Can You Case It #99 - Color Challenge

Hello and welcome back! Today I'm back with the next Can You Case It challenge, this time for any holiday color combo.

 

I was inspired by this display that I saw at Target, where I had to take a picture. I really like the mix of the neutral kraft color with all of the metallics.

 

Here is what I came up with this week. I decided to make another set of Christmas tags with the color combo of Crumb Cake, silver and gold inspired by the image above. I used the Peaceful Pines Photopolymer Bundle and some printed vellum from a few different sets of printed vellum.

 

Here area  few closeups of the tags. I layered the patterned vellum over the Crumb Cake Cardstock on the tag base. Then, I diecut circlss from Silver Foil Paper, a piece of Vellum Cardstock and silver thread. I stamped the tree in Veramark, then heat embossed it in silver.

 

This one follows the same design, except for the gold color and different patterned paper.

 

 

 

Well, that is all for today! I hope you can join us at Can You Case It, and share your favorite holiday color combo. Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

Product List

Peaceful Pines Photopolymer Bundle	Happy Scenes Photopolymer Stamp Set	Versamark Pad	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad	Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock
Silver Foil Sheets	Gold Foil Sheets	Winter Wonderland Designer Vellum Stack	Silver Fancy Foil Designer Vellum	Holidays Fancy Foil Designer Vellum
Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock	Silver 1/8" Ribbon	Gold & White 3/8" (1 Cm) Glitter Ribbon	2" Circle Punch	1-3/4" Circle Punch
Silver Metallic Thread	Gold Metallic Thread	Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder	Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder	Tag Topper Scalloped Punch
Ornate Tag Topper Punch

 

 

 

 

 

 

Can You Case It #98 - A Sketch Challenge

Hello and welcome back! I'm here with another challenge from Can You Case It, this time featuring the sketch below. It's a card and a tag in one!

 

I started with a Crumb Cake card base, and added some of the music paper from the Home For Christmas Designer Series Paper. I covered it with a piece of Vellum Cardstock, just to separate it a little more from the tag and greeting. The poinsettia is also from a piece of the Home For Christmas DSP, and I cut 3 of them, with progressively smaller pieces and adhered them together with Stampin' Dimensionals to make a 3D type of flower. I also added a piece of the washi tape on the bottom of the Very Vanilla tag, and finished it with Cherry Cobbler Thick Baker's Twine.

 

Here you can see the dimension in the flower better.

 

The greeting is colored with Real Red, Delightful Dijon and Mossy Meadow and then stamped onto Very Vanilla Cardstock. The banner piece was colored in Mossy Meadow, stamped on the same color of cardstock, trimmed out and adhered with more Stampin' Dimensionals. It's layered on a piece of Real Red Cardstock die cut with the scallop circle from the Circle Card Thinlits Dies, and the edged sponged with Cherry Cobbler ink. A yellow star button completes the card.

 

Well, that is all for today! I hope you'll join us at Can You Case It, and share a project with your interpretation of our sketch. Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

Product List

Oh, What Fun Photopolymer Stamp Set	Regals Stampin' Write Markers	2014-2016 In Color Stampin' Write Markers	2015-2017 In Color Stampin' Write Markers	Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock
Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock	Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock	Mossy Meadow 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock	Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock	Home For Christmas Designer Series Paper
Cherry Cobbler Thick Baker’S Twine	Circle Card Thinlits Die	Home For Christmas Designer Buttons	Stampin' Dimensionals	Ornate Tag Topper Punch
2" Circle Punch	Sponge Daubers

 

 

Can You Case It #97 - An Inspiration Challenge

Hello and welcome back! I'm back this week with another Can You Case It Challenge, this time an inspiration challenge based on the following photo. Isn't it pretty? This card also fits the next style from Online Card Classes Holiday Style, classic and elegant.

 

I loved the color combo of red, gold and white, the snowflakes and the ornament. Here is what I came up with. The gold snowflakes are a piece of vellum from the Winter Wonderland Designer Vellum Stack. I stamped the ornament in Real Red ink, spritzed it with water, and then stamped it on Shimmer White Cardstock. I die cut if with the matching dies, and cut the ornament top with Gold Foil Sheets. The ornament was adhered with Stampin' Dimensionals, and I added a piece of Gold 1/8" Ribbon for the ornament to hang from.

 

For the greeting, I cut the top layer with the Christmas Greetings Thinlits Dies from the Gold Foil Sheets, and then again three times from regular Whisper White Cardstock. I glued all of the layers together with the Fine-Tip Glue Pen. I love that thing! You need one, yes you do. To finish the ornament, I colored some of the Rhinestone Basic Jewels with a red Sharpie marker and then adhered them to the ornament.

 

Well, that is all for today. I hope you'll join us at Can You Case It and share something you made inspired by the image above. Thanks for stopping by!

 

Product List

Embellished Ornaments Clear-Mount Bundle	Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad	Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock	Shimmery White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock
Winter Wonderland Designer Vellum Stack	Gold Foil Sheets	Gold 1/8" Ribbon	Greetings Thinlits Dies	Fine-Tip Glue Pen
Stampin' Dimensionals	Rhinestone Basic Jewels Embellishments

 

 

Can You Case It #96 - A Sketch Challenge

Hello, and welcome back! I'm here today with another Can You Case It challenge, this time using a sketch. Below is the sketch for this week.

 

Here is my card for the week. I may or may not have taken some liberties with the sketch this week. But hey...it's meant to be a jumping off point for our creativity, right? Well, I jumped off! I love how this turned out thought. I used the Among the Branches Photopolymer Stamp Set. The images are all simple pieces by themselves, but they make something special when all together. For the leaves, I stamped them in Whisper White Craft Ink first, and then stamped over them in Crushed Curry, Tangerine Tango and Watermelon Wonder. If you repeat this process, make sure to clean your stamp between every time of stamping the colored leaves so you don't transfer any white craft ink to your other pads (or wait for it to completely dry!). I love the effect, and it almost gives it a 3D appearance.

 

To finish the card, I trimmed part of the greeting from the full circle image, and adhered it with Stampin' Dimensionals over some Crushed Curry Baker's Twine and some Brights Candy Dots. I also sponged around the edge of the main panel with some Crumb Cake Classic Ink.

 

Well, that is all for today. I hope you'll join us at Can You Case It this week with your take on our sketch. Thanks for stopping by!

 

 Product List

Among The Branches Photopolymer Stamp Set	Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad	Tangerine Tango Classic Stampin' Pad	Watermelon Wonder Classic Stampin' Pad	Whisper White Craft Stampin' Pad
Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad	Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock	Crushed Curry Baker's Twine	Brights Candy Dots
Stamping Sponges	Stampin' Dimensionals

 

Can You Case It #95 - Color Challenge

Hello, and welcome back! We have a lovely color combo for our challenge this week at Can You Case It!

 

I decided to make two cards this week! I had two ideas for these colors, so I decided to create with them both.

 

 

 

 

Well, that is all for today. I hope you'll join us this week at Can You Case It to share you own colorful creation. Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

 

Can You Case It #94 - A Sketch Challenge

Hello and welcome back! I'm here today with a sketch challenge from Can You Case It. This is a really versatile sketch as you'll see by all of the team's cards this week.

 

Plaid is all the rage now, so I decided to make my own version for the background of this card. First I stamped the Brushstrokes Clear-Mount Background Stamp in Smoky Slate both vertically and horizontally. Then, I added the rest of the stripes with markers, Real Red thick stripes and Basic Black thin stripes. I tied Real Red 1/4" Cotton Ribbon, Silver 1/8" Ribbon and black embroidery thread around the background and mounted it to the card with dimensional adhesive.

 

To finish off the card I stamped the greeting from Holly Jolly Greetings Clear-Mount Stamp Set in Real Red ink, and added some Rhinestone Basic Jewels .

 

Well, that is all for today. I hope you'll join us at Can You Case It with your own project inspired by our sketch. Thanks for stopping by!

Can You Case It #93 - Designers Choice Challenge

Hello and welcome back! Today I'm here to share my next creation for the Can You Case It Designer's Choice Challenge. Our theme this week is Fall related using any products for any type of project! Autumn has really been showing off her beautiful colors on the trees and bushes here in the Chicagoland area over the past few weeks. So, this is the perfect time for this challenge!

 

Here is my card for this week. I went back to a set from the main Stampin' Up! catalog called For All Things Clear-Mount Stamp Set. I used Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie and Real Red inks. For each leaf, I stamped in a lighter color, sponged the top edges with a darker color, spritzed it with water and then stamped. The orange/red leaf is cut out by hand, and then adhered to the card front. For the greeting, I colored the acorns with Crumb Cake and Sahara Sand, spritzed with water and then stamped. The greeting is stamped in Early Espresso and the circle is mounted on Early Espresso Cardstock as well. The card base is Crumb Cake, and the other color I used was Very Vanilla.

 

I accented my card with the wood leaves from the Into The Woods Elements, Linen Thread and some flicked Early Espresso ink using my Aqua Painter. Now I have a beautiful card to send to a friend to let them know I am thinking about them.

 

I thought I would also share a couple of my favorite pictures from this autumn season. These were taken with my iPhone 6, and not my DSLR camera. This was last Sunday when the sun was shining and the colors were getting to their peak. That's my furry buddy Monty out with me for our daily walk.

 

I love how many different colors the maple trees display.

 

And, one more with the sun streaming through the trees.

 

That's all for today. I hope you'll join us at Can You Case It and share a fall creation of your own. Thanks for stopping by!

Can You Case It #92 - Sketch Challenge

Hello and welcome back! I'm here today with the next Can You Case It #92 sketch challenge.

 

I needed a masculine birthday card, and decided to go with a Halloween color scheme of Pumpkin Pie, Smoky Slate, Basic Gray and Basic Black along with Whisper White. I pulled out one of my favorite sets, the Celebrate Today Stamp Set. It's easy to make great, bold birthday cards with it.

 

To make the gray watercolor background, I applied Smoky Slate ink onto a clear stamping block, spritzed it with water and stamped my piece of paper with it. I repeated this twice. I colored the banner stamp with Smoky Slate and Basic Gray markers, die cut them and placed them above and below the balloon. For the fringe on the balloon, I die cut it from Basic Gray, Smoky Slate and Vellum Cardstock. I also place some above and below the balloon. I used Stampin' Dimensionals under the balloon and the top banner.

 

Well, that is all for today. I hope you join us at Can You Case It #92 this week, and share your own creation based on our sketch. Thanks for stopping by!

Can You Case It #91 - Color Challenge

Hello, and welcome back! I'm back today with a new color challenge from the Can You Case It site. Today we are featuring shades of grown and green with additional neutrals.

 

I couldn't help but create an outdoor scene with this color scheme. I did add in just a tiny bit of blue with Soft Sky ink for the sky, and So Saffron for part of the larger tree. The other colors I used are Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive, Sahara Sand, Crumb Cake and Soft Suede. I also mixed the Happy Scenes Photopolymer Stamp Set with the Sheltering Tree Photopolymer Stamp Set. The small leaves stamp from Sheltering Tree covers the small tree from Happy Scenes really nicely. The greeting is from the Sheltering Tree stamp set.

 

I cut the grass and large tree layer out, and adhered it with Stampin' Dimensionals to the main panel. That was adhered to Old Olive cardstock, and adhered with Stampin' Dimensionals to the card front after I added several wraps of linen thread. There aren't a lot of embellishments to this card, but I like how it turned out. I think this fits the tricky "guy card" category too, which is always a pus!

 

Well, that is all for today. I hope you'll join us at Can You Case It this week and share your own colorful creation! Thanks for stopping by.

Can You Case It #90 - Halloween Edition

Hello and welcome back. This week we're featuring Halloween projects at Can You Case It.

 

I played around with the Happy Scenes Photopolymer Stamp Set and the coordinating Hearth & Home Thinlits Dies. I love this bundle because it can be used for Halloween, Fall/Thanksgiving and Winter/Christmas! I stamped the background with the new Basic Black Classic Ink pad from Stampin' Up! which is waterproof. Then, I went to town with my inks and a watercolor brush. I used Rich Razzleberry, Tangerine Tango and Crushed Curry as well as some Smoky Slate for the ground area.

 

I also used the "boo" stamp from the set to create a repeating pattern on the window sill.

 

One more thing I did to add to the scene, I stamped over the moon with Versamark ink and heat set some clear embossing powder on top to make the moon stand out even more.

Well, that is all for today! I hope you'll join us at Can You Case It, and link up your own scary good creation! Thanks for stopping by.