Hooray, time for the new CASEing The Catty Sunday Challenge Blog Hop! Hopefully you've arrived here from Liz's blog, as ever, just keep hopping until you get back to where you started.
This week we are trying a slightly new challenge. Instead of a whole section to CASE, we are giving you one card to CASE. That sounds a bit easy, but it's not really - don't just copy the card, put your thinking cap on and get inventive!
You can find the card to CASE on page 159. It's a fairly simple layout, with a couple of layers, the nice bow and a decorative edge. I decided I'd reverse the layers on my card, by using a window to a scene.
I started by watercolouring the ocean and sky on a piece of Shimmery White cardstock. The lighthouse was from my Make and Take pack in Auckland, as was the DSP, twine and the metal anchor. The lighthouse was floating a bit in space, so I added the row of trees from Waterfront as a way of grounding it. The background was adhered to my card base with the lighthouse popped up over it.
I used my Stitched rectangles to cut a window in the Come Sail Away DSP. The trees were adhered to the back of the window, and then the whole lot was affixed to the base using Foam Adhesive Strips. The top Night Of Navy layer was cut in half using another Stitched Rectangle so that I had stitched lines on both halves. I then embossed it with my Subtle folder and adhered it to the card base with more Adhesive Strips. The card was finished with the sentiment and the anchor.
I had a small strip of the DSP and the Subtle embossed cardstock left, so they were used to decorate the inside. I'm still on the fence over the Come Sail Away suite. What do you think of it?
Once you've finished the hop, you can add your card to the challenge over in our Facebook group. It's fabulous to see how everyone interprets the challenge each week!
That's it from me, now you're off to see what my friend Judy has done with this card.
Bye for now,
Tina
Very inventive and lots of great detail Tina. I'm on the fence with you!! There are some elements I love - like the DSP - maybe it's just the sentiments that don't ring true for the type of cards I make the most.. At any rate it's nice to have more masculine options. And I'm always amazed at how creative others can be with these sets, so I'm sure I'll come around!!
ReplyDeleteI love how you’ve used the elements of the layout but moved it around a bit. Great use of the pieces from the make and take!
ReplyDeleteGreat CASE Tina, I love how you've created a window scene, very clever.
ReplyDeleteWell, you've made an awesome card for a fence sitter!! I love the background, and the trees, and the framing, and the little extras embossed! Just fabulous!
ReplyDeleteFabulous card, Tina. Love your framed scene and it's a very clever take on the layout.
ReplyDeleteYou've certainly had your thinking cap on for this one, Tina! I love your window scene. The lighthouse is perfect for this. Love the way you've flipped the orientation and kept many of the other elements of the original but with an inventive twist on them. A super cool card and a great CASE!
ReplyDeleteSuch an intricate card design Tina, you are really full of wonderful inspiration at the moment.
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