Happy Celebration for CTS247

There’s a lot to celebrate today!  Not only am I in Salt Lake City for today’s kickoff of our OnStage conference, but I’m the Guest Designer at CAS(E) This Sketch.  What fun!  CAS(E) This Sketch offers a weekly card layout – as you know, I play along almost every week.  I was thrilled when the team asked me to play along.  Here’s my card for this week’s sketch:

Happy Celebration, Playful Backgrounds, Stampin' Up!, Brian King, CTS247And here’s Donna Mikasa’s super-fun sketch for this week’s challenge that inspired my card:

CTS_247Tips, Tricks and Reminders

  • Two Stamp Sets.  Photopolymer stamps are completely transparent, so they are perfect for image placement.  My card showcases two super-fun photopolymer stamp sets from Stampin’ Up!’s 2017 Annual Catalog – Happy Celebration is a carryover from the 2017 Occasions Catalog, and Playful Backgrounds is a carryover from the 2016 Annual Catalog.  Together, they are magic.  I LOVE the font of this ginormous “celebrate” from Happy Celebration – it’s a celebration of its very own.
    Happy Celebration, Stampin' Up!, 143012

    Happy Celebration, Stampin’ Up!

    And these sketched circles are both playful and pretty. They can take on a brand new look, depending on what colors (if any) you add to them.

    Playful Backgrounds, Stampin' Up! 141920

    Playful Backgrounds, Stampin’ Up!

    Half-way through coloring them I decided to leave about half of them uncolored.  I like the way it turned out.

  • Stamp-a-Ma-Jig.  Even though these stamps are completely see through for easy placement on a card, I pulled out my trusty Stamp-a-Ma-Jig to make sure I got these circles lined up just where I wanted them.  I started with the image in the lower, center of the panel and worked my way to the sides and then the bubbles that peek out above the sentiment band.  I masked with scrap paper where necessary.  The undercarriage of the sentiment band is a mess, though, where all of these image overlap.  🙂  I wish I’d taken a picture before gluing down these the Flirty Flamingo, Pumpkin Pie and Whisper White strips that support the sentiment.  I COULD have done it without my Stamp-a-Ma-Jig, but I was happy to let this awesome tool be my crutch. Happy Celebration, Playful Backgrounds, Stampin' Up!, Brian King, CTS247
  • A Fresh and Sweet Combination.  It’s not often that I share a color inspiration chart with four colors, but these four look so fresh together that I HAD to show all four.  One blue, one red, one orange and one yellow.  How sugary sweet are they together?  If you like this combination of Pool Party, Flirty Flamingo, Pumpkin Pie and Daffodil Delight, please save this:Stampin' Up! Color Inspiration: Pool Party, Flirty Flamingo, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight

Stamp Sets:  Happy Celebrations, Playful Backgrounds  Papers:  Pool Party, Flirty Flamingo, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White  Inks:  Archival Basic Black, Stampin’ Write Markers (Pool Party, Flirty Flamingo, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight)  Accessories:  Stampin’ Dimensionals, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Stampin’ Dimensionals

The sketch challenge goes live at 10am EST today.  Once it’s live, I hope you’ll pop over to the CAS(E) This Sketch site to see the cards by the design team members and to play along with this week’s challenge.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Brian

Shop Now button


Stampin' Blends, Stampin' Up!, Brian King

To learn more about Stampin’ Blends, CLICK HERE.

To purchase Stampin’ Blends, CLICK HERE.

34 Comments

  1. What a colorful, fun card, Brian. I love the “bubbles” with that sentiment. Enjoy your time at OnStage. I know you’ll have lots to show us when you return home. Take care.

    • Thanks so much, HJ! I love these soft, sweet colors and how bold they look together. So glad you liked the card, too. Having lots of fun in Salt Lake City – can’t wait to share.

  2. I know you’ll wow them in SLC, B!
    Love this fresh card, the bubbles are so fun!

  3. What a fresh, modern and bold take on the sentiment! Perfect use of the “bubbles!”

  4. So bright and cheerful, thanks for sharing Brian!

  5. Cute !! That card could be a good “GO TO ” for a variety of events !
    HOPE YOU ARE TAKING PICTURES OF YOUR FUN TIME THERE !!

  6. This is such a FUN card, I like everything about it! Thanks for letting us know it’s messy under the band, I would have thought I did something wrong ?. This is a stamp Set I passed on, and now it’s a must have.
    Enjoy convention, I sure demonstrators are looking forward to hanging out with you.

  7. Playful backgrounds has been on my wish list for quite awhile, yet I always seem to pass it up when I’m ordering, but I love this card and the way you used the bubbles, so I might have to boost it up on my list! Thanks!

  8. Such a fun bubbly card! Love how bright and happy it is…..like you! Have fun in SLC!

  9. Talk about happy cards – this one jumps right to the top of the list. I mean really, can anyone look at this card and NOT smile?
    Have a wonderful time in Salt Lake City Brian. Take lots of photos to share with us stay-at-homers!

  10. Welcome Brian! so nice having you on the team this week – the bubbles are really wonderful, and quite appropriate – celebrate indeed! Cheers!
    =]

  11. I love this card! The colors are so bright and happy, my favorite kind! Plus this card is so darn useful for any happy occasion, you could so easily pull it out at the last second for any unexpected or last minute event! Thanks for sharing!

    Have fun at OnStage! I wish I could be there. Take lots of pictures for those of use that can’t go!

  12. The bubbles make me think of champagne. It’s a happy card and it makes me smile. Have fun in SLC.

  13. I love the colors in this card!!! So cute!

  14. Love this card. It is so much fun and the colors are perfect for the design!

  15. Congratulations on guest designing for CAS(E) This Sketch, Brian!

  16. Brian! Always nice to see you guesting with us–I’m a big fan of your CAS style!

  17. This card totally made my day! I love love love what you did with the sketch and it was awesome having your with us!

Leave a Reply to Linda Callahan Cancel reply