What Makes Your Soul Happy

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As soon as I saw Janneke’s card at the Global Design Project, I knew I’d be playing along with this week’s challenge. Janneke’s sweet card is a burst of Spring, and I wanted to play with the layout, colors and overall design of her card. What fun! Here’s my card:

And here’s the banner for the challenge that inspired my card:

Tips, Tricks and Reminders

• CASEing. There are so many places to find inspiration for the projects we make – I love the opportunity to create a project that’s inspired by the art of another designer. Always a joy! This week’s Global Design Project challenge encourages us to create a card that CASEs a card by one of the designers. When we CASE (Copy and Share Everything or Copy and Selectively Edit), we find inspiration in a project – theme, color combinations, layout, products used – and create our own project by making changes to make it our own.  When CASEing, it’s important to give credit to the original designer – it doesn’t take away from your project at all. It’s easy to see where Janneke’s project inspired me. Like Connie, I showcased a Stitched Nested Labels Die in the center of my card with a floral design along the bottom side. I also accented the die cutout with a soft pop of yellow.
• Fun Layering. There’s a lot of layering on this simple card – and two of the bases are die cut from the Stitched Nested Labels Dies. I used a portion of the large die from the Springtime Impressions Dies to add a vine of beautiful leaves to this gorgeous panel of paper from the Best Dressed 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper. Here’s a look at these dies:I added a sentiment from Tasteful Textures to the green vine with a 2″ Circle Punch. Beneath all of that is a So Saffron panel of Perennial Essence 12″ x 12″ Designer Vellum Cardstock.
• Color Combination. I pulled the colors for my card from the focal panel from the Best Dressed 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper. Here’s a look at the colors and patterns in the Best Dressed 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper: Even though the page from the Best Dressed 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper I chose for this card features a design with Daffodil Delight, the yellow was watercolor-blended enough to showcase various shades of yellow. That’s why the So Saffron vellum backdrop I used from the Perennial Essence 12″ x 12″ Designer Vellum Cardstock coordinates so well.If you like this mix of Purple Posy, So Saffron and Mint Macaron I used in my card, please save this for future reference:

Stamp Sets: Tasteful Textures  Papers: Best Dressed 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper, Perennial Essence 12″ x 12″ Designer Vellum Cardstock, Mint Macaron, Purple Posy, Whisper White, Thick Whisper White  Inks: Mint Macaron  Accessories: Springtime Impressions Dies, Stitched Nested Labels Dies, 2″ Circle punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals

Tasteful Textures Cling Stamp Set – 149234

Price: $24.00

Stitched Nested Labels Dies – 149638

Price: $35.00

Springtime Impressions Dies – 146326

Price: $29.00

Best Dressed 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper – 151319

Price: $11.50

Perennial Essence 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Vellum Cardstock – 149101

Price: $11.00

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin’ Pad – 147106

Price: $7.50

Mint Macaron 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 138337

Price: $8.75

Purple Posy 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 150881

Price: $8.75

Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 100730

Price: $9.75

Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Thick Cardstock – 140272

Price: $8.25

Stampin’ Dimensionals – 104430

Price: $4.00

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I hope you’ll pop over to the Global Design Project 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

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