A Little Yuletide Village CTC#500

Hello & welcome to my blog. If you are coming to me via the CASEing the Catty blog hop, hello & thanks for stopping by!

I have been lucky enough to be asked back for this wonderful milestone with the CASEing the Catty team! Congrats to the team on such an amazing achievement your 500th challenge!  Whilst I haven't been posting on my blog very much, I've still been creating and following the blog hop each week.  The team have been a source of inspiration many a time so thanks guys for the awesome work you do! 

I was asked back to CASE my favourite project from any of the current Stampin Up! catalogues.  When I was asked to join the blog hop I was overwhelmed with all my options! Sometimes life gets so busy it can be weeks between projects.  When this happens, I turn to the catalogues & CASE away.  After a few projects I am usually inspired to create more & more, which usually ends with several projects! 

One of my favourite CASED items that I made when this catalogue first came out was a little frame using Yuletide Village stamp set on page 56 of the September December Mini Catalogue.   

Stampin' Up! Mini Catalogue  © 2024 page 57

It's such a pretty little frame & evokes the idea of little snowy village at Christmas time.  Living in Australia, I have never experienced such a thing.  My Christmas is spent in the air conditioning on a hot summer's day so the thought of such a cute little snowy scene seems so charming.  

This is more like what my Christmas looks like! Yes, I am lucky to be living by the beach, but oh what I would give to see what a real white Christmas looks like! Since I don't have the ability to hop on a plane & be surrounded by such a place, I just had to create this frame for myself to make up for it! 

The frame is made from Crumb Cake card stock & was adapted from a frame Simone Bartrum (another CASEing the Catty alumni) created using the Country Birdhouse bundle for a craft show in August this year.  I stamped the tiny woodgrain stamp from the Country Birdhouse stamp set in Crumb cake ink all over the frame to create a wooden look.  Then I stamped & cut out lots of the little houses & trees from the Yuletide Village stamp set until I had my own little wintery scene. Once I had a village I was happy with I coloured in each house with Stampin' Blends markers.  The background was created using the Falling Snow background stamp on Pool Party card stock.   

As a bonus... the Yuletide Village stamp set is marked down in the Last Chance products list. It's now just $30.60!  

   

Once again, Congratulations to the CASEing the Catty team on such an amazing milestone. I have thoroughly enjoyed joining the celebrations and re-living the good old days of being a member of the blog hop team.  

Next on the hop is Rebecca at The Paper & Stamp Addict.  

Happy Crafting

TRICIA 

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! 

Product List

Flower Shop Clear Stamp Set

[130942]

Pansy Punch

[130698]

Petal Burst Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[141493]

Peekaboo Peach Classic Stampin' Pad

[141398]

Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad

[141397]

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad

[126944]

Dapper Denim Classic Stampin' Pad

[141394]

Holly Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[141634]

Holly Berry Happiness Photopolymer Bundle

[143505]

Presents & Pinecones Designer Series Paper

[141986]

Emerald Envy Classic Stampin' Pad

[141396]

Red Glimmer Paper

[121790]

Christmas Greetings Thinlits Dies

[139659]

CTC72 - Life is A Beautiful Ride

Welcome back to CASE-ing the Catty Sunday Blog Hop & HAPPY EASTER!  I am sure you will be sick of chocolate by now & ready for our blog hop.  We are sharing one last Sale-A-Bration project with you before it all ends.  There are only a few days left to get your free Sale-A-Bration (SAB) items so you had better be quick! Remember, here in Australia, you need to order $90 worth of product to select those freebies!

I have chosen to case this card on the left from the additional SAB flyer:

I loved this little bike when I first saw it & haven't had the chance to make anything with it until now. The Pedal Pusher stamp set has lots of little additions for the bike & different sentiments as well, making it a great choice for a free SAB item.

I have been missing my bright colour palette so I have pulled out my favourite paper stack,  Its My Party DSP stack.  It has so many bright fun patterns & I just couldn't go past adding some coordinating products.

I added a strip of the Crushed Curry spotty Washi Tape & the Melon Mambo Enamel Dots to the wheels. All the other DSP is part of the It's My Party paper stack, which comes in a 12" x 12" size - perfect for scrapbookers! 

This is a great stamp to colour in with the Stampin Write Markers. Colouring in is fun don't you think?  You could also water colour it like the sample I cased.  I used Beautiful Ride stamp set for the sentiment as I thought it went perfectly with the bike.  

Would you like to earn Pedal Pusher for free?  You have until the end of March to get that qualifying order in.  You can click straight through to my store from the boxes below.

Next up is Kathryn, I wonder what she has made today as a goodbye to Sale-A-Bration?
You can always go backwards too! Just click on the previous blog to head backwards to Monique's blog

Would you like to join us for this challenge? you can add your link here:

Thanks for stopping by

Tricia 

Product List

Pedal Pusher Photopolymer Stamp Set

[141312]

It's My Party Designer Series Paper Stack

[140552]

It's My Party Designer Washi Tape

[140556]

It's My Party Enamel Dots

[140554]

It's My Party Cardstock Pack

[140718]

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

[121688]

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

Brights Stampin' Write Markers

[131259]

Neutrals Stampin' Write Markers

[131261]

Handheld Stapler

[139083]

Beautiful Ride Photopolymer Stamp Set

[140738]

CTC 60 CASE-ing Simone

Hello & welcome to a very special CTC blog hop where all the team members CASE each other.  How fun!  I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with!  You will have hopefully hopped here from Jess's blog where she has CASED me!  Today I am CASE-ing Simone Bartrum.  Simone is my Upline "grandma" so to speak, so CASEing her was a little bit daunting!

I loved what Simone did with the Wonderland stamp set recently, so I decided this would be the one to CASE. To refresh your memory here are Simone's cards.

I just love this stamp set & if you follow my blog you will see I have used it lots.  For this project, I wanted to try the Northern Lights technique.  I have always wanted to go see the northern lights, however, I absolutely loathe the cold - so nope, I shall have to love them from afar.   

For my first card, I used sponges & swiped my Daffodil Delight, Tempting Turquoise & Rich Razzleberry inks over the white cardstock randomly.  Then I rubbed Island Indigo ink all around to soften & blend the sky.  Next I stamped the trees in our Basic Black Archival Ink.  This ink is seriously the best black ink I have ever used! Then I added snow with the white gel pen to give it a really wintery feel.  You can see I have added a snowflake element just like Simone did too! 

I then decided I would like to try brayering to see if I could get a similar look. I used Island indigo, Daffodil delight & Rich Razzleberry inks to achieve the lit up night sky.  Well, I was a little out of practice & had to have about 4 tries before I got it just right. Trust me my hands were rather colourful by the end of it!  

As you can see, I used 2 different techniques to achieve a similar effect, but I like them both. 

Next stop on the blog hop is Simone's blog.  I hope she likes my CASE of her lovely cards.  I bet she has something fun to share!  If you get lost on your hop just stop in at the CTC blog to get back on track.  

Thanks for stopping by

Tricia