CTC #514 - CASE A Mini Catty Template

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 project templates on page 12 of the Mini Catalogue.  These are a great source of inspiration if you have some time to craft but are a bit stuck on where to start. If you pick a template and a DSP pack you have the layout and colour combination ready to go.  That is exactly what I did for this challenge, I chose the fourth template from the right on the bottom row, then chose Mixed Media Florals 12x12 DSP.

The only real decision then were which of the DSP patterns and which sentiment to use. The Greetings For All Mix & Match Ephemera Pack made the sentiment choice easy, and gave me the idea to add the Basic Black border under the DSP to really make it pop against the Crushed Curry card base.  The decisions on trim and embellishments were next and I just looked through what I had to find ones that coordinated nicely with the DSP. If you don't have the Greetings For All, it is easy to make your own sentiment labels with the stamps, dies and punches you already own, I usually stamp Memento Black onto Basic White cardstock, but you could do other colour combinations as well, it might just limit the projects you can use them on.

  

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use the templates on page 12 of 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 Judy has created this week.

Happy Stamping
Monique

Let's Craft Together Blog Hop - Mother's Day

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 challenge this month is to make a Mother's Day card.

For my card I am featuring some new products from the Annual Catalogue that goes live on 6 May, as well as a couple of products from the current catalogue. The sneak peek products are from the Beautiful Gallery Suite Collection and include the lovely floral image, Damask Designs Embossing Folder and coordinating Beautiful Gallery DSP. 

I wanted to create the look of a glass dome over the flowers, Beauty and the Beast style. I layered window sheet over the DSP and flowers and created a frame with one of the new In-Colours Secret Sea. I am not sure if it achieved that look exactly but I do love the depth the layers give the finished card. The sentiment is from Greetings For All Mix & Match Ephemera Pack.

Time to keep on hopping to the next blog by following the link under my name below:

Happy Stamping

Monique