Card Swap Chain Series 5 - CASE-ing Nancy

Back in November 2025 we started the fifth 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 definitely opportunity for a few variations to sneak in between the first and last card, and these blog hops take you on the journey through the CASEing process. 

This chain started with this pretty floral card from Nancy who chose the same image as my starting card but changed up the colours so it isn't a Christmas themed card at all. I love how just changing the colours can change the whole occasion!! If you didn't begin this hop with the first blog, I would recommend you pop back there to start the hop and learn a bit more about the original card.  

My card was eighth in the series for this chain and you can certainly see how things diverged over time with this design.  I love this Lovely Florals DSP and coordinating die set and am sad that it has now retired, although I am looking forward to some of the new floral papers coming in the new catalogue next month!

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 #564 - CASE A Mini Catalogue 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 associated with the bundles in the mini catalogue. There are quite a range of styles in this section so I am sure there will be something for everyone. 

I was inspired by the card on the left from page 56 of the mini catalogue, I love how they have used the washi tape to create a background panel, and knew I wanted to give that a go.

For my card I swapped out the Greenery Lane for the Extraordinary Flora washi to give it more of a floral vibe. I cut out some of the individual floral images to add to the sentiment panel and added some linen thread and embellishments from my stash. I love how this turned out, it really shows how versatile the Stampin' Up! products are. 

  

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use the projects in the Bundles section of the 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 Julia has created this week.

Happy Stamping
Monique

Card Swap Chain Series 5 - CASE-ing Carolina

Back in November 2025 we started the fifth 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 definitely opportunity for a few variations to sneak in between the first and last card, and these blog hops take you on the journey through the CASEing process. 

This chain started with this fun card from Carolina, I love how she has stamped lots of overlapping images on the background of her card. If you didn't begin this hop with the first blog, I would recommend you pop back there to start the hop and learn a bit more about the original card.  

I was ninth in this chain and it is great to see how the use of negative space, stamped images and blended colour has made it all the way through. There are some obvious differences between our cards but you can definitely see the relation between the two.  I like the black silhouette and colour choices in my card, though I do love the little piece of ribbon that Carolina's original card had.

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