Hi!
Thanks for joining me once again for the new CASEing The Catty Sunday Challenge Blog Hop. It's been a very long week for me - after a week of the rest of the family being home sick, I've finally caught their bug. Just a cold and not COVID, thankfully, but still not very fun. They are all well enough to go back to school/work tomorrow, so I think I'll have a quiet doona day at home.
This week our challenge is to CASE the cards on page 29 of the August-December Mini Catalogue. To make it a little easier, Rebecca has designed a sketch to follow.
It certainly helps to picture the card in a more simplified way, don't you think?
I decided to flip the layers of the sketch, and make the strips more of a feature on my card. My lovely friend, Judy, sent me a sample of the gorgeous flocked Plush Poinsettia Specialty Paper, and I thought it was too nice to hide behind other layers. I started by colouring the flocked parts with my Stampin' Blends, using Light Shaded Spruce, Light and Dark Cherry Cobbler and Dark Mango Melody. I have two hints: don't colour at night, unless you have super vision; and don't colour over one spot too much, or you will end up with a bald patch!
I trimmed the coloured paper into three strips and added them to my card, layered over a Gold Foil Stitched Rectangle piece. The rectangle was a little too long for my purposes, so I cropped out a section from the middle, which is hidden under the sentiment.
I used a left over piece from the coloured Plush Poinsettia Specialty Paper to finish off the inside. I didn't realise that I'd forgotten to stamp a sentiment on the inside until I went to photograph the card. I will blame it on a cold-addled brain!
To play along with us in our challenge, all you need to do is join our Facebook Group and add your photo to the wall. We'd love to see what you would do with this sketch.
For now, though, please do continue on with our Blog Hop. Next up is my wonderful friend, Kathryn. I love the imaginative way she's used the sketch. So clever!
Bye for now,
Tina
I hope you feel better soon. I love the velvet look of the Plush Poinsettia paper!
ReplyDeleteGreat colouring of the flocked paper. It really gives it so much texture. I hope you feel better soon.
ReplyDeleteYou had me tricked with the paper, I thought you'd used fabric for a moment! How clever you are, even when feeling poorly. Get well Tina.
ReplyDeleteWow, this is amazing! Thankyou for the tips about colours the flocking! Your card just begs to be touched!!
ReplyDeleteOh wow, Tina. I hadn't thought at all about colouring this paper, and it looks amazing. Makes it look like old damask or something. Fabulous!
ReplyDeleteOh this is so beautiful! Love how you used the paper. Gorgeous!
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