CTC #152 - Harvest Inspiration

Welcome to another week at CASEing the Catty Sunday Challenge, where we take a look at a section of one of the Stampin' Up! Catalogues and use one (or more) of the projects to inspire our creations.

This week we are having a look at the Painted Autumn / Spooky Nights sections from page 48 - 55.

I chose one of the cards on page 48 for my inspiration, the one on the left of the image above.  I chose the general layout and the technique of using fussy cut DSP images instead of stamped images.

I chose the Delightful Daisy DSP for my card, and colours that coordinate with it, Calypso Coral and Wisteria Wonder. The listed colours don't include Wisteria Wonder, but I think it goes well with the little purple flowers.   The sentiment is a combination of stamping and framelit cut options from the Lovely Inside & Out Bundle.  The "Friend" I cut from one of the darker Wood Textures DSP stack to tie it in with the Woodgrain background stamp. I wanted to include natural fibres, but preferred the Jute Twine in a bow. Having finished the card I think it almost looks like the sentiments are hanging from it with invisible threads!

  

I hope you decide to join us this week, just use the project from pages 48 - 55 in the Holiday Catalogue to inspire your creation and post a picture of it to the CTC Facebook Page. 

  

Time to hop on over and see what the lovely Megan has been inspired to create this week.

Happy Stamping
Monique

CI 20 - Floral Thank You

Welcome to another Colour INKspiration challenge, this week's inspiration photograph is so pretty, makes me think of lazy afternoons sipping wine and nibbling on tapas at a vineyard! What does it make you think of?

The Stampin' Up! colours we have pulled from this image for the challenge are:

• Calypso Coral
• Dapper Denim
• Cherry Cobbler
• Always Artichoke

I have been working on swaps for an upcoming demonstrator event, and had this left over piece of DSP on my desk.  I have to admit that Always Artichoke is not my favourite colour, in fact it really is my least favourite, but I thought that I could sneak it into my layout easily if I used it on leaves. From there it was just a decision of which flowers to use.  

I love the way the Eclectic Layers Framelits pair so well with each other and with the coordinating stamp set. I stamped one of the flowers in Calypso Coral, and then did the second layer (the thin lines that gives the flower definition) in Cherry Cobbler.  The other two flowers as simply cut from plain card stock.  The leaves I stamped with two of the stamps, for one of them stamping off to give additional colour tone.  A lovely strip of metallic edged ribbon and sentiment from Daisy Delight.

  

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge this week - just use the colour combo and post a picture of your project on the CI Facebook page.

  

Time to hop on over to see what the lovely and talented Krissy has created.

Happy Stamping
Monique

CTC #151 - Merry Little Project

Welcome to another week at CASEing the Catty, a challenge where we take inspiration from images the projects in one of the Stampin' Up! catalogues as the basis of our projects each week. You can join in too by adding a picture of your project to the CTC Facebook Page.

This week we are taking our inspiration from the covers and Hostess sections of both the Annual and Holiday Catalogues. 

I love 3D projects and this cute little box on the cover of the Holiday Catalogue really caught my eye.

I decided to make a card instead of a box, and keep with the monochromatic colours inspired by the Merry Little Christmas Mega Suite, using papers from both of the DSP packs in this suite. The Rosette is 1-1/4" x 12" and scored at 1/4" intervals. The sentiment is from Merry Little Labels and the Holly embellishment was stamped and cut using the Carols of Christmas Bundle. Do you like the little red berry on my holly? It is a regular rhinestone that I have coloured with a Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Blends (new alcohol based markers coming out soon for general purchase).

   

I hope you are inspired to join us this week, jut pick one of the projects on the cover or in the Hostess section of either Stampin' Up! Catalogue and use it as the basis of your project, then post a picture of your project on the CTC Facebook Page. 

  

Time to hop on over and see what the talented Julia has created this week.
Happy Stamping
Monique