CTC #180 - A Fond Farewell

Welcome to another week at CASEing the Catty Sunday Blog Hop where we take inspiration from the projects in one of the current Stampin' Up! Catalogues to create our projects.

This week we are taking our final look at the 2017-18 Annual and 2018 Occasions Catalogue - can you believe it!!!! It hardly seems like a year, but with only a short time until our favourites are gone for good it is great to have the opportunity to pick our favourite project from either catalogue.

I have so many favourites, but I decided the Myths & Magic Suite was certainly one of the suites I was most excited to see, so chose the card in the image above from page 36 of the Occasions Catalogue. 

I kept my card very similar to the original, increasing the amount of glimmer paper (who doesn't love a bit more glimmer) and changing the sentiment.  I also chose different mermaids from the DSP, making my choice based on the two sister mermaids in the TV show Sirens which I am enjoying at the moment.  I know this stamp set and framelits will stay in my collection for some time to come as they are all so cute and magical.

  

I hope you are inspired to join in for the challenge this week, just take inspiration from one of your favourite projects in the Annual or Occasions catalogues and upload a picture of it to the CTC Facebook Page. 

  

Time to hop on over and see what Angela has been inspired to create for our last look at the Annual and Occasions Catalogues for 2017/18.  

Do pop back for next week's challenge when we take our exciting first look at the new 2018/19 Annual Catalogue!

Happy Stamping

Monique

CI #34 - Pretty Pastels

Welcome to another Colour INKspiration challenge, a twice a month challenge where we pull Stampin' Up! colours from an inspiration picture and use these to create our projects. 

The colours this week are:

• Calypso Coral
• Pool Party
• Daffodil Delight
• Basic Grey 

I have been loving the Rooted in Nature stamps lately, because it was out, I decided to use it on my card for this challenge. I absolutely love how these leaves look when stamped on vellum and then embossed in clear embossing powder.  The ink stays damp enough for the powder to stick and it gives a pretty glisten to the leaves.

For the base of the card I used one of the embossing framelits that come in the set and then sponged over using Pool Party to pick up the embossing, then dabbing Basic Grey onto the card between the leaves to leave a sort of speckle.  The flowers are stamped using Oh So Eclectic, once I had stamped the line image in Calypso Coral I used my blender pen to "colour in" the centres of the flowers. I didn't add any additional ink, and find that by doing it this way I get a lovely soft finish.  A couple of White Perfect Accents, coloured with a Pool Party Stampin' Blends pen set off the sentiment perfectly.

  

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge, just use the colours in your creation and upload a picture of it to the CI Facebook Page.

  

Time to hop on over and see what the lovely Denita has created with the colour combo.

Happy Stamping
Monique

CTC #179 - Favourite Kit

Welcome to another week at CASEing the Catty, where we take inspiration for our creations from the pages of one of the current Stampin' Up! Catalogues.  

This week we are taking inspiration from the kits in any of the current catalogues.

I decided to take my inspiration from the Colour Me Happy kit, which  while not strictly in one of the catalogues, is still available and therefore fair game!  I chose the above card as my inspiration.

I decided to keep very much to the original layout and colour scheme but instead of pink flowers I coloured mine in Rich Razzleberry for a deeper colour.  The DSP on the background is one of the amazing ones in the Share What You Love suite.  I also added a few of the enamel dots onto the card instead of the sequins.  Because I wanted to step the card up a little I used a base of Rich Razzleberry and a mat of basic black which I think gives it a more elegant look.

  

I hope you are inspired to join in with the challenge this week, we don't have many left for the current catalogues, which is a little sad and a little exciting.  To join in just take your inspiration from one of the current kits and upload a picture of it to the CTC Facebook Page.

 

Time to hop on over and see what the lovely Megan has created this week.

Happy Stamping
Monique