Category: Card ideas

Hello and thank you, so much, for popping by. It has been almost two weeks since my knee replacement surgery and I am so happy with my progress – and, that I have started crafting again.

It is Sunday and it is time for a Global Desgin Project challenge. This week is a CASE challenge – the card, below, was designed by Artisan and New Zealander, Susan Wong.

Our brief for a CASE challenge that we can take what we like from the design and make it our own. It might be the stamp set – the colors, the layout, the theme, the images – whatever we like that has inspired us to make a card of our own. For me, I decided to CASE the general layout.

For this project, I decided that the Friends Are Like Seashells Bundle would be perfect.

I have also been working on a card for a colour challenge. I decided to use the same colour pallette for this project.

I used Shimmery White cardstock so that I could do some messy water colouring. I used the same cardstock and one of my Blending Brushes to colour the 4-5/8″x 3″ panel with Soft Suede to achieve this mottled effect. I spent some time running my fingernails along the edges of the cardstock to give it a frayed and vintage look. The edges were then coloured using the Blending Brush. The sand particles were then stamped using first and second generation stamping. Finally, I wrapped some Very Vanilla twine, from the new Baker’s Twine Essentials Pack, and tied a bow.

The shell, starfish and seaweed images were stamped using StazOn Jet Black ink for the water colouring. When dry, each image was die cut or fussy cut and thenpopped up onto the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals. I like the smaller sentiment I chose for this card because the stamped and coloured images are definitely the focal points.

These are many products used to create this project – and, I am so pleased how well they work together.

What do you think? What was the last project you CASEd?

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Friends Are Like Seashells Photopolymer Stamp Set [154368] $45.00	Seaside Seashells Dies [156095] $59.00	Soft Suede A4 Card Stock [119982] $15.25	Shimmery White A4 Card Stock [121717] $17.50	Just Jade Classic Stampin' Pad [153115] $13.00
Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad [147106] $13.00	Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad [147113] $13.00	Soft Sky Classic Stampin' Pad [131181] $11.50	Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad [101406] $17.50	Baker's Twine Essentials Pack [155475] $19.25
Blending Brushes [153611] $21.00	Water Painters [151298] $21.00	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] $11.50	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00
Mini Glue Dots [103683] $8.00	Basic White C6 Envelopes [159235] $13.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] $104.00	Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00