CASE-ing the Catty - Love Blossoms

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Welcome to this week's CASE-ing the Catty blog hop where we are looking at the Love Blossoms section of the Occasions catalogue.  

You may have come from Rebecca's blog, but if you are visiting me, you can start your journey here by clicking on the buttons at the bottom of the post.

My card today was inspired by the sample at the rear of the photo on page 16.

I have started with a similar layout but used the Rose Wonder stamp set for my focus image. The rose was coloured using the 'floating reinker' technique on Shimmery White card stock using Daffodil Delight, Pink Pirouette, Melon Mambo and Rose Red reinkers.  The leaves were stamped on Mossy Meadow card stock and both flowers and leaves were fussy cut. The background designer paper is one of the Crumb Cake designs from the 'Love Blossoms' 6 x 6 Paper Stack.  

 

 

 For the inside, I have kept it very simple, with a strip of retired Crumb Cake washi tape and a little flower set to finish.

Project Details
Stamps	Rose Wonder, Party Pants (2016 Saleabration)
Card stock & Papers	Pink Pirouette, Rose Red, Mossy Meadow, Shimmery White, Love Blossoms DSP Stack, Gold Glimmer paper
Ink	Versamark, Early Espresso, Daffodil Delight, Pink Pirouette, Melon Mambo, Rose Red, Mossy Meadow
Accessories	White Seam Binding ribbon, Basic Jewels Pearls, Neutrals Candy Dots, Season of Style Washi set (retired)
Tools	Large Oval punch, Owl Builder punch, Petite Petals punch, Itty Bitty Punch Pack, Dimensionals, White EP, Heat gun

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My Garden Collage

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Today I have something a bit different to share with you - a scrapbook page. I don't scrapbook as much as I would like, but I did enjoy doing this page on my spring garden and it is fitting given that it is/was (depending where you are) World Scrapbooking Day on Friday 4th March. I have lots of travel and cat photos that would benefit from seeing the light of day as well.

I used some free software to create the collage and printed it on my home Canon Pixma printer. This is a great format when you want to display a few related photos on one page and would be perfect for travel photos too. You can get very creative with collages using the software now available on phones and tablets.

I'm a 'pink' person (if you hadn't already noticed, lol) and a lot of the flowers in my garden are pink as well. I chose a black background to make the photos pop and then 2 contrasting colours from the photos - Melon Mambo and Mossy Meadow to create the 2-sided border. It effectively creates a square within the square for my collage photo to sit in. The Botanical Builder framelits are perfect for adding some simple embellishments. 

 

Project Details
Stamps	None
Card stock & Papers	Basic Black, Whisper White, Melon Mambo, Mossy Meadow, Pear Pizzazz, Daffodil Delight, Pink Pirouette, Gold foil, Vellum
Ink	Melon Mambo, Pear Pizzazz
Accessories	Basic Jewels Pearls
Tools	Botanical Builder; Little Letters; Little Numbers; Handpicked; Butterflies and Bold Butterfly framelits, Petite Petals punch, Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack, Hearts Border punch

Thanks for looking!