CTC #580 - CASE A Quick & Easy Card

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 Quick & Easy projects on page 12 and 13, you can also follow the QR code in the image above or on page 13 of the catalogue to find stacks of templates to inspire you.

I was inspired by this card from page 13 of the catalogue, I loved the simplicity of this layout, and it is a challenge for me to leave so much clear space on a card. 

I used DSP from the Delicate Dreams Pack, using the "b side" of one of the sheets as I thought it would be nice and simple for this layout.  I cut these with Perennial Postage dies and in hindsight I could have added some depth by mounting these on cardstock and adding Dimensionals behind them. However for a quick and easy card I skipped the added steps.  I used one of the sentiments from Paradise Garden stamp set and Hydrangea Hue embellishments from 2026-2028 In Color Dots to complete this card. This would be great for beginner stampers, or for anyone who wanted to make a quick and easy card. 

  

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use any of the Quick & Easy samples, pages 12 and 13 or by following the QR code on page 13, 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 #579 - CASE A Bundle 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 the bundles in the current catalogue, there are lots to choose from and I am excited to see what inspires everyone.

I was inspired by this card from the Catalogue.

Here is my card. I kept with the Garden Gatherings bundle for this card, but changed up the DSP using the Beautiful Ordinary Life which I have been using a lot lately with this bundle.  I love the fun colours and think it works perfectly.

  

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use projects associated with the bundles in the 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 the lovely and talented Julia has created for this challenge.

Happy Stamping
Monique

CTC #578 – CASE The July Online Exclusives

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 projects associated with the July Online Exclusives, just check out the online store to see what is in this offering and the projects the home office have designed to show their possibilities.

I was inspired by this card from from the of the Simply Leaves Bundle I was drawn to its simplicity and liked the technique for the background. 

I kept with the layout and exposed embossed technique from the original, using Granny Apple Green Two Tone cardstock for the main panel and pairing it with Crushed Curry rather than gold foil for the two bands. The card base is Pretty Peacock and the ferns cut from Pretty Peacock Two Tone cardstock, using both sides and adding a little extra in in places using the Blending Brushes.  The stamping and die cuts are from the Fern & Flora Bundle and Embossing Folder.  

  

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

  

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

Happy Stamping
Monique

Bright & Cheerful Garden Gatherings

It has been a while since I joined a challenge that I haven't been on the design team for, but today I went looking for some inspiration and decided to join the TGIF Colour Challenge paired with the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge.  Check them out if you haven't visited before, there are some great inspiration projects.

I thought the simple floral image from Garden Gatherings would be great for this even though neither Coastal Cabana or Lemon Lime Twist are traditionally the colour of flowers, they do go really well together.  The DSP is from Modern Christmas which adds a touch of gold to the black and white sheets; I did add some LLT ink to the background to soften the starkness of the DSP.  The sentiment is from Lily Of The Valley which is so pretty just fully cut out and added on dimensionals.

Happy Stamping
Monique

CTC #577 - CASE Scenic Coast Colours

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 colours in the Scenic Coast DSP, these are Strawberry Slush, Crushed Curry, Balmy Blue, Blueberry Bushel, Highland Heather and Gorgeous Grape.  These are some bold colours together and I wanted to find a way to show them off to good effect. 

I decided to "cheat" and include a sheet of the Scenic Coast DSP, but used it in a slightly different way, turning it on its side and trimming a strip off the bottom and re-attaching. By doing this it disguises the sunset/rise appearance of the DSP and creates an interesting background, I don't think you would know the left panel is supposed to be waves unless you had seen the original sheet. I went searching for a floral image that would allow me to use all of the colours and the Fragrant Layers was perfect, I used blending brushes to add Strawberry Slush and Crushed Curry to the small buds, and both shads of purple to the larger flowers, although it is difficult to tell with the distinctive style of the flowers. I stamped the outline in Blueberry Bushel and coloured the leaves Balmy Blue, because who says leaves can't be blue! I really loved how this looks even though not traditional leaf colours!

  

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use the colours of the Scenic Coast 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 Peta has created this week.

Happy Stamping
Monique

CTC #576 - CASE Your Favourite 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 DSPs in the new catalogue, for me this is the Moonlit Flora DSP pack, which I first got to play with at the Demonstrator On-Stage event back in March.

I was inspired by this card from page 37 of the Catalogue, I liked it general layout and use of die cut layers. 

I decided to use a new rising favourite DSP, Beautiful Ordinary Life which I first got to play with this weekend at another demo only event Creative Carnival. We also used the Garden Gatherings Bundle so while it was out I kept the theme of the retreat going and recreated elements from the original card using these products. I really like the layers of different die cut flours, vase and sentiment on the vellum circle.  

I finished off the inside of the card using an off-cut of the DSP panel on the front of the card inside the card to ground a stamped and die cut image from the bundle. 

  

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

Happy Stamping
Monique

CTC #575 - CASE A Technique

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 many techniques shown in the samples in the current catalogue.  What is a technique? A specific method of creating your project a few examples would be embossing (dry or heat), sponging, tearing, and water or alcohol colouring just to name a few. Still not sure, hop around the design team to see more examples.

I was inspired by this card from page 42 of the current catalogue, it wasn't the colours that drew me in but rather the number of techniques used on the card. I've underlined and bolded the techniques in my version below.  

I changed up the colours to use the brighter Costal Cabana, Granny Apple Green and Crumb Cake for my version and love how they work together. I started creating the card by stamping onto the background panel, initially stamping off with the leaf image then the other image in full strength crumb cake.  I used my Aqua Painter to add a light ink splatters to the background, then after it was dry tore the edge of large post-it notes and used them to apply masks and blended colour in uneven strips and intensities in Granny Apple Green.  Deciding that was enough for the background I used die cutting to create the two layers of leaves, adding gold heat embossing to the second layer.  I also used heat embossing in white for the sentiment before fussy cutting out the sentiment and adhering using dimensionals.  I haven't yet decided if my version of the card needs additional embellishments, let me know in the comments what you think.

  

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use any technique in the 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

CTC #574 - CASE The Waterside Retreat Suite

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 projects associated with the Waterside Retreat Suite in the current catalogue.

I was inspired by this card from page 21 of the catalogue, I liked the woodgrain background and collection of fussy cut images from the DSP. It was also a great way to use one of the trinkets from this suite which I often forget to do!

I decided to keep the idea of a woodgrain background, however swapped out the one from the Waterside Retreat DSP and instead used this colourful one from Country Woods DSP pack. I then chose the fussy cut images based on what I thought would coordinate with the colours in my background DSP.  I think if I made this card again I would use a blending brush to add just a hint of Crumb Cake behind the fussy cut images to create more of a shadow behind the so they'd pop a little more against the more colourful background.  The card was finished off with a pre-printed sentiment and some sequins and trinket for another No-Stamp card! 

  

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week, just use projects featuring the Waterside Retreat Suite 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 the wonderfully talented Julia has created this week.

Happy Stamping
Monique