CTC #450 - CASE The Holiday Mini

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 September to December Mini Catalogue, this will be our last challenge for this catalogue, and the last one for 2023!  So just pick your favourite project, or one that challenges you to use a different colour scheme or layout and join in.

I was inspired by this card from page 21, I love how the sentiment stands out, but also the card has some lovely layers as well.

I decided that with the Shining Brightly DSP that the background was busy enough so I didn't add the foliage behind the sentiment. I did decide that a strip of ribbon and bow would finish it off nicely. This is such a lovely layout, my card measures 8.5cm x 14.8cm, so will still fit into a standard C6 envelope. 

I had a couple of off-cuts so added them to the inside of the card to give it some interest.  Because this is a smaller than usual card, I didn't want to add a sentiment inside, rather have left the full space for writing my message. 

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

  

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

Happy Stamping
Monique

CTC #449 - CASE Colours of Merry, Bold & Bright 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 the colours in the Merry Bold & Bright DSP.  

These colours are Melon Mambo, Poppy Parade, Crushed Curry, Granny Apple Green, Shaded Spruce and Blueberry Bushel.

I wasn't sure how I would get all of these colours into one card, but then I thought how cute they would be used with the Joy of Noel and Christmas Classics Bundles.  Stamping each of the letters in a different colour, and layering these on the Granny Apple Green die cut banner really makes them pop.  I added Poppy Parade berries to the banner as well.  The background embossing folder is a retired one that I thought layered nicely with these bundles.  A pop of gold behind adds an sparkly element. 

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use the colours of the Merry, Bold & Bright 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 Julia has created this week.

Happy Stamping
Monique

CTC #445 - CASE the Garden Walk Section

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 Garden Walk section of the Holiday Catalogue, pages 52 - 55.

I was inspired by this card from page 52, I liked the wreath made from the Deckled Circles Dies.

For my card I wanted to have a wider wreath shape as I wanted to try something a little tricky with the card, and a thin wreath wouldn't have worked as well.  I also think the wider wreath is a better option for the less sparkly gold DSP.  I chose the woodgrain sheet from Joy of Christmas DSP pack to give the feel of a wooden front door.  The tricky element with the card is that the wreath is actually adhered to the inside panel of the card, and lines up with the elements on the front of the card.

I achieved this by firstly adhering the wreath to the inside panel aligning it perfectly with hole cut in the front of the card.  I then added images stamped and cut from the Joy of Noel stamp set, trimming the edge of one of them with the deckled circle die that I used for the wreath (this is much easier to do if you mark the "top" of your die, ask me how i know!).  Without adhering any of the elements in place I kept moving them until I was happy with the overall look from the closed front, and the open card.

Even when the card is open the front panel still looks balanced, so I was really happy with how this turned out, not one to mass produce however!  It will be great to give to someone who appreciates the work that goes into a hand made card.

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use the projects in the Garden Walk section of the Holiday 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 Rebecca has created this week.

Happy Stamping
Monique