C.A.S.E FILES

OK, I have been spending way too much time on the internet looking at samples lately. I start out on splitcoast and from there I have been finding all these stampers have their own blogs, too. So, I start out looking at a sample, click on a link to their blog, then on another link to someone else's blog and then again.....you get the picture, right? Well, there are a lot of cool ideas out there! So I am going to start copying them and maybe it will get my creative juices flowing. One of the things I have noticed is that some ladies have certain features that they post on a regular basis.

For example:
* www.kwernerdesigns.com does a MACM (make a card monday). She is a very good stamper and her tutorials look very professional. They are video tutorials, and are also on You Tube.

*http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/ is a natural artist (by this I mean with no formal training), but her samples show how creative she is. She also has several fascinating tutorials, mostly using the brayer. The brayer can give some very cool affects. Here are a couple of cards I made after seeing her tutorials....

















I don't know when Stampin' Up! started the philosophy of Copy And Share Everything (C.A.S.E), but I take it very seriously! You can get way more accomplished when you are duplicating something than having to come up with it all on your own! So I am going to attempt to do something slightly fun! I am going to start posting C.A.S.E. FILES. A while back I went through my catty and marked several samples that I thought would be easy to copy AND/OR were appealing to me in some way or another. I will post the samples as C.A.S.E. FILE #....
This will be my code so you can find the exact original in the catalog:

IBC = Idea Book and Catalog (this will be followed by the date on the cover)
SS = Spring/Summer (IBC)
FW = Fall/Winter (IBC)
OM = Ocassions Mini Catalog
P = page # (this will be followed by the number for the page)

....I guess this is good enough to get it started....I will put a legend on the side of my blog so you can refer to it a lot easier and I will add to it as more catalogs come out.

Well, I hope this makes sense and you enjoy it! (By you, I think I am talking to Amy, Von de Leigh, and Amanda! - maybe more people will find this site soon!) haha!


I am going to post the first C.A.SE. FILE in my next post.