CTC #541 - CASE A Mini Catty 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 bundle section of the September to December Mini Catalogue, pages 49-54.

I was inspired by this card from page 49 of the Annual Catalogue, I liked the simple layout and the monochromatic background. 

I chose Cherry Cobbler as my card base and used coordinating sheets from two DSP packs, both carry over from the last Annual Catalogue, Regal Distressed Patterns and Season of Elegance. This is another one of my "no-stamping" cards using one of the new DSP packs from on-line exclusives Modern Christmas, cutting the Christmas trees from one of the sheets. The sentiment is from Greetings for You Mix & Match Ephemera Pack. I love how Stampin' Up! products make card making so easy.

I used another trimmed piece of the Modern Christmas DSP and strip of Seasons of Elegance to carry the images into the inside of the card.  I added some bling to the front using the Traditional Sparkling Sequins, which I have used on so many of my cards recently. I chose the red sequins rather thank gold to give a subtle effect. 

  

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use the projects in the bundles section of the mini catalogue (pages 49-54) to inspire your creativity, then post a picture of your project to the CTC Facebook page.

  

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

Happy Stamping
Monique

CTC #539 - CASE The Peaceful Garden 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 Peaceful Garden Suite which can be found on pages 32-35 of the Mini Catalogue. This suite was available as a very early pre-purchase for demonstrators so you may have seen projects using these products for some time and not realise it was from the latest Mini Catalogue. It is a great suite featuring mostly shades of blue and beige/brown - Basic Beige, Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie, Cloud Cover, Misty Moonlight and Secret Sea. It has a Christmassy theme, but a lot of non-specific patterns as well so a really handy addition to your collection.

I was inspired by this card from page 34, I liked the simplicity of featuring strips of DSP over some lovely glimmer paper which is also part of this lovely collection of products. 

I kept with the basic idea of the strips of DSP, but because I use metric card sizes my card has a little bit more showing than the original (metric cards are longer and thinner than those in inches). I also mixed up which of the glimmer and DSP patterns I used and swapped out the sentiment for on from the Traditional Labels Bundle. Definitely worth checking that bundle out, I think it has a selection of some of my favourite sentiments and label shapes ever. 

  

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use the projects associated with the Peaceful 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 Kathryn has created this week.

Happy Stamping
Monique

CTC #357 - CASE The Traditions Of Christmas 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 Traditions of Christmas Suite on pages 21-27 of the September to December Mini Catalogue. This is one of my favourite suites, combining traditional Christmas colours with pinks and blues to give it a modern twist. There are beautiful floral images as well as great label shapes with festive sentiments that fit within them.

I was inspired by this card from page 21 of the catalogue as I love the way the floral pieces are layered behind the sentiment. In this sample the red flowers behind the red label reminded me of the old style Christmas tree ornaments that my Nana used to have on her tree (not the round baubles you get these days.

I decided to take a literal approach to the ornament on the front of the card, and while I have otherwise kept to the original layout, decided to focus on the non-traditional Pool Party as the primary colour of my card and DSP players.  The DSP is from Nests of Winter, a carry over product in the Annual Catalogue, I love that it also has a simple lined pattern much as the original card.  The embellishments are from the Traditions of Christmas called Traditional Sparkling Sequins, a name I find a little misleading as these really aren't sequins at all, but rather little dots cut from the glimmeriest (my new word) glimmer paper and really give a lovely sparkle to the card. 

  

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use the projects in the Traditions of Christmas 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 the talented Kathryn has created this week.

Happy Stamping
Monique

CTC #536 - CASE The Mini Catalogue

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 brand new September to December Mini Catalogue, released on 3 September. 

I was inspired by this card from page 49 of the mini catalogue, I am not sure what it was that caught my eye with this one as I don't usually make shaker cards. It might just have been the cute little squirrel!

I CASE'd the basics of the original card, but used products from the stunning Ornamental Christmas suite. This suite includes gorgeous gold embossed DSP, coordinating dies and stamps as well as shaker stars and gold hoops, and two spools of bakers twine.  I love this pattern from the DSP pack as it has mini images that match the stamp and die bundle. I embossed these with gold embossing powder to keep with the gold theme.

To create the shaker I cut a square from the DSP using the stylish shapes dies, flipping over the cut out piece to show the gold embossed star pattern on the back, and popped it into cello bag. The bag was a bit big so I folded it over and secured with tape  before adding the cute little Gold Shaker Stars (also from the new catalogue). 

  

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use the projects in the new September to December Mini 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 Kathryn has created this week.

Happy Stamping
Monique