PROJECT OF THE WEEK - CASE A ROCK STAR CARD

Hey there, House friends!  

Cheri here with a new Project of the Week for you!  

If you're a card maker, you have probably had moments when you can't find your mojo and a card creation is nearly impossible to create.  I've had a few of those moments myself (okay...more than "a few").  When I can't find my mojo, I use someone else's and look through online card postings until I find something I find inspiring and use that as my "jumping off point".  In other words, I "Copy And Share with Everyone"...CASE...someone else's card.  

In the card making world, it's a compliment to have your creation CASE'd, and it's customary (and appreciated) to give credit to the original card if you post yours online.  

I find tons of inspiration right here each and every week when I see what the Rock Stars have created for each of the many challenges we have during the month.  That said, my POTW for you this week is to show you cards I've CASE'd from three of these talented ladies.  

First up is one I CASE'd from Patti's October TicTacToe challenge.  Isn't that the cutest card?

I took Patti's card and created this one.  The CASE part here is I used the same stamps and while my card is a bit different from Patti's I used hers for the inspiration for mine.  (My regret is I didn't put googly eyes in the background.  I loved that touch she gave her card).  Stamps used are RI#2307-E "Trick or Treat Ghost" and RI#2316-G "Boo".    The ghostly circles/orbs in the bg of my card were made by dipping a pen cap into white pigment ink.  

Most of us don't copy the original card to the very detail, we often change it up, but use the original as a starting point.  

This is a card Shirley made for an inspiration challenge back in January.  I needed a birthday card for my brother, and thought this would be a fun card to CASE and make for him.  Stamps used on both Shirley's card and mine are from the Holy Crap stamp collection.  On my card I also used RI#2710-D "Sm. Pine Tree" and RI#2709-I "Large Pine Forest".  I also added some borders around the bottom layer.

The last CASE example I have for you today is this card made by Heather.

I kept pretty closely to Heather's great card but thought it would make a fun Christmas card by just changing up the colors and a few details.  We both used RI#5116-I "Cat Sitting Sil"  I changed the sentiment using RI#8909-G "Magical Christmas", and added a die cut snowflake in place of her floral.  

There you have it for my POTW for you.  I hope you've found some inspiration and will be encouraged to CASE cards of others when you're at a loss for inspiration...just give them credit if you post them online.  

Thanks for stopping by!  

NOVEMBER 2017 SKETCH CHALLENGE AT THE HOUSE THAT STAMPS BUILT

Hello house people!  

I hope you all had a fabulous Thanksgiving Day.  We sure did.  

We're here with another challenge at The House That Stamps Built and it's a sketch challenge.  That only happens when there is a 5th Wednesday in the month.  Here we go! 

My card uses the adorable RI Stamp #1022-L "Sweet Dreams Puppy", and RI#423-G "May All Your Dreams".  I used some DP I've had forevah...to accent the scene after cutting them with the RI Flip Stich Dies  and I created "pillows" for the puppy. 

Here's the challenge sketch!  

Join the sketch challenge at THE HOUSE.  We can't wait to see what you create.  Wendy has a Gift Certificate for these fabulous stamps for the winner of this month's challenge.  Remember...each month...the more you enter the better your chances are of winning a big $25.00 worth of RI Stamps.  You pick.  

You will not want to miss my team mates take on this challenge...

Deonna - Donna - Heather - Joy - Laurie - Patti J - Shirley  

Thanks so much for spending time with me today.  I hope you found some inspiration and will join our challenge.  

JUST WING IT

Hey there Junkies!!!! 

I hope everyone who celebrated it, had a fabulous Thanksgiving.  

I have a non-holiday card for you today...using this fabulous new stamp "Just Wing It"  from the November Release .  

 The background was created using Brushos one watercolor paper and a water wash technique in block form.  I wet the area with a clean brush and water and then apply Brusho pigment powders I'd sprinkled on a craft mat so the powders were watered down like watercolor paint.  After the panel was dry, I stamped the image using Ranger Archival ink.  I then sprinkled the pigment inks again over the whole image using each color in the blocks.  I love this image.  

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope you found some inspiration.  Don't forget to treat yourself to some fabulous TJ Stamps and get a 10% discount using my discount code or TJ10Cheri.  It works every time!  

NOVEMBER 2017 ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE AT THE HOUSE THAT STAMPS BUILT

Hello house friends!!! 

It's Thanksgiving week here in the USA, and it's busy around here, so my ATG for The House That Stamps Built post will be short.  

The bg was created by masking and lightly sponging "hills"  and clouds, then stamping the trees with RI#2719-K "Lg Pine" and RI#2714-D "Sm. Pine Forest".  Those cute little snowmen are RI#4703-I "Snowball Sequence".  The sentiment is RI#4601-H "Snowmen fall...".  

Please come over and play along with us for the ATG challenge and ALL of the challenges this month.  You can still get in on every challenge for the month, and your chances of winning some RI stamps increases.  More details can be found at The House.  

Take a gander at these awesome ATG inspiration pieces from my team mates.  

Deonna - Donna - Heather - Joy - Laurie - Patti J - Shirley

Have a happy Thanksgiving!!!!  

NO GREY DAYS

Hi Junkies,

Here in Maine, we're in the midst of the grey days of November.  If I have to pick the two months of the year that I dislike most they would be November and March - because of the amount of grey, colorless days.  

My card today has a great pick-me-up message for people like me....

To make this card, using my MISTI, I stamped the image "Grey Days"  from the Technique Junkies November release,  in Momento black ink, and used Copic Markers to "paint" the background in a gradient fashion of blending greys and blues.  It took a little while to get the blending the way I wanted it.  I made a mask from the cloud image and masked it before blending the markers.  I then removed the mask and having left the stamp in the MISTI, I placed it in the same position and inked it again with VersaFine black in for a crisper image.  To finish the design, I used a glitter pen to draw some sparkle and "silver lining" around the cloud.  

Have a great week...and I wish you no grey days only fun crafty ones!  Thanks for stopping by!  

Are you like me, in love with Technique Junkie Stamps?  How about a full10% discount on your purchase order (all stamps except the November Release stamps are included in the discount)?  Just use my discount code TJCheri10 with my compliments.  

Wishing all my USA friends a very Happy Thanksgiving!