CTC #518 - CASE the Cover

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 cover of the new Annual Catalogue that we can all order from as of 6 May 2025. We have chosen the cover as we aren't allowed to show any of the images from within the pages until after 6 May, so be sure to come back week after week as we explore this new catty together. 

I was inspired by this card from the bottom right of the Annual Catalogue cover, I liked its simplicity and use of the banner as the focal point.

For my version I have used the Everyday You & Me pack from the Jan 2025 scrapbooking brochure. I love this so much but haven't really had the brain space to get creative with it very much at all.  This is one of my "no stamping" cards, I have used elements from the Everyday Happiness DSP and Sticker Sheet pack.  I used three pieces from the sticker sheet to decorate my banner and the A La Mode dies for "BIG".  I did some additional sponging under the banner to help it stand out  bit from the DSP background.

  

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use the projects on the cover of the new Annual 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 Judy has created this week.

Happy Stamping
Monique

CTC #517 - CASE Your Favourite Mini Catty 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 the Jan to Apr Mini Catalogue, so you can choose any of the projects to inspire your creativity.

I was inspired by this card from page 37, I loved the bright airy feel of the card and the layout with two thinner strips of DSP made this one catch my eye.

I have used products from one of the new on-line exclusive suites called Floral Impressions Suite Collection, it has some lovely bright floral DSP with coordinating Dies and stamps.  I did sneak in the twig die cut and sentiment from the Delightful Wishes bundle.

  

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use any of the samples in the Jan to Apr 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 Rebecca has created this week.

Happy Stamping
Monique

CTC #516 - CASE The Annual 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 any project from any of the current catalogues, so you have a few to choose from!

I was inspired by this card from page 52 of the Annual Catalogue, it is a bit hard to see as it sits right on the fold, but I love this simple layout for a quick and easy card that shows off our lovely DSP.

I wanted to showcase the new Floral Impressions Suite that is coming in May as an On-Line Exclusive. This DSP has beautiful bright colours and I love this combination, mixing new and old colours together. This is a no-stamping card!  The florals are die cut with the coordinating dies, and the sentiment is from my favourite Greetings for All Mix & Match Ephemera Pack.

  

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use any project in the Annual or 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 the lovely Judy has created this week.

Happy Stamping
Monique

CTC #515 - CASEing 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 taking inspiration from Easter projects from any catalogue or online exclusive OR create an Easter project taking inspiration from any of the catalogues or online exclusives. 

I was inspired by this card from page 26 of the Jan to Apr Mini Catalogue, this is actually one of the few explicitly Easter projects in the catalogues so I decided to use elements of it as inspiration.

Firstly I decided to do minimal stamping, although it ended up being no stamping as I used a pre-printed sentiment.  I wanted to use pre-printed images and chose the ones in the Mixed Media Floral Memories and More pack, pairing them with baskets cut from Woven Textures DSP using the Heartfelt Hexagon Punch.  To make them more vase like I cut a small section off one side and sponged the edges.  I tried to keep with the idea of a larger and smaller image, and to fit them onto my card it worked better for me to use a portrait orientation.  The cute little ladybirds are also from the M&M pack and make a change from the usual bling-ey embellishments. 

  

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use a project to inspire an Easter version, or an Easter project 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