CTC #573 - CASE A Punch 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 projects featuring punches. 

I was inspired by this card from the on-line store, it is one of the projects showcasing the 2" Circle Punch. I loved the simplicity of this design and the fun idea to emboss the punched images. 

For my version I used the Stylish Shapes Dies and Fern & Flora Bundle and Embossing Folder and am so happy with how this turned out.  Although I had some difficulty photographing a white on white card!

Here it is with the light coming from a different angle and it really shows the embossing much better. I used a three string linen thread bow and Dew Drop Embellishments to finish off this lovely card. 

  

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use any of the projects featuring punches 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 Judy has created this week.

Happy Stamping
Monique

Let's Craft Together Blog Hop - Black & White & Bright

Welcome to the monthly Let's Craft Together Blog Hop, thanks for joining us. We are a group of multi-cultural Stampin' Up! Demonstrators in Australia who have developed a strong friendship through our love of stamping and our admiration of each other's style of crafting. 

The challenge this month is to create a project that is black, white and bright!  How exciting is this challenge!!!

I thought the easy way to approach this would be to use a black and white DSP, but I didn't have any so I put my thinking cap on and decided to pull out some of the cardstock in the brights collection. I then narrowed it down to a rainbow and used Poppy Parade, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Lemon Lime Twist, and then I pulled a couple of colours from the subtles collection to finish it off with Balmy Blue and Highland Heather. I then cut 1cm strips of each and stuck them together in rainbow order, I turned it 90 degrees then cut 1cm strips (each colour is 1x1cm) then staggered them to create this fun rainbow background. I finished off my card with the very cute Floral Flight Accents which were just perfect for this challenge. I only adhered down the body of the butterfly so the wings lift off the card.  I used some Antique Pearls coloured with a black Sharpie pen, and added a sentiment from the Greetings For All Ephemera pack.  

Time to keep hopping to see the other wonderful projects the team have created for this blog hop.

Happy Stamping

Monique

CTC #572 - CASE A Bundle

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 the projects using the stamp and die bundles in the new catalogue, you can find them on pages 36 to 42. There are lots of inspirational images on these pages so I am excited to see what the Design Team and participants create. 

I was inspired by this card from page 42, I liked the simplicity of the layout and where I usually am all about symmetry the main elements on my card, this one had the focal panel toward the lower half of the card so I wanted to give that a try.

I decided to use the Waterside Retreat DSP as my starting point and this cut out panel was just perfect, I did trim a little bit off the right hand side. I used the woodgrain piece behind the focal image, and because I wanted to use up scraps, this isn't one panel but rather two small strips, the important thing when doing this is to make sure the pattern lines up!  

I cut the other images of the life ring and vest from other sheets of the DSP and finished off with a sentiment from the coordinating Relaxing Waterside stamp set. I love the muted colours on this card it feels so calming.

  

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use the projects in the bundles section of the catalogeu 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  Julia has created this week.

Happy Stamping
Monique

CTC #571 - CASE The Bloom Boutique Suite

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 the Bloom Boutique Suite, pages 16 - 19 of the catalogue. This is such a pretty suite using all of the new incolours!

I was inspired by this card from page 17 of the catalogue, I love the big scalloped circles and floral accents. 

I wanted to replicate the layout and bundle used in the original but also to change it up a little with the colour choice and a couple of different techniques.  The first one being that the floral and leaf images are stamped onto DSP using black ink, I love how the variations in the DSP colourings give them such a pretty look.  I also used some White Gel Pen on the edge of the larger scalloped circle to mirror the stitching on the inner layer, and if you look closely I have speckled the base card and the floral images with gel pen also to add some additional highlights and interest.  The ribbon is the Barely Blush ribbon coloured with Daffodil Delight and Pumpkin Pie Blends to give it a variegated appearance to coordinate with the rest of the card. 

  

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

  

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

Happy Stamping
Monique

CTC #570 - CASE The May Online Exclusives

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 the May Online Exclusives, you can find them HERE.

I was inspired by this card from the Ouch Bundle, I liked the repetitive background which is quite simple yet very effective.

As I don't have the Ouch Bundle I decided to use papers from the Delicate Dreams DSP collection and sentiment from the coordinating stamp and die bundle. I cut strips of the DSP and then trimmed to size before using my Blending Brushes to add ink around the edges to add some definition.  The flowers are fussy cut from the DSP, although there is a die that will cut these, for the few I used it was just as easy to use my scissors. 

  

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

  

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

Happy Stamping
Monique

CTC #569 - CASE The May to August Catalogue

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 from the May to August Catalogue. I love searching a brand new catty for inspiration, it is often hard to narrow it down, but given that I grew up living on a yacht it was easy to understand why I was drawn to the Scenic Coast Suite. 

I was inspired by these cards from page 27 of the May to August Catalogue. I loved the layout of the card on the left, but also took inspiration from the use of the cut out wave pieces on the card on the right. So decided to combine them for my project this week.

I used the sailing ship die rather than the lighthouse for my card, I absolutely love an image of a ship in full sail with the sunset behind it, and this one is perfect. While this is cut from a sheet of Scenic Coast DSP I wanted the ship to be much darker than the DSP so sponged with Secret Sea, masking the waves along the waterline. The cloud is cut from an offcut piece of the DSP. 

Here is a close up of the waves on the card, while the top two are cut as part of the die, the bottom one is one of the cut pieces trimmed down and adhered to the DSP layer, hinting at more of a circle reflection of the sun. I love how this turned out and how easy it was to make a really stunning card using this suite of products. 

  

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

Happy Stamping
Monique

CTC #568 - CASE Your Favourite Annual Catalogue Stamp Set

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 our favourite stamp set in the soon to be discontinued Annual Catalogue.  As always its a bitter sweet time coming to the end of a catalogue, and more so this time as this will be our last annual catalogue, as Stampin' Up! transitions to a single catalogue three times a year.

I was inspired by this project from page 53, created with the Gallery Blooms Suite, one which caught my eye the very first time I looked at this catalogue.  I just love this floral spray and I think it and the other floral stamp from this are my most used stamps over the last year so it was an easy choice for this challenge. 

I wanted to keep to the original sketch, but made it using a more traditional card base, layered with the leafy paper from Moonlit Flora DSP pack from the new catalogue.  The frame was cut from Natural Hues Textured DSP which adds some lovely texture without any additional embossing.  The sentiment is another from Greetings For All Ephemera Pack which I am so happy is carrying over into the new catalogue, this is such a go-to set of sentiments and would have to be my second favourite product this past year.

  

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use any of the projects in the Annual Catalogue that feature your favourite (or any) stamps 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 very talented Andrea has created this week.

Happy Stamping
Monique

CTC #567 - CASE Your Favourite Annual Catalogue 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 Annual Catalogue, which is our way of saying goodbye to the concept of Annual Catalogues as from May 2026, Stampin' Up! will be releasing three stand alone catalogues each year as well as Online Exclusives. This is a simpler approach to having an Annual Catalogue that overlaps with seasonal mini catalogues throughout the year. Let me know if you would like a copy of the new May to August Catalogue, alternatively I will be posting a link to a pdf version from 5 May.

I was inspired by this card from page 37 of the Annual Catalogue, I think I often overlooked this image because I generally am not drawn to orange, but I liked the simple layout with the gold edged tag.

For my card I chose the lovely new Peaceful Pines card base, this is one of the new In-Colours that will be available in the catalogue available from 5 May.  I cut the bicycle from a sheet of the new Waterside Retreat DSP also in the new catalogue, the seagulls and water reeds are from the April Paper Pumpkin stamp set. I preferred the tag with some colour so added some Peaceful Pine and Cloud Cover to give more sense of a background. 

  

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use any of the projects in the 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 the lovely and talented Rochelle has created this week.

Happy Stamping
Monique

Card Swap Chain Series 5 - CASE-ing Sharni

Back in November 2025 we started the fifth series of the Card Swap Chain, arranged by the lovely Tracy Held. The idea is the we each made a card and sent it to another person in the chain. That person would CASE (Copy and Share Everything or Copy and Selectively Edit) the card and send it to the next person who would in turn CASE it and send it on. There are 10 of us in this chain so definitely opportunity for a few variations to sneak in between the first and last card, and these blog hops take you on the journey through the CASEing process. 

Sharni's Card

This chain started with Sharni's pretty purple card with this fun split layout. I love the monochromatic colour scheme of her card, and purple is one of my favourite colours.  If you didn't begin this hop with the first blog, I would recommend you pop back there to start the hop and learn a bit more about the original card.  

I was seventh in this chain and it is great to see that the overall sketch of the card is still very recognisable, the additional layers of cardstock are missing but even the floral theme and very similar colours although I have added blue tones. I love this Floral Charm DSP and am so glad that it is still available in the online store. The flowers are from Lovely Arrangement stamp set and cut with the coordinating dies, the sentiment is from the same stamp set and fussy cut out. I love how the multi layered bow of Linen Thread looks, I choose four pieces of thread and made a bow from them in one go, then attached with a glue dot. 

Time to keep hopping to see how this card was interpreted for the rest of the chain, and if it is still recognisable by the end of the chain What elements do you think made it all the way down the line?

Happy Stamping

Monique