CTC #181 - New Annual Catalogue Inspiration

Welcome to another week at CASEing the Catty Sunday Blog Hop where we take inspiration from one of the projects in the current Stampin' Up! Catalogue and use it as the basis of our own creations.

This is a very exciting week as we take our first look at the new Annual Catalogue! So many wonderful projects within the pages of this catalogue, I just love looking through for new inspiration for stamp sets I already own, as well as seeing the new colour combinations, card layouts and other great 3D projects.

I decided to flick through and pick the first project that really caught my eye, which was the cute little card at the top right of the image above. I am not sure if it was the cute platypus or the striking colour combo that did it, but it did catch my eye.

I decided to replicate the card layout for this and used similar elements on my own card, but using the Sea of Textures bundle for the stamped images.  I sponged coordinating colours onto the embossed background to give the effect of sunlight through the ocean, I was really happy with how it turned out.  The DSP strip is from the coordinating Tranquil Textures pack and I pulled out the Berry Burst flecks from this as the inspiration for the window frame.

  

I hope you are inspired by the team's creations this week and join in the challenge.  Don't worry if you don't have new sets to play with, you can use the ones you have on hand as long as your creation is inspired by one or more of the projects in the new catalogue.  Just add 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