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CTC 151, covers and hostess sets as inspiration

Welcome back for another week of inspiration from the Catalogue.

I had a bunch of thankyou cards to make so thanks to CTC I sat down and quickly put these together.
I had a few bits and pieces ready cut (the white card and black mats) so I used those as my starting point, and because I seem to have an abundance of Flirty Flamingo cardstock I opted to use that as my card base.
I used the Background Bits Hostess - set which is a fabulous addition to your stamping supplies - and I did an almost direct CASE from the sample with that set on page 220 of the Annual Catalogue.
But when I looked closely at all the hostess sets I quite liked the feature of same coloured background stamping so I added that in too!



Hers'e the sample on page 220

 

I was in a bit (a lot) of a hurry as the list of jobs to do doesn't really fit into the allocated daylight hours so I was really happy to find that the new Pretty Label punch is big enough to punch out the Thankyou sentiment. Even with the stampa ma jig I never seem to get sentiments straight on a rectangle so a punch is a perfect life saver for me. It looked a little stark so I added a bit of texture stamping through a punched circle window mask using one of the other great stamps in that set.
I am also quietly pleased with myself for using more washi!  I'm loving the pack of just black and white washi.

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there's so much to inspire along the hop this week.
Next on the hop this week is Simone
 and
Before me this week is Megan


Have a creative week! 

Thanks for looking, and remember

"don't just post online,
post something pretty!"
Liz

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  1. Unknown22 October 2017 at 19:27

    Gorgeous CASE Elizabeth. I love how you have used the washi tape!

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    1. Lillybet22 October 2017 at 21:40

      Thanks Megan, yes it just needed a little bit of something and the washi was dead easy, as well as tying in the background mat- if only I'd realised how easy washi was ages ago!!!!

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  2. Julia22 October 2017 at 20:18

    Stunning stunning stunning. What a gorgeous use of flamingo card stock. I love this stamp set and I love your cards.

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    1. Lillybet22 October 2017 at 21:42

      Thankyou Julia, I half expected to see a project of yours using this set - you have made some beautiful things with the Background Bits set, I love it too

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  3. Monique22 October 2017 at 21:56

    Such a pretty design and lovely colour combo too, there are some lucky people out there who will receive these.

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  4. Lillybet22 October 2017 at 22:43

    Thanks Monique - well theuy are made, now I just have to make time to write in them!!!

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  5. Sandra C23 October 2017 at 08:03

    Love the use of the black to really make the Flirty Flamingo pop. Sweet cards.

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  6. Judy May23 October 2017 at 09:14

    Beautiful CASE, Liz. Looove the colours you have used and the pop from the black washi.

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  7. Peta Stephen23 October 2017 at 09:43

    I love your card Elizabeth, I think I need to add this stamp set to my list.

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  8. Rachel Palmieri25 October 2017 at 19:48

    I'm so glad you included a closer picture so I could see all those great details. It is handy when you have some of the card already prepped isn't it?

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  9. Rebecca29 October 2017 at 19:26

    Love your cards!! And well done on using washi!!

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