CTC 451: CASE The Mini Catalogue

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Welcome to the first CASEing The Catty Sunday Challenge Blog Hop for 2024! It's a new year, and we have two new catalogues to CASE from, so let's get cracking!

This week we are asking you to CASE from the new January - April Mini Catalogue. Don't have any products from the catalogue yet? That's OK - just use what you have!

I went straight for the back cover of the catalogue, intending to flip until I found something to inspire me The back cover provided this little gem. I loved the strips of paper behind the main image, and the bright, cheerful colours.

I haven't played with my Reach For The Stars bundle for a while, so I thought it would be a good choice for the card. I started with some strips of Stargazing DSP on a Tahitian Tide card base. It's a very bright blue!

The shuttle was stamped with Tahitian Tide ink, and the sentiment with Night Of Navy Ink. Both were cropped with Stylish Shapes Dies. I ran the banner piece through my Big Shot twice, as the label that was the perfect height for the sentiment was way too long. I just repositioned the die before the second pass to crop the label a little shorter.

These little star stamps match the DSP so well, and I thought that they were a great way to frame the inside sentiment.

We'd love for you to play along with our challenge. Just choose a card/project to CASE from the new Mini Catalogue, take a photo and upload it to our Facebook group. It's that easy!

Before you race off to get creating, please keep on going around our blog hop until you get back to where you started. There's lots more inspiration to be seen, starting with the lovely Julia Quinn with a gorgeous butterfly card!

Bye for now,

Tina

Colour Creations: Mossy Meadow

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Thanks for joining me for the first Colour Creations Blog Hop of 2024. This week we are featuring Mossy Meadow, a dark green from the Neutrals family. I find Mossy Meadow to be a very heavy colour, so it's not one I use often. I've paired it with Flirty Flamingo tonight to brighten up my card.

The layout and colour scheme of my card was inspired by a card that Teneale Williams made using Whimsy Wishes. I've used some Hello, Irresistible DSP as the feature panel on my card. It's my favourite paper in the pack, I think.

I used one of the smaller sentiments from Sending Smiles on my card. It fits in the coordinating label so well.

I fussy cut one of the blooms from the DSP to finish off the inside of my card. I didn't stamp a sentiment so that I had plenty of room to write my message to the recipient.

There's lots more Mossy Meadow inspiration to be found, so please keep on hopping around the linked blogs until you get back to where you started. The next stop on this hop is the lovely Rosa Leyden.

Cathy Proctor, as always, has done a wonderful job of getting us all organised. If you run into problems with links, please pop on over to her blog where you'll find a list of all tonight's participants to help get you back on track.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 684: Just Add Colour

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Thanks for joining me for the final Just Add Ink challenge of 2023. We'll be back in the New Year with another year of fun challenges, but we are taking some time off to be with loved ones. For now, though, let't get going with the challenge!

Rochelle has selected a Christmassy colour combination for us this time, handy for all those last minute Christmas cards. Or maybe you're over Christmas and you will make a different card. It doesn't matter, as long as you use the colours.

I chose Evening Evergreen, Real Red to go with the Gold in the combo. Can you spot the Gold on may card? In the bright sunshine it was difficult to capture!

Maybe this angle shows it better. Dasher was het embossed in Gold. Isn't he magnificent?

The stamped sentiments I've used are from Joy To You, and the die cut 'merry' is from the Christmas Greetings Thinlits dies.

This challenge is a non-voting one, meaning that we won't be choosing winners. We'd love for you to play along. There's plenty of time - Linky will be open for three weeks.

I hope that you have a lovely Christmas and New Year, with plenty of time for doing what you love to do. I have a quilt top that is very close to completion, so I will be madly trying to get that done by the end of the year.

Bye for now,

Tina

Colour Creations: Misty Moonlight

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Welcome to the final Colour Creations Blog Hop for 2023. Never fear, we will be back in 2024 with the rest of the colours in the Stampin' Up! range. For tonight, though, our focus is on Misty Moonlight. It's a gorgeous denim blue that I adore!

I kept my card nice and simple this week. I started by heat embossing the large sentiment from Joy To You using White Embossing Powder. I then used a Blending Brush to ink the edges of the card with Misty Moonlight ink. Finally, I splattered some (retired) Frost White Shimmer Paint over the top of the card, trying to stick mostly to the edges. It has a mind of it's own, though - the splatter goes where it wants to go, LOL!!

A final simple sentiment to finish off the inside of the card.

Thanks for joining us in 2023 for the Colour Creations blog hops, I hope you join us again in 2024. In the meantime though, please do finish this hop! The next stop along the way is my lovely friend, Kate Morgan.

The wonderful Cathy Proctor does an amazing job of organising the blog hops each week - thanks, Cathy! If you run into any problems with links, pop on over to her blog were you will find a list of all of tonight's participants to help get you back on track.

Bye for now,

Tina

CTC 449: Merry Bright & Bold Colours

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Welcome to the new CASEing The Catty Sunday Challenge Blog Hop. This week we are asking you to CASE the colours of the Merry Bold & Bright DSP. There's lots of bright, fun colours to choose from!

I decided to limit myself to just three, and chose Poppy Parade, Granny Apple Green and Blueberry Bushel. I also felt like making something other than a Christmas card, so I reached for my It's A Science stamp set.

I recently purchased the Basics 3D Embossing Folders, so I started by using the crosshatch folder on my Whisper White cardstock. I then added some 'racing stripes' in my chosen colours. The colours look a bit dull, as it's a wild and wet day here. I had to race out between rainy periods just to grab a photo or two of my card.

I stamped, coloured and fussy cut one of the beakers. The bubbles were a fun addition, made a little difficult by the embossed background, but I think they turned out OK.

I added some more stripes to the inside of the card, and then used Versamark to stamp the molecular stamp over the top. I figured that it goes well with the inside sentiment, but I didn't do science beyond year 10 (which was a very loooooong time ago!), so I'm a bit fuzzy on it all!

Do you like playing with bright colours? We'd love to see what you make using the colours from the Merry Bold & Bright DSP. Just add a photo to our Facebook group so that we can see what you make.

Before you get inky though, please do finish off our blog hop. The next stop along the way is the fabulous Michelle Stradz, with an adorable Christmas card.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 682: Just Add A Sketch

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Welcome to the new Just Add Ink Challenge! This week we have a Sketch challenge for you, designed by.... me!

When I design sketches, I try to make tham as open to interpretation as I can. I just love what the Design Team has done with the sketch. So many gorgeous cards.

I decided to play with my Beary Christmas DSP again. I thought that the mini scenes with the animals would be a great choice for the oval panel. To suit the paper, I rotated the oval, but otherwise kept the card the same as the sketch.

The glittery strip behind the polar bears was very difficult to photograph. It's gorgeous in real life - you'll just have to take my word for it! I finally cracked open my Navy Glitter ribbon too. Yum!

Did you notice that I didn't use a sentiment on the front of the card? I didn't think needed one, so I left it off. It's pretty easy to tell what occasion the card is for! Just in case the recipient can't work it out, there's a lovely big sentiment on the inside, stamped using my Joy To You stamp set.

That's all from me for tonight. Please pop on over to the Just Add Ink blog to see what the rest of the Design Team have created with the sketch. You can also link up your card to enter the challenge. I'd love to see what you do with the sketch.

Bye for now,

Tina

Colour Creations: Melon Mambo

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Welcome to the second last Colour Creations Blog Hop of 2023. It's still so weird to think that we are so close to the end of the year! Anyway, we are focussing on Melon Mambo this week, a former In Colour that made it's way into the Brights and has remained a part of the core colour collection ever since. 

I've paired it with Granny Apple Green and Whisper White for my fun Christmas card. I love the tiny little pops of green under each layer of the card. A great way to introduce a colour with our it overwhelming the rest of the card.

I cut my Glittered Organdy Ribbon in half longways to create the smaller bow. It's such a neat trick with this ribbon!

I used my Joy To You stamp set for the sentiments on my card. I'm so sad that this stamp set is retiring at the end of the current Mini Catalogue. It's such a great set that makes a bit impact with very little work!

That's all from me for tonight, but please do keep on jumping around the blogs on tonight's hop. Just keep on going until you get back to where you started. The next stop tonight is our fabulous hostess, Cathy Proctor.

Cathy's blog is also where you need to go if you run into any problems with links. She will have a list of all of tonight's participants to help get you back on track.

Bye for now,

Tina