Challenge #14 – Keyword ssnotime14-There is no time limit. You can play this challenge and upload yourproject at Splitcoastand/or your Blog, anytime at all! You can play as many times as you like!!! The point is to keep it simple, quick and have fun!!! Please link back here.

Todays challenge is to do a QUICK CASE.There are times when we are all rushed, need something quickly, so what do we do — scan the galleries at SCS. Sometimes we are just looking for inspiration, but sometimes we want to CASE, and that’s what we’re going to do today, with a little twist — it’ll be a QUICK CASE.

ETA: PLEASE NOTE: You DO NOT have to do a set — one card is fine!!! I think I’m freaking some people out with my large sample!!! I needed a set, so that’s what I did, that’s all!!

Here’s what I mean — the gift set pictured above is entirely cased, very quickly. I needed a western themed set for another Christmas gift, with no time left to think, much less design. So here’s what I did, and what I mean by a QUICK CASE. I knew which sets I wanted to use (Wanted and Bronc Buster) so I went to those galleries. I knew I wanted cards I could do quickly, so I very quickly scanned the gallery pages in search of something simple and attractive. The first few things I ran across that were what I had in mind, I printed — no hours in the gallery here — I’m talking a couple minutes. I went down to my stamp room with my printed pictures. I planned to make 6 cards, so I had 3printed pictures — I was going to do 2 of each. I pulled outmy supplies, pretty much going with the colors in thepictures. Then I started, making doubles of each card as it doesn’t take much longerto make 2 than it takes to make 1. I also altered theCASES to make them easier and quicker, using the pictures as mybasic guide. Working like this it is amazing how much you can accomplish in a short time.

For today’s challenge I want you to chose a stamp set, run through that gallery very quickly, make your selection, print it out (if your computer isn’t right in your stamp room), and make your card based on your printed picture — bearing in mind you may make adjustments to make it even easier and quicker if you need to. If you’ll read the descriptions to each of my photos below, you’ll see what little things I did to make each of these CASES easierand quicker than the original.

When you upload your challenge card,REMEMBER to tell us who youCASED and link their card — NO.1) because when youCASE that is the right thing to do; and, NO 2) so we can compare your QUICK CASE to the original. If anyone has trouble linking, just PM or email me and I can help.

Remember when you upload to use the keyword above, followed by a comma.Please come back here to post (as a comment) that youve played, and provide a linkso I can check out your card right away. You can find all cards uploaded for this challenge by clicking Gallery Submissions Here.

Some wanting to play said they have never uploaded before. If thats you and you need help uploading, just go to my Challenge No. 1 here.

I did 2 of this card, which is a CASE of Laurie Schmidlin (Lauraly). Here isher SCS upload. This is pretty close to a direct case, but I used the Jumbo Brads rather than the punched circles and brads Laurie used, because it was quicker. Also, I did not want a sentiment on this as I wanted all these cards to be general purpose cards, so I omitted the sentiment but added the punched stars. Also, I omitted all sponging and distressing, as that takes time, which I did not have.Instead, I stamped the main image (on all these cards) with the Sandedbackground to lend some of that distressed feel. I used all the same colors Laurie used, and this really is Artichoke, though it is looking rather bright in this photo.

These cards started as a case of Shannan Teubner (steubner), but I ended up making some major changes for the sake of saving time, but you will certainly see the similarities. Here is her SCS upload that I printed. I went with the embossed DP as that is what drew me to her card, but I only used 1 piece for the sake of time, where she used 2. I kept a similiar main image panel and ribbon (on one), but simplified. And the card on top with the lasso — well, that was a mistake — I ran the DP through the Cuttlebug upside down, so Ijust used the other side ofthepaperand went with a super simple design, using the same main image panel. The brown ribbon didn’t show up on the brown DP, so that’s why I went with the lasso — always making adjustments — LOL!!!

These last 2 cards are cases of Vicki Garrett (summerthyme64). Here is her SCS upload. Vicki’s card used Versa Mark Resist and Heat Embossing, neither of which I fussed with. I used a sheet of DP instead. She also had a torn edge — I went straight. She had a lot of distressing and sponging — again, I omitted that — QUICK was my goal, so I had to cut corners. She had a cute dangling little star – I just stuck one on with a dimensional. I did add piercing to this one that I don’t believe was in the original.

A little hint: If you’re going to skimp on technique, add a little hardware instead. It’s amazing how a bit of hardware instantly dresses up a card — LOVE my Hodgepodge boxes!!!

OK, so can you see how quickly you can CASE a card, but still make it your own, to suit your purposes and time constraints? Admittedly, my cards don’t have the attention to detail that each of those I cased has — I omitted all that detail work which makes a card stand out — but, there are times we MUST omit some things, and that’s OK — even though we do things to simplify, we can still produce a nice product.

• Stamps: Wanted, Bronc Buster, Sanded
• Paper: Natural Ivory, Chocolate Chip, Always Artichoke, Really Rust, River Rock, Outlaw DP
• Ink: Timber Brown Stazon, Creamy Caramel
• Accessories: Jumbo Brads, Cropadile, Vintage Brads, Antique Brass Hodgepodge Hardware, Large and Small Star Punch, Crafter’s Tool Kit, Dimensionals, Ribbon, Hemp, Cuttlebug, Textile Embossing Folder

And all these cards will be put into the clear box shown in the top photo to make a quick little gift. If you are interested in those clear boxes, you can read more about them here and here.

Well, sorry this post was so long — if you need something quickly, hope you try out a Quick Case!!! Thanks much for stopping in — I still have more things I should do and get posted — I’m trying — LOL!!!