New At SU April Blog Hop CASEing The Mini Catalog Beside Me

Welcome to the New At SU April Blog Hop as we CASE the January-April 2023 Mini Catalog. Our wonderful Design Team members will be sharing their projects and ideas to help inspire you to explore the wonderful samples in the catalog. What does CASE stand for? Copy And Selectively Edit or Copy And Share Everything, and it's a wonderful way to find inspiration. 

When I saw this card sample in the January-April 2023 Mini Catalog, I was drawn to the layout and the arrangement of circles to create the design. I decided to CASE this card using the Beside Me stamp set, which I am happy to say, will be carrying over to the new Annual Catalog next month. To create the background, I used the Picture This Dies to create the openings in the background and the Stylish Shapes Dies for the additional circles. I simplified the color combination and added texture to step up the design which helped make the focal image pop. 

Products Used:

Beside Me stamp set (item #160780)

Picture This Dies (item #155559) Retiring

Layering Circles Dies (item #151770) Retiring

Stylish Shapes Dies (item #159183)

Timeworn Type 3D Embossing Folder (item #156505)

Cascading Ruffles 3D Embossing Folder (item #159169)

Crumb Cake Cardstock (item #120953)

Misty Moonlight Cardstock* Sneak Peek Returning Color

So Saffron Cardstock (item #105118) Retiring

Coastal Cabana Cardstock (item #131297)

Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)

So Saffron Classic Ink Pad (item #147109) Retiring

Early Espresso Classic Ink Pad (item #147114)

Memento Tuxedo Black Pad (item #132708)

Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Combo (item #154882)

Balmy Blue Stampin' Blends Combo (item #154830)

Orchid Oasis Stampin' Blends Combo (item #159223)

Night Of Navy Stampin' Blends Combo (item #154891)

Pool Party Stampin' Blends Combo (item #154894)

Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo (item #154883)

Flirty Flamingo Stampin' Blends Combo (item #154884)

Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Combo (item #154893)

Soft Sea Foam Stampin' Blends Combo (item #154902)

Sponge Daubers (item #133773)

Rustic Metallic Adhesive Backed Dots (item #159082)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Measurements:

Crumb Cake Cardstock

Card Base - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" (Scored at 4 1/4")

Sentiment Label die cut with the Stylish Shapes Dies

Misty Moonlight Cardstock

Card Front - 5 1/4" x 4" Embossed with the Cascading Ruffles 3D Embossing Folder 

So Saffron Cardstock

Background Layer - 5 1/4" x 4" Embossed with the Timeworn Type 3D Embossing Folder

Basic White Cardstock

Large Circle die cut with the Layering Circles Dies

Coastal Cabana Cardstock

Assorted circles die cut with the Stylish Shapes Dies

For my card design, I wanted to create a masculine card that combined the layout from the sample card with colors that reflected being near water such as the beach to coordinate with the focal image. I chose Misty Moonlight (a Sneak Peek at a Returning Color), So Saffron (soon to retire), Coastal Cabana and Crumb Cake. For the texture, I used the Cascading Ruffles 3D Embossing Folder to create the feeling of water for the Misty Moonlight layer and I embossed the So Saffron background layer using the Timeworn Type 3D Embossing Folder to create the look of sand. To bring out the texture a little more, I used a Sponge Dauber to apply So Saffron Classic ink to the embossed areas of the So Saffron cardstock. For the focal image, I stamped it onto a Basic White large circle using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored it with a variety of Stampin' Blends Markers. The sentiment label was die cut from Crumb Cake cardstock using the Stylish Labels Dies and I stamped the sentiment with Early Espresso Classic ink. The medium and small circles were die cut from Coastal Cabana cardstock with the Stylish Shapes Dies to add contrast to the design. 

To assemble the card, I attached the Misty Moonlight layer to the embossed So Saffron layer, allowing it to show through the circle windows. I added the Coastal Cabana circles to the Misty Moonlight layer and trimmed the excess edges with Paper Snips. Using Stampin' Dimensionals, I attached the large focal circle to the card front and added the sentiment label so that it tucked underneath the right side of the focal circle. I attached the completed card front to the Crumb Cake card base and added several Rustic Metallic Dots to embellish the card. I love how this card design turned out and how I was able to CASE the catalog sample to help me create it. 

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will help inspire you to try CASEing the samples in the catalogs to create your own beautiful projects. It is a wonderful way to jump start your creativity. 

Please take the time to visit with my fellow Design Team members by clicking the links in the Roll Call List to visit their blogs. We would love it if you would leave us a comment and let us know how our projects inspired you. I hope you enjoy the rest of our blog hop.

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Until Next Time

Happy Stamping,

Tricia Butts
Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

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