Sunday, February 21, 2021

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

5 comments:

  1. Oh my goodness. This is such a clever idea to show off the gilding!! And the baby dragonflies look amazing!!

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  2. Great to see the gilded leafing used in a different way. I love the punched dragonflies you made from it. Love the subtle colours on your card.

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  3. Love this card and the tiny gold dragonflies finish it nicely

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  4. What a great way to use the gilding. So clever to punch the shapes after the gilding rather than to mess around with small shapes. Your card is so pretty, and the softer colours work beautifully well.

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  5. What a great idea to create the sparkly dragonflies. Such a lovely card.

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