CTC #113 - Sale-A-Bration

Welcome to another CASEing the Catty Sunday Blog Hop, this week we are taking our inspiration from pages 4 - 7 of the Sale-A-Bration Catalogue.

I was drawn to the card in the above image from page 5 of the catalogue, not only in the layout but also in the DSP stack and natural feel to the card.

I haven't had a good play yet with my new Dragonfly Dreams stamp set, and this was the perfect opportunity.  I was a bit worried with the wings overhanging the edge of the card, and was going to trim them off, but once finished I decided to leave them as they are. The sentiment is from Oh So Succulent which was out on my table and was just the right size for this card. I hadn't realised that the set had a Mother's Day sentiment so that was a nice find!

I had such fun using the Watercolor Pencils on the dragonfly wings, I was trying to capture the range of colours you see as they flash in the sun. To add some extra luminescence I finished off the wings with a touch of Clear Wink of Stella, but haven't tried to capture it in the photo because it never does it justice. 

  

I hope I have helped to inspire you to join in this week, just follow the link above to add a picture of your project to the album.

  

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

Happy Stamping
Monique

Colour Inkspiration #2 - Masculine Window Box

Welcome to another Colour Inkspiration Blog Hop Challenge, we have a great colour combo for you based on this beautiful image:

• Wisteria Wonder
• Soft Sky
• Mint Macaron
• Whisper White
• Garden Green 

While I absolutely love succulents, and was tempted to be inspired by them  in my creation, but I had been playing around with my new Window Box framelits and decided to use the colour combo to make the cute hexagon box in a masculine style. I used one of the box toppers and inlaid strips of Wisteria Wonder and Soft Sky into the slits to tie the colour scheme together.

I was on a roll so decided to make a matching card, if you look closely you can see how I inked up the diagonal stripe stamp alternating colours to match the top of the box.  I am really happy with how this turned out and it has opened up  a world of possibility with this cute little box die.

  

Time to head over to Kelly's blog and see how she has used the combo.

If you would like to join in this week, head on over to the challenge Facebook page and upload your creation to the album for this challenge.

Happy Stamping
Monique

CTC #112 - Cupcakes & Carousels

Welcome to another week at CASEing the Catty, this week we are taking our inspiration from the Cupcakes & Carousels section of the Occasions Catalogue, p 8-13.

I took my inspiration from this card that you can see on page 10, I liked the colours and layout of it, and wanted to use both in my creation.

As you can seek the sketch shifted a bit over the course of my creating, but I did stay true to the colours used, I do like how they go together. This is my first inking up of my new Oh So Succulent stamp set, and I had fun playing around with which colours looked best.  I love these little succulents, as well as the framelits that they bundle with, I can't wait to show you the 3D one I made.  The sentiment is stamped with one of the great sentiments in Layering Love and cut using the Layering Ovals framelits.

I like adding some coordination to the inside of the card, and for this one I simply stamped one of the succulents in the corner. 

   

We have moved the challenge to Facebook, so if you would like to join in just follow the link above. If you are not yet a member, join the group to be added.  Each week we will be having  "most popular" card and a "crew choice" awards to give out.  Don't forget to add your picture to the album for this week to be in the running for one of the awards.

  

Next on the hop is Elizabeth, pop on over to see which project she was inspired by.

Happy Stamping
Monique

CTC #111 - Sale-A-Bration

Welcome to another week at CASEing the Catty, this week we are taking our inspiration from the the whole Sale-A-Bration catalogue!

I pulled my inspiration right off the front cover of the catty with the cute little Tasty Trucks stamp set which I have to say I am falling in love with. 

I love that you can add cupcakes, tacos, ice creams, or even hot dogs in the window of the truck as well as a range of banners, including the two cute flags on the top of my van.  I used the new Watercolour Pencils to colour this image, I love how I can get different depth of colour depending on how I use them. For the cupcakes I also added a thin outline with my Melon Mambo Stampin' Write Marker

  

We have moved the challenge to Facebook this year so if you would like to join in you can just upload your photo to the album there. Just click on the album for this challenge and add your link.

  

Time to hop on over to see what the very talented Jackie has created.

Happy Stamping

Monique