Wednesday, 20 August 2025

Painterly Pears for the New At SU! Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today, I am participating in the New at SU! blog hop. We are a group of Stampin' Up!® demonstrators from around the world who are full of creative papercrafting ideas to share with you to get you crafting. This month we are casing a team member. The concept of casing has several definitions - Copy And Selectively Edit or Copy And Share Everything are popular interpretaions. I like to think of it as an inspiration starting point, but using an actual project rather than a sketch or colour combination.

I have the absolute pleasure of casing a project from Jan Musselman's collection. I chose to case her card from July's New at SU! hop which had a birthday theme.

This card is right up my street - flowers, lots of layers and embossing! While Jan used the gorgeous Charming Day bundle from the Floral Charm Suite I have chosen to use the Painterly Pears Suite instead. The focal point on my card, as the name of the suite suggests is the pears, but there are still a few flowers and I've used the same sentiment.

The design elements that I honed in on are:

White card base with Mossy Meadow and DSP layers
Corrugated embossing folder
Modern oval dies from the Impressions Abloom set
Happy Birthday sentiment
Splatters and scattered embellishments

I love the oval shape from the Impressions Abloom set as it creates such a perfect layer for displaying the elements on a card. The Mini Corrugated embossing folder provides a lovely texture within the frame which is enhaced with some ink splatters from a Mossy Meadow marker - just a couple of flicks to add that something extra to the background. I have die cut the pears from the designer series paper to create my focal point but they do have a watercolour effect on them to emulate Jan's watercoloured flowers.

The Happy Birthday sentiment comes from the Charming Day set. I love the handwritten font, especially when it has been heat embossed. Here I have used white powder on a strip of Mossy Meadow card that is tucked under the pears.

To finish off my card I added a scattering of teeny tiny Petal Pink die cut flowers, some die cut leaves and a few Iridescent Pearls. Inside the card has a layer of Mossy Meadow topped with some pretty DSP. A section of the DSP with the white space and an all around border creates a perfect layer for a handwritten message.

I am really pleased with how my card turned out - it's a pretty close copy of Jan's, but at the same time it is different! I think that this card layout could be used with lots of different papers and bundles and it is one that I will CASE again for sure!

I hope that you have been inspired by my project today. Continuing along the hop to the others will provide you with even more project ideas - you are currently with me, Furry Cat Designs by Karen Henderson - but before you hop on to the next post, please take a moment to leave a comment. We love reading your comments!

Do you need any of the products used on today's card? If you live in the UK please take a look in my online Stampin' Up! shop. You can follow the link or click on the pictures below of the products I have used today.

Stay safe and as always, happy crafting,

If you would like to order any supplies, and you live in the UK, I would love to be your demonstrator. To place an order please visit my online shop HERE. The products I have used on today's project are linked from the images shown below.

All Star Video Class Bundles

The Video Class Bundles have 12 AMAZING video tutorials to inspire you each month. For August, we are featuring the Floral Impressions Suite.

Click HERE to purchase.

FREE with a purchase from my online store

2025-2027 In Color Sale

Starting 5 August, select products that feature the new 2025–2027 In Colors™ are 15% off! It's a great opportunity to purchase new In Color products at a discount, so grab products you love—like ink, two-tone cardstock, and Designer Series Paper.