Colour Creations: Crumb Cake

 Hi!

Welcome to Cajun Craze week of the Colour Creations Blog Hop. Hahahaha, are you confused? It's actually Crumb Cake week, but my card started looking like it should have been made for Cajun Craze week instead. I had to do some fancy work to get it looking more Crumb Cake and less Cajun Craze!

I started out using some bits and pieces from my Timeless Greetings Kit. I'd made a card using bits in the past, which left me with the angular black piece on the left of my card. I also had the speckled Crumb Cake piece. I didn't want to layer it over more Crumb Cake, so I used a Cajun Craze card base. As I started layering, I realised I'd gone too far over to Cajun Craze territory. Luckily, the Crumb Cake strips brought it right back into more acceptable levels of Crumb Cake.

These motorbike dies are so much fun! I used Basic Black, Basic Grey, Cajun Craze and Silver Foil for the layers. I hoped that the speckled paper made it look like it was driving out in the desert, maybe?

I had a narrow strip of the speckled paper left for the inside. Because it was too short to go the whole way across the card panel, I cut the end at an angle. Hopefully it doesn't look like the bike is about to go off the edge of a cliff!

You're now heading off to see what my wonderful friend, Rachel Palmieri has created. I can't wait!

If you get stuck with links, please pop on over to the fabulous Cathy Proctor's blog. She'll have a list of all of tonight's participants to help get you back on track.

Bye for now,

Tina

CTC 418: CASE The Annual Catalogue

Hi!

Thanks for joining me for the new CASEing The Catty Sunday Challenge Blog Hop. Has it been cold where you live? We have certainly had a little taste of what winter has in store here in Adelaide! The upside? It's perfect crafting weather 😁

We have a new Annual Catalogue, so naturally we are asking you to CASE from it! You can choose whichever project you'd like to CASE. If you've been following me for a while, you'd know that I like to flip through the catalogue, starting at the back page. I got to page 159 before I found this awesome card.

I really loved the simplicity of the layout, that it uses one of my must-have suites, and the cool flames at the back of the shuttle. I don't own this bundle (yet), but the flames did make me think of my Legendary Ride bundle. Perfect!

I started by creating my background. I stamped Rays Of Light onto Lost Lagoon cardstock using the matching ink. I am so loving that its back in the line-up. I cropped it with a Stitched Rectangle Die, but it wasn't quite as big as I'd like, so I added another layer of cardstock underneath.

My motorbike was created using Basic Black, Smokey Slate, Real Red and Silver Foil cardstocks, with a bit of Pumpkin Pie on the flame. I used Adhesive Sheets behind all of the small pieces (there are lots of them!), as it makes assembling the bike so much easier.

I stamped the large motorbike image on the inside. I think I'm going to have a lot of fun with this bundle!

To join in with our challenge, all you need to do is join our Facebook Group and add a photo of your project to the group. You don't need a blog or a fancy camera, we want to make it easy to play along.

Before you go, please continue your way around our Blog Hop. The next stop is my lovely friend, Judy May. I can't wait to see what she's made!

Bye for now,

Tina

CTC 410: CASE An Embossing Project

 Hi!

Welcome back to the new CASEing The Catty Sunday Challenge Blog Hop. We enjoy CASEing from the Stampin' Up! Catalogues, and we hope that you do, too.

This week we are asking you to CASE any Embossing Folder project from either of the two current catalogues. There's a lot to choose from! I recently purchased the Legendary Ride bundle, so I went for that section of the mini catalogue first.

Embossing our foil cardstock is a favourite technique of mine, so this card caught my eye straight away. I also loved the layout of the card, and the addition of the feminine flowers to the masculine elements.

I didn't buy the Metal Plate 3D Embossing folder, so I substituted for the splatter folder in the Stripes & Splatters 3D Embossing Folders set. I think it works, as it looks a bit like oil splatters. I used the darkest silver foil from the Silver Foil Specialty Pack. It has a bit of a purple tint to it, so that dictated the colours of the rest of my card. I used the same foil for the metallic parts of the motorbike.

Speaking of the motorbike, there's a LOT of layers, but doesn't it look spectacular? It's difficult to see in this photo, but the Blackberry Bliss layer has some embossing on it to represent the engine parts. In fact, quite a few of the dies also emboss different elements of the bike. You can see it on the Fresh Freesia and Silver Foil elements.

I stamped one of the motorbikes from the stamp set on the inside, as I'd run out of Adhesive Sheet backed pieces of cardstock. I was too lazy to make up some more to die cut another bike! 

That's all from me for now, but your part in this challenge is just beginning. We'd love for you to play along - all you need to do is make a card that is a CASE of one from either catalogue that uses an embossing folder. Then take a photo and add it to our Facebook group. Easy!

Do make sure that you finish our Blog Hop before you get creating. I'm actually the last stop in the Blog Hop if you started in the Facebook group, but if you joined somewhere along the way, please keep on hopping until you get back to where you started. The next stop is my wonderful friend, Judy May.

Bye for now,

Tina