Inspired by ...

Hi everyone.  There's a challenge over at Splitcoast Stampers (Free For All 253 - A CASE of Admiration).  It's a chance for everyone to join in and CASE (copy and share everything) a card of someone they admire ... or someone that has inspired them.

I'm starting off with two CASED cards.  The first (above) is a CASE of this beautiful card made by my friend Nancy.  Nancy and I have been on-line friends for several years now and we have a mutual admiration the CAS style of card making.  Nancy always inspires me with her amazing creations, so I wanted to take this opportunity to let her know how much I appreciate her! :)  Not only is she a talented card maker, but she is a good friend and we often marvel at how similar we are about likes, dislikes, etc.  To Nancy, I hope you like my tribute to you, dear friend! :)

I used the same mesh look for the stenciled background, with a little bit of orange embossing paste dots on top, and then used my favourite maple leaf to finish.

The second card is for my good friend Susan.  Susan and I got to know each other on-line a few years ago through SCS, and found out that we lived in the same area.  We also have a mutual admiration for CAS cards and I am always inspired when I visit Susan's gallery at SCS.  We have gotten together a few times to get inky and exchange stamps and dies ... so much fun!  Can't wait until we meet up again, Susan! :)

The card below is a CASE of this gorgeous card made by Susan.  Orange and pink is my favourite colour combo, so I kept that for the background, but used watercolour instead of the alcohol inks that Susan used.  Unforunately, I only have black permanent ink and wanted to use brown, so needed to change up the background inks so I could use my waterbased brown ink on top.  Had trouble getting a good photo of this card ... it's dark outside and the lighting was playing havoc with the colours.  This is more true to the colours, but a little blurrier than it is in real life. :)

CASE of Nancy's card:
Stamps:  Gently Falling (SU!), A Little Sentimental (Clearly Besotted)
Paper:  White, Watercolour - for leaf (Arches 140 lb. cold press)
Ink:  Distress Inks:  Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Ripe Persimmon, Barn Door, Fired Brick, Vintage Photo (Tim Holtz)
Accessories & Tools:  Textured Mesh Stencil (Memory Box), Embossing Paste (Dreamweaver), palette knife, water brush, Clear Rock Candy Crackle Paint (Ranger)

CASE of Susan's card:
Stamps:  Lisa's Painted Maple (Hero Arts); Sentiment (unknown); En Francais (SU!)
Paper:  White, Watercolour (Arches 140 lb. cold press)
Ink:  Melon Mambo, Tangerine Tango, Crushed Curry (SU!); Distress Ink:  Vintage Photo (Tim Holtz)
Accessories & Tools:  Water mister