A different CASE

There are two different alternatives for the acronym CASE in the craft world. The first is copy and share everything, the other alternative is copy and selectively edit. Today I thought  that I would try the second meaning using the Global Design Project sketch.

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Copy and selectively edit, means that you use the inspiration in a number of ways for inspiration, you could use the colours, sketch lay out, or pick out elements. From the stunning inspiration in #GDP200 I considered a number of options. The colours (I think that they are Crumb Cake, Lovely Lipstick and Petal Pink), the linen thread, the embossed layer, the three elements (using the Butterfly Gala Stamp set.)

I decided to go with the embossed background, three elements and the linen thread. Rather than using an embossing folder I used an embossing mat to make images of two snowflakes and used the same die to cut out the snowflakes.

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Ingredients

Card Base – Petal Pink cardstock - 10.5cm x 29cm scored at 14.5cm

Layer - Whisper white – 9.5cm x 13.5cm

Scrap of  whisper white (for the snowflakes) and Sentiment

Linen thread

Early Expresso Ink

Seasonal Layer Dies

Ityy Bitty Greetings

Frosted and Clear Epoxy

I have loved playing with this sketch and creating a Christmas card. The GDP is an amazing source of creativity!

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Snowflake Perfection

Wow have you seen the amazing new limited edition items from Stampin’ Up! They are gorgeous! It is a fabulous collection of snowflakes,christmasy and non christmas images. There are some gorgeous sentiments which are useful for so many different cards. I especially love the sentiments especially ‘sending positive thoughts,’ this would be perfect to send to a friend. Its a ‘not a birthday set!’

The video below, from Stampin’ Up! shows all the items, in the suite. There are stamps, embellishments and some gorgeous flocked paper. There are some amazing examples on Pinterest, demos have been coming up with some amazing ideas. The Strawberry Stampers have been sharing their ideas, it looks amazing with Night of Navy, Merry Merlot and Silver. The Stampin’ Up! examples are on the right.

The foil edged gold and silver cards go perfectly with this set. They are gorgeous too. These save on foiled sheets bonus!

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