CASE-ing the Catty - Toadstool Gardens

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Welcome to CASE-ing the Catty for this week and Happy Australia Day!

If you’ve come from visiting Rochelle, then welcome! If you’re visiting me, I appreciate you stopping by today! You can continue your journey to see the other inspiring creations from the CTC Crew by clicking on the button at the bottom of the post.

The first month of Sale-a-Bration is over already, so we are on the final 4 weeks to earn FREE products with a qualifying order of $100AUD or more. There will be NEW products added to the selection available on 4th February (Tuesday), so make sure you check them out.

This week I’m using the very sweet Toadstool Gardens 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper. I love the bright colours in this paper (being a pink fan from way back, lol). This is a Level 1 option, that you can choose with a $100AUD or more qualifying order.

The coordinating colours are Early Espresso, Fresh Freesia, Granny Apple Green, Melon Mambo, Poppy Parade, Pumpkin Pie. The paper is much brighter in real life and none of the images do it justice!

Stampin' Up! Terrific Toadstools Bundle & Toadstool Gardens DSP | Judy May | Just Judy Designs

To start, I cut a singled-sided Basic White Thick card base measuring 4 1/8″ x 6″ (10.5cm x 15.2cm) as I decided to use the designer paper for the top layer and couldn’t see the point of cutting off a tiny strip. The card still easily fits in a Medium Envelope for standard postage. I chose the fun toadstool print and cut it in half at 3″ and scored the left edge at 1/4″ and adhered to the side of the card base. The Granny Apple Green strip was cut at 1/4″ and added to the edge of the paper to create a nice border. I chose the Melon Mambo irregular diamond design to contrast and cut a piece 3 1/4″ wide and folded it in half and glued the edges closed. The cut edge was then scored at 1/4″ and added to the right side of the card base.

You can see in the photo above, how it looks when the card is open. I stamped the small cluster of toadstools along the bottom of the writing panel, which is the card base.

For the embellishment on the front, I used the Terrific Toadstools stamp set. The leaves were stamped in Granny Apple Green ink on a piece of Basic White and cropped it with one of the dies from the Spotlight on Nature Dies. The toadstools were stamped in Melon Mambo and Pumpkin Pie ink and cropped with coordinating Terrific Toadstools Builder Punch. I love that it crops inside the image, without leaving a border. The stems were punched from Early Espresso card stock and the finished pieces were layered onto the stamped circle. The white circle was popped up on the Melon Mamber Circle. The birthday greeting from Beautiful Butterflies stamp set was stamped and trimmed into 2 pieces and popped up over the stems.

The retired Lemon Lime Twist 1/8″ ribbon was treaded through the trim on each side of the circle, which was adhered to the left side of the card only. I finished with some gold sequins and a retired Bumblebee Trinket and tied the ribbon into a bow on the right.

Project Details

Stamps: Beautiful Butterflies, Terrific Toadstools
Cardstock & Papers: Basic White, Melon Mambo, Granny Apple Green, Early Espresso, Toadstool Gardens DSP
Ink: Melon Mambo, Pumpkin Pie, Gray Granite
Accessories: Neutrals Adhesive-Backed Sequins, Bumblebee Trinkets (retired), Lemon Lime Twist 1/8″ ribbon (retired).
Tools: Spotlight on Nature Dies, Stampin’ Cut & Emboss, Dimensionals, Glue Dots, Terrific Toadstools Builder Punch

We would love to see your CASE from the Sale-a-Bration Brochure this week. Click on this link or the image below to go there. The first time you will need to click on the ‘Join Group’ button at the top. Once you have been added to the group, you can go ahead and post your creation and you do not need to have a blog.