#CTC262 CASE Koala Sketch Week 2

That's right - Week 2 of CASEing the Koala Sketch on page 34:

Or if you prefer a sketch graphic:

I decided to go with a shaker card this week. Using the Country Club DSP, I cut away three stitched Rectangles. I added Foam Adhesive strips to the edge of the DSP and filled it with Golf Club dies shapes - tees, clubs and balls. I had a couple of stamped golf balls in my stash and threw those in as well then added a spoonful of Dazzling Diamonds glitter. I then added a panel of Crumb Cake cardstock to keep everything in place then added it to my thick Whisper White cardbase. The greeting is from the Clubhouse stamp set and has been mounted on a scrap of Daffodil Delight cardstock before sticking it down. 

Suitable for either a man or a lady golfer in your life!

You can find another shaker card version with this suite on page 46 of your catalogue. 

I looked at the stitched rectangles sitting on my work surface and decided to make another card from it. I've added all three panels to a Whisper White mat and adhered to a base of Poppy Parade cardstock with Stampin' Dimensionals. The greeting from Floral Essence was a leftover from another project, and I mounted it to Daffodil Delight cardstock then adhered in place.  

Next I've added a couple of Silver Foil Golf Club dies and a tiny golf ball.

On the inside a simple Clubhouse image stamped with Black Memento ink:

Love to see your take on this layout - ask to join the CASEing the Catty Sunday Challenge group on Facebook using the link over on the right - answer a couple of questions and you're good to go! Next on the hop is Shannon and her cute sporty project:

#Onstage2019 - Country Club Suite Part 2

Thanks for popping back for the next of my #Onstage2019 Perth, WA summary posts.

This time, I definitely went with a card that takes a little more patience. It is called the Floating Frame technique and there are loads of tutorials online if you need more detail. I've created a background mainly using the image of the golf ball on the tee, colouring with the same Stampin' marker direct to rubber and choosing bold colours of Real Red, Pacific Point and Daffodil Delight. I've also diecut these colours using the 'tee' from the Golf Club dies.

Here's a tip, the 1" Circle punch, will cut the golf ball off the design so you don't have to have the tee and grass if you don't want. Some of my design used that idea, but you can't really tell. I've used the Glad Press n Seal to hold my design in place, diecut with the Stitched Rectangle dies. Stampin' Dimensionals were added to the back and all was adhered in place. In the gaps I've diecut some of the little mini embossed Golf balls from the same dies and used them to fill in my gaps. I've also used Silver Foil to die cut the Golf Clubs on the left. These dies are the cutest! 

I've heat embossed greetings for both cards with the Happy Birthday from Clubhouse in Black embossing powder, and the banner is also in the Golf Club dies to cut it out with.

The card on the right uses the inside of the frame and I've matted it with another Stitched Rectangle diecut from Whisper White. Again, filling the blanks with those little golfballs.

On the insides - the same image, but without being diecut:

My next project was a pop up box card which I haven't made in a while, but should do more often as it was a lot of fun.

My base is Garden Green and I've added Country Club DSP to the panels, there's a bit of everything here; Stamping, Colouring with Stampin' Blends, Fussy Cutting, Diecutting,

The only thing is they can be a bit tricky to photograph, so this just shows the other side:

And the back is where I would usually write my greeting, so it is fairly plain, just a stamp and some of the images diecut from one of the Country Club DSP sheets.

These cards are made using the Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper - it is just gorgeous to use, and Pigment Sprinkles. The card on the left was made by spritzing both sides with water and then tapping on some of the sprinkles. Then I've spritzed some more and left the colour to blend itself. When dry I've stamped the golfer image with Memento Black ink. The base is Basic Black, with a mat of Whisper White.  Greeting from Well Written dies in Basic Black.

The card on the right I spritzed on the back and then only wet up to half way before adding pigment sprinkles. I then dried it with my heat gun and applied colour to the top. I actually rinsed this off and redid it so many times as I wanted to get a sky blue shade. You will not believe how tolerant this watercolor paper is! I literally ran it under the tap at one stage and it didn't lose any of its strength. 100% cotton paper! Amazing! Both these cards were made from one sheet of Watercolor paper by the way.Again, when I achieved my desired colour, it was left to dry and the golfer was stamped with Memento Black ink. Same greeting from Well Written dies.

Today's photo is another one of the lovely CASEing the Catty team members, Kathryn. Unfortunately we weren't that organised and although there were other team members in Perth - we didn't manage to get a photo of us all.

#Onstage2019 Country Club Suite - Part 1

Hi everyone

As promised, I'm going to show you the samples I presented in Perth at the Stampin' Up! Onstage Local event held on 16 November 2019.

I was delighted to present the Country Club suite - perfect for the golfers in your life!

There are 8 Cling Mounts stamps in the Clubhouse stamp set that coordinate with a set of 14 Golf Club dies, 6 of which have an embossed element to them.

The DSP has a plaid or argyle pattern on one side and golfing images on the reverse. the white one at the end is actually 12 line art images which you can trim to 4" x 3" and colour with your favourite medium. The coordinating colours are Basic Black, Crushed Curry, Garden Green, Night of Navy, Poppy Parade and Whisper White.

There are also a set of 3 sheets of wooden elements, a twine combo pack and a 3D Embossing folder - Absolutely Argyle.

My presentation involving some 'live' stamping was based around:

The Beginner Stamper - (stamps, ink and paper) with, in my case, some stress relief via colouring with watercolour pencils, and if desired using an aqua painter

The Casual Stamper - a little more than the beginner but not necessarily a lot of equipment - here I used the Stampin' Markers direct to the rubber stamp to achieve the colour, adding a little DSP and using a punch for the inside greeting, with a little more DSP

The Avid Stamper - they tend to have a lot more equipment. I've used the Garden Green ink pad to swipe my Absolutely Argyle Embossing folder with before embossing the Crushed Curry cardstock. I've coloured the same image used in the other cards with Stampin' Blends and die cut the shape, along with a few other pieces. The shield has been turned sideways to become my putting green and a wooden flag embellishment also coloured with Stampin' Blends was added. The greeting has been heat embossed with Black powder. On the inside I've used Stitched Rectangles to diecut the greeting to show how easily this set coordinates with supplies you may already own if you are the avid crafter, teamed up with some of the embossed diecuts from the set.

 Inside the Casual card 

 Inside the Avid card

I then proceeded to show some samples I had made with the items in the suite. I started with my Polo Shirt card. Originally I had wanted to make my card the shape of a polo shirt, but didn't like any of the designs I came up with and decided to zoom in on a photo of a shirt, and this is my take on it using Night of Navy cardstock, Country Club DSP and some of the round Country Club wooden elements as buttons. 

I covered the entire front with an argyle design from the DSP. Next I've embossed a couple of pieces of cardstock with Corrugated 3D EF for my collar along with a Stitched Rectangle for the placket a Layering Oval piece to become the top of the shirt. I painted button holes on with my Basic Black Stampin' Blend. I've dipped the buttons into Balmy Blue ink and added a layer of fine tip glue, but decided I didn't like the shine so wiped them off again before the glue set which took a bit of the ink away and I quite liked the look. My 'logo' is fussy cut from another sheet of DSP.

My next card was to show this suite is not just for the male golfers in your life. This is one of the images from the sheet of DSP cut to 4" x 3" and coloured with Stampin Blends. I have a base of Basic Black cardstock and a mat of Poppy Parade embossed with the 3D Absolutely Argyle EF. I've split the Basic Black twine and used only 3 strands with a bow added. I have a 4" x 3" mat of Basic Black angled with my picture adhered over the top. I've stamped the greeting and die cut with the embossed golf ball. Next was a coloured wooden element with Poppy Parade blends. I've stamped a greeting from Well Said in Poppy Parade and trimmed it to add to the wood. It now reads "You're the Best Thing About Today By Par". My final addition was a little wooden tee coloured with a Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blend.

Here's a little sneak peek of what's to come in the next couple of days - along with a rare picture of me!