This week I'm having a blast with my sistahs over at StampNation playing along in their CASEing Christmas event. The inspiration is phenomenal! Each day thru November 11th, the designers are posting a video of a CASE (Copy And Share Everything) and explain how they are inspired by each others cards. They show you how to CASE a card but put your own spin on it. It's an awesome way to stretch your imagination while being inspired by your fellow cardmaking friends. Want to play along? Stop on over to StampNation. We'd love to see what you can do!
Earlier in the week I showed you this card that I made from Day #1 in the CASEing Christmas Series. I used inspiration from Catherine Pooler's card.
Day #2 I pulled inspiration from a card by Maureen Merritt and made this card using that fabulous Village Die from Simon Says Stamp and the gorgeous Holiday Lyrics sentiment stamp by The Ton.
I loved it so much, I made two! I fell in love with her background using an embossed resist and ink blending technique using Ranger Distress Inks.
Day #3 it's inspiration from Catherine Pooler again. Her card had so many fun colors so I pulled those into my card along with this awesome Woodland Wreaths stamp and die set by WPlus9.
Day #4 Heather North rocked an awesome combination of navy and white and I just couldn't resist CASEing her card using CAS-ual Fridays Funky Flakes dies from Stamp of Approval's Holiday Magic Collection. Here's what I came up with.
Day #5 I was inspired by a cute little card by Catherine Pooler again. In her video she showed us how to make our own glitter paper background. Isn't this little polar bear from My Favorite Things Cool Day stamp set adorable?
Are you noticing a theme to my cards this week? I'm completely stuck on making 4.25" square cards for some reason. They have been so easy to work with and I thought they would be cute to use with my Christmas gifts in place of tags. So here are a couple more......just for fun!
Check out that awesome textured background using Gesso medium and a Stampers Anonymous stencil!
And then there's this really cool Ring Wreath die from Simon Says Stamp that fits perfectly onto a 4.25" square card.
I know this was a super long post today but I just had so much fun making cards this week. Learning how to CASE a card really does make cardmaking so much simpler and more fun. Remember, if you find a card that is truly inspirational and want to CASE it and share it, be sure to acknowledge the original designer for their inspiration. It's the NICE thing to do. ;) Hope to see you over at StampNation real soon!!
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