CTC 49 Home For Christmas

This week at CASEING the catty we are celebrating the gorgeous Home for Christmas section of the Holiday Catalogue (pages 8 -21).    This product suite is one of my favourites & is sure to be yours too. It has such a lovely vintage feel from the cute little reindeer to cheeky Santas and the coordinating Cozy Christmas stamp set is a must this Christmas.  Also in this section are the Embellished Ornaments, Hearth & Home plus the impressive Sleigh Ride edgelits.  There is a lot more in this section to see & use, but I could not go past the Home for Christmas DSP.  

I chose to CASE this card on page 8, but have added a little twist 😉

I was cruising around the internet last week & saw this cute twisted Christmas card by Angie over at My Chic & Scratch.  It was such an unusual fold I wanted to try it out.  Here is the link to her tutorial on Youtube.  

For my card CASED from the Holiday Catalogue, I used the very striking Poinsettia DSP in the Home for Christmas DSP.   I cut it out of the DSP & mounted it on a 2 1/2" circle punched out of Vanilla card stock & mounted it on my Mossy Meadow card base. 

As I wanted a bigger card than those on the video, I changed the dimensions on my card to suit my project.  My poinsettia card flat starting dimensions are 26cm x 14.5cm & the finished folded version as shown is 10cm x 18cm.

Here is the DSP as shown in the catalogue.  This designer paper is my go to DSP this year, I can't stop using it! 

While I was designing this card I made a smaller version that will fit in a standard envelope.  Once again, I could not go past the gorgeous Home For Christmas DSP & a cute vintage Santa snipped out of the larger sheet of Santas in this DSP pack. 

This card is a bit smaller measuring 15cm x 10cm when finished. So, there you go a fun twist on a Holiday catalogue card.    I can see these cards stepped up with lots of bling & glimmer paper, I just didn't have any on hand.  Guess what I will be ordering this week! 

Next up on the blog hop is the wonderful Rebecca at The Paper & Stamp Addict.  If you get lost or need redirecting, head on over to CTC blog for a full list of hoppers. 

12 Weeks Of Christmas: Week 9 - Santa Curvy Keepsake Box

Please don't fall of your chair from shock.  Yes, I actually made it back here to continue this series.
Here is a little Santa Curvy Keepsake box I made way back when I had my launch in October.  It has been sitting here on my shelf feeling all sad & neglected so I decided it needs to get out there into the big wide world & live a little ;)

The Curvy Keepsake bag is so versatile & fits quite a lot of things in it surprisingly.  We have given chocolates, lollies, jewellery & even a rock recently.  (Please don't ask, lol) I love that the tags come with it & the bag holds itself closed with the little flaps.  I made this one up with scraps of paper left over from another project.  Love it when I can use up scraps!

Thanks For Looking,

TRICIA

Curvy Keepsake Box Thinlits Dies

$55.95

Real Red A4 Card Stock

$11.95

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

$11.95

Silver Glimmer Paper

$8.95

Silver 1/8" Ribbon

$8.95

1/2" Circle Punch

$9.95

Label Petite Curly Punch

$18.95

Little Labels Punch Pack

$29.95

12 Weeks Of Christmas: Weeks 1-3 - Santa Stache Bags & Card & Tiny Treat Endless Wishes

Yes, I know I have been very naughty & have been neglecting my blog.   I have been working really hard for the last 3 weeks getting all the projects & displays ready for my Create Your Christmas day tomorrow.  Phew I have finally finished the preparations & can at last sit & visit with you all.  I always do a 12 weeks of Christmas special so as a catch up I am showing 3 projects for weeks 1-3.

Those of you that know me personally, know I always create a special bag for my events.  It is one of the things I really enjoy as I get to increase the scale of my project.   Here is my bag design for tomorrow.

Project 1 (Week 1 of my 12 Weeks Of Christmas)

I have used Smoky Slate, All is Calm DSP, Cherry Cobbler & a dash of Silver Glimmer paper.  I stamped random snowflakes from Endless Wishes stamp set all over the white bag as it was looking a bit plain.  

Project 2 is a matching card.  I really love the Smoky Slate sheet from the All Is Calm DSP ( can't you tell lol)  When teamed with white & silver it takes on a silvery feel.   

Project 2 (Week 2 of my 12 Weeks Of Christmas)

My 3rd Project are little table gifts I made everyone attending my Christmas Creations day.  This is another thing I always try to do.  I have used the Tiny treat Boxes from the Holiday Catalogue & have stamped a snowflake from Endless wishes all the way around in craft White ink.  I used the very versatile Tag Talk stamp set for the small tag on top.  

Project 3 (Week 3 of my 12 Weeks Of Christmas)

Inside is a little surprise for those attending.  I hope to be back Monday to share some photos from the day.   I will be glad to give my trimmer a rest I can tell you.  I have lots to share including the projects from the day, plus I've made quite a few samples.  I am also working on a few tutorials for you all for some of those projects.  

Thanks For Looking,

TRICIA

Bag & Card :

Santa Stache Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$28.95

All Is Calm Specialty Designer Series Paper

$21.95

Mustache Framelits Die

$13.95

Cherry Cobbler A4 Card Stock

$11.95

Smoky Slate A4 Card Stock

$11.95

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

$14.95

Silver Glimmer Paper

$8.95

Stampin' Blendabilities™ Markers Cherry Cobbler Assortment

$20.95

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

$9.95

Metallic Silver Encore Pad

$16.95

Silver 1/8" Ribbon

$8.95

Good Greetings Wood-Mount Stamp Set

$38.00

Tiny Treat Boxes: 

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

$14.95

Silver 1/8" Ribbon

$8.95

Tiny Treat Boxes

$11.95

Tag Talk Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$30.95

Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad

$9.95

Rhinestone Basic Jewels Embellishments

$8.95

Whisper White Craft Stampin' Pad

$12.95

Endless Wishes Photopolymer Stamp Set

$27.95

12 Weeks Of Christmas: Week 4 Santa Licorice sticks

Staying with the Santa theme I thought I would share some cute little punch art Santas I made for the school fete. I found these on Pinterest.  What cant you find there?!  I am not sure where the original idea comes from but I have to say I just love them.   They are so cute & quite easy to make.  I made 40 of these little fellows & might make a few more for the kids to give out at school for their end of year school parties.

Santa Red Licorice

Each Santa uses 2 x extra large ovals (1 x red, 1 x white), 1 x large oval(pink for face), 1 x old ornament punch, owl punch for nose & mouth, circle punch from Itty Bitty Shapes for his eyes & the bird builder punch (his moustache is the birds wings).

There they all are ready to be packaged up for the fete.  I am busy getting lots of little goodies ready for the fete so you might just see a few more creations very soon.  

Paper:  Whisper White(106549), Real Red (100052), Basic Black (121688), Pink Pirouette (116203)

Cool Tools: Beautifully Baroque Embossing Folder (130917), Petals a Plenty Embossing FOlder (116824), Extra Large Oval Punch (119859), Large Oval Punch(119855), Ornament punch (retired), 7/8" Scallop Circle punch (129404), Bird Builder Punch (117191), 1/2" Circle Punch, Itty Bitty Punch Pack (118309), Owl Builder Punch (118074), Dazzling Diamonds Stampin' Glitter (102023), White Chalk Marker (132133).  

Thanks For Looking,

TRICIA  

12 Weeks Of Christmas - Week 4 Santa's List Card

I am running not just a little,  but a a lot behind with these posts!  I have been busy creating, but just haven't photographed them all.   Well I have been busy today & there should be quite a few posts coming over the next few days to get us up to speed.

Santas List stamp set was not one of my favourites from the Holiday catalogue, but like a lot of Stampin' Up! stamps, it grew on me & now  am finding I am using it more & more.  Nothing says Christmas like the jolly old red fellow.  Hmm well, in this case he is a jolly old Early Espresso fellow!

Santa's List Card

Over the next few posts you will see me concentrate on the traditional Christmas colours of red & green.  I have used Cherry Cobbler & Gumball Green on this card & have teamed Santa with the Season Of Style DSP paper Stack (Item # 132181).   These paper stacks are perfect for creating a pile of cards for family & friends this Christmas & are an absolute bargain at just $11.95.  

I am running a Stamp-A-Stack class this Sunday & this just so happens to be one of the cards you will be making if you join me.  We are making 6 cards, 3 tags & 3 gift cards holders.  I will be sharing the rest of the designs over the next few posts so please do come back to see them.  If you would like to attend I have 2 spots left.  Contact me on 0411113530 to book your place.

Stamp Set:  Santa's List (131811)
Paper:  Whisper White(106549), Cherry Cobbler (121681), Gumball Green (127543), Early Espresso (121686), Season Of Style DSP stack (132181)

Ink:  Early Espresso (126974)

Cool Tools: Big Shot,  Window Frames Collection Framelits (129021),  Boho Blossoms Punch (119858), Chalk Talk Framelits (129983), Pearls (119247), Dimensionals(104430).

Thanks For Looking,

TRICIA