The Speckled Sparrow

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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Tuesday, 19 July 2016

Birthday Banners for New Catalogue Pennsationals Blog Hop

Welcome to the Pennsationals New Catalogue Launch Blog Hop. Phew, that was a mouthful hey!
We are a group of Stampin' Up Demonstrators who love to blog. I hope you enjoy the blog hop & don't forget we love comments so please leave a comment at the end of the post!

Today I am sharing 2 cards I made as part of a Birthday Banners set for our Winter Retreat. There were 6 cards in this set & over the next week I will be sharing the rest of the class.

I wanted to share how the Pop Of Pink Specialty DSP is primarily pink, but it can be used for both male or female cards. Those of you who are regular visitors to my blog will know I love to make a Male VS Female set, which is exactly what I have done here!

The first card I made uses Bermuda Bay & Basic Black with a fun new stamp set called Birthday Banners, which can be found on page 15 of the Annual Catalogue.

The sentiment stamps are shaped to perfectly fit in the banner & being made from photopolymer, it makes this so easy to line up. I have used the Sprinkles punch for the gold glimmer stars.

My second card is a great card to use up scraps or you could even use washi tape. I have used a new embossing folder in the background called Sparkle.

Here they both are together. Lots of fun to make & perfect for male or female birthdays. Here is the colour combo I used:

Birthday Banners Male VS Female Cards

I hope you enjoyed both my cards. To continue the hop click the next button below to be whisked over to Rebecca's blog, "The Paper & Stamp Addict"

Thanks for stopping by

Tricia

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Sunday, 17 July 2016

CTC87 Botanical Builder Box

Welcome to the CASEing the Catty Sunday night blog hop where we use a section of the catalogue to inspire our projects. This week's projects are CASED from the Artistic Expression section in the Annual Catalogue pages 66 - 91.

I was lucky enough to run a fun Winter Retreat recently & I just had to CASE the Botanical Box on page 142 for the pillow gifts. Everyone who attended got this box with lots of treats inside.

Here is the one in the catalogue:

Here is my version. The great thing about these is I could just make the doily section & then add them to any project. I ended up making 20 of these toppers & added them to a box of chocolates & also a card which you will see below.

I used the retired Extra Large Kraft boxes from the clearance rack for the boxes as it was easier than making 20 boxes! I stamped the small flowers all over the Kraft box using Peekaboo Peach, but it's a bit hard to see in these photos.

As you can see the extra toppers came in handy. I was able to make a matching card.

I had a few leftover bits so I wrapped a box of chocolates in brown paper & added the extras to that, along with a candle, as a thank you gift for the Continental House crew.

This is such a lovely bright colour combo, don't you think. These colours are not ones I would normally put together but they look so good together, how could I resist!

Next up on the hop is Monique, I know she has something special to share with you.

I hope you have been inspired today to create something CASED from the catty just like we did. If you would like to join our challenge click the link below to add your own project.