Lift Me Up projects

Sticking with the Lift Me Up theme, here are the results of last week’s Crafty Friday session. After making a Mint Macaron version of this card, we all went a bit ‘freestyle’. We all created a striped balloon and a gift bag, which everyone decorated differently.

Naturally, I didn’t manage to finish mine off, so played around with the products for a short while afterwards, coming up with the card above, which started life as a CASE of this card!

My gift bag evolved, too, as I wanted to stamp the background and keep the colours quite striking. I masked the greeting stamp with some washi tape before inking, so I could just get the “Happy Birthday”. Trouble was, I left the inky washi lying on my work surface and ended up with some unsightly ink marks on the front of my project. THAT’s why there are so many clouds on it!

And as for the CASE of this card, originally created in Watermelon Wonder, this is what it looks like if you switch to my favourite sheet of DSP from the pack, and a Mint Macaron background... I love it! And now would be a good time to stock up on Mint Macaron, as it’s part of the retiring In Color collection which will be leaving us at the end of May!

Around the World Blog Hop: CASE the catalogue!

It’s time for another Around the World Blog Hop! Thank you so much for visiting today and I’m delighted you could join me on this trip around the world, as we CASE the catalogue. You may have joined me from Julie’s blog, or may have happened upon this post by chance. Either way, please continue on to Anke’s blog afterwards and follow the trail to see the rest of the creations. 

First things first, what exactly is CASEing? It stands for Copy And Share Everything and it’s what we stampers do when we’re short of time, short of ideas or simply see something we love so much we have to make one for ourselves. 

Secondly, there is absolutely no shame in CASEing. I’m firmly of the view that, if you don’t want people to copy your projects, don’t put them on the internet! However, it is polite to give credit where it’s due, which is why I always try to link back to the person who inspired me. 

And thirdly, CASEing doesn’t have to be an exact copy. You can copy a colour scheme, a layout, or simply a cool technique. Here I’ve stayed pretty close to the original project (below), which features on page 133 of the current catalogue. When I first flicked through the catalogue, this project was one of the first to shout out at me, even though it uses a stamp set that’s at least a couple of years old. 

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I absolutely loved the watercolouring technique on the card, and the fact that non-traditional colours were used. The splattering of ink appealed to me, too, and I soon discovered it’s really easy to achieve simply by tapping your paint brush. 

Finally, here’s the full list of participating bloggers, so that you don’t miss a single post! Thanks again for visiting and hope to see you again soon!

Miriam van Eyden (Netherlands)

http://miriam-cardsandscrapping.blogspot.com

Barbara Meyer (Austria)

http://barbaras-kreativ-studio.blogspot.com

Martha Lucia Gomez (USA)

http://stampartpapel.com

Julie Davison (USA)

http://juliedavison.com

Helen Read (UK)

http://allthingsstampy.blogspot.com

Anke Hämsch (Germany)

http://leipzig-stempelt.blogspot.com

Kristine McNickle (New Zealand)

http://www.creativestamping.co.nz

Alisa Tilsner (Australia)

http://www.alisatilsner.com

Wetlands Clear Stamp Set [126697] £16.00	Thoughtful Banners Photopolymer Stamp Set [141614] £19.00	Affectionately Yours Specialty Designer Series Paper [141632] £11.75	Watercolor Paper [122959] £4.50
Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685] £7.25	Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock [106577] £7.25	Jet Black Stazon Ink Pad [101406] £8.25	Cucumber Crush Classic Stampin' Pad [138324] £6.00
Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [126944] £6.00	Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad [126970] £6.00	Metallics Sequin Assortment [138390] £4.50	Gold Metallic Thread [138401] £2.75

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Guy Greetings - fill your shoes

Guy Greetings is a great masculine stamp set, with lots of images and words. These shoes are a fun image and I think this would make a great leaving card for a man.

I didn’t have any Candy Dots in Neutrals, so I took my Brights pack and sacrificed the colour I was least likely to use (one of the oranges, if I remember correctly) and coloured them with the darkest pen from the Skin Tones Blendabilities pack.

The design is a CASE of a card by Rachel Brumley, although Rachel used a different stamp, different paper, ribbon instead of the cardstock strip... you get the idea.

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CAS Festival of Trees Christmas

This is my version of a fab card I saw on Pinterest, created by Dutch demonstrator Angélique. I’ve seen other variants, too, but I think Angélique’s came first. One can never be sure in the crafting world!

As always, I adapted the idea to suit the supplies I had, and I’ve combined it with words from Endless Wishes and some cute little Candy Dots. 

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106549	126953	106578

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Visions of Santa, CASEd from the catty

As a demonstrator, I get a useful bi-monthly newsletter from Stampin’ Up!®, full of business and craft ideas. In it, we are urged to CASE (Copy And Share Everything) other projects, and an example was given of a card inspired by the one on page 30 of the Autumn/Winter catalogue. 

So I thought I’d have a go myself and dug out Visions of Santa, a stamp set which is dividing opinion, to put it mildly! But I love it and had fun colouring it with my new Cherry Cobbler Blendabilities. 

What have I copied and what’s the same?

• I copied the angled layer, but it seems I’ve flipped the angle (that was an accident!)
• I’ve copied the embossed background but used a different embossing folder
• I’ve copied the layering style, with the rounded corners and angles, but added a layer
• I’ve copied the washi tape element but used DSP and cut it into a flag
• I’ve copied the button and thread embellishment but used different products

Why don’t you have a go? It’s a great way of kickstarting your creativity when your mojo has taken a walk. Just flick through any of our catalogues and find a card design you like, then CASE it!

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129370	127554	132975	106578	106549

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