Be Inspired Blog Hop - September - Case The Catty

Good Day Crafty Friends

Welcome to the Be Inspired Blog Hop for September. This month the talented Design Team are sharing creations which have been Cased From The Catalogue. 

What does it mean to CASE? Some crafters like myself would say, Copy and Selectively Edit, others prefer Copy and Share Everything. Either way, gaining inspiration from others creations and making them your own is a fabulous way to break outside your usual style, use products you wouldn't normally use and saves time. I chose to CASE the sample for the Tidings All Around Bundle on Page 3 of the Holiday Catalogue. 

Keeping the layout the same as in the Catalogue, both cards have the same card Smoky Slate Card Base and Card Front.

To the Whisper White card front, the wreath image from Tidings All Around Stamp Set has been stamped in Smoky Slate ink, along with the sentiment that sits in the middle of the wreath. Before adhering to the card base, the stamped card front was embossed using the Subtle Embossing Folder.

Granny Apple Green and Mint card stock were used for the wreath die cuts and the Toile Tidings Glitter Enamel Dots in Real Red along with Gold Glimmer leaf die cuts to embellish the wreath.

To create the fluffy bow I have cut the edge from 1/4" Textile Mint Macaron Ribbon and shredded to reveal the fine threads. 

The second card has been created using Blushing Bride Cardstock and Mercury Glass Acetate for the die cut wreaths. Cherry Cobbler Rhinestone Jewels were added before splattering Frost White Shimmer Paint all around the wreath. 

Silver Glimmer card has been adhered to the edged of the card front before adhering to the card base. Whisper White/Silver 3/8" Ribbon has been used to create the bow which has been attached using a Mini Glue Dots.

That is all from me today. Thanks so much for stopping by and hopping with us. The Be Inspired Design Team appreciate the time you have invested to visit our Blogs. Be sure to follow the hop all the way through for loads more inspiring creations. Up next in this month Blog Hop is super talented Cathy Caines - enjoy x

Blog Hop Participant List

Louise Sharp
Tanya Rees
Janneke de Jong
Jackie Aitken - That's Me
Cathy Caines
Manuela Geiswinkler
Brian King
Stesha Bloodhart

OSAT Blog Hop - Hello Holiday Catalogue

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Welcome to One Stamp At A Time Blog hop for September. This month the OSAT Design Team are showcasing projects using items from the Stampin' Up! 2019 Holiday Catalogue. Our theme is HELLO HOLIDAY CATALOGUE!

I just love the festive season. Christmas and New Years are celebrated during the Summer months here in Australia, which for most of us includes more time spent outdoors with family and friends. Santa can be found at your local shopping mall and also on the beach. On Christmas morning, our local Santa wears beach shorts on the back of a fire engine, guzzling bottles of chilled water as he throws wrapped candy to the neighbourhood kids. My most favourite part of Christmas is all the decorations!! I love everything about wrapping gifts, decorating the tree's, setting up the decorations and posting a gazillion Christmas Cards lol.

With all my family overseas, its imperative I start creating Christmas cards early and I am so thankful Stampin' Up! release the Holiday Catalogue in September. This allows me loads of time to get crafty, and I may have got a little carried away lol.  I have a few projects to share with you today, so lets get started. Warning: photo heavy post ahead.

This card uses two new items: Holly Jolly Bundle and the new Basic Pattern Decorative Mask. The Mask has been used to stencil white craft ink onto the Gray Granite card front.

Santa has been coloured using Stamping Blends in Pink and Grey tones to coordinate with the card stock used. The sentiment has been white heat embossed on vellum and die cut.

Again using the same Santa image, this time in Green and Grey tones. The Black card front has been sponged using the brick wall Mask and white craft ink.

A couple of Artisan Pearl Embellishments have been added to the belt of Santa's outfit and on the presents in the sack.

The "Love, Santa" sentiment has been white heat embossed over the sponged brick wall. Some Black and White Bakers Twine (retired) has been added with a bow adhered directly under the fussy cut tree image.

How about Purple Santa? I am kinda addicted to water colour washed backgrounds at the moment so had to create a sample with this Jolly Santa.

Like the images in the creations above, Santa has been coloured using Stampin Blends and die cut with the coordinating Jolly Season Dies.

Not a fan of Purple? How about this subtle version of Santa in Soft Sea Foam and Pool Party?

Die cut snowflakes have been added to the background on a few of today's creations - these have been created using the Trio Of Tags Dies (Page 58) and Seasonal Layers (Page 195 Annual Catalogue)

I absolutely adore the Tidings all Around Bundle (Page 9) and quickly wanted to squeeze a little 'wreath' inspiration into this post.

For this glittery creation, Gold Glimmer and Gold Foil card stock teamed with Blushing Bride and Whisper White were used. Splatters of gold heat embossing has been applied over the embossing paste card front. The sentiment was heat embossed on whisper white card and die cut using the matching dies.

Pink Bakers Twine has been pulled apart and tied into a bow with the gold Jingle Bell in the centre.

Okay now something for the fans of traditional Christmas colours. The card and pizza box have been created using: Wrapped in Plaid 6" x 6" DSP Pack, Basic Pattern Decorative Masks, Tidings All Around Bundle, Jingle Bells, Tags Tags Tags Bundle. You can find all these new items scattered throughout the pages of the 2019 Holiday Catalogue.

The card front has had white embossing paste added using one of the stencils from the Basic Pattern Decorative Masks then the stamped wreath image from the Tidings All Around bundle, die cut foliage, heat embossed sentiment and some Toile Tidings Glitter Enamel Dots have been added. The card front was then adhered to a Thick Whisper White card base that has a strip of Wrapped In Plaid DSP running down the left hand side. 

A couple of Shaded Spruce Jingle Bell embellishments were the perfect addition for the bow that adorns the top of the mini pizza box. A piece of Wrapped in Plaid DSP was used to decorate the exterior of the box and the centre of the wreath.

Using coordinating DSP on both the card and gift box is a wonderful touch especially when gifting as a set. For a little extra coordination, stamp the tissue paper that you insert into the mini pizza box with images or sentiments used to decorate the card/box.

That is all from me today. Thanks so much for stopping by and hopping with us. The One Stamp At A Time Design Team appreciate the time you have invested to visit our blogs and see the creations we have to share with you. Be sure to follow the hop all the way through for loads of inspiration using products from the new 2019 Holiday Catalogue. 

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Stamping Sunday Blog Hop - Mercury Glass Acetate

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Welcome to the Stamping Sunday Blog Hop for September.  This month the Design Team are showcasing a really stunning product from 2019 Holiday Catalogue.  For something a little bit different we will be sharing projects made with the Mercury Glass Designer Acetate. You can find this gorgeous pack of of Acetate Sheets on Page 33 of the Catalogue. 

I have a few creations to share with you today. First up is a card perfect for beginner crafters. Starting with a piece of shimmery white cards stock, some white heat embossed snowflake images have been added before applying a water colour wash in Coastal Cabana ink.

The snow globe background has been created simply by die cutting a circle of Mercury Glass Acetate and adhering it behind the stamped cottage image. I thought the speckled treatment in the Acetate looked very close to falling "snow".   

The Still Scenes bundle on Page 43 of the Holiday Catalogue is what I have used to create the snow globe. The snowy cottage image has been stamped in Memento ink and colored using Stampin' Blends.

The next card is perfect for casual/avid crafting levels and again uses the Still Scenes bundle. The Feels Like Frost DSP (Page 42) has been sponged with Purple Posy, Blushing Bride and Flirty Flamingo inks before die cutting the hole for the Snow Globe Shaker Dome.

To create the Mercury Glass Acetate Background for the snow globe, I have die cut a slightly larger circle than the actual Shaker Dome piece. A few snowflake Sequins were added to the stamped image before adhering the Acetate.

The detailed stamped image that makes up the base of the Dome has been silver heat embossed onto Purple Posy card stock and then Silver Glimmer paper for the detailed die cut base. Silver Glimmer paper has been added to the edge of the card base before adhering the sponged DSP panel.

The next card showcases the Acetate by using a full piece to cover a Thick Whisper White Card Base. Die cut stitched rectangles have been adhered over the top of the Mercury Glass Acetate using Multipurpose Liquid Glue. 

The Whisper White panel has been silver heat embossed with sprinkling of stars. The stamped stocking and present images have been coloured using Stampin' Blends, die cut and adhered to the card front using dimensionals.

The sentiment "Tidings of Comfort and Joy" is from the Tidings All Around Stamp Set, which was white heat embossed onto Black card, fussy cut and adhered with Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

The final project I have to share is a decor piece that I will be able to display in my house in a few months time. You could change the colours to suit the colours your household uses at Christmas time and there is also room to add a family name if you are giving as a gift.

Using the Mercury Glass Acetate as a background for this Christmas die cut scene, I have added a panel over the top of a piece of DSP that has been cut exactly the same size. The DSP used is from the Feels Like Frost Specialty DSP Pack, a white piece with Smoky Slate snowflakes.

Blushing Bride and Black card stock were used for the die cuts elements which were created using the Jolly Season Dies (Page 25).  The heat embossed sentiment "Christmas Cheer" is from the Tidings All Around stamp set and has been laid over a strip of White Flax Ribbon. A little blushing bride card stock has been punched using the Decorative Ribbon Border punch and tucked under the Flax Ribbon. 

That is all from me today. The Stamping Sunday Design Team appreciate the time you have invested to Blog Hop with us and hope you enjoy all the amazing idea's we have to share with you using the Mercury Glass Designer Acetate.

Up next in the Stamping Sunday Blog Hop is my super talented fellow Artisan, Mikaela Titheridge with her mind blowing creations. Enjoy x

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ESAD 2019 Holiday Catalogue

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Welcome to the ESAD 2019 Holiday Catalogue Blog Hop. You are currently visiting Jackie Aitken in Western Australia. If you are following the Hop you will have arrived here having visited fellow Artisan Team Member, Angela Meritz-Reid over in New Zealand. If you have just joined, be sure to follow the Blog Hop all the way through as 25 Extra Special Australian Demonstrators share inspiring creations made with items from the 2019 Holiday Catalogue.

I have two Christmas cards to share with you today, both with similar elements and colour schemes. I am not a huge fan of traditional Christmas Colours so opted to go with neutrals with a bit of bling. For today's project I have used the Tidings All Stamp Set (#150465) which can be found on Page 9 in the Catalogue.

Sahara Sand, Whisper White, Black and Gold Foil Card stock have been used to create the base, card front and layers for both cards. To create the striped panels, strips of whisper white card has been stamped using the Tiny Keepsake stamp set with StazOn Ink.

This card has a square orientation, measuring 5.5" x 5.5". White Craft Ink has been sponged around the edge of the card front, over the embossed panel and under the wreath.  A few Gold Foil and Vellum die cuts have been tucked under the white heat embossed sentiment. I also used a little bit of Gold Metallic Twine which is retired but its one of my favie products and just couldn't resist adding it to this creation. To finish the card a couple of Snowflake Sequins have been added with Tombow.

The Sahara Sand card front for this card has been white washed using White Craft ink on an Arcylic block which was lightly sprayed with water before "stamping". Once dry, the Wreath image and wintery cottage image from the Still Scenes stamp set (#150503, Page 43) were stamped using StazOn.

Gold Splatters have been added to the card front using an Aqua Painter to flick a mixture of Tombow and Water, then add Gold Embossing Powder and heat.  A little Gold Jingle Bell was added to the top of the card front along with a Linen Thread Bow.

That is all from me today. Be sure to keep hopping for loads more inspiring projects using items from the 2019 Holiday Catalogue. Next up in the ESAD Blog Hop is Lauren Meiklejohn. 

Blog hop participant list:

1. Sharon Dalton

2. Cathy Pinchbeck

3. Tanya Rees

4. Sandra Mastello

5. Shannon Kissane

6. Rochelle Blok

7. Lou Kitzelman

8. Nicole Wilson

9. Bronwyn Eastley

10. Peta Stephen

11. Siobhan Fitzsimmons

12. Libby Dyson

13. Jo Weedon

14. Cheryl Algie

15. Rochelle Laird-Smith

16. Denise Buetler

17. Rebecca Scurr

18. Kelly Kent

19. Monique Fielder

20. Maree McIntosh

21. Melissa Gifford

22. Barbara Williams

23. Angela Meiritz-Reid

24. Jackie Aitken - You are here

25. Lauren Meiklejohn

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I appreciate the time you have invested to visit my blog. You can find a list of all the items used to make the creations in today's post below. Simply click on the images to be taken to my Online store. Happy Shopping xx

Product List

Tidings All Around Photopolymer Stamp Set (En) [150465] $30.00	All-Around Wreath Dies [150641] $59.00	Still Scenes Cling Stamp Set [150503] $38.00
Tiny Keepsakes Cling Stamp Set (En) [150460] $35.00	Pinewood Planks Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [143708] $17.00	Sahara Sand A4 Card Stock [121695] $15.25
Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Gold Foil Sheets [132622] $8.75	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $15.25
Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad [101406] $17.50	Uninked Stampin’ Craft Pad & Whisper White Refill [147277] $16.50	Heat Tool [129056] $50.00
Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder [109129] $10.50	White Stampin' Emboss Powder [109132] $10.50	Jingle Bells [149598] $8.75
Snowflake Sequins [150443] $10.50	Linen Thread [104199] $8.75	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00
Black Stampin' Dimensionals Combo Pack [150893] $10.50	Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108] $6.00

Until next time, stay awesome and stay crafty