CASEing the Catty #546 CASE a Punch or Die Project

CASE a Punch or Die Project meets Notes & Totes with a Twist

Hello, welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea & #546 Challenge with CASEing the Catty.

I am so glad you have dropped by. You may have come from Kathryn Mangelsdorf, 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 Monique Fielder so you can continue with the Blog Hop.

At CASEing the Catty we love to use the samples from the Stampin' Up! Catalogues and On-Line Exclusives 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 projects featuring a punch of dies. There is so much to choose from. Here is the card I CASEd from page 26 of the September-December Mini Catalogue:

I have CASEd the layout, but used different Speciality Designer Series Paper and a different bundle, that is the Notes & Totes bundle, but created it to be a Christmas card. Here in the South Pacific, Christmas arrives during our summer and in Australia it is often associated with the beach - so the gorgeous die cut Tote, filled with a water bottle, sun protection cream and sun glasses is perfect. Here is my card - 

Must admit, as I am writing up this blog and seeing the photos, I think the background layer of SDSP makes the card too busy so plan to replace it with a Basic White embossed panel. What do you think??? I'd like to know your thoughts. There is no time to do that now, but hope to make the changes tomorrow and re-photograph.

This card uses the Modern Christmas SDSP, well 2 different designs from that pack. I have fallen for the way it features Black, White and Gold. It is so gorgeous.

The Notes & Totes dies were used to cut the tote bag from DSP and it was trimmed with die cut Gold Foil pieces. As you can see, there is a little stamping using stamps from the coordinating stamp set. Isn't the hibiscus gorgeous either stamped in Secret Sea ink (that I used instead of black), or gold heat embossed.

While one sentiment was stamped from the Notes & Totes stamp set, "Merry Christmas" came from a Greetings for You Mix & Match Ephemera pack. I found a bow on my workstation that was perfect to adhere to the tote's handle and a number of the gorgeous gold Traditional Sparkling Sequins were scattered around.

Thank you so much for calling in on your way around the CASEing the Catty Blog Hop by members of the Design Team to launch Challenge #546. I so appreciate your visit with me.

Don’t miss any of the inspiration from this creative CASEing The Catty Crew. The next blog in the hop is by the lovely Monique Fielder. 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 that you have created for this Challenge which has been inspired by Stampin' Up! projects featuring punches or dies. 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 once anpproved 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 so love to see your creation.

 

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