The Speckled Sparrow: Kids Cards

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Sunday, 19 February 2017

CTC116 - Carousel Birthday Card

Hello & welcome back to another CASE-ing the Catty Sunday night blog hop. This week we are CASE-ing projects from the Succulent Garden section of the Occasions Catalogue pages 20 - 31.

I have chosen to CASE the cute succulent Mother's Day card on page 20. Whilst I love the succulents & flowers used in this card, I have been itching to ink up my Carousel Birthday stamp set. I love the whimsical old world feel of the horse but wanted to make a cute kids card, perfect for a little girl. I no longer have a little girl, she is a teenager now, but I think she would like this too!

Here is the card I cased.

It's quite pretty, isn't it? It's a great layout & really versatile for any type of card.

Here is my card:

CTC116 Carousel Birthday card

I am already mourning the loss of Watermelon Wonder, which will be leaving us in June to make way for some new In Colour loveliness. It is my go to colour lately & it teams lovely with most colours. I have used the stripe DSP from the Succulent Garden DSP & the sprinkles DSP from Tasty Treats DSP.

CTC116 Carousel Birthday close up

I wanted to make this card a bit more special so I embossed the sentiment from Avant Garden in Gold & added some gold accents along with a scattering of cute Sprinkles Embellishments from the Cool Treats Suite.

CTC116 Carousel Birthday card.

I have to say this Occasions catalogue is one of my absolute favourites & I hope you are enjoying it as much as I am. Next up is the fabulous Judy, I always love to see what she has created, especially the insides of her cards! You can hop backwards if you would like, just click the previous button to be directed back to Rachel.

If you would like to join in the hop or view more samples, then please come & join our

Facebook Group Challenge. page. I am always so inspired by all the creations there.

Thanks for stopping by

Tricia

Product List

Carousel Birthday Clear-Mount Stamp Set [142832]	Tasty Treats Specialty Designer Series Paper [142770]	Succulent Garden Designer Series Paper [142778]	Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies [145372]
Avant Garden Photopolymer Stamp Set [143272]	Sprinkles Embellishments [142741]	Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder [109129]	Gold Sequin Trim [132983]
Gold 1/8" Ribbon [134583]	2015-2017 In Color Stampin' Write Markers [138333]	Subtles Stampin' Write Markers [131263]	Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad [140931]
Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock [140490]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]	Fine-Tip Glue Pen [138309]

Friday, 10 July 2015

CASE-ing the Catty for Kids Cards - CTC38

Welcome to the CTC blog hop. This week the CASE-ing the Catty Crew are CASE-ing the KIDS section of the Catalogue, pages 39-48. I am happy to wait here while you turn to that section. Ok found it yet? You may have hopped here from Rachel's blog or you may just be starting here. Either way welcome!

Kids cards are by far the easiest cards for me. They don't need to be fancy or detailed, so I find a nice clean & simple card works best. I chose to case the little box on page 48 of the Annual Catalogue. There is a little tip printed next to the photo that says "TIP/ Cut strips from our DSP stacks to create your own cute pattern". I was really struggling for ideas as although I have kids, I don't own any of the new kids stamp sets yet. (I am pacing myself!)

I have heaps of left over strips from my Cherry On Top DSP. Now this paper comes in 6x6 I am finding I have lots of left over "bits". This project allows for lots of left over bits, so it was absolutely perfect.

Here is my Boy version using Cherry On Top DSP

Here is my Girl version using the same DSP

Here they are together. I used Age Awareness stamp set for the sentiment & the cute little balloon. I love the font used in this set & how you can bend the photopolymer on the clear block to suit your needs.

Kids Zoo Baby / Cherry On Top Cards

I am really enjoying seeing all the gorgeous kids creations by the team, so lets continue the fun by hopping on over to the next blog, I wonder what Julia has in store for us today.

Thanks for stopping by

Tricia

Monday, 2 June 2014

Goodbye to Rev Up The Fun!

As promised I am going to spend the month showing you some ideas using some retiring products that I will miss. Today I am showing you a few of my creations using the retiring stamp set Rev Up The Fun. My samples were aimed at boys aged 8-14 years this time, however this stamp set lends itself to any male age.

My 1st card was made for my nephew Kobi who turned 12 last month. He loves sports cars & a quick simple card was called for. I am going to miss Midnight Muse soooooo much :(

This card was one we did at stamp club a few months ago. I based it on one I had seen on Pinterest by Heather Summers. I changed it slightly but loved the colour combo so tried to stay fairly close to her sample. Gorgeous Grunge lends itself well to Rev Up the Fun don't you think?

Thanks For Looking,

TRICIA

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