CTC #202 - Joyous Christmas Tags

Welcome to another week at CASEing the Catty Sunday Blog Hop, where we take a look at one of the sections of a current Stampin' Up! catalogue and use the projects within it to inspire our own creations.

This week we are taking our inspiration from any of the amazing tags throughout the Holiday Catalogue, I haven't counted them up but there are heaps of them in this catty and this challenge is the perfect opportunity to start making your tags for Christmas.

With so many great tags in the catalogue how could I just stick to one?  Not possible, so instead I took inspiration from these two tags on page 28, to make a tag and a card. I love the Joyous Noel DSP and although I don't have the Peaceful Noel stamp set I wanted to see how they would turn out using the sets I do have.

The tag on the left looks great, but instead of leaving it as a tag I decided to use it as a feature on a card front, the best part of which is it allowed me to showcase some of the other DSP sheets in the pack!  I used the Duet Banner Punch cut from copper glimmer paper and layered this with one of the cute tags from Tags & Tidings Bundle.

My second project was to re-create the other tag, for this one I kept fairly true to the original layout but used my tag topper punch and added some of the gorgeous Merry Merlot & Copper Ribbon  to the top of the tag. The sentiment is from Itty Bitty Greetings, the holly from Peaceful Poinsettia, and the smudge from Love What You Do. 

  

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use the samples in the All Is Bright section of the catalogue to inspire your creativity, then post a picture of your project to the CTC Facebook page.

  

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

Happy Stamping
Monique

CI #44 - Pretty Pastels

Welcome to another Colour INKspiration challenge, this one will run for three weeks, so you have time to be inspired by the gorgeous image and the Stampin' Up! colours we have matched to it.

This beautiful image has the colours: Sahara Sand, Blushing Bride, Highland Heather, Whisper White and Pear Pizzazz. You can also add any of the basic colours (black, white and vanilla).

 My project for this challenge features the Follow Your Dreams bundle, paired with Labeler Alphabet for the "dare to" part of the sentiment.  I wanted to  use this stamp set with some soft colours and I think layering these with a piece of one of the lighter sheets of Woodgrain really gives it a whimsical almost faded feel.  A dream catcher on the side of a beach house perhaps.

Do you like the effect I achieved on the feathers? I wanted to give them a more realistic look with variegated colour.

To achieve this I dragged my Highland Heather and Sahara Sand ink pads across a piece of Whisper White cardstock, over-lapping the colours. Then I placed my feather Framelit over the parts that I liked best and cut them out, then I just chose the two that went best with my card and sponged the edges to make them stand out just a little bit more.

  

I hope you are inspired to join in with this challenge, as I mentioned at the start of my post you have three weeks to complete this one, so grab your inks and papers then post a picture of your project to the CI Facebook Page.

  

Time to hop on over and see what the lovely Rebecca has created with the colours.

Happy Stamping
Monique

CTC #201 - Don't Forget the Covers!

Welcome to another week at CASEing the Catty Sunday Blog Hop, where we take a look at one of the sections of a current Stampin' Up! catalogue and use the projects within it to inspire our own creations.

This week we are taking our inspiration from the front and back cover of the Holiday Catalogue. I have to admit the covers are parts of the catalogue that I sometimes forget to really pay attention to, but there really are lots of projects on our catalogue covers. Did you also notice that the layout of the Holiday catalogue is really similar to the Annual Catalogue? I love the way SU did this in their design.

I was inspired by this image from the front cover, I really liked all the layers on this card and wanted to make one with different DSP and stamps.

As you can see I kept fairly close to the original but used the Peaceful Poinsettia Bundle for the sentiment and main die cut flower. I cut it first in Copper Foil and added a layer of Merry Merlot over the top, I love how these two colours work together.  After a few tries for the sentiment I decided I really liked it on the angle in the punch shape. The layers of DSP are from Joyous Noel which is just beautiful, the copper foil features on the sheets give them such a rich feel.

  

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use the samples in the All Is Bright section of the catalogue to inspire your creativity, then post a picture of your project to the CTC Facebook page.

  

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

Happy Stamping
Monique

CI #43 - 2018-2020 In Colours

Welcome to another Colour INKspiration challenge, this challenge will run for two weeks and in it we will use the lovely new In-Colours 2018-2020 from the Annual catalogue.

You can use just one of these colours, or up to all five in your project for this challenge. In addition to the challenge colours, you can of course add any of the basic colours (black, white and vanilla) and metallics.

My project for this challenge uses Lovely Lipstick, Grapefruit Grove and Pineapple Punch, and features the Beautiful Promenade Bundle. I started by stamping the image that usually goes inside the flower but this time left off the outline of the petals. Now that the card is finished I am wondering what it would have been like if I stamped off the colours for a softer look ... I might need to give that a go soon.  I wanted to play around a bit with the tag topper framelit from the bundle and so used it to create a feature down the left hand side of the main panel. I found that it lined up fairly well and holding it in place with washi tape while I ran it through the Big Shot really helped keep things in place. The sentiment and little flowers are also from the same bundle, so this is a great example of a card that you could make with just a few supplies. 

  

I hope you are inspired to join in with this challenge, as I mentioned at the start of my post you have three weeks to complete this one, so grab your inks and papers then post a picture of your project to the CI Facebook Page.

  

Time to hop on over and see what the lovely Kim has created with the colours.

Happy Stamping
Monique

CTC #199 - Country Lane

Welcome to another week at CASEing the Catty Sunday Blog Hop, where we take a look at one of the sections of a current Stampin' Up! catalogue and use the projects within it to inspire our own creations.

This week we are taking our inspiration from the Country Lane section of the Holiday catalogue, pages 42 - 47.

I was inspired by this image from page 42, I was looking specifically for a sketch that would let me play with my new Follow Your Dreams Bundle, and this one seemed to fit the bill.

I have had my eye on this bundle for some time and finally caved and added it to my last order, which arrived while I was away on holiday so I have been itching to ink it up and get creating. I love all the different looks that you can achieve with the set, and for this card I wanted to have a rustic almost leathery feel to the card so used Cajun Craze and Daffodil Delight as my base colours, the DSP from Share What You Love reminded me a little of stitched or embossed leather.

I wanted the sentiment to stand out a little so off-set the Cajun Craze (spritzed with Champagne Shimmer Paint) with a Basic Back layer. The background was stamped using the small sun image in Versamark to add some subtle texture to the card.

I embossed the dream-catcher with Copper Embossing Powder and used my aqua painter to add colour to the feathers and flowers. I love how the flowers and feathers layer in such a pretty way.  , and wanting to keep a rustic feel used Mango Melody and Cajun Craze to colour the flowers and feathers. The 1/4" Copper Trim makes a pretty but rustic bow to set off the card.

  

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use the samples in the All Is Bright section of the catalogue to inspire your creativity, then post a picture of your project to the CTC Facebook page.

  

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

Happy Stamping
Monique