CTC 419: Love

 Hi!

Welcome to the new CASEing The Catty Sunday Challenge Blog Hop. It's a great way to end the week! 

This week we are asking you to CASE a love project. You can choose anything from the catalogue that makes you think of love.

I chose this Oceanfront card from page 85, with the obvious 'love you' sentiment. The watercolour scene really appealed to me, and it's been a while since I've inked up my Oceanfront stamp set, so that was as good a reason as any to choose this card to CASE.

The catalogue samples used Blending Brushes to ink the stamps, with the watercolour paper wet to give the softer look. I chose to use the baby wipe technique instead. I applied some Blackberry Bliss and Calypso Coral ink to the baby wipe, and then used it like an inkpad to ink up my sky stamp. The rest of the scene (apart from the plants) were just stamped as usual onto the wet watercolour paper.

Once the panel was dry, the plants were stamped over the top and the card was assembled and decorated.

I recreated the scene on the inside, without the wet watercolour paper. The sentiments that I used on my card are from the Easter Bunny stamp set. They are sort of vague enough to be suitable for several different occasions.

We'd love for you to play along with us this week. All you need to do is make a suitable card, take a photo and upload it to our Facebook group. I can't wait to see which card you choose to CASE.

Before you go, please keep hopping your way around all of the Crew blogs. There's lots more 'love' inspiration to be seen, starting with Julia Quinn with a super sweet card.

Bye for now,

Tina

Colour Creations: Pacific Point

 Hi!

Welcome back to another year of blogging, kicking off with the new Colour Creations Blog Hop. We are resuming for 2023 by featuring Pacific Point - a bright, mid blue that is lovely.

This combo from Brian King has a little bit of a nautical vibe. I didn't quite go nautical, but I did use Oceanfront to create my card.

I love that these stamps are photopolymer, making lining them up so easy! I used five different stamps from the set to create the scene. The stamps I've used for the land and sky nest together perfectly.

I snuck an extra colour onto the front of my card - I had to use a little Crumb Cake for the land. I cropped the whole scene using a Stitched Rectangle Die, matted it with Poppy Parade, and popped it up over some Celebrate Everything Host DSP.

A little more of the scene for the inside of my card. I think it's a lovely little surprise for the recipient.

That's all from me for this week's Colour Creations Blog Hop, but there's lots more inspiration to be seen. Just keep making your way around our blog hop, starting with the lovely Kate Morgan.

If you run into any issues with links, Catherine Proctor is the lady to know! Just jump on over to her blog, where she'll have a list of all of tonight's participants to help get you back on track.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 624: Just Add A Diorama

 Hi!

Welcome back for a new Just Add Ink challenge. This week we have an extra-fun one for you!

Kerry has challenged us to make a Diorama card. I've gone a bit OTT with mine, but that doesn't mean that you have to. A diorama is a 3D replication of a scene, but it can be as complex or as simple as you'd like - you just need the layers and a scene.

I decided to create a jungle diorama scene for my hero to come running out of. I tried to create a rolling boulder chasing him, but I just couldn't get it to work to my satisfaction. The snake will have to do! I created the frame for my card using the cutting files in this tutorial. I inked each layer in increasingly darker shades of brown and green as I went backwards with the layers. The final layer is just black.

The leaves were cropped from green cardstock using my retired Tropical Thinlits. I used darker greens at the back and lighter as I moved forwards in the layers. The rocks on the ground are stamped using my Oceanfront stamps. The hero, snake and sentiment are from the Kindred Stamps set, called Treasure Hunter. I coloured the images with my Stampin' Blends.

I'm not sure who I'll give this card to yet. While it does fold somewhat flat, it would take a custom envelope to send it. It's 5" square and 1 1/2" deep! For now, it will just go on display in my stamping room!

We'd love for you to play along this week with us at Just Add Ink. Go crazy, or go simple, or anywhere in between in creating a diorama card to share with us. Pop on over to the Just Add Ink blog to see the rest of the Design Team's diorama cards, and then use the linky to add yours to the challenge.

Bye for now,

Tina