

Hello and welcome to my blog. I hope you are well and managed to do something special for Anzac Day yesterday, even with these social distancing and self isolation rules.
This week at CASEing the Catty our challenge will only be going for one week instead of the usual two weeks. So don’t delay and get crafting, we’d love to see what you make. Our theme this week is to CASE the colours of the Ornate Garden Suite. The colours are Bumblebee (could this be a new In Colour?), Early Espresso, Mint Macaroon, Old Olive, Terracotta Tile and Whisper White.
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As the Ornate Garden Suite is full of flowers I decided on another flower stamp set to use on my card, Good Morning Magnolia.

My card base is Early Espresso with a layer of Terracotta Tile. Instead of using Whisper White I’ve used Very Vanilla as I think it works better with these colours. My layer of Very Vanilla has been embossed with the Coastal Weave Embossing Folder then I sponged a little Early Espresso around the edges. I’ve also used my retired Gold Wink of Stella to add some gold splatter.

I’ve Gold heat embossed the large Magnolia flower then used my Aqua Painter to colour the leaves with Mint Macaron and Old Olive. I gold embossed a second Magnolia flower and water coloured the leaves in Early Espresso and Terracotta Tile then fussy cut them and added them behind my main flower, I also added a few Gold Glimmer Paper die cut leaves, just for good measure. There’s a little Daffodil Delight in the centre of my Magnolia then I covered the white of my flower with Wink of Stella. It was hard to capture the shimmer in my photo.

Mr Marvi had just woken up, so he was a little grumpy. He was fast asleep in his basket and the next minute he was there, ready for a photo. He’s had this basket since he was a kitten and he is way too big for it now but somehow still manages to squish himself in.

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I love all the layers on your card! And the stella is the perfect touch of bling!!
Stunning colouring! I love the multicoloured leaves and all the gold and sparkle!! Stunning card.
Beautiful Peta, I love your use of the gold splatter and embossing – it gives it a real sparkle and shine.
What a beautiful card! You can’t beat the magnolia, except when you add more pieces from it! Did you notice the Marvi inspiration on page 41 of the new catty?
Yes I did Leslie, can’t wait to order it.
Beautiful card!! What color are your cats’ eyes? They are beautiful too.
I think you did a great job with all the gold Peta.
Your card is fabulous – full of gorgeous colour and texture! I had to LOL at Marvi’s basket, it reminded me of a Hairy Maclary story that Hudson particularly likes to watch, about Schnitzel Von Crumb and his basket!
Love the embossed background and the way the magnolia jumps off the page.
That gold embossing really makes the magnolia pop! Great colouring too.