In The Cat Cave

Happy Sunday!

Welcome back to Day 7, the final day of a week long blog hop bringing together 20 Display Stampers around the world.  A "Display Stamper" is a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator that is sent product from a future catalogue in order to create projects for large display boards to inspire those at a Stampin' Up! event.

Over the course of this week long blog hop, we will each show you projects that we created for those display boards in the respective regions for OnStage events around the globe.  My projects were displayed in the only North American event in Salt Lake City. Keep in mind that these projects showcase products that will not be available until January 3, 2018 in the Stampin' Up! Occasions and Sale-a-bration catalogues.

If you'd like to see all of my projects that were on display at the Stampin' Up! OnStage event in Salt Lake City in November 2017 be sure to check out this link.

CLICK HERE TO SEE ALL MY DISPLAY BOARD PROJECTS

It's a birthday wand.

Something I make a lot of.

Today is my friend, Carolynn Sander's birthday.

And she's pretty special. I'll tell you why. It's because she has the kind of happy sparkle in her eyes. She loves her friends. And she loves Stampin' Up! She certainly has a way to make people feel special. And well. I like to surround myself with people like that.

So - "Happy Birthday" to Carolynn.

And yes, she's a Display Stamper too so here's my hint to send her some serious love - especially if she's ever made you feel special.

Happy Birthday sweet pea and thanks for the support over the past year! Mwah!

And every birthday wand should come complete with a gorgeous card.

Both of these projects are made of the new paper trim, as well as the foiled Painted with Love Designer Series Paper.

As you can see the products that will be released on January 3rd in the new Salebration and Occasions catalogues are amazing. I can't wait for you to get your hands on these items!

Thanks to everyone who took the time to hop along with us. Your time is pretty valuable so I can't tell you how much it means to me.  In the mean time - I hope you had an amazing weekend especially in the United States for their Thanksgiving weekend.

Keep hopping along to Diane Browning and be sure to check out all 20 of the display stampers!

Love,

Cathy

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And it's Saturday!!! Yahoo!

Welcome back to Day 6 of a week long blog hop bringing together 20 Display Stampers around the world.  A "Display Stamper" is a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator that is sent product from a future catalogue in order to create projects for large display boards to inspire those at a Stampin' Up! event.

Over the course of this week long blog hop, we will each show you projects that we created for those display boards in the respective regions for OnStage events around the globe.  My projects were displayed in the only North American event in Salt Lake City. Keep in mind that these projects showcase products that will not be available until January 3, 2018 in the Stampin' Up! Occasions and Sale-a-bration catalogues.

If you'd like to see all of my projects that were on display at the Stampin' Up! OnStage event in Salt Lake City in November 2017 be sure to check out this link.

CLICK HERE TO SEE ALL MY DISPLAY BOARD PROJECTS

This sweet little treat bag comes from the Mini Treat Bag Framelit out of the annual catalogue.  I always forget that it's there!! The sweet tag is made from the Stitched Shapes framelits and the Perennial Birthday stamp set. The adorable little heart comes of the foiled Painted with Love Designer Series Paper.

Yes, I cut that little cutie out of the paper.

Keep hopping along to Diane Browning and be sure to check out all 20 of the display stampers!

Love,

Cathy

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Hi. Hi. Hi.

Happppyyyy Fri-yayyyyy!

Welcome back to Day 5 of a week long blog hop bringing together 20 Display Stampers around the world.  A "Display Stamper" is a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator that is sent product from a future catalogue in order to create projects for large display boards to inspire those at a Stampin' Up! event.

Over the course of this week long blog hop, we will each show you projects that we created for those display boards in the respective regions for OnStage events around the globe.  My projects were displayed in the only North American event in Salt Lake City. Keep in mind that these projects showcase products that will not be available until January 3, 2018 in the Stampin' Up! Occasions and Sale-a-bration catalogues.

If you'd like to see all of my projects that were on display at the Stampin' Up! OnStage event in Salt Lake City in November 2017 be sure to check out this link.

CLICK HERE TO SEE ALL MY DISPLAY BOARD PROJECTS

Here's the thing.

I like black and white.

With a pop of colour or sparkle or whatever.

This paper is black and white and just the best,

It's the Petal Palette Designer Series Paper so put it on your wish list.

And because I love to layer and tie ribbons and trims together like a Ribbon Ninja...

... I just dare you to even open this gift using the 2" cellophane bags.

Its too cute.

And you know it.

It's kind of like my Artisan Box... 

You just can't open it even though there's Tiffany inside. Tiffany might be cool but that box...

Well, that's perfection.

Right? Right.

Keep hopping along to Diane Browning and be sure to check out all 20 of the display stampers!

Love,

Cathy

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Hi all!

Welcome back to Day 4 of a week long blog hop bringing together 20 Display Stampers around the world.  A "Display Stamper" is a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator that is sent product from a future catalogue in order to create projects for large display boards to inspire those at a Stampin' Up! event.

Over the course of this week long blog hop, we will each show you projects that we created for those display boards in the respective regions for OnStage events around the globe.  My projects were displayed in the only North American event in Salt Lake City. Keep in mind that these projects showcase products that will not be available until January 3, 2018 in the Stampin' Up! Occasions and Sale-a-bration catalogues.

If you'd like to see all of my projects that were on display at the Stampin' Up! OnStage event in Salt Lake City in November 2017 be sure to check out this link.

CLICK HERE TO SEE ALL MY DISPLAY BOARD PROJECTS

On Day One, I showed you a card where I coloured a floral design from the Petal Passion Designer Series Paper using Stampin' Blends alcohol markers. Today I am showing you a similar design; however, I stamped the floral images and then coloured them with the Blends.

The beautiful sentiments come from the Perennial Birthday stamp set. In my mind, the Perennial Birthday and the Petal Passion stamp sets come together beautifully.

My second project for today's hop is a scrapbook page.  I scrapbook in 8.5x11" so this is the perfect size for me.  The paper has beautiful foiled accents and brought in the colours of the photos perfectly. Once available this Painted With Love Designer Series Paper is certainly a must have item!!! 

Scrapbooking is mostly about the stories for me - Because of the limits on display stamping I couldn't tell his story on this page.  However, it was a summer day and he had just gotten out of the pool.  I held this little nugget tight and he decided to stay there for close to an hour.  It might be one of the last times I get to do that so I think I'll hold on to this memory pretty tightly.

"I just love you."

That is exactly how I felt.

"I just love you."

Keep hopping along to Diane Browning and be sure to check out all 20 of the display stampers!

Love,

Cathy

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Well, hello again my new and old friends!

Welcome back to Day 3 of a week long blog hop bringing together 20 Display Stampers around the world.  A "Display Stamper" is a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator that is sent product from a future catalogue in order to create projects for large display boards to inspire those at a Stampin' Up! event.

Over the course of this week long blog hop, we will each show you projects that we created for those display boards in the respective regions for OnStage events around the globe.  My projects were displayed in the only North American event in Salt Lake City. Keep in mind that these projects showcase products that will not be available until January 3, 2018 in the Stampin' Up! Occasions and Sale-a-bration catalogues.

If you'd like to see all of my projects that were on display at the Stampin' Up! OnStage event in Salt Lake City in November 2017 be sure to check out this link.

CLICK HERE TO SEE ALL MY DISPLAY BOARD PROJECTS

I was floored when I first played with this three step stamp on how realistic this stamp appeared. Unless you see this image in real life you might never catch the true dimension and realism. I have fallen in love with this little guy as she looks exactly like my daughter's Jellycat.  I am sure many of you know exactly what I am talking about.

A Jellycat is a sweet floppy eared bunny - the traditional toddler soother.

And now we all fall in love.

Perhaps this stamp might be perfect for your "sweet little somebunny".

I couldn't stop at just one so I continued creating with this stamp and made a shaker card with the newest oversized glitter flakes. 

The little doilies work perfectly on the largest Circle Die from Stampin' Up! I love how you can get this soft border around the circle.

Hope you enjoyed today's projects! Keep hopping along to Diane Browning and be sure to check out all 20 of the display stampers!

Love,

Cathy

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Well, hello again my new and old friends!

Welcome back to Day 2 of a week long blog hop bringing together 20 Display stampers around the world.  A "Display Stamper" is a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator that is sent product from a future catalogue in order to create projects for large display boards to inspire those at a Stampin' Up! event.

Over the course of this week long blog hop, we will each show you projects that we created for those display boards in the respective regions for OnStage events around the globe.  My projects were displayed in the only North American event in Salt Lake City. Keep in mind that these projects showcase products that will not be available until January 3, 2018 in the Stampin' Up! Occasions and Saleabration catalogues.

If you'd like to see all of my projects that were on display at the Stampin' Up! OnStage event in Salt Lake City in November 2017 be sure to check out this link.

CLICK HERE TO SEE ALL MY DISPLAY BOARD PROJECTS

Today is double trouble...

Just like a "Twonie Tuesday" deal.

I always end up buy-ing double because its on sale rather than one. 

Two pizza slices. Two ice cream scoops. Two bags of onions. 

Ugh.

There's a card.

And a scrapbook page.

Ta-Da!

The card is simple as it shows off the Petal Passion Designer Series Paper, as well as the Perennial Birthday stamp set. One of my signature styl's is certainly simple and clean; however, I am a big fan of trims, ribbons and... well, "dangly, danglys" as my old Acadia University coach used to say when referring to our earrings. If you look closely you can see the Berry Burst "Picture Perfect Paper Ribbon trim", as well as the mini sequin trim hanging down the centre.

Do you see what I see...? The bottom half of my "Happy Birthday" sentiment is embossed in gold. 

How did she do that? It's simple. I stamped like I normally would with the Berry Burst ink pad. Before it completely dried I shook some gold embossing powder and set it with the heat gun. But I made sure that the powder only went on the bottom half. Yup. Not rocket science but still pretty cool.

The Painted with Love Specialty Paper is going to be a must have item for you. Each of the 6 double sided designs in this pack is foiled and absolutely stunning.  I used every morsel of this heart background paper in all of my projects.

Of course, true to my style again you can see the vintage lace trim and the new Picture Perfect Paper Ribbon (which resembles stitched fringe). You can also find mini sequins where I quite literally dropped them onto the page and then glued them on with the fine tip glue pen.

I am so happy that you dropped by for this amazing hop. I am sure you are starting to understand that the new Stampin' Up! 2018 Occasions and Salebration catalogues are amazing! 

Keep hopping along to Diane Browning and all 20 of the display stampers!

Love,

Cathy

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It's been a whirlwind since the Stampin' Up! OnStage event wrapped up in Salt Lake City last week and it's now back to real life for me on the East Coast of Canada. For me that means laundry, morning meltdowns, struggling to maintain a work-life balance all the while creating and blogging in between.

This week is extra special and that's because I am blogging with 19 other exceptional Stampin' Up! demonstrators from around the world. Each of these demonstrators were selected to be a "Display Stamper". A "Display Stamper" is a Demonstrator that is sent product from a future catalogue in order to create projects to inspire those at a Stampin' Up! event called OnStage.

Over the course of the next 7 days, we will each show you projects that we created for those display boards in the respective regions.  My projects were displayed in the only North American event in Salt Lake City. 

Thanks for dropping by and I hope we inspire you with these products, which will be available in the 2018 Stampin' Up! Occasions catalogue or Salebration catalogue on January 3, 2018.

Today's project was brought to life using the Stampin' Up! Blends alcohol markers. This Petal Palette Designer Series Paper is actually in black and white; however, blending Stampin' Up! alcohol markers made this page turn into a piece of art. While the Blends are amazing with stamped images, don't be afraid to use them on any patterned paper.

While it's a simple card, the colouring took time - I enjoyed every moment and channeled my inner Connie Collins floral style. 

It's worth noting that Connie will be joining me on the 2018 Stampin' Up! Artisan Design team and I couldn't be more excited to be reunited with my 2013 Artisan friend. I am pretty sure I am her number one fan as every project she creates looks like it was created with great thought and love. You can find her at Constantly Stamping.

I can't wait to show you more projects over the next few days. For now, I'd like to introduce you to my new friend Diane Browning - let's see what she created!

Love,

Cathy

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