Yes, another CASE!

I thought I was done making CASEs of cards for the CASE Study DT Call this week, until I stumbled upon THIS CARD by Lindsey at Occasional Crafting on Pinterest - it got pinned immediately, and I quickly pulled out some watercolour paper and my paints and got painting.  

 After reading Lindsey's post, I realised I used a completely different technique to her card - I used watercolour paper, wet it, then painted some very rough flower and leaf shapes in dark pink and green. I added the sentiment from Winnie and Walter (the same sentiment Lindsey used) in Hero Arts black ink.  I then stamped a leaf outline (from a discontinued Stampin' Up set) and a flower centre from Wplus9 "Fresh Cut Florals" (probably the androecium, or staminal ring - you do KNOW I'm a science nerd!), also in Hero Arts black.  I then stuck the (warped) panel onto a pink card front with a HEAP of foam adhesive (I recently bought a roll of foam adhesive, which is much easier when you need LOTS!). The finishing touch was a white row of faux stitching.  Done!

Here's Lindsey's card  (click on the photo for the link to Pinterest)

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CASEing Chupa!

I've been making a few different cards for the CASE study DT call - and I couldn't possibly NOT try CASEing Iwona Palamountain (aka Chupa). 
I chose a card Iwona made for a Runway Inspired Challenge. I used similar colours, a white layered die-cut sentiment, and lots of flowers, but tipped my card on its end.

I used stamps from PaperTrey Ink "Stitches and Swirls", Hero Arts "Stencil Art", Judikins "Mod Mum", and a solid flower from a discontinued Stampin' Up set. I also used my brand new Happy Birthday die from Simon Says. 

Here is Chupa's card that I CASEd - you can find her original post HERE.

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CASEing Kristina Werner

Hi, all,
I've made a 3rd card to submit to CASE study's Design Team call - I'm trying a few different styles.  Today, I'm CASEing Kristina Werner's card, which you can find HERE - she used Distress Markers and water to colour her image, but I used Copics (because of the card stock the image was on).  I also thought I'd incorporate some elements that I associate with Kristina's style - hence the patterned paper and the white dashed lines.

I started with this image from Saturated Canary called "Queenie and Princess".  (I got this blank stamped image at the recent craft retreat I attended - thanks so much, Debbie Pamment!)  I think I will be buying some of these images for myself - they're so gorgeous, and so much fun to colour!!

 These are the copics I used:

The strip of patterned paper is from Basic Grey Kneehighs 6x6 paper pad.  The sentiment is from Wplus9 "Quite Like You".

I hope you can see on this one - I added some Wink of Stella to the girls' headpieces for some shine.

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The fabulous challenge blog, CASE study, run by the awesome Iwona Palamountain, is having a design team call.  The idea is to pick a papercrafter who inspires you and CASE one of their cards.

I have chosen Joy Taylor as my muse for this card - I just adore her clean and simple style.  I also got to spend a little bit of time with her at a recent crafty retreat, and she is just the best. 

Anyway, here's my card - I took some of the ideas from Joy's card (which I've added below, with her permission), but also added some other touches that Joy uses sometimes in her designs (like embossing paste, and twine).

 Here's Joy's card - you can check out her original post HERE:

I love the white on white on this card, and the single colour used.  On my card, I used embossing paste over the Hero Arts "Large Lotus Pattern" stencil, as well as a white doily, to provide white on white texture.  I decided to colour my vellum "Clustered Leaves" die cut (from Simon Says Stamp) to add a pop of colour - I coloured it with a Faber Castell gelato (Margarita Mix) mixed with lots of water, then painted the colour on - this coloured the vellum, and also made it curl up, which means the leaves provide a bit more texture to the card.  I originally thought of punching the sentiment panel out of coloured cardstock, but, after trying a couple of different colours, I preferred the simplicity of the white.

Thanks, Joy - mmmwaah!!

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