CASEing Coast to Coast!

Welcome to my first post of CASEing Coast to Coast! I’m Karen Hallam from California. I’ve teamed up with Rosanne Mulhern from Pennsylvania to bring you our individual takes on a card.

CASE stands for “Copy and Share Everything” or some people say “Copy and Selectively Edit.” Either way, when you CASE a card you might take inspiration from the stamp set(s) a person used, or the color scheme, or the layout of the design. You might creatively turn a card layout on its side or upside down and design your card from a different perspective.

For today’s card, I’ve chosen two Autumn stamp sets: Country Home and Painted Harvest:

Inspiration From Nature

I love the colors of Autumn and these sunflowers with their deep yellows and golds make me happy. These sunflowers on my dining room table were my inspiration for the card.

Techniques and Tidbits

To make my card, I masked off a section across the middle of a 5-1/4″ x 4″ piece of Whisper White cardstock. Then I randomly stamped the large sunflower using So Saffron and Crushed Curry ink pads. I used a second generation (stamped off once) application of Soft Suede ink for the centers of the flowers. Here is the Painted Harvest Stamp Set:

To see some mini cards that I created using Painted Harvest, click HERE.

To make the milk can, I stamped the image with Gray Granite ink onto Gray Granite Cardstock and hand cut it out. I popped it up over a piece of doily using Dimensionals. I colored the doily with my Soft Suede Blend Marker. Then I stamped the floral image with Early Espresso ink and colored it with my Blends. I did a quick trim with my scissors and glued it under and above the can.

And here is the Country Home Stamp Set:

Finishing Touches

To add a little more Cajun Craze to the card, I used my Stampin’ Write Marker to add clusters of three tiny dots between the sunflowers. It’s subtle but adds a little more color interest.

Wink of Stella on the milk can gives it a light bit of sparkle and shine.

See a card I made using Country Home for a different season HERE.

 

Now… are you as excited as I am to see Roseann’s CASE of my card? I’m really looking forward to seeing which element she used to create her card. Let’s take a look! You can see her card HERE.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Enjoy the remainder of the week!

You can see the list of products that I used on this card below. When you click on any of the thumbnail photos, you will be redirected to my online store where you can view and shop for these products.

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Product List

Country Home Photopolymer Stamp Set [147678] $21.00	Painted Harvest Photopolymer Stamp Set [144783] $21.00	Early Espresso 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [119686] $8.75
Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [100730] $9.75	Gray Granite 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [146983] $8.75	So Saffron Classic Stampin’ Pad [147109] $7.50
Crushed Curry Classic Stampin’ Pad [147087] $7.50	Soft Suede Classic Stampin’ Pad [147115] $7.50	Gray Granite Classic Stampin’ Pad [147118] $7.50
Soft Suede Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack [147273] $9.00	Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack [144603] $9.00	Cajun Craze Dark Stampin’ Blends [147908] $4.50
Old Olive Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack [144597] $9.00	Paper Snips [103579] $10.00	Pearlized Doilies [146936] $4.50
Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430] $4.00	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] $8.00	Regals Stampin’ Write Markers [147155] $30.00