CTC #569 - CASE The May to August 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 of the projects from the May to August Catalogue. I love searching a brand new catty for inspiration, it is often hard to narrow it down, but given that I grew up living on a yacht it was easy to understand why I was drawn to the Scenic Coast Suite. 

I was inspired by these cards from page 27 of the May to August Catalogue. I loved the layout of the card on the left, but also took inspiration from the use of the cut out wave pieces on the card on the right. So decided to combine them for my project this week.

I used the sailing ship die rather than the lighthouse for my card, I absolutely love an image of a ship in full sail with the sunset behind it, and this one is perfect. While this is cut from a sheet of Scenic Coast DSP I wanted the ship to be much darker than the DSP so sponged with Secret Sea, masking the waves along the waterline. The cloud is cut from an offcut piece of the DSP. 

Here is a close up of the waves on the card, while the top two are cut as part of the die, the bottom one is one of the cut pieces trimmed down and adhered to the DSP layer, hinting at more of a circle reflection of the sun. I love how this turned out and how easy it was to make a really stunning card using this suite of products. 

  

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

Happy Stamping
Monique

CTC #568 - CASE Your Favourite Annual Catalogue Stamp Set

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 our favourite stamp set in the soon to be discontinued Annual Catalogue.  As always its a bitter sweet time coming to the end of a catalogue, and more so this time as this will be our last annual catalogue, as Stampin' Up! transitions to a single catalogue three times a year.

I was inspired by this project from page 53, created with the Gallery Blooms Suite, one which caught my eye the very first time I looked at this catalogue.  I just love this floral spray and I think it and the other floral stamp from this are my most used stamps over the last year so it was an easy choice for this challenge. 

I wanted to keep to the original sketch, but made it using a more traditional card base, layered with the leafy paper from Moonlit Flora DSP pack from the new catalogue.  The frame was cut from Natural Hues Textured DSP which adds some lovely texture without any additional embossing.  The sentiment is another from Greetings For All Ephemera Pack which I am so happy is carrying over into the new catalogue, this is such a go-to set of sentiments and would have to be my second favourite product this past year.

  

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use any of the projects in the Annual Catalogue that feature your favourite (or any) stamps 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 very talented Andrea has created this week.

Happy Stamping
Monique

CTC #567 - CASE Your Favourite Annual Catalogue 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 any of the projects in the Annual Catalogue, which is our way of saying goodbye to the concept of Annual Catalogues as from May 2026, Stampin' Up! will be releasing three stand alone catalogues each year as well as Online Exclusives. This is a simpler approach to having an Annual Catalogue that overlaps with seasonal mini catalogues throughout the year. Let me know if you would like a copy of the new May to August Catalogue, alternatively I will be posting a link to a pdf version from 5 May.

I was inspired by this card from page 37 of the Annual Catalogue, I think I often overlooked this image because I generally am not drawn to orange, but I liked the simple layout with the gold edged tag.

For my card I chose the lovely new Peaceful Pines card base, this is one of the new In-Colours that will be available in the catalogue available from 5 May.  I cut the bicycle from a sheet of the new Waterside Retreat DSP also in the new catalogue, the seagulls and water reeds are from the April Paper Pumpkin stamp set. I preferred the tag with some colour so added some Peaceful Pine and Cloud Cover to give more sense of a background. 

  

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use any of the projects in the 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 the lovely and talented Rochelle has created this week.

Happy Stamping
Monique