Have you heard yet? I am celebrating 10 years of blogging!
Each Tuesday this month you will want to be sure to visit my blog. I will share with you some special party guests (see below) and I have asked them to “CASE” a project from my blog. What does that mean? They get to copy or use some thing I have posted on here for inspiration. They have 10 years of ideas to pick from! They each have browsed my archives and found a card or project on my blog that has inspired them to create and they will be sharing with you that creation! Fun, right? Also be sure to read below how YOU can help me celebrate and see all the FABULOUS sponsors I have prizes from to share with YOU!
- Informational post about my Blogiversary Celebration
- Week 1’s feature and party guests
- Week 3’s inspiration & party guests
- Week 4’s celebration
First let me share with you the card I chose to CASE. I love this fall thank you card I created in 2014. It’s a fun way to create a card not using any stamps, just dies. I also love how realistic those fall leaves look thanks to Distress Inks.
So I decided to stick with Lawn Fawn since they have SO many fabulous dies to use. I wanted to do something a bit more summery and a more general card that I could send to anyone. I am using their Scripty Hello and the Spring Showers Lawn Cuts set. You also might have seen this sneak peek on instagram. I decided to add some shimmer to my card by using a bunch of the Ranger Perfect Pearls Shimmer Sprays. I LOVE these. I was so excited for how bright and shimmery this card turned out I couldn’t help but sneak peek it when it was done.
(supplies are all listed at the very bottom of this post)
I started by cutting out the larger tag in the Lawn Fawn Tag You’re It, and the clouds and sunshine from Lawn Fawn Spring Showers all out of Distress Watercolor Cardstock. For the tag, I inked it in 2 NEW Distress Colors, Blueprint Sketch and Hickory Smoke. I then spritzed it with Perfect Pearls Mist in Pearl. For the clouds I gently inked them with Tumbled Glass and spritzed them with Turquoise Perfect Pearls Mist. And for the sun I inked it in Mustard Seed and Spiced Marmalade Distress Ink and gently spritzed it with Heirloom Gold Perfect Pearls Mist. Note: I find that with most shimmer products (perfect pearls, twinkling H20’s etc) that if you heat set them it really helps bring the shimmer out as apposed to letting it dry on it’s own.
For the Scripty Hello, I inked a piece of Distress Watercolor Cardstock first in Picked Raspberry and then cut the word out- much easier this way and you don’t risk tearing it. I did the same for the rain drops, inking it first in Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink, then cutting them out. Note: I also dripped a little water onto the Chipped Sapphire inked paper, to bleach some of the color out and make it look more like water droplets.
For the clouds I added a little bit of glossy accents and sprinkled on some Rock Candy Distress Dry Glitter. I had the perfect piece of ribbon in my stash. I assembled the card on a Lawn Fawn Navy Woodgrain Notecard and with varying levels. Some elements are flat and some are popped up with foam tape.
Visit my Party Guests
I asked some of my crafty friends to help me celebrate this month and to inspire YOU. They all chose a project from my blog to CASE and are sharing it on their blogs. I have new party guests EACH Tuesday this month- wicked fun right? So plan to be here each and every Tuesday in July! Let’s PARTY!
What’s a celebration without gifts!?!
Help me celebrate my 10th Blogiversary!
Join me and my guests and you will have a chance to win PRIZES from the fabulous sponsors pictured above! Again, I would love for YOU to celebrate with me. Over the past 10 years I have shared a lot of creative inspiration and I would like to see what has inspired you! Rules: (you must do each of the following to be eligible to win a prize)
- Find a card or project here on shurkus.com and CASE it (copy it/ or use it for inspiration just as my party guests have). Post it on your blog, flickr, or instagram etc., and then add your link below! (remember if your instagram or facebook is private the link up won’t work)
- Share my blogiversary celebration on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest or Instagram. Feel free to use the graphic at the top of this post and #creativechickblogiversary when posting
- Comment on at least ONE entry before you and ONE entry after your post in the Link Box
- Leave a comment for at least ONE of my party guests (remember I share their links each Tuesday)
- Up to 3 entries per person
Deadline: August 6th at midnight ET. You will know when the deadline has past because you will not able to submit a new link through the Link Box. (Winners will be announced here at shurkus.com on August 7th) Note: I realize adding links this way may be new to some of my readers, I found Kristina Werner has a great tutorial on how to add a link to a link up here. Remember: The easiest way to know when I have a new post on my blog is to subscribe to it through a service like Bloglovin or some other blog reader.
Ooh, love the original and your CASE. Fun and fab. HUgz
Well, I just had the awesome pleasure of visiting and commenting on all the lovely cards from your week 2 guests!! Wonderful, fun and WOW you have some talented friends!! Love the way you CASEd yourself in this – I guess there is always things we can change up about the way we stamp and create, right??!!
oh Jenn I’m sososooo happy to celebrate with you! Thanks! 🙂
Love the shiny touches and the coloring of your sun!
HAPPY 🙂 HAPPY 🙂 Blog Anniversary!
I know there will be many more years of
creative inspiration to come.
Such wonderful inspiration from everyone!
Love the cards! And really appreciate the heat the shimmer products tip! And CONGRATS on 10 years!
Love Love Love!!!! Both cards are gorgeous, The colors are stunning, love the sun and clouds and rain, how fun!!!!