Jan 23
Hi there, it’s time for a new CASE Study challenge! Our Muse Donna Mikasa churned out this piece of awesomeness and I can’t wait to see what everyone creates with it!
This is hands-down one of the best cards the last year has seen. I didn’t try to be original here with my approach, and you’ll see in the Design Team’s takes that I’m not the only one - the effect of rainb0w gradient covered with gold embossed pattern is simply mesmerizing. I pulled out my Distress Inks, gold embossing powder, a Penny Black Blissful cling stamp and My Favorite Things Celebrate Die-Namics, to make this card:
I embossed the sentiment from Simon Says Happy stamp set, in Zing Apricot EP. I love the quite unexpected look of origami paper that this technique gives, paired with a floral background like this one. The embossing is imperfect and you can see patches of where the powder failed to stick to, but I hope the whole look is distracting enough for these details being hardly noticeable 
Check out the blogs below for the Design Team’s takes on the challenge, or visit CASE Study to see it all in all place.
Donna Mikasa - January Muse
Erin Thiem - January Guest Designer
Amy Wanford
Andrea Ewen
Clare Buswell
Debby Hughes
Jeanne Jachna
Maureen Merritt
Silke Ledlow
Tasnim Ahmed
Gasp! Stunning! Absolutely stunning!
AMAZINGLY STUNNING!!!
Chupa, this DIVINE combo of Donna Mikasa and your Wonderful take on this had my head spinning! I ran and was the first to enter your challenge, and I am smitten with the results! I hope you are pleased with my inspired card too! (not that you have time to look at every single card, no worries) I am just over the moon on this week’s - LOVE it. Have a happy creative and blessed day!
Kimberly, you rock g/f!! I’m off to check out your card.
This is so awesome, Chupa!!!
OMG! This is gorgeous Chupa. Love the gold embossing and the colors against the black. Fabulous. I will have to give this a try!
Chupa - Seriously - You are an amazing stamper! I look forward to every one of your posts - they never seem to repeat. Today’s card is beautifully crafted and gorgeous in those luscious colors!!
Oh, this is wonderful! I love it!
BEAUTIFUL card!!! Wouldn’t even have noticed the missing embossing powder until you said something. Love the colors you chose!
Just stopping by, to say I adore your card! I especially love the way you cut the sentiment and the pattern showing on the ‘happy’. The colours against the black are AMAZING and yes it does look like Japanese paper!
LOVE this! The colors are amazing!!
Laura
Oh my, this is so WOW Chupa!
Chupa, I wanted to let you know that I love your card so much that I had to CASE it! Thank you! https://stampnmad.typepad.com/mad_stamper/2014/01/take-three.html
Shut your dirty mouth, Chupa! This is stunning! I may have to CASE/tweak it for a StampNation video! LOOOOVE!