CTC #578 – CASE The July Online Exclusives

Welcome to another week at CASEing the Catty Sunday Blog Hop, where utilise the projects within the current Stampin' Up! catalogue to inspire our own projects each week. We also invite you to join with us in the challenge each week by using this inspiration in your own creations and uploading a photo to our Facebook page.

This week we are taking inspiration from the projects associated with the July Online Exclusives, just check out the online store to see what is in this offering and the projects the home office have designed to show their possibilities.

I was inspired by this card from from the of the Simply Leaves Bundle I was drawn to its simplicity and liked the technique for the background. 

I kept with the layout and exposed embossed technique from the original, using Granny Apple Green Two Tone cardstock for the main panel and pairing it with Crushed Curry rather than gold foil for the two bands. The card base is Pretty Peacock and the ferns cut from Pretty Peacock Two Tone cardstock, using both sides and adding a little extra in in places using the Blending Brushes.  The stamping and die cuts are from the Fern & Flora Bundle and Embossing Folder.  

  

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use the projects associated with the July Online Exclusives to inspire your creativity, then post a picture of your project to the CTC Facebook page.

  

Time to hop on over and see what lovely and talented Kathryn has created this week.

Happy Stamping
Monique

Bright & Cheerful Garden Gatherings

It has been a while since I joined a challenge that I haven't been on the design team for, but today I went looking for some inspiration and decided to join the TGIF Colour Challenge paired with the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge.  Check them out if you haven't visited before, there are some great inspiration projects.

I thought the simple floral image from Garden Gatherings would be great for this even though neither Coastal Cabana or Lemon Lime Twist are traditionally the colour of flowers, they do go really well together.  The DSP is from Modern Christmas which adds a touch of gold to the black and white sheets; I did add some LLT ink to the background to soften the starkness of the DSP.  The sentiment is from Lily Of The Valley which is so pretty just fully cut out and added on dimensionals.

Happy Stamping
Monique

CTC #577 - CASE Scenic Coast Colours

Welcome to another week at CASEing the Catty Sunday Blog Hop, where utilise the projects within the current Stampin' Up! catalogue to inspire our own projects each week. We also invite you to join with us in the challenge each week by using this inspiration in your own creations and uploading a photo to our Facebook page.

This week we are taking inspiration from the colours in the Scenic Coast DSP, these are Strawberry Slush, Crushed Curry, Balmy Blue, Blueberry Bushel, Highland Heather and Gorgeous Grape.  These are some bold colours together and I wanted to find a way to show them off to good effect. 

I decided to "cheat" and include a sheet of the Scenic Coast DSP, but used it in a slightly different way, turning it on its side and trimming a strip off the bottom and re-attaching. By doing this it disguises the sunset/rise appearance of the DSP and creates an interesting background, I don't think you would know the left panel is supposed to be waves unless you had seen the original sheet. I went searching for a floral image that would allow me to use all of the colours and the Fragrant Layers was perfect, I used blending brushes to add Strawberry Slush and Crushed Curry to the small buds, and both shads of purple to the larger flowers, although it is difficult to tell with the distinctive style of the flowers. I stamped the outline in Blueberry Bushel and coloured the leaves Balmy Blue, because who says leaves can't be blue! I really loved how this looks even though not traditional leaf colours!

  

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use the colours of the Scenic Coast DSP to inspire your creativity, then post a picture of your project to the CTC Facebook page.

  

Time to hop on over and see what Peta has created this week.

Happy Stamping
Monique