CASEing the Catty #469 Mix & Match

Mix & Match meets Stippled Roses

Hello, Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and a CASEing the Catty Blog Hop.

This week we are focussing on challenge #469 and choosing a project to CASE from the Mix & Match section over pages 18 - 21. As you may know, CASE stands for Copy And Share Everything or Copy And Selectively Edit. When CASEing you may be inspired by a layout, a colour combination or a technique or even an embellishment.

If you started the blog hop at the beginning from the CASEing the Catty Facebook Page then you would have come to me from the talented Rebecca Scurr. I am looking forward to checking out Rebecca’s blog together with everyone’s projects who are joining in on CASEing the Mix & Match section of Stampin' Up!s new 2024-2025 Annual Catalogue. There is always so much inspiration. 

I CASEd a card on page 20 with the dark blue background, 3 feathers and a sentiment.

I was enticed by the layout and the sense of textured background. Here’s my card:

As you can see, this card is quite different from the card in the catalogue - different images, colours & texture - but the same layout. For those that know me, I tend to love adding detail and techniques to my projects so this layout was a bit of a challenge. Having said that I do so appreciate the beauty of simplicity in other crafters’ works of art. It’s worth persevering with the challenge.

The first challenge was to find an image small enough to repeat three times across the front of the card. Even though I could have turned the card to landscape to enable a larger image, I do love the images sitting near the top with an expanse of undecorated card below. I settled on the small Stippled Roses stamped image, stamping it in Smoky Slate Classic Ink on Basic White card-stock.

The roses were coloured with Stampin’ Up!s Alcohol Blends. The colours used were Bubble Bath combo with a touch of Light Flirty Flamingo, Lemon Lolly combo and a touch of Light Peach Pie, Fresh Freesia combo and a touch of Light Highland Heather, as well as Granny Apple Green and Soft Sea Foam combos for the leaves. The leaves were fussy cut to seperate them from the flowers.

Small leaves were die cut from Basic White card-stock using a Stippled Roses die. The background was embossed with the Distressed Tile 3D Embossing Folder. The background was lightly splattered using Lemon Lolly, Bubble Bath and Fresh Freesia Stampin’ Write Markers.

I couldn’t resist adding some Silver & White Sheer Ribbon and White Bakers Twine as well as a scattering of the White Adhesive-backed Sequins Trio.

I love adding something inside a card and on the envelope to coordinate with the card design. The small rose was stamped on a piece of Basic White card-stock and a thin strip of the left edge was embossed with the same embossing folder. A C6 Basic White Envelope was also stamped with the small rose with Smoky Slate ink.

Thank you so much for dropping in and spending time with me. I so appreciate you. 

Don’t miss any of the inspiration from this talented Crew. The next blog in the hop is the amazing Judy May. Just click on the "next" graphic below to be taken to her blog. I am sure you won’t want to miss her project.

Join In The Challenge: We would love you to share a project you have created that has been inspired by the Mix & Match section of the 2024-2025 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue. To share, all you need to do is go to the CASEing The Catty Challenge Group in Facebook. If you aren't a member, it’s easy to request to join (answering a couple of questions) 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 you to join us and to share your creation.

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 if you would like to join Stampin' Up!. There is a brilliant joining offer this month. I would love to help you.

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AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop #40 Pool Party

Pool Party with Beach Day & Stippled Roses

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 teal blue called Pool Party. Pool Party is part of the Subtles Colour Family and is a wonderful teal blue that can coordinate with so so many colours. This colour is lovely for water, skies and so much more. It is a wonderful as a background, whether fully coloured, a patch of blended colour or just an line around the edges of images.

Pool Party 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 a number of other Designer Series Papers. There are a number of Saleabration products that are free with the purchase of sufficient SU products.  The Stippled Roses DSP, Crinkled Ribbon and Opaque Faceted Gems are all Saleabration items which include Pool Party.

Pool Party ink, card-stock, Stampin’ Write Marker, Stippled Roses DSP, Crinkle Ribbon, Opaque Faceted Gems  have been used in the creation of the project above with a range of non-Pool Party bits and pieces.  The second card below has used Pool Party card-stock & Blends Combo plus other non-Pool Party bits and pieces.

I created a card with the fun Beach Day bundle from the January-April 2024 Mini Catalogue. The bundle seemed just right for the South Pacific market and perfect now during summer. The background was water-coloured using Pool Party, Azure Afternoon, Crumb Cake and touches of Pecan Pie Classic Stampin’ inks on Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper.

When dry, the water-coloured panel was trimmed down with a Deckled Rectangle die and mounted onto a slightly larger Pool Party panel. The palm trees and grass were also cut from Fluid 100 paper and water-coloured with Old Olive, Shaded Spruce, Crumb Cake and Pecan Pie inks. The beach chair was stamped in Pecan Pie ink on Basic White card-stock and then again on some of the Stippled Roses DSP. The fabric part of the chair was fussy cut and pieced onto the chair. A surf board was stamped on a different design of the Stippled Roses DSP. 

Both the chair and surf board were partially coloured with the Pool Party Blends combo to give shading and a sense of dimension. Some grasses were also stamped at the base of the water-coloured panel. A Smoky Slate Stampin’ Write Marker was used to draw in some seagulls in the sky and a Pool Party Marker to add some splattering. 

A panel of Basic White card-stock was embossed with the Twisted Rope 3D embossing folder before being adhered to a Pool Party card base. A piece of Pool Party Crinkled Ribbon was cut in half lengthwise and laid across the white embossed background panel and adhered to the back prior to the embossed panel being adhered to the base. The focal panel was popped up on Dimensionals.

A sentiment from the same sets of stamps was white heat embossed onto Pool Party card-stock and fussy cut.  The final touches were a Linen Twine bow and some of the Saleabration Opaque Faceted Gems. Some extra Pool Party splatters were added to the background.

A panel for writing a personal message was adhered inside the card. It was simply Basic White card-stock decorated with an extra surf board and water-coloured grass.  A C6 Basic White envelope was stamped with some surf boards and sea gulls in Pool Party ink with a little blending on a couple of edges.

I thought the sky needed something so some thin white clouds were lightly added with White craft ink and the fine Water Painter. I had so much fun creating this scene. 

CARD 2

I am so thankful for Emma Goddard, Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator at Coastal Crafter in the UK for inspiration for this card. It’s Emma’s layout but colours, stamps, sentiment and twine are different. I so love the layout and thought it would be brilliant with a Pool Party background.

The roses from the Stippled Roses stamp set were stamped in Smoky Slate ink onto the 4 Perennial Postage die cut labels. Pool Party Blends Combo were used to colour around the edges of the stamped images and across the whole background on the labels. The depth of colour is purposely darker near the images and lighter further away. The background Basic White panel was dry embossed with Exposed Brick 3D embossing folder before being adhered to a Pool Party card base. The sentiment from the same stamp set was white heat embossed onto Pool Party card-stock and fussy cut. A Basic White double Bakers Twine bow was tucked under the sentiment. Some gorgeous Iridescent Basic Pearls were added as the final touch.

Thank you so much for dropping by on your way around this Colour Creations Blog Hop. Continue on your way around the Blog Hop as I am sure there will still be so much Pool Party inspiration. Don’t miss it.

To continue with the Pool Party blog hop just click the "next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of the lovely Rachel Woollard. I am looking forward to checking out Rachel’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 Poppy Parade 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 newish January-April 2024 Mini Catalogue and Saleabration 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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