case study week 4

Hello Friends, Welcome to my forth & last installment as the guest muse over at the CASE Study Challenge blog. 
(CASE Study selects a few cards from my archives and uses them as inspiration for a weekly challenge.) 
Today is Case Study #159

If you want to see card #1 click here ,card #2 click here & card #3 click here.  I'm sad that today is my last card :( it's been such fun participating with the CASE Study talented Design Team. 

Thank You to The CASE Study Challenge Blog for bestowing me the honor of being their muse this month. I had such a great time creating along side a spectacular CASE Study Design Team. 

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case study week 3

Hello Friends, Welcome to my third installment as the guest muse over at the CASE Study Challenge blog. (CASE Study selects a few cards from my archives and uses them as inspiration for a weekly challenge.) 
Today is Case Study #158

If you want to see card #1 click here or card #2 click here. 

Graphic prints are so on trend in the fashion arena so it's not a surprise that Simon Says stamp delivered beautiful stencils for their STAMPtember® event. Using stencils as a graphic twist to your cards really makes them pop! This particular stencil is called, "Chevron Pattern".

These beautiful flower stamps are from Janes Doodles. It's so much fun knowing someone before they design their own stamp line. I have always been a fan of Jane's illustrations and her flowers are no exception. For the sentiment I used a combo from this & this stamp set. 

With a light hand it's super easy to get a beautiful geometric background. I do believe that having some of these daubers on hand are pretty essential. The nice thing is the daubers last a long time especially if you store them in something like this.

 (I like to write the stencil number with a permanent marker on the stencil)

Mixing colors that aren't the combo you might typically reach for are super fun to play with. If you are new to Copic markers I recommend starting with a blending set like this one because the color choices are great in the sets. 

If you click on these pictorial tutorials you can see them larger and I hope you find them pretty easy to follow. Would love to hear if you find them helpful.
Prepare to be dazzled when you hop on over to the CASE Study Challenge blog to see what the DT created.  Thanks for your visit today and see you soon. Hugs, Kathy

P.S. If you want to share your card for the CASE Study Challenge with me you can tweet me @kathyrac or find me on instagram kathyrac. I would love to see what you created. 

P.S.S. Stay tuned for a blog hop tomorrow with great prizes.

P.S.S.S (lol) & I am giving away this Simon Says Stamp Card Kit here. (or scroll down)

CARD SUPPLIES AND LINKS: click on the link to see where you can purchase the products I used on my card :)

case study week 2 and winner

Hello Friends, How are you today? Welcome to week two feature at the CASE Study challenge blog. Lucky me!! Trust me when I say it's just as exciting as last week was to be the Case Study. If you missed it see card #1 here. 

I thought I would share the same technique as I did in my Case Study #157 card with watercoloring on a die cut instead of a rubber stamp (for the background). 

The "Chevron Pattern" die cut is the perfect background for anything. I choose to water color the die cut using Inktense colored pencils and a water brush (without the water) gives you that hand colored special effect on your card. 

After die cutting I like to carefully lift the die off the cutting plate so a few pieces fall off.... I like the random look. All you need to do is tape the paper together keeping all the pieces intact. 

Use this 40lb. vellum to stamp on. Be sure to give the Luxe inks time to dry. 

Water color your feathers and dry with a heat gun. Spray with my favorite shimmer spray. The feathers are this die and this.

Cut the feather dies to make them more feathery. Fluff the feathers. Add more color if needed.

Scrap Dots is the perfect application to pop the back of the feathers. 

Add two layers of vellum but, different sizes. 

We have a winner!! Congratulations to Carol McCready for winning the smash stamp as seen in this post for CASE Study. If you didn't win don't be discouraged I have a great giveaway in a few minutes on my next post.

Here is the link to the CASE Study Challenge Blog ... I know you will want to see the incredible DT and what they created. Thanks for having me CASE Study ... it's such an honor!! 

See you in a few minutes with my next post. Hugs, Kathy

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