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 the retiring bundles from the January to June mini catalogue.
I was inspired by this image from page 78 of the mini catalogue featuring the Dahlia Days Bundle. It was the background die cut piece that caught my eye and sparked a creative thought.
When I saw the background I wanted to see if I could recreate it using the Potted Succulents Dies and coordinating Simply Succulents stamp set. Because this die cuts out very fine pieces of cardstock I decided to add the colour before cutting, using Petal Pink and Daffodil Delight and my blending brushes. I then trimmed around the succulents to remove the frame and just leave the succulents, the little one o the bottom right is actually fully detached and popped under my sentiment! I am so pleased with how this worked out. I think in hindsight I should have done some embossing on the background but overall I think it worked out even better than it was in my head, don't you love when that happens?
Time to hop on over and see what Rebecca has created this week.
Happy Stamping
Monique
Monique
Great CASE, Monique. The die cut looks great on the plain background. I think embossing might detract from it.
ReplyDeleteI do love it when a card turns out even better than expected. Your card is fantastic. The background looks amazing. I love the sentiment on the card!
ReplyDeleteGreat conversion of the layout to another bundle - looks totally great.
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