CTC #233: CASE A Layout

Hi!

Gosh, what a busy weekend I've had - I can't believe it's nearly over! The best part about the end of the weekend is that it's CASEing The Catty Sunday Challenge Blog Hop time. Hooray! The blog before mine is Peta's, but as always, it doesn't matter where you start, just keep hopping until you get back to where you started.

This week we are selecting a card from page 36 and CASEing the layout. There are 7 different cards to choose from, so plenty of inspiration to be had. The Mossy Meadow card a the top left caught my eye - the cluster of elements on the card looked fun to play with.

I went with the new In Colour, Pretty Peacock, for my card base, and used the Woodland Embossing Folder simply because I hadn't used it for a while!

I followed the basic layout of the cluster fairly closely, but substituted for different items. The scallop layer is a partial die cut of a Stitched Label using Rococo Rose that was left over from another card. The feathers and sentiment are from the Hugs From Shelli Paper Pumpkin Kit. I stamped the feathers in Pretty Peacock and then used a slightly damp Aqua Painter over the top to colour them. It has the added advantage of curling the feathers a bit, giving the card a little dimension. The Copper Thread is from the Notes Of Kindness kit, and the pearls are from the retired Share What You Love Artisan Pearl pack.

Another feather completes the inside. It was coloured in the same manner as the feathers on the front.

That's it for me! Which card appeals to you from page 36? Don't forget to share your CASEd card with us in our Facebook group.

Before you do though, don't forget to finish the hop. Next up is Julia's blog, with her gorgeous floral card.

Bye for now,

Tina

CTC #207

Hi!

I'm playing along again with the CASEing the Catty Challenges, which this week was to CASE anything but a card from either of the current catalogues. After a quick flick through each, I decided to CASE the middle tag at the top of page 20.

I kept the basic parts the same - I used the same Botanical Tags die over the same piece of Wood Textures DSP, and used the same layout for the sentiment section, but otherwise I changed a lot around. If you have a look at your catalogue you can see that while I used all the same colours, I flipped a lot of them around - my tag is Fresh Fig, not Crumb Cake as in the catalogue.

I don't actually own the Botanical Bliss stamp set, so I had to improvise with what I had instead. I used the leaf die from the Botanical Tags set to create the textured base of my card. I simply cut a heap of the leaves in Crumb Cake and glued them to the base using my Fine Tip Glue. The Wood Textures DSP was brayered with Mint Macaron ink, as was the bird die from the Birds and Blooms Frameilts set. The button is from the True Gentleman pack, and sentiment label is from the Stitched Labels Framelits set. The stamp is from the Soft Sayings Kit. Finally, the Mint Macaron Twine is from the Nature's Twine set. it was took thick as it comes, so I simply pulled one of the strands out to use on the front.

I used the left over twine to finish off the inside, alongside the extra bird I cut from the scrap I'd brayered for the front. Sometimes it pays to think ahead to the inside when you're making the little bits and pieces for the front! The inside sentiment is from another card kit, this time it's the Notes Of Kindness kit.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI #430: Just Add Inspiration

Hi!

Hooray for Friday and a new Just Add Ink challenge! This week Rochelle found this gorgeous picture to inspire our creativity. Wouldn't you just love to receive a bouquet like this? I would!

My eye first jumped to the thick twine tied around the neck of the jar, so that's where I started with my card.

I cheat a little to get a round shape - I punched a large circle from Whisper White cardstock and then ran a line of glue around the edge. I then lay the twine over the glue and held in place until it dried. Instant twine circle for the wreath! Because I adhered it to Whisper White card, no-one can tell that I used the circle!

I used my new Sprig punch to cut some leaves in Soft Sea Foam to go under the flowers. I also stamped some similar leaves in SSF using a stamp from the Notes Of Kindness Card Kit, but they are a little tricky to see in the photo. The flowers are ones from my stash that I've had for yonks! I used some new Frosted Epoxy Droplets for the centres.

I wanted to give the card a floral border, so I used some of the lovely Petal Promenade DSP as a layer on the card. I like that it gives a dark border, but not a solid dark - there are some areas of softer colours.

You can see cards made by the rest of the Design Team over at the Just Add Ink blog. Those girls do florals so well!

Bye for now,

Tina

Cat In The Garden

Hi!

Welcome to the new Colour Creations Blog Share. This week we are up to the g's - more specifically Garden Green. It's definitely an old favourite of mine!

The first thing I decided was that I was going to brayer the Garden Green ink. I had no idea on what I was going to do this braying though! I went looking through my DSP and found nothing suitable. Then I was looking through the items on sale for World Card Making Day and decided that the large black and white striped piece from the Lots Of Happy Card Kit would be perfect!

I CASEd myself by embossing the Gold Foil with the Subtle DTIEF and popping it behind the punched cat shape. Such a cool look! I used the stamp set from the Notes Of Kindness Card Kit to stamp the leaves behind the Gold Foil. The pearls are also left overs from the same kit - you definitely get plenty!

After I stuck down the Gold Foil on the inside I realised I should have embossed it to match the front. I probably would have lifted it up (the spatula blade on the new Take Your Pick tool is perfect for that!), but I'd already adhered the cat over the top, and it wasn't going anywhere. Typical cat! LOL!

You can see the rest of this week's Garden Green cards over at Catherine's blog. Next week is Gorgeous Grape - a lovely purple that I really haven't used much of, so this is a good chance to change that!

Bye for now,

Tina