CTC #417 - CASE A Favourite Retiring Project

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 inspiration from a favourite project using retiring products.  This will be our last hop from the 2022 to 2023 Annual Catalogue and Mini Catalogue, so join in and help us send these two lovely catalogues off in style.  

I was inspired by this card from page 44 of the Mini Catalogue. I liked the asymmetry of the layout, and although I don't own any of the stamps, dies or DSP used, I thought I could recreate it with alternatives.

I am still using up the last of my Chic DSP, I love how versatile this DPS has been, fitting with so many different themes. I thought I'd use a few more retiring favourites, Forever Flourishing Dies for the leaves in the background, and Floral Gallery dies and coordinating Art Gallery stamps. Thankfully the Deckled Rectangles Dies and Pastel Adhesive Backed Sequins are carrying over!

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use any of the samples using retiring products to inspire your creativity, then post a picture of your project to the CTC Facebook page.

  

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

Happy Stamping
Monique

CTC #416 - CASE Favourite Retiring Mini Project

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 inspiration from some of our favourite projects from the Jan to Apr Mini Catalogue. There are too many I love for me to be able to choose a favourite, so if you are like me, just choose one that catches your eye.

It was the bright colours that drew me to this project on page 37 of the Jan-Apr Mini catalogue.  I also liked the layout and even though it is on a gift box, I knew I wanted to recreate it on a card. 

I am determined to use as much of my retiring DSP as possible, and this card was a good way to use a few of the different colours/patterns.  I also had the opportunity to use my leaf die on the background so couldn't resist using that instead of an embossed pattern.  I am so happy with how this turned out, although it did take me a number of attempts to get the right DSP in the right layer!  the little flowers are cut using the Sentimental Park dies, there are so many flowers dies in this set.  The leaves are from Timeless Arrangements, and I just know you are going to see a lot of these on my upcoming projects. 

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use any of the samples that are retiring from the mini 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 Rebecca has created this week.

Happy Stamping
Monique

Scrapbooking Global - Blind Scrapping

Welcome to the April Scrapbooking Global Blog Hop. This is my first ever hop with SG and I have to be honest the first 12x12 scrapbooking page I have done since the early 2000's!  

I was totally intrigued by the theme of this month's hop, which is Blind Scrapping. We were all given a list of instructions about size and location of DSP, Cardstock, Photo and Embellishments and from that written list create our page. 

These are the instructions we were given.

Recently our daughter and son-in-law bought their own home, no mean feat these days, and I knew I wanted to use this photo of them having stuck the "sold" sign on the poster the day they exchanged contracts. I will be framing this page for them to keep in their new home.

I used the gorgeous new Countryside Inn DSP for this project, and have used what I think of as the backs of the sheets (the ones with simpler patterns). I love that this DSP is all blue and added a pop of colour with Moody Mauve and Bubble Bath to stamp the flowers. For my top embellishment I stamped directly onto the base cardstock and then layered the flowers over the top having punched them out and curled up the petals.   These are stamped with the Petal Park Bundle from the current Mini catalogue.  I have also added a few Pastel Adhesive-backed Sequins for some extra interest. 

For this embellisment I stamped the leaves and flowers and then fussy cut them out. To add more dimension I added additional layers of flowers over the top.  Linen Thread was added under this.  You can just see in this image that I used the same die to cut out my journalling box as well as to create a small tag under the photo. I used the tag under the photo to bring in a bit of the Moody Mauve cardstock.

I am so happy with my creation.  I suspect I will be doing more scrapping in the near future.

Happy Stamping

Monique

Paper Crafting Blog Hop: Last Chance Products

Welcome to Paper Crafting Blog Hop where talented Independent Stampin' Up! demonstrators from all across the world create projects using current Stampin' Up! products.  This month we are featuring the retiring products from the Annual and Mini Catalogue. A chance to say goodbye to some favourites before they are gone for good. 

I often find that I horde my DSP, scared to use it up for some reason. Then at the end of a catalogue cycle I find myself regretting not using it!  So for this challenge I decided to focus on using some of the DSP I have been holding onto, and created a really simple One-Sheet-Wonder.  

Unlike a lot of OSW, this one doesn't make lots of cards, but it does economically use up your DSP.  The best part is that it works for metric (cm) and imperial (inches).  Piece 1 is a scrap piece that isn't used for the card fronts.  Piece 2 is the only piece you need to measure, simply cut it the same size as your card front; then cut it into two pieces using a diagonal cut.  Piece 3 is the same height as a card front, the width is not important.  Use the three large pieces (2a, 2b, and 3) to create a set of cards.  For my cards I used the soon to retire Pretty Prints, and while it is originally a 12"x12" DSP I cut it down to 6"x6" before starting my OSW.

Card 2a: For this one I decided to create a landscape orientated card, I paired the DSP with retiring stamp set Eden's Garden and embellished with a strip of Copper Metallic Foil and Pearls coloured with Dark Rich Razzleberry.

 

Card 2b: For this and the next card I used Nature's Prints stamp set which I am happy to say is not retiring.  For the base card and stamping I have used one of our retiring colours, Soft Suede. I used to use this colour quite often, but less so in recent times which goes to show Stampin' Up! do seem to know what is on trend!

Card 3: As you can see the strip of DSP doesn't have to be a specific size as it creates a feature panel on the card.  Again I have stamped using Soft Suede for the base and stamping.  I have also added some splatters of Wink of Stella which as always hasn't photographed well, it looks beautiful and sparkly in person

Happy Stamping
Monique

CTC #415 - Favourite Retiring DSP

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 inspiration from our favourite retiring DSP from either catalogue.

I was inspired by the Chic DPS which is part of the Texture Chic Collection on pages, and am using the colour combinations to guide my project. 

I decided to use this very pretty pattern from the DSP pack and pick one of the colours in the DSP that isn't officially listed and only shows as small specks on this sheet, Bermuda Bay. I paired this with Flirty Flamingo, a stronger  colour than Petal Pink as I thought it needed the pop of colour.  I used my new Timeless Arrangements Bundle that I received on Friday as part of the new catalogue pre-order.

I stepped up the inside of the card using a fancy fold that I learned on a recent stamp retreat. Unfortunately I don't know the name of it to share with you.  The mechanism allows the focal image to pop forward as the card opens. I did reach into my retired stash for the vase, and would have used one from the new Earthen Elegance Bundle but that didn't quite make it onto my pre-order! Though I don't think it is far off.

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use any of the samples using your favourite DSP to inspire your creativity, then post a picture of your project to the CTC Facebook page.

  

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

Happy Stamping
Monique

Freshly Made Sketches #581

  

I have been struggling with creativity for the last year or so, so it is lovely to have my creative streak returning.  It has been quite a while since I joined a Freshly Made Sketches challenge, so it was a good opportunity to join in the challenge this week.

The sketch by Cecile is clean and simple and I thought it would be perfect to create using one of my new stamp bundles Petal Park.

I was so pleased to see Petal Park and Sentimental Park Bundles in the new catalogue (though no longer as bundles) as I have had my eye on these for a while so added them to my pre-order which arrived on Friday.  I think this card is my first time using Parakeet Party, but it created such a fun and fresh back ground to the Moody Mauve flowers. I also stamped around the edge of the base card using the same leaf stamp. The sentiment is from Timeless Arrangements Bundle, a sneak peek from the new annual catalogue.  I love the border that this die gives the banner. 

Happy Stamping
Monique

Inspire.Create.Stamping Challenges #140

  

I had a bit of spare time this weekend so decided to go in search of some challenges to join in with.  This one from Inspire.Create.Stamping Challenges uses such beautiful bright colours it caught my eye.  I don't usually go for such bright colour combos, but with these colours retiring at the end of the month I decided to embrace the challenge. 

I used the swoosh from Season of Chic (which is thankfully not retiring) and used it to stamp each of the challenge colours then stamped over them using the line image from Colour & Contour stamp set (also not retiring).  I used the daisy stamp from the same set to stamp on the background of the base card, and coloured some pearls with coordinating Stampin' Blends.  This was a quick and easy card to make and would be good to create if you needed quite a few cards. 

Happy Stamping

Monique

Mid-Week Stamping Challenge

Between loads of washing today I found some time to do a little bit of crafting, so I went looking for inspiration from some of the challenge blogs I follow. I found this interesting challenge from Try Stamping On A Tuesday.  I was really drawn to the sketch and wanted to try something a bit interesting with it. 

I used the On-line exclusive Hello Irresistible Bundle to create the feature panel and semi circle.  I started by lining the centre of the swirly circle die up with the edge of the DSP panel. I then cut a second swirly circle from Copper Metallic Foil by lining the centre of the die with the edge of the foil piece. I then lined this up with the DSP piece on the card.  The sentiment is from Waves of Inspiration. 

Happy Stamping
Monique

CTC #414 - CASE Favourite Retiring Bundle

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 inspiration from any of the retiring bundles from either catalogue. If you aren't sure what is retiring, check out the on-line store and look under sales and specials. 

I am pretty lucky in that the bundles that I would consider my favourites either aren't retiring, or are no longer bundles as they have been around for a few catalogues. So I went looking for an interesting sketch using one of the retiring bundles, and this one caught my eye. It is on page 79 of the January to April Mini Catalogue. I liked the way the DSP on the right panel is cut into pieces to create interest. 

I wanted to use DSP that had patterns and colours that coordinated well together so chose the On-Line Exclusive Hello Irresistible Suite Collection. This is my favourite suite at the moment, can you believe the only stamped part of this card is the sentiment?  The flowers and leaves are cut from the sheets of DSP using the coordinating dies. Once I decided what I wanted to do the actual construction of the card was so easy. 

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use any of the samples using your favourite retiring bundle to inspire your creativity, then post 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

CTC #413 - CASE A Favourite Retiring Product

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.

With the release of the Last Chance Lists, over the next few weeks we will be featuring some of our favourites that will be retiring at the end of the month. This week we are taking inspiration from any of the products that are retiring.  I couldn't limit it to just one see how many you can pick on my card. 

I was inspired by this card from page 86 of the Annual Catalogue, while the dies featured on this card aren't my favourite, I am a bit sad that I have only just bought them and haven't had chance to use them much before they are gone for good.

Once I got started I kept finding products that I am really going to miss when they are gone at the end of the month.  There are eight retiring products, and one that has already retired.  They are: Copper Foil Paper, Lovely You and Painted Poppies stamp sets, Split Card Textures Dies, Lovely Labels Punch, Linen Thread, Texture Chic DSP, and my favourite colour for a long time Evening Evergreen Cardstock.  

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use any of the samples using your favourite retiring product to inspire your creativity, then post a picture of your project to the CTC Facebook page.

  

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

Happy Stamping
Monique