Stamping With MoniQ

Sunday, January 17, 2016

CTC 62 - Own Choice SAB

Time for another CASE-ing the Catty Blog Hop, an exciting change in 2016 is that you can join in by uploading a photo of your project to the main blog page and each month an overall winner will be chosen.

This week we are taking inspiration from the whole Sale-A-Bration catalogue, and I have chosen the card on page 17.

I wanted a more neutral card, so went with a combination of Early Espresso and Crumb Cake. If you like the Sky Is The Limit stamp set as much as I do, don't dawdle in popping in your order to earn it from during Sale-A-Bration, as it is only available until 15th February.

Time to hop on over Bronwyn's blog and see what amazing project she has created.

Happy Stamping
Monique

Sunday, January 10, 2016

CTC 61 - Occasions Catty Favourite

Welcome back to the first CASE-ing the Catty blog hop for 2016, I hope you have had a lovely festive season. This blog hop is exciting not just because it is the first of 2016, but also because it is our first hop taking inspiration from the new Occasions Catalogue. As usual Stampin' Up! have packed this catalogue full of wonderful new products as well as lots and lots of samples to take inspiration from. Because it is a new catalogue we are doing a CASE of our favorite from the whole catalogue.

This is the image from page 26 of the Occasions Catalogue that I took inspiration from, I just loved the look of the decorated bag, but decided to make it into a card instead, wouldn't they make a cute set together! .

I just love the Botanical Bloom bundle, not only do you get the gorgeous framelits and matching stamp set, but you also get the coordinating Designer Series Paper! For this card I have stamped onto the DSP to give some added depth as well as adding some additional stamping to the tag on the front of the card. I have also added a bow in Mint Macaron which I think sets it off nicely.

Time to hop on over to Kathryn's blog to see what has inspired her creation, then keep hoping until you get back to where you started. If you would like to join in, just add a link to your project as a comment on the main blog.

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Happy Stamping
Moni-Q

Blushing Bride Blooms

I love having time to craft on the weekends and this weekend has been one of those, although you won't get to see a couple of the projects for a while as they are for an upcoming Blog Hop. One I can show you was inspired by this lovely colour combination from Colour Q, I think it was the cute little baby outfit that caught my eye as much as the colours. I have a relative who has recently given birth to twin baby girls quite prematurely, and they have been on my mind a lot lately. In good new the girls are doing well and are approaching their expected due date and getting stronger and bigger by the day. Anyway, onto my creation.

As those of you who visit my blog regularly, you will know that I am loving the new Botanical Blooms bundle of products, and again they were my go-to set for this card. I knew the Blushing Bride and Melon Mambo would go beautifully together, and I have used Pool Party in the past for leaves and I think they work well here. The sentiment is from the Tin of Cards stamp set and goes perfectly in the space created by the cut out leaf framelit.