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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AWH Colour Creations Blop Hop # 2 Petunia Pop

Petunia Pop with Layers of Beauty

Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the Art with Heart Colour Creations Blog Hop. In beginning the 2024-2025 series of blog hops we are focussing on the newly introduced colours and then we will continue to work though the Stampin' Up! colours in alphabetical order, focussing on one colour each week.

This week’s Blog Hop is focussing on a clear purple called Petunia Pop. Petunia Pop is part of the 2024-2026 In Colour Family and is a lovely purple that leans toward a red-purple. As this colour is newly released I am experimenting with colours that will coordinate beautifully with it. It would be lovely for flowers and anything with purple.

Petunia Pop 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; In Color Designer Series Paper and Unbounded Beauty DSP; plus In Color Resin Dots; In Color Shimmer Gems; and Petunia Pop Bordered Ribbon, to name a few.

This project uses Petunia Pop Classic ink, card-stock and In Color Shimmer Gems, together with a range of non-Petunia Pop products.

I am regularly invited to be a guest teacher at a local church Craft Group and one of the ladies who attends the group is tuning 90 very soon. I thought she would like Petunia Pop so I created this card with her in mind. I have been keen to have a play with the Layers of Beauty bundle and I thought it would work well with Petunia Pop. And so this card came into being.

I wouldn’t have said that I was a “purple” person but with Fresh Freesia and after playing with Petunia Pop - I have found that I love these colours. For this card, Petunia Pop has been paired with Blackberry Bliss (oops - I missed adding this colour in the photo above), Bubble Bath, Lemon Lolly, Gray Granite and Lost Lagoon and a little Textured Metallic Paper.

The large image from the Layers of Beauty stamp set was stamped in Blackberry Bliss ink onto Basic White card-stock. The Layers of Beauty masks were used with Blending Brushes to colour a couple of the images. A really gentle layer of Bubble Bath ink was laid down first. The second layer of the flowers were Petunia Pop for the roses and stronger Bubble Bath for the daisies. The third layer was a darker layer of Petunia Pop for the roses and Lemon Lolly for the daisy centres. The fourth layer was Gray Granite over the leaves and the fifth layer was some Lost Lagoon to give the leaves a little detail. As I was working with the stencils and blending brushes I was like an excited child playing with a new toy, letting out little squeals of delight each time I lifted up a mask to reveal the results. So much fun.

The coloured floral arrangements were fussy cut apart. The arrangements can be cut out with a coordinating die, but knowing I was going to cut it apart further, for consistency, everything was cut apart with Snips. The pieces were then re-arranged around the edge of a Basic White card-stock background panel (that had been de-bossed with the Distressed Tile 3D Embossing Folder) and either adhered in place with Dimensionals or Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

The word “Celebrate” from the Wanted to Say dies was cut from the Textured Metallic Speciality Paper. The final touch was a few 2024-2026 In Color Shimmer Gems.

Like the card front the Basic White card inner was mounted on a piece of Petunia Pop card-stock. A sentiment from Simply Said stamp set was stamped in Petunia Pop ink and a remaining piece of coloured leaves & flowers was adhered in the corner. An envelope was custom made using a Petunia Pop piece of the Unbounded Beauty DSP. A place to write the recipients name was created using some Basic White card-stock and a Deckled Rectangle die. 

Thank you so much for dropping by on your way around the Petunia Pop Colour Creations Blog Hop. 

To continue on with the Petunia Pop blog hop just click the "next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of a friend and fellow South Aussie, Tina Gillespie. I am looking forward to checking out Tina’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 Pretty in Pink as we continue the weekly 2024-2025 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 then go to Catherine Proctor’s blog @ What Cathy Made. Cathy is our brilliant Art With Heart Team Colour Creations 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 new Stampin' Up 2024-2025 Annual Catalogue, then let me know and I will be delighted to send it to you.  Please don't hesitate to make contact with any other queries about this project or Stampin' Up!. 

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AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop #50 Tahitian Tide

Tahitian Tide with Sweet Songbirds and Seaside Bay

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 blog hop is the final one for the 2023-2024 series. Next week we start afresh with the launch of Stampin’ Up!s 2024-2025 Annual Catalogue on the 1st May and will start with a focus on the new In Colours.

This week’s Blog Hop is focussing on a bright aqua called Tahitian Tide. Tahitian Tide is part of the retiring 2022-2024 In Colour Family and is a wonderful bright blue. This colour is lovely for clear blue water, bright flowers, a blue and white colour scheme and anything with an aqua blue.

Tahitian Tide 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; 2022-2024 In Color Designer Series Paper, Bakers Twine, Metallic Woven Ribbon, Pearls as well as Stargazing DSP, Saying Thanks kit and the Love This Memory kit. 

Tahitian Tide ink, cardstock, Stampin’ Blends Combo, Stampin’ Write Marker, In Colour Pearls & Bakers Twine have been used in the creation of the two projects plus a range of non-Tahitian Tide bits and pieces.

I had a number of ideas for a Tahitian Tide project and none of them were this first card. As I settled to create, I decided to check my retiring stamp sets and found this one, Sweet Songbirds, hadn’t seen any ink. It is such a cute set, so decided work my card design around these stamps as a starting point.

The background used the newish On-line Exclusive - Drizzling Droplets stamp. It was white heat embossed onto Basic White card-stock and then blended with Tahitian Tide Classic Stampin’ ink and a Blending Brush in an ombré fashion. The birds also were stamped in Tahitian Tide ink (its artistic licence - although one could say they are “blue birds”). The eyes were stamped in Crumb Cake ink.

The focal label was cut from Basic White card-stock using the retiring Scalloped Contour dies. I have used this set so much and am sad to see it go, however, more label die cuts will be available so I a sure I will fall in love with a new set soon. I had stamped tree boughs and cut them out but then lost them. As I was looking for them, I spied a white die cut stem of leaves and decided to cut another one the same using the retiring Dainty Delight dies to create places for the birds to sit. I blended a little Parakeet Party ink over the white stems of leaves. Coordinating white flowers were also die cut.

I went a little wild with embellishments. Loose Daisy Embellishments were added to each little bird. Initially the flowers were white, but the card needed a little more colour so I added a little Daffodil Delight ink to the centre of the flowers with a cotton bud as I just wanted colour in the centres. To give something extra to the flower centres some retiring Rainbow Adhesive Backed Dots were added. A sentiment from the same set of stamps was stamped in Crumb Cake ink and fussy cut out. An In Colour Bakers Twine bow was tucked under the sentiment and few of the In Color Pearls were scattered nearby.

The card inner was decorated with some Tahitian Tide blending, a little bird and some left over leaves and flowers. The follow-on sentiment was also stamped in Crumb Cake ink. A Basic White C6 envelope was white heat embossed on one side with the Drizzling Droplets image and some Tahitian Tide ink was blended over the heat embossing.

I think this card looks happy and bright. It makes me smile and I hope it gives you a smile too.

CARD 2:

After finishing my first card, I saw a beautiful ocean scene with the water a pure Tahitian Tide colour and knew I needed to create a second card. I had also briefly seen a number of versions of gate folds so have combined different features into this fold.

A new Embossing Folder is a swirly design called So Swirly. It reminds me of swirling water so I used it for the Basic White background layer.

The label was created with Stampin’ Blends on Vellum card-stock and blended with 90% Alcohol and the wide brushed Water Painter. I scribbled over the vellum with Boho Blue, Tahitian Tide and Crumb Cake Blends Combos and dipped the brush in a lid filled with alcohol and swiped left to right over the coloured vellum. I love the effect achieved. The vellum was adhered to Basic White card-stock and die cut with the largest rectangular Thoughtful Expressions die.

I am going to miss the retiring Seaside Bay bundle and so gave it a little more love by using it on this card. The birds, and shells were stamped in Crumb Cake ink on Basic White card-stock. The shells were coloured with Petal Pink & Crumb Cake Blends Combos with a touch of Light Calypso Coral Blend. The birds were coloured with Boho Blue, Balmy Blue and Crumb Cake Blends Combos plus the Colour Lifter to soften highlights. 

Some reeds were die cut from Basic White card-stock using the Seaside Bay dies. Some Light Old Olive Blend added touches of green to the reeds. A large shell was cut from the new Basic Beige card-stock and a little Crumb Cake ink was added with a Small Blending Brush.

A sentiment from the new Simply Said stamp set was white heat embossed onto Tahitian Tide card-stock. A few Flat Adhesive Backed Pearls were sprinkled around the sentiment and a large pearl was added inside the clam shell for the recipient to find. A small Linen Twine bow was tucked under a small shell.

Above and below are a couple of photos to show aspects of the fun fold. It can stand partially open to display the card.

The card inner was stamped in Crumb Cake ink with images and a sentiment from the Seaside Bay stamps. A large Flat Adhesive Backed Pearl was added to the shell. As the embellishment was a bit smaller than the pearl image some left over die cut reeds partially cover the pearl.

A C6 Basic White Envelope was also stamped in Crumb Cake ink with Seaside Bay images.

It doesn’t really show in the photos but the vellum label was added to the centre panel with Dimensionals and a second white label was added behind the centre panel to give the inside a nice finish. This also enables the background layers on the other side of the card to slip between the front and back labels, which holds the card neatly shut - although it will open a little - as seen above. 

Thank you so much for dropping by on your way around the last Colour Creations Blog Hop for the 2023-2024 series. 

To continue with the Tahitian Tide blog hop just click the "next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of a special friend and fellow South Aussie, Tina Gillespie. I am looking forward to checking out Tina’s creation(s). I do love seeing everyone’s' projects - there is always so much inspiration.

I do hope to see you next week as we commence the new series of weekly 2024-2025 Colour Creations Blog Hops when we will be featuring Peach Pie, a new 2024-2026 In Colour. 

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 wonderful Art With Heart Team Colour Creations Coordinator.  She is a special 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 new Stampin' Up 2024-2025 Annual Catalogue, then let me know and I will be delighted to send it to you.  Please don't hesitate to make contact with any other queries about these projects or Stampin' Up!. 

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