Creative Sketches With Shel- A Lesson in CASE vs COPY...

 I was asked a question this week and I realized that those of us who have been stamping for a while forget that we use terms that new stampers may not understand.  

The question I received was if I could explain what case-ing was.  

The idea behind case-ing is to change up a card and make it your own.  

Sometimes I only see a part of a card I like.  

Sometimes I love the whole card and wish I could just copy it.  The sketch I used tonight was from CASE-ING Tuesday: 

They chose this box on page 20 of the J2A Mini: 

If I were to COPY this box and make a card it would look like this: 

But if I were to CASE this box, it could look like this: 

In this instance I changed the cardstock color, I changed the DSP, I used different products, I added a banner and changed the placement of the greeting and the ribbon.  

The idea came from the box, it follows the sketch, but is totally different.  I made it my own. 

Here is another example of case-ing: 

For this card, I flipped the sketch and made my card in landscape format.  

I changed the mat layer for a tag and added a circle for my focal image. I also added an additional mat layer to make the DSP pop.  

The idea came from the box, I followed the sketch, but made it my own. 

I encourage you to look at your catalogs and see a layout you like.  

I challenge you to make a card by Case-ing and making it your own!  

Here is the link to tonight's video replay: 

https://youtu.be/t4j8A17uv0k

Here is the link to the printable PDF tutorial: 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wIAP_2fMqS9rlD5z4DGs9o0oJ22xDmqa/view?usp=drive_link