#CTC267 Ornate Garden Week 1

This fortnight we are CASEing the Ornate Garden suite for #CTC267 and have been instructed to use the flowers as inspiration:

I really liked the card on the bottom left above and went with pretty much the exact layout, switching out the ingredients - the open image of the flowers being my inspiration..

I've used Highland Heather for my base card and mat which was embossed with the Layered Leaves 3D Embossing Folder. I've stamped the Good Morning Magnolia image in Soft Suede onto Whisper White and cut the panel into 3 then adhered it to the top mat.  I've stamped the greeting from Varied Vases in Highland Heather onto Whisper White. Next I adhered some retired Daffodil Delight double stitched ribbon and Daffodil Delight diecut shapes using the Lovely Flowers dies behind the greeting, popping the whole group up on Stampin' Dimensionals.

Once I finally decided what I was doing, this card came together very quickly. A great way to use up some of the 'little leftovers' we pop aside so I think I'll be using this idea again.

Our next crew member has chosen the same card to CASE, so please pop over and check out Monique's gorgeous creation:

#CTC253 Come to Gather Suite

CASEing the Come to Gather Suite pages 46 - 51 of the Holiday Catalogue this week:

I've picked the card top right of page 47:

I've gone back to my old favourite card base of thick Whisper White and mounted it with a sheet of Garden Lane DSP. 

I've used Nature's Roots dies to cut the rose leaves from the Mossy Meadow mat I went with. My co-ordinating colour is Pear Pizzazz and that was for more rose leaves. 

Do you read the tips in the catalogues? Well this time I did and went with it. After diecutting my leaves I spritzed them with water before doing the embossing details. Worked a treat!

I've stamped some roses with the Forever Lovely stamp set in Petal Pink onto Whisper White and cut them out. My foliage at the top right is Mint Macaron cardstock using the Lovely Flowers dies.The ribbon and bow are made with the Magnolia Lane Ribbon Combo pack and the Birthday Wishes is a 'spare' on my craft desk from a recent project using Varied Vases. Love using up those spare 'bits' - stamped in Pretty Peacock, I think it adds just enough variety to make it fit.

Don't forget to play along. Make your card to fit the brief and post to our Facebook page using the link over on the right. Time to visit Monique and see what she has for us this time: