This week at our CASEing the Catty Challenge CTC499 we are Casseing a background featured in a catalogue. As I was flicking through the catalogue, looking for a project to CASE, it was no surprise at what I ended up choosing.
On page 119 of the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue you will find this card under the Watercolour Techniques section. I love watercolouring and it really was coincidence that I picked this card to CASE. What I loved about it was that checked background which was so organic.
I started by using my medium sized Water Painter and ink refills to create the lines in Shaded Spruce and Granny Apple Green. Once this background was dry, I added some ink blending and splatters. I used Paper Snips to distress the edges.
A matte Shaded Spruce layer with tone-on-tone stamping follows the background of the original card.
Next, I used Watercolour Pencils to colour in the flower pot image from the Country Flowers stamp set. I just took my time, colouring the image with just pencils (no water) and blending the colours. Some die cut flowers from the Full of Life Designer Series Paper, were added on top for a 3D effect, along with some die cut leaves.
The Starstruck Embossing Folder I’ve used on the matte layer is a Sale-A-Bration product. Our Sale-A-Bration promotion begins on 7th January. During this promotion you can earn a free product with every $100 order you place. This Embossing Folder is one of the free products you can choose if you place a $100 orrder.
I hope you have been inspired by my card today to try out some water colouring techniques. Next on our hop is Monique Fielder.
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Hi friends, Welcome to this week’s CASEing the Catty Sunday Challenge. For CTC494 we are CASEing a sketch from the beautiful Splendid Autumn suite in the Stampin’ Up! September-December Mini Catalogue.
The crew are CASEing the sketch on the Wild Wheat card on the right. Don’t forget to share your cards you create using this sketch, on our FB group.
New product alert!
I got some new goodies this week and I thought I’d use them for the first time on this card. The Happy Hibiscus bundle will be available for purchase on the 5th of November as part of our Online Exclusives range. Demonstrators had the opportunity to purchase this a month earlier in pre-order.
This bundle includes a stamp set and a hybrid die set and embossing folder. It’s simply beautiful.
The stamp set is a two-step stamp set which means that you can stamp the outline and then there is a separate stamp to fill-in the inside with colour. This makes colouring an image very quick. What I found with this particular set was that it was extra easy to line up those images as well.
Now, if you are a colouring enthusiast, like me, you can choose to colour those images as well. However, in this case, I went with stamping. I did add some extra detail on the flowers and the leaves with Watercolour Pencils which adds some lovely highlights.
To form the rectangle part of the sketch, I die cut a label from the Flowering Zinnias Designer Series Paper using the Radiating Stitches dies and trimmed off part of the die cut. Then I layered the flowers and leaves on top of it. The sentiment was die cut with the label die which comes in the bundle and layered on a couple of strips of paper from the same pack.
I embellished my card with some Twisted Gold Thread (another new product you will LOVE) and sequins in multiple colours.
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Next on our hop is Julia Quinn. Please check out all the crews’ projects for some fabulous inspiration.
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Welcome to this week’s Monochromatic challenge with the Crafty Collaborations team. We are highlighting the rich and regal, Cherry Cobbler. I was leaning towards a Christmas card as this is a gorgeous festive colour, however I chose the Simply Zinnia bundle instead.
I stamped the Zinnia image twice, once in Tuxedo Black and once in Cherry Cobbler. The flowers were coloured in Cherry Cobbler and Real Red Watercolour Pencils and the leaves were shaded in with the Basic Gray Watercolour Pencil.
I fussy cut the around the flowers and mounted them on top of the complete image.
On this card I’ve also added some of the products from our Regal Winter suite from the September – December Mini Catalogue. The beautiful Designer Series Paper and the Specialty Paper in Cherry Cobbler were just perfect for this week’s challenge.
The Drusy Adhesive Backed Embellishments are so sparkly and I love how they add a touch of elegance to this card.
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Inspiration can come to us from anywhere and the inspiration for this card began with a scrap piece of stamping where I was just trying out some colours. This scrap looked so good that I wanted to recreate it for a card and the background of this project came to be.
I used the smooshed image from the Perched in a Tree stamp set and inked it up with Fresh Freesia ink. Then I spritzed the stamp with water before stamping. This created a watercoloured look. I repeated this a few times. As I was using Basic White Carstock I was careful not to oversaturate the image, yet keeping the fluidity of it.
The pelican was stamped in Early Espresso ink and I added a hint of shading with Crushed Curry and Gorgeous Grape Watercolour Pencils. The lovely large leaf in the centre is from the new Thoughtful Wishes dies. It was perfect for sitting across the card so I could add the pelican on top of it.
Some additional pieces of DSP and a heat embossed sentiment complete this card. The Waves of Inspiration stamp and coordinating dies and the Perched in a Tree stamp set are all retiring on the 30th of April. Get your favourite products before they leave. If you live in Australia you can shop with me in my Online Store or get in touch with me on Ph: 0404 255 001.
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Sweet Sorbet is one of my favourite In-Colors from the 2022-2024 range. It’s just a nice red with a hint of pink in it. For my card I tossed up with a couple of stamp sets and just couldn’t go past the Stippled Roses bundle.
The floral image was stamped once in black and once in Sweet Sorbet. Then I fussy cut and layered the flowers. The entire image was layered onto 2 black die cuts of the floral image which were slightly offset from the main image so it created a shadow effect.
The roses look so lovely in Sweet Sorbet and when they are layered they come up so well. A bold image of sun rays in the back really sets off those flowers.
I continued the layering on the sentiment with 2 die cut borders from the Gorgeously Made dies. Offsetting these created a pretty effect. I added some extra detail on the sentiment by using a bit of leftover stamped cardstock from my background.
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