Be Merry with Carols of Christmas CTC#138 Holidays

Hello and Welcome to another Sunday Night Blog Hop where we CASE the (totally inspiring!) Stampin' Up! Catalogue!!

This week, we are sharing inspiration from the Holidays chapter - pages 112 - 125.

And again this week, I've been inspired by the landing page for this chapter and this gorgeous layout of the Be Merry Suite on page 112.  I've looked at all the cards on this page, and be inspired over and over!!

My other inspiration has been an exciting early release of a Christmas Stamp Set - Carols of Christmas.  This stamp set is being offered as an awesome bonus as part of our joining promotion this month.  Make sure you head to my website to find all the details!!

And NEXT month, you can purchase it EARLY as a bundle with the coordinating Card Front Builder Thinlits.  We get soooo many awesome perks being demonstrators, and one of them is that we can preorder these fun newbies !!

Sooooooo, after that long intro - here are my cards!!  This card is inspired by the oh-so-sweet card at the top right of the layout - it has 3 large stitched shapes ovals in a cute "snowy hills" arrangement!!

You might be able to see the yummy layer of dazzling diamonds snowy hills, and the sparkle in the sky  where I've again used the dazzling diamonds glimmer paper behind this fun starry sky (one of the cute framelits in the bundle).  There are quite a few of us on the team this week who have been inspired by this card - and who could blame us?  It's adorable!!

This darling card uses a sweet framelit to create a gorgeous card front - I've added some red glimmer paper behind for some serious bling!!  I was using the Merry Christmas card on the bottom left as my starting point, but then really wanted to add the floral corners - so it's similar but different!!  

I think I was having too much fun playing with new goodies, and got carried away - when I looked back at the Catty, I was surprised at the end result!!

My third card started out being inspired by the box on the top left - but it sort of turned out to have a life of its own!!!  (again)

These Sahara Sand stars are the remaining cut outs from the poinsettia card - waste not, want not.

And finally, I started to get "serious", so my last card is CASED from the cute reindeer card  - it almost looks quite similar (a bit).

The bottom line is that I had an awesome time playing with these new goodies, I LOVE LOVE LOVE the inspiration I find in the Catalogue every day, and when I have a mental block, I am ALWAYS finding a starting point when I CASE the CATTY!!  

So now it's time for you see the amazing inspiration and GORGEOUS autumn project from Jackie.   And KEEP on hopping - the projects from the team this week are so so spectacular!!!  

And please join in the fun!!  You can add your projects inspired by our Holiday Chapter by uploading your photos to our CASEING the CATTY facebook group!!

Until next time,

Happy Stamping,

Love Julia    x

Please head over to my online store if you wish to see these products in more detail - and you can place your order anytime (if you're in Australia) while you're there (even if you're in your pyjamas!!)

 And, if you can see yourself creating cards and sharing your love of papercrafts while inspiring others, perhaps you might be interested in the Stampin' Up! Business opportunity - contact me to find out how.

Stampin' Up! Happy Birthday and Bundle of Love is NEW

Hello and Welcome to our Challenge for SUO Challenges - featuring Stampin' Up! Only products.

This time, the challenge is to use something NEW!  And with our new Catalogue almost 2 months old it's the perfect excuse to try out some WONDERFUL new goodies!!  

My card features the FANTASTIC new Happy Birthday framelit which I love love love and I have used it frequently since it landed on my desk - we seem to have LOTS of birthdays to celebrate in June and July!!  My other NEW product is the GLORIOUS Bundle Of Love Designer Series Paper - It. Is. Divine!!  It has gold embossed patterns on one side, and the same pattern in Blushing Bride or Soft Sky on the other side - perfect for baby events, but also PERFECT for lots of Celebrations!!

This time I've paired the wonderful Bundle of Love DSP with Balloon Celebrations and the balloon punch and LOTS of GOLD - and what a delicious card!!  The top edge of the card is gold foil punched with the NEW Ticket Tear Border punch and I think it just adds to the celebration!!

Now it's time for you to break out your NEW Stampin' Up! goodies and join in the fun of our challenge.  We love to see your projects!!  You can add your link to our Challenge blog  by clicking on the above link.

Until Next Time,
Happy Stamping.
Love Julia    x

Please head over to my online store if you wish to see these products in more detail - and you can place your order anytime (if you're in Australia) while you're there (even if you're in your pyjamas!!)

And for the month of June, we have a fabulous Bonus Voucher promotion!  

Head to my website to find out more. 

 And, if you can see yourself creating cards and sharing your love of papercrafts while inspiring others, perhaps you might be interested in the Stampin' Up! Business opportunity - contact me to find out how.

Join in July, and receive an awesome Christmas gift!!  Details on my website.

A work of Art for CTC#137 - Artistic Expression

Hello and Welcome to our CASEing the Catty Sunday Blog Hop where we share our creativity and inspire you to look at our Stampin' Up! Catalogues in a whole new way as we Copy And Share Everything.

This week we are CASEing from the Artistic Expression chapter - a large and varied chapter!!

I've been inspired by this quick and simple project on page 150

 After being amazed by the beautiful work of Lou Kitzelman who created a gorgeous canvas,  I've upcycled a canvas we had rollicking around our place.

The layout is the same as the card in the catalogue - but on a much larger scale!!

To create the greeting I've used the wonderful Brushwork Alphabet and the Letters for You alphabet and coordinating framelits.  The background piece for the words comes from the Whole Lot of Lovely DSP.  I sponged the canvas with Rose Red ink and then using my aquapainter smooshed the colour around to give it a watery look.  I've used the embossing paste and Pattern Party decorative masks on the canvas in the background, and for the zigzag element on the feature panel.

Here is what the canvas was looking like half way through the process!!  

Now it's time for you to hop along to be inspired by Sandra - one of our new design team members!!

When you've finished the blog hop, join in the fun by adding your project to our facebook challenge page!!

Until next time,

Happy Stamping,

Love Julia   x

Please head over to my online store if you wish to see these products in more detail - and you can place your order anytime (if you're in Australia) while you're there (even if you're in your pyjamas!!)

 And, if you can see yourself creating cards and sharing your love of papercrafts while inspiring others, perhaps you might be interested in the Stampin' Up! Business opportunity - contact me to find out how.

Pretty pretty Colour INKspiration #13

Hello and Welcome to our Colour INKspiration challenge!!

This time we are being inspired by these gorgeous colours:
Sweet Sugarplum, Wild Wasabi, Lemon Lime Twist, Fresh Fig

And I have created two different cards using these colours.  This card has a water splash feature in ink sponged onto glossy cardstock.  I sponged with Wild Wasabi and Lemon Lime Twist, and then lightly sprayed with my Stampin' Mist (it was quick to find!!) to create the lovely splatters.  The photo has collected the shine off the paper, but it looks so sweet in real life!!

The stamp set is Sharing Sweet Thoughts which is the wonderful fundraising stamp set for Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC).  

I've used the Sweet Sugarplum for the butterflies, and the Fresh Fig for the jar.

My second card features the Happy Birthday Gorgeous bundle of stamp set and thinlet die.  The background piece has been embossed with Pinewood Planks embossing folder, and the flowers were punched using the 1/2" Circle Punch and the 3/4" Circle Punch.  These flowers have fun 2 step stamp images - I've used the Sweet Sugarplum for the base, and the Fresh Fig for the line image stamped over the top.  

Next on the hop is the talented Rose and her gorgeous project!!

Please join in the fun of our challenge - you can add your projects to our fun facebook challenge page using this link!!

Until Next Time,

Happy Stamping,

Love Julia    x

Please head over to my online store if you wish to see these products in more detail - and you can place your order anytime (if you're in Australia) while you're there (even if you're in your pyjamas!!)

And for the month of June, we have a fabulous Bonus Voucher promotion!  

Head to my website to find out more. 

 And, if you can see yourself creating cards and sharing your love of papercrafts while inspiring others, perhaps you might be interested in the Stampin' Up! Business opportunity - contact me to find out how.

Join in July, and receive an awesome Christmas gift!!  Details on my website.

Daisy Delight Thanks CTC#136

Hello and Welcome to our CASEing the Catty Sunday Night Blog Hop!!

We as a team love to Copy And Share Everything 

using our amazing Stampin' Up! Catalogue for inspiration. 

 I have the fabulous honour of being sandwiched in between two of our new team members today!! 

A big shout out to all of our new friends joining with us to inspire you with creative inspiration!!

This week, we are being inspired by the Thanks chapter - pages 126 - 131

My inspiration this week comes from the beautiful layout of page 126 featuring the Daisy Suite.

My first project is a CASE of the card on the right - same colours, same images, same layout.

The only differences in my card are the embossing folder, and the ribbon.

The catalogue image uses the ruffled embossing folder, and I've used the wonderful pinewood planks; and instead of washi tape, I've used some gingham ribbon.  This is a very beautiful card - Thank You Stampin' Up! for the wonderful inspiration.  

And my second project is inspired by the vase of flowers in at the top of the image.

My vase is smaller and without baby's breath so I've used some fronds and greenery from the Pretty Pines thinlits.

What a beautiful table centre!  This will be on display at my upcoming Cardmaking Retreat Day!

I hope you've been inspired again, and you look again at our catalogue to see the treasure trove of fabulous projects featured with every stamp set!!

Time now for you to hop along to see  Rose's great project!!  And please make sure you hop around all of the team members and feel free to comment and send some blog love!!  

And we REALLY love when you join in the fun too - so add your projects to our facebook page!!

Until next time,

Happy Stamping,

Love Julia    x

Please head over to my online store if you wish to see these products in more detail - and you can place your order anytime (if you're in Australia) while you're there (even if you're in your pyjamas!!) 

We have an awesome promotion this month too - you receive a voucher to spend In August as a reward for your spending during July!  How cool is that???  Head to my website for more details

And, if you can see yourself creating cards and sharing your love of papercrafts while inspiring others, perhaps you might be interested in the Stampin' Up! Business opportunity - contact me to find out how.

And as a bonus, when you join during July, you receive a Christmas Gift!!  More details are available on my website or you can call me to have a chat!!