Archives for May 2013
CASE-ing is easy!
Yesterday I showed how I changed a project to make it my own, just by altering the color scheme and the stamp set. (If you missed it, that post is here….)
The colors you choose are a vital part of the feeling your project will evoke. The card yesterday used Pool Party, which gave it a soft, calm feeling.
Just by tweaking it a little, we can make it a bright, cheerful, and fun birthday card…
This card is still using the same basic layout, and the same Moving Forward stamp set. But changing the color to Tangerine Tango (one of my favorites!) once again changes it completely.
If you’d like to set up a class to learn more about how to adapt a design to make it your own, drop me an email or give me a call.
And don’t forget — this year’s retiring sets will leave forever on Friday, May 30!!! If there’s something you want, DON’T WAIT!
Do you Copy And Steal Everything?
I admit it. I don’t have a creative bone in my body. But I absolutely love stamping and scrapbooking! So what’s a creatively-challenged girl to do?
Copy and steal everything! (Or, the alternate form: copy and share everything…)
CASE-ing is a term we papercrafters use to describe a project that was either copied directly or inspired by someone else’s work. And it’s a skill I’ve become quite good at using. 🙂
Give me a blank piece of cardstock, some stamps and ink, and some embellishments and set me to work — I’m going to sit there and stare for hours, completely overwhelmed by my crafting choices.
But… also give me a picture of someone else’s project and I’ll set to work immediately! It’s just that little bit of inspiration that’s needed to get the ideas flowing.
For example, here is a photo of a card that I love, created by Kris McIntosh:
It’s a simple layout, but I like how she did it. So I adapted it:
I simply changed the color scheme to Pool Party and used Moving Forward, this year’s Ronald McDonald House set — which is retiring at the end of this week.
And now it’s a whole new card!
Be sure to come back tomorrow to see another version of this layout…