#CTC347 CASE Favourite Mini Catalogue Bundle

CASE your favourite Mini Catalogue bundle:

I've used the sadly retiring Sweet Little Stockings bundle but cased a carryover bundle - Penguin Place on Page 68.

I've diecut five of the stockings from Sweet Stockings DSP with the Stockings Dies. I've stamped two dogs and three cats in Black Memento Ink onto Basic White and coloured them with Stampin' Blends before diecuting with the same Stockings Dies. 

All the animals have been placed onto a stocking and arranged similarly to the CASE card, As I didn't have as much background area I opted for a single greeting from the retired Itty Bitty Christmas which was stamped with Black Memento Ink onto Basic White and trimmed. Initially I placed all this onto a Smokey Slate card base, but then decided to make that my mat and I added it to an Evening Evergreen card base.

Such a fun group of quirky critters.

The crew look forward to you sharing a project you've CASEd of your Favourite Mini Catalogue bundle. Post it to our Facebook page using the link over on the right.

Next on the hop we have our friend Julia:

#CTC251 - CASE Brightly Gleaming DSP with Layout from Pg 30

This week the crew are CASEing a layout from pg 30 of the Holiday Catalogue:

I have chosen the card on the bottom left of the picture above

Starting with a base of thick Very Vanilla, then adding a full height, wide strip of Noble Peacock Specialty DSP, turned 90 degrees to display it so the stripes represented the horizontal lines on the original. I've added a layer of vellum which was embossed with the Scripty 3D Embossing Folder.

Next I've stamped an image from So Many Stars in Night of Navy, Pretty Peacock and Seaside Spray onto Very Vanilla, They were diecut with a matching sized Stitched Stars die and adhered to the vellum with a line drawn to the top by hand. The Sprig punch was used to  cut some Noble Peacock foil sheets (in Pretty Peacock) and it was cut at the half way mark then adhered along the top of the vellum. Some Stitched Shapes stars from the flourish image have been added as bling. The greeting was from Itty Bitty Christmas stamped in Pretty Peacock and cut using a Layering Circles die.

Thanks for stopping by. Time now to pop over to the fabulous Rose and her amazing project. Please feel you can play along, all you need is to create a card with the brief mentioned, add your hastag #CTC251 and post to our Facebook page with the link over to the right.

#CTC247 Holiday Catalogue Punch Project

The crew are using a Punch Project from the Holiday Catalogue this week:

I procrastinated way too much and that left me creating my card just in time to capture the photo in natural light - too many cute projects to choose from!  You've got all week - don't be like me, make your card and add it to our Facebook page using the link over on the right.

In the end I have settled on a card on page 27 using the Moose Punch:

I pretty much CASEd the layout and colours only swapping a couple of things. I opted not to use a punch, but the masking technique instead. 

I've used a base of thick Whisper White, and adhered a panel of the lovely Wrapped in Plaid Specialty DSP. I chose a piece that had Cherry Cobbler in it, so that it would tie in the colour of my inked greeting. On a separate piece of Whisper White, I've stamped my main image from Nature's Beauty in Early Espresso, and although the moose had a matching 'fill' image, I've left my image clean. I've inked another image on a scrap piece to fussy cut and used this as a mask. I've used a combination of Coastal Cabana and Pool Party inks to stamp the foliage. Finally I've stamped a greeting from Itty Bitty Christmas in Cherry Cobbler ink, although this #simplestamping project could be used for any occasion. This panel was then adhered to the base card overlapping the DSP.

Once I had finally decided, it took so little time to create, I actually felt a bit guilty. So I decided to make another:

Then I didn't want to see the little fox miss out, even though we don't have them in our country - he is just a bit cute

The wildlife all together: 

The colours I chose didn't actually look as though they would work with the DSP I went with, however the beauty of Stampin' Up! is that all the colours work so well together, even if they aren't in the same family.

Time now to visit the lovely Peta and her super cute project - think I may have to CASE her!

#CTC245 CASE Let it Snow Suite

CASEing the Let it Snow Suite from pages 18-23.

I've chosen this snowman card on page 18:

Onto a base of Thick Whisper White I've added a sheet of the stunning Feels Like Frost Specialty DSP, I have to say the photography in this set has definitely captured some fabulous winter scenes. And while where you live may not lend itself to a wintry festive season, don't let that put you off, as on the reverse side are gorgeous metallic patterns - another "has to be seen to be appreciated" product.

I've added a greeting from Itty Bitty Christmas in Night of Navy and seriously - that could be your card - the DSP is too nice to cover up!

Back to the challenge. I kept with much the same layout and my snowmen became snowbirds using an image from Free As A Bird. I decided to leave them without the embossed background from the original and the only colour added was their scarves and a hat like the snowmen were wearing using Stampin' Markers. I used some retired Myths & Magic Glimmer Paper behind the image and popped it all up with Stampin' Dimensionals. A simple bow and job done.

We'd love to have you play along. Just add your image to our Facebook page using the link over to the right and the #CTC245 so we can find you before next Sunday evening.

Now it's over to see the lovely card Rebecca has created using the same pack of DSP!