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04
Jun
2017

CTC 131 – Everyday Occasions

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

A super excited HELLO to everyone tonight from the CASEing the Catty Team for hop CTC 131!

Why so excited you may ask?????

Because it’s NEW CATALOGUE TIME!!!!!!

Thats right – the Brand new Stampin’ Up! Catalogue has just begun and we have a whole year ahead of us to CASE the gorgeous new projects! And you can join in too. We have made it super simple! Just make your own creation and upload it to our Facebook Page – right to the wall – no album necessary! Its that simple!

So take the hop…be inspired….and upload your own design HERE!

This week we get to CASE anything from the Everyday Occasions section of the catalogue on pages 18 – 67.

Thats A LOT of pages to choose from! Do you know how hard it was to narrow down! Lol.

But eventually I did! I chose to showcase some of the items from the gorgeous new Wood Words Suite. I have been using it so much since I got it!

And I have two cards to show you, both CASEd from different projects in the catalogue.

My first card takes inspiration from the card in the image above. I have stamped the flowers for the background and heat embossed with white embossing powder directly on to the Wood Textures Designer series Paper. I then used the new copper trim to make a ‘mesh’ over the image before stamping and adhering the sentiment and heart in the new Fresh Fig colour.

It’s a bit hard to see the mesh effect of the copper trim but you create it by cutting a long piece of it and then cutting it down the length to ‘open’ it, as it’s like a tube. Then just spread it and adhere pieces to suite your card. Here’s a close up…

Such a quick and simple card where the background does most of the work for you!

My second card was based on these images …

I have this stamp set and I love these cards, but have yet to make them … but for today’s challenge I changed it up a little … you see, I had so many little pieces of the Wood Textures DSP left after making 17 little crates for my Launch this weekend, so I tried to replicate this look using those scraps!

I think its a great way to use up all of those scraps!

Have fun taking a look at all the New Catalogue Inspiration!

It’s time to hop on over to Rachel’s blog and see what she has created for you this week!

Happy Crafting 🙂

If the new catalogue has left you with a GIANT wish list – why not Join the Fun!

Get $235 worth of product for only $169, and a further 20 -25% discount on all orders. Ask me how or Join HERE.

Product List

Wood Words Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[143928]

$38.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$15.00

White Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[109132]

$8.75

Embossing Buddy

[103083]

$10.00

Early Espresso A4 Card Stock

[121686]

$14.00

Fresh Fig A4 Cardstock

[144248]

$14.00

Fresh Fig Classic Stampin’ Pad

[144082]

$11.50

1/4″ Copper Trim

[144179]

$10.00

Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock

[121685]

$14.00

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$15.75

Rose Red Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126954]

$11.50

White Perfect Accents

[138416]

$8.75

21
May
2017

CTC 129 – Favourite Project – Annual Catalogue

categories: Baby cards, Blog Hop, Cards, CTC, Kids Cards

Welcome back to another week of CASEing the Catty!

This week we get to CASE our favourite Project from the Annual Catalogue! I was like…wwwwhhhhhhhhaaaatttttttt???????

With all those great projects how on earth are you supposed to choose?

Well to help me decide I went back to what caught my eye when I very first got to see the catalogue! There were two things that really stood out to me and I wanted NOW! The Foxy Friends Suite and the Baby Bear Stamp. But the project that really caught my eye was this one….

Found on Page 90, that tiny fox really caught my attention! It took me a little while to actually find where the little fox came from, but I eventually found it in the A Little Foxy Designer Series Paper Stack (slapped forehead! )

I love the layout on the box and all the layered elements, so this is what I decided to create for you this week….on a card!

It looks so adorable on a card, and I added the extra layer of white with our Layering Circle Dies just to help it stand out a little more from the Calypso Coral Background! Sooooooo Cute for a baby card – and you could make the matching gift box too.

So as I had made a ‘pink’ one….I decided I definitely needed to make a ‘blue’ one too!

I hope you too use the catalogue for your inspiration. With so many wonderful projects, it makes creating your own version extra easy! And don’t forget – this gorgeous paper stack from this suite is retiring as are the Baby’s First Framelits and the sequin trims. You only have 10 more days to get your retiring items before they are gone 🙁

Now its time to hop on over to Monique’s page and see what her favourite project is from the Annual Catalogue!

Happy Crafting

Product List

A Little Foxy Designer Series Paper Stack

[141637]

$17.50

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

[141705]

$58.00

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

[145372]

$50.00

Gold Binder Clips

[141673]

$12.25

Baby Bear Photopolymer Stamp Set

[141859]

$45.00

Blushing Bride Sequin Trim

[138400]

$8.75

Bermuda Bay Sequin Trim

[137910]

$8.75

Twine Baker’s Whisper White

[124262]

$5.25

Calypso Coral A4 Card Stock

[124392]

$14.00

Pool Party A4 Card Stock

[124391]

$14.00

Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay

[131286]

$14.00

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$15.75

14
May
2017

CTC 128 – Favourite Kit

categories: 3D, Birthday, Blog Hop, Cards, Challenges, CTC, Flowers, Gift Bags, Gift Box, kit projects, Kits, Mini Treat Bag, Off the Page

Hi everyone. I seemed to have been MIA the past couple of weeks as I prepared for the Picture to Page show in Pakenham. But I am back this week for another awesome CTC Challenge! This week we get to CASE our Favourite Kit from any Catalogue!

I do have a couple of favourite kits in the catalogue – especially the Watercolour Wishes Card Kit. But for todays hop – I decided to try something a little different. I have always liked the Perfectly Wrapped Kit on page 159 in the current Annual Catalogue, but it was one of those kits I never actually got around to purchasing!

I thought it was such a bright fun kit, and just a bit different to our usual kits with all its fun packaging. I had so much fun creating for this challenge! I had never thought to CASE a kit before!

So today, being Mother’s Day in Australia, I thought all that cute packaging may just come in handy for some lovely little gifts!

I used the Grateful Bunch stamp set and Blossom Bunch Punch to base my mini kit around. I am just a bit sad this set is retiring! I loved the lace and the triple flowers that you could layer together were so quick and easily … not to mention that is my most favourite butterfly …. sob…

Anyway – here is what I came up with!

I created the gift bag by using our Kraft Tag a Bags (also retiring). I simply stamped the bag, folded the base and adhered the corners underneath to create an open bag.

The Clear Tiny Treat Box was simply decorated with some hand stamped Whisper White card, scored and folded for inside the box, with a belly band wrapped around and a cluster of flowers popped on the top.

And instead of creating the cello bags – I CASEd the design and turned it into a card to suit the occasion!

The sentiments from this suite really do go well with the Mother’s Day theme. I hope that where ever you are today, and whom ever you consider your ‘babies’, that you are having an amazing day! Every woman is fabulous and deserves to be treated special xx

Don’t forget – you can play along too by simply adding your photo to the CTC 128 album on our Facebook page HERE.

Now its time to pop around to see what the rest of the crew have created for you.

Next on the hop is the amazing Julia Quinn!

Happy Stamping!!!

Click here to shop retiring products.

Product List

Grateful Bunch Photopolymer Stamp Set

[140691]

$37.00

Blossom Bunch Punch

[140612]

$31.00

Blooms & Bliss Designer Series Paper

[141654]

$19.25

Blushing Bride Sequin Trim

[138400]

$8.75

Kraft Tag A Bag Gift Bags

[138315]

$6.25

Clear Tiny Treat Boxes

[141699]

$13.25

Rich Razzleberry A4 Card Stock

[119981]

$14.00

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$15.75

Rich Razzlebberry Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126950]

$11.50

Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141395]

$11.50

Bow Paper Clips Embellishments

[140559]

$9.75

23
Apr
2017

CTC 125 – Favourite Bigshot Project!

categories: 3D, Blog Hop, Cards, CTC, Gift Box, Off the Page

Hi crafty friends and welcome!

It’s Sunday night, so that means it’s time for another CASEing the Catty blog hop. I’m pretty excited about this weeks challenge! We get to showcase our favourite Big Shot project from the occasions catalogue!

How hard was it to choose! I mean, the Occasions Catalogue had so many great Big Shot projects. The Lift Me Up Bundle, Custom Tee’s, Nailed It, So Succulent Bundle and not to mention the So Detailed Thinlets, Cool Treats and Dragonfly Dreams!

But for me – well, let’s just say that I am an absolute sucker for a box – so my choice for this weeks challenge just had to be the Window Box Die.

I had seen a picture from Pauline Barnfather at icreatecraft, who had designed a timber like box. I immediately fell in love with it and have been wanting to create my own version since. So this was my chance. I really wanted to create an antique style box, that reminded me a little of an old jewellery box. Some Soft Suede cardstock stamped with the Hardwood stamp helped me easily achieve that!

I am so happy with the way it turned out. Once I created the box I knew it needed some beautiful flowers to top it off. I haven’t created these flowers for a few years now, so it was fun to really play and make them again. I used the Flower Shop stamp and co-ordinating punch to create them. Here’s a better look at the top for you.

Luckily I had kept hold of my retired Antique Brads from a couple of years ago. I think it really enhances the antique feel of the box perfectly and acts like a little handle to lift the lid open!

You can take a look at how I created these flowers, with my You Tube Link, at this post – 3D Flower Making.

I hope you have enjoyed tonight’s project. Now it’s time to hop on over to the lovely Judy May and see what beautiful project she has created for you!

Keep Crafting!

Grab everything you need by clicking the shop now button! Don’t forget to take a look at the retiring list to save up to 50% off!

Product List

Window Box Thinlits Dies

[142762]

$63.00

Hardwood Wood-Mount Stamp Set

[133032]

$35.00

Soft Suede A4 Card Stock

[119982]

$14.00

Soft Suede Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126978]

$11.50

Flower Shop Clear Stamp Set

[130942]

$34.00

Pansy Punch

[130698]

$28.00

Blushing Bride Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131172]

$11.50

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

[106550]

$15.75

16
Apr
2017

CTC 124 – Hostess Sets Love You Lots!

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

Hi everyone!

Happy Easter (I hope it’s been lovely for you) and welcome to this weeks CASEing the Catty Challenge -CTC 124! You may be starting here, or arrived from Kathryn’s page – but make sure you keep hopping around to see all the amazing inspiration provided!

This week we get to CASE any of the hostess sets from any of the catalogues!

For me that meant I was going to CASE a project using the Love You Lots Stamp Set. My most favourite Hostess Set Ever! What’s not to love about all those cute critters. I will be sad to see this one retire at the end of May, but I will be hanging on to my set for future use!

I decided to focus on the card on the right from the image below …

A simple, quick notecard that could be created using any set really. I began by CASEing the card directly, but substituting colours and ribbon for wash tape, and of course using Love You Lots!

I know that ribbon has retired recently from Saleabration, but it just set the card off nicely with a bit of silver bling!

Then I moved on to a similar card, utilising one of the other Sunshine Wishes Framelits, but still those cute bugs …

I hope you enjoyed these cute critter creations!

Don’t forget to take a look at the Retiring List to grab yourself some amazing bargains! You can click the Shop button below to go straight there 🙂

Now it’s time to hop on over to Elizabeth’s blog and see what gorgeous project she has created for you all!

Then come and play along by adding your pic to the CTC 124 album on our Facebook Group

HERE

Product List

Love You Lots Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[141801]

$16.00

Sunshine Wishes Thinlits Dies

[141489]

$45.00

Pool Party A4 Card Stock

[124391]

$14.00

Card Stock A4 Blushing Bride

[131287]

$14.00

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$15.75

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

[121688]

$14.00

Pool Party 1/2″ Seam Binding Ribbon

[125582]

$11.95

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$15.00

White Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[109132]

$8.75

02
Apr
2017

CTC 122 – Falling in Love with So Detailed Thinlets!

categories: Blog Hop, Challenges, CTC, Flowers, Scrapbook Pages, Wedding

Hi everyone and welcome back to another CASEIng the Catty Challenge. This week is CTC 122 where we are focusing on the Falling in Love section of the Occasions Catalogue from pages 50 – 54.

There’s only a few pages to this section, but boy are there some lovely projects to CASE. I focused on this one ….

The pretty cluster of flowers caught my attention, set off with the gold leaf and the die. I actually hadn’t paid a whole heap of attention to the stamp set until I saw those flowers – now I need it – but you all know how that goes! Lol. I also didn’t want to make a card – but the idea of a scrapbook layout hit me (it doesn’t happen often – so when it does I make sure I act on it!)

So here is what I designed …

I used the flower from the Butterfly Basics stamp sets and just fussy cut a ‘few’ out to create the flower bunch. I stamped them in Sahara Sand and the sponged them lightly with Blushing Bride ink. I used the stunning Flower Die in the So Detailed Thinlets Dies instead of the heart one in the image. All teamed with the Falling in Love Designer Series Paper and a special touch of gold! I love the way it turned out – but my goodness – that photo makes me feel old! It seems like a lifetime ago!

Don’t forget to hop around and see everyone else’s creations for some extra inspiration, and then join in the fun by uploading your own project to the album CTC 122 on the Facebook Page right HERE!

Now it’s time to hop on over to the lovely Elizabeth Gross to see what she has created today!

Happy Crafting everyone!

Shop Supplies

Product List

So Detailed Thinlits Dies

[142751]

$56.00

Butterfly Basics Clear Stamp Set

[138816]

$63.00

Falling In Love Designer Series Paper

[142788]

$19.25

2015-2017 In Color 12″ X 12″ Cardstock

[138340]

$19.25

Whisper White 12″ X 12″ Card Stock

[124302]

$12.25

Card Stock A4 Blushing Bride

[131287]

$14.00

Very Vanilla 1/4″ (6.4 Mm) Satin Ribbon

[142794]

$10.00

Gold Glimmer Paper

[133719]

$8.75

Sunshine Wishes Thinlits Dies

[141489]

$45.00

Confetti Hearts Border Punch

[137415]

$37.00

Sahara Sand Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126976]

$11.50

Blushing Bride Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131172]

$11.50

19
Mar
2017

CTC 120 – Nailed it!

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

Happy Sunday everyone!

That must mean it’s time for yet another fantastic CASEing the Catty Sunday Blog Hop. To get you inspired to create and stamp this week, we are concentrating on pages 46 – 49 from the Occasions Catalogue.

As usual, there are lots of lovely samples to choose to CASE – but considering I have barely inked up my Nailed It Set, I knew straight away it was the bundle I was going to play with. It’s a fantastic set to make some great projects for that handy man or woman in your life! But remember – you don’t have to have the stamp sets to play along in these challenges – just let the pages inspire you to create with what you have.

I took inspiration this week directly from the picture above. Not the cards – but the peg board itself! This set lends itself to creating a great peg board display, especially when teamed with the coordinating DSP.

And perhaps one more card, just because I can! Lol

Told you the paper makes this suite super easy to create with!

Now, as I’m the one with the tool kit in my house, I feel I need to make myself one in more ‘feminine’ colours!

Don’t forget to play along with the challenge. Simply create your project and upload to the relevant Facebook Album in the CASEing the Catty Sunday Challenge Page (it’s the album with the matching picture at the top of the post). You can find the Group HERE.

Now it’s time to hop over to the amazing Simone Bartrum to see what she has created this week!

Happy Stamping!

There is just under 2 weeks left to enjoy all the Saleabration Freebies! Make sure you don’t miss out!

Product List

Nailed It Clear-Mount Bundle

[144735]

$73.25

Urban Underground Specialty Designer Series Paper

[142783]

$22.75

Hardwood Wood-Mount Stamp Set

[133032]

$35.00

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

[121688]

$14.00

Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock

[121685]

$14.00

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126975]

$11.50

Silver Foil Sheets

[132178]

$7.00

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

$12.25

Delightful Dijon A4 Cardstock

[138345]

$14.00

Real Red A4 Card Stock

[106578]

$14.00

Dapper Denim A4 Cardstock

[141419]

$14.00

12
Mar
2017

CTC 119 – Designer Tee

categories: Birthday, Blog Hop, Cards, CTC, Off the Page

Welcome everyone. I hope you are enjoying your long weekend in Victoria!

It’s time again for another CASEing the Catty Challenge! This week we are CASEing anything in the saleabration catalogue from pages 16 – 19! Remember when we CASE we don’t need the exact sets as displayed – you can take inspiration from the colours, layouts, stamps or images 🙂

You may have come from Elizabeth’s blog or be starting right here! Once you have popped around the all the blog posts, don’t forget to play along and upload your creation to our Facebook Page – no blog post necessary!

I’m taking my inspiration today from the image on page 18 of the catalogue – The pink card on the right hand side –

I love the sentiments in the designer tee stamp set and the little t-shirt framelits!

I had to change the colours up a bit as I have just received my FREE Glimmer Paper Assortment Packs (no, I couldn’t just have ONE!) and I wanted to use some of that glimmer! It is SUPER sparkly!

You all know I love a bit of watercoloring and I gave my t-shirt a bit of extra love to make it smooth and shiny, by pressing it into my versamark ink pad and then sprinkle with clear embossing powder. Do it a couple of times for a smooth, glossy finish!

I used the same method to create these gorgeous dangles for my Product Play Day at the release of the Occasions Catalogue in January – only for these ones I heat embossed a back and front and adhered them together to make it super strong! Mine hangs on my scissors 🙂

If you love Designer Tee, you had better be quick! You can choose it for FREE with any $90 order but there’s only 19 days of Salebration left to get yours! Don’t delay – supplies are only whilst they last!

I hope you enjoyed my projects – now it’s time to hop on over to the lovely Rachel to see what she has created this week!

Don’t forget to play along and add you pic to the album on our Facebook Page!

Happy Crafting!

Product List

Designer Tee Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[143359]

$0.00

Custom Tee Photopolymer Bundle

[144724]

$77.25

6″ X 6″ (15.2 Cm X 15.2 Cm) Glimmer Paper Assortment Pack

[143831]

$0.00

Sweet Sugarplum A4 Cardstock

[141423]

$14.00

Mint Macaron A4 Cardstock

[138344]

$14.00

Shimmery White A4 Card Stock

[121717]

$14.00

Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill

[141400]

$5.50

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill

[138331]

$5.50

Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141395]

$11.50

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138326]

$11.50

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$15.00

Clear Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[109130]

$8.75

Silver Metallic Thread

[138402]

$5.25

Silver Sequin Trim

[138399]

$8.75

Aqua Painters

[103954]

$20.00

05
Mar
2017

CTC118 – Cool Treats Poppin Box!

categories: 3D, Birthday, Blog Hop, card in a box, Cards, Challenges, CTC, Fancy Folds, Gift Box

Welcome back to another CASEing the Catty for hop for this week! Have you been creating away? Have you been using the catalogue for inspiration? If you are stuck for a layout or colour scheme or ideas for using a set, then CASEing images in the Catty may be just what you need to kick start your creative spark!

You may have come from the amazing Kelly Kent this week or be starting right here! So hop around and see what inspiration the crew has for you this week!

This week for our challenge we are creating from the Cool Treats Section in the catalogue – so ANYTHING from pages 32 – 45!

I myself have recently been playing LOADS with the Cool Treats suite! Yes, the entire suite! Well it’s so …… Cool! Lol. The stamps, the framelits, the designer paper, the sprinkles!!!! Have you tried it yet? I took inspiration from it all!

I have created a few cards with this suite, but this week I wanted to share with you a fantastic Poppin’ Card Box that I found by a demonstrator called Gemma Clarke. They are quite popular right now and with good reason too! The box POPS right out of its case when you pull it open! It’s such an interactive card.

Here’s the one I created…

and here is the other side of the box….

You can even stamp a message inside the box base or use this area to write your message on! They are fantastic for vouchers too. They are the perfect size for movie tickets!

Now it’s time to hop on over to Elizabeth’s blog to see what beautiful project she has for you all!

Don’t forget to play along by creating your project, snapping a pic and posting on out Facebook Page right HERE!

If you would like to have a go at creating your very own Poppin Box Card then take the link to Gemma’s Youtube video HERE.

Happy Crafting!

Product List

Cool Treats Photopolymer Bundle

[145181]

$82.75

Tasty Treats Specialty Designer Series Paper

[142770]

$22.75

Watermelon Wonder A4 Cardstock

[138341]

$14.00

Peekaboo Peach A4 Cardstock

[141422]

$14.00

Pool Party A4 Card Stock

[124391]

$14.00

Card Stock A4 Pear Pizzazz

[131290]

$14.00

Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock

[121685]

$14.00

Watermelon Wonder Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138323]

$11.50

Peekaboo Peach Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141398]

$11.50

Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131180]

$11.50

Peekaboo Peach Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141398]

$11.50

Liquid Multipurpose Glue

[110755]

$7.00

19
Feb
2017

CTC #116 – Botanical Builder Inspirational Frame

categories: 3D, Blog Hop, Challenges, CTC, Flowers, Off the Page

Hi everyone. Welcome back to another week of CASEing the Catty.

I do hope you are enjoying the projects of the crew and being inspired to create. You may have come straight here today, or popped over from Kathryn’s blog. Either way, I hope you hop around and see all the lovely projects and then play along!

This week we are using images from pages 20 – 31 of the Occasions Catalogue to create our projects.

This was a tough week because there is just so much goodness to choose from in those pages! I loved so much of it, but what caught my eye the most was that clock with the Oh so Succulent Suite. Now I don’t have that suite (yet…) but I have a frame that I have been wanting to create for oh so long!

I was initially inspired by a picture I saw from Debbie Blake at www.nutshellcreations.com – I used the same frame, but I wanted to use the Project Life cards to make an inspirational frame full of quotes to encourage me each day!

Now its very tricky to get a good picture of how good this frame looks with a little bit of decorating using the Botanical Builder Framelit Dies, but it sits on my wall directly opposite to wear I create and I really do read it every day. I’m so excited to have finally finished it for this weeks CASEing the Catty Challenge. Although just secretly…I think I may add a few more bits and pieces over time!