For the love of Punches CTC#387

Hello and Welcome to our Sunday night Blog Hop and Challenge CASEING the CATTY.

To CASE is to Copy And Share Everything or to Copy And Selectively Edit and we love to CASE from our amazing Stampin' Up! catalogues which are full of inspiration.

This week, we are CASEING a punch project  from either of our catalogues.  

My pick for the CASE this week was this very simple card on page 21 of the Mini Catalogue.

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This week, I need quick and easy, so my card is very simple indeed!!  The gorgeous paper is doing all the work for this card.  

I'm featuring the gorgeously stunning Splendid Day Suite of the amazing designer paper, and the Splendid Thoughts bundle.  I've combined these with the fun Handmade Tag Punch which I love for an interested greeting label.  

I die cut the gorgeous white glimmer paper using the Splendid Stems dies and left the inserts inside the die so it shows up a bit better against the gorgeous paper.  I've stamped using Soft Suede for the greeting and for the inside of the card.  The ribbon detail is the gorgeous organdy sparkly ribbon, and I've also added some super sweet iridescent pearls.  

Simple stamping for the inside of my card finishes it off.

Up next is the lovely Peta . Please keep hopping all the way around the team - lots of amazing projects to share with you!

We love to see your gorgeous projects too - add them here to our Facebook challenge page. 

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Scrapbooking Global Blog Hop with a sketch challenge!

Hello and Welcome to our Monthly Blog Hop sharing amazing Stampin' Up! scrapbooking!!  

This is actually in an international group of truely inspirational scrappers - you will love their work!  

This month, we have a sketch challenge - and I really DO love a sketch challenge!!  It helps make the page fall together soooooo easily!

Our amazing Courtenay is providing our challenge this month - thank for your this great sketch Courtenay!  I had to change the orientation for the photo mat to accommodate my photos, but other than thank, my layout is exactly the same.  

My project features my current favourites (well, the last few projects have used these products!!)

As these are photos from a wedding, my first choice was to use the Splendid Thoughts bundle, and then because I'm using it so much, I HAD to add the Apple Harvest bundle (exclusive this month only), and because it's great for background stamping, I've also used Quiet Meadow.  

I've stamped using Evening Evergreen, Soft Succulent and Soft Sea Foam (you know I love greens!!)  All the die cutting was from the totally GORGEOUS glimmer paper in the Mini Catalogue - I've used the Evening Evergreen and the Vanilla sheets.  So so so pretty.  I've also used one of the Delicate Edge dies for the bottom of my photo mat die cut using the Vanilla glimmer paper.  

Do you see the gorgeous circle detail behind the photo?  I cut a circle out of the white cardboard in our designer paper packs, and used it as a stencil to sponge some Soft Succulent and create the circle detail.  It's so soft in the background and I love it!

The title element was stamped in Evening Evergreen using Splendid Thoughts and then I punched it out with the Decorative Circle punch, and sponged the edges using a blending brush and Soft Succulent.  The journaling labels come from one of the dies in the Apple Blossoms dies - they look great!  

There's lots of background stamping behind all the die cut elements which give the page lovely depth I think!!  What do you think?  Would you like to create a page using this sketch too?  

UP next is our hop is the amazing Cheryl from the UK!!  Enjoy!!

Here's the list of everyone in the hop in case you get lost along the way!!

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 And, if you can see yourself creating cards and sharing your love of papercrafts while inspiring others, perhaps you might be interested in joining my Stampin' Up! family - contact me to find out how.

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Glittery LOVE CTC#385

Hello and Welcome to our Sunday Night Blog Hop and Challenge CASEING the CATTY.  

To CASE is to Copy And Share Everything or to Copy And Selectively Edit and we love to CASE from our amazing Stampin' Up! catalogues.  

This week, our challenge is brilliant!!  CASE a glittery project!!  And they are everywhere!

I eventually decided to case the layout of this gift box on page 30 of the Mini Catalogue.  I have actually cased this layout before here.

This time, I've case the layout for the front of a gift envelope that fits some Festive Pearls inside!!  The little envelope measures 14.8cm x 21cm.  I've scored along the long edge at 9.5 & 19cm and at 1cm on the short side to create the pocket base.  

I'll make a video showing how I made this packaging - subscribe to my YouTube channel here so you don't miss it!!  

The front of the packet features the gorgeous Snowflake Specialty vellum. 

I've stamped using Cottage Rose this wonderful greeting onto a die cut label from the Labels Aglow dies using Orchid Oasis ink.  The flowers are also stamped and cut using the Cottage Rose bundle.    I've punched some sweet daisies from the White glimmer paper and the InColour Glimmer paper. The dragonfly was created by using the glitter washi tape.  I taped several strips of washi onto a scrap of white cardstock and then punched using the Dragonfly punch.  The washi tape is also behind the label looking a little like ribbon.  I've tied a bow using Orchid Oasis metallic ribbon.  

And my final touch was some gorgeous sequins! 

Check out my video showing you how I created this cute package!

I hope you keeping hopping!! Up next is the amazing Sandra!

And please join in the fun with us and add your project to our lineup on our Facebook Challenge page here.

Please head over to my online store if you wish to see these products in more detail - and you can place your order anytime (if you're in Australia) while you're there (even if you're in your pyjamas!!) 

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 And, if you can see yourself creating cards and sharing your love of papercrafts while inspiring others, perhaps you might be interested in joining our Stampin' Up! family - contact me to find out how.

Now for some Artistic Expression Inspiration CTC383

Hello and Welcome to our Sunday Night Blog Hop and Challenge CASEING the CATTY.

To CASE is to Copy And Share Everything or to Copy And Selectively Edit and we love to CASE from our amazing Stampin' Up! catalogues (Catty).

This week, we are CASEING from the Artistic Expression chapter of our Annual Catalogue - pages 90 to 119.

My project was inspired by this card on page 118 featuring a fun background technique.  I think the catalogue uses one colour for the watercolour wash, but I've added a few!!  I've also used a very similar layout to the catalogue inspiration.

My card features the gorgeous Apple Harvest AND a lovely sneak peek at the NEW coordinating Apple Blossoms dies which are coming next month.  Most of this card features these new dies.  

The background was created by colouring onto a large stamping block with Stampin' Write Markers - Starry Sky, Tahitian Tide and Parakeet Party.  I then used a spritzer and water, misted the inked block and stamped onto Shimmery White cardstock.  Doesn't it look pretty!!

I used the left over ink for the edges of the inside of my card too.  Along with some stamping using the Apple Harvest stamp set and Tahitian Tide ink. 

To create the gorgeous blossoms, I've used the fabulous In Colour Glimmer paper with the dies.  The flowers were die cut from shimmery white cardstock and then painted using a water painter and some Starry Sky colour from the stampin block I used to create the background.  My greeting was created using the Double Oval punch and then I added some gorgeous Tahitian Tide ribbon in a bow - like the catalogue sample!!  

Please keep hopping around everyone to see all the great projects!! Up next is the amazing Michelle and her sweet puppy card.

You are invited to share the fun with us too!!  Simply add your project here to our Facebook challenge page.

Please head over to my online store if you wish to see these products in more detail - and you can place your order anytime (if you're in Australia) while you're there (even if you're in your pyjamas!!) 

 And, if you can see yourself creating cards and sharing your love of papercrafts while inspiring others, perhaps you might be interested in joining my Stampin' Up! team - contact me to find out how.

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