case study challenge 130

Well it's that time again, time for the last card from our CASE Study muse this month. I think being a short month makes February fly by so much faster :( Teri has been amazing to CASE each week and this week is a stunner; take a look.

by Teri Anderson

There is so much to be inspired by this card I wasn't sure which direction to go in! The label with collage elements caught my eye, the sentiment pieces with white writing on coloured card and the neutral backdrop. Here's my card:

That background is the new to me and totally gorgeous Hero Arts looped flower pattern which I white heat embossed onto soft stone cardstock. The label just had to be Lil' Inker Designs newly released notebook die and then I added some die cuts with matching images from Clearly Besotted Stamps butterfly wishes and leafy accents sets. The sentiment is from their happy everything and is again white heat embossed. 

Here's the rest of the crew for more inspiration:

Muse: Teri Anderson

Guest Designer: Sylvia Blum
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 - Hero Arts looped flower pattern CG504, Clearly Besotted Stamps happy everything, leafy accents, butterfly wishes; Ink - Versamark, Versacolor bamboo, Distress Markers spiced marmalade, mustard seed; Card - Stampin' Up always artichoke, Papertrey Ink soft stone; Dies - Clearly Besotted Stamps butterfly wishes, leafy accents, Lil' Inker Designs notebook; Enamel Dots - My Mind's Eye the sweetest thing bluebell 'smile' #ST1084; Hero Arts white embossing powder

css app sneak peek!

I have a project on the Clear & Simple Stamps iphone app today! Here's a sneak peek!

css app project

I have a project on the Clear & Simple Stamps iphone app today! Here's a sneak peek!

css congratulations

I love grey! A fellow blogger (you know it's you Wida!) once described my style as "grey ultra-crisp CAS"! It will come as no suprise then that I love the new card stock and ink from Clear and Simple Stamps - I Steel Got It. I'd describe it in terms of Copic colours as Warm Gray 5 LOL. I combined the new colour with some icy silver glitter card and some leaves stamped and heat embossed in white on to vellum. I thought these would be great for a winter wedding :)

Starting with the card I embossed an image from Leaflets onto vellum and white heat embossed before fussy cutting out. The sentiment is from All Occasions 1 (love the font) and I stamped it in the I Steel Got It ink which is a perfect match for the cardstock :) A strip of glitter card and a few glitter hearts finished it off.

For the tag I kept to the same basic layout with just a little less glitter card but tied up with some cute polka dot ribbon :)

 

Finally a little gift/favour box; I kept to the same supplies for a cohesive finish and cut the bottom of the box in glitter card and the top in I Steel Got It. I kept another vellum leaf in place with some more of the ribbon and just a single glitter heart on the side to finish.

There's lots going on at Clear & Simple Stamps today - pop by to find out more!

Supplies: Stamps - Clear & Simple Stamps leaflets, all occasions 1; Ink - Clear & Simple Stamps I steel got it, Memories unicorn; Card - Clear & Simple Stamps I steel got it, Stampin' Up silver glitter card, Neenah solar white, Papertrey Ink vellum; Ribbon - Papertrey Ink soft stone extra fine polka dot satin ribbon; Dies - Spellbinders square bracket edge box, Papertrey Ink tag sale 3, Simon Says Stamp holiday shapes;

css so grateful

This is my second post today, please scroll down for my There She Goes Stampbook Saturday post :)

I'm delighted to be joining the Clear & Simple Stamps crew today for a little party hop!

First off let me say that I am REALLY struggling with my photographs at the moment :( The weather is dull and grey and I just don't seem to be able to capture the images I would like to. We live opposite some woods so the front of the house is always dark and shaded by the trees and now we are into Scottish autumn/winter weather the back of the house is not much lighter LOL. In a mission to try and get the best possible photographs I bobbed from one window to the next with light tent, without light tent .... I even changed out the patterned paper to try and add a little something! I'm still not happy but these are the best I could get:

I based my party set around the wonderful solid acorn image from Fall Frenzy and some lovely rich autumn cardstock colours :) I stamped the acorn in white ink on to Summer Starfruit card before white embossing. Then I used a simple negative die cut in Early Espresso card to frame the image. The sentiment is hung over the front of the die cut area with foam adhesive on the ends. I got this idea from Jennifer McGuire in one of the latest Online Card Class videos :)

Here's the front of the invitation:

And the inside.

The inside of the invitation uses the Party Elements: Celebration set from Collection 4. Finally I made a little party favour box using Party Favours 3 and a place setting card.

Oh and the napkin was held in place by a simple ribbon with matching tag attached with rustic twine:

Hopping along with me today are:

• Tracy Schultz
• Lori Tecler
• Jennifer Rzasa
• Laurie Willison
• Dana Grothaus
• Jaclyn Miller
• Amber Kemp-Gerstel
• CSS

Have fun!

Supplies: Stamps - Clear & Simple Stamps fall frenzy, party elements: celebration; Inks - Memories unicorn, Versacolor pinecone; Card - Stampin' Up summer starfruit, early espresso; Dies - Clear & Simple Stamps party favors 3; Spellbinders labels 4; Ribbon - Stampin' Up early espresso; Twine - Stampin' Up; Embossing powder - Hero Arts white

clear and simple stamps guest designer

I have been a long time admirer of Clear & Simple Stamps and their fabulous range with awesome die collections, so I was delighted when Nicki asked if I would be their Guest Designer for November!

Today is the start of CSS Release In Review for Collection 5 their October/November release and features the Leaflets and Fall Frenzy sets. I love the way CSS release their products in collections with items that all work wonderfully together for the season. I think their trademark is not only their fabulous products but also the thought and great attention to detail that goes into every aspect of their business.

On to my project for today :) I've recently been spending some time admiring the fabulous design work evidenced in packaging. While on my travels I found this wonderful CAS label on a drinks bottle and it inspired me to try a modern CAS take on an autumn theme.

After choosing some suitable autumn ink colours, I went crazy with a bunch of the lovely leaf images from Leaflets on to a white piece of card. Then I cut the inked piece into three 1cm strips. I trimmed the strips to the correct length and then rounded the top corner of one strip and the bottom corner of another strip. The strips were mounted with foam adhesive. I mounted a lovely sentiment from Fall Frenzy over the strips, again with more foam adhesive.

As this is the season of giving thanks I thought some gift tags would go great with the card. On the tags I wanted a couple of the Leaflets images to really shine so layered them with the sentiment in contrasting colours. Some simple rustic twine finished them off.

Here's a little closer look at the tags.

I hope you will join me during the month of November with more Clear & Simple Stamps projects :) To keep you going with CSS inspiration check these links out:

Elena Roussakis
Laurie Willison
Lori Tecler
Dana Grothaus
CSS

Supplies: Stamps - Clear & Simple Stamps leaflets, fall frenzy; Inks - Stampin' Up pumpkin pie, old olive, Colorbox maroon, Versafine toffee, pinecone; Dies - Papertrey Ink fillable frame 7; Hobbycraft twine