Case-ing the Catty | #ctc496 | Case a Punch Project

 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 have started here with me also welcome.

This week we are CASE-ing a project using Punches from the Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue or the Stampin' Up! 2024 Sept-Dec Mini Catalogue. I don't own many punches from either catalogue so my card today has CASE-d the design of a sample, but I've used dies for my card rather that Punches. 

I thought this sample that uses the Humble Home Builder Punch was super cute and have used it as the design for my card today. I was drawn to the offset circle and the big bow and incorporated those design elements on my card.

I've used the Online Exclusive Sophisticated Sled Bundle for a 'wintry' Christmas card. Like the original I've kept the offset circle by using the Spotlight on Nature Dies and instead of a big ribbon bow I've used a large Baker's Twine Bow. I've made multiples of the same card as I need a few more Christmas Cards to be able to get them written and sent out all by the start of the December. I'm never this organised. Who is this person?

I've started the card with a Pool Party cardstock base and then layered some Basic White and one of the Country Woods DSP designs. I felt this DSP tied in well with the woodgrain of the sled. Even though they are a different colour. It's that have the same design elements to keep that continuity and coordination of design.

Last time I used this bundle I used the gorgeous die cut ice skates. This time I wanted to use the stamped wreath. I stamped the wreath with Memento ink on Basic White Thick cardstock and then coloured the wreath with Stampin' Blends Alcohol Markers. For the leaves I used Shaded Spruce Light & Dark, and for the berries I used Cherry Cobbler Light & Dark Markers.

I've finished the card off with the 'Good Tidings' sentiment, Real Red & White Baker's Twine, and some Iridescent Pearls. 

I love the cool tones of this card to give that winter feel (even though we are heading for summer here in Australia). There is just something about winter at Christmas that I would love to experience just once, even though it feels very unnatural.

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

Andrea Sargent

Monique Fielder

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Just Add Ink #728 | 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 #728 | Just Choose Two Challenge. This week our Just Choose Two Challenge has been chosen by team member Di.

 

Today for our Just Choose Two challenge (to choose two items to feature on your project) we are choosing from Pens, Pencils, and Patterned Paper. I chose Pencils and Patterned Paper to create a colourful Christmas card using the new Stampin' Up! Nature's Paintings Kit. 

Have you seen this new kit? This unique kit includes everything you need for a fun creative experience: a colouring book, Watercolor Pencils, and a Water Painter. All you need is some imagination and water! And when you've finished colouring you can use your finished artwork to create a one-of-a-kind card front!⁠

One of the images in the kit is some Poinsettias with some Holly Leaves and Berries and I thought that this image was perfect for today's challenge. Well all of the images from the kit would have been perfect but I still need to make some more Christmas cards, so I went with this image today.

The kit comes with 8 watercolour pencils, and I used the colours that were suggested for the kit but I also added some colour from the Watercolour Pencils Assortment Packs that are found in the Stampin' Up! Annual Cataogue. I added the extra colours to add some more depth to the images and to layer a bit more colour. 

I finished the card off with some Linen Thread, Iridescent Pearls, Peaceful Season Dies and the Embossed 'Merry' from the Reindeer Fun Stamp Set.

If you love colouring and also are wanting something to help you relax and de-stress, then this kit is for you. Shop for it HERE.

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 | #ctc495 | Case a die project from either 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.

If you've come from Monique Fielder's blog welcome, if you have started here with me also welcome.

This week we are CASE-ing a project using dies from either the Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue or the Stampin' Up! 2024 Sept-Dec Mini Catalogue. I realised after I made my box that the sample I CASE-d my project on isn't actually in either catalogue because the products used in the sample are Online Exclusives. Oops! I figured I was still CASE-ing a Stampin' Up! sample so I thought I would just go with it.

I love the layering of the original sample along with the addition of the twine and embellishments.

From the original sample it looks like it is a box, so I made a box as well. I've made a simple 'pizza' style box but rectangular instead of square. It's the perfect size to hold a few chocolates or a small gift.

The DSP used comes from the A Little Bit Festive Mix & Match Specialty DSP. I love the Night of Navy Gingham and not only is it perfect for your Christmas crafts but it's a DSP design that can be used all year round. So versatile! Under the DSP layers I've used one of the Christmas Label Dies, cut in half, made to look like it was one long die. I hadn't planned for the negative pieces of the die cut to stay in but when I pulled the die cut out of the die and they all stayed in I thought it looked awesome that way so in they stayed. This is a fantastic way to give different look to your die cuts.

I've embellished my box using the Joyful Images and Joyful Sayings Mix & match Ephemera. I've layered the ephemera and sentiment like the design on the original box. I've changed the orientation of the twine only because I liked it better horizontal instead of vertical. Personal preference.

I've finished the box off with a placement of a few of the Opal Rounds. They coordinate so perfectly.

I love that when using the Mix & Match Ephemera how quick your creation comes together, and the ephemera makes for some budget friendly crafting. 

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

Monique Fielder

Rochelle Blok - You are here

Peta Stephen

Rochelle Laird-Smith

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Global Design Project #470 | #gdp470 | Sketch Challenge

 Hi there stamping friends! Thanks for stopping here at my blog. Today I'm playing along with the sketch challenge over at the Global Design Project #470 | #gdp470 | Sketch Challenge. 

Today I've made a fun Christmas card for you all using the gorgeous Stampin' Up! Reindeer Days Suite Products. I've made quite a few things with these suite products of late. It's just such a super cute suite that Stampin' up! have put out in their 2024 Sept-Dec Catalogue. I'm loving it and it's so versatile!

 Here I've gone for a Basic White card base and let the colours of the DSP and cardstock stand out against the white in a gorgeous contrast. While the DSP and die cuts are quite busy, I think by putting them on a white card base they 'tone down' a little. And I just love a white card base. It's so fresh and crisp!

Under the DSP I've used one of the Christmas Label Dies for some added interest. The die is cut in half to make it look like it's a larger die than what it actually is.

I've finished the card off with the Reindeer Fun Die cuts, an embossed 'Merry Christmas' sentiment, Real Red and White Baker's Twine, and the gorgeous Real Red and White Adhesive-Backed Peppermints. Lots of fun and cuteness!

I do hope that you've enjoyed my take on the GDP sketch and all the Reindeer Days fun.

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CASE-ing the Catty | #ctc494 | CASE the Sketch

 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.

 This week we are CASE-ing one of the samples on Pg. 26 of the Stampin' Up! 2024 Sept-Dec Mini Catalogue and using that sample for our challenge sketch.

I've used the sketch to create a fun and super cute Christmas Card using the Reindeer Days Suite, but mainly the Reindeer Days DSP.

I've gone for some fussy cutting this week use the images from the Reindeer Days DSP to create a little reindeer scene. Do you love fussy cutting or not? It's like the love hate relationship people have with Coriander. You either love it or hate it. I love fussy cutting and coriander!

I've started the card off with Pecan Pie cardstock and then used the amazingly detailed circle die from the Reindeer Fun Dies to create the die cut background. I've layered an embossed piece of Basic White behind the circle for some added texture and interest.

Once I cut the die cut piece, I've then arranged the DSP pieces to keep the same design elements as the sketch. The present next to the tree is one of the stickers from the Reindeer Days Memories and More Card Pack and then I've finished the card off with the layer of DSP, the embossed sentiment and the super cute Real Red& White Adhesive-Backed Peppermints.

I hope that I've inspired you with my take on the sketch and my fun Christmas Card.

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. I love how we all have the same sketch, but we all end up with very different creations.

Next up on the hop is the fantastic Andrea Sargent. Be sure to give her some blog hop love.

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Just Add Ink #726 | 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 #726 | Inspiration Picture Challenge.

This week the inspiration picture has lots of greens and browns and also a lot of elements in nature. With that for my card today I've made a Christmas card that incorporates some of those greens and browns and also the nature elements with some Christmas Trees and as well as some Holly.

I've gone for a quick but fun card today by using the Reindeer Days Memories & More Card Pack to make my card. I needed something quick to make this week as I've been unwell for most of it with the flu and didn't have much time to create something. This card pack is not only gorgeous for your Christmas memory keeping but they are fantastic to create a quick Christmas card or two.

I've used Basic White as my base and added an embossed layer using the Forever Plaid Embossing Folder and then I cut down one of the larger cards from the card pack to fit my card front. I loved the lighter green on this card and then the darker green boarder to add a frame.

I've then used one of the smaller cards from the pack for the next layer and layered it with Basic White and then embellished it with some of the stickers from the card pack and as well as some Pool Party Pompom Ribbon, Linen Thread, and some Silver Drusy Adhesive-Backed Embellishments. 

Next time you're in a pinch and need a card quick, use some of the cards from one of the Stampin' Up! Memories and More card Packs and you'll have your card made 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 | #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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