CASE-ing the Catty | #ctc513 | Case Beautiful Bokeh Suite pages 38-41

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. 

If you've come from Julia Quinn's blog welcome, if you've started here with me also welcome. It's so good to have you here. 

 This week we are CASE-ing the Stampin' Up! Beautiful Bokeh Suite that is found on pgs. 38 - 41 in the 2025 Jan - April Mini Catalogue. This suite lets the dappling light, fluttery butterfly wings, fun embellishments, and soft colours of the Beautiful Bokeh Suite Collection transform your paper crafts from ordinary to extraordinary! This suite is just what you need to create captivating gratitude, birthday, and all-occasion cards, scrapbook pages, gift tags, and more.

 From the samples in the catalogue featuring this suite I've settled on this one today. I love the simplicity of the sample design with the three panels down the right hand side and then where the placement of the stamped images and sentiment are on the card is just perfect. I've then incorporated these things on my card for you today.

I've started off with a Basic White card base and then layered some embossed pieces of the new In Color - Strawberry Slush. If you are thinking that you've seen this colour before you would be right because this is a returning In Color. It was originally part of the 2013 - 2015 In Colors with Pistachio Pudding, Coastal Cabana, Crisp Canteloupe, and Baked Brown Sugar. 

Now for the 2025 - 2027 In Colors Strawberry Slush is teamed up with Darling Duckling,Timid Tiger, Secret Sea, and Cloud Cover.

I love the bright look of the Strawberry Slush and I've combined it with some 2024 -2026 In Colors for some floral clusters in placement just like the original sample from the 2025 Jan - April Mini Catalogue. These flower dies from the Impressions Abloom Bundle are a sneak peek for you from some of the new products that will be available in May for some new Online Exclusive Products.

I've combined with the Impressions Abloom dies the Delightful Wishes stamp set and dies to finish the card off with a  beautiful sentiment. I've also finished off the card with a few Iridescent Pearls for some pretty embellishment.

Next up on the hop is the fabulous Peta Stephen.  Be sure to give her some CASE-ing the Catty Blog Hop love.

 

Rebecca Scurr

Julia Quinn

Rochelle Blok - You are here

Peta Stephen

Rochelle Laird-Smith

Andrea Sargent

Monique Fielder

Lauren Meiklejohn 

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Just Add Ink #743 | Sketch 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 #743 | Just Add a Sketch. This week our challenge was suggested by Just Add Ink Design Team member Tristan Dawes

I've used the Delightful Wishes Bundle for my card today with a different colour combination for me. My card today uses Smoky Slate, Petal Pink, Calypso Coral, and Misty Moonlight. This card also started out very different to how it ended up. I had started with some stamping of the Mixed Florals Stamp Set on Fluid 100 Watercolor papr, coloured in the image with a Water Painter and Reinkers, and then die cut the images with the Stylish Shapes dies and it all looked wrong. Well I thought it did so it was back to the drawing board.  

 My next thought was the Delighful Wishes Bundle. I've started with Smoky Slate for the base of the card and then used one of the floral images to create a stamped boarder. These images are normally used as a layered stamp with two stamps to create the one image but I like using just the one image to create a boarder. Over this I used a blending brush to add a 'sponged' edge and then added some Smoky Slate ink splatter.

Next I've added some linen thread to the base layer and then layered the Stylish Shapes dies cuts and the Delightful Wishes floral dies. Its hard to see in the photo but I 'sponged' the edges of the flowers and leaves also using a Blending Brush.

 I've finished the card off with some super cute Tiny Bee Trinkets and my favourite Linen Thread and Black & Very Vanilla Large Check Ribbon.

 

While I haven't kept exactly to the sketch I've used most of the elements from the design of the sketch for my interpretation of this weeks sketch. 

Ready to join in this weeks challenge? Click on the banner below and you'll be taken straight to the Just Add Ink Blog where you will find the design teams inspiration creations for you as well as all the details on how you can participate. I'd love to see you join in!

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Artisans Show Your Love Instagram Hop | Artisan Design Team

We are so excited about the 2025 Artisan journey we get to take with you this year & all that we have to share! So let’s keep the sharing going with a Hop! Inspired by Feb 14th. Come hop along with us as we share projects inspired by things we love! ❤️

I've used the @stampinupofficial Friends of the Ocean Suite today for my cards because firstly, I ❤️❤️❤️ this suite and secondly, the theme of this suite is all the things I LOVE. Bright colours, ocean/beach, water, waves, ocean animals. I'm a summer girl and the beach and the ocean are my happy place. As soon as I go to one and just hearing sounds of the waves makes me feel like I am at 'home'. Pity my bank account won't let me live near one so it can literally be my home.

For both cards I've kept to the same colours that are in the gorgeous Friends of the Ocean DSP because - ❤️. I think Melon Mambo and Summer Splash are my new go to colour combo. I love the vibrancy and brightness of these colours together. They just scream all things beach and summer! I've made it a little bit easier on myself by fussy-cutting and die cutting the images from the DSP rather than stamping them. Did you know that the dies are designed to die cut some of the images from the DSP? I love that. Makes for some quick and easy crafting, that's for sure!

Do you have this suite yet? I can't recommend this suite enough! I ❤️ it. If you are into bright colours and all things beach and the ocean then this is the suite for you. 

Next up in our Show Your Love Hop is: Eve @scrapbook_fait_avec_amour

Full list of today's hoppers
Ashley Brown Van Camp @designwithink
Lara Moss @scrappykea
Sarine Zijderveld @sarinezijderveld
Maheswari Rajaguru @maheswarirajaguru
Stacey Marsh @stampinwithstaceymarsh
Constanze Wirtz @conibaer
Andrea Sargent @andreaksargent
Jay Soriano @mitosucrafts
Christine Sauvage Cabello @Christinecabello_latortuescrap
Carina Voraberger @inastempelt
Bree Jones Renwick @craftsomnia
Kim McGillis @kim_mcgillis
Cornelia Janssen @manufaktur_herzgemacht
Pamela R Blackwell @passionateaboutscrapbooking
Marion Molinié @einilomascrap
Petra Noeth @stempelstein
Jaqueline Tobiczyk @touchofjoycs
Rochelle Blok @thestampingblok_rochelleblok ☆YOU ARE HERE☆
Eve Monger @scrapbook_fait_avec_amour
Yvonne Spikmans - Van Bruggen @thecreativeteacup

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Just Add Ink #737 | Inspiration Picture Challenge

 Hello there stamping friends! Happy Friday! Welcome and thanks for joining me on my blog today. Today we over at Just Add Ink have a fabulous inspiration picture challenge - Just Add Ink #737 | Inspiration Picture Challenge.

This weeks inspiration pic has a fabulous summer vibe. Who doesn't love a cool drink and some delicious watermelon when the weather warms up.  I was drawn to the colours (but more of a muted tone) in the pic with the gorgeous pinks, greens and aqua tones.

I've used the Wildflower Birthday DSP for a Pretty in Pink birthday card. I've used one of my favourite designs in the DSP pack - the Pink Gingham, and combined it for a layered card. How pretty is that gingham?!

To go with the gorgeous DSP I've used the ready-to-use die cuts to accent the card. These die cuts make it super quick and super easy to make a gorgeous and fabulous card. The artwork in these die cuts is amazing and just all round extraordinary. There are two sheets of these amazing die cuts in the Wildflower Birthday DSP pack so there are plenty of die cuts to choose from to use on your next project.

I've finished off the card with the Happy Birthday sentiment from the Friends for Life Stamp set and then accented the card with the simple Linen Thread and the gorgeous and super fun Party Dots.

Next time you're in a pinch and need a card quick, combine the Wildflower DSP with the Wildflower ready-to-use die cuts and you'll have a card put together in no time.

Go and check out the design teams take on this week's Inspiration Picture Challenge at the Just Add Ink Blog and then come and join us in this week's inspiration picture fun! Can't wait to see what you create!

 

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CASE-ing the Catty | #ctc505 | CASE the Sale-a-bration Brochure

 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.

 If you've come from Judy May's blog welcome, if you've started here with me also welcome. It's so good to have you here.

This week we are CASE-ing a project from the Stampin' Up! 2025 Sale-a-bration Brochure. f you've not seen the Sale-a-bration Brochure you can check it out HERE. Sale-a-bration is where you can earn FREE products from 7th Jan - 28th Feb 2025. With every $100AUD you spend on Stampin' Up! products (before shipping and handling) you can choose a FREE product from the Sale-a-bration Brochure. Its a fun time of year to be part of and to shop with Stampin' Up! If you want more details on Sale-a-bration please contact me.

There are some fabulous projects in the Sale-a-bration Brochure that show creative ideas for all types of paper crafters. I was particularly drawn to the sample above that uses the FREE Toadstool Garden DSP. What drew me to this card was the use of the DSP for the card base rather than using cardstock and I loved that it wasn't your standard looking card.

I've used the beautiful Wildflower Birthday DSP from the Wildflower Birthday Suite to CASE the brochure sample. I can't love this DSP enough. It would have to be one of my favourites from the Stampin' Up! 2025 Jan-Apr Mini Catalogue. 

With the various patterns and designs of the DSP I've kept the card fairly simple with the use of the DSP as the card base and then layered a die cut circle and then one of the ready to use die cuts that are also in the Wildflower Birthday DSP pack.

On the inside I've let the beautiful DSP do all the 'talking' with its amazing pattern and beautiful colours. I've added a small Basic White cardstock panel for to write a personal greeting and then used the same ready to use die cut piece that was on the front to keep that continuity. I trimmed this one down so that it only covered a corner of the greeting panel.

Under the die cut circle I added some Pretty in Pink ribbon to hold the card closed. It doesn't necessarily need it to hold the card closed but I thought it was pretty so, why not? 

I've finished the card off with some strands of the Online Exclusive Gold Twisted Thread, some of the Wildflower Birthday DSP all purpose designs and some of the super gorgeous Party Dots.

I'm really loving the use of the DSP for the base of the card and it's a fabulous way to use up some of that gorgeous DSP that we all tend to love (hoard) and not cut up. It's also a quick way to create a beautiful card and to let the DSP be the main star of the show, making the card beautiful on the inside as well as the outside. Let's get DSP chopping!

Next up on the hop is the lovely, Kathryn Mangelsdorf. Be sure to give her some CASE-ing the Catty Blog Hop love. 

 

Julia Quinn

Rochelle Laird-Smith

Judy May

Rochelle Blok - You are here

Kathryn Mangelsdorf

Peta Stephen 

Michelle Strazds

Monique Fielder

Rebecca Scurr

Andrea Sargent

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Just Add Ink #736 | Just Add A Touch of Bling

 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 #736 | Just Add a Touch of Bling. This week our theme was chosen by design team member Lou.

I've recently received the Stampin' Up! Wildflower Birthday Suite products in a recent order and was super keen to have a play and create with them. This weeks challenge was the perfect excuse to use them and the best thing is that the DSP and trim from this suite have a little bit of 'bling' in them. Perfect!

 

My favourite design in the Wildflower Birthday DSP is the Pool Party sheet with the gold scallops so I've used that as the one of the base layers of the card on a base of Basic White. I've then layered some of the Gold Open Weave trim over the DSP for some more bling for our Just Add a Touch of Bling theme. Is there such a thing as too much bling?

Over the base layers I added another piece of the DSP that I thought was a pretty contrast. This sheet of cakes also has some more of that beautiful gold foil. So pretty! I've then layered some of the Spotlight on Nature die cut circles, one die cut in Pool Party with Linen Thread threaded around the edge and then the other one I've die cut in Basic White cardstock.

To finish off the card I've used one of the beautiful ready to use die cuts that comes in the Wildflower DSP, the stamped Happy Birthday from the Birthday Celebration Stamp Set, and some of the super pretty Party Dots.

The products from this suite would have to be my favourite from the Stampin' Up! 2025 Jan - Apr Mini Catalogue. Watch this space for more projects from me using this suite. 

I do hope that I've given you some inspiration for our bling 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 a Touch of Bling Challenge.

Will you be entering our challenge this week? We would love to see your 'Just Add a Touch of Bling' creation. Click the image below to be taken straight to this week's challenge.

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CASE-ing the Catty | #ctc503 | CASE the Scrapbooking Brochure

 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.

 If you've come from Julia Quinn's blog welcome, if you've started here with me also welcome. It's so good to have you here.

This week we are CASE-ing a project from the Stampin' Up! 2025 January Scrapbooking Brochure. If you've not seen the January Scrapbooking Brochure you can check it out HERE and shop for the products from it HERE.

I looked through the brochure to see if there was any scrapbooking layouts that I could turn into a card and I settled on this layout below.

I really liked the two different types of DSP across the page, the scalloped border down the side and then the space at the top and the bottom of the page where the cardstock was exposed.

This was the card that was then inspired by the scrapbooking sample from the Scrapbooking brochure. I've used products from the Friends of the Ocean Suite for a bright and fun card. I can't love this suite enough. The bright colours of the DSP are so fun and the beach and the ocean is where my heart belongs. Any crafting products that are beach themed then I have to have them. If only my bank account (Ha!) would allow me to live closer to the beach because that is where I would be.

I kept pretty close in design of my card as to what was on the scrapbook page sample. I've used the two different designs from the Friends of the Ocean DSP. The scalloped border from one of the dies from the Ocean Friends Dies and then I exposed some of the cardstock at the top and bottom of the card just like the scrapbook layout.

Over the front of the card I placed some of the Gold Open Weave Trim which looks like fishing netting. Over that I've then arranged some of the Ocean Friends Dies and the Crab and Lobster that have been die cut from the Friends of the Ocean DSP. How easy is that all the stamping has been done for you! All you have to do is die cut the pieces from the DSP!

I've finished the card off with some of the super fun Sunny Day Iridescent Dots and the stamped 'Hello, Friend' sentiment that has been tied off with Linen Thread.

If you are not a scrapbooker and are looking through the brochure for some creative inspiration just look at each layout and see how you can turn it into a card. It doesn't even have to be the whole layout that you turn into a card, it can be just some of the design elements. 

 

Next up on the hop is the lovely, Peta Stephen. Be sure to give her some CASE-ing the Catty Blog Hop love.

Julia Quinn

Rochelle Blok - You are here

Peta Stephen

Monique Fielder

 

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