CTC 64 - Own Choice SAB

I love Own Choice at CASE-ing the Catty, but I do struggle to pick which project to be inspired from, and this Sale-A-Bration catalogue is so full of great samples! 

This card on page 13 of the Sale-A-Bration catalogue caught my eye because it was so fresh and pretty.

Here is my take on the card, I added an Old Olive base card and crumpled the doily behind the sentiment banner.  I chose the sentiment from Choose Happiness because I liked the whimsical font and it is such a nice sentiment to put on a card to give someone for no reason, or as a thank you to someone who has been there for you.

Time to head on over to Jessica's blog, or if you have a project to link up head to the CASE-ing the Catty Blog.

                                                                   

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Monique

CTC 63 - It's My Party

I just love birthdays, especially when they involve parties, so this week's challenge hop is right up my alley as we are taking inspiration from the It's My Party section of the Occasions Catalogue. This is the pages from 4-7, don't worry if this doesn't seem to be a lot of pages, they are jam packed with inspirational creations.  You don't have to copy a project directly, or even use the same stamp sets or colours, just use the catalogue sample to inspire you.

I have taken inspiration from the card on the right in the above photo, which appears on page 5 of the catalogue.

Here is my card, you can see that I have used the basic sketch but changed up the colours and stamps! I have used the lovely Flowering Fields, one of the Sale-A-Bration stamp sets you can earn for free from now until 31st March with any $90 purchase from the Stampin' Up range, which also includes the retired and weekly specials so you can get a real bargain at this time of year.  I added some Washi Tape, Silver Thread and Faceted Button, as well as a strip of Bohemian DSP.

Time to hop on over to see what Jackie has created 

                                                                     

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Monique

ESAD 2015 Occasions and SAB Blog Hop

Welcome to my creations for the latest ESAD Blog Hop, show-casing products from the new Occasions and Sale-A-Bration Catalogues.  Both of my creations use products from the Botanical Blooms Bundle.

This first one I kept with the colour scheme from the bundle, Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry and Old Olive.  I absolutely love this bundle and the wide range of flowers you can make using it, the depth of colour by sponging the centres of some and edges of other really give them depth.  They are also my favorite new way to use Metal Rimmed Pearls!

Here is my second creation, which you might not think, at first glance has any new products, but if you look closely you will see that the centres of the circles are the centre of the flowers!  I had some bits and pieces lying around on my desk and thought the centres would look cute in circles, so cut first then punched around the cut out image, once that was done I mixed up the colours.  I did have a third one, but it didn't fit well on the card.  I think this would be a great card for a teenage girl, a good girly to grundgey ratio!

Time now to hop on over to Rachel's Blog, then keep following the links until you get back to where you started.

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If you get lost along the way here is a list of all the blogs:

Richelle Fletcher  

Monique Fielder – YOU ARE HERE

Rachael Lewsley

Paula Reid

Pauline Bennetts

Amity Knight

Courtenay Heuston

Chloe Evans

Carly Middleton

Kelly Kent

Sally Williams

Barbara Williams

Andrea Buckland

Narelle Fasulo

Libby Dyson

Lou Kitzelman

Nicole Wilson

Mel Pagano

Happy Hopping
Monique

Pocket Sketch Challenge

I liked this cute little sketch from the Pocket Sketch Challenge, even though I did have to adjust my measurements to our metric sizes!

I chose the cute sentiment from the Going Global stamp set and went with the lovely bright and cheerful Real Red to really show it off for Valentine's Day.  I sponged a sheet of Going Places DSP to add some colour to match.  I stamped the background with the cute little heart stamp from the Perpetual Birthday Calendar stamp set.

Up close you can see the red glimmer paper I used for the horizontal strip, and punched a small heart out of it to accent the sentiment.  The heart is from the Owl Builder Punch and is just the right size.

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Happy Stamping
Monique