Featured Artist/Designer: Christine Larson 06 25 2015

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Welcome to another Featured Artist/Designer Spotlight. Today we’re thrilled to welcome Christine Larson. Before we show you Christine’s project, let’s get to know her a little bit more…

ChristineLarsonProfilePic-250W-06252105Thanks so much for letting me join you all here at Paper Crafters Library again.  I’m super excited!

I’m Chrissy and I’m a former officer in the U.S. Air Force.  My husband was also in the Air Force and often teases that I’m CINC (Commander In Chief) of the household because I keep things running and everyone takes their orders from me.  He has no idea how right he is!

I have three boys who I homeschool.  Needless to say, they keep me busy.  My solace in the day is my craft space and card making is how I unwind.  Little did I know when my mother introduced me to making cards in high school just how big a part of my life it would become.  I remember teasing her about her obsession with stamps and paper and now I’m 100x worse than she ever was.  I own and run the CAS(E) this Sketch (CTS) challenge blog and it should come as no surprise to you that I’m obsessed with sketches.

I enjoy sharing my crazy creations and ideas with you guys and I hope you enjoy my card for you today.

Awesome Card

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I had a blast making this card for you guys today!  I made it for my cross fit trainer because he has taught me so much and he really is just AWESOME!  Ha ha.
 I decided to use this fun ombre background paper and layer a grid patterned sunburst die cut.  This die is made to wrap around a card so I did just that and I love how it looks.  Next, I cut my “Awesome” die in both yellow and teal cardstock to layer on my sunburst.  I offset the yellow just a bit to create a shadow of teal.  This really helped my sentiment not get lost in all the patterns. I then cut a “U” and “R” from my alphabet die and popped them up with some foam tape just above the “Awesome”.  I didn’t want to spell out the words “you” and “are” because I didn’t want to have them compete with the “Awesome”.  This worked out just right.  Finally, I added some cut chipboard asterisks, enamel dots, and bling.
 I hope you enjoyed my card and, again, thanks for having me!

Supplies

Paper:  Ombré Stripes Paper Pad, Grid paper from Studio Calico Card Kit, Party Teal Dawn, Golden Tiara
Adhesive:  Scrapbook Adhesives foam squares, Scotch tape glider
Other:  Asterisks from Studio Calico, Enamel Dots, Basic Grey Bling

We hope you have enjoyed today’s project courtesy of Christine Larson. Be sure to stop by Christine’s blog  to see even more of her beautiful work (and let her know we sent you). You can also find Christine on CAS(E) this Sketch:  http://casethissketch.blogspot.com.

Happy Crafting!

6 replies on “Featured Artist/Designer: Christine Larson 06 25 2015”

  2. Chrissy is such an awesome designer and I’m truly honored to have her as part of our family at Lil’ Inker Designs! I love this card and I really enjoyed reading her feature!
    Laura

  3. I have the total honor of being a designer at CAS[E] this Sketch so you’ll forgive my total gush over Chrissy and her awesome skills! She is inspiring, encouraging, and so so so creative! I’m totally geeked to see you featured, my friend! Good on YOU!
    =] Michele

  5. This is such an interesting project! Love the slight, but important, shadowing of the letters…makes them so easy to read. thanks!

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