CASEing the Catty #504 - CASE A January On-line Exclusive

CASE A January On-line Exclusive meets Spring Corners

Hello, Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and #504 Challenge with CASEing the Catty.

I am so glad you have dropped by. You may have come from Kathryn Mangelsforf, as you take this week’s Blog Hop or perhaps arrived directly here; either way I am delighted you are here. At the end of my blog, I have linked to Julia Quinn so you can continue with the Blog Hop.

At CASEing the Catty we love to use the samples from the Stampin' Up! Catalogues as inspiration and each week we have a different theme to guide our CASEing. To CASE is to "Copy And Selectively Edit" or some say "Copy And Share Everything". 

This week we are CASE-ing the January On-line Exclusives by Stampin’ Up!. On-line Exclusives are released every 2 months and do not show in the Annual or Mini Catalogues. There are so many wonderful products that you find when you search the Stampin’ Up! On-line store. They are easy to find, just click on Shop and the drop-down list will include a tab for “On-line Exclusives”. So just click that category!

Amongst the many beautiful products, I found this project. For this week’s challenge I chose to use the layout below with the Spring Corners bundle:

I love Spring Corners stamps as the set includes many sentiments that stamp around the corner. The dies also include images that fit neatly in corners. This bundle is something a bit different. Here is my card:

I started by blending on a panel of Bubble Bath cardstock using Bubble Bath, Berry Burst and a touch of Blackberry Bliss Classic inks with some Blending Brushes. The corner sentiment was stamped in Versamark ink and then white heat embossed using the Wow White Emboss powder from the Basics pack, a Heat Tool and the Embossing Accessories Kit - don’t forget to use the Embossing Buddy to stop those embossed speckles.

A panel of Basic White card-stock was cut in half and then a square from each strip was cut from one end. The 2 squares were each die cut using the little floral corner. The leaf stamp from the Mixed Florals stamp set was stamped in Smoky Slate ink on the 2 taller white panels. On a seperate piece of Basic White card-stock, the cone flower stamp and one of the ladybirds were also stamped in Smoky Slate ink.

The leaves, flowers and ladybird were coloured with Stampin’ Blends combos, ie Bubble Bath, Berry Burst, Lost Lagoon, a touch of Lemon Lolly and the Colour Lifter. The flowers and bug were cut with coordinating dies and a bit of fussy cutting and then adhered over the leaves on the two longer panels with Mini Dimensionals. The decorated panels were arranged and adhered in place with Dimensionals.

To link with the touch of Blackberry Bliss inking on the blended background, a smaller straight sentiment also from the Spring Corners stamps was white heat embossed onto Blackberry Bliss card-stock. It was trimmed with my trusty Trimmer and positioned with Mini Dimensionals over a thin bow of Silver & White Sheer Ribbon. It had been cut in half lengthwise.

The final touch - some of the gorgeous Purple Adhesive-backed Sequins. They are a free product with a purchase of $100 or more. I have used the Berry Burst Sequins.

A Basic White card-stock panel was stamped in Smoky Slate ink with another sentiment and some tiny flowers from the Spring Corners stamps and the corners had a little Berry Burst blending. Two extra ladybirds were also added. A C6 Basic White envelope was stamped (and stamped off) with leaves in Smoky Slate.

Thank you so much for calling in to check out my CASEing of a January Online Exclusive project.

Don’t miss any of the inspiration from this creative CASEing the Catty Crew. The next blog in the hop is by the lovely Julia Quinn. Just click on the "next" graphic below to be taken to her blog. I wonder which project she has CASEd - I am sure her project will be something special.

Join In The Challenge: We would love you to share a project you have created for this Challenge that has been inspired by the January 2025 On-line Exclusives. To share, all you need to do is go to the CASEing The Catty Challenge Group on Facebook. If you aren't a member, it’s 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.

#ctc504 #stampinup #stampinupaustralia #stampinupsouthpacific #stampinupdemo  #handmadecards #makeacardsendacard #stampinupdemonstrator #papercrafting #papercrafter  #valleyinspirations  #mixedflorals  #springcorners  #caseingthecatty #artisandesignteam2025  #artisandesignteam

AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop #36 Moody Mauve

Moody Mauve with Beautiful Butterflies

Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the Art with Heart Colour Creations Blog Hop. We are working though the Stampin' Up! colours in alphabetical order, showcasing on one colour each week.

This week’s Blog Hop is focussing on a muted mauve colour called Moody Mauve.  Moody Mauve is one of the 2023-2025 In Colour Family and is a red purple that can coordinate with other pinks & purples (eg Bubble Bath, Berry Burst) and greens (eg Old Olive, Mossy Meadow) to name a few.  It would be wonderful for flowers, berries …  and anything needing a muted mauve.

I do like this softer, muted colour, but on reflection, haven’t used it as much as I had thought I would. One of the new bundles in the January - April 2025 Catalogue, that is the gorgeous Beautiful Butterflies bundle was chosen. This bundle includes the Beautiful Butterflies stamps and the Hybrid Embossing Folder and dies. While, as a suite, it coordinates with the Beautiful Bokeh Designer Series Paper, I have kept to a moody theme with Moody Mauve DSP. 

Initially, the large butterfly image was gold embossed a couple of times on Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper using Versamark ink, Wow Gold Emboss powder from the Metallic Emboss Powder Pack, Heat Tool and the Embossing Accessories pack. The embossed butterflies were water-coloured with Moody Mauve, Berry Burst and Bubble Bath Classic inks as you can see below. Once dry, it was die cut with the 2nd largest open die.

This is the 2nd butterfly that was coloured. I had created 2, just in case 1 went haywire. The butterfly on the card was also dry embossed in the Beautiful Butterflies Embossing Folder. The gold veins matched perfectly with the dry embossed image and it added special dimension. I acknowledge, that the dry embossing is hard to see given the abundance of ribbons - you will need to squint at the photographs and use some imagination to see the indentations

A panel of Moody Mauve card-stock was folded in half and the largest butterfly die was laid over the folded section to create a butterfly card with the fold at the top edge of the wings. The top section was scored to fold along the “line” between the top wings and bottom wings. The same die was used to cut another single butterfly. The two pieces together have created a simple easel fun fold in the shape of a butterfly. Some blending in Moody Mauve ink was added to the edge of the single butterfly. Don’t do what I did and add it last - it would be better to add it at this stage, before the bottom wings of the single butterfly were adhered to the top of the folded double butterfly.

Two detailed butterflies were cut from Basic White card-stock and then cut in half down through the body.  The half die cut butterflies were tucked under the water-coloured butterfly that had been popped up on a strip of Dimensionals. Two sets of lower wings were used but only one set of top wings were needed. A splattering of White Craft ink was added with a medium Water Painter.

Some Iridescent Striped Trim, coloured with a Light Moody Mauve Stampin’ Blend, was cut in half lengthwise. It was combined with 2 lengths of Gold Twisted Trim to tie a large bow. The bow was adhered in place with Glue Dots.

The base section of the card was covered with a Moody Mauve piece of Wildly Flowering DSP. A small detailed die cut a Basic White butterfly and the body was popped up on a Mini Dimensional. Two seperate sentiments were white heat embossed on Moody Mauve card-stock and fussy cut. The sentiments were popped up on Dimensionals as well. I noticed when photographing the card that either the small butterfly or either of the sentiments could be used as the stopper to hold the front panel in standing position. Check out the last 3 photos and the next photo to see the card standing using the different “stoppers”.

The final touch - a scattering of some Moody Mauve 2023-2025 In Color Opaque Sparkle Dots, including 1 on each of the butterfly heads.

Given the size and shape of the butterfly it seemed appropriate to add a Basic White card-stock panel to the bottom of the card, with a sentiment from the Delightful Wishes stamp set added in Moody Mauve ink with some fussy cut flowers. A C6 Basic White envelope was gold heat embossed with the largest butterfly stamp.

Thank you for dropping in to check out my Moody Mauve creation.

To continue with the blog hop just click the "next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of a fellow demo and lovely friend Sharon Davern. I am looking forward to checking out Sharon’s creation(s) - I wonder what she has made? I do love seeing everyone’s' projects - there is always so much inspiration.

This is the second Blog Hop for 2025 as we continue the weekly 2024-2025 Colour Creations Blog Hop series.   Join us again next Wednesday evening to see our Mossy Meadow creations.

Stay well, stay safe and be kind to yourself.

Andrea 💕🐾

If you find a broken link or would like to view the full list of participants go to Catherine Proctor’s blog @ What Cathy Made. Cathy is our wonderful Art With Heart Team Colour Creations Coordinator.  She is a special lady. Check out her amazing creation while you are there.

Living in Australia, don't already have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator and would like your own copy of the Stampin' Up 2024-2025 Annual Catalogue and or the January-April Mini Catalogue & the Saleabration Brochure then let me know and I will be delighted to send them to you.  

Please don't hesitate to make contact with any other queries about this project or Stampin' Up! 

#colourcreationsbloghop  #stampinup #stampinupaustralia #stampinupsouthpacific #stampinupdemo  #handmadecards  #stampinupdemonstrator  #papercrafting   #beautifulbutterflies  #artisandesignteam  #artisandesignteam2025

CASEing the Catty #502 - CASE Saleabration Catalogue

CASE the Sale-a-bration Catalogue meets Delightful Wishes

Hello, Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and #502 Challenge with CASEing the Catty.

I am so glad you have dropped by. You may have come from Rachel Palmieri, as you make your way around this week’s Blog Hop or perhaps you arrived directly here; either way I am delighted you are here. At the end of my blog, I have linked to Peta Stephen so you can continue on with the Blog Hop.

At CASEing the Catty we love to use the samples from the Stampin' Up! Catalogues as inspiration and each week we have a different theme to guide our CASEing. To CASE is to "Copy And Selectively Edit" or some say "Copy And Share Everything". This week we are CASE-ing the projects found throughout the 2025 Stampin' Up! Sale-a-bration Catalogue.

There are many projects to select from in the brochure. They can be a wonderful starting point when creating your project, whether you are inspired by the layout, techniques, colours or something else. For this week’s challenge I chose to base my project on a card shown on page 9 of the brochure. That has a section where ribbon was woven to form a background section:

I studied weaving many years ago and tried many different types of weaving so when I saw the woven ribbon panel in the Saleabration Brochure, I couldn’t go part CASEing that card. Rather than weave with ribbon with the weft coloured with a coordinating Stampin’ Blend to give a two-tone effect, I decided to weave with left over strips of white cardstock. I don’t know about you, but I had lots of white strips in my scraps plastic sleeve. It was great to use some of them up.

I started by ensuring that all the strips were the same width. One end of the strip was scored 1cm in from the edge. A piece of Basic White card-stock was cut to the required size for the woven panel. Some adhesive was added to the top and side edges and the warp pieces were laid on top with the scored edge folding to the back and adhering to the tape. From there the weft strips were woven under over all the downward (warp) strips, carefully fitting the weft pieces under the previous one. This was continued until the panel was covered with woven card-stock strips. The ends were folded around to the back and adhered in place. I love the effect. There are so many variations that could be achieved.

A panel from the Floral & Gingham Vellum covered the front of the Basic White card base, before the woven panel being positioned with Dimensionals.  The Floral Delight Designer Series Paper incorporates some gorgeous floral designs, with some being able to be cut out with coordinating dies from the Delightful Wishes dies or they can be fussy cut, which is what I have done. They were positioned with either Multipurpose Liquid Glue or Dimensionals.

The coordinating dies include dies that cut the word “wishing” and a larger shadow die. The latter can be used to cut out the stamped “wishing”. The stamp set - Delightful Wishes stamp set, includes a number of follow on sentiments - depending on the occasion.

The card was finished with a trimmed piece of Iridescent Striped Ribbon, that was tucked under the sentiment. The some white sequins from the Purple Adhesive-backed Sequins were scattered around. They are one of the free Saleabration offerings with an appropriate Stampin’ Up! order during January and February. 

Part flowers from the edge of DSP sheets were fussy cut and added inside the card to tie it with the overall card design. A Basic White C6 envelope was stamped with some 2 step flowers using Lemon Lolly and Daffodil Delight Classic Ink. I do like coordination between the card and envelope.

Thank you for dropping by. I so appreciate it.

Don’t miss any of the inspiration from this creative Crew. The next blog in the hop is by the lovely Peta Stephen. Just click on the "next" graphic below to be taken to her blog. I wonder which project she has CASEd - I am sure her project will be something special.

Join In The Challenge: We would love you to share a project you have created for this Challenge that has been inspired by the 2025 Saleabration Brochure. To share, all you need to do is go to the CASEing The Catty Challenge Group on Facebook. If you aren't a member, it’s 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.

#ctc502 #stampinup #stampinupaustralia #stampinupsouthpacific #stampinupdemo  #handmadecards #makeacardsendacard #stampinupdemonstrator #papercrafting #papercrafter  #valleyinspirations  #delightfulwishes  #floraldelight  #caseingthecatty #artisandesignteam2025  #artisandesignteam

AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop #35 Misty Moonlight

Misty Moonlight with Friendly Seagulls Slimline

Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the Art with Heart Colour Creations Blog Hop. We are working though the Stampin' Up! colours in alphabetical order, focussing on one colour each week.

This week’s Blog Hop is focussing on a muted deep blue colour called Misty Moonlight.  Misty Moonlight is part of the Neutrals Colour Family and is a dark blue that is not as dark as Night of Navy. Sitting within the Neutrals Colour Family recognises that this colour can coordinate with  many colours, whether other blues, neutrals, brights, pinks, purples, yellows or ….  It would be wonderful for sea, sea themes, water, a monochromatic theme, and so much more. 

Life has been quite topsy turvey at present and I’ve had many interruptions so this blog post will be short until I can fill out more details in the days ahead.

Here is my card featuring Misty Moonlight:

Friendly Seagulls is a stamp set that can be earnt during January and February 2025 as a Saleabration item when $100 is spent on current products with Stampin’ Up! or through your SU demonstrator. I love this set of quirky seagulls who adore stealing chips (or is that fries). The “Thinking of you” sentiment is from the Everyday Greetings stamp set - it’s an Online Exclusive stamp set.

As mentioned above, Misty Moonlight reminds me of sea themes so I thought I would use it with the cute seagulls. I started by creating a background panel using window sheet, Misty Moonlight Stampin’ Blends Combo, together with Boho Blue, Blueberry Bushel and touches of Balmy Blue Blends combos. Patches of Blends were scribbled on the window sheet, then 90% Isopropyl Alcohol was first misted and then splattered over the coloured window sheet. It was left to dry. The seagulls, chips, etc were stamped in Smoky Slate Classic Stampin’ ink and then coloured with Stampin’ Blends, ie Smoky Slate, Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends combos plus the Colour Blender. This is a stand alone stamp-set, so the images were all fussy cut.

Stylish Shape dies were used to cut the 3 circles from Basic White card-stock - I love the stitched edge. They were each coloured using Blending Brushes and Basic Beige for sand, Balmy Blue for sky and Misty Moonlight for the sea. A die from the Beach Day dies cut an edge on scrap paper and this was used to create the sea skyline. Seagulls were stamped in Smoky Slate ink. The wooden poles were created with scraps of the Country Woods Designer Series Paper. 

“Hey Friend” was white heat embossed using Misty Moonlight card-stock and Wow White Emboss Powder. The sentiment from the Everyday Greetings stamp set was stamped in Misty Moonlight ink on Basic White card-stock. The final touches - a few Misty Moonlight Tinsel Gems Three-pack were scattered around the sentiments and some Misty Moonlight splatters added using a Stampin’ Write Marker.

A Basic White card inner was simply stamped in Smoky Slate ink with a seagull and shells. A slimline envelope was made using a couple of designs from the Country Woods DSP. I ran out of time, so I will need to die cut a rectangle shape in Basic White card-stock and adhere it to the front of the slim-line envelope for writing the recipient’s address.

Thank you for dropping in to check out my Misty Moonlight creation.

To continue with the blog hop just click the "next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of a lovely friend and fellow-demo Rachel Palmieri. I am looking forward to checking out Rachel’s creation(s) - I wonder what she has made? I do love seeing everyone’s' projects - there is always so much inspiration.

This is the first Blog Hop for 2025 as we continue the weekly 2024-2025 Colour Creations Blog Hop series.   Join us again next Wednesday evening to see our Moody Mauve creations.

I hope you enjoyed a special Christmas and New Year and are looking forward to seeing what 2025 will bring. Stay well, stay safe and be kind to yourself this year.

Andrea 💕🐾

If you find a broken link or would like to view the full list of participants go to Catherine Proctor’s blog @ What Cathy Made. Cathy is our wonderful Art With Heart Team Colour Creations Coordinator.  She is a special lady. Check out her amazing creation while you are there.

Living in Australia, don't already have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator and would like your own copy of the Stampin' Up 2024-2025 Annual Catalogue or the January-April Mini Catalogue & the Saleabration Brochure then let me know and I will be delighted to send them to you.  

Please don't hesitate to make contact with any other queries about this project or Stampin' Up! 

#colourcreationsbloghop  #stampinup #stampinupaustralia #stampinupsouthpacific #stampinupdemo  #handmadecards  #stampinupdemonstrator  #papercrafting   #friendlyseagulls  #everydaygreetings  #beachday