CTC #205 - From Birthday Comes Christmas

Welcome to another week at CASEing the Catty Sunday Blog Hop, where we take a look at one of the sections of a current Stampin' Up! catalogue and use the projects within it to inspire our own creations.

This week we are taking our inspiration from a birthday card and using it to make a Christmas card!

I was inspired by this image from page 70 of the Annual  Catalogue, I am not sure what drew me to it, but I did like the use of vellum on the card and knew I wanted to replicate that somehow.

I used some of the Joyous Noel DSP and kept with the use of vellum to create an overlay which mutes down the colours of the background. Rather than stamping on the next panel I decided to use another piece of the same DSP, but one without the copper embossing.  The sentiment was probably the hardest part of this card, but I think the White Embossing on Grey Granite works really well.

The vellum layer is only adhered under the next panel, this is an easy way to use vellum without having to worry about the adhesive showing, but it also allows some movement in the vellum which I quite like. In this close up you can see where I added some extra bling. Holly and pine leaves cut from coordinating copper and glimmer paper add a little sparkle, and Rhinestones coloured with the Bronze Stampin' Blends gives theme quite a coppery look to finish off the project. 

  

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use the samples in the All Is Bright section of the 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