#CTC311 Easter

CASE a project and give it an Easter twist

I've chosen the Hot Dog card at the top of Page 72, switching it from a skinny card to a standard size:

I've stamped five of the hatching chicken images from Hey Birthday Chick in Black Memento ink onto Basic White cardstock and diecut them with the Birthday Chick dies. Next I've used Stampin' Blends in Flirty Flamingo, Bermuda Bay, Balmy Blue, Highland Heather and Call Me Clover for the eggs and a few other colours for the features and hat.

The chicks have been glued to a strip of Dandy Garden DSP which was added to a Bumblebee cardstock base. I white heat embossed the greeting from Timeless Tulips with onto Basic Black cardstock and diecut it with the stitched Hydrangea die.

Will you pick a project to CASE, giving it an Easter twist and join us this week? Post your photo to our Facebook page using the link over on the right.

Next up we have Julia and her stunning butterflies:

#CTC310 CASE the Three Tie Layout on Pg 66

 

CASE the Three Bowtie Layout on page 66 of the January-June Mini Catalogue:

And the sketch to go with it:

I've broken out my new Brilliant Wings Dies (that compliment the Butterfly Brilliance stamp set) and I think you may find they feature more than once on the hop! I diecut three of the same shame butterfly that I felt best fit my rectangle, one in Melon Mambo, one in Calypso Coral and one in Poppy Parade. I then cut three of the background from the large die that cuts 6 butterflies at once. As you can see, I couldn't decide whether to back them with Basic Black or Blushing Bride, and in the end I made one card of each. 

The base card is Thick Basic White and the full front to replicate the diagonals in the original CASE card is from True Love Designer Series Paper. The DSP behind the butterflies is Butterfly Bijou (available for a limited time) and I used the  Rectangle Stitched Dies to cut the shape out. I matted each card with the same colour of the backing of the butterflies. and then adhered that panel to the base card using Stampin' Dimensionals. 

I've stamped a greeting from Timeless Tulips in black Memento ink onto Calypso Coral and Blushing Bride then trimmed and stuck it onto the True Love diagonal background.

I think I have chosen this as my favourite:

But this isn't a bad second choice:

TBH, I really didn't think I needed any more butterflies in my life, but this bundle is sure to be a hit!

We'd love to see you play along, post your project to our Facebook page using the link over to the right before next Sunday evening.

Next up we have Tina and her gorgeous floral twist on the CASE:

#CTC295 CASE Pg 1 of the Annual Catalogue

 

CASE the Inside Cover of the Annual Catalogue (Page 1):

I've CASEd the card on the bottom right, but was inspired by the colours of the top card, 2nd from the left.

I've used a sheet of DSP from the Boho Indigo Product Medley and cut it as per the CASE'd card. After diagonally cutting the card bottom right and removing a section of the DSP, I've adhered Champagne Foil behind the cuts. I also strengthened the DSP by popping some scrap cardstock behind it. I've placed them where I wanted them to sit on a base of Thick Very Vanilla cardstock, and made a pencil line along each edge for my greeting placement. 

Timeless Tulips provided the Happy Birthday greeting in Night of Navy ink. After removing the pencil lines, I've adhered both sections of DSP to the card using Stampin' Dimensionals. I then finished it off with some Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels. 

The crew would love you to play along, add your card to our Facebook page using the link over on the right. Next up, check out Julia's cute card using the same CASE:

#CTC266 - CASE our Sketch for an Easter Card - Week 2

Week 2 but don't panic you still have a week left to CASE an Easter card and add it to our Facebook page using the link over to the right:

Using this Sketch:

This week I used the Dinoroar DSP as my starting point as I wanted to incorporate the pattern with the little eggs in it. From there I chose the background Pretty Peacock as my base card, and the mat of Mango Melody was embossed with the Brick & Mortar 3D Embossing Folder. 

Next I stamped the feature image from Forever Blossoms in Pretty Peacock ink and coloured using Mango Melody and Soft Sea Foam Stampin' Blends. I diecut the image with the Cherry Blossoms Dies and mounted it to a Stitched Shapes oval diecut in Soft Sea Foam to incorporate the colour I chose for my leaves. The oval and image have been raised using Stampin' Dimensionals. The greeting is the same as I used last week from Timeless Tulips, in Pretty Peacock ink onto Whisper White and then tucked it under the flowers.

Our sketch has been great to see interpreted in so many ways and I think it lends itself well to an any occasion card, just switch out the colours and greeting as required.

I didn't feel this photo showed off the card as much, but because animal pictures (of late especially) are making us smile, I promised Rove I'd still include it!. Daylight savings is upon us and nice to still be enjoying the sunshine in April.

Hope you are staying safe where you are. Time to pop over and see what our talented Tina has for us this week:

#CTC266 CASE our Sketch for an Easter Card Week 1

In the midst of the pandemic crisis we find ourselves in - a Sunday Challenge seems the perfect distraction, so why don't you give it a go? Join the CASEing the Catty Challenge Group, answer a couple of simple questions and then add your project to our page - you'll find it all using the link over on the right and have a fortnight to add your photo. 

Create an Easter Card:

Using this Sketch:

I've chosen a base of thick Whisper White and added a panel of So Saffron cardstock which has been embossed with the Country Floral 3D EF. I've cut a piece of Whisper White cardstock using the Stitched Nested Labels Dies - increasing in length by partly cutting then shifting the die and cutting from the other end. I have then stamped and stamped off using the words from Timeless Tulips and Gorgeous Grape ink (I have actually snipped the photopolymer with my scissors so that the greeting was stand alone as Spring does not tie into Easter for us, so can't imagine me using that greeting as it was). 

Using the same die, I cut another Stitched Nested Label shape and with Garden Green ink, stamped the stalks of my tulips. Onto a scrap of Whisper White, I've used Crushed Curry and inked three tulips and punched them out with the Tulip Builder punch. I adhered the tulip heads to the stamped stalks. Onto a piece of scrap So Saffron I've used the same greeting, wrapped a piece of Whisper White Baker's Twine around and added a bow. The greeting has been added using Stampin' Dimensionals.

Kenny, our little hair bear from last week wanted to let you know he was super lucky to be able to keep his grooming appointment before we were placed in lockdown. These luxuries and many more are all on hold in New Zealand. He was also given some Easter eggs, seen above to take home to his humans. He couldn't trust himself to be in the same photo as the eggs though!!

Let's head over to Western Australia and see what Siobhan has for us this week: