CASE-ing the Catty | CTC #469 | Case the Mix & Match Section

  Hello there stamping friends! Welcome and thanks for joining me on my blog today. Today I'm participating in a blog hop for CASE-ing the Catty, to kick off the new challenge for the week.

 To CASE is to Copy And Share Everything or to Copy And Selectively Edit. And this week we are CASE-ing from the new Mix and Match Section in the Stampin' Up! 2024 - 2025  Annual Catalogue. Found on Pgs. 18 - 21.

 The Mix & Match Envelopes & Ephemera give you a quick and easy option for crafting that gives you a personalised creative experience as opposed to a kit where you follow step-by-step instructions that guide you though the crafting process.

Today I've used the Basic Gray card in the middle above as the basis for my CASE-d card but used the Country Woods Suite for my card as opposed to using the Mix & Match Envelopes & Ephemera. I really loved the layout of the card and CASE-d that for my card, keeping the bones of the design.

I've started with a Basic White card base and layered Basic White on that embossed with the beautiful Eyelet 3D Embossing folder. I've turned my piece of cardstock over so the embossing looks indented into the cardstock. I only did this because I added some blending of ink on the other side and did't like it but didn't want to waste the cardstock so I turned it over. Waste not want not right? Ha! Looks good either which way you have the embossing.

I've kept the banner piece like the original but this is where things are changed up. I've layered a circle from the Stylish Shapes Dies under the banner and over top added some stips of Country Lace DSP and the leaves and flowers from the Country Flowers Bundle.

I've used Stampin' Blends to colour the flowers and also added some smaller flowers from the Country Birdhouse stamp set to the floral cluster.

Stampin' Blends Used

Flowers - Light Peach Pie, Light and Dark Petal Pink, Light Summer Splash, Light and Dark Pool Party, Light and Dark Boho Blue, Light Balmy Blue

Leaves - Light and Dark Gray Granite

 

 I've finished the card off with some Mossy Meadow leaves, Linen Thread, some Basic Gray Pearls, and the Happy Birthday Sentiment. 

I really love how you can use a card as a basis for your card and it ends up with a completely different look. The beauty of CASE-ing really!

There are lots of AMAZING creations from the rest of the CASE-ing the Catty Crew so be sure to make your way around the whole hop to get inspiration from the CTC team. 

 

Next up on the hop is fabulous Julia Quinn her Mix & Match CASE. Keep hopping around to see all of the design team’s creations.

 

 We would love to have you join us over at our Facebook group to share your creation CASE-ing a project from the 2024 - 2025 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue and join in this weeks challenge. You don't need to have a blog to join in!

 

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Stampin' Fancy Friday | CASE a Fancy Friend

 Hello there stamping friends! Welcome, welcome! So good to have you here. I've got a project for you today for the Stampin' Fancy Friday Design Team. This month the challenge is to CASE (Copy and Share Everything) a Fancy Friend. CASEing is where you are inspired by a fellow artists work and then use that as inspiration to make your own project. Use some of the similar elements of the original creation and then change it up with your own personal touch to make it your own.

 It was so hard to choose one person from all the amazing and talented Artisan Alumni who to CASE. I did narrow it down and I'm CASEing the amazing Stampin' Fancy Friday friend Berdien Weideveld for this month's challenge. Berdien's style is lots of layering, reapeat imagery, a stunning use of DSP, and the use of lots of die-cuts.  I'm always WOWed by her creations. They are always so amazing!

 

 This is Berdien's original creation! Amazing, right??!! I've CASEd the card on the right. I loved the layout and the repeat imagery  so I wanted to keep those two elements and then the rest is changed up to give it a 'Rochelle' look and feel.

 

 Today I've used some products from the new Country Woods Suite for a pretty floral card. I've kept to the same layout as Berdien and added the repeat imagery. I've started with a Basic White base and then used the County Woods DSP, Pool Party and the Perennial Postage dies for the base layering.

 

 For the repeat stamping and colouring I used the floral image from the Country Flowers Stamp Set. These floral images are meant to be paired with a tea pot or an vintage milk can but I liked it on it's own.

I used Stampin' Blends to colour the flowers in the beautiful colours that coordinated with the DSP.

 

Stampin' Blends Used

Flowers - Light Peach Pie, Light and Dark Petal Pink, Light Summer Splash, Light and Dark Pool Party, Light and Dark Boho Blue, Light Balmy Blue

Leaves - Light and Dark Mossy Meadow.

Behind each floral image is the leaves die from the Country Flowers Dies in Mossy Meadow Cardstock and the now retired (so sad) Vellum. I've then finished off the card with some Smoky Slate Pearls that are also part of the Country Woods Suite, and the embossed Happy Birthday from the Country Birdhouse Stamp Set.

I do hope that you like my CASE on Berdien's card. Just remember when CASEing start with the initial inspiration of the original project and then really try to change it up to make it your own, with your personal touch.

 

 Check out the rest of the CASEd creations and all the different looks that the Stampin' Fancy Friday Design Team has made on the Stampin' Fancy Friday Instagram Account or on the Stampin' Fancy Friday Facebook page. This is where all their creations will be shared throughout the month, so make sure that you are following them to get all of the amazing ideas!

 

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Just Add Ink #701 | Inspiration Picture Challenge

 Hello there stamping friends! Happy Friday! Welcome and thanks for joining me on my blog today. Today we over at Just Add Ink have a fabulous inspiration picture challenge - Just Add Ink #701 | Inspiration Picture Challenge.

 How bright and vibrant are the colours in our inspiration picture? Beautiful pinks and yellows. Super pretty!

My card for you today is focusing on those gorgeous, beautiful colours for a quick birthday card. And today I'm playing with the new Stampin' Up! Ephemera products.

The pinks, yellows and oranges really stood out to me so I searched through the ephemera packs for something that would go together. The pink and orange rainbow was perfect for this challenge and then combined with the sun and the "Happy Birthday" all these images coordinated with the colours in the inspiration picture. It all came together so quickly and it is a cost effective way to start with your crafting journey. A few ephemera packs, some cardstock and some adhesive and you are on you way to card making.

 I've started with a Pretty in Pink cardstock base amd then a Pretty in Pink layer. On that I've blended some Pretty in Pink and then added some Pretty in Pink splatters. The circle is also die cut from Pretty in Pink, embossed with the Basics 3D embossing folder and then splattered with white embossing powder.

 I've finished the card off with some ephemera hearts covered in Wink of Stella and some Pretty in Pink gems that come from the 2024–2026 In Color™ Shimmer Gems. 

 

If you are in need of a quick card, pull out Stampin' Up!'s Ephemera packs and with the pre-printed and die cut images you'll have a card put together in no time. You can keep the ephemera CAS or you can completely step it up. The choice is yours.

 

 Go and check out the design teams take on this week's Inspiration Picture at the Just Add Ink Blog and then come and join in this week's inspiration picture fun! I can't wait to see what you create.

 

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Funky Folds Blog Hop #3

 Hello stamping friends. Welcome to Funky Folds Blog Hop #3. 

 We are a community for like minded paper crafters who love to make cards with funky/fancy/fun folds and to share our ideas. Funky actually means “modern and stylish in an unconventional or striking way”. We are featuring cards that are not your usual rectangle/square portrait of landscape style cards.

Each and every month the blog hops will have and 'anything goes' theme as long as your card has some type of 'funky' fold.

I've made for you today a Star Explosion Pop-Up card using products from the beautiful Stampin' Up! Country Woods Suite found in the new 2024 - 2025 Annual Catalogue. I've used the tutorial and measurements from Sam Calcott at Mixed Up Craft.

When the card is closed it looks fairly inconspicuous but when you take off the belly band and open the card up that is where the magic happens. Here on the front I've layered Basic White, Pool Party and the Country Woods DSP for the front of the card and then I've used Misty Moonlight for the belly band and added DSP, Ribbon, stamped images and die-cuts using products from the Country Woods Suite.

On the inside is a scored centre panel that all folds in neatly together when the card is folded closed. When opened the centre circle piece pops up and stands up a little off the card for that added element and dimension.  As well as using the Country Woods DSP I've also adde some of the Country Lace DSP to layer on some of the panels and used more of the products from the Country Woods suite to embellish the inside.

I coloured the floral images in using Stampin' Blends Alcohol Markers and used the same floral images on the front as what is on the inside to keep that continuity from the outside to the inside.

Stampin' Blends Used

Flowers - Light Peach Pie, Light & Dark Petal Pink, Light Summer Splash, Light & Dark Pool Party, Light and Dark Boho Blue, Light Balmy Blue, Light Lemon Lolly

Leaves - Light & Dark Mossy Meadow 

Teapot - Light and Dark Gray Granite 

I've even added some Basic White Panels on the back for you to write your message. This is such a WOW card when you open it. It's one of those cards that you hand deliver to your best crafting friend just so that you can see their reaction to when they open it.

I do hope you like my Funky Fold that I've shared with you today. I just love how it turned out especially with the use of the Country Woods Suite products. This is another amazing suite that I've fallen in love with. 

Next up is Bronwyn Eastley from Tasmania, Australia with her Funky Fold. I can't wait to see what she has made for us.

 

Rochelle  Blok - You are Here

Bronwyn Eastly

Cathy Pinchbeck

Julia Quinn

Chantell Randall

Cindy Mitchell-Clark

Lou Kitzelman

Rochelle Laird-Smith

Jan McQueen 

 Elizabeth Gross

If you love to make cards with creative folds and would like to join in with our monthly Funky Folds Blog Hop, you are welcome to head on over to our community group on Facebook HERE to be part of the fun. 

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CASE-ing the Catty | #CTC468 | CASE the 2024 - 2025 Annual Catalogue

Hello there stamping friends! Welcome and thanks for joining me on my blog today. I'm so excited to be able to tell you all that you are looking at one of the four newest members of the CASE-ing the Catty Crew. I'm so honoured and very thankful to be asked to be a part of this fabulous group of crafters and I'm so looking forward to sharing all my creations with you and to inspire you to join in with the weekly challenges.

To CASE is to Copy And Share Everything or to Copy And Selectively Edit and we love to CASE from our amazing Stampin' Up! catalogues.  

This week we are CASE-ing any project from the all new 2024 - 2025 Annual Catalogue. I was inspired by and CASE-d a card on pg. 18 of the catalogue. 

The Pool Party card with the Pretty in Pink rectangle label and the Bubble Bath cake caught my eye. While the design of the card is quite simple I gave my CASE-d version a little bit more and put a 'Rochelle' spin on it.

I've used some of the products from the new and beautiful Unbounded Beauty Suite. This suite is amazing and really highlights the new 2024 - 2026 In Colours. Which I love a lot! I've kept to the same design as the original card with the label at the top and then the arrangement of a cluster of items over the label.

I've started my card with Summer Splash base layers and then a piece of the Unbounded Beauty DSP in the same colour. Over that then I've layered a piece of Basic White with some Basic White little flowers from the Flowers of Beauty dies and some splatters of Summer Splash ink.

The label has been die-cut with Basic White Cardstock and then leaving the Basic White piece in the die I've added some ink to the label using a Blending Brush. By leaving the cardstock in the die when you add some ink this then creates a border around your die cut piece. To make it look like an extra long label I cut it in half and then spaced it out underneath the flowers and leaves to give the illusion of length.

The images are all stamped from the Flowers of Beauty Stamp set and then arranged in a cluster with some 2024 - 2026 Glimmer Paper die cuts, some Pretty in Pink Ribbon, Unbounded Love die cuts and the Happy Birthday Sentiment from the Unbounded Love Stamp Set, some Black & Very Vanilla Large Check Ribbon, and some Pretty In Pink In Color Shimmer Gems. 

There are lots of AMAZING creations from the rest of the CASE-ing the Catty Crew so be sure to make your way around the whole hop to get inspiration from the CTC team.

Next up on the hop is Kathryn Mangelsdorf with her 2024 - 2025 Annual Catalogue creation. Keep hopping around to see all of the design team’s creations.

We would love to have you join us over at our Facebook group to share your creation CASE-ing a project from the 2024 - 2025 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue and join in this weeks challenge. You don't need to have a blog to join in!

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Just Add Ink #700 | Just Add Shimmer or Shine

 Hello there stamping friends! Happy Friday! Welcome and thanks for joining me on my blog today. Today we over at Just Add Ink we have a shiny challenge for you today with - Just  Add Ink #700 | Just Add Shimmer or Shine, suggested this week by me!

I do like most things sparkly and shiny so this challenge is so fitting. Most of my cards have some sort of shiny or shimmery element, whether it be pearls, rhinestones, gold embossing, sequins, metallic paper. Today for my card I've used the new Stampin' Up! 2024 - 2026 In Color Glimmer Paper to create a shimmery, striped background.

I've used all of the 5 In Colors for the background. I just love how all 5 of the colours go so well together. They look fabulous here in my striped background. I cut the Glimmer Paper at 1/2cm and the Basic White at 1cm and then adhered them on so me Basic White cardstock.

Look how sparkly the glimmer paper is! It really is stunning! 

I've combined my striped background with a circle from the Stylish Shapes dies and the used gold embossing powder to heat emboss the large image from the Layers of Beauty stamp set on the now retired Vellum (sad). The Happy Birthday is from the Coutry Birdhouse stamp set and then I've finished the card off with a ruffle using some Summer Splash Bordered Ribbon, a piece of Linen Thread, and some In Color Shimmer Gems.

It is quite a simple card but with the shimmery elements of the Glimmer Paper you don't need much else on the card so the glimmer paper can 'shine'.

Go and check out the JAI design teams shimmery creations at the Just Add Ink Blog and then come and join in this week's shiny fun! I can't wait to see what you create.

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Just Add Ink #698 | Just Choose Two Challenge

  I'm here today to bring you my card for the NEW challenge we have over at Just Add Ink Challenges - Just Add Ink #698 - Just Choose Two Challenge.

Today for our Just Choose Two challenge (to choose two items to feature on your project) we are choosing from Leaves, Flowers and Pots. I chose leaves and flowers for my 'Just Choose Two' but that was pretty much a given as I'm a sucker for a pretty flower stamp set and card.

I've used lots of layers, embossing, die cutting, ribbon & trim, and the Stampin' Up! Online Exclusive bundle Simply Zinnia for a pretty floral card using Stampin' Blends Alcohol Markers. I've not used my Stampin' Blends for a while now so it was good to get them out and get my colouring on.

I've used Basic White and one of the new In Colors - Pretty in Pink, for my cardstock layers and then to colour in the Zinnia flowers I used the Blends - Melon Mambo Dark & Light, Pretty in Pink Dark, Pumpkin Pie Light, and Lemon Lolly Dark to colour in the flowers. I used Granny Apple Green Dark & Light to colour the leaves. I'm loving this pink on pink colour combo. I love the gorgeous contrast between the dark and light pink shades. Super pretty!

I finished the card off with a layering of ribbon and trim and added a few Irridescent Pearls to add to that pretty look. 

There are lots of AMAZING creations from the rest of the Just Add Ink Design Team on the JAI Blog. Go and check out to see what 'two' elements they all used this week and then while you are there you can see how you can enter your project. Can't wait to see what 'two' you used.

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