CTC 326: Step It Up

 Hi!

Thanks for joining me on a cold, wet Sunday evening for the new CASEing The Catty Sunday Challenge Blog Hop. I ca't think of a better thing to to on such an evening, except to maybe craft! Although, I think I'll have an early night tonight, as I stayed up very late (for me!) watching Ash Barty at Wimbledon.

This week we are asking you to choose a project from the Annual Catalogue and Step It Up - basically, make it fancier! This may mean more layers, more products used, or more details on the project.

I chose this Birthday Chick card from page 6. It's already pretty fancy, but I thought that I could still step it up a little.

I started the card with the Pattern Party DSP. I randomly coloured some of the dots with my Stampin' Blends markers. I then cropped it with my Stitched Rectangles Dies. I also coloured the chicken with my Blends - adding extra colour is a great way of stepping up a project.

These banners from the Stitched Triangles Dies are a fun way to step up the card, don't you think?

On the inside of my card I used the offcut DSP from the front as a border. Another banner, and Blends-coloured chicken, and I was done!

To join in with our challenge, it's very easy - just join our Facebook group and upload a picture of your card with a little explanation of which card you've CASEd. I can't wait to see which one you choose!

For now, though, it's time to pop on over to Michelle's blog so that you can continue your way around our blog hop.

Bye for now,

Tina

CTC 325: Die Bundles Section

 Hi!

Thanks for joining me for the new CASEing The Catty Sunday Challenge Blog Hop.  This week Rebecca has challenged us to CASE a card from the Die Bundles Section of the Annual Catalogue.

The section runs for six pages, so there's plenty of choices for you. I found this card, that uses the All For Baby bundle.

I really loved the stripes of colour that faded out toward the top of the card, and how the images layered over the top matched the colours. I don't have this bundle, but I thought that flowers would make a great alternative.

I started with a piece of the new Hostess DSP, Pattern Party. I cropped the piece a little longer than I needed for the card front by about half an inch. I then trimmed this piece into four 1 inch wide strips. Each of the strips were then inked using Blending Brushes, fading the colour out to the top. I used Pale Papaya, Flirty Flamingo, Pool Party and Petal Pink. After colouring, I trimmed the extra length from the bottom of the strips and adhered the strips to a card front sized piece of Whisper White. You can see that I was careful to keep the strips in the same order, so that the little circles in the paper match up.

The flowers were cropped from matching cardstock and adhered to the front of the card. I used Granny Apple Green for the leaves.

I used the pieces I trimmed from the front to decorate the bottom of the inside - you can just see them peeping out from underneath the flowers. It was much easier to ink the strips in one go and then trim them to size.

Have you joined our Facebook group so that you can participate in our challenges? We'd love to see what you make!

Please continue on with our Blog Hop tonight by jumping on over to Rebecca's blog. You won't want to miss any of the stops along the way - there's lots of inspiration to be seen.

Bye for now,

Tina