CTC #565 -CASE Your Favourite 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 inspiration from  projects made with our favourite DSP from either catalogue.  So many projects to choose from with an so many beautiful DSP patterns in the Stampin' Up! offering at the moment!

There is one DSP that I really love at the moment and that is the Nature Walk DSP so I was immediately drawn to pages 38 to 41 of the catalogue. It was this somewhat simple card that caught my eye, I think my favourite pattern in this DSP pack is the one with the cursive font so it was easy to see why this card stood out, it is from page 38.  While I love the Nature Walk DSP I did want to stretch myself a little and use one of my other favourite DSP packs from the Online Exclusives, Floral Charm.  While the stamps and dies from this suite have been retired, the DSP is still available. 

When I cut into a new piece of DSP I will cut off a 4" strip, then cut that in half at 6", giving me two pieces that I can easily cut down to layer onto a card front. That is what I did with the Country Wood DSP which I thought would make a nice neutral background, so when I couldn't decide between two of the patterns in the Floral Charm DSP pack I just decided to make two cards instead of one.  This first one features Pecan Pie with pink flowers (I think Petunia Pop), as the solid colour is from the back side of the floral pattern it is hard to be sure. I was going to match the large leaf with the card base, but decided it looked better with the large leave in Mossy Meadow, and the smaller leaves in Pecan Pie. 

My second card has a Mossy Meadow base paired with a DSP strip featuring Mossy Meadow, Pretty Peacock and Cajun Craze. The reverse side of the DSP featured Pretty Peacock and I love the subtle leaf pattern on this side of the DSP. I used the opposite coloured leaves to my first card, making the two of them really quick and easy to produce.  Let me know in the comments which colour combo you prefer.

  

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use one of the projects featuring a 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 the lovely and talented Rebecca has created this week.

Happy Stamping
Monique