Beautiful Botanical Blooms

I hope all my blog visitors have had a lovely Christmas and New Year season, mine was fairly quiet following a holiday away with my family which was amazing. I am sure you will get to see some of it as I start work on scrapbooking the photos and memories.  I don't go back to work until next week so it has given me a little bit of time to get creative and this sketch from Pals Paper Arts caught my eye.

Before I went on holiday I popped in a little pre-order from the new Occasions and Sale-A-Bration catalogues and this sketch was the perfect opportunity to try some of them out.  I have used the Botanical Blooms bundle from the occasions catalogue, this is an amazing bundle because it contains stamps, framelits and designer series paper to coordinate!  I have used all on this card, I stamped the Mint Macaron layer with one of the flower and leaf stamps then added the detail for a soft subtle look.  The lovely detail on the leaves is also achieved with one of the stamps. For the feature flower I used two of the flower framelits, and one of the centre framelits layered over each other, which I finished off with a Metal Rimmed Pearl. 

Happy Stamping
Monique

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CTC 58 - 3D Gift Packaging

Don't you just love gift giving? I love making people's gifts extra special by creating the packaging to go with them, and at this time of year when there are lots of people to give little gifts to Stampin' Up! comes to the rescue with lots of packaging options.

I have used the adorable Square Pillow Box Thin letsFramelits for this little gift, ready to hold a gift card, or sweet treat.  I just love using blues at Christmas and for this I used Marina Mist and stamped it with the snowflakes from Perpetual Birthday, it is just wonderful for this type of small stamping.  I cut out the window using one of the framelits from the set and the tag from the Tags & Labels Framelits, cutting just one edge.  To make the embelishment I punched a Marina Mist 7/8" Scallop Circle and then layered a Kraft Corrugated Paper snowflake, again using one of the many little framelits that come with this set.

Sadly the Square Pillow Box Thinlets is on the Retirement List so if I have inspired you to get one, don't wait too long to order it, they will only be available until 4th January 2016.

I am the last blog on the hop, so if you have been all the way around then hop back to the main blog and if you get inspired to join in add a link to your project in the comments.  Otherwise follow the link to Stasia's blog and check out her project inspired by the Holiday Catalogue. 

Happy Stamping

Monique

CTC #57 - Season Of Cheer

This week on CTC Blog Hop we are taking inspiration from the Seasons Of Cheer section of the Holiday Catalogue, p 28-34.  There are so many lovely projects in this section, and I chose to take my inspiration from the card on page 32. 

 I don't have the stamps or vellum that the card in the catalogue uses, so I decided to try using the products I do have.  One of the things I love about CTC is that it not only makes you look at all the samples, but gets me thinking about how I can use what I have.  For this card I used the Merry Moments DSP for both the background and the gift, however with the gift I layered this onto two layers of Whisper White cardstock to give it some strength.  I just love the silver cord and it is just perfect for the gift, I cheated a little by just wrapping it around the gift and adding the bow separately to get it to sit nice and straight.  The sentiment is from Wondrous Wreath.

I am the last blog in the hop so you can make your way to the main CTC Blog if you would like to add your own creation in the comments. or hop over to Stasia's blog and keep hopping.

Happy Stamping
Monique