CTC #220: Sale-A-Bration

Hi!

It's time for the new CASEing The Catty Sunday Challenge Blog Hop. I do love these hops, there's so much inspiration and talent in the CTC Crew and I feel so fortunate to be part of the team. My friend Kelly was the blog before mine, but just keep hop, hop, hoping until you get back to where you started!

This week we are back to CASEing the Sale-A-Bration catalogues, and there are two to choose from. I'm a bit battered and bruised this week - I had a fall on Friday night and scraped a lot of skin off my hand, elbow and knees. I'm ok, just feeling a bit sore and sorry for myself. I had promised to make a card for a lady that was retiring, so I decided to go a bit easy on myself and do a fairly direct CASE.

I chose the Highland Heather card on the front of the first catalogue, but changed it to a square card, as a lot of people need to sign it. The finished card is nearly 6" square.

You can see straight away that I kept many of the same elements. I switched from flowers to butterflies, as I had a punch for the butterflies and I didn't need to colour them.

It's hard to see on the photo, but I went over the Thank You die cut with my Wink Of Stella pen for a bit of added glimmer. It's so pretty in real life. The lady this card is for ran the support group I attend that's for parents of special needs kids. She's had to step down for personal reasons and will be very much missed. I was quick to volunteer to make a card for her, as it's so much more personal than a shop bought one.

There's a dozen or so of us in the group that want to sign, so I had to supersize the card. To add to the space to write on, I adhered a writing panel to both sides of the inside of the card. The floral DSP is so pretty, so I used strips to decorate the panels.

Isn't this the perfect sentiment for someone who has supported the group through both good and bad times? She really is the best.

That's it for me, don't forget to add your CTC card to our Facebook group. In the meantime though, you're off to see the gorgeous card that Lauren has made.

Bye for now,

Tina

CTC #214: Sale-A-Bration

Hi!

Sigh, the end of the weekend is always a little sad, but not anymore, as it's also when the CASEing the Catty blog hop happens! This week you may have come to me from Lauren's blog, or you may have started here. Does't matter, just keep hopping until you've visited everyone.

This week we are CASEing from the Sale-A-Bration catalogue. This card, with it's stunning colouring, caught my eye.

Isn't it gorgeous? I don't have that stamp set, nor any stamp set to replicate the card, so I had to think a bit laterally this week. The card uses the Spotlight Technique, where you cut away part of the image and just colour that part, so that's where I went with my card.

I've been wanting to colour this sheet of the Botanical Butterfly DSP since I first saw it, but found it very overwhelming to start - it's such busy paper! This was the perfect way to do it. After cutting my front piece, I used the Stitched Shapes Circle die to crop a section and then sat with my Blends to colour.

I didn't bother with shading using the Blends, it's just straight colouring. I ended up with quite a pile of markers after I'd finished! I then cropped another circle in Balmy Blue and popped up the two circles on Dimensionals. The sentiment banner is a nod to the original card.

I trimmed a small part of the DSP for the inside, and just decided to colour a couple of flowers rather than attempt the Spotlight Technique on such a small strip of paper!

Are you going to play along this week? I hope so! You can join in the fun over at our Facebook group, where you can add your card for the challenge.

But first, you need to hop on over to the next blog, which belongs to the wonderful Kathryn Mangelsdorf.

Bye for now,

Tina

AWH January Blog Hop: Occasions Catalogue

Hi!

Tonight the Art With Heart team are sharing creative projects using product from the Occasions Catalogue. The Occasions Catalogue is current now until June 3rd. Be sure to request your copy of the catalogue today (along with the Sale-A-Bration brochure).Did you know that Sale-A-Bration is also a great time to join our fabulous team? Ask anyone on the blog hop if you’d like more details. 

I decided to use one of the smaller items in the Occasions Catalogue for tonight's projects. It may even be one you've overlooked - the Sweet Pins and Tags, on page 15 of the catalogue. They are part of the How Sweet It Is suite of products. I'm not a big fan of that suite, and I'm not really even sure why I ordered the tags. Maybe to bump up an order so that I reached a SAB threshold for a freebie? Sound familiar? LOL

As I sat to craft, I looked at page 14 of the Occasions Catalogue and noticed that the samples had coloured tags.  I was so excited by this - it makes the tags so much more interesting! The basic tags are white with iridescent foil edges - pretty, but a bit ho-hum. How much nicer does it look in Calypso Coral? The iridescent border stands out soooo much more, and you really get to see the features like the stripes on the corners.

To colour the tag, I simply used my sponge brayer, but you could probably just apply the ink with a spritzer, dauber or sponge. I completed the card with two more Occasions Catalogue products - Happiness Blooms DSP and Itty Bitty Birthdays stamp set. The flower on the tag was fussy cut from the DSP, as is the flower on the inside.

Now, once I'd coloured one tag, I couldn't stop there. The pack has three different shaped tags, and you get 8 of each, plus some cute little pins that you could use to attach them to ribbon, etc. I chose not to use the pins as they don't really make sense on a card.

This card features the round tag, brayered with Lovely Lipstick ink. Once again, the DSP is from the Happiness Blooms DSP pack. I love the bold colours and patterns in the papers!

The stamp set I used on the inside is also a new set from the Occasions Catalogue, called Incredible Like You. I really love the cursive font - what do you think?

I've cheated a little on this last card, as apart from the tag, it's mostly SAB products. As soon as I saw the tag I decided it would make a great resting spot for a butterfly from the Botanical Butterfly DSP. I was right!

This tag was brayered with Balmy Blue ink to match the colours in the DSP. Even though it's a softer colour it really makes the tag pop.

I returned to Itty Bitty Birthdays for the inside sentiment.

Here are all three cards together. Are you rethinking the tags now? At only $8.95 for a pack of 24, they are a value buy, and definitely worth another look, especially as they can be changed to any colour you desire. Just doing a spot of enabling there!

Phew! That's finally it from me, now you're off to visit Ros Davidson, who always creates something pretty amazing!

Here's the list of links in case you get lost or find a broken link along the way.

Tina Gillespie
Ros Davidson
Kate Morgan
Caroline Manwaring
Sharon Davern
Kimberly Hern

Sue Madex
Claire Daly

Bye for now,

Tina

CTC #210: Sale-A-Bration

Hi!

I'm back to blogging a little sooner than I expected this year, but that's because I have some exciting news!

I've joined the Crew at CASEing The Catty Sunday Challenge! Each Sunday evening I will be blogging the card I have made for their weekly challenge, which is always about CASEing a card from one of the current Stampin' Up! catalogues.

The Sunday posts are a blog hop around the blogs of the Crew participating each week. You may have started at my blog, or come to mine from Peta's, in either case, just keep hopping until you get back to where you started! When you've made your card, just post it in the Facebook group.

This week the crew are CASEing cards from the brand new Sale-A-Bration catalogue. Have you got your hands on it yet? There's lots of fab stuff to be earned for free. I didn't have to go any further than the front of the catalogue for my inspiration this week.

Hopefully you can see straight away the card that I CASEd!

I didn't really change much from the card, using all the same DSP from the Botanical Butterfly DSP pack, which is one of the FREE SAB choices. It's such pretty paper!

I did simplify the front a little, leaving off the washi tape, sentiment, button and linen thread. I liked the idea of this card being an all-purpose card that I can add to my stash. I can always add a sentiment later on.

I carried over the same papers and colours to the inside of the card. I chose a butterfly with the same colouring as the one on the front for the inside. I like it when things match!

I hope you can join in the challenge this week. You don't need to have a blog, just photograph your card and add it to our Facebook group. Easy!

Now you're off to the next blog in this week's hop. This week it's Lauren Meiklejohn!

Don't forget to add your card to the Facebook group - it's super easy to do! I look forward to seeing what you CASE from the Sale-A-Bration Catalogue.

Bye for now,

Tina

Well Said Butterflies

Hi!

On Saturday I held a stamping day for my class ladies who were able to attend. Sadly, I missed a lot as it's a busy time of year, but those who made it had a lovely time catching up and hearing about my trip to the USA. They also got to make a card using some of my new goodies from the Sale-A-Bration and Occasions Catalogues.

This was the card I made as a sample for them to follow. I was so pleased with how it turned out! I started with a base of Highland Heather and then added a piece of Lemon Lime Twist DSP from the Botanical Butterfly DSP, which is a free SAB reward option when you spend $90 on catalogue items. The butterfly was also fussy cut from another sheet of the DSP. There is a coordinating punch for it, but I don't own it (yet!).

The Lemon Lime Twist ribbon is another SAB reward option. There are a whopping five rolls of ribbon in the pack, that also includes Balmy Blue, Daffodil Delight, Grapefruit Grove and Highland Heather. The thing I love most about the ribbons is that the colours not only coordinate with the Botanical Butterfly DSP, but also the super sweet Gingham Gala DSP, which you can find in the Occasions Catalogue.

I can't forget the new Well Said bundle from the Occasions Catalogue. It's a huge bundle, with 51 stamps and 24 dies that all mix and match to create an endless array of sentiments for nearly every occasion you could think of. It's a must have bundle, and one that will never leave my collection!

The inside was kept super simple, just another fussy cut butterfly (which also coordinates with the new punch) and another stamp from the Well Said stamp set.

I wanted to give my ladies some choices with the card they made, so I offered 3 different cards. The layouts were the same, I just switched up the colours and papers. Two of my ladies were kind enough to allow me to photograph their cards so that you could see the alternate versions. Thanks, Noreen (left) and Lillian (right).

Bye for now,

Tina