CASEing the Catty #505 - CASE Saleabration

CASE the Sale-a-bration Brochure meets Corner in Bloom

Hello, Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and #505 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 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 or On-Line as inspiration. 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 any project found in the Sale-a-bration Brochure.

There are numerous projects displayed in the Brochure. It was a hard choice this week. All the projects can be wonderful starting points for creating your project.  I chose to CASE the project below for this week’s challenge - CTC505:

I saw Emma Goddard, a UK SU Demonstrator, use the Corner in Bloom Sale-a-bration stamp set during last week’s Card and a Cuppa session so the set was top of my list to use and I thought it would work beautifully with a CASE of this project.  Here is my card:

The background was tone on tone stamped using a couple of stamps from the Linked Together stamp set. I do love the subtlety of tone on tone stamping, in this case Petal Pink Classic Stampin’ ink on Petal Pink card-stock, and don’t use this technique enough.

Instead of the diamond die from the Linked Together bundle, I used the largest long/thin hexagon die from the Nested Essentials dies to cut a Basic White hexagon. This was popped up on Dimensionals.

The largest floral corner stamp in the Corner in Bloom stamp set was inked with Gray Granite ink and stamped a couple of times on Basic White card-stock. The coordinating single floral image was stamped a number of times as well. The images were coloured with Stampin’ Blends combos, ie Petal Pink, Calypso Coral, Old Olive together with the Colour Lifter to add highlights. All the coloured images were fussy cut with my trusty Snips. The flowers were arranged and adhered in place with either Dimensionals or Glue Dots.

“A happy day” was white heat embossed onto Petal Pink card-stock and then fussy cut. This sentiment was positioned with Mini Dimensionals. A bow was tied with the gorgeous Petal Pink Scalloped Ribbon and added with Glue Dots. (This ribbon is gorgeous - so soft and ties beautifully.) The final touch, some of the white Saleabration Purple Adhesive-backed Sequins to provide a touch of shimmer. (They too are beautiful.)

There were some coloured flowers remaining after completing the card front, so some were added to the Basic White card inner. Another strip of coloured flowers was added to a Basic White C6 envelope. I love it when leftover pieces can be used to decorate the envelope and inside the card to keep coordination throughout the 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 that you have created for this Challenge which has been inspired by the 2025 Sale-a-bration 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 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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AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop #39 Petal Pink

Petal Pink with Hello, Irresistible

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 peachy pink called Petal Pink. Petal Pink is part of the Subtles Colour Family and is a gorgeous soft pink that can be used in so many ways. This colour is lovely for flowers, babies and complimenting soft, bright and more regal colour schemes. I believe it is a versatile colour, but having said that, I know there are numerous folk who aren’t keen on it given its orange overtones.

Petal Pink is produced in Stampin' Up!'s card-stock, both A4 & 12"x12"; Classic Stampin' inks (ink pads & re-inkers); Stampin' Write Marker; Stampin’ Blends Combo; Subtles Designer Series Paper as well as Lighter Thank Air, Sunny Days, Meandering Meadows, Bee Mine, Les Shoppes, Zoo Crew DSPs; Forever Love, Dry Brushed Metallic Speciality DSP, Three Colour Glimmer Paper; Petal Pink and Pretty Peacock Foiled Gems, Blooming Pearls, Pastel Adhesive-backed Sequins, Rainbow Adhesive-backed Dots, Adhesive-backed Hearts & Flowers;  The Best Destination Kits, Painted Wishes Kits, Love Treat Kits, Colorful Kalidoscope Kits,  Blossom Wishes Kits; Abigail Rose Folders and Stampin’ Up! Poster plus number of extra products and Clearance products. Wow, that is quite a list that indicates its popularity and ability to coordinate.

Petal Pink Classic Stampin’ ink, card-stock, Stampin’ Write Marker, Petal Pink Foiled Gems and the Hello, Irresistible Designer Series Paper has been used in the creation of this project plus some non-Petal Pink bits and pieces.

I created a Mini Slimline card that could be cut from a standard half A4 sheet of card-stock and also fit in a standard C6 envelope. To calculate the dimensions, I started with 14.9cm then moved a ruler around to decide on the appropriate width. I ended with a width of 8.2cm.  Having decided on the card dimensions, one of the designs from the Hello, Irresistible Designer Series Paper that included Petal Pink was selected. This lovely DSP is gorgeous to show both sides of the paper so this aspect was incorporated in the design.

To show both sides of the DSP a 1cm edge was folded back and a strip of Petal Pink card-stock was tucked underneath the front fold. The other edge of the DSP was scored 1.5cm in to form a seam to adhere on the card back. I added a second, but slightly smaller panel of Basic White card-stock was adhered to the back to hide the DSP seam. You could get away without this if you didn’t worry about the seam being seen. The photo below shows the inside of the card and the beautiful DSP.

The Basic White inner panel was stamped with some leaves from the Notes of Nature stamp set in Petal Pink ink. A thin strip of DSP (that had been trimmed off from the front panel) was adhered to the LHS partially over the stamped leaves. As I was writing this blog and looking at this photo, I decided to add a remaining Basic White long string of leaves to give the inner DSP a little extra interest.

Leaves were cut with Notes of Nature dies from Basic White card-stock. I had initially thought I would use the long leafy twig along the folded back section as the leaf shape was similar to white images on the DSP, but as I was playing with options, I decided to use the smaller leaf twigs around the Petal Pink stamped sentiment using a Notes of Nature stamp on Basic White card-stock.

Some of the new Petal Pink Foiled Gems (from the Petal Pink & Pretty Peacock Foiled Gems in the newish Mini Catalogue) were scattered around. I tried to add a bow but decided against it. The die cut small white leaves were sufficient in themselves. The final touch was a light Petal Pink splattering using the Petal Pink Stampin’ Write Marker and some Wink of Stella. I love the understated shimmer this achieves.

A Basic White C6 envelope was stamped with some Petal Pink leaves similar to those stamped on the card inner.  It is only simple stamping, but you “can’t have a naked envelope”.

Thank you so much for dropping by on your way around the Colour Creations Blog Hop. Do check out the other blogs - I am sure there will be so much Petal Pink inspiration. Don’t miss it.

To continue with the Petal Pink blog hop just click the "next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of a special lady, Kate Morgan. I am looking forward to checking out Kate’s creation(s). I do love seeing everyone’s' projects - there is always so much inspiration.

I do hope to see you next week when we will be featuring another of my favourite colours - Pool Party, as we continue the weekly 2023-2024 Colour Creations Blog Hop series. 

Stay well, stay safe and be kind to yourself and others.

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 brilliant Art With Heart Team Colour Creations Coordinator.  She is a wonderful lady. 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 2023-2024 Annual Catalogue and or the January-April 2024 Mini Catalogue and Sale-a-bration 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!. 

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AWHT Colour Creations #37 Petal Pink

Petal Pink with Fragrant Flowers Fancy Fold

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 pale pink called Petal Pink. Petal Pink is part of the Subtles Colour Family and is a gorgeous colour. I know Petal Pink is not some of my colleagues favourite, however, I love this pink that is a bit peachy & muted. This colour is lovely when used for a range of flowers, baby cards, and the like. 

Petal Pink is produced in Stampin' Up!'s card-stock, both A4 & 12"x12"; Classic Stampin' inks (ink pads & re-inkers); Stampin' Write Markers; Stampin' Blends Combo; Subtles Designer Series Paper as well as Country Floral Lane, Country Gingham, Favored Flowers (Sale-a-bration), Regency Park, Delicate Desert, Dandy Designs, Abigail Rose, Tea Boutique, Pretty Prints, Design a Daydream Host, Sweet Talk (Clearance), Flowering Fields, Subtles DSPs; plus By the Bay, Texture Chic, Dry Brushed Metallic Speciality Designer Series Paper, Love Treats Kits, Enjoy the Adventure  & Texture Chic Memories & More Cards & Envelopes; Tea Boutique Cards & Envelopes, Enjoy the Adventure Memories & More card pack; Petal Pink Soft Polyester Ribbon, Cotton Ribbon Combo and Adhesive-Backed Milky Dots, Pastel Adhesive-Backed Sequins, Solid Faceted Gems, Elegant Faceted Gems, For Everything Fancy Sequins. Wow oh Wow, what a solid list demonstrating the colour's versatility.

Petal Pink card-stock, ink, Stampin' Blends, Favored Flowers DSP and Adhesive-Backed Milky Dots have been used in this project plus a range of non-Petal Pink bits and pieces. Here is my card:

I had a few ideas when starting out, but the card morphed into something quite different.  However, water-colouring some flowers was an initial idea that eventuated. Just before starting work on this project I noticed a rose that had been knocked from one of my bushes - this inspired my flower colouring.

I love the rose above with the beauty of the pale pinky orange with brighter pink edges plus. While my rose is different I water-coloured 2 floral arrangements from the Fragrant Flowers stamp set. They were stamped in Versamark ink on Shimmery White card-stock and heat embossed with Gold Emboss Powder and a Heat Tool. A number of the small flower & leaves were also gold heat embossed. All the images were coloured with Petal Pink, Melon Mambo, Soft Succulent & Evening Evergreen Inks. Some were coloured more strongly and others were more subtlety coloured. Once dry, the images were die cut with coordinating Dies from the Fragrant Flowers dies.

A Basic White card-stock card front was die cut with a curvy Around the Bend dies. The die used also cuts out a curvy strip of holes - its gorgeous. A side B piece of the delightful Favoured Flowers Sale-a-bration DSP was used as the background panel that was adhered to a Thick Basic White card base. The white die cut card front was popped up on Dimensionals.

The buds were fussy cut away and the darker water-coloured floral spray was cut apart so the flowers could be separated when rearranged. I ended up using only one darker flower. The floral arrangement was adhered in place with either Dimensionals or Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

The Love for You dies were used to cut out some words in Gold Metallic Foil. Some Adhesive sheet was added to the back of the foil to make adhering the words in place so easy. Some White Glittered Organdy ribbon was coloured with the Light Petal Pink Blend before being cut into 3 pieces length-wise. Only 2 strips were used to tie a double bow. A strand of gold that had been retained from some deconstructed Gold Elegant Trim, was also tied into a bow. The bows were positioned with Glue Dots. Some Petal Pink Adhesive-backed Milky Dots were scattered around to finish the card front.

The card inner is the fancy fold section. As the card opens the sentiment labels pop up to highlight the sentiment itself. It is called a Sliding Pop Up fold. The Something Fancy labels were used to die cut labels from Basic White card-stock and the same Favored Flowers DSP. I saw this fancy fold demonstrated by Susan Campfield. She is a demo in the United States so I needed to convert her dimensions to suit our A4 sizing. I created the fold without rewatching Susan's uTube so didn't create it perfectly. I needed to undo a couple of sections so will try this fold again to refine sizing and process. The card inner was also decorated with pieces of DSP mounted on some Gold Metallic foil. Some small water-coloured flowers were also added.

A Basic White C6 envelope was stamped with the larger floral stamp using Petal Pink Classic Stampin' ink. I stamped on the front of the envelope and also on the back flap.

I designed this card for a special friend's birthday, however, it could also be used for a Valentines Day card or a Friendaversary. 

Thank you so much for dropping in. I so appreciate it.

There is more Petal Pink creativity. To continue with the blog hop, click the  "onto the next" graphic below and be taken to the blog of Amie McIllroy. I always look forward to checking out Amie’s creations. I do love seeing everyones' projects - there is always inspiration.

I hope to see you next week when we will be featuring Polished Pink, one of the 2021-2023 In Colour family as we continue the weekly 2022-2023 Colour Creations Blog Hops.  

Stay well, stay safe and be kind to yourself and others. 

Andrea 💕🐾

If you find a broken link or have come to this blog hop from a different entry point, you can view the full list of participants on Catherine Proctor’s blog @ What Cathy Made. Cathy is our  Art With Heart Team Colour Creations Coordinator.  She is an wonderful lady. 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 Stampin' Up's 2022-2023 Annual Catalogue and or the January - April 2023 Mini Catalogue & Sale-a-bration 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!. 

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AWH Heart of Christmas #10

Heart of Christmas Blog Hop: Season of Chic

Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the Art with Heart Team Heart of Christmas Blog Hop for 2022. 

So glad you are joining us for our tenth 2022 Heart of Christmas Blog Hop. The months are speeding by - we started this Blog Hop in the beginning of July and its now early September. It is certainly time to be building your card stash. I have enjoyed creating a card using a non Christmas bundle but one that can also be used for Christmas. I had two other variations in mind but time ran out. Here is my card:

 

I have recently purchased the Season of Chic bundle and Texture Chic Speciality Designer Series Paper and decided to play with it to create a Christmas card. In seeing the products more closely and playing with it, I have fallen in love with this suite even more. The SDSP has Gold integrated into the design on one side of each 12 x 12 sheet. The sheet I chose for this card has golden dots spread over. Is'nt  it gorgeous. A piece was cut to card front size and adhered onto a Petal Pink card base.

Cream Glimmer Paper from the Glimmer Speciality Paper pack was die cut using the 3 different sized snowflakes from the Chic dies -  5 of each were cut. A gold ring was cut from Gold Foil using 2 mid-sized circular dies from the Layering Circles die set.

The gold ring was added to the card front with Mini Dimensionals. The little snowflakes were added to the largest snowflakes with Glue Dots before the large Snowflakes were adhered to the ring with other Glue Dots - so easy. The mid-sized snowflakes were added in-between (and overlapping) the larger snowflakes. The gold ring was great at keeping the snowflake wreath round.

A sentiment from the Season of Chic stamp set was heat embossed on Petal Pink card-stock using White Emboss powder, Versamark ink and a Heat Tool. This was added over a voluptuous bow tied with Gold & Vanilla Satin Edged Ribbon that had been cut in half lengthwise. Pearl Basic Jewels were added to the large snowflake centres plus a few extras were scattered around.

A thin strip of the same SDSP was added to the Basic White card inner and a few snowflakes were stamped in Petal Pink Classic ink using the snowflake photopolymer stamp from the Season of Chic stamps. A Basic White C6 envelope was stamped with Petal Pink snowflakes over the flap and a few on the front of the envelope.

Thank you for calling in. I do appreciate it.

It is always a delight to see everyone's creations and I am sure there will be gorgeous Christmas projects on show so don't miss checking out each blog. To continue with the blog hop, click the "onto the next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of the special and talented Claire Daly. I always look forward to checking out Claire's creations together with everyone else's. 

Don't forget the weekly Colour Creations Blog Hop by the Art with Heart Team that launches every Wednesday at 8.00pm AEST.  This coming Wednesday we are featuring a beautiful colour - Evening Evergreen.

Stay well, stay safe and be kind to yourself and others.

Andrea XXX

If at any time you find a broken link and the next blog doesn’t come up or you started part way through, please head to the blog of our Heart of Christmas Blog Hop Host, the very special Sharon Davern, and she will have the list of all Art With Heart Team members who are participating in this blog hop. Check out her beautiful creation while you are there.

If you are in Australia, don't already have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator and would like your own copy of Stampin' Up's 2022-2023 Annual Catalogue and or the July - December Mini Catalogue then let me know and I will be delighted to send them to you. Pease don't hesitate to contact me with any other queries about these projects or Stampin' Up!. 

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AWHT Colour Creations # 35 Petal Pink

Petal Pink with Blessings of Home

Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the Art with Heart Colour Creations Blog Hop. We are continuing to work though all the Stampin' Up! colours in alphabetical order. Having started mid 2021 we are currently continuing to work through "P". 

This week’s Blog Hop is focussing on a pale orangey pink called Petal Pink. Petal Pink is part of the Subtles Colour Family and is a gorgeous pink. It is one of my favourite SU colours. This colour is delightful with Calypso Coral and Crumb Cake; great with Polished Pink or Very Vanilla and Gold, to name a few colour combos. 

Petal Pink is produced in Stampin' Up!'s card-stock, both A4 & 12"x12"; Classic Stampin' inks (ink pads & re-inkers); Stampin' Write Markers; Stampin' Blends and the Subtles Designer Series Papers as well as Pansy Petals, In Good Taste, You're A Peach, Sweet Talk, Flowering Fields, Sunshine & Rainbows & Party Pattern Designer Series Papers and No Matter the Weather & Kerchief All-inclusive Kits. Petal Pink embellishments include 1/8" Cotton Ribbon (as part of the Combo Pack), Petal Pink Organdy Striped Ribbon, and Elegant Faceted Gems.  The card below has used Petal Pink Classic Stampin' ink, Cardstock, Stampin' Blends, Stampin' Write Marker, Petal Pink Organdy Striped Ribbon and Elegant Faceted Gems plus a range of other non-PP bits and pieces.

Here is the card created to showcase Petal Pink:

The design was inspired by my recollection of a Christmas card that had been created by Stesha Bloodhart - it was a cut away gate-fold. Of course it uses different dies, colours, stamps, etc, etc.

CARD 1:

Thick Basic White card-stock was scored and folded into a gate-fold card base. The two front sections were die cut on the middle edges using one of the Basic Borders dies. Both card fronts were stamped with the larger floral stamp from the Blessings of Home stamp set using Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' ink. The floral stamp was also stamped on an extra piece of Basic White card-stock.

The extra floral image was coloured with a selection of Stampin' Blends, including Petal Pink, Calypso Coral and Crumb Cake combos plus the Color Lifter, a touch of Light Soft Sea Foam with Crumb Cake on the leaves and Light Pale Papaya with Crumb Cake on the flower centres. The coordinating Flowers of Home dies includes a die that cuts out this arrangement of flowers.

As part of the card inner is seen due to the shaping of the gate-fold, I decided to create a flap that could be lifted to reveal the personal message inside. This way my handwritten scrawled message wouldn't be accidentally seen from the front. The flap was cut from Petal Pink card-stock and folded in half with the bottom half adhered to the card inner section and the top half folded forward.  A piece of Basic White card-stock that had been embossed with the Stitched Greenery die (love this die) was adhered to the top flap. Petal Pink and Crumb Cake Stampin' Write markers were used to add some splatters.

The actual card inner had a piece of Basic White card-stock added that had been partially stamped with the large floral stamp in Crumb Cake. An extra thin strip of Petal Pink card-stock was added near the bottom.

A belly band was created using Petal Pink card-stock to hold the gate-fold closed. A mid-sized scalloped rectangle was cut using the Scalloped Contours dies from Basic White card-stock. This was used to visually ground the floral arrangement. A piece of Petal Pink Organdy Striped ribbon was tied around the belly band and the coloured floral arrangement was added with Dimensionals. The scalloped rectangle was also splattered with Petal Pink and Crumb Cake.

To create a finer bow, the ends of the Petal Pink Organdy Striped Ribbon were each cut into 3 strips. These ends were tied into a bow and a piece of White Bakers twine from the Bakers Twine Essential Pack was tied around the knot of the ribbon bow into a twine bow. I fiddled with the addition of a sentiment and wasn't happy with my attempts. Then I found a sentiment sitting on my table that was already stamped in Crumb Cake. I fussy cut it out - this one worked with the design. (The sentiment is from the Sale-a-bration Special Moments stamp set - thank you Cathy.) The final touch was the addition of 3 Petal Pink Elegant Faceted Gems. They are so pretty.

A C6 Basic White Envelope was stamped in Crumb Cake ink with the same floral image as stamped on the card front. One can't have a naked envelope.

Thank you so much for dropping by. I so appreciate it.

If you live in Australia, don't already have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator and would like your own copy of Stampin' Up's 2021-2022 Annual Catalogue and or the January - June 2022 Mini Catalogue & Saleabration Catalogue 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!. 

There is more Petal Pink creativity. To continue with the blog hop, click on the "next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of the lovely, Kate Morgan. As always, I am looking forward to checking out Kate's creation and everyone else's. I do love seeing everyones' projects - so many ideas and such great inspiration.

Hope to see you next week when we will be featuring another versatile colour Pool Party as we continue the weekly 2021-2022 Colour Creations blog hops.

Stay well, stay safe and be kind to yourself and others. 

Andrea 💕🐾

  

If you find a broken link or have come to this blog hop from a different entry point, you can view the full list of participants on Catherine Proctor's blog, our amazing Art With Heart Team Colour Creations Coordinator.  I so appreciate all Cathy has done and she continues to do an amazing job in coordinating this blog hop each week. She is such a special lady. Check out her delightful creation while you are there.

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