Catalog CASE Card

For those of you who aren't sure what CASE stands for, it means "copy and share everything".  Although this card isn't our style, we had a request from one of our monthly club members to do this card.  It was actually fun to challenge ourselves to step outside of our comfort zone.  The ruffle across the bottom is done by just putting down sticky strip and then randomly folding and sticking a 1" strip of DSP to it.  The butterflies were all cut out using the Beautiful Wings embosslit and the Beautiful Butterflies die, both for the Big Shot.  The distressed background was created using the direct-to-paper technique (brushing the Crumb Cake ink pad on to the Very Vanilla cardstock).  The sentiment is from the You're a Gem set.   

Petal Cone Pouch for Mom

This is one of the projects we did at last night at April's Big Shot Club.  It's a heart-shaped pouch using the Petal Cone die.  The stamped images come from the Messages for Mom set.  We used the Beautiful Wings embosslit for the butterfly embellishments, which are decorated with some of the basic pearls jewels.  The project was completed with a coordinating 3" x 3" card.  The back of the petal cone pouch is Poppy Parade cardstock and the matching Poppy Parade polka-dot patterned paper comes from the Patterns DSP Stack.

Sale-a-Bration Ends Soon!

The Stampin' Up! annual Sale-a-Bration event will be ending soon on March 31st!  Today's mini easel card, which was CASE'd from Bronwyn Eastley at addINKtivedesigns via Nancy Riley's blog, features one of the FREE stamps included in the huge Sale-a-Bration selection.  The main butterfly image was decorated with the Fine Flourish stamp ($9.95 value, but FREE with your $50 order).  The butterflies were all cut using Stampin' Up! exclusive Big Shot dies - Beautiful Butterflies Bigz die for the main and middle butterflies and the Beautiful Wings embosslit die for the front one.  The "for you" sentiment is from the Fresh Cuts set.  Basic pearl jewels and 1/8" Early Espresso taffeta ribbon complete the project.

Life is a Matter of Moments Notepad Holder

Here is one of our projects for this month's Big Shot club.  We are focusing on texture in our club workshop this month, so we used the Beautiful Wings embosslits die and the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder.  The Basic Pearls were the perfect accent for the scalloped edge and the Victoria Crochet Trim added beautiful texture.  The stamped images are from the Elements of Style set.