Case me a Christmas Card 2025 - Hop 10

Welcome to Case me a Christmas Card 2025 - a Christmas Card series! 

Throughout October, there has been a series of 10 hops – two YouTube hops, and eight Instagram hops. Each hop involves participants CASEing (Copy And Selectively Edit) a card from the next person, drawing inspiration while each creating a Christmas Card. And you can join in!

Background

This series began in November 2016 as a personal challenge to explore different Christmas card styles, with friends suggesting creative ideas. Over time, more cardmakers joined, leading to a format where participants CASE each other's cards. A helpful video by Ardyth Percy Robb outlines a 5-step CASE process—check it out HERE.

This year

This year is a bit different, because I'd love for you to join in! You can join in by making your own CASE, or by commenting on the stops on the hop (either on IG or on YT). 

I'm over the moon excited to share that some amazingly generous companies that I love are offering some super generous prizes! 

In Alphabetical order:  

$25 (or £25) gift card from Alex Syberia 

$30 gift card from Altenew

2 x $50 gift cards from Concord & 9th 

$25 gift card from Hero Arts 

$100 gift card from Gina K Designs  

$50 gift card from The Ink Stand 

$100 gift card from My Sweet Petunia   

Online Card Classes will give 3 winners 3 classes of their choice each 

$50 gift card from Paper Rose Studio 

$25 gift card from Pink and Main  

$50 gift card from Simon Says Stamp

$25 gift card from Spellbinders  

$50 gift card from Trinity Stamps

Today's hop

Today, we’re hopping on YouTube– click HERE to start the hop!    

Here's my card for today - I'm CASEing Natalie Walsh

These are the two cards from Natalie that I CASEd: 

 I used the layout of this card: 

and I used the colours and the large, bold sentiment from this card: 

Your turn!

Now, you’re invited to join! CASE a card from any hop participant, share your creation via Inlinkz HERE, and you could win a prize from one of our amazing sponsors! Or comment on any of the stops on the hop for a chance to win, too! 

To link up your CASE me a Christmas Card project, first share it publicly somewhere you can copy the link – this can be your blog, Instagram, a Flickr account, your Splitcoast gallery – anywhere that allows you to have a URL or website location to link up, and where we can see your post. 

By linking your project, you are giving me permission to feature your card on my blog and social media, crediting you as the artist.

Entries close on the 7th of November at 6am AEDT (Melbourne time) - which is 6th Nov, 12 noon Pacific Time.  

Winners will be announced on the 10th of November here on my blog.  

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

  

 

Case me a Christmas Card with Michelle Williams

Welcome to Case me a Christmas Card for 2024 - a Christmas Card blog series!

For more background info on the who, what, where, when, how and why of this series, please visit my first post for this year HERE!

Today's guest

Today, my guest is Michelle Williams. I have CASEd one of her cards that you can check out HERE.

 All of the products I used are linked below :) 

This is the card I Cased: 

Using Ardyth's LIMES technique: 

List:  watercolour background, masked white border around edge of card, berry and floral image in top right and bottom left, masked white border around edge of images, black stamped sentiment, gold splatter

Include: watercolour background, masked white border around edge of images, black stamped sentiment

Modify: white border around edge of card, berry and leaf image in top third of card,

Exclude:  gold splatter

Spin: Christmas!

Michelle also Cased one of my cards - you can find it HERE

Thanks for visiting :)

 

 

Colour shifting magic!

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 A little while ago, I was lucky enough to win a dot card of iridescent and glittery watercolours from Iuile. I decided to use them on this background stamp from Gina K Designs. I'm still surprised at how different the colours look from different angles! Have a look at the holly leaves in the 1st pic compared to the 2nd pic - they're all painted in the same colour, but in different light, they look grey, green, teal or blue!

 

 

 Thanks for visiting :) 

 

 

 

 

Spellbinders holly background glimmer plate + iuile watercolours

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 Today, I'm sharing soe more cards I made using the Holly background glimmer plate from Spellbinders - I coloured the foiled image with Iuile mica watercolours.

 

Thanks for visiting :) 

 

Too cute to spook for Colorado Craft Company

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I don't often make Halloween cards, but these stamps from Colorado Craft Company are so cute, I couldn't say no! The card looks a bit lackluster from the front, but the mica watercolours shine when you get a photo from the right angle!

Colorado Craft Company is offering 15% off our Halloween category for the 13th & 14th! Use the code HALLOWEEN15 to claim your discount! (Links are below)

Thanks for visiting :)

Mosaic Rose for Paper Rose

 Today, I'm sharing a card I made for Paper Rose Studio.

 I cut the Mosaic Rose die from Whisper White cardstock and from black cardstock. I adhered the black die cut to a panel of black cardstock of the same size, and painted it with iuile mica watercolour paints. I then adhered the whisper white die cut over the top of the black layer. I adhered a piece of blue cardstock to a top folding white card base on an angle, adhered the die cut and watercoloured panel on top, and adhered a printed sentiment to the bottom right of the panel.

Julie Hickey Create a card

 I'm playing with another panel from Julie Hickey's Create a Card foiled cards. I painted the flowers with Mica watercolour paints from Iuile, and then added some grey Zig marker to the leaves. 

 

Thanks for visiting :)