CTC 466: Favourite Mini Catalogue Project

 Hi!

Welcome to the new CASEing The Catty Sunday Challenge Blog Hop. Sadly, this is my final blog hop as a member of the CTC Crew - I have decided to step down from the team as lately I have been unable to devote my energy to the team as much as I have in the past. The good news is that the Crew is on the hunt for some new Crew members, so you will begin to see some fresh, new faces on the hops soon.

On to the challenge! This week we are asking you to CASE your favourite project from the current Mini Catalogue. I'm a sucker for a stripes/floral DSP combo, so this card from page 46 caught my eye.

I love the way that the top section is stamped in coordinating ink, and then stamped and heat embossed over the top. I didn't end up stamping my background, I used two pieces of DSP instead.

The Lighter Than Air DSP is so pretty! I kept the stripes on the bottom, but chose the diamonds to go on top. A strip of Lemon Lolly cardstock covers the join, and provides a base for the sentiment, from In The Moment.

I cropped the hot air balloon from another piece of the DSP, and then popped it up over a partial Everyday Details circle cropped from vellum. It helps make the balloon stand out from the background DSP.

I left the inside sentiment free, as the front sentiment is quite versatile for a few different situations. A leftover strip of DSP and cardstock was all that was needed.

We'd love for you to play along with us this week. Just make a card that CASEs your favourite project from the Mini Catalogue, take a photo and upload it to our Facebook Group.

The next stop along the way is my lovely friend, Kathryn Mangelsdorf. She's made an absolute stunner that you won't want to miss!

One final thank you to Bec and the Crew for having me as part of their wonderful team for the past 5 years. I've had a blast, and have loved getting to know the Crew members better.

Bye for now,

Tina

CTC 461: Lighter Than Air Colours

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Thanks for joining me on a Monday for the CASEing The Catty Sunday Challenge Blog Hop. That's right, we are hopping a day late due to so many of the team having been to Melbourne for Stampin' Up!'s OnStage event over the weekend. They needed an extra day to recover, LOL!

This week we are asking you to CASE the colours from the Lighter Than Air DSP. It's a lovely set of soft, pastel colours to choose from.  I looked at which colour I used least, which was Bubble Bath, and built my card from there.

I didn't choose a card from the suite to CASE, I just used Bubble Bath, Pool Party and Lemon Lolly (another colour that I haven't used much) to do my own thing.

I used Sending Smiles for the flowers, and More Wishes for the sentiment. The circle die is from Everyday Details Dies, and the embossing folder is Layered Florals. A little piece of Lemon Lolly twine from the three pack that coordinates with the DSP finished off the front nicely.

Some more flowers, and sentiments from Biggest Wish finished off the inside. I adore how the sentiments from Biggest Wish and More Wishes can be mixed and matched!

We'd love to see what you do with the colours from the Lighter Than Air DSP. Will you CASE a card from the Catalogue, or go your own way, as I have? Just take a photo of your card and add it to our Facebook Group.

The next stop along the way is the lovely Monique Fielder, who has made a very clover and gorgeous card for you to see!

Bye for now,

Tina

CTC 459: Perennial Lavender Section

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It's been a while for me, but here we are again with the new CASEing The Catty Sunday Challenge Blog Hop. Is it just me, or are Sunday evenings rolling around so much ore quickly these days?

This week we are asking you to CASE the Perennial Lavender section of the current Mini Catalogue. It's a pretty suite, but I don't have any of it except for the butterflies, so I had to think a little about what I was going to make.

This sweet butterfly card caught my eye. I loved the all over DSP background, and the butterfly layered over both a vellum and a cardstock label.

I chose to use my Lighter Than Air suite products, especially the DSP. I fussy cut the hot air balloons from the paper to pop up over my labels and that delightful spotty paper.

I used my Everyday Details die for the labels - circles instead of rectangles from the original. Hello is from Biggest Wish, and is highlighted with a bow from Lemon Lolly Baker's Twine. A trio of Rainbow Dots finishes off the front of the card.

These two partial balloons are from the top corner of the sheet of DSP. I don't like letting them go to waste, and they sit perfectly at the top of the inside of the card.

That's all from me, but now your part of the challenge begins. Find a card from the Perennial Lavender suite to CASE, make the card and then post a photo into our Facebook Group. Easy!

If you started the Blog Hop in our Facebook Group, I'm the last stop. If you joined us part way through, keep on going until you get back to where you started. The next stop is the lovely Julia Quinn.

Bye for now,

Tina

CTC 456: SAB Catalogue

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Thanks for joining me for the new CASEing The Catty Sunday Challenge Blog Hop. This week we have returned to the Sale-A-Bration Catalogue for inspiration.

It's a little catalogue, but it's jam packed with fabulous projects for you to CASE.

I picked this cute Jungle Pals card from page 12. I loved the three strips that are all the same, but different.

I just received an order with some new products, so I was keen to play with them. The birds on the Flight & Airy DSP worked perfectly on my modified version of the sketch. I cut a smaller version of the strips and layered them om some Whisper White card, popped up over a Boho Blue Layered Flowers embossed card base.

I glued a pice of the bird DSP on some Whisper White cardstock, and then fussy cut to once dry. It was then popped up over the strips of DSP. The sentiment is from More Wishes, and was cropped with a Nested Essentials Die.

Some more birds were used to finish off the inside of the card. Aren't they pretty!

We'd love for you to play along with us by CASEing a card from the Sale-A-Bration Catalogue and uploading a picture to our Facebook group. We'd love to see what you make.

Please continue making your way around our Blog Hop. The next stop is the lovely Peta Stephen, who has created a gorgeous card - you won't want to miss it.

Bye for now,

Tina

CTC 454: CASE The SAB Catalogue

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Welcome to the new CASEing The Catty Sunday Challenge Blog Hop. This week we are back looking at the Sale-A-Bration Catalogue.

I found this cute card on page 9. I really liked the repeated hearts and the flagged banner, so I used those as my inspiration.

I don't have the products used in the catalogue sample, so I went looking through my stamp sets to see what might work. I settled on Taco Fiesta, thinking that it would make a fun card.

I started by stamping four tacos on some scrap Whisper White using Memento ink. I then coloured them using my Watercolour Pencils. I used Crushed Curry, Granny Apple Green and Real Red. I use Memento ink so that I can blend the pencils using my Clear Wink Of Stella brush. The card is so sparkly in real life!

The tacos are popped up over the card base, and the banner was added in the middle. I probably could have squeezed six tacos onto the card, but it looked a bit squishy.

I love the punny sentiments in this stamp set, especially this 'holy guacamole' one on the inside of the card.

We'd love for you to play along with us for this challenge. What's your favourite card/project in the Sale-A-Bration Catalogue? Give it a CASE and then add your photo to our Facebook group. It's that easy!

Before you go, please continue your way around our blog hop. The next stop is my lovely friend, Kathryn Mangelsdorf. 

Bye for now,

Tina

CTC 451: CASE The Mini Catalogue

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Welcome to the first CASEing The Catty Sunday Challenge Blog Hop for 2024! It's a new year, and we have two new catalogues to CASE from, so let's get cracking!

This week we are asking you to CASE from the new January - April Mini Catalogue. Don't have any products from the catalogue yet? That's OK - just use what you have!

I went straight for the back cover of the catalogue, intending to flip until I found something to inspire me The back cover provided this little gem. I loved the strips of paper behind the main image, and the bright, cheerful colours.

I haven't played with my Reach For The Stars bundle for a while, so I thought it would be a good choice for the card. I started with some strips of Stargazing DSP on a Tahitian Tide card base. It's a very bright blue!

The shuttle was stamped with Tahitian Tide ink, and the sentiment with Night Of Navy Ink. Both were cropped with Stylish Shapes Dies. I ran the banner piece through my Big Shot twice, as the label that was the perfect height for the sentiment was way too long. I just repositioned the die before the second pass to crop the label a little shorter.

These little star stamps match the DSP so well, and I thought that they were a great way to frame the inside sentiment.

We'd love for you to play along with our challenge. Just choose a card/project to CASE from the new Mini Catalogue, take a photo and upload it to our Facebook group. It's that easy!

Before you race off to get creating, please keep on going around our blog hop until you get back to where you started. There's lots more inspiration to be seen, starting with the lovely Julia Quinn with a gorgeous butterfly card!

Bye for now,

Tina

CTC 449: Merry Bright & Bold Colours

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Welcome to the new CASEing The Catty Sunday Challenge Blog Hop. This week we are asking you to CASE the colours of the Merry Bold & Bright DSP. There's lots of bright, fun colours to choose from!

I decided to limit myself to just three, and chose Poppy Parade, Granny Apple Green and Blueberry Bushel. I also felt like making something other than a Christmas card, so I reached for my It's A Science stamp set.

I recently purchased the Basics 3D Embossing Folders, so I started by using the crosshatch folder on my Whisper White cardstock. I then added some 'racing stripes' in my chosen colours. The colours look a bit dull, as it's a wild and wet day here. I had to race out between rainy periods just to grab a photo or two of my card.

I stamped, coloured and fussy cut one of the beakers. The bubbles were a fun addition, made a little difficult by the embossed background, but I think they turned out OK.

I added some more stripes to the inside of the card, and then used Versamark to stamp the molecular stamp over the top. I figured that it goes well with the inside sentiment, but I didn't do science beyond year 10 (which was a very loooooong time ago!), so I'm a bit fuzzy on it all!

Do you like playing with bright colours? We'd love to see what you make using the colours from the Merry Bold & Bright DSP. Just add a photo to our Facebook group so that we can see what you make.

Before you get inky though, please do finish off our blog hop. The next stop along the way is the fabulous Michelle Stradz, with an adorable Christmas card.

Bye for now,

Tina