Hello and welcome to my blog. This week we’re CASEing a Template from page 12 of the Mini Catty. You may have hopped over from Rebecca’s blog, make sure you visit all the Design Team’s Blogs by clicking on the “next” button at the bottom of the post.
I decided to use the second last template on the bottom row of the above graphic and flip it to a landscape orientation. You might need to think a little laterally to see any resemblance, unfortunately this is how my mind works some days or rather does not work haha.
I started with a Basic Gray card base followed by a layer of Basic White. The next layer is Secret Sea, a brand new 2025-2027 In Colour. I thought I was being really clever using the Tiled Technique stamp set and white heat embossing to create a sort of oval in the centre of the card, like the template. That was my first mistake as I was left with more of a rhombus shape. How do I turn a rhombus into an oval? I know, let’s add a Nested Essentials Die and it kind of looks like an oval shape behind it.
As I wasn’t planning to use such a big die cut for my sentiment I then needed a sentiment that would work and I found one in the Country Birdhouse stamp set. My second mistake was that my white heat embossing was a little patchy in the top left hand corner, did you notice? I thought I’d add a flower to hide it so I used the Country Flowers Dies and die cut a few Basic White flowers but they just got lost in the background so ended up using another new In Colour called Darling Duckling for the large flowers and the Impressions Abloom Dies for the smaller flowers.
I think Marvi is quietly judging my card as it turned out nothing like the template I started with but hopefully you can see where I was going with it.
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Peta
Oh I love the journey your card took Peta . It’s turned out so well. No mistakes at all. You detoured x
Beautiful card, Peta! The Nested Essentials die worked perfectly., Great look! I think I may have to get Tiled Technique stamps now. Huggs to Marvi for me! Have a great week!