CASe your favourite 2018 Occasions Catalogue project this week
I went with Bird Banter and the card on the left in the photo at the top right of page 43
Going to be sorry to see Bird Banter retire - but I've had a lot of fun with this set. I do think it might stay in my stash just a bit longer. I've used similar colours to the card in the catalogue. A bit of white on white for the background, with the base card being Thick Whisper White. Instead of the retiring Brick Wall TIEF I've used embossing paste and the brick mask. To my dismay my embossing paste hasn't been used in a while and sulked on me by going hard. I'd read people having various success at adding water and how it turned out. I easily broke a piece off, added it to a tray with a bit of water and mashed it with my palette knife. Result? Yes - it worked! So before you get all sad like I was about to, if you persevere a little, you will find you can still use your paste. I only made enough to use today - and I can't say how it would keep if I'd tried to fix the whole pot. Just my experience and it may help you.
I stamped the bird and branch images with Memento ink and used my Stampin' Blends to colour. You'll be pleased to know there are a few more colours coming in the new catalogue. I snipped around the tail of the parrot, and the leaves on the cockatoo image, then diecut circles of the images with the little pieces pulled over the top of the die so they didn't cut through. These were adhered to my brick wall, a fussy cut balloon was added on dimensionals, and I liked how the card above used the parrot to hold the balloon, so I did the same, just poked a hole above and below the beak and threaded the baker's twine through. Greeting from Bird Banter stamped onto Pool Party and a few of the retiring Tutti Frutti sequins attached to finish.
Thanks for stopping by - please create your own card and add it to our Facebook page with the link on the right. Meantime please visit the lovely Fi and check out her creation:
This week we are headed to pages 28-35 of the Occasions catalogue.
I've chosen page 32 and the card on the lower left.
The base is thick Whisper White and a little larger than the original with a finished size of 5 1/2" square. Mats of Basic Black, Daffodil Delight and Whisper White. The DSP is from the Tutti Frutti DSP stack. In lieu of metallic thread I opted for foliage from Petals & More Thinlits using Lemon Lime Twist cardstock, I also cut the flowers using the same dies and cardstock. Usually I push out all the little bits, but have seen a lot have been leaving them lately and I like the effect it creates. The bottletops and hearts are Silver Foil cut with the Bottles & Bubbles Framelits Dies. I punched circles from scraps of Color Theory DSP and Whisper White, then used the Bubble Over stamp set with Lemon Lime Twist for the words and they were also punched using 3/4" circle punch. The budgies are from Bird Banter and were fussy cut after being coloured with Stampin' markers. The greeting from the same set has been die cut with the Petals & More thinlits, and because it is a longer frame, I simply lined it up again closer to the words and popped it back through the Big Shot to cut just the one end. I have a 1" circle of Lemon Lime twist behind the greeting in place of the trim.
This card was created with my Mother-in-law in mind - apart from the fact it was her birthday, she had recently acquired a new budgie. His name is Rico, and he is lovely vibrant colours of green and yellow.
And a zoom in for you:
Please hop on over to see the lovely Liz and the cute card she has created this week, then go and make your own creation and use the link over to the right to add it
CASEing from the new Sale-a-Bration catalogue - any page! Welcome if you've just arrived from Megan's sweet card...
I chose to adapt the front of the bag on page 12.
My stamp set of choice was one we received at Onstage Gold Coast and I hadn't had a chance to use a lot - Bird Banter. I went with a toucan, a parrot and a budgie and stamped each in the same colour as the background cardstock used - Bermuda Bay, Lemon Lime Twist and Daffodil Delight. I also sponged around all the coloured edges. The Whisper White background was embossed with Petal Burst and mounted onto the same colour thick base. A couple of snippets of ribbon have been adhered under the 1 /34" circle. The greeting has been chopped and each word has Bermuda Bay around the edge and popped onto the circle along with a fussy cut parrot coloured with an aquabrush and markers in the same colours already used. The bling is from the Iridescent Sequin Assortment and a touch of Wink of Stella on the main bird...
Thanks for all your kind messages and I'm pleased to say, I've advanced to a crutch and ditched the frame. Happy days! Am definitely appreciating my mobility, even though I've got a bit of a way to go.
Hope this inspires you to play along this week. But now pop over to see what Judy has created for you this time round...
