A Sneeky Peak

In the new catty there's a card sample which I absolutely adore and I wanted to have a go at re-creating. Again it's not my usual plain and simple style but more arty, and I've just bought the set needed so I had a go at CASE'ing it. I wasn't going to share this until after my Open House on the 23rd October (details in this post here) but I'm in a good mood and the sun is shining so I thought I'd give you a sneek peak of what's instore. This matching pizza box is to house a gift, and the button centre with the curly bits was another idea pinched from the catty.Here's a close up...You can see the original on page 43 of the Idea Book & Catalogue and it uses Greenhouse Garden, Sincere Salutations, En Francais and the new Medallion background stamp. The colours are Almost Amethyst, Lovely Lavender, Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose, Certainly Celery and it's stamped onto Confetti White to give it that 'rough' look, if that's the correct way to describe it. There was a bit of trial and error to get the correct effect for the background which in the end was easy peasy - I used a bit of sponge and dabbed the colour onto the medallion stamp rather than using the inkpad direct. It gives a much softer look and worked better than the stamping off technique. I'm so pleased how this has turned out! Tfl, Jo :)