Friday 16 January 2015

Case it!

It's time again for another Polka Doodles challenge, and this fortnight we're doing a Case It challenge, which basically involves choosing a project made by another team member and using it as inspiration for your card.

I chose the lovely Anna to case, I adore her layered style and gorgeous attention to detail. I tried to emulate the layout of her pretty card for the recycling challenge back in November, which used the Rose Budd collection in frosty tones of blue and lilac. For this card I went for a more springtime look and feel, using papers from the Picknix collection. I really enjoyed making it!
My mother-in-law picked up these flowers for me, from the Pound shop of all places! Aren't they beautiful? The on-trend burlap flowers hiding behind them are also a Pound shop find, while the paper and silver skeleton leaves are from my stash. 

The letter stickers are American Crafts, and I've also added some doily and matt die-cuts made from Die'sire dies and Centura Pearl cardstock.

The corrugated card and pink burlap scraps add to the eclectic, natural feel of the card. Mixing lots of different textures like this gives so much depth and interest. As someone who prefers the clean and simple look, this was a departure for me but I'm really pleased with the result! 

I'm going to be entering this card into the following challenges:

22 comments:

  1. Stunning make Mel - really pretty, you did Anna proud! Y x

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  2. Gorgeous card - fabulous layers! TFS

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  3. Ooohhh, great minds think alike. We CASE'd the same person using the same papers ... spooky. Fab card and adore all those layers. Lou x

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  4. I WAS going to pick this one too lol but I didnt.

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  5. Oooohh your CASED card is stunning!!! The papers are gorgeous and I love all the layers! Thanks so much for joining us this week at Jo's Fun~day Friday challenges! Have a great weekend!
    Hugs,
    Jo
    ♥ Jo's Scrap Shack ♥

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  6. Lovely CASED card :) You did a fab job with it :) Thank you for playing with us this week at Jo's Funday Friday challenges!

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  7. How gorgeous! Beautiful, beautiful! Love the flowers, papers, and color scheme you chose! Thanks for joining Aloha Friday's Scraps Challenge!

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  8. Gorgeous,love the different layers

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  9. Gorgeous papers and beautiful cards.
    Hugs
    Linda xxx

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  10. these are stunning, love all the detail

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  11. Gorgeous cards, love the florals and embellies!! Thanks for playing along with us at the Kitty Bee Designs Aloha Friday Challenge!! :)

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  12. Beautiful card love the design, it's amazing what you can find in the pound shop. Hugs Jennifer xx

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  13. Hi, These are simply stunning. Love them both. Gorgeous colours, love the papers and the flowers.

    Hugs Erin xx

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  14. Hi Melanie these are both gorgeous cards. Hugs Jackie

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  15. such pretty cards , there lovely xx

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  16. Lovely. lovely projects. So many pretty papers and layers. And your blog is adorable :) Thank you for playing along with the Aloha Friday Challenge this week!
    -Mari K.
    Kitty Bee DT

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  17. Absolutely gorgeous and I don't blame you for emulating Anna's cool layered style.

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  18. Wow those flowers are amazing and the papers are super lush xx

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  19. Lovely, lovely card.. Thanks for joining us here at Kitty Bees for this weeks challenge.

    DT Pam

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  20. I love your interpretation of Anna's card. Beautiful card.
    Jenny x

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