Case me a Christmas Card - Hop 8

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

Throughout October, there will be 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 Instagram – click HERE to start the hop!    

Here's my cards for today - I'm CASEing Tracey McNeely! (I couldn't stop - I made two versions!)

 

 

This is Tracey's card that I CASEd: 

I included the layout of Tracey's card, and the floral images, but I changed up the colour, I used die cuts instead of stamps, and I included layers, faux stitching, and embellishments.

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.  

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

  

 

 

Simple rainbow washi tape card

Just a quick card I made using some washi tape from Daiso, and a die cut sentiment from Pink and Main. 

Thanks for visiting :) 

 

 

 

CASE It Instagram hop

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I am taking part in the CASE It IG Hop today - to follow along, please visit my IG account and you'll see a list of all of the stops on the hop!

Today, I'm CASEing Dana Joy - I loved the Altenew florals she used on this card, and the embossed panel behind her flowers.

Thanks for visiting :) 

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Finished in February #2

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Here's another card I made to join in with Donna Lewis' Finished in February challenge! I had this die cut panel in my UFO pile (held together with some Press n Seal), so I added some ink blending and some die cuts (and glitter and shine never go astray!)

 Thanks for visiting :) 

 

 

Case me a Christmas Card with Jennifer McGuire

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 Jennifer McGuire! I have CASEd one of her cards that you can check out HERE.

 All of the products I used are linked below :)

 

 

 

And I made a video! 

 These are the cards I Cased: 

Using Ardyth's LIMES technique: 

List:  Pool, Vertical or angled strip, foil, pale stamped background, focal floral image cut in half, foiled sentiment and stamped and embossed sub sentiment, gold embellishments

Include: Vertical or angled strip, focal floral image cut in half, stamped and embossed sub sentiment

Modify:  glitter cardstock, embossed background, glitter sentiment

Exclude: Pool, gold embellishments

Spin: a variety of Christmassy (and non-Christmassy) colours!

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

Thanks for visiting :)

 

 

 

 

 

Case me a Christmas Card with Glenda Wyatt

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 Glenda Wyatt. I have CASEd one of her cards that you can check out HERE.

All of the products I used are linked below  (except from the Holly Layering stencil from Pink and Main, which I believe is discontinued). 

This is the card I Cased: 

Using Ardyth's LIMES technique: 

List:  Two unrelated stencils layered, central sentiment on a circle die cut, black border, two greens, mini slimline

Include: Two unrelated stencils layered, central sentiment on a circle die cut, mini slimline

Modify: Die cut sentiment instead of stamped, vellum circle instead of white cardstock, one green plus red

Exclude: black border

Spin: Christmas!

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

Thanks for visiting :)

 

 

Inking up an embossing folder

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 I've been having some fun with inking up embossing folders.

Thanks for visiting :) 

 

 

Birthday floral

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 Back in December, some crafty friends came over for a crafty day (who am I kidding, it was a tiny bit of crafting and a hell of a lot of chatting!) We each made backgrounds - enough to share with each of us - so we could go home and make something, and we could compare what we made!

 One of the backgrounds I was given (thank you, Donna!) was a white embossed panel. I added some ink blending, cut it down, and used it as a partial background on this card (the gold mirror cardstock makes it so difficult to photograph straight on!)

Thanks for visiting :) 

 

 

Festive Poinsettia

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I recently purchased this STUNNING stamp from Alex Syberia. I did buy the matching layering stencils, but for this card, I decided to do some Copic colouring instead. I paired it with an embossing folder from Pink and Main.

Thanks for visiting :)

CASE of an older card

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The other day, Facebook sent me a memory of a card I made back in 2009, so I shared the memory on Facebook. A friend of mine suggested that I make a CASE of this card, so I took up the challenge! 

Here's the card photo that popped up on Facebook (the original card used all products from Stampin' Up, all of which, I believe, are now discontinued.) The word die I used on my CASE is also discontinued.

Thanks for visiting :)

Rainbow alcohol pearls

Last month, I had a couple of crafty friends, Deb and Donna, over for a day of fun and friendship. Honestly, we just talked and talked and talked, but got a little bit of crafty stuff done as well. It was fabulous!

Both of my friends brought products with them that I could play with, so I put some of them together on this card.

 

Thanks for visiting :)