CTC #306 - CASE Some Bling!

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 our inspiration from ..........

I was inspired by this image from page 24 which is featured as part of the Dandy Garden Suite.  This is a suite that has a lot of very strong colours which I like, but I was inspired to see how I could re-create it in a softer palette. 

Here is my version which I kept very similar to the layout of the original card with some minor changes. I decided to showcase the use of "bling" without going overboard on a really sparkly card. I used punched dragonflies, see instructions below, and a little bit of Wink of Stella to the Pretty Peacock layer behind the sentiment.  I really love how these soft tones and touch of shine look together. 

Here's how I made the dragonflies.  Firstly I stamped my Versamark Ink Pad directly onto Whisper White cardstock then covered in Heat and Stick powder and heat set it. I then added some Gilded Leafing brushing off the excess before punching out the dragonflies. I love how this gives a gilded but not overly sparkly effect. 

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use the samples in the Jan to Jun Mini Sparkly projects, or step up a CASE to add sparkle. Then post a picture of your project to the CTC Facebook page.

  

Time to hop on over and see what Sandra has created this week.

Happy Stamping
Monique