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Global Design Project: GDP280 CASE Challenge

This week at Global Design Project we are CASEing this very pretty card made by Janneke de Jong. 

Although I utilized the layout from Jannekes's card, I wandered quite a bit with everything else.

It was love at first sight when it comes to the Fine Art Floral Suite. The Art Gallery Stamp Set (#154421) and Floral Gallery Dies (#154316) are gorgeous. I have been excited to give this suite a try for several weeks but didn't have the time. This week, however, we had two back-to-back winter storms and I was stuck at home for several days. So, I tidied up my craft room and then sat down to play. I began by making flowers using different color combinations: Misty Moonlight/Night of Navy, Rococo Rose/Merry Merlot, and Pool Party/Pretty Peacock. I also used Mossy Meadow ink for the stems/leaves. The woodgrain paper is from the In Good Taste DSP (#152494).

The layout called for two small strips of paper, so I used Rococo Rose paper from the 6" x 6" 2019-2021 DSP collection and a piece of Misty Moonlight paper from Flowers for Every Season 6" x 6" DSP. I placed the banners at slight angles to add a touch of whimsy and give this card a more relaxed feel. Just for fun, I attached the greeting with a couple of staples. Finally, I added some Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels to the layout.

I hope you like today's project. We would love to have you play along with us this week. Be sure to check out what the other talented designers/players have created for this challenge at the Global Design Project Challenge Blog.

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Global Design Project: GDP278 Sketch Challenge

It is sketch week at Global Design Project and I have literally flipped this one on its side.

I struggled a bit with this sketch until I decided to take a different perspective on it. I opted to make it a vertical card and kept the focal point in the same direction. There was just a little too much white space on this sketch for my personal style, so I made a few adjustments until I came up with something that I could live with. The gorgeous DSP in this suite made it easy.

The elements come almost exclusively from the Hydrangea Hill Suite and those tiny pearls are retired (sorry about that). The new pearls are slightly larger, but I am fairly certain they will work just as well...I just don't have any yet.

The flower is definitely the star of the show. I die-cut flowers from Gorgeous Grape, Highland Heather, and Purple Posy cardstock and shaped them before assembling the larger flower. I also colored the pearl centers using Highland Heather Stampin' Blends.

We would love to have you play along with us this week. Be sure to check out what the other talented designers/players have created for this fun challenge at the Global Design Project Challenge Blog.

I WOULD LOVE TO BE YOUR STAMPIN' UP! DEMONSTRATOR

If you are in the United States and need a demonstrator, then you can order your supplies in my online store here.