Yearly Archives: 2019

Hello and welcome to my blog.  I didn’t hop last week as I was in Sydney for Stampin’ Up! On Stage.  I had such a great long weekend away with fabulous company, great food and of course some stamping.

This week at CASEing the Catty we are CASEing anything from the Annual Catty and giving it a Holiday Twist.  I don’t want to alarm you but Christmas is only one month away!!!  Have you started sending Christmas cards yet?  If you like any of the cards I share please message me and I’ll post one out to you.

Christmas inspiration is all around you and I’m sure the crew have some fabulous projects to share with you this week.  You may have hopped over from Rachel’s blog, make sure you visit all the Design Team’s Blogs by clicking on the “next” button at the bottom of each post.

I’ve used the card on the far right of page 41 of the Annual Catalogue for my inspiration this week.

I’ve changed the colour to Pretty Peacock but kept to the same basic layout.

I’ve used the Rectangle Stitched Framelits to die cut the front of my card then I’ve added a piece of Brightly Gleaming Specialty DSP to the rectangle.  I’ve stamped the flourish from the Christmas Gleaming stamp set in Pretty Peacock.  The holly has been Copper Heat Embossed then coloured with Pretty Peacock and Real Red Stampin’ Blends.

The sentiment is also Copper Heat Embossed and I’ve added some Fine Tip Glue to the holly to give it some shine.

I’ve added another holly leaf and a Copper Embossed sentiment to the inside of the card.

My assistant, Marvi, was on hand for the photo shoot today.  I’m not sure if he liked my card or it bored him to sleep lol.

He did have a big day on Friday.  I had two classes and there were so many people to meet and greet I think he wore himself out.

Next up tonight is Siobhan’s beautiful project.  Just click on the “Next” button to hop right over.

We’d love for you to join this challenge.  Click below and send us a request to join then just upload your new creation to the wall.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hello and welcome to my blog.  We’ve had such hot and windy weather here on the Sunshine Coast this week.  There’s bushfires at Cooroibah and Tewantin at the moment and several bushfires in NSW, I hope everyone is OK and stays safe.

This week at CASEing the Catty we are CASEing a layout from page 22 of the Holiday Catalogue. You may have hopped over from Michelle’s blog.  Make sure you visit all the Design Team’s Blogs by clicking on the “next” button at the bottom of each post.

I’ve CASEd the penguin card in the bottom right hand corner of the above picture.  Originally I made this card for #CTC245 but I didn’t make it into the blog hop because I was holidaying in Cairns.  So I thought I’d use it this week because I really liked how it turned out and I’ve used a really cool technique to create the stars on the background.

My card base is Night of Navy with a layer of Whisper White.  On a separate piece of Whisper White I’ve used my Sponge Brayer and created a background with Rich Razzleberry, Night of Navy and Shaded Spruce.  I’ve die cut a circle from Sparkle Glimmer Paper then added a Gold Foil and Wrapped In Plaid Pine Tree.

For the background stars I’ve simply sprayed my stamp, from So Many Stars, with Stampin’ Mist Stamp Cleaner then stamped it onto my brayered card stock.  I accidentally “inked” up my stamp on my Stampin’ Scrub instead of my ink pad and discovered that the Stampin’ Mist Cleaner actually lifts the ink off the brayered card stock.  So I tried it again, this time actually spraying the stamp and I got this very cool result.  When you first stamp your stamp it doesn’t look like anything is happening but as it dries the colour lifts off.  I’ve also added a few Snowflake Sequins and retired Metallic Sequins and the greeting is Gold Heat Embossed on Vellum.

Next up tonight is Tina’s beautiful project.  Just click on the “Next” button to hop right over.

We’d love for you to join this challenge.  Click below and send us a request to join then just upload your new creation to the wall.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hello and welcome to my blog, you may be starting with me this week or you may have hopped over from Tina’s blog.  Make sure you visit all the Design Team’s Blogs by clicking on the “next” button at the bottom of each post.

We are CASEing a layout from page 52 of the Holiday Catalogue.  Page 52 features the Halloween themed, Monster Bash suite.

Halloween is a non event in my household so this week I’ve CASEd the “Open if you Dare” box and turned it into a Christmas gift box.

I’ve used a Mini Shipping Box and created a belly band using Brightly Gleaming Specialty DSP.  I can’t get enough of this DSP at the moment, it’s so beautiful.

I’ve used some Pretty Peacock 1/2″ Scalloped Ribbon and some Very Vanilla/Copper 1/2″ Classic Weave Ribbon around my belly band.  I cut the Pretty Peacock ribbon in half,  down the middle to create two pieces of ribbon, then adhered them to the “Merry Christmas” ribbon.

I’ve used the Ornate Frames Dies on Noble Peacock Foil Sheets to layer behind the sentiment.  “Oh What Yum” is from the Itty Bitty Christmas stamp set and it’s embossed with Copper Embossing Powder.

Marvi wasn’t keen on a photo with my project this week but he’s always keen to help out at my classes.  He likes to keep a close eye on everyone.  Here he is with Coral, Jenny, Beryl and Di.  He’s good at stealing ribbon and twine lol

Next up tonight is Julia’s beautiful project.  Just click on the “Next” button to hop right over.

We’d love for you to join this challenge.  Click below and send us a request to join then just upload your new creation to the wall.

Thanks for stopping by.