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

JAI #464: Just Add Colour

Hi!

It's that time of the week again - the new Just Add Ink challenge is live, and it's a fun colour challenge suggested by Jackie.

It took me a long time to think about what I cold do with these colours, and in the end I decided to use a new stencil that I purchased recently. It's called Holes Small and is by Ranger.

I lightly taped it down over a piece of Whisper White cardstock and then used my sponge brayer to add the ink. There's Granny Apple Green at the bottom, Soft Sea Foam in the middle and Flirty Flamingo on top.

I die cut the now retired Happy Birthday die four times - once each in Granny Apple Green, Soft Sea Foam, Flirty Flamingo and Basic Black and then layered them up in that order. If you look carefully, you can see the different layers under the black. A subtle, but cool effect! I finished the card by doodling in some of the circles and adding some Black Faceted Dots.

Instead of dots I got a bit lazy and went for stripes on the inside - just some offcuts of the cardstock to match the front colours. The stamp is from Genuine Gems, and I coloured it with my Granny Apple Green and Flirty Flamingo Stampin' Blends.

Time to pop on over to the Just Add Ink blog, where you can see the rest of this week's Design Team cards. You can also link up your card to enter the challenge. You'll have fun with these colours!

Bye for now,

Tina

A Clean Slate

Hi!

Time for a new Colour Creations Blog Share. This week it's Smokey Slate, which I surprisingly found to be a hard colour toward with! I asked Rob for inspiration and he straight away said to make a Game Of Thrones card. Umm, no! In the end, I decided to go with a classic pink and grey combo.

My new Rococo Rose ink pad was on my desk, so I did a bit of smooshing with it. I then added some Smokey Slate smooshing around the edges. Once it dried I used my retiring Eclectic Layers dies to cut a few diamonds into the cardstock.

The stamp set is a new one from the upcoming Annual Catalogue, called Genuine Gems. The pieces on my card are actually chopped from a larger sentiment that says 'I told the universe to send some awesome your way'. I half coloured the open letters and then matted them in halves on Smokey Slate and Rococo Rose cardstock. I was going for a card for an older teen girl, so I was trying a few funky things out.

I did a little more smooshing on the inside. It's hard to see, but there is some Smokey Slate in there amongst the Rococo Rose!

Tina to pop on over to Catherine's blog, where you can find the rest of this week's Smokey Slate cards.

Bye for now,

Tina