Catty Cruise

Ahoy Maties!!! Welcome to the second voyage of the Catty Cruise. This time with are setting sail through the new Holiday Mini Catalog!

If you just sailed here from Kay Kalthoff port of call Stamping to Share wasn't her projects with the Serene Snowflake amazing?!!!! I just love all she does!

We’ve have 11 incredible stamp artist for this cruise through the new Stampin' Up Holiday Mini catalog. You’ll get to the next port by clicking on the port hole at the end of this post. But, if we somehow lose you along the way, you can always rejoin us by visiting our home port, Catty Cruise Line.


When I first saw the new Holiday mini I was immediately drawn to the Pumpkin Patch Set. I LOVE Halloween, all the cute stuff, not the blood and gore stuff, This little set is adorable and fits the "Cute Stuff" perfectly!

Halloween, to me, is all about the little ones and all the fun they have and of course, the CANDY!!! So I had to make some Halloween treat holders and a card or two!!





The pumpkins in this set are so fun to use and you can mix and match the faces and pumpkins! My box is made with basic black and the Speciality DS paper, Night and Day, also in the mini. The pumpkins are stamped on scrap white and cut out and added with dimensionals. The card is old olive and uses the Cast-A-Spell DS paper. The sentiment is from the Pumpkin Patch Set and I just inked up part of it to use on this card.

This next set is :



just as fun as the first! I made the box pumpkin pie cardstock and added some DS paper to the sides and used a MS punch for the fence. The card is made with pumpkin pie and old olive and more Cast-A-Spell DS paper. I used a needle and embroidery floss to make the "X's" behind the main image panel. I added old olive ribbon and some black brads.

And Lastly:

I used the Pumpkin Patch Set and the Wandering Words Set for this simple little card.



I stamped five of the pumpkin ovals onto scrap white and cut them out, and layered to make the large pumpkin. I stamped the stem and cut it out and added it to the pumpkin. I used a spectrum pad to ink up the words. I layered it onto chocolate chip and then mounted to the card. It is 6-1/2 inch by 3-1/4 inch, and will fit into the small open end envelopes. I added some chocolate chip twill ribbon and some piercing along the bottom.

As much as I’d love to keep you at It's A Stamp Thing, it’s time to weigh anchor again and embark on to the next port, the fabulously talented Angie Tieman at Schwooo! She is going to show you some projects with the "Just Beclause" Stamp Set.

Ahoy Maties

Hello Peeps and Anchors away! The time for the very first Catty Cruise is here.

If you just made the voyage here from Connie's blog Constantly Stamping isn't she awesome? I have been a huge fan of hers for the longest time! Her projects with that lattice die are amazing don't you think?

So pull up a chair and grab a mug of ale, or whatever you like to drink, and sit back and enjoy. We've gathered 12 of the most incredible stampers for an amazing cruise through the new Stampin' Up! catalog. You'll get to the next port by clicking on the port hole at the end of this post. But, if you somehow lose your way , you can always rejoin us by visiting our home port Catty Cruise Line.

When I first got my hands on the new ctalog I was immedietly drawn to the new set Greenhouse Garden. I ordered it first thing. I also love, love, love the new in colors, espically rich razzleberry. So I combined the two, the Greenhouse Garden set and rich razzleberry and the new Designer series paper, Cottage Walls.



This card is called a stand up card and was the Technique Lovers Challenge on Splitcoast a couple of weeks back. I really wanted to try one and this was my ideal opportunity.

I used old olive for my base followed by rich razzleberry and whisper white card stock, followed by the Cottage Wall DS paper. The hardest part of this card was cutting all those angles. I used perfect plum for all my flowers and rich razzleberry for all the centers. I cut out and mounted on dimensionals most all the flowers. The leaves are made with the crimper and hand cut out.

Well, I wanted a little gift bag to go along with this card to hold some candy or possible a gift card.




I made up a little 2-5-7-10 favor box with a flap. I used rich razzleberry again and some more of the Cottage Wall DS paper. I made one of those fun little accordian fold circles for the front with more of the DS paper. I had originally thought I would use on of the flowers from Greenhouse Garden in the middle of the circle, but it just didn't look quite right. So I just used a button. The sentiment comes from the Garden Greetings set and is added under the edge of the button.

Finally one last card with the Greenhouse Garden Set. I went in a completely different direction with this card.



I used another new in-color, crushed curry. I paired it up with some Basic Black card stock. The main image panel is whisper white and the sentiment comes from the Stem Sayings Set. I added three black brads and some non SU gingham ribbon. Super simple and easily mailable card.

I sure hope you have enjoyed your time at my port, but it is time to sail on to the next. The wonderfully talented LeAnne Pugliese at Wee Inklings




HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki