2020 May

CTC 269 – Week 2 – Case your Favourite Retiring Bundle

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Hello and welcome to my blog. Today in Australia it’s Mother’s Day so Happy Mother’s Day to all the Mum’s out there. Fortunately in Queensland they have lifted some Covid19 restrictions and we are allowed 5 people from the one household to visit others so I was able to see my Mum on her special day.

It’s Week 2 of CASEing our favourite retiring bundle from either the Annual Catalogue or the 2020 Mini Catalogue. You may have hopped over from Julia’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’m using a bundle that hasn’t seen much love in my craft room and when I say hasn’t seen much love I really mean has never been inked up!!! The “It Starts With Art” bundle is now retiring so I made up for lost time and created 5 cards with it. I’ve also not used the five 2018-2020 In Colours for a while either so I’ve combined both.

My favourite retiring In Colour is Blueberry Bushel. For each of my cards I’ve coloured the images with the five retiring colours and the sentiment is White Heat Embossed on Basic Black card stock.

Lovely Lipstick

Grapefruit Grove with co-ordinating 1/8″ Grosgrain Ribbon

Pineapple Punch

And Call Me Clover. How cute are these little re-inkers?

I love how these cards have turned out so I’m not sure why I hadn’t used this bundle before. Which one is your favourite?

There’s no clear favourite for Marvi this week which must mean he likes them all.

It’s time to hop over and see Sandra’s wonderful creation. Just click on the next button below.

Thanks for stopping by.

By Peta Stephen|2020-05-09T15:07:10+10:00May 10th, 2020|CASEing the Catty Crew|4 Comments

Social Stamping – Family

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Hello and welcome to my blog. I’m back this week with a card for the Social Stamping Blog Host, hosted by the very talented Kelly Kent. The theme this week is “Family”. You can work your way through the host by clicking on the next button at the bottom of the post or you can click here to go back to Kelly’s post where there’s a list of participants so you can continue your way around.

I’m lucky to have all of my family live within a 20 km radius of me. My parents are in the Covid19 “high risk” age category so I haven’t seen them for a number of weeks. I’m currently working from home and only leaving the house to buy groceries but you can never be too careful.

When I bought and downloaded the Stampin’ Up! Share Sunshine PDF I immediately thought this sentiment would be perfect for my “family” inspired card.

My card base is Basic Gray with a layer of Whisper White. I’ve then used the Jubilee Beauty Dies to create these gorgeous detailed pieces and layered them over my Whisper White. I’ve used the Stitched So Sweetly Dies to cut the sentiment and the layer behind the sentiment.

The flowers are coloured with Smoky Slate, Seaside Spray and Pretty Peacock Stampin’ Blends. I’ve added some Basic Pearls, coloured with my Pretty Peacock Blend and some Seaside Spray 1/4″ Metallic Ribbon.

Marvi is a bit grumpy today because I disturbed him for a quick photo but I think he likes my card.

If you’d like more information on the “Share Sunshine” PDF just click here. The Share Sunshine PDF Download is a digital stamp set that’s packed with both light-hearted and heartfelt sentiments and imagery relevant to the unique COVID-19 and social distancing situation we’re currently experiencing. Simply print the imagery on cardstock and cut it out using your Paper Trimmer, punches, or dies.

Next up is the wonderful Nikki Spencer. Just click on the next button to hop over to her beautiful creation.

Thanks for stopping by.

By Peta Stephen|2020-05-08T10:51:06+10:00May 9th, 2020|Social Stamping|10 Comments

CTC 269 – Week 1 – Case your Favourite Retiring Bundle

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Hello and welcome to my Blog. It’s Sunday night already so it’s time for our CASEing the Catty Blog Hop. The weekend has gone so quickly but here in Queensland tomorrow is a public holiday for Labour Day so I get one extra day to craft.

This week we are CASEing our favourite Retiring Bundle from either the Annual Catalogue or the 2020 Mini Catalogue. 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.

You probably won’t believe me but I only have a couple of bundles that are retiring from the 2019-2020 Annual Catalogue. With that being said I have plenty of retiring bundles from previous Catalogues. I’ve chosen to use a bundle from the 2020 Mini Catty this week, Parisian Beauty and I’ve CASEd the two cards on the right hand side of page 17.

The first card I did in a class earlier this year but I thought I’d share it because everybody loved it. I followed the sample card fairly closely, only changing a couple of things.

My card base is Crumb Cake with a layer of Pool Party embossed with the Scripty embossing folder. Next a layer of Cherry Cobbler then my stamped piece.

The flourish was die cut from Champagne Foil and there’s a banner of SDSP behind my sentiment. I’ve also added some Champagne Rhinestones.

For the second card I started with a layer of Petal Pink then a layer of Parisian Blooms SDSP. I used the Stitched So Sweetly Dies to cut out three different pieces of SDSP.

The Eiffel Tower is die cut from Champagne Foil and adhered over the top of the SDSP. I’ve stamped the sentiment in Cherry Cobbler on Petal Pink card stock. I’ve added some Champagne Rhinestones to this card too.