CTC #239: CASE A Layout

Hi!

Welcome back to a new CASEing The Catty Sunday Challenge Blog Hop. It's been another busy week in my household, so I just squeaked into the end of the list for the blog hop, after Monique.

This week we are choosing a card from page 103 of the Annual Catalogue to CASE, but with an extra twist - we need to change the theme. So if the card you choose is a thank you card, you need to make anything but a thank you card. Easy!

I was in a bit of a rush to get my card done, so I went for the Crumb Cake card at the top of this photo. In my rush I assumed it was a new baby card, as it's in the Kid's and Babies section. What's the opposite of a new baby card? A sympathy card. I always seem to need them for my stash.

It's funny how 'I need to get a card made in a hurry' morphed into 'I'll just do some colouring with my Blends', which I can never do in a hurry! I stamped the flower from Best Birds three times, masking each one as I went. Once all three were masked I stamped the leaves over the top. They were coloured with my Flirty Flamingo, Granny Apple Green and Daffodil Delight Blends.

The bird was then stamped and coloured using Daffodil Delight, Balmy Blue and Light Night Of Navy Blends, with Light Crumb Cake for the ground. The sentiment is from a Paper Pumpkin set I got while I was in the USA. I think it's Birds Of A Feather.

When I cut the card for the inside I was kidding myself that I'd only stamp one flower and leaf combo. As soon as I stamped the first flower I knew I had to do the whole trio - it wouldn't look right with just one. Sigh. Luckily I'm quicker at the photo editing and blog post writing than I am at making a quick card! LOL!

That's it for me for this week. Don't forget to join our Facebook group so that you can play along with our challenges each week.

In the meantime though, you're hopping off to see what Julia has made this week.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI #425: Just Add Inspiration

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Hello as you join me for the new Just Add Ink challenge. This week Kelly has provided us with this gorgeous garden picture. I'm so jelly - I would love a garden like that but I'm a complete black thumb so it will never happen in my lifetime!

Sigh.... so pretty!

The wonderful thing about our Inspiration challenges is that you can take anything from the picture and turn it into a card. My mind started thinking about how to recreate the scene and I got so overwhelmed I had to put it aside for a while to think some more. In the end I went super simple - just pulling a few of the colours from the picture and running with them.

I was recently gifted this die by a lovely customer. I've no idea what brand it is, as there was no packaging. I cut the hearts once in Berry Burst and again in Powder Pink, as there are at least two shades of pink flowers in the Inspiration photo. I then glued down the BB outline and pieced the PP hearts into it. Fiddly, but I love the look!

I popped the oval panel onto a piece of Soft Sea Foam cardstock that has been embossed with the Subtle DTIEF - not that you can see it in the photo! Some ribbon and twine and done!

I used some of my left over hearts to finish off the inside of the card. The layered hearts are very sweet.

It's always fun seeing what everyone else sees in the same picture. You can find out how the Design Team interpreted it over at the Just Add Ink blog. What do you see? Why not link your card up over there too?

Bye for now,

Tina

Best Birds in Nature's Poem

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Today's card is one I made for a class way back in July. I wanted to do a bit of watercolouring with my class ladies, and also to show off parts of the Share What You Love Embellishment Kit. In the end, I only used one of the labels, but it's the thought that counts!

You can see on the card that I used the larger label, but I cut it in half so that I could make twice as many cards with it. I love finding ways to stretch my crafting dollar further! The DSP is from the Nature's Poem pack. I love the subtle pattern that looks a little like some woven fabric. It's one of my favourites from the pack.

The bird was coloured to match the colours of the paper and cardstock - Grapefruit Grove and Rich Razzleberry. Bits of it look very yellow in the photo, but that's just the tones in the Grapefruit Grove as compared to Rich Razzleberry. Soft Suede and Shaded Spruce were used on the branch and leaves.

I had a flower left over from the front of the card, so I popped it on the inside beside the sentiment. It was just the perfect space for it!

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI #377: Just Add Colour

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I'm a bit excited for this week's Just Add Ink challenge!

This week it's a colour combination, suggested by Rochelle, and I think it rocks! I love the mix of blues, and the addition of Lemon Lime Twist gives it a fresh lift. What do you think?

As I was very enthused about this combo, I decided to cut loose and have a lot of fun with it. You know that fun = mess, don't you? LOL

Would you believe that there are three different stamp sets used on this card? I started with the swooshy stamp in Playful Backgrounds in Pool Party. I then stamped some splatters from Swirly Bird in Dapper Denim over the top. I then got out my Embossing Paste and added some Lemon Lime Twist, before applying it over the top of the stamping using the diamond mask from the Pattern Party Decorative Masks.

While it dried, I stamped and watercoloured the images from Best Birds. I've had this bundle for a year and hardly used it - now that I've started playing with it, I'm not sure why I haven't done so before now. It's a great set!

I sort of ran out of room for a sentiment on the front, so I had to put it in the inside. I really tried on the front, but there wasn't anywhere to put it that didn't look tacked on. Oh well, sometimes it's good to break the rules and not put one on at all.

You can see what the rest of the Design Team have created with this fun colour combo this week over at the Just Add Ink blog. We'd love to see what you do with it too.

Bye for now,

Tina