I love to look through stamping and scrapbooking magazines but I find it very rare that I ever CASE anything (Copy and Share Everything). In fact, I don't even open up those magazines if I'm looking for ideas. I find that it actually stunts my creativity when I'm in the midst of creating a project. It's just my twisted way of working (or should I call it "playing" since it never feels like working to me).
I picked up our big pile of mail at the post office yesterday (I love coming home to a BIG pile of mail after a weekend away) and I had THREE new magazines in my pile. I almost don't know what to do with myself when that happens. I never know which one to start looking at first. I usually just end up looking at each one just a little bit and then going back and forth between them all.
In the newest issue of PaperCrafts is an article on monochromatic cards. I ADORE monochromatic ANYTHING! Especially cards and scrapbook pages. There was an adorable monochromatic card in shades of green by Lisa Nichols. The card used little squares of Stampin' Up's Prints Designer Series paper and I fell in love with it. I HAD to CASE it.....well, not entirely CASE it. I loved the concept so I created something with the same concept in mind. Lisa's card used 9 squares. I revamped the design a little and used only 4 squares. I also put my greeting in the center of the card and used a rectangular design instead of a circular design in the lower right corner.
This card literally only took me about 7 minutes to create. It's a very easy card to make.
I started off with a Bashful Blue card base. I cut the cardstock at 4 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches. This created a cute square sized card. The Whisper White cardstock layer measured at 4 x 4 inches.
I used pieces of Bashful Blue Prints Designer Series paper from the Prints Pack Level 1 Hostess gift. The Prints Designer Series paper that SU offers (not just in the hostess gift, but also in their catalog in the big 12 x 12 papers) work perfectly for monochromatic projects. I can never get enough of these papers in all of those delicious colors they have to offer up. I cut the little squares at 1 3/4 x 1 3/4 inches each.
I copied Lisa's lead and used my Bashful Blue Stampin' Write marker to create little stitch lines in the white space between the squares.
I stamped the greeting from the True Friend set (Stampin' UP) on a piece of Whisper White cardstock with Blue Bayou ink. I mounted it on top of a piece of Bashful Blue patterned paper and then again on a piece of Bashful Blue cardstock. I mounted this on top of my card with some pop-dots for some subtle dimension.
Now I can't wait to try out a whole set using other colors of the Prints papers.
Happy Creating!
-Stampin' Mama
Very pretty card! Thank you for the inspiration:)
Posted by: malieta | July 09, 2008 at 03:27 AM
I really like this too! Thanks for the inspiration!
Posted by: chell | July 09, 2008 at 07:09 AM
I spotted the same card in my Paper Crafts mag and thought what a great card to case! LOL It's crisp, clean, and so beautiful in any color. I'm thinking this would make a great set of notecards to give as gifts! This is beautiful in blue! Love your case of the original!
Posted by: Carol | July 09, 2008 at 08:12 AM
Oh, I loved Lisa's card too but haven't had time to play at making my own!! Your CASE is great - maybe I'll get around to CASE'ing one of you ;)
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