CTC 428: Artistic Expression Section

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Thanks for once again joining us for the new CASEing The Catty Sunday Challenge Blog Hop. It's such a great way to finish off the week, don't you think?

This week we are asking you to CASE a project from the Artistic Expression section of the Annual Catalogue, which goes from page 94 to 119. It's a section that's jam packed with inspiration!

I chose this card from page 101. I don't have any of the products used in the catalogue sample, but I didn't let that stop me! Half the fun of CASEing is taking something and making it yours. In this case, I loved the way that part of the stamped image is cropped and popped up. I think it's such an effective look.

As I mentioned, I don't have any of the products used in the original, so I decided to use It's A Science as my stamp set. I used my Stamparatus to stamp the row of beakers I then coloured them with my Berry Burst, Lost Lagoon, Lemon Lime Twist and Blueberry Bushel Stampin' Write Markers.

The centre section was then cropped using a Layering Squares Die, matted and popped up over the rest of the row. I took the colours from the Bright & Beautiful DSP that I used on the base of my card. I masked off half of the sentiment, and just used the It's Your Birthday section for the front of the card.

I used the other half on the inside, along with a beaker left over from the front of the card. I added bubbles to this beaker, as I thought that it worked nicely with the 'overreact' part of the sentiment. I really love the puns in this stamp set!

We'd love for you to play along with us on this challenge. All you need to do is make a suitable card and add a photo to our Facebook group. It's really very easy!

If you started the Blog Hop in the Facebook group, I am the last stop tonight. If you started mid way, just keep on gong until you get back to where you started. The next stop is the lovely Julia Quinn, with a gorgeous card that you won't want to miss.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 658: Just Choose Two

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Hooray for Friday, and the end of a wet, miserable week! Well, the weather was miserable, but I was happy, as my mum was here for a visit. She's gone home now, but it was lovely having her here.

This week at Just Add Ink, we have a Choose Two challenge for you. Di suggested this challenge, to add two of either scraps, strips or sequins to a card. I nearly added stripes, but I released in time that the element was strips, not stripes. Oops!

When I saw that sequins was one of the options, I decided to make a shaker card. They are a great way to add sequins to a card! I had no idea how to incorporate either strips or scraps, but I put that aside as a problem for after I made the shaker part of the card. As it turned out, I put too many sequins in the shaker, so you can't see the sentiment I stamped at the back of it - a strip over the top solved that problem!

The stamp I used for my card is a Concord & 9th Turnabout stamp, called Bitty Burst. I liked that it added another circular element to the card, although it was the first thing that I did.

I couldn't think what else to do on the inside of my card, so I just left it blank, apart from the stamped sentiment, which is also from the Bitty Burst set. It leaves me a lot of room to write a message in the card.

Jump on over to the Just Add Ink blog, where you can see the rest of the Design Team cards this week. You can also link up your card there when you've made it. Which two will you choose? Sequins, Strips or Scraps?

Bye for now,

Tina

Colour Creations: Pumpkin Pie

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Welcome back for the new Colour Creations Blog Hop. This week it's Pumpkin Pie week. I can't remember a time as an SU demo without Pumpkin Pie - so it's been around a long time! 

Brian King teamed it up with Starry Sky and Daffodil Delight. This combo, along with my obsession with the On The Ocean bundle, made me think of a fiery sunset over the sea.

I started by stamping Rays Of Light onto Whisper White cardstock with Pumpkin Pie ink and then inking over the top with Daffodil Delight ink. I left a little white halo around the sun, and then stamped some of the birds from On The Ocean over the top using Memento ink. I also inked the bottom of the cardstock with Starry Sky ink. It works beautifully as the far horizon.

I cropped the boat in black, as I wanted it to be like a silhouette against the blazing sun. The foreground ocean was stamped and fussy cut, and then popped up over the top of everything else.

I used the inked up Rays Of Light stamp on the inside of my card too. I didn't reink the stamp after stamping the front, I just laid part of my card over the image and gently rubbed my fingers over the card to pick up the ink. The softer look was exactly what I wanted for the inside of my card.

That's all from me tonight, but please do continue your way around our Pumpkin Pie hop tonight. The next stop along the way is my lovely friend, Rachel Woollard, who will gave a gorgeous cards or two for you to see.

My wonderful friend, Cathy Proctor, keeps us all organised, and if you find yourself with a broken link, she can get you organised, too. Just Pop on over to her blog, where you'll find a list of all of tonight's participants to help get you back on track.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 639: Just Add Colour

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Welcome back to my blog for the new Just Add Ink challenge. This week we have a colour challenge for you, suggested to us by Jan.

Wow, it certainly is a bold and bright combo! I decided to make one of the colours the feature, and as I thought about which stamps I had in my collection, I knew I had the perfect stamp set.

It's an Ink Road Stamps set, called I Object. Polished Pink was the perfect choice for this stamp set, don't you think? I put three of the image stamps on the one block, and then used them to stamp my background. The stripes were cut using the smallest Stitched Rectangles Die. I just snipped them in half to stretch them over the card front.

I used my Stamparatus to stamp the main image, just so that if I didn't get a good imprint, I could easily stamp again. Thankfully, the first go was a good one!

My apologies to the other two colours, but the inside is pink all the way!

We'd love to see what you make with these colours. Will you go bold, or a little more subtle? You can see what the rest of the Design Team have made over on the Just Add Ink blog. You can also link up your card for the challenge over there. I can't wait to see what you create!

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 638: Just Choose Two

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Welcome back to my blog for the new Just Add Ink challenge. I love Fridays and the new challenge! This week Di has challenged us to a Choose Two project.

The choices are Candles, Cake or Celebration. As soon as I saw this challenge, I knew the exact stamp I wanted to use - the 'CEL-E-BRATE' stamp I used for my background. It's from a retired Kindred Stamps set, called Time Traveller.

I stamped it down my card using my Stamparatus and the step-stamping technique. The celebrate die cut is from a retired Stampin' Up! die set, called Celebrate You. I was so excited about the 'celebrate' elements of my card, I nearly forgot to choose the second. A few candles, from Ink Road Stamp's Belated stamp set, fit the bill!

My robot (hopefully you can hear him saying celebrate in his particular voice!), is from another Kindred Stamps set, called It's About Time. I struggled with which colours to use on him, but finally settled on red and grey.

I decided to go with another villain from the series on the inside, despite this image not looking very villainous! She goes well with the sentiment, and both are from the Time Traveler set. I'm sure the someone who loves this fandom will love the card!

That's all from me for this week's challenge, but your job is just beginning! Jump on over to the Just Add Ink blog, where you'll find lots more inspiration from the Design Team. Then you can choose your two elements, and get stamping! Link your card over on the JAI blog when you're done. 

Bye for now,

Tina

Colour Creations: Petal Pink

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Thanks for stopping by on your way around the latest Colour Creations Blog Hop. This week we are focusing on Petal Pink, which is one of my least favourite colours in the SU range. It's quite an orangey/peachy pink, and for me that makes it a difficult colour to work with.

I did like this combo from Brian King, so that became my starting point. I also received my first box of goodies from the new Mini and Sale-A-Bration Catalogues on Monday, so I decided to use some of my new things.

Top of my must-haves from the Mini Catalogue was the Watercolour World stamp set. I'm a sucker for anything map related! I used my Stamparatus to stamp the image onto Whisper White cardstock and then trimmed it for my card front. I decided to do something a little different and cut the image in two pieces. The right side of the globe went onto the left side of my card, and visa versa. I lost a bit of the middle (sorry Africa and Eastern Europe!), but I quite like the effect.

The double matted panels were layered over another new product - Country Gingham DSP. Gingham's another thing that I'm a sucker for! The sentiment is from Biggest Wish, fussy cut, popped up and layered over some Soft Sea Foam card and Vellum.

All of the same products were used on the inside. I contemplated using the middle piece of the map that I'd cut away from the front, but it didn't really look like a map without the rest of the image - just weird blobs of colour. A strip of the DSP had to suffice!

Next up is my lovely friend, Andrea Sergeant. I'm sure that she's done wonderful things with Petal Pink, so you won't want to miss her blog!

Catherine Proctor is the lady in the know, as always! If you get lost or find a broken link, please pop on over to her blog, where you'll find a list of all of tonight's participants to help get you back on track.

Bye for now,

Tina

Colour Creations: Fresh Freesia

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Thanks for once again joining me for the new Colour Creations Blog Hop. It's Fresh Freesia week, one of the 2021-23 In Colours. It's a lovely, soft purple that I will miss once it retires in mid-2023.

I chose Brian King's combo that paired it with the other softer colours in the 2021-23 In Colour family - Pale Papaya and Soft Succulent. I had plans to make a floral card, but then I had the need to make a sympathy card and decided to turn the colours into a sunset scene.

I started by working out where the sun part of the Rays Of Light stamp would go on my card and then used a Blending Brush to apply some Pale Papaya ink. Fresh Freesia was used for the rest of the sky, and Soft Succulent for the forest. I then spritzed water onto my Rays Of Light stamp and stamped the inked panel. The water lifts the colour, giving this gorgeous effect. I use my Stamparatus to do this, by laying the stamp on the bed of the platform and adhering my cardstock to the plate. I didn't want to get drips of water in the wrong place, and this was a good way to avoid it.

The trees are from Trees For Sale. I stamped them on a strip of cardstock and then fussy cut the top edge. It was popped up over the main panel using Dimensionals. The back layer were stamped off, and the front were full strength Soft Succulent ink.

Of course, my inside was stamped and inked to match. 

That's all from me for tonight, but please do keep hopping around our blog hop tonight. The next stop along the way is Theresa Gerrard, with what I'm sure will be a gorgeous card.

Catherine Proctor does a wonderful job of keeping us all organised each week, so jump on over to her blog is you run into any problems with links. She'll have a list of all participants on her blog.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 617: Just Choose Two

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Thanks for joining me for the new Just Add Ink challenge. This week we have a Choose Two challenge, suggested by Di.

So what are your choices? Gingham, Dots or Diecuts. Choose any two to go on your card. For me it was an easy choice, as I'd just purchased a new stamp set that featured dots.

I used the Concord & 9th Bitty Burst Turnabout stamp on my card, using four different shades of blue and green. I used Pacific Point, Night Of Navy, Granny Apple Green and Shaded Spruce. I can see myself using this stamp set a lot, and I can't wait to try out different colour combos.

To fulfil the second part of the Choose Two, I added a die cut from the Uniquely Creative Stitched Sun die. It filled the circle in the middle of the Bitty Burst beautifully.

I got a bit ambitious with the Bitty Burst stamp on the inside. I tried to do it with a rig, but it was very awkward on my Stamparatus. Next time I'll just wing it, I think!

That's all from me for tonight, but we'd love for you to play along with our challenge. Just head on over to the Just Add Ink blog, where you'll find lots more gorgeous inspiration from our Design Team. You'll also find the linky to add your photo to our challenge gallery. I can't wait to see which two you choose.

Bye for now,

Tina

Colour Creations: Cherry Cobbler

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Welcome back to the new Colour Creations Blog Hop. This week we are featuring Cherry Cobbler, a deep red from the Regals colour family. With all the new Christmas offerings out recently, I'm sure we'll see more than a few Christmas cards tonight. Not from me though!

I'm pairing the new Tech Support stamp set with this fabulous, masculine colour combo from Brian King. Tech Support was one of my first purchases from the new Annual Catalogue. This next bit may sound strange, but it's not a stamp set that I like particularly much, and I'm struggling to create with it. However, I want Stampin' Up! to create more stamp sets for gamers and computer peeps, and they will only do this if there is demand for it. By buying this stamp set, I hope to show a level of demand, and if you want more sets like this, I hope that you will, too!

Now, on with the card!

I started by stamping the keys and cursor in Crumb Cake ink onto Crumb Cake card then embossed it with my Subtle 3DEF. I then layered some banners over the top.

I used the binary code stamp in my Stamparatus to create the background layer for my sentiment. I was aiming for it to mimic the 'thinking' symbol in the sentiment. By the way, thanks to a hint from our fabulous Colour Creations coordinator, Catherine Proctor, I watched a SU video on Facebook that talked about the inspiration for different sets. Tech Support was one of those sets, and I discovered that the binary code reads 'for you' in English. How cool - a lovely hidden message on my card!

For those not in the know, an ERROR 404 is a page not found error, so it's a cute play on words to change it to an age not found message. LOL! Maybe I am liking this stamp set, after all!

That's all from me for tonight, but we'd love for you to continue your way around our blog hop. The next stop is my fabulous friend, Kate Morgan, who I'm sure has something wonderful for you to see,

Catherine Proctor keeps the Colour Creation blog hops running smoothly, so if you run into any problems, just jump on over to her blog, where you'll find a list of all of tonight's participants.

Bye for now,

Tina