CTC #311 - Easter

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 our inspiration from the January to June Mini Catalogue and using the projects in the catalogue as the basis for an Easter project. 

I was inspired by this image from page 28 of the mini catalogue. I was drawn to the fresh colours of this card. 

For my Project for this challenge I stayed with a similar colour palette to the original card, but instead of stamping the background I used DSP instead, layering the flowers and sentiment over this. I love these little flowers and had such fun choosing colours for them with the two step stamping, I did so much playing around that I can't remember exactly which colours I ended up using! I think the pop of bright green on the leaves was a nice addition.  

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use the samples in the mini catalogue and give it an Easter theme. 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

CTC #310 - CASE The Three Tie Layout

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 our inspiration from the "Three Tie Layout" on page 66 of the January to June Mini Catalogue. 

Here is the basic sketch of the card. 

I decided to stick with a masculine theme for this card, and dusted off my Sailing Home Stamp Set using the knot to create the focal image. I used my Stamparatus to ensure the images were evenly spaced on the panel before adding the sentiment and cutting it to size. This stamp set is one that I won't ever part with as it evokes memories from my childhood during which time I grew up on a yacht on the Queensland coast, so I will get lots of use from this set making cards for my dad who loves the ocean.

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use the sketch from the "tie card" on page 66 of the Jan to Jun Mini to inspire your creativity, then post a picture of your project to the CTC Facebook page.

  

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

Happy Stamping
Monique

CTC #309 - CASE A Bundle Project

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 our inspiration from the projects in the Bundle pages of the Jan to Jun Mini Catalogue, pages 75 to 82.

I was inspired by this image from page 82 featuring the Sweet Strawberry Bundle, I was drawn to this card as I have just received my bundle this week so was excited to ink it up

While I liked the original layout I wasn't taken with the colour combo so mixed it up and had a white panel on a Real Red background, adding some of the SAB Berry Delightful DSP. It reminded me a little of a picnic tablecloth and I loved the contrast against the red strawberries. I also added an extra strawberry as I was driven by having an odd number of items on the page.  On stamping the leaves and flowers image behind the strawberries I used my blending pen to add a touch of colour to the leaves and flowers.  I haven't take a photo but I have also added this same image on the inside panel of the card. 

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use the samples on pages 75 to 82 of the Jan to Jun Mini 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 Tina has created this week.

Happy Stamping
Monique

CTC #308 - CASE The Colours of the Sea and Sand DSP

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 our inspiration from the colours of the Sea & Sand DSP, these colours are Blushing Bride, Flirty Flamingo, Melon Mambo, Seaside Spray, So Saffron and Sahara Sand. You can of course add neutrals or foil to your projects.

Here are those colours in a swatch, although when I am creating I usually pull out the ink pads for each colour and have them sitting on my desk, or if it is quite a few colours I have some cardstock swatches that help me work out layers etc. 

I wanted to play around with my blending brushes to colour the flowers in the True Love DSP and used all three of the pinks as well as So Saffron to give them some depth and variety.  I also used Blending Brushes to add colour to one of the patterned pieces of DSP from the same pack, I really like how the Seaside Spray and Sahara Sand blend together, but they were a little overwhelming when I put the flowers on top so I added a layer of vellum. A little bit of strategic placing of Dimensionals means that the whole vellum layer sits above the ombre DSP layer. I wanted to add a matt to the piece before adhering onto the Basic Black base, so repeated the blending on a piece of Basic White cardstock and then flipped it over so it sat opposite to the DSP piece so Seaside Spray was contrasted against Sahara Sand on both ends! 

I had such fun with the first card that I wanted to try another with more of a focus on the pinks and yellows so added all three of the pinks to the DSP base layer and used only So Saffron on the flowers, building colour in the middle of the flowers and leaving it softer on the edges.  On both cards the leaves are coloured in Sahara Sand with a Stampin Write Marker. I added Seaside Spray on the cute little dragonflies. Again on this card I have raised the vellum layer up with some strategically placed dimensionals under the flowers, sentiment and dragonfly.

I wanted to show you a closer look at the little dragonflies as I have a tip for stamping them out.  I was initially a bit frustrated that they didn't have their own stamp and then I realised I could just stamp the larger dragonfly and punch out the little dragonfly from it if I was careful with the positioning.  I aded some Wink of Stella to all of the wings for some added shimmer. 

Like my card last week, both cards also allowed me to use floral images from the outside of the 12 x 12 DSP, where they were cut off the DSP sheet I just lined them up against the side of the card.  I have also disguised the gap between the two sets of flowers with a little dragonfly.

How do you get the most out of your DSP?

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use the colours in the Sea and Sand 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 Kathryn has created this week.

Happy Stamping
Monique