CTC #508 - CASE The Sale-A-Bration Catty

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 Sale-A-Bration (SAB) Catalogue. 

I was inspired by this card from page 9 of the SAB Catalogue, the use of the Fresh Freesia Ribbon to create the weave pattern really caught my eye. Did you know that there are a lot of tips, tricks and techniques within the pages of our catalogues?  Near this picture was a description of how to re-create the two-toned textured background on this card. 

Here you can see a close up of the background panel which was achieved by weaving Fresh Freesia Seam Binding in two directions across a piece of cardstock.  For us in the South Pacific it is easy to work out how big the panel needs to be as the ribbon is 1cm wide, so any measurements in whole cm will work!  The tip in the SAB catalogue is to colour half of the ribbon using Dark Fresh Freesia Blends, it is really subtle makes all the difference.  I cut my pieces of ribbon and added adhesive tape to one edge of the cardstock, using it to stick down one end of half of the ribbon, then I added tape to the edge beside the one I just did. For me this was the left edge and the top edge, flip the cardstock over so the "back" is on the table, then it is a simple job of weaving the two together over and under, tucking the end of the ribbon over and adhering it to the back of the cardstock.

Here is my finished card, I wanted to keep with the general layout but also showcase some other SAB products like the Adhesive Backed Purple Sequins and Star Struck Embossing Folder. The flowers and leaves are from Everyday You & Me an on-line exclusive bundle, embossed in white embossing powder onto Fresh Freesia and Granny Apple Green cardstock. This technique is great for more solid images like this as it allows pops of colour while creating a softer finish than stamping those colours onto white cardstock. 

  

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

Happy Stamping
Monique