CASEing the Catty #544 CASE An Embossing Folder Project

CASE Stampin’ Up!s Annual Catalogue meets A Project Featuring an Embossing Folder.

Hello, welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea & #544 Challenge with CASEing the Catty.

I am so glad you have dropped by. You may have come from the lovely 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 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! Catalogues or 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 using Embossing Folders from either the 2025-26 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue or the 2025 September-December Mini Catalogue.

The project I am CASEing is this one from page 25 of the 2025 September-December Mini Catalogue:

I had planned to CASE a different project but then changed as I started creating. Here is my card:

I love the Most Wonderful stamp set but haven’t used it much this year so thought it deserved another go. The wreath stamp was gold heat embossed onto Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper and then the leaves were coloured in Granny Apple Green and Old Olive Classic inks. I do enjoy using 2 colours when colouring leaves. The wreath was fussy cut both inside and out.

A B-side from the Traditions of Christmas Speciality Designer Series Paper was layered over a Secret Sea card base. Pine leaves from the Christmas Greenery dies were die cut from Basic White card-stock. A Basic White panel was embossed with the Dotted Circles 3D Embossing Folder and the de-bossed side was used. Some Real Red Shiny Ribbon was tied around the white embossed panel ending in a bow. The water-coloured wreath was popped up on Dimensionals and the pine tucked underneath.

The sentiment from the Most Wonderful stamp set was gold heat embossed onto Basic White card-stock and fussy cut, then added to the centre of the wreath with Dimensionals. Some of the beautiful Delightful Decorative Dots were scattered around the wreath and sentiment.

A couple of thin strips of the background SDSP were layered onto a panel of Basic White card-stock that had been partially gold heat embossed with the stamped wreath.

A Basic White C6 Envelope was also heat embossed with part of the stamped wreath. I do like some simple coordination with the card it will hold.

Thank you so much for dropping in on your way around the CASEing the Catty Blog hop for Challenge #544 where we are CASEing a project featuring an Embossing Folder.

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 a current project featuring an Embossing Folder. 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 approved all you need to do is upload a photo of your project to the main section of the group. 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 #537 CASE Traditions of Christmas

CASE Traditions of Christmas meets Most Wonderful

Hello, welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea & #537 Challenge with CASEing the Catty.

I am so glad you have dropped by. You may have come from Judy May, 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 Peta Stephen 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 projects found on pages 21 - 27 of the 2025 Stampin' Up! September-December Mini Catalogue featuring the Traditions of Christmas.

This week I am CASEing the card shown on page 25 (shown below). My card may look quite different, but both cards have wreaths and my card has strips of cardstock as part of the fun fold instead of the red panels at the top and bottom of the card. Instead of a photo in the centre of the wreath my card has the focal sentiment.

I have been wanting to play with the Most Wonderful stamp set and it was perfect for today’s card. This stamp set pulls apart into 4 distinct pieces - the wreath, a top and a bottom leafy panel and the sentiment.

The wreath was stamped on Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper with Versamark ink and was gold heat embossed using the WOW Gold Embossing Powder and an Heat Tool. The leaves were watercoloured with both Lost Lagoon and Old Olive Classic Stampin’ inks and the fine Water Painter from the set of 3 Water Painters. As this set is a stand alone stamp set, the coloured wreath was fussy cut with Snips.

The little flowers were die cut with a die from the Perfect Pears dies. A piece of watercolour paper was watercoloured with Berry Burst & Blackberry Bliss inks. The small die cuts 5 tiny flowers in one pass through a Cut ‘n Emboss Machine.

The sentiment from the stamp set was gold embossed onto a piece of Basic White card-stock and cut with a Spotlight on Nature circular die.

This fun fold was one I have used previously after having seen Susan Campfield, a US Demonstrator create a version of it. The back panel is the size of 1/4 A4. The top and bottom front strips are a little longer than the card back to enable tabs to fold over the back of the card. The back of the card (both sides) was decorated with a Soft Sea Foam leafy design from the … Birthday Speciality Designer Series Paper. The front strips were covered with 3D Dry Embossed Basic White card-stock. It was embossed using the … 3D Embossing Folder.

The final touches a white double bow with a Gold twine bow (this gold twine recently retired). Iridescent Gems were added to some flower centres and a few around the sentiment.

A Basic White panel was adhered to the back of the card. Before it was adhered in place, it was heat embossed using one of the edge stamps.

A C6 Basic White envelope was also gold heat embossed on each end of the envelope.

Don’t miss any of the inspiration from this creative CASEing The Catty Crew. The next blog in the hop is by the wonderful 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 that you have specifically created for this Challenge which has been inspired by the projects shown on pages 21-27. 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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