CASE IT IG Hop - January 26

Hello again friends. I hope you've had a great day so far. I'm back to share this month's card for the CASE IT Instagram Hop where we find a project on Instagram that inspires us and we will share that project as well as the project we’ve created that was inspired by that original. There are so many beautiful creations on Instagram the only difficult part is narrowing down which one to CASE (which means Copy And Share Everything).

This month I was inspired by Amy (@stampwithamyk over on IG); her cards are so beautiful and this one is so dreamy, calming and delicate.  I wasn't going to make a sympathy card, as hers is, but I really need some for my stash so went with it anyway.  I chose a pink colour scheme instead of blue, used one dove instead of two, used a rectangle panel instead of her arch panel and my card is 5" x 7".  I think you can definitely see that my card was inspired by hers!  Here is her card for my inspiration:

Isn't Amy's card just stunning.  I've literally had this photo in my camera roll since September last year and finally got around to CASE-ing it.  The colours, ink blending and paper are just amazing. 

Here is my card:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by cutting my card base; I cut some white card 10" x 7" and scored it at 5" on the longer side.  I found this beautiful paper in my stash that I got in a Papercraft Society box; unfortunately I only had one sheet so a bit sad that I've used it but I think it was perfect for a sympathy card.  I cut the paper to 4 3/4" x 6 3/4".  The stitched panel was left over from die cutting a frame previously (it was the centre piece that fell out) and it was the perfect size for this card as I didn't want to cover all that beautiful paper.  I cut a beige mat layer as I felt it was soft enough for the muted colours in the paper.  I die cut the dove from white card and added a bit of orange to the beak piece and green to the leaf and adhered them all together with liquid glue.  I ink blended some light pink ink to the top half of the stitched rectangle and added the dove over it with foam squares.  I stamped the sentiment in a mid grey ink as I thought black may have been too harsh.  I adhered the paper directly to the card base with double sided tape. I added some scrap card behind the stitched panel and adhered it to the paper with double sided tape.  I finished off with some pink heart embellishments (not going to say how long it took me to decide where to put them lol!).  For the inside I cut a white layer and adhered it to a beige mat layer and added some left over strips of patterned paper to the top and bottom with liquid glue.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre with the same mid grey ink and then adhered the panel to the card base with double sided tape.  

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

A Cut Above challenge - ATG with a die cut

Aud Sentiments challenge - ATG + sentiment

Christmas (or not) BINGO challenge - Line O: rectangle, stitching, free, patterned paper

Craft Rocket challenge - something new (my dove die is new to me)

Crafty Animals challenge - ATG must include an animal

Crafty Calendar challenge - anything new (my dove die is new to me)

Critter Crazy challenge - ATG with a featured critter

Daisy Chain challenge - use dies

Heart's Quest Celebrations of Love challenge - BEWAS: sympathy

Little Red Wagon challenge - happy new...... I used a new dove die

Moving Along With The Times challenge - use stencils and/or dies

Pearly Sparkles challenge - use patterned paper

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - something new (my dove die is new to me)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - something new (my dove die is new to me)

Triple B challenge - use birds, blooms and/or butterflies optional mood board

We hope you will be inspired by our CASE IT Instagram Hop and will pop over and check out all the gorgeous cards along the way. If you would like to join us please visit my Instagram page or use the hashtag #caseithop and we will find you.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Lots of love

card supplies:

MFT - peaceful dove die currently on sale!

Sunny Studio - everyday greetings (for outside sentiment)

Sugar Pea Designs - heartfelt sympathy stamp (for inside sentiment) store now closed

*Gina K Designs - Master Layouts 20 die set (for stitched rectangle)

Gina K Designs - light carnation ink pad (for ink blending)

Versafine Clair - morning mist ink pad

Paper from the Textures by Lou Collins Papercraft Society Box 63 - no longer available

Little Things From Lucy's Cards - crystal collection - summer of love - store sadly closed

Limetree Crafts - 280gsm silky smooth white card

beige card from stash

*I now have an Affiliate Link for the Gina K Designs store. If you are considering making a purchase I would appreciate you using my link as it will earn me a small commission at no extra cost to you. 

Thank you x