#CTC209 Favourite Holiday Catalogue Project

Another tricky one, there are so many great projects to choose from. I've gone with a project using a set which will sadly discontinue soon

I love these quirky little guys in the So Santa set on page 23

Some of my readers may recognise these as they had their choice at a Christmas Stamp Camp:

I've used a base of thick Whisper White, a strip of Shaded Spruce card, topped with a piece of Tropical Escape DSP. The image was stamped and coloured with Markers and an Aqua Brush. Good old Stitched Shapes Framelits to cut the circle and layered onto the co-ordinating Layering Circles Scallop diecut from Shaded Spruce cardstock. Greeting stamped in the same colour - using the Stamparatus meant nobody had a problem with their placement!

I think it is a fun stamp set with the images and greetings ticking the boxes for those of us in the South Pacific region

And what about this guy with his cooking gear on?

Such fun! Anyway, I'd like to take the opportunity to wish you all a Very Merry Christmas from what we would like to be, a sunny New Zealand (although we've had a serious amount of rain lately). If you're travelling, stay safe and enjoy your festivities.

A short hop today, everyone seems busy busy with Christmas plans, but please pop over and see what the lovely Judy has to share:

#CTC202 - Favourite Holiday Tags

So many choices this week as we CASE our favourite holiday tag.

With all that choice, I've ended up on the back cover and the tag on the top right:

I've shifted it up a notch to a Christmas card, using a base of thick Whisper White. I've die cut some Pretty Pine thinlits pine tree leaves in Old Olive as my feature.  The tag part is my top layer of whisper white, and the background I've opted for is stamped with the doily from the hostess set "Very Vintage".  Each time it has been stamped off once, to lighten the image  I've used Gold Glimmer paper for my banner instead of the red above, snipped with the Banner Triple punch at each end. I've then staggered the pine die cuts in a kind of wreath pattern and added a pine cone die cut in Soft Suede.  I've then added the greeting (from "Making Christmas Bright") which was stamped in Old Olive, and the word 'Bright' has been gold heat embossed. It was cut using a circle shape from Stitched Shapes Framelits. I've then added another two pine cone diecuts and finished off with Metallic Pearls

Thanks for stopping by. It would be great if you were to play along, create your CASE of your favourite holiday tag, and add it to our Facebook page using the link on the right.  Time to pop over and see Rebecca's creation, which was one of the tags I was considering, but love what she's done with it...

#CTC195 - Festive Farmhouse

Hi and welcome to our weekly blog hop. This week sees us at the Festive Farmhouse Suite from pages 12-17 of the Holiday catalogue.

Page 12 for me and the card on the top right:

I kept with the layout and switched my colours around.  I've used a Cherry Cobbler base card, with another Cherry Cobbler piece embossed with the Dynamic Corrugated TIEF. I've sponged all my edges with Night of Navy. How long since you've added sponging to your project? I forgot how much I like the look.

Laid onto the corrugated piece was a strip of the foliage DSP from All is Bright. Banner cut and spritzed and scrunched for a little texture. Onto that a piece of cheque pattern DSP from Under the Mistletoe which had some Night of Navy embellishments diecut from the Pretty Pine Thinlits. A stitched circle from Cherry Cobbler was added to the middle of the card. The trees from Rooted in Nature were stamped onto Cherry Cobbler, diecut and added over and above the CASe to give some balance to the empty space I had. A strip of Night of Navy was added behind the banner greeting from Snowflake Sentiments (the top half only), the bottom section having been masked off. Finally a metal button threaded with Night of Navy baker's twine (both now retired). 

Now we're hopping over to see Rachel's super cute projects this week. Please join us, create a card from the section above, and add it to our Facebook page using the link over on the right.

CASEing the Catty - #CTC173 True Gentleman

CASEing pages 44-51 of the Occasions Catalogue this week.

So after some deliberation, page 50 called out to me.

I opted to turn turn this card upside down and picked up the Jar of Love set for the foliage images, which have been stamped onto vellum cardstock, once with Tranquil Tide and then off a bit with Lemon Lime Twist. Pumpkin Pie was used for the flower images, stamped off for the main flower and full effect for the contrast. I used the greeting from the same set, stamped with Tranquil Tide ink and diecut using the Stitched Shapes circle die. My tombow glue was a little heavy handed sponged on the back of the vellum, which I'm not totally happy with, but you get the idea and I must say, having been home one day and packing to get away again tomorrow, things have been a tad hectic around here so, promise to try better next time!  A little Lemon Lime Twist Mini Striped ribbon and Silver Baker's Twine bow with Pumpkin Pie sequins to finish off.

So please now hop over and see what Judy has created for you this time around:

Please join in, we need you - as you inspire us as well!! More creators and creations are welcome, just click on the link over on the right to to add your pic to our Facebook page!!

CASEing the Catty - #CTC166 Painted With Love

From the Occasions Catalogue - pages 18-21 - Painted With Love - I'm sure there will be plenty to take your fancy this week as you hop around

I've chosen the picture on the bottom left of page 20:

Out with the hearts (most of them anyway) and in with the birds!  Oh my, if you haven't seen the Painted With Love Specialty DSP in real life - you should!  It is soo lush!  One side has gold foil accents and the other brushstroke imagery. The only downfall - it is one of those DSPs that you really find hard to cut into.  Read on for how I managed to get around that!

I have used a thick Whisper White base and added a layer of Pear Pizzazz textured with the Layered Leaves 3D TIEF. I cut four birds with the Birds & Blooms framelits, and the tiny bird out of Gold Foil.  I used the greeting from Best Birds and Gold heat embossed it then cut it with my every popular Stitched Shapes Framelits. The wooden hearts (from Hearts and Stars elements) are also Gold heat embossed. 

The metallic thread adds a nice fine bit of shimmer to finish.

Close up - the bird on the right has been raised with dimensionals.

Above I mentioned that I found this scrumptious DSP really hard to cut into, so by planning ahead - I've used the negative and the positive image and maximised my usage - think I might have to try this with some other punches as well!

Sentiment to be added, but these may be going to some customers this month - if I can part with them! The notecards are 3" square, you can get 8 cards from one sheet of 12" Whisper White cardstock. I cut the DSP to 3" square and did my die cutting, then trimmed the negative before adding to the card. Some of the little Gold Glitter Flakes have been added with Fine Tip Glue. 

Time now to head over and see what Rose has created for you. Don't forget to play along - link over on the right.

CASEing the Catty - #CTC165 Sale-a-Bration

Back again to the Sale-a-bration catalogue this week.

  

I chose the image on the far right on page 15

I have a base of thick Very Vanilla cardstock and attached a sheet of Wood Textures DSP to the front.  My back banner is Very Vanilla embossed with using the Pinewood Planks 3D Dynamic TIEF. Another sheet of Wood Textures DSP was used for the top banner and Teeny Tiny Sentiments greeting was stamped all down it in Soft Suede - Happy Anniversary! Thursday saw us celebrating 21 years of married life. I couldn't help but add a little humour with This Little Piggy, stamped onto Blushing Bride cardstock and fussy cut then added to a Stitched Shapes circle in Lemon Lime Twist - greetings from the same set with a Real Red enamel shaped heart and Linen Thread bow to finish.

A little more humour and aqua brush colouring for the inside:

Feel free to come join us with the challenge this week - case any card from the Sale-a-bration catalogue and add it using the link to the right. Time now to pop over and visit the lovely Angela!

Mixing Brusho Crystal Colour with Fine Tip Glue

I'm not sure if anyone else has tried this yet, but I remember Sara Douglass showing the Fine Tip Glue mixed with reinker to colour a slimy monster and decided to have a play along the same lines.

I used a paint palette and put a few ml of fine tip glue into five holes, then tapped each of the five Brusho colours into the respective holes and mixed with toothpicks.  Then I played! I coloured more You're Inspiring daffodils (See my other colouring of these here and here), painted foil doillies and then took an A5 piece of glossy card and used it to clean my palette. I took a palette knife and took colour from each pot and smeared randomly on the glossy card until all my 'paint' was used, and the card was pretty much coloured - yes, it looks very messy but wasn't really then I left everything to dry. 

From that A5 piece of 'messy' coloured card - this is what I was able to diecut:

And although I still have a few bits left over - these cards will help restock my stash and only need a greeting if I wish, or could simply be used as they are. Some backgrounds are DSP, others made using Brusho. I've used Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits, Butterflies Thinlits, Bold Butterfly Thinlits, Stitched Shapes Framelits and Fluttering TIEF. A few iridescent sequins helped finish them off.

This is a closer up version of some aspects:

CASEing the Catty - #CTC160 Picture Perfect Party

We're back for the new year and CASEing from the brand new catalogue which went live this week.  

I liked the simplicity of the card on the left at the top of page 6, and pretty much followed the layout to the letter except for the position of the sequins.  

Because I'm still restricted in my mobility, I chose to dive into that stash we all have - you know the one, the diecuts you made and didn't use but couldn't bear to dispose of??!!  I managed to find two pieces that worked just right for what I wanted. The blushing bride piece which used the Stitched Shapes framelits, and a cute little jar stamped on Whisper white. The goldfish was added first in Peekaboo Peach, then masked to put the Old Olive foliage in. Oops, I realised he needed water! I used the Pool Party Blend marker and got a nice light colouring which was just what I wanted. I tied linen thread a couple of times around the jar, and used mini sequins for some air bubbles. The jar was mounted with dimensionals.

I have used Rich Razzleberry for my background and the DSP is Tutti-frutti (found on pg 29). Funny enough it is what the cased project used, only in a different colour. I chose it because it worked with the diecut I had. Isn't that greeting so appropriate as we welcome in 2018? - Well Hello There!  Unfortunately not a stamp, but from the Sale-a-bration item - Sweet Soiree Memories & More Card Pack. I trimmed it to fit and then used the offcut to trim another piece of the same height for the right hand side to make it look like it was one piece.

Thanks for stopping by - please head over and see what the lovely Julia has created this time... then feel free to play along!

CASEing the Catty - #CTC158 Case From a Page Your Age

Case a project from a page of your age - or the age you would like to be!  

I have to admit the page of my age didn't spin my wheels, so this week I think I would like to be 45 and have used the holiday catalogue image below:

I was also wanting the inspiration for a special birthday card for a young lady who turned 18 on Friday. I decided to use a similar style to this one I had made my daughter last year but with the front sealed off to create a pocket for a gift card or similar.  

The Year of Cheer Specialty DSP was perfect for this celebration, and I made the mini treatbag from it, then used a piece slightly smaller as the pocket lining (below). Being a smaller size card, I opted to use Whisper White for the card base, and sponged Sweet Sugarplum around the edge. Diecuts made of Champagne Foil, numbers and bow; along with Sweet Sugarplum: numbers, heart and Happy Birthday, then Vellum from Stitched Shapes. Corners were rounded with the Envelope Punch board. The elements used were the Silver Metallic Foil Doilly, Silver Mini Sequin Trim and Metallic Thread and the tiny hearts are wooden from the Hearts and Stars elements, which were pressed against the Sweet Sugarplum ink pad and then fine tip glue was added for the shine. The front was scattered with assorted size sequins from the Metallic Sequins assortment.  

The inside was calling for another of those cute little Party Pandas, and I wanted a decent space to write a note so the right side was left blank.

Amazing how much more challenging crafting becomes when you have one leg that you are not allowed to bear weight on. However we got there, and I hope it inspires you to have a go at joining in this week, hook up with the link on the right.  Meantime, be sure to pop on over to Megan's blog and check it out.