Wow! I enjoyed browsing through Andrea (Snapping Monsters) gallery. I was overwhelmed with the thought of CASEing anything there--her style is so unique and so different from my own. It was a vacation for my creativity!
I ended up CASEing her gallery and style rather than any single card. Before I start describing my process, let me say that I made a shaped card--sort of--I let things hang over the edge, so it's not a simple A2. I also used the Dry Wall Mesh stenciling technique from last week to fill in some white space. Now back to Andrea's gallery...
She uses lots of paint in a scrubby style. She sticks to a bright happy color pallet with pinks, greens, and turquoise. I found a paint catcher piece in my stash that I thought I could start with--but my colors are more primary pallet.
In studying my piece for a starting point, I focused on the white dot at the top. It looked like a moon to me, so I added a city skyline and button stars. The skyline didn't stamp well on top of the paint, but that just added to the scruffy ambiance.
Andrea uses a lot of snarky-ish (yet encouraging) Tim Holtz-style sentiment stamps, so I reached for Hey You and cut the sentiments apart on small rectangles.
Andrea uses trinkets and paper clips, so I had fun digging through to find some of those for embellishments.
Date: Tuesday, May 27, 2025 GMT Views: 3675
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Registered: July 22, 2007 Location: Carshalton, Surrey. UK Posts: 81616
Sun, Jun 01, 2025 @ 12:58 AM
Congratulations your card is on the Weekly Favorites Please see post 6.
Share with us your favorites this week please. We would love to know what caught your eye in the gallery and it is good to share the love.
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Registered: February 23, 2016 Location: El Paso, TX Posts: 25360
Sat, Jun 07, 2025 @ 7:46 AM
OH MY GOODNESS !!! This is a masterpiece! I look at this and see a painting of the devastation and confusion of 9/11. This may have been jumpstarted in my brain by the basic red, white & Blue in your bg paired with the skyline and swaths of black (smoke?)
The style may have been out of your wheelhouse, but you NAILED IT, my friend.
------------------------------ Linda aka Bubbles I'm not a Hoarder . . . I'm the Curator of an extensive collection of embellishments!! Proud Fan Club Member Featured Stamper Hostess
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Registered: January 19, 2014 Location: Central Indiana Posts: 119354
Sun, Jun 08, 2025 @ 12:35 PM
Congratulations! Your card has been featured in the Weekly Favorites. Please see post 21.
We're on a mission to celebrate the beauty of designs within our amazing community. Your unique tastes and creations are what make this community so special, and we’d love to see your favorites from this week! If you come across any beautiful cards in the galleries that caught your eye, please share them on this thread. It's a wonderful way to celebrate the creativity and talent within our community.
We can't wait to see the stunning cards you found!
