CTC 378: Love, Thanks & Support

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Hello, and thanks for finishing off your weekend with the CASEing The Catty Sunday Challenge Blog Hop. Isn't it a great way to end the week?

This week we have jumped back to the Annual Catalogue, and are asking you to CASE a card from the Love, Thanks & Support section, which runs from pages 56 to 77.

I started at the back of the section, and quickly found this beauty to CASE. I loved the soft colours of the flowers, and the DSP backing, all on a fresh, white card base. I don't own the stamp set, used, so I reached for my retired Bouquet Of Hope Paper Pumpkin stamp set, which has a lovely, big bouquet image.

I think that the style of the image is similar to that on the catalogue sample, don't you agree? I coloured it with my Blends from the Subtles colour family. I made the largest flowers Highland Heather, to coordinate with the paper from the retired Sweet Talk DSP.

I wanted the flowers to pop a little more from the background, so I layered them over a vellum heart. I cropped the vellum using the retired Stitched be Mine Dies. 

The sentiments on the card are from Grace's Garden, which is a (you guessed it) retired stamp set. I've used a lot of retired stuff on my card, which I didn't realise until I was writing this post! It definitely makes sense to use your stash when CASEing - you don't always have to have the exact products.

Now it's your turn! Which project from the Love, Thanks & Support section will you CASE? Once you've made your card, all you need to do is add a photo to our Facebook group before next Sunday's blog hop. I can't wait to see what you make!

It's time now to jump on over to the next blog in our hop, which is the lovely Sandra Collett. I wonder which card she's CASEd?

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 612: Just Choose Two

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Thanks for joining me for the new Just Add Ink Challenge. I hope that you find time to play along with us, as it's a fun one!

This week, Kim has challenged us to Choose Two of Fur, Clouds or Stitching to add to our cards. Hmm, what a choice! I went for Fur and Clouds.

I also decided to make a fancy fold, so that the castle sat back from the front of the card. This fold is called a Reverse Centre Step card. I love the dimension that it gives my scene. The castle is a digi stamp from Kindred Stamps, called Little Town Life Bonus. As you can imagine, it coordinates with the fur element of my card - the beast on the front. He's from a physical stamp set, called Little Town Life.

The clouds were created using a template cut from the Rainbow Builder Dies and a Blending Brush with my Balmy Blue ink. The grass is a Hello Sweetums Die, called Grass Is Greener.

The images on my card were all coloured using my Copic markers. It's such a relaxing way to unwind from a busy day.

Now it's your turn! Stop on by the Just Add Ink blog, where you'll find the rest of this week's Design Team cards. You'll also find our linky for when you've made your card. Which two will you choose?

Bye for now,

Tina

Colour Creations: Cajun Craze

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It's time once again for the new Colour Creations Blog Hop. This week it's Cajun Craze's turn to be featured. It's quite a divisive colour, but I think that it has a great place in the colour line up. It's a lovely deep rust/terracotta from the Regals colour family.

I think that Brian King made a wonderful choice to pair it with Basic White and Night Of Navy.

I started my card by masking the negative of the oval shape using our new Masking Paper. Sadly, I found the paper a bit *too* sticky, and my first effort was lost trying to remove the paper. The second attempt saw me remove some of the stickiness of the Masking Paper by sticking it to my pants a few times. Worked a treat! I then used a Blending Brush to apply some Cajun Craze ink to the edges of the oval.

The images from Forever Fern were stamped over the top and then a few scraps of coordinating cardstock were punched with the Banners Pick A Punch to layer over the top.

Similar techniques were used on the inside of my card. I"m not quite sure why the photo is showing a yellow streak though the middle, though! Perhaps a raindrop dripped on my card as I was taking the photo?

That's all from me for tonight, but there's lots more Cajun Craze inspiration to be found in our blog hop tonight. Jump on over to the next blog, belonging to the wonderful Rachel Palmieri.

As ever, the equally wonderful Catherine Proctor is keeping us all organised, so if you lose your way or find a broken link, just on over to her blog to get back on track.

Bye for now,

Tina

HOC Week 2

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Here we are again, it's time for the second Heart Of Christmas Blog Hop. I hope that you saw some fabulous Christmas inspiration last week - I sure did! This week, and subsequent weeks, will be no different, I'm sure. Let's go!

I still have not received my Christmas DSP, so I'm once again using the Design A Daydream Host DSP from the Annual Catalogue. I used two of the same papers as I used on last week's cards, as I thought they worked pretty well for a non-traditional Christmas card.

Aren't the penguins from Penguin Place super cute? I couldn't resist using them and adding the antlers to add to the whimsy of the card that the DSP provides.

I used the June 2021 Sheetload Of Cards template for my cards this week. I used the same template last year, and thought that it was a good one to revisit.

That's all from me for tonight, but please do continue your way around our blog hop tonight. The next stop along the way is my wonderful friend, Andrea Sergeant. Your won't want to miss her gorgeous card!

As always, if you get a little lost or find a broken link, please jump on over to Sharon Davern's blog. She has a list of all participants to help you to get back on track.

Bye for now,

Tina

CTC 377: CASE The SAB Catalogue

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Welcome once again to another CASEing The Catty Sunday Challenge Blog Hop. As I mentioned last week, we have two new catalogues this month to CASE. Last week we looked at the Mini Catalogue, and this week it's the Sale-A-Bration catalogue's turn.

I spotted this beauty near the back of the catalogue, on page 15.

I loved the ombre masking with the floral image stamped over the top. I don't have the stamps or the DSP in the sample, so I had a quick look through my stash to see what would give a similar effect.

I started with the Pale Papaya DSP from the Lovely Linen pack, layering it over some Whisper White card before attaching it to the Pale Papaya card base.

I cut three half-inch strips of Masking Paper and used them around the three edges of the Stitched Rectangle Die cut. A Blending Brush was used to apply the Pale Papaya ink, fading it out towards the top to get that gorgeous ombre effect. That fabulous, huge sunflower was a great choice for stamping over the top, I think!

I reused the Masking Paper on the inside of my card to create a similar effect as on the front. This time I just faded the colour away from the corner.

Our challenge is run through our Facebook group, so you don't need a blog to enter! Just take a photo of your card and add a photo to our group. It's that easy! We'd love to have a tricky time choosing a winner as there are so many entries.

Please continue your way around our Blog Hop for more Sale-A-Bration inspiration. The next hopper is the lovely Sandra Collett, with a super cute card for all the dog lovers.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 611: 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 by Di for us.

As it turns out, I had been looking through my retired stamps collection just before I saw this sketch, and I decided immediately that the swing from Sitting Here was absolutely perfect for this sketch. I pulled out my Stampin' Blends and set about making a scene to go with it.

The only stamped elements in this card are the swing, the sentiment (In The Moment) and the leaves in the tree (Beautiful Friendship). I started by stamping the swing in Memento ink, and then using a pencil to lightly draw in a horizon line. The rest is all hand-drawn/coloured using various Blends. A white Gel Pen was used to add snow to the mountain.

I left the inside super simple. The sentiment on the front lends itself to a wide variety of situations, so I didn't stamp an inside sentiment. I will either just hand-write something, or stamp an appropriate sentiment when I decide to use the card.

Thanks again for joining me - now your job begins! Pop on over to the Just Add Ink website, where you'll find our linky for this week's sketch challenge. What do you see in it? You can also see the rest of the gorgeous cards made by our talented Design Team.

Bye for now,

Tina

Colour Creations: Blushing Bride

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Thanks for joining me for another week of the Colour Creations Blog Hops. Are you enjoying our alphabetical tour through the Stampin' Up! colours? I sure am! This week's colour is Blushing Bride. It's a pale pink, and it's one I don't particularly like. I prefer a more pure pink - this pink is a little dusky for my tastes.

I found this cute colour combo by Brian King. The colours really scream retro to me - kind of 50's kitchen colour scheme - so what else could I use but the Nothing's Better Than bundle?

I stamped all the coffee cups in Memento Tuxedo Black, and then filled them in using the filler stamp and the three combo colours. The Brick & Mortar 3DEF was used to emboss the Blushing Bride background.

The word 'coffee' was cropped from Blushing Bride cardstock four times, and then each piece was glued and stacked to provide a dimensional element to my card. If you can't be bothered doing this, you could easily used the Foam Sheets instead, but I liked the look of the solid pink layers.

Another row of coffee cups finishes off the inside quite nicely.

It's time to hop on over to see the next Blushing Bride creation over on my lovely friend, Kate Morgan's blog. There's lots more inspiration to be found!

If you run into any difficulties with links, please jump on over to the wonderful Catherine Proctor's blog. She has a master list of all of tonight's blog hoppers, so you'll be able to get back on track there.

Bye for now,

Tina