbows are just a few of my favourites – and they are all retiring 🙁 So if you love them as much as I do, you will want to get them fast – before they are gone forever!

This week however, I chose to show you just how versatile another one of my favourites is (I told you I had a few! Lol).

Apron of Love for Favourite Occasions

I think this bundle is one of the best bundles ever and is sooooo versatile for so many projects! I decided to CASE all the images above this week!

With MOther’s Day fast approaching, I started with a more feminine card, but created my own embossed look background Like the ‘dad’ card above. It is actually so very easy to do as the framelit cuts the 4 utensils all at once, and if you use the Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets on your cardstock, you simply peel the backing off once they are cut and adhere them to your cardstock! Simple, quick and effective! My favourite!

For my second project, I decided to make a more masculine card. This one was super quick to make using mostly our Wood Textures Designer Series Paper. I am so very glad this will carry over to the next catalogue! My dad loves to BBQ – so this will head off to him on his birthday later this year!

For my final project I decided to recreate the little 3D apron on the page for my class attendees this week. I followed this simple tutorial on Youtube by World of JenCraft – HERE. They turned out super cute I think!

The Apron of Love Bundle will carry into our new catalogue – but not with the 10% bundle discount! All ‘discounted bundles’ retire at the end of every catalogue, even if the individual products carry over. So better be quick and grab that discounted bundle – you’re going to LOVE this set as much as me!

I hope you enjoyed all of tonights projects. Now it’s time to hop on over to Angela’s blog to see her gorgeous project using one of my other favourites!

Don’t forget to join in the challenge too by creating your own favourite and uploading a picture over on our Facebook Page before next week challenge!

Happy crafting everyone!

Product List

Apron Of Love Photopolymer Bundle

[145986]

$79.00

Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets

[144106]

$17.00

Silver Foil Sheets

[132178]

$7.00

Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack

[144177]

$17.50

Petal Garden Designer Series Paper Stack

[144168]

$17.50

Calypso Coral A4 Card Stock

[124392]

$14.00

Calypso Coral Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126983]

$11.50

Pool Party Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126982]

$11.50

Linen Thread

[104199]

$8.00

Early Espresso Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126974]

$11.50

Fresh Florals Designer Series Paper Stack

[144131]

$38.50

Liquid Multipurpose Glue

[110755]

$7.00

01
Apr
2018

CTC 172 – Myths and Magic

categories: Blog Hop, Cards, Challenges, CTC, Gift Box

Happy Easter everyone and welcome to CTC 172 – Myths and Magic!

Every Sunday night a new challenge begins for CASEing the Catty where the design team Copy and Share Everything or Copy and Selectively Edit images from a particular section of the current catalogues to help inspire you and show you how much more fun you can get from your products!

This week for CASEing the Catty we are CASEing the Myths and Magic section of the Occasions Catalogue on pages 36-43

The Myths and Magic suite is one of my favourite suites to play with! I have used these items HEAPS! So today I chose to CASE the Flying Home Set on Page 41!

I love the little bird houses, so my thought was to make a little notecard pack using the individual birdhouses for someone who may have or be moving house and need to thank people, or you could use them for new neighbours to welcome them to the neighbourhood! So I CASED the main image, and then the box on the bottom right to pop them all in!

Flying Home Notecard Pack

I used the Narrow Notecards for this project. I sponged the background with Pool Party, as watercoloring on the notecards makes them pill. I them masked the images I didn’t want to stamp with a sticky note, before stamping on the card. I them stamped the entire image on a seperate piece of Whisper White before colouring with the watercolour pencils and blender pens. I then fussy cut around the birdhouses and mounted them directly over the image on the card front using mini dimensionals.

I also stamped some little birds and fussy cut those before popping them on half a mini dimensional (yes, you can cut the mini ones too!) I kept the sentiment fairly neutral so you could use them as a thank you or as a welcome card. The sentiment is from Wood Words.

I then CASEd the box to pop all the notecards in using the Lots to Love Box. Its fits 3 cards and the envelopes perfectly!

Thanks for popping in! Now it’s time to continue the hop over on Monique’s Blog and see what she has created they week!

I hope you all have had a lovely Easter! Don’t forget to keep crafting! And remember – you can join the challenge too by taking a picture of what you create and posting HERE!

Product List

Flying Home Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[145929]

$31.00

Whisper White Narrow Note Cards & Envelopes

[145583]

$14.00

Lots To Love Box Framelits Dies

[145653]

$57.00

Watercolor Pencils

[141709]

$27.75

Blender Pens

[102845]

$21.00

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$15.75

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

[121688]

$14.00

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

$12.25

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$15.00

White Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[109132]

$8.75

Twine Baker’s Whisper White

[124262]

$5.25

11
Mar
2018

CTC 169 Saleabration – Blossoming Basket

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

Hi all and welcome to CTC 169 where we are back taking a look at the Saleabration Catalogue.

The CASEing the Catty Crew hop every Sunday night and recreate projects from given sections of the catalogues to inspire you all to get crafting! You can play along too by CASEing a project and then uploading your version to our Facebook group before the challenge closes.

There is only a couple of weeks left to make sure you have everything you want off your Saleabration wish list! It’s a great time to stock up on all your papers and embellishments and get rewarded for FREE products at the same time!

This week I received my Blossoming Basket Bundle from the second release of items, so I took it for a spin for tonights challenge.

The basket has a beautiful bunch of flowers and the bundle is teamed with the basket weave dynamic embossing folder which will happily be available in the new Annual Catalogue in June 🙂

I created my project using another FREE saleabration item – the Tutti Fruitti Cards and Envelopes. I would have loved to create a whole set (and I will at some stage) but I ran out of time before the challenge to colour and get all the fussy cutting done! Lol

That embossing folder is just WOW, and when you layer up the flowers in the basket it really adds some extra prettiness to the card! I also love the effect of the loosely tied tag around the basket using some linen thread.

You really will have lots of fun with this combination and the endless colour combinations you could produce. And it’s the perfect product for Weddings, birthdays, thank you and sympathy!

Now it’s time to hop on over to the lovely Fi to see what she has created for you all this week!

Happy Crafting everyone!

Product List

Blossoming Basket Clear-Mount Bundle

[147505]

$0.00

Tutti-Frutti Cards & Envelopes

[147242]

$0.00

Calypso Coral Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144045]

$15.50

Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144601]

$15.50

Old Olive Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144597]

$15.50

Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144603]

$15.50

Pool Party Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144605]

$15.50

Stampin’ Blends Markers Collection

[147475]

$209.25

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

[145372]

$50.00

Linen Thread

[104199]

$8.00

04
Mar
2018

CTC 168 – Petal Passion with Charming Cafe

categories: 3D, Birthday, Blendabilities, Blog Hop, Cards, Challenges, CTC

Hello again!

It’s Sunday night so that means it’s time for another CASEing the Catty Sunday Blog Hop.

This week the crew will CASE (Copy and Share Everything) from the Petal Passion suite in the Occasions Catalogue on pages 22 – 27.

If you follow my Facebook Page then you would see I have been playing A LOT with the Petal Palette Suite. I absolutely love it! But tonight I thought I would pop a few more pages in and focus on the Charming Cafe Bundle on Page 25.

I know I say it a lot, but this bundle really caught my eye and I had been waiting (not so) patiently to purchase it for my ‘collection’. I am a bit of a sucker for a fancy framelit and these were no exception. What really grabbed my attention was how easily the framelits work together to make a multi layered or dimensional card.

I began by creating a bit of a quirky card CASEing the image above. However, I wanted my Chairs and tables behind the cafe window, so I added an acetate layer to my card. I need the stamp-a-majig to line it up properly in my window – which ended up being quite fiddly as the acetate kept moving when I tried to move the stamp-a-majig. Not for the feint of heart I tell you!

I didn’t mind the overall affect, but I was very impatient with my acetate as I used Momento Ink on it hoping to colour the brickwork, but it took far too long to dry and as you can see – it smudged and didn’t dry at all – so if you wanted to do this you could use the archival ink and colour from the back of the image.

Never mind…you live and learn and at least I had my colour choices right now, so on to my next project…the one I really wanted to create. A diorama card. I have made a few of these over the years and we all know I love a 3D card, but this set really just lent itself to creating one of these so very easily! The framelit that cuts out the seats and table whilst leaving the base intact does all the work for you for this card! I even pinched a couple of birdies from the Flying Home Stamp set! Shhhh. And colouring is sooooo simple with the Stampin Blends to really make your project pop!

Charming Cafe Diorama Card

Now I LOVE how this one turned out! I guess you could say I ended up CASEing myself! Lol!

What do you think?

Unfortunately I cannot find the You Tube video I used a few years ago to create a Diorama card, but I am giving away the tutorial with any order placed with me during March. And don’t forget – March is the LAST month to get any of the FREE Saleabration items with a $90 or $180 purchase! Don’t miss out!

Now it’s time to hop on over to Monique and see what she has created for you all xx

Happy Crafting

Product List

Charming Café Clear-Mount Bundle

[147508]

$75.50