CTC #572 - CASE A Bundle

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 projects using the stamp and die bundles in the new catalogue, you can find them on pages 36 to 42. There are lots of inspirational images on these pages so I am excited to see what the Design Team and participants create. 

I was inspired by this card from page 42, I liked the simplicity of the layout and where I usually am all about symmetry the main elements on my card, this one had the focal panel toward the lower half of the card so I wanted to give that a try.

I decided to use the Waterside Retreat DSP as my starting point and this cut out panel was just perfect, I did trim a little bit off the right hand side. I used the woodgrain piece behind the focal image, and because I wanted to use up scraps, this isn't one panel but rather two small strips, the important thing when doing this is to make sure the pattern lines up!  

I cut the other images of the life ring and vest from other sheets of the DSP and finished off with a sentiment from the coordinating Relaxing Waterside stamp set. I love the muted colours on this card it feels so calming.

  

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use the projects in the bundles section of the catalogeu 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

CTC #571 - CASE The Bloom Boutique Suite

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 Bloom Boutique Suite, pages 16 - 19 of the catalogue. This is such a pretty suite using all of the new incolours!

I was inspired by this card from page 17 of the catalogue, I love the big scalloped circles and floral accents. 

I wanted to replicate the layout and bundle used in the original but also to change it up a little with the colour choice and a couple of different techniques.  The first one being that the floral and leaf images are stamped onto DSP using black ink, I love how the variations in the DSP colourings give them such a pretty look.  I also used some White Gel Pen on the edge of the larger scalloped circle to mirror the stitching on the inner layer, and if you look closely I have speckled the base card and the floral images with gel pen also to add some additional highlights and interest.  The ribbon is the Barely Blush ribbon coloured with Daffodil Delight and Pumpkin Pie Blends to give it a variegated appearance to coordinate with the rest of the card. 

  

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use the projects in the Bloom Boutique 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 Rochelle has created this week.

Happy Stamping
Monique

CTC #570 - CASE The May Online Exclusives

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 May Online Exclusives, you can find them HERE.

I was inspired by this card from the Ouch Bundle, I liked the repetitive background which is quite simple yet very effective.

As I don't have the Ouch Bundle I decided to use papers from the Delicate Dreams DSP collection and sentiment from the coordinating stamp and die bundle. I cut strips of the DSP and then trimmed to size before using my Blending Brushes to add ink around the edges to add some definition.  The flowers are fussy cut from the DSP, although there is a die that will cut these, for the few I used it was just as easy to use my scissors. 

  

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

  

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

Happy Stamping
Monique