Stamping With MoniQ: 2025

Sunday, January 5, 2025

CTC #501 - CASE The Jan to Apr Mini Catalogue

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 the new Mini Catalogue that goes live on 7 January, check back then to find a link to the pdf of the catalogue.

Page 16 2025 Jan to Apr Mini

I was inspired by a project featuring the Mixed Media Florals Memories and More Card Pack. I was drawn immediately to the images from this collection, some of which are in the Mini Catalogue and some are part of On-Line Exclusives which also are available from 7 January (along with new kits and a new scrapbooking brochure).

I was so happy with how this card turned out, and how quick and easy it was to create! There is absolutely no stamping on this card at all!!! Just elements from the Mixed Media Florals Memories and More Card Pack and sentiment from Greetings for All Mix & Match Ephemera Pack. I am loving the colours in this card pack, and the versatility of the sentiments in that pack. The shimmer gems are from the 2024-26 In-colour pack that I have coloured with a Calypso Coral Stampin' Blends marker.

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use projects from the new 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 Rochelle has created this week.

Happy Stamping
Monique

CTC #501 - CASE The New Mini Catalogue

This week we are taking inspiration from ________

I was inspired by this card from page _______ of the Annual Catalogue.

Here is my card.

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

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

Happy Stamping

Monique
Happy Stamping
Monique

Saturday, January 4, 2025

Let's Craft Together - Love Is In The Air

Welcome to the monthly Blog Hop by Let’s Craft Together and thank you for joining us. We are a group of multi-cultural Stampin’ Up!® demonstrators in Australia who have developed a strong friendship though our love of stamping and our admiration of each other’s style of crafting.

The theme for this month's challenge is Love Is In The Air, so a great one to help get a head start on a Valentine's card for a special someone, or just create to remind someone they are special to you.

I recently received my pre-order of products from the Sale-A-Bration and January to April Mini catalogue so was itching to use these for this challenge. I wanted to use non-traditional colours for a Valentine Day card, and chose one of the pretty plaid patterns featuring shades of blues and greens, I love how this paper looks like it is a fabric with stitching rather than a solid plaid pattern. The hearts, stamped and die cut are from one of the SAB bundles called "Heart Shaped". The use of the centre of the heart die cut shape was inspired by a card someone brought to the last team meeting. The little blue embellishments are also from the Mini Catalogue page 25, Antique Pearls - these are usually a pretty off-white colour so it was easy to add a hint of blue with Stampin' Blends, I think I used the light Night of Navy.

I wanted to add some decoration to the inside of the card so used one of the die cut hearts as a mask and added some Garden Green with my Blending Brush and layered over a strip of the DSP.

Time to keep hopping by following the link below: