CASEing the Catty #475 - CASE Country Woods

A Country Woods meets Country Birdhouse & Beach Day

Hello, Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and #475 Challenge with CASEing the Catty.

I am so glad you have dropped by. You may have come from Rebecca-Jo Unwin , our Guest Designer, as you take this week’s Blog Hop. Below, I have linked to Rebecca Scurr, our amazing Coordinator, so you can continue with the Blog Hop.

This week, I CASEd the slimline birdhouse card on page 49 of the Stampin’ Up! 2024-2025 Annual Catalogue, pictured below.  I love a slim line card so couldn’t go past this card.  As you will see, there have been numerous changes.

Inspiration for this week’s project is two fold, firstly - the wonderful Emma Goddard, a brilliant UK Demonstrator, recently used the cute Country Birdhouse bundle to create gorgeous beach houses. As I ponded how I would CASE this card, I remembered Emma’s projects and my mind went to childhood holidays and cladded houses that were set back on the beach.

The background is a wet-on-wet watercolour wash using Balmy Blue and Azure Afternoon Classic inks on Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper with the wide brushed Water Painter.  When almost dry the panel was embossed with the So Swirly Embossing Folder. A light white splattering was added with White Craft ink. The background was mounted on a Night of Navy panel and then onto a Misty Moonlight card base.

Images from the Beach Day stamp set were stamped in either Night of Navy or Misty Moonlight Classic inks on Basic White card-stock. The grasses were stamped in Wild Wheat ink. There are coordinating dies in the Beach Day die set. Clouds were stamped in Balmy Blue ink using stamps from the Adventurous Sky stamp set. The sea gulls were lightly coloured with a light Smoky Slate Blend and a Colour Lifter. The surf board, umbrella and beach chair were coloured with Petal Pink, Calypso Coral Blends Combo together with the Colour Lifter. The clouds had a little Balmy Blue blended over with a Blending Brush. The sun was cut with a die from the Spotlight in Nature dies and lightly coloured with Lemon Lolly ink and a Blending Brush.

A sentiment from the Beach Day stamps was white heat embossed on Misty Moonlight card-stock, with white Emboss Powder, the Embossing Accessories Kit and a Heat Tool and then fussy cut. Some new Night of Navy Linen Twine was tied into a double bow and tucked under the sentiment. At the moment this twine was only available to Demonstrators who signed up for the Creativity Now event that was live yesterday. The twine is part of a suite that will be available in the September-December Mini Catalogue. This twine comes in a set of 3 Natural Tones Linen Thread. It’s gorgeous. The final touch - a few Flat Adhesive-Backed Pearls were scattered near the sentiment.

As you may know, I love to carry the theme of the card front inside the card in some way. A Basic White panel was mounted onto a slightly larger piece of Night of Navy card-stock and decorated with a cloud, seagull, grass and a couple of surf boards. I had prepared them when designing the card front, but didn’t use them all so using them inside the card ensured they didn’t go to waste. I also like to decorate the envelope, but my DL sized envelopes were missing. That will be a task for another day.

Thank you so much for spending time with me. I so appreciate you. 

Don’t miss any of the inspiration from this talented Crew. The next blog in the hop is the wonderful Rebecca Scurr. Just click on the "next" graphic below to be taken to her blog. I am sure her project will be amazing.

Join In The Challenge: We would love you to share a project you have created that has been inspired by the new 2024-2025 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue. To share, all you need to do for to the CASEing The Catty Challenge Group. If you aren't a member, its easy to request to join and then all you need to do is upload a photo of your project to the main section. You can click on the graphic below to be taken to the group on Facebook. We would love to see your creation.

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