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Seriously, it's the first Thursday in the month already? How did April sneak up on me LOL. Maybe it's because I'm knee deep in two weeks with the kids off school! Well , it IS the first Thursday in the month, so you know the drill by now - it's time for a new CASE Study muse! It is with great excitement that we have none other than JJ Bolton joining us!!

The Mom Word die from Lil' Inker Designs was still out on my desk when I sat down to make something for this fabulous card of JJ's so it was an obvious starting point. 

by JJ Bolton

I loved the technique JJ used here; seriously amazing precision! What struck me was the depth of colour in the centre and that got me thinking, so I die cut my word out of glitter card and used Copic markers to create an ombre effect with depth in the centre of the die cut and fading out to the edges. Popped it onto a double layered tag and then broke out the Perfect Bow die from Simon Says Stamp and gave it the same treatment.

I can't wait to see what the rest of the team have done and on that point give a big CASE Study welcome to our guest for April, Anya Schrier :)

Muse: JJ Bolton

Guest Designer: Anya Schrier

Amy Wanford

Andrea Ewen

Clare Buswell

Debby Hughes - me!

Iwona Palamountain (Chupa) - The Boss

Jean Martin

Jeanne Jachna

Maureen Plut

Teneale Williams

Supplies: Card - Papertrey Ink vintage cream, Stampin' Up glitter card; Copic markers; Sequins; Dies - Lil' Inker Designs mom word, Simon Says Stamp perfect bow, Papertrey Ink tag sale 3; Kraft tag

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Oh I am having such fun with the CASE Study challenges this month with Julie Ebersole as our muse! Let's get straight to it with my card for this week:

Here's the fabulous inspiration from Julie which inspired this card:

by Julie Ebersole

It was those blue stems that caught my eye and reminded me of Memory Box's chloe stem die cut. Then I spotted those polka dots at the bottom and thought they'd be great translated into the super cool grid border die cut from Simon Says Stamp. So Julie's all stamped card turned into my almost all die cut card LOL; the only stamping was my sentiment with the lovely font from Simon Says Stamp's furry cat & box set.

One of the best bits of my Thursday is seeing what everyone else has made from the same inspiration:

Muse: Julie Ebersole

Guest Designer: Brandi from Yankee Belle Stamper
Amy Wanford
Andrea Ewen
Clare Buswell
Debby Hughes - me!
Iwona Palamountain (Chupa) - The Boss
Jean Martin
Jeanne Jachna
Maureen Plut

Teneale Williams

I hope you will join us this week :)

Supplies: Stamps - Simon Says Stamp furry cat & box; Inks - Versafine onyx black; Card - Stampin' Up glitter card; Dies - Simon Says Stamp grid border s154, Memory Box chloe stem; sequins

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Well helloooooo! It's Thursday which must mean it's time for more glorious inspiration from our March muse Julie!

by Julie Ebersole

What a fun and happy card; it just makes me smile from ear to ear! I went with the patterned sun with overlapping embellishment and also layered patterned paper. Here's my card:

I thought it would be great fun to have a honeycomb sun for the bee :) I stamped the honeycomb circle from Simon Says Stamps' circle friends set in Hero Arts butter bar (one of my most favourite colours) and then used the matching tri circle die to cut a mask from a post it note before stamping the sun rays from Wplus9's super star set. I stamped the bee image overlapping the sun with Memento tuxedo black ink and then on Neenah solar white card I stamped two bees, coloured and cut their bodies out and layered them up on the card. The patterned paper strips were a fun way to ground everything and I'm going to link this to Pattern Play at Online Card Classes :)

Now it is with great sadness that we say goodbye to our lovely teamie Christina :( I've loved working with you and you will be so missed. Wishing you all the best :) So here's our team list as it stands now:

Muse: Julie Ebersole

Guest Designer: Brandi from Yankee Belle Stamper
Amy Wanford
Andrea Ewen
Clare Buswell
Debby Hughes - me!
Iwona Palamountain (Chupa) - The Boss
Jean Martin
Jeanne Jachna
Maureen Plut
Teneale Williams

Supplies: Stamps - Simon Says Stamp circle friends, Wplus9 super star; Inks - Hero Arts butter bar, Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx black; Card - Neenah solar white; Paper - My Mind's Eye on the bright side two; Dies - Simon Says Stamp tri circle s150, large holiday shapes s147

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Judging from the entries last week you are all really enjoying having Julie Ebersole as our CASE Study muse this month! Seeing as we are on a roll, here's this week's card :)

by Julie Ebersole

I was happy clapping when I saw this card - I do love a bit of negative die cutting :) Here's my card and then I will tell you a bit more about it.

The new Simple Numbers dies from Simon Says Stamp come attached together with those little nubs so that the numbers appear as a block. It's easy to break the nubs and use the numbers individually but I wanted to take advantage of the lovely even placing of the numbers while they were still attached to each other. I die cut them from a white panel and backed with some patterned paper. Oh and I must say I love the clean lines of these numbers and they are the perfect size for cards :)

The splatters from Julie's card transformed into enamel dots on my card and I added a little butterfly on there too as a nod to the original inspiration :) Here's the links for the rest of the crew to see what they made:

Muse: Julie Ebersole

Guest Designer: Brandi from Yankee Belle Stamper
Amy Wanford
Andrea Ewen
Christina MacLaren
Clare Buswell
Debby Hughes - me!
Iwona Palamountain (Chupa) - The Boss
Jean Martin
Jeanne Jachna
Maureen Plut
Teneale Williams

Edited to add: Forgot to mention that I'm sending this one over to Moxie Fab World's Emphasise the Negative challenge :)

Supplies: Stamps - Simon Says Stamp handwritten sentiments, Clearly Besotted Stamps butterfly wishes additions; Inks - Versafine smokey gray, Versacolor laurel leaf; Paper - My Mind's Eye collectable memorable 6x6; Dies - Simon Says Stamp simple numbers, Clearly Besotted Stamps buttefly wishes; Enamel Dots - My Mind's Eye the sweetest thing bluebell smile #st1084, honey love #st1055

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It's changeover day at CASE Study Challenge! Which means we have a new muse in the house ..... it's none other than ............... Julie Ebersole!!! Squeal! One of the sweetest people with a totally infectious laugh (have you watched her videos?) and the most amazing designer! Can you tell by all the exclamation marks that I might like Julie's style just a bit LOL. Here's our inspiration from Julie for this week.

by Julie Ebersole

I didn't want to CASE this card as I knew that no matter what I made I wouldn't be happy. You see I love this card, probably in my top favourite cards ever. This card just sings to me and I didn't want to mess with the tune LOL. However, I gave it a shot and here's what I came up with.

I wanted to capture some of the heat from those orange and red flowers and the double mounted panel over kraft. I went with white embossing for my flower partially to fit in with Julie's and partially because delicate flowers just look awesome that way! Then I set to with my Copic markers. I've been asked before about Copics marking the white embossing. Often with paler Copics it's not very noticeable but with dark colours they do stain the embossed line. However, if you keep your blender (0) on hand and use it to swipe over the lines as you colour it does a fabulous job of removing any errors :)

So this card turned out quite clean and simple and I do like it but just not as much Julie's!

For more inspiration take a look at the rest of the team and note that we have a new Guest Designer for March; please give a big welcome to Brandi :)

Muse: Julie Ebersole

Guest Designer: Brandi from Yankee Belle Stamper
Amy Wanford
Andrea Ewen
Christina MacLaren
Clare Buswell
Debby Hughes - me!
Iwona Palamountain (Chupa) - The Boss
Jean Martin
Jeanne Jachna
Maureen Plut
Teneale Williams

Supplies: Stamps - Clearly Besotted Stamps with love; Inks - Versamark, Versafine smokey gray; Card - Papertrey Ink kraft; Copics; Hero Arts white embossing powder; EK Success powder tool