CTC #89 - Christmas

Welcome to another week at CASEing the Catty, this week we are re-visiting the Christmas section of the Annual Catalogue.  I just love Christmas, and have just held my Christmas in July class so I am feeling very very Christmassy right now.

I took my inspiration from the image above, the cute gift box with the wreath.

Instead of a box, I used the inspiration image to create this card. I used layers of the biggest "swirl" from Swirly Birds Thinlets to create the wreath and give it more dimension and depth.  The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Sentiments, I learned this weekend that the Thoughtful Banners stamp set has a little border for the new Classic Label which works perfectly with Teeny Tiny Sentiments and gives them a lovely finish.

  

Time for you to join in the fun, by taking inspiration from the Christmas section of the catalogue and uploading a picture of your creation to the above link to our monthly challenge page.

  

Time to hop on over and see how Jackie has been inspired.

Product List

Teeny Tiny Sentiments [130042] $64.00	Thoughtful Banners Photopolymer Stamp Set [141614] $37.00	Swirly Scribbles Thinlits Dies [141497] $45.00	This Christmas Designer Series Specialty Paper [141628] $22.75	Classic Label Punch [141491] $31.00
Gold 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Natural Trim [141484] $12.25	Gold 5/8" Satin Ribbon [134547] $12.25	Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder [109129] $8.75	Versamark Pad [102283] $15.00	Early Espresso A4 Card Stock [121686] $14.00
Soft Suede A4 Card Stock [119982] $14.00	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685] $14.00	Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550] $15.75

Happy Stamping
Monique

JUGS - Birds

Nothing like a box of new stamps and papers to get my creativity flowing, and the Just Us Girls challenge this week to use birds just called to me having just unpacked Swirly Birds stamp set and coordinating framelits.

Now this set has some odd shaped stamps that can be put together in many different ways to create all sorts of things, one of the less abstract ones is the little bird and a shape that can either be a nest or a boat hull. To go with this is a little stamp with three ovals on it that everyone is using as eggs in the next, however from the moment I saw it I wanted to add eyes and beaks and make them into baby birds!  What do you think?  I used the end of one of the leaves in the set to make the beaks but they would be super easy just to add by hand.

One of my other new products is the lovely Serene Scenery DSP stack, which has  a combination of photo style images, and patterned sheets in soft natural colours.  I decided to keep the soft feel going and add the sentiment from Layering Love which I think is just beautiful and goes so well with the mother bird looking after her chicks.  The nest is also made from the Swirly Scribbles Thinlits that co-ordinate with the Swirly Bird stamp set. 

Product List

Swirly Bird Photopolymer Bundle [142353] $80.00	Serene Scenery Designer Series Paper Stack [141642] $17.50	White Vellum A4 Card Stock [106584] $11.50	Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad [126982] $11.50	Marina Mist Classic Stampin' Pad [126962] $11.50
Early Espresso A4 Card Stock [121686] $12.25

Happy Stamping
Monique