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

CTC #442 - CASE This Sketch

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 this card on page 48 of the Holiday Catalogue. The lovely Rose has simplified it down into sketch format for us. 

I thought this would be a great sketch for a quick and easy Christmas card, I have used the Joy of Christmas DSP and sentiment from Brightest Glow.  I sponged the edges of the DSP and sentiment piece with Crumb Cake to add a vintage feel, and wanted to have a bit of sparkle so added some Gold and Vanilla Satin Edged Ribbon.  For this card I added a thin strip of Basic White cardstock under the band of ribbon so that it pops against the DSP background. 

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use the sketch above 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 #441 - CASE an Annual Catalogue Project & Give It A Christmas Twist

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 any of the projects in the Annual Catalogue, then creating a CASE giving it a Festive Twist. 

I was inspired by these cards from page 32 of the Annual Catalogue. I was drawn to the bright colours and the loved the progression from simple to very stepped up versions. 

I wanted to try the layout and colours of the original cards, but gave it a Christmas Twist. I found it really hard to keep this card simple, just stamping and a couple of embellishments. So I decided to make a second card stepping it up a little like the original samples. 

I used the same stamp set, Joy To You, I love its big bold sentiments.  The sentiments on both cards are stamped with Moody Mauve on the top and Blackberry Bliss on the lower half.  I added these two colours with Embossing Paste, with a touch of Dazzling Diamonds for some extra sparkle, and added it using an ombre effect on the card base.  I coloured a couple of Textured Elements with Stampin' Write Markers; did you realise that these are currently available as On-Line Exclusives? 

This isn't a great photo, but it does show the sparkle that a little bit of Dazzling Diamonds gives to the background paste, and Wink of Stella on the Textured Elements. 

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use an Annual Catalogue to inspire your Festive project, then post a picture of it to the CTC Facebook page.

  

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

Happy Stamping
Monique

CTC #440 - CASE A Mini Catalogue Embossing Folder Project

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 any of the projects in the Holiday Catalogue that use embossing folders.  You don't have to have an embossing folder to play along, you just need to have the embossing folder project inspire your own creation.

I was inspired by this card from page 32, I like the simplicity of the layout.

I decided not to create a Christmas card for this one, and instead used my Earthen Elegance Bundle and DSP as well as die cut from Timeless Arrangements dies. I love using the Cane Weave 3D Embossing Folder with the Earthen Elegance Suite. I used my Pretty Peacock Blends pen to colour the linen thread and 2023-35 In-Colour Dots to coordinate with the project. 

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

  

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

Happy Stamping
Monique