Just Add Ink #730 | Just Add Fruit

 Hello stamping friends. Happy Friday! I hope you are having a wonderful day. I'm here today with the Just Add Ink Design Team for the new Just Add Ink Challenge - Just Add Ink #730 | Just Add Fruit. This week our theme was chosen by design team member Tristan.

With this week's theme I'm taking a break from the Christmas crafting but will be back into it next week. Just a couple more Christmas cards to make and then I'm done. Have you finished your Christmas cards yet? I don't have many crafting products that involve fruit, but I saw another design team member thus week use the Stampin' Up! Mix & Match Ephemera I would use that too. Different ephemera pieces of course.

I first pulled out the floral image with the green strawberries and wanted that as my focal piece. From there on it was just a matter of playing around with the other pieces as to what I wanted on the card and the placement of all the pieces. I tried to find pieces of similar colours and then added a some pieces that were complimentary in colour and would go with the pinks and greens. I had some other pink flowers that I was trying to incorporate on to the card as well, but they weren't working so they got put back in the pack to be used for another day.

I gave the card a Pretty in Pink card base as I thought that would go best with my pink flowers and then layered some Basic White cardstock over that which I embossed with the Distressed Tile Embossing Folder. Over that I splattered the Pretty in Pink Stampin' Write Marker. The splatters make the white layer to be not so 'white'.

I finished the card off with some White ribbon from the Petal Pink & White Diagonal Ribbon pack and some Pretty in Pink In Colour Resin Dots. 

I know I've said it before, but the Mix & Match Ephemera are such a quick and easy way to get creating and with all the pieces that come in the packs you'll have lots of cards made before you know it. They are so budget friendly too. If you are just starting out with Stampin' Up! products and don't know where to start a cardstock mixed pack, your choice of ephemera and some adhesive would be a perfect place to start.

I do hope that I've given you some inspiration for our fruity challenge. Go and check out the design teams take on this week's challenge at the Just Add Ink Blog and then come and join us for this week's Just Add Fruit fun. 

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CASE-ing the Catty | #CTC493 | CASE the Sentimental Christmas Suite page 28

 Hello Stamping Friends. Welcome to a super exciting CASE-ing the Catty Blog Hop. We at CASE-ing the Catty are about CASE-ing the samples from the Stampin' Up! Catalogues (Catty) with a different theme to CASE each week. To CASE is to Copy and Selectively Edit.

This week, we are CASE-ing the Sentimental Christmas Suite found on pg. 28 of the Stampin' Up! 2024 Sept-Dec Mini Catalogue.

If you've come from Julia Quinn's blog, welcome, if you've started here with me also welcome.

I love the vintage and nostalgic feel of this suite. Takes me right back to the Christmas images of my childhood with a big trip down memory lane. 

For my card today I didn't use the products from this suite but used the sample above and its design elements for the basis of my Sophisticated Sled Christmas Card, CASE-ing the amazing sample.

This Stampin' Up! Online Exclusive bundle didn't grab me initially, but I've seen quite a few amazing projects using this bundle since it was released and just had to get it. I think because this bundle has a wintery Christmas theme that is what put me off a little. As you all know it's summer here in Australia at Christmas time and we are far from thinking about winter. There is something about having a cold or 'white' Christmas that I would love to experience one day. Both my husband and I have relatives in The Netherlands so maybe we might have to have a Christmas in Europe one year while visiting family.

I did initially start this card off with some of the Take a Bow 6" x 6" DSP, that is why I used Garden Green and Real Red for my card. I removed the DSP as I wasn't vibing with in on the card, but I liked the Garden Green and Real Red as the base layers on the card, so I kept them. I've embossed the Garden Green with the Forever Plaid Embossing Folder and the Real Red Banner piece with the Snowflake Sky Embossing Folder. I've loving using more than one embossing folder on my cards lately. It's a fantastic way to add more elements and interest to your cards without adding too much more bulk or layers. Let's see if I can get 3 embossed pieces on my next card.

How amazing and detailed are the Sophisticated Sled dies? I love the wood grain cut into the sled and how amazing do those ice skates look with the detailed laces. Just beautiful! I've layered the sled on a Spotlight on Nature circle and then finished the die off with some Black and Very Vanilla Large Check ribbon (cut in half), some of the Gold Twisted Thread (currently on Pre order for demos), and one of the Gold Drusy Adhesive-Backed Embellishments.

I've kept all the same design elements as the original sample but just changed the layering around as I liked it better that way.

Follow our hop by going through to visit the lovely Peta Stephen to see her CASE of the Sentimental Christmas Suite.

Julia Quinn

Rochelle Blok - You are here

Peta Stephen

Monique Fielder

Judy May

Rochelle Laird-Smith

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CASE-ing the Catty | #CTC492 | CASE a Bundle Pg.s 57-73 Annual Catalogue

 Hello Stamping Friends. Welcome to a super exciting CASE-ing the Catty Blog Hop. We at CASE-ing the Catty are about CASE-ing the samples from the Stampin' Up! Catalogues (Catty) with a different theme to CASE each week. To CASE is to Copy and Selectively Edit.

This week, we are CASE-ing the samples from the bundles showcased on pages 57 - 73 of the Stampin' Up! 2024 Annual Catalogue.⁠

If you've come from Julia Quinn's blog, welcome, if you've started here with me also welcome.

I've said it before Stampin' Up! bundles make crafting coordination easy. The stamp & tool bundles help you to quickly cut out stamped images to simplify your paper crafting while also at the same time saving you money. Who doesn't want to save money?

There are 17 amazing bundles in the catalogue from pgs.57-73 for just about every occasion to cover all your crafting needs.

I chose this sample from the bundles in the Annual Catalogue that is made with the Bistro Burger Bundle and used it for the basis of my neutral Christmas card using the Decorative Trees Bundle that is found in the 2024 Sept-Dec Mini Catalogue.

I've kept most of the design elements the same as the original, but I changed up the layering on my card as I felt my card looked better that way. Just my personal preference. I wanted more a rustic/neutral look and knew I wanted to have the Country Woods DSP on the card and then I built the card up from there.

I've started the card with Basic White thick cardstock and a double layering of dry embossed cardstock. And then over the embossing I've added a layer of the Country Woods DSP. I did try a piece with banner ends like the original sample but liked the DSP without the banner ends. Again, just personal preference and I love clean/straight lines on my cards.

I've then added one of the Spotlight on Nature die cut circles and then layered on that the Decorative Trees die cuts. I layered Crumb Cake cardstock and the super pretty retired Gold Glimmer Paper that I've still got a bit of a stash of. #useyourstash 

I've finished the card off with the heat embossed Merry from the Reindeer Fun stamp set, the die cut Christmas from the Peaceful Season dies, Iridescent Pearls, Linen Thread, and Black and Vanilla large check ribbon.

I hope that my card today inspires you to use the catalogue samples as the basis for your cards. They are the perfect starting point for inspiration and to help you to get creating. I love keeping similar design elements from the samples and changing them up to create my own cards. 

Follow the hop though to visit Kathryn Mangelsdorf to see what catalogue sample inspired her.

Rebecca Scurr

Julia Quinn

Rochelle Blok - You are here

Kathryn Mangelsdorf

Peta Stephen

Michelle Strazds

Andrea Sargent

Judy May

Monique Fielder

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CASE-ing the Catty | CTC#491 | Case a Sketch from Pg. 16

Hello Stamping Friends. Welcome to a super exciting CASE-ing the Catty Blog Hop. We at CASE-ing the Catty are about CASE-ing the samples from the Stampin' Up! Catalogues (Catty) with a different theme to CASE each week. To CASE is to Copy and Selectively Edit.

 This week we are CASE-ing the sketches on pg.16 of the Stampin' Up! 2024 Sept-Dec Mini Catalogue.

Do you use the sketches in the catalogues? I love the sketches in both the Annual and Mini Catalogues. They are a fantastic tool and sometimes just the inspiration that you need to get creating. I hope that they will be an addition to the future catalogues.

These are all the sketches from the Mini Catalogue. How fun are they?! I love how varied they are too. I was drawn to the one at the very top right. After I had finished making my card, I realised that I have used that very layout on a few of my cards recently so no wonder I was drawn to it. But my card was made by the time I realised so I stuck with it. If we do a CASE the Sketch challenge in the future, I'll make sure that the sketch I choose will be something completely different to what I normally do. There, I've set myself a challenge.

My card today uses the Enduring Beauty Stamp set and I've coloured  it with Stampin' Blends Alcohol Markers. I love using the coordinating masks that go with this set, but I also love colouring the image with other colouring mediums too. The Stampin' Blends won out this time. If you want to see this set being using with watercolouring check it out HERE and HERE or used with the masks HERE.

For the flowers I didn't use a standard combination of Blends Markers but used Dark Flirty Flamingo, Light Pretty in Pink and Dark Petal Pink. For the leaves I used Dark and Light Mossy Meadow. I coloured in and around the floral image with Light Pool Party so that the white cardstock blended in more with the Pool Party layer behind it.

 I've finished the card off with some embossed splatters, the Happy Birthday from the Friends for Life Stamp Set, some White ribbon from the Petal Pink & White Diagonal Trim Combo Pack, and some Opal Rounds. I love how this card turned out. It's just so pretty!

Next up on the hop is the fabulous Peta Stephen. Be sure to go around and give her some blog hop love.

Julia Quinn

Rochelle Laird-Smith

Rochelle Blok - You are here

Peta Stephen

Kathryn Mangelsdorf

Rebecca Scurr

Andrea Sargent

Monique Fielder

Judy May

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Just Add Ink #718 | Just Choose Two Challenge

 Hello stamping friends. Happy Friday! I hope you are having a wonderful day. I'm here today with the Just Add Ink Design Team for the new Just Add Ink Challenge - Just Add Ink #718 | Just Choose Two Challenge. This week our Just Choose Two Challenge has been chosen by team member Kerry.

 Today for our Just Choose Two challenge (to choose two items to feature on your project) we are choosing from Texture, Foliage or String. I chose Texture and String for my card today but really you could say that I've added a little bit of foliage as well. This is one of those Just Choose Two challenges where it's easy to use all the three options.

Today I've pulled out the Enduring Beauty stamp set for a bit of embossed watercolouring. I hadn't used this set for a while so it was nice to pull it out and give it a bit of love.

For my texture element from our Just Choose Two options I've used some of the fabulous 3D Embossing folders that Stampin' Up! has in their Embossing Folders range. Here I've used the Layered Florals 3D embossing folder and the Hobnail-Glass Dots from the Basics 3D embossing folders (online exclusive). I've used these two embossing folders as the base layers for my card. I love how using embossing folders really helps to bring your creations from 'drab to fab' with really not much effort at all.

I embossed the Enduring Beauty image on the Fluid 100 Watercolour paper with gold embossing powder and then using one of the Water Painters and some Stampin' Up! inks coloured in the image. Here I've used watered down Blackberry Bliss and Mossy Meadow. These colours are usually dark and intense but with them being watered down they've taken on a soft and subtle look. Pretty!

I die-cut the coloured image with the Everyday Details Dies and then using the holes cut in the circle and some Linen Thread - my string element, 'sewed' the thread through the holes. I also added some Linen Thread on the base layers of the card for some added embellishment.

I've then finished off my card with some ribbon, an embossed sentiment and some Iridescent Pearls.

There are lots of AMAZING creations from the rest of the Just Add Ink Design Team on the JAI Blog. Go and check out to see what 'two' elements they all used this week and then while you are there you can see how you can enter your project. Can't wait to see what 'two' you used.

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CASE-ing the Catty | #CTC484 | CASE the Annual Catalogue

  Hello stamping friends. Thank you for joining me on my blog today. I hope that you've had a fantastic week and are having fabulous day!

 Today I'm participating in a blog hop for the CASE-ing the Catty Design Team, to kick off the new challenge for the week. If you come here from Kathryn Mangelsdorf's blog welcome, if you've started here with me also welcome.

We are about CASE-ing the samples from the Stampin' Up! Catalogues with a different theme to CASE each week. To CASE is to Copy And Selectively Edit. This week we are CASE-ing any project in the 2024 - 2025 Annual Catalogue. 

I was drawn to this gorgeous sample from the Annual catalogue that uses the Cutest Onesie Bundle found on on pg. 64. It's one of those samples that sometimes "If you blink you'll miss it" but I loved the design of it and thought it was perfect to CASE. I thought this little 3"x 3" card/gift tag/ gift card would be perfect to use with some of the new products that I've just recieved in my Sept-Dec Mini Catalogue preorder.

I've created these 4 3"x 3" card/gift tag/ gift cards using the new A Little Bit Festive Specialty Designer Series Paper, the Mix & Match Ephemera, and the Reindeer Days Memories & More Card Pack from the up coming 2024 Sept-Dec Holiday Catalogue. So another sneak peek for you all.

These three products all have similar colours and all work so well when used together. I'm loving these products! They make for fun, easy and quick crafting with your own personal touch.

All four cards have kept the same design as the original sample with the use of the different DSP patterns and the Stylish Shapes circle embossed with the Forever Plaid 3D Embossing Folder (also from the 2024 Sept-Dec Mini Catalogue) and then it was just a matter of changing up the pre-cut pieces to coordinate with the colours in each DSP pattern.

Each card is then finished off with various ribbon, trim and embellishments. I've used some new ones from the new Mini Catalogue like the Pool Party Pompom Ribbon and the Drusy Adhesive-Backed Embellishments and used some trusty old faithful trims like Linen Thread and Black & Very Vanilla Large Check Ribbon from the Annual Catalogue.

 

I hope I've inspired you with my CASE of an Annual Catalogue sample. Be sure to look at each and every sample in the Annual Catalogue as even the smallest of projects may help you with your creative ideas.

 

There are lots of AMAZING creations from the rest of the CASE-ing the Catty Crew so be sure to make your way around the whole hop to get inspiration from the CTC team.

Next up on the hop is the lovely Rebecca Scurr with her fabulous creation.

 

Julia Quinn

Kathryn Mangelsdorf

Rochelle Blok - You are here

Rebecca Scurr

Peta Stephen

Rachel Palmieri

Rochelle Laird-Smith

Monique Fielder

 

We would love to have you join us over at our Facebook group to share your creation CASE-ing a project from the 2024 - 2025 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue and join in this weeks challenge. You don't need to have a blog to join in!

 

 

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