Sunday, 20 August 2017

CASEing the Catty #142 Love & Sympathy

Sunday 20 August 2017 Welcome to this week's CASEing the Catty Blog Hop. Today's card is from the Love & Sympathy section (pages 86-101) of the Annual Catalogue. We need to be sending more cards of Love rather than the latter! This week I've chosen to CASE the Lemon Zest card at the bottom left hand corner. I've kept the layout and colours the same - just a few changes! For the base I've used the Hexagons 3D Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder - have you tried these? They are amazing - check out the video below. The gold dotted acetate is from the Fabulous Foil Designer Acetate collection - it adds an instant touch of class to any project. The fruit is from the Whole Lot of Lovely DSP and has been fussy cut! Yep love it or hate it - which "fussy cut" team are you on? The inside got a little bit of attention too with matching elements. And here's the Stampin' Up!® vide...

Saturday, 19 August 2017

Global Design Project 100 | CASE the Designer Celebration

Saturday 19 August 2018 You know when you have a million and one things to do and you manage to do everything but what you should be doing? Yip I've managed that successfully for the past 3 hours! Although I did get to try a new technique - smooshing! It's lots of fun and appeals to the "artist" in me! I used my new Season to Sparkle stamp set. The chandelier has been embossed in white and then I smooshed the colour over the top using a piece of clear acetate. The colours I used are Peekaboo Peach and Flirty Flamingo. And this is Krista Frattin's card I've cased. And I decided I couldn't let the week go by without CASEing Brian's card too! Once again I've used the Season to Sparkle stamp set with the Chandelier Thinlits. Where Brian has pink I have silver and where Brian has gold I have pink! Right I'm off to get some jobs done! See you tomorrow.

Thursday, 17 August 2017

Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop

Thursday 17 August 2017 Welcome to the fourth Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop. You are currently visiting Angela Meiritz-Reid from Christchurch, New Zealand. I hope you enjoy my project which showcases my "Favourite Incolor" from the 2017-18 Annual Catalogue. Yes I've picked Berry Burst as my favourite! It will be interesting to see what colour comes up the most! This super cute little box is from the Creativity Delivered 2017 Holiday Catalogue. It's a Mini Pizza Box. I've decorated it with paper from the Foil Frenzy Specialty Designer Series, a piece of co-ordinating Berry Burst 1.3cm Finely Woven Ribbon and the "for you" sentiment has been stamped in Berry Burst then clear embossed. And on the inside ... I've made six little cards to go in the Whisper White 7.6 x 7.6cm (3" x 3") envelopes that fit perfectly in the Mini Pizza Boxes. Both designs are using the Colorful Seasons stamp set w...

Tuesday, 15 August 2017

Global Design Project 100 | CASE the Designer Celebration

Tuesday 15 August 2017 Wow this week celebrates 100 GDP Challenges! I can hardly believe that in 4 weeks I will have been participating in these challenges every week for 2 years! Yip I haven't missed a week although there have been some close calls! Every Monday night I eagerly await the new challenge going up and start planning what I'll do. To celebrate 100 Challenges there's a twist - pick which designer you'd like to case (or more than one)! I've chosen to CASE Louise Sharp's gorgeous Christmas card. I don't know if I've done Louise's card justice! I love her style and while she's a pink fan I'm more of a blue fan so that's where I started. I used the embossing paste just changed the mask and made mine into a birthday card. I'd love to CASE some of the other cards too but it depends on how my week goes! Everyone on the Design Team are amazingly talented and creative - I just love following...

Sunday, 13 August 2017

CASEing the Catty #141 Birthday

Sunday 13 August 2017 Welcome to this week's CASEing the Catty Blog Hop. Today's cards is from the Birthday section (pages 68-85) of the Annual Catalogue. There is so much to see in this catalogue and even though I'm looking over each section we are CASEing each week with a "fine tooth comb" I still manage to miss things. I love making my way around the hop to see what everyone has created - the possibilities are endless! My inspiration comes from this super cute card - I love the layout. Aren't the little animals cute? These have been cute out from the Pick a Pattern Designer Series Paper. The piece of black and white DSP is also from this set. I used a piece of washi tape along the top - it's from the Basics Pack 3. "Time to Party" is from the Confetti Celebration stamp set and I've coloured it using Stampin' Write Markers in Flirty Flamingo, Sahara Sand and Bermuda Bay to co-ordinate with ...

Thursday, 10 August 2017

Global Design Project 099 | Theme Challenge

Thursday 10 August 2017 Hello and welcome to my blog - thanks so much for stopping by! My card today is for the latest challenge over at the Global Design Project. This week's challenge is a Wedding/Anniversary theme. One of the benefits of being a Stampin' Up!® demonstrator is that you are able to order products early - I still get excited when a big brown box is delivered to my door! The wedding/anniversary challenge immediately made me think of the new "Year of Cheer Specialty Designer Series Paper" in the 2017 Holiday Catalogue (Sales Period starts 1 September 2017)! As this DSP has such a cute design I didn't want to cover it up so I kept my sentiment and embellishments small. The Silver Foil Heart is from the Mini Treat Bag Thinlits and co-ordinates perfectly with this DSP. I added a twist of Silver Metallic Thread, Silver Mini Sequin Trim and a piece of Pool Party Shimmer Ribb...

Sunday, 6 August 2017

CASEing the Catty #140 For Babies & Kids

Sunday 6 August 2017 Welcome to this week's CASEing the Catty Blog Hop. Today's card is from the For Babies & Kids section (pages 102-111) of the Annual Catalogue. My girls are teenagers so my cards for their friends have to be a bit more sophisticated now otherwise they won't use them! So I love every opportunity I have to make cards for babies and kids. This week's I've chosen to CASE the tepee card at the bottom right hand corner. I love this cute tepee in the "Little One" stamp set. I kept the layout of my card close to the one in the Annual Catalogue, just changing the position a little bit and the colours! I used the new Basics Pack 3 Washi Tape for the strips down the side of my card and then co-ordinated the colours of the tepee and sentiment with the Dapper Denim, Island Indigo and Bermuda Bay from the washi tape. The sentiment has been embossed in white on a piec...

Saturday, 5 August 2017

Global Design Project 098 | Sketch Challenge

Saturday 5 August 2017 Hello and welcome to my blog - thanks so much for stopping by! My card today is for the latest challenge over at the Global Design Project. I love their challenges and haven't missed a single challenge yet - 98 and counting! This week it is a sketch challenge. I decided to use the Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack to create a male card. This DSP makes great male cards, actually it's great for any kind of card and I've just about used up my stack! I've teamed it up with Basic Black Cardstock and Solid Baker's Twine. The cardstock has been embossed using the Sparkle Embossing Folder and the Happy Birthday is from the Number of Years stamp set. The black embellishments are Basic Rhinestones coloured black using a Sharpie. I've used a strip of the DSP and a piece of twine to finish off the inside! Pop over to the Global Design Project Blog to get lots of ...

Thursday, 3 August 2017

Dragonfly Dreams Card: Tutorial Bundle Design Team Blog Hop

Tuesday 2 August 2017 Welcome to our Tutorial Bundle Design Team Blog Hop for August. I am thrilled to be part of this fabulous group of 12 demonstrators from around the world who have created an amazing bundle of tutorials using products from the 2017-18 Annual Stampin' Up!® catalogue. Each month I will be hopping with these talented Stampin' Up!® designers and we will be showcasing a project using the same bundle as in our tutorial. The tutorials are based on current products available in the Stampin' Up! catalogues and have both metric and imperial measurements so wherever you are in the world you can purchase and create these exclusive projects. Each Tutorial Bundle is $20NZ or place an order over $50NZ this month with me to receive this month's tutorial for free. In my card today I've used the same Dragonfly Dreams Bundle that I used in the tutorial. Please remember that it isn't the same project. The project...