CASEing the Catty #517 CASE the Mini Catalogue

CASE the Mini Catalogue meets Textured Notes

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Hello, Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and #506 Challenge with CASEing the Catty.

I am so glad you have dropped by. You may have come from Rebecca Scurr, 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 Rochelle Laird-Smith so you can continue with the Blog Hop.

At CASEing the Catty we love to use the samples from the @Stampin'Up!official Catalogues and On-Line projects 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 our favourite project from the 2025 Stampin' Up! January-April Mini Catalogue.

I couldn’t choose a favourite project as there is so much inspiration in this Mini Catalogue, so I ended up choosing 2 projects in the Wildflower Birthday Suite section of the catalogue, one in the top right-hand corner of page 42 …

and the second was the inside of the card shown on page 44. 

Here is my card - 

I love the Textured Notes bundle and the Woven Textures Designer Series Paper so have used these wonderful products to CASE the card and inside layouts on pages 42 and 44 of the Mini Catalogue.

I stamped the gorgeous distinktive stamps in the Textured Notes stamp set in Mossy Meadows and Wild Wheat Classic inks.

Here is a part finished inside of the card. How do you think it will be finished???

I am wanting the card to be a birthday card for a male friend. The little panel on the left-hand side is only adhered on three sides so it can hold a gift card or a special message.

Here is the updated card inner:

Apart from adding more of the Textured Notes stamped images a number of pushed out pieces from the Wildflower Birthday Speciality Designer Series Paper were added to different panels.

The front panel of the small concertina fold had some beautiful balloons. The sentiment came from the Simply Said Stamp set (it is carrying over).

The centre panel was decorated with Textured Notes stamped images.

The bottom panel was decorated with another push out image from the Wildflower Birthday SDSP plus some Gold Foil die cut numbers from the Birthday Celebration dies (I hope I have the right year?). As you probably know by now, I also like to decorate an envelope to coordinate in some way. This time it is some leafy stamping.

Thank you so much for calling in on your way around the CASEing the Catty Challenge #517 Blog Hop. 

Don’t miss any of the inspiration from this creative CASEing The Catty Crew. The next blog in the hop is by the wonderful Rochelle Laird-Smith. 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 the January-April Mini Catalogue. 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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CASEing the Catty #500 - CASE Choice From Either Catalogue

CASE Your Choice From Either Catalogue meets Light the Sky

Hello, Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and CASEing the Catty #500 Challenge. We are welcoming many creative folk to this Blog Hop who have been apart of the CASEing the CATTY Crew at some stage since CASEing the Catty's inception.

I am so glad you have dropped in. You may have come from the wonderful Angela Meiritz-Reid, 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 Rochelle Laird-Smith so you can continue with this 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 can CASE any project found in either the 2024/2025 Annual Cataglogue or the 2024 Stampin' Up! September-December Mini Catalogue.

Wow, what a choice. For this auspicious Blog Hop, #500, I had so many options that could have been selected - it was an hard choice.  For this week’s challenge I chose to base my project on the card with a self coloured frame near the bottom of page 41 of the September-December Mini Catalogue:

I had ideas for a different card but due to a range of happenings I decided to create with another bundle that I have been playing with recently, that is the Light the Sky bundle. I love this bundle and think it’s great for New Years or other special celebrations. It’s currently on the Last Chance List, so if you are thinking of getting this bundle, don’t hesitate because once its gone, its gone.

A background panel was created by blending a range of colours over a panel of Basic White card-stock, starting with Fresh Freesia, then Balmy Blue, Blueberry Bushel, Misty Moonlight and finishing off with Night of Navy Classic Stampin’ inks. Water was sprinkled over the panel. I spritzed water from a mister onto my hand and flicked the water over the panel. Once dry, some White Craft ink was splattered over the panel and then more splatter was added using a Night of Navy Stampin’ Write Marker.

Three different sized fireworks sprays were white heat embossed onto the coloured background panel. This panel was adhered to the front of a Night of Navy card-base. A couple of panels of Night of Navy card-stock were die cut with the second largest Deckled Rectangle die to create a frame. I will miss this set of dies, as it too is on the Stampin’ Up! Last Chance List. A mid sized fireworks spray and a tiny group of fireworks were used to partially cut/pierce fireworks on one frame. This frame was layered over the other to give the frame some stability as it was then popped up on Dimensionals.

“2025” was die cut using the coming Birthday Celebration dies from Silver Foil that had a backing of Foam Adhesive Sheet attached. A sentiment from the Light the Sky stamp set was white heat embossed onto Night of Navy card-stock. The fussy cut sentiment was adhered in place with Mini Dimensionals.

Some gorgeous Silver and White Sheer Ribbon was cut lengthwise and tied into a bow the tucked under the sentiment and positioned with Glue Dots. The final touches - a splattering of Wink of Strella and the addition of some Iridescent Faceted Gems.

A Basic White card inner was stamped in Night of Navy ink with another sentiment from the same set of stamps. Fireworks sprays were stamped in Balmy Blue, Fresh Freesia and Blueberry Bushel inks. A C6 Basic White envelope was similarly stamped with the Fireworks sprays.

Thank you so much for calling in on your way around the CASEing the Catty Blog Hop. I do appreciate it.

Don’t miss any of the inspiration from this wonderful Crew. The next blog in the hop is by the lovely Rochelle Laird-Smith. 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 milestone Challenge that has been inspired by the either the 2024-2025 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue or the September-December Mini Catalogue. 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.

#ctc500 #stampinup #stampinupaustralia #stampinupsouthpacific #stampinupdemo  #handmadecards #makeacardsendacard #stampinupdemonstrator #papercrafting #papercrafter  #valleyinspirations  #lightthesky   #birthdaycelebration  #caseingthecatty