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Sunday, 1 February 2026

CASEing the Catty #555 CASE a Template

CASE Mini Catalogue's Templates meets Fragrant Layers


Hello, welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea & #555 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 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 & Online 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 the sketches found on page 17 of the 2026 Stampin' Up! January - April Mini Catalogue.


For my CASE this week I chose a scrapbook page layout - the one in the lower RHS. I converted it into a landscape card and am featuring the gorgeous On-line Exclusive Fragrant Layers bundle. Check my card out below:


The larger stamp from the bundle was gold heat embossed onto Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper before being water-coloured with the fine Water Painter using Strawberry Slush, Pretty Peacock, Basic Beige Classic inks and a touch of Pool Party ink around the image.


When dry, the image was fussy cut out and layered over a similar arrangement that was die cut with the coordinating Fragrant Layers dies. A few little leaves were also die cut. The watercolored image and die cuts were arranged over a Branching Out Basic White label that had been mounted on a slightly larger piece of Pretty Peacock card-stock.


The Basic White background panel was 3/4 covered with small Basic White card-stock die cuts, including little double leaves, little flowers and a detailed flower outline. I used these die cuts to mimic the different sized circles on the Scrapbook page background. 


A bow tied with retired Gold twine was tucked under a flower. A sentiment from the Fragrant Layers stamps was white heat embossed on Pretty Peacock card-stock. This was die cut with a label die from the bundle. The final touch was a sprinkling of a few of the Valentines Assortment embellishments.


The card inner and envelope were partially stamped and gold heat embossed using the floral arrangement used as the focal water-coloured design on the card front.


Thank you so so much for calling in on your way around the Blog Hop for Challenge #555 CASEing the Catty Sunday Challenge. Do keep hopping around all the participants from this creative CASEing The Catty Crew.  You won't want to miss the many creative ideas that will inspire.


The next blog in the hop is by the wonderful Monique Fielder. Just click on the "next" graphic below to be taken to her blog. I wonder which template she has CASEd - I am sure her project will be 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 templates on page 17 of 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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Monday, 17 November 2025

AWH Heart of Christmas Blog Hop #12

Christmas with Jolly Delivery

Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the 12th Art with Heart Team Heart of Christmas Blog Hop for 2025. We are sharing Christmas inspiration each Monday evening until the end of November. Wow, where have the last few months gone??? Our last Blog Hop for 2025 is next week. 


I so missed sharing with you last week but health issues and other commitments made it difficult. Recently, I have been thinking of creating a Joy Fun Fold card so decided to create one this week and also feature the Jolly Delivery bundle and North Pole Delivery Speciality Designer Series Paper.


Time was limited this week so rather than stamp and colour some festive animals from the stamp set I used the pop out images from the DSP to decorate the card. This DSP is brilliant as the pack of pattered paper includes 2 sheets of 12” x 12” of pop outs. The critters are all so happy and make me smile.


Using a Basic White card base, half of the front was cut away on the diagonal. The underneath section of the card was covered with a panel of the Pool Party design of the DSP. The top half front was covered with a triangular panel that had been stamped randomly in Secret Sea ink  using the 4 smaller stamp images. A little Pool Party blending had been added around the edges.


A folded piece of Pool Party card-stock was cut with a Branching Out die. Two smaller die cut labels were prepared in Basic White card-stock. The folded Pool Party label was adhered to the back of the card inner with the fold to the right. This will allow the front section of the card to slot between the folded label. Photos of opening the card come shortly.


The front panel of the label was decorated with some of the pop out images and a sentiment from the Jolly Delivery stamps was white heat embossed on Secret Sea card-stock. A few Traditional Sparkling Sequins added a little shimmer.


The photo below show the card opening by lifting the top section of the label.


And here is the open card ready for a personal message to be added.


Another sentiment was stamped in Secret Sea ink and a couple of extra pop out images were used to decorate. The back flap or a C6 Basic White envelope was decorated with some of the Pool Party DSP.


Thank you so much for dropping in on your way around the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop. I know I am a bit of a dog tragic, but I do have fun creating with the happy North Pole Delivery Speciality Designer Series Paper.


There is more Christmas creativity, so do continue with this blog hop. Just click on the "next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of the lovely Kate Morgan. I always look forward to checking out Kate’s creation(s). I do love seeing everyone’s' projects - there is so much inspiration.

Also, many of us participate in the Colour Creations Insta Hop on Instagram. The hop goes live every Wednesday night where we showcase one of Stampin’ Up!s colours each week. We would love you to also check in on us for more creative inspiration.

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 Sharon Davern’s blog @ Rhapsody in Craft. Sharon is our amazing Art With Heart Team Heart of Christmas Coordinator.  Check out her delightful creation while you are there.

If you live in Australia, don't already have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator and would like your own copy of the Stampin' Up 2025-2026 Annual Catalogue and or the September-December 2025 Mini Catalogue, then let me know and I will be delighted to send them to you.  Please don't hesitate to make contact with any queries about this project or Stampin' Up!. 

#heartofchristmas  #heartofchristmas2025 #stampinup #stampinupaustralia #stampinupsouthpacific #stampinupdemo  #handmadecards #stampinupdemonstrator #papercrafting #artwithheartteam  #papercrafter  #valleyinspirations   #artisandesignteam  #artisandesignteam2025  #jollydelivery  #branchingout  #northpoledelivery

Sunday, 28 September 2025

CASEing the Catty #539 - CASE the Peaceful Garden Suite

CASE Peaceful Garden Suite meets Peace on Earth


Hello, welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea & #539 Challenge with CASEing the Catty.


I am so glad you have dropped by. You may have come from Julia Quinn, 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 Rachel Palmieri 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 the projects found on pages 32-36 of the 2025 Stampin' Up! September-December Mini Catalogue.


I CASEd the card on the bottom left hand side of page 32. Check out my card below. I have specifically CASEd the layout, water-colour background and splattering but used different colours and converted it into a Christmas card. I couldn’t resist embossing the background.


As mentioned, the background was water-coloured with Strawberry Slush & Timid Tiger Classic Stampin’ inks on Fluid 100 Paper and then embossed as the background was drying using the Traditional Wreath 3D Embossing Folder. Splatters were added with Strawberry Slush and Timid Tiger, plus some white using the White Craft Ink re-inker. It was adhered to a Strawberry Slush card base.


The label was cut from Basic White card-stock using a smaller die from the Branching Out dies. Noticing that the label in the original card was from coloured card-stock, a very light covering of Strawberry Slush was blended over the die cut label. A dove from the Peace on Earth dies was cut from Basic White card-stock and the leaves from Gold Foil.


A sentiment from the Peace on Earth stamp set was gold heat embossed directly onto the label. The gold twig in the doves beak carries the gold through.


A little, now retired, White Iridescent Striped ribbon was tucked under the label with a loop and tail showing. Some Strawberry Slush and Pretty in Pink Gems were scattered around as the finishing touches.


Inside the card a Basic White piece of card-stock had a little light Strawberry Slush blended over a corner and the other die cut dove was adhered in place. The sentiment came from the Greetings for You Mix & Match Ephemera Pack. A Basic White C6 envelope was stamped in Strawberry Slush ink with a different sentiment from the Peace on Earth stamp set. A little blending was added to the edge.


Thank you so much for dropping in on your way around the CASEing the Catty 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  Rachel Palmieri. 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 Peaceful Garden Suite in the current 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 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.
 


#ctc539 #stampinup #stampinupaustralia #stampinupsouthpacific #stampinupdemo  #handmadecards #makeacardsendacard #stampinupdemonstrator #papercrafting #papercrafter  #valleyinspirations  #peacefulgarden #peaceonearth #branchingout  #caseingthecatty #artisandesignteam2025  #artisandesignteam

Wednesday, 27 August 2025

Be Inspired - Bright & Bold

 Be Inspired Design Team Blog Hop

Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the August Be Inspired Blog Hop.


BRIGHT AND BOLD

This Blog Hop has a theme of BRIGHT & BOLD. As I was musing on the theme I was walking with my dog and saw a number of local Rainbow Lorikeets. They are a beautiful Aussie bird and certainly Bright & Bold, so I decided to build my project around these gorgeous birds.


I had the Feathered Fun Stamp set and had previously thought of colouring the images to be reminiscent of Aussie birds. The 2 images were stamped in Versa-mark ink and Gold heat embossed, then water-coloured the birds with Lemon Lime Twist, Granny Apple Green, Daffodil Delight, Poppy Parade and Blueberry Bushel. Once fully dry the images were fussy cut.


The coming Reaching Out bundle was also used on this card, ie to gold heat emboss branches and pine sprays. A little Pool Party was lightly blended in the background. Some twigs also were die cut and lightly coloured with Pecan Pie and Granny Apple Green. Two sizes of the Branching Out labels were cut in Basic White card-stock with the smaller label framing the branches, etc. The Basic White background panel was embossed with the coming Traditional Wreath 3D Embossing Folder.


A sentiment from the Branching Out stamp set was White heat embossed onto a strip of Blueberry Bushel card-stock. Mossy Meadow & Gold Ribbon and Low Profile Sparkle Dots. added that final touch.


The card inner was simply Gold embossed with one of the bird images and a little Pool Party blending was added. A C6 Basic White envelope was also gold heat embossed with a cute bird.


Thank you so much for calling in on your way around the August Be Inspired Blog Hop. 



I am really looking forward to seeing what everyone else has created for the Bright and Bold theme.  Next in line is the amazing Lynn Cheesmur. Just click on the graphic below to head over to Lynn’s blog.


The full list of those participating in this hop is:
Andrea Sargent <you are here 

#beinspired  #beinspireddesignteam  #stampinup   #stampinupofficial  #stampinupaustralia #valleyinspirations  #artisandesignteam #artisandesignteam2025  #featheredfun #stampinupofficial #branchingout

AWH Heart of Christmas - #5

Christmas with A Little Christmas Hello. Welcome to  Valley Inspirations with Andrea  and the fifth  Art with Heart Team Heart of Christmas ...