CTC 454: CASE The SAB Catalogue

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Welcome to the new CASEing The Catty Sunday Challenge Blog Hop. This week we are back looking at the Sale-A-Bration Catalogue.

I found this cute card on page 9. I really liked the repeated hearts and the flagged banner, so I used those as my inspiration.

I don't have the products used in the catalogue sample, so I went looking through my stamp sets to see what might work. I settled on Taco Fiesta, thinking that it would make a fun card.

I started by stamping four tacos on some scrap Whisper White using Memento ink. I then coloured them using my Watercolour Pencils. I used Crushed Curry, Granny Apple Green and Real Red. I use Memento ink so that I can blend the pencils using my Clear Wink Of Stella brush. The card is so sparkly in real life!

The tacos are popped up over the card base, and the banner was added in the middle. I probably could have squeezed six tacos onto the card, but it looked a bit squishy.

I love the punny sentiments in this stamp set, especially this 'holy guacamole' one on the inside of the card.

We'd love for you to play along with us for this challenge. What's your favourite card/project in the Sale-A-Bration Catalogue? Give it a CASE and then add your photo to our Facebook group. It's that easy!

Before you go, please continue your way around our blog hop. The next stop is my lovely friend, Kathryn Mangelsdorf. 

Bye for now,

Tina

CTC 440: Embossing From The Mini

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Welcome to the new CASEing The Catty Sunday Challenge Blog Hop. This week we are asking you to CASE a project from the Mini Catalogue that features an embossing folder. 

After flipping through the catalogue, I chose this card from page 65. I really liked the simple composition of the card, with the focal items framed by the embossed circle.

When I looked army stamp shelf, I decided that I hadn't played with Taco Fiesta for a while, and I could make the images in the set work with the layout of the card with a few little tweaks.

I also hadn't used my Stripes & Splatters 3DEF for a while, so the Splatter folder got a run, too. I made my circle smaller than the original card, as my images were smaller and they would have been swamped on a larger circle.

It's been a looooong time since I've sat down with my Stampin' Blends and had a play. I enjoy the shading and blending, so it was nice to get back into the groove of it.

I carried the DSP and the scattering of corn chips onto the inside of my card. Isn't that spotty Brights DSP fun? I think it's retired now, but I couldn't resist using it on my card.

We'd love for you to play along with our challenge this week. Which Embossing Folder project from the Mini Catalogue catches your eye? All you need to do is CASE the card and add a photo to our Facebook Group. Easy!

Before you go, please do finish the Blog Hop. Just keep on jumping until you get back to where you started. The next stop is the wonderful Rebecca Scurr. Her embossed Christmas card is gorgeous!

Bye for now,

Tina

CTC 430: CASE A Colouring Project

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Welcome to the new CASEing The Catty Sunday Challenge Blog Hop. We enjoy CASEing projects from the Stampin' Up! catalogues, and we hope that you do too. They are a great source of inspiration.

This week we are asking you to CASE a project that uses a colouring technique. You could watercolour, colour with Stampin' Blends, or with pencils.

I chose to CASE these Taco Fiesta cards. I hadn't used the stamp set in a while, so that guided my choice. They are super adorable three inch square cards, perfect for tucking into a little gift.

I pretty much kept my card the same as the sample, only making a few changes. Most obvious is the use of the More Dazzle paper. It's so much fun, and I can't resist adding it to everything lately.

The other two changes were the use of White Twine instead of Linen Thread. I also used the piñata image rather than the food images. I just really love the piñata!

I stamped him again on the inside of my card. I stamped a few of the lollies and confetti images around the sentiment on the inside. It echoes the sentiment label on the front of the card - if you look closely you can see the image stamped around the sentiment.

We'd love to see which colouring project you will choose to CASE. All you need to do is make the card, snap a photo and then add it to our Facebook Group. I can't wait to see which project you choose.

Before you go running off to create, please continue your way round tonight's Blog Hop. There's lots more inspiration to be found, starting with my lovely South Aussie friend, Michelle Stradz.

Bye for now,

Tina

CTC 421: All Occasions

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Hello Sunday! It's been a wet week here, so I've been happy to stay inside and do some crafting. This week at CASEing The Catty Sunday Challenges we are asking you to CASE a project from the All Occasions section of the catalogue.

It's a big section, but this Taco Fiesta series of cards caught my eye. It's been a while since I've played with this stamp set, and I liked the layout of these cards.

I don't use small cards very often, so I decided to challenge myself to convert the layout to a full sized card.

All I really needed to do was to make the DSP section a bit longer! I decided to matt the panel on some Real Red cardstock, as I chose to use a Whisper White card base.

The chilli and cactus were left over from a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator day that I went to in Adelaide recently. I demonstrated the Indented Pencil technique. You basically take a stylus and etch some lines into the stamped image. Then gently colour over the top with Watercolour Pencils (minus the water). The lines give a nice highlight to the image.

I used another two on the inside of the card. I had plenty of samples to use up, as I demonstrated the technique eight times that day!

We'd love for you to play along with us this week. Which card in the All Occasions section catches your eye? Just CASE the card and add a photo to our Facebook group.

Before you race off to get creating, please do finish the blog hop. The next stop on the hop is the lovely Peta Stephen with a very elegant card.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 642: Just Add A Sketch

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Thanks for joining me for the new Just Add Ink challenge. This week we have a sketch for you, designed for us by Kim.

I really loved the strip down the left side, and the way that the matt on the square panel disappears under the strip. It's such a fun idea. I decided to pull out my Taco Fiesta stamp set to play with.

The paper I used is long retired, from the Festive Birthday DSP pack. It suits the Taco Fiesta stamp set perfectly.

I stamped the guac and bowl with Memento ink, and then coloured them with my Stampin' Blends. I thought that the bowl looked a little plain, so I used a tiny strip of DSP that was floating in the pack to decorate the bowl. Problem solved!

Guac is nothing without corn chips, right? I just had to include them on the inside of my card!

That's all from me tonight, but we'd love to see what you do with this sketch. Pop on over to the Just Add Ink blog, where you can see what the rest of the Design Team have made. Then link your card up using our Linky to enter the challenge. Done!

Bye for now,

Tina

Colour Creations: Polished Pink

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It's Wednesday, which means that it's Colour Creations time! Woo hoo! This week we have Polished Pink, one of the outgoing In Colours. If it's a colour that you love - stock up now!

I quite like Polished Pink. It's a bright pink, but not too overpowering. I absolutely adore this combo by Brian King. Such a great idea to pair it with Blackberry Bliss and Crumb Cake. I chose my new Taco Fiesta stamp set to use for this week's card. Probably not what you'd expect with this colour combo - but I love the card I made!

When I buy a new stamp set, I often start by CASEing another card that I like that uses the set. In this instance, I CASEd a gorgeous card by Heidi Collins from On Y Go Stamping. Her card used different colours, but I kept the layout basically the same.

I stamped the piñata on Shimmery White cardstock with Crumb Cake ink, and then watercoloured the body with the same ink. I wanted a very soft effect. The rest was coloured with my Stampin' Blends to get the bolder, rich colours.

I used the hat on the inside of the card, but I'm a bit worried that it doesn't look much like a hat! Maybe I should have left it uncoloured, or stamped it in black. You may notice that I've split the sentiment over the front and inside of the card - I just masked off the section that I didn't want in each case. Easy!

The next stop in our Blog Hop tonight is the lovely Caroline Manwaring. We've missed her on the hops, so it's great to see her back.

As always, the wonderful Catherine Proctor keeps us all organised each week. Jump on over to her blog if you run into any issues with links - she'll have a full list of all of tonight's participants on her blog.

Bye for now,

Tina