CTC #442 - CASE This Sketch

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 this card on page 48 of the Holiday Catalogue. The lovely Rose has simplified it down into sketch format for us. 

I thought this would be a great sketch for a quick and easy Christmas card, I have used the Joy of Christmas DSP and sentiment from Brightest Glow.  I sponged the edges of the DSP and sentiment piece with Crumb Cake to add a vintage feel, and wanted to have a bit of sparkle so added some Gold and Vanilla Satin Edged Ribbon.  For this card I added a thin strip of Basic White cardstock under the band of ribbon so that it pops against the DSP background. 

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

  

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

Happy Stamping
Monique

CTC #441 - CASE an Annual Catalogue Project & 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 inspiration from any of the projects in the Annual Catalogue, then creating a CASE giving it a Festive Twist. 

I was inspired by these cards from page 32 of the Annual Catalogue. I was drawn to the bright colours and the loved the progression from simple to very stepped up versions. 

I wanted to try the layout and colours of the original cards, but gave it a Christmas Twist. I found it really hard to keep this card simple, just stamping and a couple of embellishments. So I decided to make a second card stepping it up a little like the original samples. 

I used the same stamp set, Joy To You, I love its big bold sentiments.  The sentiments on both cards are stamped with Moody Mauve on the top and Blackberry Bliss on the lower half.  I added these two colours with Embossing Paste, with a touch of Dazzling Diamonds for some extra sparkle, and added it using an ombre effect on the card base.  I coloured a couple of Textured Elements with Stampin' Write Markers; did you realise that these are currently available as On-Line Exclusives? 

This isn't a great photo, but it does show the sparkle that a little bit of Dazzling Diamonds gives to the background paste, and Wink of Stella on the Textured Elements. 

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use an Annual Catalogue to inspire your Festive project, then post a picture of it to the CTC Facebook page.

  

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

Happy Stamping
Monique

CTC #440 - CASE A Mini Catalogue Embossing Folder 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 inspiration from any of the projects in the Holiday Catalogue that use embossing folders.  You don't have to have an embossing folder to play along, you just need to have the embossing folder project inspire your own creation.

I was inspired by this card from page 32, I like the simplicity of the layout.

I decided not to create a Christmas card for this one, and instead used my Earthen Elegance Bundle and DSP as well as die cut from Timeless Arrangements dies. I love using the Cane Weave 3D Embossing Folder with the Earthen Elegance Suite. I used my Pretty Peacock Blends pen to colour the linen thread and 2023-35 In-Colour Dots to coordinate with the project. 

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use any of the projects using Embossing Folders, 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

Let's Craft Together Blog Hop - Colour Challenge

Welcome to the monthly Blog Hop by Let’s Craft Together and thank you for joining us. We are a group of multi-cultural Stampin’ Up!® demonstrators in Australia who have developed a strong friendship though our love of stamping and our admiration of each other’s style of crafting.

Each month one of us sets a challenge that we use for the blog hop. This month’s is a Colour Challenge created by Michele Jutrisa using some of her favourite colours: Boho Blue, Parakeet Party, Berry Burst, Fresh Freesia and Lemon Lolly.  The challenge is to use at least three of these in a creative project. You might like to have a go at it yourself. If so, we would all love to see your creation.

I decided to challenge myself to use all five of the colours. With any colour challenge I get out my ink pads or card samples and start to move them around to see how they look together.  This combination of colours made me think of flowers, leaves and a clear spring sky.  To incorporate three colours into the flowers I used my blending brushes to add the colours in bands onto my stamp, I started with Lemon Lolly on the outer edge, then Berry Burst on the lower edge/centre of the flower; and finally I added Fresh Freesia to the space between the two, overlapping it a little.  I then darkened up the centre of the flowers by tapping my Berry Burst Blending Brush onto that part of the stamped image. I love how this turned out.  The background is created using a mask and embossing paste coloured with Boho Blue ink.  I think this gives the impression of looking through a lattice fence.  

I brought the masking into the inside of the card, but this time just with the Blending Brush, using less pressure as I moved away from the corner.  To balance this I added a couple of the stamped leaves in the bottom right.

I am so pleased with how this card turned out, it was a request from my daughter who wanted a special thank you card to give to Jo, her student midwife, who has supported her through her pregnancy and birth of her first child.  Jo has been amazing and I was happy to make this card for her. 

Time to hop on over to the next blog, just follow the link below. 

Happy Stamping
Monique