Christmas

Welcome to week 18 on the CASE challenge!  We're using another winter sketch as inspiration, this time from the wonderfully creative Windy Ellard, more info here.  While I just love her original card, I don't actually have the stamp set she used.  But CASEing isn't just copying, it's letting yourself be inspired by someone's creation so you can make something with your own stash.  So, still very much in Christmas mode, I thought I'd fall back on an oldie but goodie. I started with a thick Whisper White card base, then a Night of Navy cardstock layer and then [...]

Week 17 on the CASE challenge is this lovely card by Carolyn King, more info here. This is the sort of card that can be made all year round, but I'm still in a Christmassy mood, so I decided to use up some scraps of Joyous Noel Designer Series Paper (or DSP) from the Autumn/Winter catalogue.  [EDIT: since making the card for this challenge, sadly this DSP is now sold out.  If you're still thinking of placing an order from the Autumn/Winter book, don't wait any longer as items are "while stocks last" and some items are now gone [...]

Week 15 on the CASE challenge, and we're really getting festive now.  This week's inspiration was the winter sketch of a gorgeous card by Chris Smith, more info here.  As soon as I saw this card, I knew exactly how I wanted to CASE it.  I've fallen completely in love with the Snowflake Showcase suite of products, only available during November.  I knew the snowflakes would work perfectly with this design. I started with some thick Whisper White as my base, and used a layer of Night of Navy under another strip of normal Whisper White card.  Rather than embossing, [...]