Card Swap Chain Series 4D - CASE-ing Carolina

Back in May 2025 we started the fourth series of the Card Swap Chain, arranged by the lovely Tracy Held. The idea is the we each made a card and sent it to another person in the chain. That person would CASE (Copy and Share Everything or Copy and Selectively Edit) the card and send it to the next person who would in turn CASE it and send it on. There are 10 of us in this chain so quite a few variations between the first and last card, and these blog hops take you on the journey through the CASEing process. 

Carolina's Card

This chain started by Carolina with this beautiful birthday card. I love her use of arches behind the focal cupcake image. If you didn't start the hop with this card you should make your way to Carolina's blog and start hopping from there to really appreciate the progress her card makes through the chain.

I was fifth in this chain and it is fun to see that the rounded shapes are still evident and I also chose colours that were similar to Carolina's even though Danielle before me used a much more pastel palette.

I love how easy the Charming Day products are to use, with the die cut flowers adding so much with so little effort, just a little sponging over the centres with my blends in colours that coordinate with the DSP. 

Time to keep hopping to see how this card was interpreted for the rest of the chain, and if it is still recognisable by the end of the chain.  What elements do you think made it all the way down the line?

Happy Stamping
Monique

CTC #546 - CASE A Die Or Punch 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 projects featuring dies or punches. There aren't any set catalogue pages for this challenge as they are all through our catalogues!

I was inspired by this card from page 84 of the Annual Catalogue, I loved the simplicity of this card and the how the images are used on both the background and as the focal image. 

For my card I chose bolder colours, using Pretty Peacock for the card base and utilising the Extraordinary Flora Washi Tape adhered to Whisper White cardstock and die cut using the coordinating dies. I played around with the background, first trying a more subtle effect stamping with VersaMark, but I preferred the effect of using Pretty Peacock with it's stronger colouring.  The sentiment is from Greetings For All Mix & Match Ephemera Pack, which is one of my favourite products of all time.

  

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

  

Time to hop on over and see what the lovely and talented Julia has created this week.

Happy Stamping
Monique

Card Swap Chain Series 4 - CASE-ing F

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Back in May 2025 we started the fourth series of the Card Swap Chain, arranged by the lovely Tracy Held. The idea is the we each made a card and sent it to another person in the chain. That person would CASE (Copy and Share Everything or Copy and Selectively Edit) the card and send it to the next person who would in turn CASE it and send it on. There are 10 of us in this chain so quite a few variations between the first and last card, and these blog hops take you on the journey through the CASEing process. 

CARD 1

This chain started with this <adjective> card from <name>, <add some words about the card>.  You should start this hop at <name>'s blog so you can see the progression of the card.  

MY CARD

I was 7 in the chain, <__insert how this affected the card__>. 

How did I CASE the card before me, what elements did I copy and what did I edit?  What stamps etc. 

Time to keep hopping to see how this card was interpreted for the rest of the chain, and if it is still recognisable by the end of the chain.  What elements do you think made it all the way down the line?

Happy Stamping
Monique

Card Swap Chain Series 4C - CASE-ing Sharni

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Back in May 2025 we started the fourth series of the Card Swap Chain, arranged by the lovely Tracy Held. The idea is the we each made a card and sent it to another person in the chain. That person would CASE (Copy and Share Everything or Copy and Selectively Edit) the card and send it to the next person who would in turn CASE it and send it on. There are 10 of us in this chain so quite a few variations between the first and last card, and these blog hops take you on the journey through the CASEing process. 

Sharni's Card

This chain started with this bright and cheerful card from Sharni, I love this little bee stamp and the coordinating papers and at times regret not adding it to my stash! If you didn't start the hop with this card then pop on over to Sharni's blog to see the progression of her design.

I was third in the chain for this card so my card holds fairly true to the original, even down do the embossed panel, use of DSP and contrasting strips of colour around the image and DSP. I used Celebratory Sips paired with Mossy Meadow Two-Toned cardstock, with a sliver of Secret Sea peeking out from under the DSP triangles.  Keeping with Cindy's card (the one I received) I cut my focal images out of one of the sheets of DSP, adding the sentiment from the coordinating Cheers & Sips stamp set. Even though the embossing folder is from a very different suite of products I think it adds a touch of elegance to my card.  

I thought I'd share the inside of my card too as it uses a little trick of mine (not exclusively mine but I do use it frequently). You know how some images are incomplete on a sheet of DSP as they run over the edge of the paper?  Well I use those to decorate the inside of my cards, or sometimes on a front panel, aligning the cut off edge to the edge of my panel so it looks intentional. You would never suspect this glass could have been thrown away as scrap! I love that it matches the one on the front cover. 

Time to keep hopping to see how this card was interpreted for the rest of the chain, and if it is still recognisable by the end of the chain.  What elements do you think made it all the way down the line?

Happy Stamping
Monique