Sweet Treats | Be Inspired Design Team Blog Hop

Hi. It's time for another Be Inspired Design Team Blog Hop and this month is all about sweet treats. 

While it's only October I'm already thinking about Christmas baking. Each year I like to have my gifts purchased and wrapped by the end of November and then December is all about the the sweet treats like cookies, caramels, cupcakes, fruit cake and gingerbread. However, there's nothing that makes me think of Christmas more than plum pudding.

I can see myself using this cute lil' pudding from the Sweets & Treats stamp set over and over again. The open line image means it's perfect for colouring and even though there is no coordinating die, it really isn't too tricky to fussy cut. When creating this project I wanted to create something that I could recreate in bulk so I've kept the design relatively simple. However, when it came to adding the patterned paper strips to both sides of the centre panel I wasn't happy with the options in my stash of DSP and instead opted to create my own by using the spots mask from the Basic Pattern Decorative Masks and a blending brush to create a Real Red spot pattern. 

Next up in the hop is Janneke Dijkstra de Jong. I'm sure she has something stunning to share with us

 Be Inspired Design Team Blog Roll

 

Tanya Rees (You are here)

Janneke Dijkstra de Jong

Carolynn Sander

Brian King

Emma Goddard

Jennifer Picard

CASE the Mini Catalogue | Let's Get Hopping #45

Hello everyone and welcome to another Let's Get Hopping blog hop. It's hard to believe that it's already been a month since our last hop. This month the team are CASEing the July - December Mini Catalogue and with so many a-maz-ing projects in this catalogue I'm really looking forward to seeing what everyone has created for this hop. For those of you who are not familiar with the term CASEing (or CASE which stands for Copy And Selectively Edit) and it means to take inspiration from a project, be that the layout, colour combo, or the way a technique is used, to create your own project. Often when I'm feeling creatively blocked I will pull out an old Stampin' Up! catalogue and pick a sample project to CASE to get the creative juices flowing. 

Given that a large portion of the products in this Mini are Christmas themed I felt compelled to create a Christmas card but I chose to use the Tidings of Christmas suite of products from the Annual Catalogue as I've been hanging out to have a play with them. Below is the card I chose to CASE from page 13 of the Mini and as it was the layout of the card that really appealed to me, it became the basis for my card. 

Instead of snowflakes I've used the stars from the Christmas Trimmings Dies and the I've opted for a richer colour combo inspired from the Tidings of Christmas DSP that I've used in place of Pearlescent Speciality Paper panels. I've also added an embossed panel of Soft Succulent to add a little more texture.

Next up in the hop is Megan Teare from New Zealand, I'm certain that she has something fabulous to share with us.