CTC #84 - Love and Sympathy

Welcome to this week's CASE-ing the Catty blog hop for the week, we are making our way through the catalogue one section at a time, and this week we are at the Love & Sympathy section, pages 44 - 55.

Once again there is lots in this section to be inspired by, and I decided to take inspiration from the card on page 49, mostly because it gave me the opportunity to have a play with my new Flourishing Phrases Bundle.

I kept most of the colours the same but decided I wanted a softer green so used the delicate Mint Macaron for the leaves, which when paired with Peekaboo Peach really makes it pop.  The sentiment and base card are another pop of colour with the vibrant Bermuda Bay.

I loved this sketch so much I decided to use it again, this time with This Christmas Specialty DSP. This is a great value pack of papers because you get 24 sheets for just $22.75, that's double the usual amount, and even though the thickness of the paper is not as heavy as the regular DSP it is much sturdier than I was expecting.  I just love the colours and patterns in this set as well.

The flowers from Flourishing Framelits set really made me think of poinsettias so I think it works perfectly with the Christmas theme.  You can see here that I painted each of them with Gold Wink of Stella to make them pop. I also splattered the Gold Wink of Stella on the sentiment panel as well so the whole card has a lovely sparkle to it.

  

I hope I have inspired you to join in with the challenge, if so follow the link above to add a link to your creation.  If you would like to be part of the CTC Design Team this is your last opportunity, we will be choosing a few new members from all the entries received in June.

  

Time to hop over to Jackie's blog and see which sample inspired her creation this week.

Product List

Flourishing Phrases Wood-Mount Bundle [142322] $120.50	This Christmas Designer Series Specialty Paper [141628] $22.75	Gold Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141898] $11.50	Gold Glimmer Paper [133719] $8.75	Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad [138326] $11.50
Garden Green A4 Card Stock [108605] $14.00	Peekaboo Peach A4 Cardstock [141422] $14.00	Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay [131286] $14.00	Cherry Cobbler A4 Card Stock [121681] $14.00

Happy Stamping
Monique

CTC #83 - Thanks

Time for another CASEing the Catty Blog Hop, and this week we are taking inspiration from the Thanks section of the catalogue (pages 38-43).  I chose the green card on the top left of page 43, and changed up the colours and sentiment.

I have fallen in love with the Floral Boutique DSP and changed the colour scheme of the card so I could use it here.  I chose a sentiment from the lovely Flourishing Phrases stamp set, and added it to a layer of vellum with Copper Embossing Powder. 

One of the lovely things about this stamp set is that the sentiments can be used alone or paired up as I have done on this card with this beautiful sentiment on the inside. As this is a sympathy card and I wanted to keep the inside clean and simple, I didn't add any additional stamping to the inside. 

  

We would love you to join in the challenge this week, simply make a project taking inspiration from the Thanks section of the catalogue and link it up to the main blog page here. We chose a top pick from the whole month so don't worry that it is on the birthday challenge page. We are also looking for a few more team members so if you would like to join us just join in this month.

  

Time to hop on over to Jackie's blog and see which project she was inspired by.

Product List

Flourishing Phrases Clear-Mount Stamp Set [141534] $64.00	Floral Boutique Designer Series Paper [141663] $19.25	Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock [106577] $14.00	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $15.75	Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder [141636] $8.75
White Vellum A4 Card Stock [106584] $11.50	Versamark Pad [102283] $15.00

Happy Stamping

Monique