CTC #346 - CASE A Card & Give it a Christmas Twist

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 any of the card projects and giving them a Christmas twist, this gives a wide range of options and I am excited to see what everyone creates. 

 

I was inspired by this image from page 18 showcasing the Days to Remember stamp set. I bought this some time ago but am a little embarrassed to say that until this project it hadn't seen ink!  

This stamp set has a clever stamp that has been designed so that you can choose seven columns of numbers it will equal the dates of any month. Not only that but it was designed so that seven columns is the exact width of one of our stamp pads!

I kept to the same general layout as the original but chose December for my month and highlighted the 25th of course.  Adding die cuts from the Frosted Gingerbread Bundle as the embellishing features.  The sentiment is from a retired stamp set, but it was the best one I had to fit the space.  Some added rhinestones and copper twine from my stash finish off the project and give it a bit of sparkle.  This is a great layout to use for someone's birthday, mother's day, father's day or anniversary.

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use any of the samples in the new Annual 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 #345 - CASE The Colours of the Blackberry Beauty 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 Blackberry Beauty DSP. These colours are Polished Pink, Blackberry Bliss, Rich Razzleberry, Early Espresso, Cinnamon Cider and Gold.

When I was flicking through the catalogue I spotted this card on page 96 of the Annual Catalogue and knew I wanted to CASE it at some point, and this challenge seemed perfect. 

I had just received my Expression in Colour Paper Pumpkin kit when I was looking at this challenge and decided to use one of the cards in the kit for the base of my card. I love the technique used to make these beautiful backgrounds, although have had no luck trying to recreate it myself.  The daisies are stamped using Colour and Contour stamp set, and the sentiment is from the Paper Pumpkin Kit and I think works perfectly with this card. Do you make alternatives from card kits or stick to the original projects?

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use any of the samples in the new Annual 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 Rebecca has created this week.

Happy Stamping
Monique

CTC #344 - CASE An Embossing 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 embossing projects in the Holiday Catalogue. This includes heat embossing or embossing folders.

 

I was inspired by this image from page 43 of the Holiday Catalogue, I love this Merriest Moments Bundle, from the gorgeous embossed image to the coordinating dies to cut it out with to the sentiments in the stamp set.

I have done a lot of projects lately that have featured more traditional colours so for this challenge I decided to go with a Highland Heather and Balmy Blue combo.  I also used a sponge dauber to add some Whisper White Craft Ink to the embossed Highland Heather layer.  This bundle has some great leaves and poinsettia images and dies which makes layering so easy.

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use any of the samples in the new Annual 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 Rebecca has created this week.

Happy Stamping
Monique

CTC #343 - CASE An Animal Card

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 projects featuring animals from either the Annual Catalogue or the Holiday Mini Catalogue. 

I was inspired by this image from page 30 of the Holiday catalogue, I think the little animals peeking out of the stockings is really cute. 

I also loved the layout of the original with the wide strip behind the focal panel.  I decided to change up which layer was cardstock and which was DSP, using my favourite Tidings of Christmas paper and coordinating stamp set and die bundle. I love Evening Evergreen and think it pairs beautifully with copper foil and campaign rhinestones. 

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use any of the samples in the new Annual 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 Rachel has created this week.

Happy Stamping

Monique