Make It Calm Christmas Tree - CASE-ing the Catty Challenge #7

I love the look of the whole home decor scene on page 20 of the Holiday Catalogue, don't you?

The greens, silvers & blues are so pretty yet calming.  It reminds me of a Scandinavian/natural scene.  I thought I would try and make one of the trees in the scene.  Let me tell you it wasn't as easy as it looked & I wasn't entirely happy with the result.  I don't have those cute snowflakes so I have used the Bright & Beautiful Star bundle. I used the new Tree Punch to punch out lots of Pear Pizzazz trees & then I hot glued them upside down to a styrofoam tree.

What I love is that all the Stampin' Up! catalogues have so many options to copy or get ideas from.  I found a great blog the other day that does just that.  It is called CASE-ing the Catty  & there are so many great ideas there.  This week they are CASE-ing home decor items.  I hope my tree is suitable to enter! 

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TRICIA

Card Stock A4 Pear Pizzazz

$11.95

Tree Punch

$29.95

Versamark Pad

$12.95

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

$8.95

Heat Tool

$49.95

Lost Lagoon A4 Cardstock

$11.95

Stars Framelits Die

$45.95

Bright & Beautiful Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$42.95

Lost Lagoon 3/8" Silky Taffeta Ribbon

$9.95

Silver 1/8" Ribbon

$8.95

Bright & Beautiful Star Bundle

It is never too early to start Christmas card making, am I right?  Stampin' Up! are offering a great deal at the moment with their Bigshot promotion.  For those of you who are unaware, if you buy a Bigshot in August you can choose from 5 Stamp & Framelit bundles for free! (see my promotions tab up top)   Woohoo - I love a freebie!   If you already own a Bigshot you can order these bundles at 15% off.  That is exactly what I did to get my hands on the gorgeous new Bright & Beautiful Stamp set & matching Star Framelits.

I actually cased this card from the new Holiday Catalogue (p. 25) which will be going live in a weeks time.  Not long to wait to order from it, but you can buy this bundle right now as a special promotion.

To make this card I got out my gold embossing powder & heat gun & embossed onto Vanilla card stock.   Gotta love the Dictionary background stamp for versatility.  I used Gorgeous Grunge for my gold splotches.  Oh & let me tell you…that Cherry Cobbler linen ribbon in the top left has to be the best ribbon SU have ever come up with.  It feels so luxurious & ties beautiful bows.  The Rhinestones were coloured using the Cherry Cobbler Blendabilities to give them a nice deep red shine.

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TRICIA 

Typeset Specialty Designer Series Paper

$21.95

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

$14.95

Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad

$9.95

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

$9.95

Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder

$8.95

Heat Tool

$49.95

Bright & Beautiful Stars Clear-Mount Bundle

$75.50

Stampin' Blendabilities™ Markers Cherry Cobbler Assortment

$20.95

Dictionary Wood Stamp Set

$30.95

Gorgeous Grunge Clear Stamp Set

$33.95

Versamark Pad

$12.95

Rhinestone Basic Jewels Embellishments

$8.95

12 Weeks Of Christmas: Week 11 Merry & Joyful Christmas Take 2

In Week 7 I made this card in a Cherry Cobbler version, but had always intended to make this version.   It was just that I was distracted by the Season Of style DSP & totally forgot to make it. When I first saw the Joyful Christmas stamp set this was exactly what I had in mind. I think I prefer this version.  How about you? I love that the vellum really shows off on this version & the pure white & gold gives this card a much more elegant look.

Stamp Set:  Joyful Christmas (131805).
Paper:  Whisper White (106549), Pear Pizazz (131290) Gold Foil Sheets (132622), Vellum Cardstock (106584). 

Ink:  VersaMark (102283).

Cool Tools: Big Shot, Gold Embossing Powder (109129), Pearls (119247), Petals A Plenty embossing folder (116824), Expression Thinlit Dies (132171), Dimensionals(104430).

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TRICIA  

12 Weeks Of Christmas: Week 7 Merry & Joyful Christmas Card

We are getting closer to the big day & I figured it was time to start making a few Christmas cards for friends & family.  This card is one of my favourites so I might make a few of these when I get the chance.  I used the stamp set Joyful Christmas to stamp the pointsettia onto vellum card stock & then I coloured it with a sponge dauber. I have once again used the Season of Style DSP as a background, focussing on Cherry Cobbler & Gold.

I used the Expression Thinlit Dies to cut out the Merry from Stampin' Up! Gold Foil sheets.  I have even embossed the pearls in the centre by dipping them in VersaMark & then heat embossing with Gold embossing powder.

Stamp Set:  Joyful Christmas (131805).
Paper:  Cherry Cobbler (121681), Pear Pizazz (131290) Gold Foil Sheets (132622), Season Of Style DSP (132140), Vellum Cardstock (106584). 

Ink:  VersaMark (102283), Cherry Cobbler (126966).

Cool Tools: Big Shot,  Gold Embossing Powder (109129), Pearls (119247), Expression Thinlit Dies (132171), Sponge Dauber (102892), Dimensionals(104430).

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TRICIA  

12 Weeks of Christmas WEEK 5 - Diamond Fold Snowflake Sioree

Wow can you believe it - 7 weeks till Christmas.  I have not even started to think about shopping for Christmas yet either.  Best get started soon or else it will be here and I will be empty handed!

Here is my week 5 post - Diamond fold Snowflake Soiree card.  This is quite an easy fun fold card to create and can be done without a score tool if you don't have one, although it is much quicker if you do.

I played around with different ways of inking up the snowlfakes from craft white ink to illuminate ink  but my best result was with my own concoction. The snowflakes were stamped in Versermark & then I used my own special recipe of embossing powder.  2 teaspoons of white embossing powder and 1/4 teaspoon of Dazzling Diamonds. Boy does it sparkle!  It's very hard to capture in photos but the last one does capture some of it.

Diamond Fold Snowflake Soiree Card

Sparkly Sparkles!

Stamp Set: Snowflake Soiree (Holiday Catalogue)
Paper:  12 x 12 Pool Party (textured retired),Whisper White, Silver Glimmer paper, Not Quite Navy
Ink: Versermark, White embossing powder, Dazzling Diamonds.
Cool Tools:  Simply Scored Scoring Tool, Rhinestones. 

Stampin' Up! Dasher Card

I have been busy making a couple of Christmas cards and here is my newest creation. Featuring the Dasher stamp from Stampin' Up! - don't you just I love his whimsical antlers and proud pose.   I have heat embossed the snowflake stamps from Snow Swirled in white on crumb cake and given the whole card a light misting in Vanilla Shimmer Spritz.

I have also made a little pillow box using early espresso and real red as a band.  I have made the topper out of Letters To Santa DSP and used a real red button and hemp twine.  These colours make this little box quite masculine but by changing the DSP allows you to convert the look to feminine. 

 

 

Stamp Sets: Dasher, Snow Swirled.
Paper: Early Espresso, Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Letters to Santa DSP
Ink: Early Espresso, VersaMark, Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz.
Cool Tools: Heat Gun, White Embossing Powder, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Hemp Twine, Real Red Button, 1" Circle Punch.  

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TRICIA

Father's Day Card

Well I have finally made it back here.  It has been a while....but I managed to make 2 cards today.
The 1st is a Father's Day card just in time for this Sunday.  Masculine cards are always a challenge for me but with the Fly Fishing stamp set I cant lose.  My husband is an avid fly fisherman and cherishes anything with these scenes so I know he will love it.  

 

The trout is clear embossed and then coloured with pens and ink.  I was trying to get a rainbow trout look which I think came out ok. It is so much nicer in real life as the embossing really makes the trout come alive and feel like it has scales.    I could have coloured water and reeds etc.. but I felt that by keeping it simple it gives the trout pride of place.

Stamp Sets:  Fly Fishing(retired), Teeny Tiny Sentiments
Paper:  Whisper White, Soft Suede, Neutrals DSP, Crumb Cake.
Ink: Soft Suede, VersaMark,
Cool Tools:  Square lattice embossing folder, Bigshot, Mat pack & Paper Piercing tool, Antique Brass Metallic brads.


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TRICIA

Artistic Etchings Gate Fold Card

Wow - I just love this stamp set!  It looks even better when it is heat embossed in black.  I have been wanting to make a gate fold card for ages, but never knew how.  My new ScorePal makes it so easy as it is all premarked for many special folding cards.  I would love to add more bling or brads but I think I will leave this one clean & simple.

This is the outside. The scallop doily is from my Nelly Snellen Doily Die.  The Love Letter DSP looks regal when I added a few circles and the crown from the artistic etching set.

The inside has the Eiffel Tower stamp heat embossed which really brings out the finer details of the stamp.

Stamp Set:  Artistic Etchings (120573)
Paper:  Very Vanilla (106550), Basic Black (121688), Ridinghood Red (116205), Love Letter DSP (117162).
Ink:  Versamark (102283) & Black Embossing Powder (109133).
Cool Tools: Heat Tool (106586), ScorePal.
The Perfect Touch: Black ribbon.

Thanks For Looking,

TRICIA