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Sunday, 28 August 2016

CTC 93 Artistic Expressions Touchable Texture

Welcome back to another week of Blog hopping with CASE-ing the Catty. This week we are CASE-ing the Artistic Expression section of the Annual Catalogue from page 92-157. SO much to choose from.

Today I have chosen to case a card on page 105.

I'm a very tactile person & this touchable texture card using the Petal Burst embossing folder peaked my interest. I hadn't used Flower Shop stamp set in ages so I dug it out & made this. You can never have too many birthday cards & this one already has a new home to go to.

I am totally not an orange loving gal, but I do love this new Peekaboo Peach colour. It's bright, yet has a lovely softness to it. I don't have the Congrats framelits so a simple stamped sentiment replaced this. I also used Flirty Flamingo & Daffodil Delight for my flowers & teamed them with a Dapper Denim sentiment. I always find myself reaching for the gorgeous new In Colours when creating new projects.

Whilst I was creating this card the postman delivered my preorder box, so I cracked that open & had a little play with some new Holiday Catalogue products, using the same card design.

I have used the Holly embossing folder along with the new Holly Berry Happiness bundle. Aren't bundles great! A punch & a matching stamp set - Yay! I've also used a small strip of the bright but very pretty (there will be more projects to come using this) Presents & Pinecones DSP. Once again, I used another new In Colour - Emerald Envy. Teamed with Real Red, White & a touch of Mint Macaron it makes a great Christmas combo.

Well, that's it from me this week. I can't wait to have a proper play with my Holiday Catalogue products. OMG they are all so beautiful, you will all love this catalogue. Not long now to wait, as it goes live September 1st!

Next up on the hop is Deb at A Time To Stamp, I am sure you are going to be inspired. by her creation.

Thanks for stopping by

Tricia

If you would like to join in our challenge & create your own CASE, click below. There have been some great entries so far!

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Friday, 8 May 2015

A Wedding Card & A Sneak Peek for CTC 29 - Occasions Sketch Inspiration

Hi There! You may have just hopped here from Elizabeth's blog or you may have hopped here all on your own! Either way, welcome & enjoy this blog hop we have prepared for you today.

I am just back from the Stampin' Up! Convention on the Gold Coast where we got to launch the new 2015-2016 Annual Catalogue. As usual I had a ball! I had lots of fun times with old & new friends, saw exciting new products to play with and I got to come home with an awesome new catalogue! It is a little hard to come down from all that excitement, but I need to focus so I can show you my sketch inspiration for CASE-ing the Catty 29 sketch.

Here is the Sketch

And….here is my card I created using the ever so lovely Something Borrowed DSP from the Occasions Catty on page 42.

CTC29 Wedding Card

Close up of the cake

As you can see I did a little paper piecing on this card. This is a gorgeous wedding stamp set don't you think? I love it & plan on keeping it in my stash of stamps to use again & again. It's a keeper!

Now, as I said before I am just back from Convention 2015. As part of Manager reception we received the most stunning little stamp set from the upcoming New 2015-2016 Annual Catalogue. It is called Awesomely Artistic & has a real vintage arty feel. I love the dragonfly in this set, however today I chose to stick to the sketch & make you up a special version just for this blog hop using the sketch above. Since all of those soft pretty In Colours from 2013-2015 have chosen to leave me, I have used my new favourite colour Soft Sky.

Sneak Peek Annual Catty "Awesomely Artistic"

This set would make such a lovely Mother's day card, but since it is my birthday today….I figured I would make this one into my very own birthday card! I went a little crazy on the pearls but those who know me, know that I share my birthday with someone very special to me & the pearls are for her.

How cute & versatile is that new label stamp in the set?! I bet you are wondering if there is a matching punch to go with that?! Well, stay tuned as the new catalogue goes live on June 2nd! If you would like your very own copy of the new catalogue let me know & I can send one out to you as soon as they arrive.

The next stop on the hop is my good friend Rebecca, where I know you will love what she has made.

Thanks for stopping by

Tricia

Wednesday, 18 February 2015

Celebrate Today Confetti Celebration Card CTC#18

I have an awful lot of birthday cards to catch up on & I just saw that CASE-ing the Catty have a birthday theme challenge this week. Perfect timing!

I have chosen to case the Occasions Catalogue page 10 (very loosely, mind you) by using my new Celebrate Today bundle. I went with the Confetti Celebration DSP as it matches this stamp set perfectly & is lovely & bright & fun!

Thanks For Looking,

TRICIA

YAY thanks everyone for your votes :)

Wednesday, 22 October 2014

12 Weeks Of Christmas: Week 4 - Christmas Wondrous Wreath Card & A Birthday Version Too

As you know all the Wonderous wreath cards out there are very similar. Here is my version. We made this card (well the ladies made 3 actually) at my Create Your Christmas day last weekend. I find this card to be very rich in colour. I used Mossy Meadow & Real Red with the Gold Foil sheets.

Wondrous Wreath Christmas Card

I love the Dotty Angles stamp set so this was a perfect opportunity to use it. There is quite a bit of framelit action here with not only the Wreath but the Banners as well.

While stamping this card I decided I needed find another use for the wreath. I made up quite a few different version of birthday cards using the All Abloom DSP stack & flower punches.

Wondrous Wreath All Abloom Birthday Card

How cute is that! I love that with the addition of the little flower punch from the Itty Bitty Accents punches on the wreath it becomes less Christmassy & more fun.

Thanks For Looking,

TRICIA

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