Colour INKspiration – CI133

Well this colour combination certainly challenged me… I did have to think about this one a little. I think it was the inclusion of Merry Merlot and Gorgeous Grape in amongst those Greens. But that the game isn’t it?!!

So here is the colour palette for Colour INKspirations challenge #CI133 – Merry Merlot, Gorgeous Grape, Coastal Cabana, Granny Apple Green and Mossy Meadow. (Oh and …. Just take a look at that bird by the way, stunning!)

It’s a warm day here in Melbourne today, so I thought I’d play with an old technique that’s can be a bit on the wet side, so good for quicker drying on days like today. It’s the good ol’ Baby Wipe Technique. Here is the finished card…

For those who may need a fresher on the Baby Wipe technique, it’s quite fun and can be quite messy. Thankfully the way I used the technique, I managed to avoid severely inky fingers. Here are the steps I followed to create my background.

LEFT: I laid a baby wipe over my E Block and created an ink pad with it by dripping ink drops from a reinker bottle directly onto the wipe. Starting with Mossy Meadow and scattering a few drops around, then a few more of Granny Apple Green and lastly Coastal Cabana. (Note to self… next time, less mossy more cabana!).

MIDDLE: Next I grabbed the block with the baby wipe too, and used that as my ink pad and inked my stamp.

RIGHT: Then I laid a piece of Basic White cardstock over the top of my stamp and used to clear block to help evenly transfer the inked image to the cardstock.

It’s important to note – I had no clear idea of what I was going to create with this piece of art. I was just enjoying the ride! LOL!

When I saw the finished piece, the rest started to come to me… the Coastal Cabana colour was lost a little by the two stronger colours, so I brought that to the front by layering somecardstock behind my stamped layer. Before adhering these two layers together, I did distress the edges of my stamped layer and curl one corner too. These were layered on a Basic White Thick card base.

I finished off the card, by white embossing one part of a large sentiment onto some Grape cardstock – isn’t it great having the embossing buddy back!! I stamped the other half of the sentiment, bringing in some more of the Coastal Cabana colour and a few stamped dots of Merry Merlot.

More INKspiration is loaded up over in our Facebook Challenge group. Head over and enjoyed all the amazing inspiration from the crew. We will be excited to have you play along with us. This challenge is open until Monday, November 21. Look forward to seeing you over on the group..

Until next time… Stamp Creatively,

Click to shop supplies specific to this project:

Biggest Wish Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) $30.00	Rays Of Light Cling Stamp Set $32.00	Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Ink Refill $7.00	Granny Apple Green Classic Stampin' Ink Refill $7.00
Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Ink Refill $7.00	Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad $14.00	Card Stock A4 Coastal Cabana $16.25	Gorgeous Grape A4 Cardstock $16.25
Heat Tool $53.00	Versamark Pad $16.75	Basics Embossing Powders $32.00	Embossing Additions Tool Kit $47.00

Stampin’ Staples – Click to shop these commonly used crafting supplies:

Basic White A4 Cardstock $18.50	Basic White C6 Envelopes $15.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue $9.75	Mini Glue Dots $10.25	Stampin' Dimensionals $7.50
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals $7.50	Tear & Tape Adhesive $12.25	Stampin' Seal $14.00	Stampin' Seal Refill $10.50	Paper Trimmer $46.00
Take Your Pick $19.25	Take Your Pick Putty Refill $7.00	Stampin' Pierce Mat $8.75	Bone Folder $12.25	Paper Snips $19.25
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine $223.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine $115.00	Clear Block B $12.25	Clear Block D $16.75	Clear Block E $23.00
Clear Block H $16.75

Colour INKspiration – #CI125

It’s been a little while since I’ve been able to play along and provide inspo in my Crew Designer role for Colour INKspiration. Needless to say I’m so very excited to post today with some inspo using the challenge colours. And what amazingly bold colours we have this time around… just take a look:

Love that inspo image too. I wonder if those cushions are still available? Hmm…

Anyway, here is the card I made using these colours.

Starting with a cardbase of Starry Night and layered with some Designer Paper in the same colour, made for a bold base. I layered a piece of Starry Night cardstock with some Basic white that had been die cut using the amazing Split Card Textures dies. I love how this set of two dies cuts the texture into half the layer on an angle. It just creates a different look altogether.I went with a landscape orientation which allowed me to position the sentiment on the left. Here I have used Biggest Wish stamp set, stamping the Happy in Sorbet and Birthday in Pacific Point inks. Stamping the outline in Basic Gray ink, I then used the colouring stamps in Sorbet to colour the petals. I used Dimensionals to adhere the flower, giving it some height

To finish the card, I added some Matte Decorative Dots in Sorbet to flick some colour around the card.

More INKspiration is loaded up over in our Facebook Challenge group. Head over and enjoyed all the amazing inspiration from the crew. We will be excited to have you play along with us. This challenge is open until Monday July 25th. Look forward to seeing you over on the group..

Until next time… Stamp Creatively,

Click to shop supplies specific to this project:

Product List

Split Card Textures Dies $49.00	Biggest Wish Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) $30.00	Color & Contour Bundle (English) $88.00	Sweet Sorbet Classic Stampin' Pad $14.00	Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad $14.00
Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad $14.00	Starry Sky A4 Cardstock $16.25	2022–2024 In Color™ 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper $21.00	2022 2024 In Color Matte Decorative Dots $14.00

Stampin’ Staples – Click to shop these commonly used crafting supplies:

Basic White A4 Cardstock $18.50	Basic White C6 Envelopes $15.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue $9.75	Mini Glue Dots $10.25	Stampin' Dimensionals $7.50
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals $7.50	Tear & Tape Adhesive $12.25	Stampin' Seal $14.00	Stampin' Seal Refill $10.50	Paper Trimmer $46.00
Take Your Pick $19.25	Take Your Pick Putty Refill $7.00	Stampin' Pierce Mat $8.75	Bone Folder $12.25	Paper Snips $19.25
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine $223.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine $115.00	Clear Block B $12.25	Clear Block D $16.75	Clear Block E $23.00
Clear Block H $16.75

Sketch team challenge

My Stampin’ Up! Upline and I obviously had a similar idea – create fun within our teams for today World Cardmaking Day!

She has set some challenges for us in her team group and here is one I played along with. It’s a sketch…

So in looking at the elements that make up the card design, here is the card I created…

The thing I like most about this card is, I used up some elements I had laying around already. Using scraps is particularly satisfying but sometimes hard to bring together. So when it does work, you may find yourself punching the air!

Here I had the embossed card base sitting in my Soft Seafoam cardstock draw and I had the Gorgeous Grape die cut seahorse…. So I added the extra challenge of using these up. It was pretty easy given the matching sea theme!

I added some stamped coral in the background from the Seascape Stamp Set, using two different coloured green inks – Soft Sea foam to match the cardstock, and the darker Garden Green.

The cluster of elements around the sentiment is made up of Mango Melody cardstock at the back, layered with some Gorgeous Grape Sheer ribbon and topped off with the sentiment from the Artistic Inked stamp set in Garden green.

I really do enjoy being part of such active teams, my own and my upline. We work hard to build community amongst our stamping friends. If you would like to be part of an amazing group of stamping friends, there is always room for you on my team.

Read more here about joining, but I’m also here to answer any queries.

Until next time… Stamp Creatively,

Click to shop supplies used in this project:

Seascape Bundle $81.00	Artistically Inked Cling Stamp Set $42.00	Seashells 3 D Embossing Folder $15.75	Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad $13.00	Soft Sea Foam Classic Stampin' Pad $13.00
Soft Sea Foam A4 Cardstock $15.25	Mango Melody A4 Cardstock $15.25	Gorgeous Grape A4 Cardstock $15.25	3/8" (1 Cm) Gorgeous Grape Sheer Ribbon $12.25	Gilded Gems $12.25

Stampin’ Staples – Click to shop these commonly used crafting supplies:

Basic White A4 Cardstock $18.50	Basic White C6 Envelopes $15.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue $9.75	Mini Glue Dots $10.25	Stampin' Dimensionals $7.50
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals $7.50	Tear & Tape Adhesive $12.25	Stampin' Seal $14.00	Stampin' Seal Refill $10.50	Paper Trimmer $46.00
Take Your Pick $19.25	Take Your Pick Putty Refill $7.00	Stampin' Pierce Mat $8.75	Bone Folder $12.25	Paper Snips $19.25
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine $223.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine $115.00	Clear Block B $12.25	Clear Block D $16.75	Clear Block E $23.00
Clear Block H $16.75

Colour INKspiration – #CI88

This next colour challenge over at Colour INKspiration is just amazing. The colours are dramatic which is just my cup of coffee (I don’t really drink tea!). They are Pretty Peacock, Just Jade, Crushed Curry and Crumb Cake.

Photo credit: https://www.muralswallpaper.com/shop-murals/almond-branches-van-gogh-wallpaper/

The image itself is an inspiration, I just love the splashes of Crushed Curry in amongst the dark shades of Green. I tried to capture that here on my card…

I used the Forever Flourishing die set – How yummy are those dies?! On this card, I created the dark dramatic background with a Pretty Peacock card base and an embossed layer of Just Jade cardstock. Then added my splashes of Crushed Curry. 

I wanted to create a two tone die cut, from one of the leaves dies, to make it look like it had flowers. I set my thoughts around how to achieve this in the least fiddly way! My first thought was to cut and stick the individual flower heads. Waaaay to fiddly! So here is how I created the element….

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• First, I die cut two of the same elements out, one from Crumb Cake to use for the stems and one from Crushed Curry to use as the flowers.
• I applied liquid glue to only the flower head parts of the leaves die cut and adhere them directly on top of each other.
• Once dry, I used my super sharp and point Paper Snips to carefully trim off all the Curry stems, leaving behind the Curry flower heads and exposing the Crumb Cake stems beneath.

I finished off the card with some Gold Metallic thread and some of those yummy Gold Glitter enamel dots. The sentiment came from the Itty Bitty Birthday stamp set and I used two of the coordinating dies from the Ornate Frames die set to layer with.

More INKspiration is loaded up over in our Facebook Challenge group. Head over and enjoyed all the amazing inspiration from the crew. We will be excited to have you play along with us. This challenge is open until Monday, November 9th. Look forward to seeing you over on the group..

Until next time… Stamp Creatively,

Click to shop supplies specific to this project:

Itty Bitty Birthdays Cling Stamp Set $40.00	Forever Flourishing Dies $63.00	Ornate Frames Dies $59.00	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Pad $13.00
Pretty Peacock A4 Cardstock $15.25	Just Jade A4 Cardstock $15.25	Card Stock A4 Crushed Curry $15.25	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock $15.25
Greenery Embossing Folders $14.00	Forever Greenery Trim Combo Pack $15.75	Gold Glitter Enamel Dots $14.00

Stampin’ Staples – Click to shop these commonly used crafting supplies:

Basic White A4 Cardstock $18.50	Basic White C6 Envelopes $15.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue $9.75	Mini Glue Dots $10.25	Stampin' Dimensionals $7.50
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals $7.50	Tear & Tape Adhesive $12.25	Stampin' Seal $14.00	Stampin' Seal Refill $10.50	Paper Trimmer $46.00
Take Your Pick $19.25	Take Your Pick Putty Refill $7.00	Stampin' Pierce Mat $8.75	Bone Folder $12.25	Paper Snips $19.25
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine $223.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine $115.00	Clear Block B $12.25	Clear Block D $16.75	Clear Block E $23.00
Clear Block H $16.75

CTC284 – CASEing Die bundles

Did you know, there are 26 project ideas featured in the Die bundle section of the Annual Catalogue? No… me either. I knew there were projects there, but I never really stop to look at them in great detail. This is why Caseing The Catty is featuring projects from this section in this weeks challenge.

Projects in that section really serve as a functional image to the dies featured. But when I stopped and looked at them, as they rightly deserve, there are some really great ideas there too.

I took inspiration from the project at the very bottom of page 174 – it’s the one that showcases the Blossoms in Blooms Bundle.

Whilst this sample is more muted in colours, I went the opposite – featuring bold colours. It was the simplicity of the die on a simple background that captured my imagination. But then I took that in a completely different direction….

I applied a similar principle, using the Stitched Stars die set. This set features star shaped frames, decorative thinlits, and panels to help dress up the frames too. Here I cut a base star shape from Rainbow glimmer paper and overlayed panels die cut from Basic Black cardstock, to create a dramatic look. I just love that rainbow glimmer paper – I mean, who doesn’t love all that sparkly yumminess?

I kept building my elements from there. I didn’t mean to add quite so many, but it worked, and I was having fun! I layered the two main stars, with the swirly flourish die and scattered a few decorative stars around too.

I topped off the card with a simple Happy Birthday sentiment from the Itty Bitty Birthdays stamp set and scattered some of those yummy Playing with Patterns Resin Dots.

Next up in the hop is Lauren Meiklejohn.

After you’ve enjoyed the awesome hop with the team, I’m looking forward to seeing your CASE over in our challenge group. Be sure to load up your creation by 6pm next Sunday night, September 13th.

Until next time… Stamp Creatively,

Click to shop supplies specific to this project:

Stitched Stars Dies $66.00	Itty Bitty Birthdays Cling Stamp Set $40.00	Rainbow Glimmer Paper $10.50	Basic Black A4 Card Stock $15.25	Card Stock A4 Crushed Curry $15.25
Card Stock A4 Coastal Cabana $15.25	Playing With Patterns Resin Dots $14.00	Black Stampin' Dimensionals Combo Pack $10.50	Adhesive Sheets $17.50

Stampin’ Staples – Click to shop these commonly used crafting supplies:

Basic White A4 Cardstock $18.50	Basic White C6 Envelopes $15.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue $9.75	Mini Glue Dots $10.25	Stampin' Dimensionals $7.50
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals $7.50	Tear & Tape Adhesive $12.25	Stampin' Seal $14.00	Stampin' Seal Refill $10.50	Paper Trimmer $46.00
Take Your Pick $19.25	Take Your Pick Putty Refill $7.00	Stampin' Pierce Mat $8.75	Bone Folder $12.25	Paper Snips $19.25
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine $223.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine $115.00	Clear Block B $12.25	Clear Block D $16.75	Clear Block E $23.00
Clear Block H $16.75

Colour INKspiration – #CI74

I’m back creating for Colour INKspiration today, #CI74. We have a great colour combination for you tonight. It was inspired by a photo taken my upline Simone on her Incentive Trip to the Greek Isles last July.

The colours are Night of Navy, Whisper White, Basic Gray and Mango Melody.

Here is how I used these colours…

I created a fun birthday card over-sized candles as the main feature. I created these candles using the new Braided Border punch. I just love this punch, there so many different ways you can use this other than just punch and stick.

Starting with a card base in Night of Navy cardstock, I layered this with a piece of Whisper White cardstock. It’s important to note that when I’m creating cards like this, I never stick any thing down until I’m happy with all the elements.

At first, I cut this piece to layer with my cardbase, but came back to it later to finish it off. This is where not sticking things down really helps!! I cut it down to be shorter at the bottom, adding some sponging with Mango Melody ink and finishing with embossing with the Mosaic folder.

To create my candles, I first punched three border strips from Night of Navy cardstock with the Braided Border punch. Using the border punch the way it was intended, punching my cardstock, sliding along to match the punched pattern to the printed pattern on the base. Then, I set about trimming the centre detail from some of the pattern of the border punch, to achieve the look of candles.

I layered these over some Whisper White cardstock and arranged them over my card. I finished them off with a flame created from a leaf die and some Mango cardstock.

Then I set about creating the label sentiment detail… I punched the words Birthday using the Well Written dies and Mango cardstock, and layered this over Whisper White Flax Ribbon. This was layered over some punched shapes – The white layer is my other favourite punch… the Label Me Lovely punch. I trimmed this in half and layered them to make them shorter to fit inside the vellum die cut shape – this shape is from Stitched So Sweetly die set. The Happy is from the Well Said stamp set.

Fiddling with the elements until I was happy with this arrangement. I set about adhering it together to complete the card. I think this will work great to give to our men-folk.

More INKspiration is loaded up over in our Facebook Challenge group. Head over and enjoyed all the amazing inspiration from the crew. We will be excited to have you play along with us. This challenge is open until Monday April 6th. Look forward to seeing you over on the group.

Until next time… Stamp Creatively,

Click to shop these supplies:

Braided Border Punch [151294]	Beautifully Braided Bundle (English) [153821]	Well Said Cling Bundle [150609]	Stitched So Sweetly Dies [151690]	So Sentimental Bundle (English) [153828]
Label Me Lovely Punch [151296]	Mosaic 3D Embossing Folder [149575]	White Vellum A4 Card Stock [106584]	Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock [106577]	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549]
Mango Melody A4 Cardstock [147013]	Mango Melody Classic Stampin’ Pad [147093]	Basic Gray Classic Stampin’ Pad [149165]	Whisper White 5/8″ (1.6 Cm) Flax Ribbon [148764]	Stamping Sponges [141337]
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755]	Tear & Tape Adhesive [138995]	Paper Trimmer [152392]	Clear Block C [118486]

CTC261 – Case Sale-a-bration Catalogue

It’s our regular Caseing The Catty Sunday night blog hop time and this weeks hop is focussing on the Sale-A-Bration catalogue. There are so many great idea in such a little catalogue, we have lots to fuel our creativity with. So sit back with a cuppa and enjoy the inspiration we have for you tonight.

For this fortnights challenge, this week, I took inspiration from page 13 of the SAB catalogue. Remember this challenge runs for the next two weeks, so you have heaps of time to play along.

I just love the gift bag with all the repetition of those flowers. So simple but so effective. I wondered what I could do with that idea. Here is what I came up with…

It’s my Dad’s birthday…. Today!! He’s 86 and still going strong. He’s agile and works hard in his veggie patch and loves to go out on his boat and fish. He’s resourceful – can make something out of nothing and we affectionately refer to him as the Maltese-McGyver. (I know… I’m showing my own age here hey!)

So what better way to celebrate him than with the Smooth Sailing dies. I used the anchor, ships wheel and rope to create the repetitive feature pattern. I laid this over a base of Balmy Blue cardstock, which I stamped with the parquetry floor stamp from the Gallery Grunge set in Balmy Blue ink to add some background texture.

I die cut my pieces from Blueberry Bushell cardstock – can you believe it’s only 6 more months until this gorgeous colour retires in June – eek! I layered these over the stamped card base. Then finished off with a simple tie of thick twine and the sentiment.

The sentiment stamp is from the Peaceful Moments stamp set, new in the 2020 Mini catalogue. This is fast becoming my go-to set for sentiments, it has so many useful ones. I stamped this in Blueberry Bushell ink on some Bermuda Bay cardstock.

It’s simple but effective just like the sample gift bag in the catalogue.

Next up is the very creative Lauren Meiklejohn.

After you’ve enjoyed the awesome hop with the team, I’m looking forward to seeing your CASE over in our challenge group. Be sure to load up your creation by 7pm, Sunday February 2.

We will be back next Sunday with more inspiration for you for this challenge.

Until next time… Stamp Creatively,

Product List

Smooth Sailing Dies [149576]	Gallery Grunge Cling-Mount Stamp Set [151275]	Peaceful Moments Bundle (English) [153824]	Balmy Blue Classic Stampin’ Pad [147105]	Balmy Blue A4 Cardstock [147007]
Blueberry Bushel Classic Stampin’ Pad [147138]	Blueberry Bushel A4 Cardstock [146991]	Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay [131286]	Night Of Navy/Sahara Sand Baker’s Twine [149483]	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755]
Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430]	Paper Trimmer [152392]	Clear Block E [118484]	Clear Block C [118486]

CTC260 – Case Mini Catalogue – Week 1

Happy New Year and Happy New Catalogue. Caseing The Catty Crew are back for another year with more inspiration from our Catalogues.

This year… we have a change to the Challenge component of our hops. We will still be doing a weekly hop, but the Challenge will run for two weeks. So you will receive double the inspiration for each challenge and then have more time to create and play along. Hope you enjoy this change and it helps you to play along. You don’t need to have a blog yourself… just create and load directly to the wall of our Facebook group. Join our Challenge Group here…

Our first hop and challenge for 2020 is all about the new MINI catalogue! Isn’t it wonderful? O. M. Gee… I’m so in love…. as much now as I was 10 years ago when I joined!

So here is my first play with my new toys….

I really couldn’t go past the Outdoor Barbecue stamp set. My hubby is a smoker… of the BBQ kind just like the stamp in this set. It’s an artform for him – getting the perfect smoke-ring and tenderness in cuts of meat you would ordinary pass by at the butchers. So as soon as I saw this set I squealed in pure delight.

Here I kept the design simple and classic…. Card base of Blueberry Bushel, stamped around the edge in same colour ink is the T-Bone steak and fire flame stamps. I layered some Seaside Spray Designer Paper in the middle.

On the main layer of Whisper white cardstock, I stamped the Smoker BBQ image in Memento Black ink and used Stampin’ Blends, in Smokey Slate, to colour it. As the image itself, has shading already, it was easy to blend shadows in and I didn’t spend a lot of time getting it right… it looked good already! I added some Crumb cake for the side rest, and a dot of red, for the temperature gauge.

By embossing the bottom third, with the Brick and Mortar 3D embossing folder, added some texture and making it look like it’s sitting on a bricked floor. I lightly sponged some Crumb Cake ink over the top to help define the texture of them.

I finished it off with a simple sentiment. I stamped the sentiment in Blueberry Bushell ink and punched the circle with the 1” punch. I layered this over a punched shape from the Ornate Frames dies set, which carried over from last year.

Next up in the Hop is the amazing Michelle Stradz.

After you’ve enjoyed the awesome hop with the team, I’m looking forward to seeing your CASE over in our challenge group. Be sure to load up your creation by 6pm Sunday night, January 19th.

Until next time… Stamp Creatively,

Product List

Outdoor Barbecue Cling Stamp Set [151553]	Ornate Frames Dies [150664]	1″ (2.5 Cm) Circle Punch [119868]	Brick & Mortar 3D Embossing Folder [149643]	Blueberry Bushel Classic Stampin’ Pad [147138]
Blueberry Bushel A4 Cardstock [146991]	Seaside Spray A4 Cardstock [150889]	2019–2021 In Color 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [149617]	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Pad [147116]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]
Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack [145058]	Real Red Dark Stampin’ Blends [147934]	Crumb Cake Light Stampin’ Blends Marker [144582]	Clear Block B [117147]	Clear Block E [118484]
Stamping Sponges [141337]	Snail Adhesive [104332]	Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430]	Paper Trimmer [152392]

CTC228 – Favourite Retiring stamp set

Favourite retiring stamp set….. Hmmm…. It was a hard one, I mean there were so many stamp sets I have, that I hadn’t finished with yet, it really was hard to pick a favourite. That’s the theme for this weeks Casing the Catty hop – favourite retiring stamp set. So sit back and take a look at the inspiration the crew has for you this week.

I settled on the background stamp Marbled. It’s one I have had for a while but haven’t used in a while either. I think that’s why it’s retiring :(. But I love how you can use it for some many different occasions when themed up differently too – it could look like icing when teamed up with birthday cake type stamps.

I just let the stamp set itself inspire what I created today. Being a big background stamp, I went for something dramatic by stamping it in some black ink and teaming it up with Bermuda Bay and some Rose pink accessories. Keeping the stamped image as the only featured black colour, makes it really stand out.

After stamping, I added some splatters of the lovely Rose Gold shimmer paint – featured in this months special, Everything is Rosy product medley. I simply picked up paint with an empty Wink of Stella brush and used the lid to flick the tip thus splattering paint across my stamped image.

Once dry, set about finishing my card…. I added some mini striped ribbon before layering over some Bermuda Bay cardstock for the base.

I punched a doily and some leaves from the Rose Glimmer paper and larger leaves from Whisper White and Bermuda Bay cardstock. I layered them until I was happy with the arrangement. My sentiment is from the Detailed with Love stamp set, another retiring stamp set. I embellished the corners with the Trio Corner punch and some of those gorgeous Pink Gems, which I seriously have not used enough!

I love how it turned out.

Next up in the hop is our resident cat lady… Peta Stephen.

After you’ve enjoyed the awesome hop with the team, I’m looking forward to seeing your CASE over in our challenge group. Be sure to load up your creation by 6pm next Sunday night, May 19th.

Until next time… Stamp Creatively,

Click to shop these supplies:

Marbled Clear-Mount Stamp Set [144772]	Detailed With Love Clear-Mount Bundle [148328]	Detailed With Love Clear-Mount Stamp Set [146606]	Doily Builder Thinlits Dies [148553]	Foliage Frame Framelits Dies [146353]
Big Shot [143263]	Everything Is Rosy Product Medley [150059]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549]	Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin’ Pad [147096]
Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay [131286]	Detailed Trio Punch [146320]	Rose Glimmer Paper [146959]	Bermuda Bay 1/4″ (6.4 Mm) Mini Striped Ribbon [146939]	Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430]
Stampin’ Trimmer [129722]	Paper Snips Scissors [103579]	SNAIL Permanent Adhesive [104332]	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]	Clear Block C [118486]

CTC227 – Favourite Retiring Bundle

Okay, so I always find it really hard to choose favourites, I mean, really, isn’t everything a favourite one way or another. This week the Caseing The Catty crew are focussing on favourite bundles. So sit back and grab a cuppa for some last inspiration using these retiring favourites.

For this challenge I decided to go with this bundle – Floral Frames. It’s made up of the Floral Frames stamp set and the Foliage Frame framelit dies. I’m really sad they are retiring, they were new additions to the current catalogue and I kind of feel like they haven’t had enough time to shine. I love the stamp designs, they are just so lovely, you can create a simple stunning card, But my favourite things is the way the stamps and dies overlap making it really easy  to create depths with layers. My inspiration came from the card featured on page 135 of the Annual catalogue.

Here is my card.

I love the die with the foliage that emerges from the side of the circle. It’s just so lovely and creates a great frame for a circle centre feature. Whether that be a sentiment or more imagery.

Here I decided to create window to peak through. With the sentiment stamped on the inside, a window brings to the front of the card too.

First, I stamped the large circle stamp with foliage on the card front in Tranquil tide. I coloured some of the leaves with my Lemon Lime Twist marker and then overlayed the die-cut, but offset the foliage so that you can still see many of the elements.

Using one of the layering circle framelits, I punched the window through the centre of the layers. This allowed me to stamp the sentiment through the window so that it aligns nicely in the centre.

Then I decorated the top with some stamped, punched and coloured flowers plus a couple of additional leaves punched from Lemon Lime Twist cardstock. I added some Wink of Stella to the flowers and to the Lime leaves (it’s always hard to photograph!), which adds a lovely shimmer. To finish off, I scattered some pearls from the Share what You Love Artisan Pearls pack.

This design works for many occasions, I have even made a Mothers Day card.

Next up in the hop, is the amazing Elizabeth Gross.

After you’ve enjoyed the awesome hop with the team, I’m looking forward to seeing your CASE over in our challenge group. Be sure to load up your creation by 6pm next Sunday night, May 12.

Until next time… Stamp Creatively,

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