CTC #259: Anything Holiday Catalogue

Hi!

I can't believe I'm saying this, but welcome to the very last CASEing The Catty Sunday Challenge Blog Hop for 2019! The year is nearly over and the Crew are taking a small summer break. We'll be back on the 5th January to kick off the new catalogues in style though. But for now, we have a Hop to do! I'm the first stop on this week's Hop, but we are all linked in a circle, so you can start anywhere. Just keep on going until you get back to where you started. You don't want to miss any of the gorgeous projects in the Hop!

For the final Holiday Catalogue challenge, we were able to choose anything in the Holiday Catalogue to CASE. Wow, what a tough choice - there are soooo many fabulous projects. In the end, I selected this tiny tag on page 22 to CASE.

I chose not to CASE the tag itself, rather, the technique. The image from Elfie was stamped in Memento and then coloured with Watercolour Pencils, starting with a layer of the Whisper White pencil. The colours are then layered over the top. The white base gives the colours vibrancy, even though the image was stamped on Crumb Cake.

I'm pretty much done with Christmas cards, so it was time to play with some new stuff this week! I used the Painted Poppies stamp set to stamp the poppy image in Memento on my Crumb Cake card. I also stamped the large splatter stamp around the edges in Crumb Cake, then sponging more Crumb Cake ink over the top.

I coloured the poppies first with my Whisper White pencil, with Real Red and Garden Green over the top. To finish the front, I added a sentiment from Genuine Gems and a Crumb Cake twine bow. I used the CC twine from the Nature's Twine pack, but I only used a few strands, as the whole piece was too thick and chunky for the look I was after.

I stamped the same poppy image on the inside, this time in Crumb Cake ink. I coloured it softly with the Real Red and Garden Green pencils. The sentiment is from the new Peaceful Moments stamp set. I think you'll see that set a lot, as there's a great mix of sentiments and the fonts are fabulous.

Thanks for joining me for the CTC Blog Hops this year. I've loved being part of the Crew, and I look forward to returning with them in 2020. You can join in the fun in our Facebook group too. It's so easy - just make a card to fit the challenge, photograph it and upload it into the group. Done!

Before you do, don't forget to finish the Hop! Next up is the lovely Julia with her gorgeous floral project. I won't spoil it too much!

Bye for now,

Tina