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Happy Thursday, Peeps! This isn't your regular-happy-go-lucky-Thursday though...this is August 12th 2010 and d'ya know what that means?!
Yup - CASE study is officially OPEN!!!!!! Oh I've been waiting for this day for so long (well a couple of weeks, ever since I'd first heard about it and asked to be on the DT LOL!)

So I can now reveal that our first CASE study for August will be Makiko Jones! What a talented, crafty lady she is! So y'know the deal, we'll share a creation of Makiko's with you each week (on a Thursday) and you're simply to gain inspiration from it! Here's this week's CASE study:

Feel free to totally CASE the creation if you wanna, or just pick out something you like about the creation and put it into your own creation! The thing I love the most about this challenge, is that it still lets you have your own 'style'. So I know that the style of this card is completely outta my comfort zone; however I was totally inspired by the colours Makiko used. So I went with that, along with some other features such as the fab embossing and the subtle but so effective sponging of ink around the focal panel and came up with this:

Card Recipe
Stamps: Papertrey Ink Star Prints
Ink: Memento Black
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink True Black/Stamper's Select White/DCWV Brights Collection
Accesories: Papertrey Ink Hibiscus Burst Grosgrain Ribbon/Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch and Stamps/Cuttlebug/Nestabilities/Papertrey Ink Impression Plate/White Gel Pen/Shimmer Chalks/Hero Arts gem/

I hope you like it! I used chalk instead of ink, my pic doesn't pick it up too well but it's pretty and shimmers IRL! Now the super DT that I'm honoured to be a part of have also taken inspiration to create their own takes on the card, I seriously recommend you check 'em out. It's so interesting how we all take different elements of inspiration - I love it!

Chupa
Andrea Ewen
Carole Kisch
Cindy Lee
Lenet Mos
Sue Kohler
Teneale Williams
Makiko Jones (August Muse)

...and last but not least, hop over to the CASE Study blog, and play along with us!!

Well I really hope you can join in the fun too and remember, there's a $10 gift certificate for the Etsy shop, Pixiepetals where you can grab some super sweet embellishments such as these for your creations!

I'm also gonna squeeze this card into the current Wee Memories challenge which is to use butterflies on your creations and I think this qualifies with five of 'em on LOL!

I have to say this card totally reflects my mood at the moment! Not only am I honoured to be on a fabby new DT, but also I got an email from CARDS magazine and they want to publish some of my cards for the January issue!!! Oh and I spent a hilarious afternoon/night with girly friends at a hen party this week - in which I ended up in full men's ice hockey gear and nowhere near ice, I don't think I've laughed so hard for AGES and I wasn't even drinking alcohol - I might even have a pic of it! Happy times! Sometimes you just gotta pinch yourself, right? And make the most of the sweet feeling...!

Catch ya later!
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