Frazzled because you have run out of creative ideas for your cards? (part three)

I absolutely love designing my own greeting cards with Stampin’ Up! products. But, as I’m sure you’ve noticed, many of the cards that I make are based on ideas and designs from other stampers that I really like. Basing a design on that of another designer is often called “CASE-ing.” CASE is an acronym for Copy And Share with Everyone. In this article, I’d like to share with you a third card that was CASEd from page 32 of the current January-June 2022 Stampin’ Up! Mini Catalog.

CASE-ing is different from copying everything about a card. In a CASE, we typically change some part of the design to make it our own. In the cards that I’m sharing today, I’ll demonstrate how one or more of the following was changed: Colors, Layout, Card Size, Technique.

Card 3: Change to Size and Layout

The original is in the upper right corner of page 32.

Once again, here is a card that’s different from my usual A2, 5-1/2” by 4-1/4” card. The original of this card is a 6” high by 4” wide card. My first instinct was just to change it to that A2 size. But I thought all those lovely die-cut leaves were going to look a bit squished. I liked them spread out a bit. So why not make a Slimline card?

 

 

This card is 8-1/2” high by 3-1/2” wide and will fit into Stampin’ Up!’s new Slimline Envelopes. I used some of the same die-cut elements as in the original card and added some that were new and some in new colors. With the length of the card extended, I moved the sentiment layer down to just below the middle of the card. Instead of using a snip of the ribbon, I die-cut two edge pieces above and below the sentiment. For a final touch, I added some of the Evening Evergreen twine from the new Fan Baker’s Twine, also in the new Mini Catalog.

The original card used accent pieces of DSP at the bottom. Instead of that, I used one of the texture dies from the Tropical Layers dies in the upper left and lower right corners of the card.

Try CASEing!

If you see a project that you like but you’d just like to change a bit, go for it! Your own creativity will shine in whatever changes you’d like to make.