CASEing Stampin' Success

Happy Easter Bunny is another stamp I purchased last spring. I used markers to color parts of the stamped image. The card base has been run through the Big Shot using the Large Polka Dot textured embossing folder. I got the idea from this card from the Quarter 2 Stampin' Success magazine that is published for demonstrators. This issue had lots of card ideas I want to CASE.Other tools used are the Banner framelits and 3/4" circle punch.

Easter Blessings is another retired stamp from my stash. This card uses the same layout as other card. I just changed the orientation, used a smaller banner and added some Wild Wasabi thick Baker's twine from my stash.

 This is a fun and quick card layout I CASEd from my niece. Just a little Designer Series Paper and an embossing folder give it the added details. I also used my Word Bubble framelits but you could just use a plain rectangle or another size banner.

I also wanted to share my Big Shot space.

This is my make lemonade out of lemons space. The parish has a really large floor safe that is kept here in the parsonage. It is in the little walk in closet in my craft room. Initially I wanted to move the safe out of that closet. My husband and son balked at that idea. I'm glad they did, because I discovered it was the perfect height for my Big Shot work zone. It's just taken me a while to figure out how to organize the space. 

I spent one afternoon last week getting it better organized. I used a dresser drawer that the previous family left in our basement to make a shelf at the back of my work space. I wanted it to sit off the work top just a tad to so I could slide some smaller items under the drawer shelf. So for now it rests on a couple of bricks If I find I like this arrangement (so far I do!) I'll attach the drawer to the wall. 

The drawer shelf is the perfect size for the extra large die cuts (right side of photo). Then for the large dies I turned a plastic photo box on end left side of photo). The top of the drawer makes another shelf for the smaller dies. I just turned the die storage boxes I had on their sides. I also removed the spacers that come with those boxes so that I could get more dies in each box. (The spacers were used on the lower shelf to help hold my extra large dies in place.) The baskets in front of the shelves hold my platforms, embossing folders and thinlits, etc. Everything is so easy to reach and pull out to use now! I should have taken a before picture. You can't imagine the difference!

Hearts, hearts, hearts

About this time of year we begin to see lots of Valentines on the Pinterest boards. I've found that many of those layouts make great wedding anniversary cards. The DSP is Flowerpot. The hearts were cut using the Hearts framelits and my Big Shot and I also used the Big Shot and Large Polka Dots embossing folder on the banner and the Zig Zag and Lucky Stars embossing folders on two of the hearts. CASE:  Jan del Muro