#CTC396 CASE a Watercolour Project

CASE a Watercolouring Project:

I've turned to Page 179 for my CASE of the hostess set on the top left:

I've stamped two images and a greeting from Sit Stay Relax using Soft Suede ink onto Basic White cardstock. These have been diecut using the Layering Circles Dies. The same dies were used with Cajun Craze cardstock and they were all adhered to a base of Petal Pink cardstock. Using my good old favourite (retired) Flowers for Every Season Gems to finish.

The original had another circle of colour but I like odd numbers so dropped it.

We hope to see you play along with the challenge this week and look forward to you sharing your project on our Facebook page, you can use the link over on the right if you need to.

Next up we are visiting Lauren:

#CTC391 CASE Mini Catalogue Bundle

 

CASE a Mini Catalogue Bundle pages 72-79

Bottom right of Page 173 was my choice this week.

I started with a piece of Abigail Rose DSP trimmed and matted with Poppy Parade cardstock and added to a base of Thick Basic White.

I used the bow from Christmas Scottie and stamped several using Parakeet Party ink and Basic White cardstock. I used the Scottie Dog punch to cut the bows out. I traced a circle onto the Abigail Rose cardstock to help get the bows relatively in order and adhered them with 7 spaced apart for my first layer then 6 more to cover the gaps as a second layer. 

The greeting was also from Christmas Scottie stamped using Starry Sky ink onto Smokey Slate cardstock and trimmed. I used this to fill the gap my last bow would have taken on the second layer. 

The little dog was one I had played with when I initally received this bundle and he was too cute to throw away. Stamped using the plaid stamp from the same stamp set and Tahitian Tide ink on Basic White cardstock. I've added a little bow from the (retired) Santa's Workshop Enamel Shapes for his collar and popped him in place using Stampin' Dimensionals.

My embellishments have been added to each bow with my old (retired) favourite Flowers for Every Season Gems. Small for the first layer of bows and large for the top layer.

I also switched orientation to landscape dictated by the piece of DSP I chose to use but am happy with the look.

Not my usual sort of colour combination either, but sometimes it's good to pop out of our comfort zones.

We hope to see you play along before next Sunday evening by creating a card from within the page range listed above in your mini catalogue and posting to our Facebook page using the link over to the right if you need.

Next on the hop we have our lovely friend Rachel:

#CTC384 Sale-a-bration

Back CASEing the Sale-a-bration catalogue for the last time this year:

Sale-a-bration finishes and then we welcome Spring! Looking forward to that but enjoying the bulbs and blossom already. I think that helped inspire my creation today.

I've chosen the bold card in the middle of Page 15:

Granny Apple Green was my colour of choice for the cardbase. I've randomly stamped the card with an image from Daffodil Daydream using Granny Apple Green ink. 

I've swapped the next layers a bit from the original. I liked the hexagons used but went with cutting a large hexagon with the Beautiful Shapes Dies out of Basic White cardstock and adding it behind my vellum. The Vellum Layering Designs I chose has script over it and I used it to replace the fancy diecut seen in the original. I've stamped another Daffodil Daydream image with Granny Apple Green ink onto Basic White card, coloured it with Stampin' Blends and diecut it with the Daffodil dies. This was added on top of the vellum.

The greeting is from Charming Sentiments and was heat embossed with White embossing powder onto Mossy Meadow cardstock, trimmed and added using Stampin' Dimensionals. Still getting through my (retired) stash of Flowers for Every Season Gems. They're just so versatile though. This time, I used the green ones.

Initially I was going to add another hexagon over the vellum but it seemed a shame to cover the script so I left it out.

Let's see what Sale-a-bration project has you inspired. Post it to our Facebook page using the link over on the right before next Sunday evening.

Let's head on over and check out what our friend Rebecca has been up to:

#CTC382 CASE Sketch Pg 10 SAB

CASE the card on Page 10 of the Sale-a-bration catalogue using the sketch below to help you:

To start I've reached for the Eden Dies and diecut a small frame from Evening Evergreen. I then stamped the greeting from Potted Geraniums in Evening Evergreen onto Basic White cardstock and diecut that with the same frame die. I wanted the piece you normally discard and I inserted that into the precut frame. I carefully turned it over and used double sided tape to hold the two together. The greeting I chose dictated the orientation of my card to be landscape rather than portrait like the original.

Onto a base of Highland Heather, I attached a panel of Evening Evergreen cardstock then a layer of Tea Boutique DSP. The greeting has had Stampin' Dimensionals attached over the double sided tape before adding it in place on the DSP. I've tucked in a baker's twine bow and added a few (retired) Flowers For All Seasons Gems.

I chose a darker green than the one featured in the DSP as I wanted to make the greeting stand out a little more; Loving the font and words in this set.

The crew have come up with a great variety this week. Be sure you hop around them all to see what I mean. We trust you will then feel inspired to join us and post your take of the sketch above to our Facebook page using the link over on the right before next Sunday evening.

Following me on the crew hop this week is Michelle with her cute Christmas card:

#CTC380 CASE a Christmas Tree Project

CASE a Christmas Tree Project

I've chosen this card above to the left on Page 13 of the July-December mini catalogue and pretty much CASEd it as it appeared.

Using the Spruced Up Outlines Dies, I've die cut small trees in Evening Evergreen, Garden Green and Granny Apple Green. 

Onto a base of Evening Evergreen, I've attached a layer of Pretty Prints DSP. Over that I've popped a piece of Vellum Layering Designs by just attaching adhesive to the centre of the vellum so it won't be seen. The edges of the vellum float a little bit and appear wonky in the photo because it's only grounded in the middle.

Next I've adhered the trees and outlines in place. The greeting is from Christmas Scottie, stamped in Evening Evergreen onto Basic White and diecut with a hexagon from the Beautiful Shapes Dies then added to the card with Stampin' Dimensionals. The card was finished with a few (retired) Flowers for Every Season Gems.

I chose not to use the stamps on the trees as in the original. Another option which would have made this fun, would have been to use an embossing folder on the solid trees as I did the last time I used the Spruced Up Outlines Dies.

The crew would love to see you play along by CASEing a Christmas Tree Project and adding your photo to our Facebook page before next Sunday evening. There's a link over on the right if you need it.

Next up we have our lovely friend Tina and her fabulous baubles card:

#CTC358 CASE an Embossed Project

 

CASE an Embossed Project featuring either type of embossing and from any of the current catalogues.

Check out the Mini Catalogue Page 55 and the card on the right which was my choice.

I've chosen the same base card of Thick Basic White and top layer of Basic White. I've gone to my scrap folder and chosen four colours which I thought looked ok together - Real Red, Early Espresso, Mossy Meadow and So Saffron. 

If you look closely at the CASE card, I thought two of the colours were embossed and two were not so that's what I went with. I cut strips roughly the same as what I thought the card above and then a piece of scrap was used as a placement card to adhere my strips onto. I've popped the So Saffron and Early Espresso strips into the Timeworn Type 3D Embossing folder and embossed them. I had wide strips of differing widths and then after adhering them in place, I've snipped the ends off to suit. When I was happy I added this to the top mat. 

The greeting is from Handsomely Suited, stamped with Mossy Meadow ink onto Basic White and  diecut with the Tasteful Labels dies. This was adhered onto to strip panel and the whole mat was attached in place with Stampin' Dimensionals. I went with the (retired) Flowers for Every Season Gems as my bling.

The crew look forward to seeing which embossed project you choose to CASE. Post it to our Facebook page using the link over on the right before next Sunday evening.

Next on the hop we are off to check out Tina's stunning card:

#CTC354 CASE Abstract Beauty Suite

CASE the Abstract Beauty Suite on pages 48-57 of the January-June Mini Catalogue:

I've chosen the Slimline Butterfly card on Page 52:

I didn't make a Slimline card though, just my usual half A4 but I used this picture for inspiration. I've started with a base of Thick Basic White and cut a piece of Expressions in Ink Specialty DSP to the full size of the card. I've then sliced it 3/4" from the side and taken the same amount off the front of the card base. 

I've cut three butterflies out of the DSP using the Brilliant Wings Dies and popped them aside for another project. I've used the CASE card idea of a contrasting edging and cut a piece of Evening Evergreen cardstock with the edging from Peony Dies. I've adhered the edge to the DSP and then attached the DSP panel to the front of the card. The 3/4" of DSP has been added to the inside edge of the card so it looks like it's all one. I've diecut the same three butterflies out of Evening Evergreen cardstock and adhered them into the blanks on the front of the card. The greeting is from Handsomely Suited and stamped in Evening Evergreen ink onto Basic White cardstock then diecut with a Tasteful Labels die and attached it to the card with Stampin' Dimensionals.

I've added some (retired) Flowers for Every Season gems to finish.

At the time I couldn't decide which piece of DSP I wanted to use, so ended up making two cards.

This time the contrast colour was Mango Melody but I have kept with the Evening Evergreen greeting.

I can't decide if I've a favourite or not - I keep going from one to the other but they both look so pretty with the gold shimmering in the background. Let me know which one you prefer.

We hope you'll join us CASEing the Catty this week. Post your project to our Facebook page using the link over on the right before next Sunday evening. Winner announced Monday evening.

Next on the hop we have the lovely Rebecca and her fun Black & White with a pop of colour card!

#CTC322 CASE the Birthday Section

CASE the Birthday Section - pages 60-67 of the Annual Catalogue:

I chose the image on the top left of Page 67:

I don't have the Picture This Dies which would make this a bit easier, but I was quite happy to make my layout using the Layering Circles Dies. I've used a base of Bermuda Bay and cut the top mat from the same colour then cut the circles out. 

I've paired the layout up with the cute critters from Snail Mail Designer Series Paper. Lots of fussy cutting and no stamping. I liked the effect where the original card had some of the image on the bottom layer and the rest on the top layer. You may not be able to see it clearly in this photo but I'll pop a couple of angled shots in to try and capture the perspective. 

I've used a bottom mat of Pool Party and to get my placement I traced the circles in pencil. Onto the base, added the elements then adhered the bottom mat to the base card and popped the top mat onto Stampin' Dimensionals and into place. As per the CASE card I've added a Baker's Twine bow and some bling - using the retired Flowers for Every Season Gems.

Sad to see the Snail Mail suite will soon retire.

A little bit of fun for a dreary winter's day.

We look forward to seeing you create a challenge card and posting it to our Facebook page using the link over on the right before next Sunday evening.

Next up check out Michelle's version of the same CASEd card! Snap Michelle :)