CTC #267 - Ornate Garden Week 1

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. 

For the next two weeks we will be taking our inspiration from the Ornate Garden Suite which is a sneak peek from the new Annual Catalogue that you can purchase from now until 31 May 2020. Each week during the challenge the Design Team will post up creations inspired by this suite. You can be inspired by any of the images associated with this suite which you can find on the online shop (link on the left).

To learn more about this lovely suite, or to find a little more inspiration, you can watch this video by Stampin' Up!

I was inspired by this image as I found the simplicity of the design really appealing and the reduced colour pallet quite pretty. 

As with all our challenges, you don't have to have the exact products in a suite or to match a card or project, just use the products you do have.  That was the basis of my card for the challenge, I am in love with the beautiful Flowering Foils DSP from Sale-A-Bration, and even though SAB is over for this year I thought the lovely big floral images would be perfect for this layout.  I started by fussy cutting the flower images and adhering them to a panel of 8cm x 11cm Whisper White card stock before cutting at 3cm and 8cm to create the three panels.  I decided to add some colour by fussing cutting some of the pretty little flowers and leaves from the Bird Ballad DSP, adding some Organdy Striped Ribbon.

  

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use the samples from the Ornate Garden Suite to inspire your creativity, then post a picture of your project to the CTC Facebook page.

  

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

Happy Stamping
Monique

CTC #266 - Week 2 - CASE This Sketch For Easter

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 using this sketch to create an Easter project. 

I love the soft colours of this piece of DSP and decided to use it as the colour scheme for my card and used Petal Pink and So Saffron as my main colours. The pretty floral image from Easter Promise is just perfect as a feature piece on the card, and I think it looks really pretty with the scalloped Petal Pink background. I don't have Petal Pink Stampin' Blends, but by adding a touch of light Calypso Coral to the inner petals of the flowers and blending it with my light So Saffron Blend it adds some pink tones to the flowers.

It is a bit hard to see in this photograph, but I used my Subtle embossing folder on the Whisper White panel to add some soft texture to the card without detracting from the main images. The sentiment is from Itty Bitty Greetings.

  

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use the sketch to inspire your creativity and make an Easter themed project, then post a picture of it to the CTC Facebook page.

  

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

Happy Stamping
Monique

CTC#265 - 2nd Release SAB

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 our inspiration from the second release SAB flyer. You can find a link here. 

I was inspired by this image from page 3 of the flyer, I was taken with the 2nd release Flowering Foils Specialty DSP which arrived on my doorstep on Friday and I LOVE it.  One of the things I like about this paper which is different to previous foiled paper is that this one is not printed on glossy paper so it is brilliant for all types of colouring. 

I decided to keep the layout of the card fairly similar but mixed it up by using Highland Heather for the base card, pairing it with Gorgeous Grape and Granny Apple Green which I think look great together.  For the sentiment I used the So Sentimental Stamp Set and coordinating Stitched So Sweetly Dies. I just love how well these two layer together.

  

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use the samples in the Second Release SAB Flyer 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