CASE Study #147

The CASE Study inspiration this week is a bright and colorful card by Lisa Spangler.

This is another card where I tried a number of different ideas.  I was going to do something with triangles and I have a triangle stamp but knew I wasn't good enough to stamp that many and have them come out even.  Then I thought I could cut out big ones with my Cricut but it's not the look I was going for.  As I was looking  in my box for paper for another card I spied my chevron die.  Aha, that will work!  It doesn't fit across a vertical card so I turned it horizontally.

I took a piece of photo paper and used Distress Inks to color it randomly.  From a 4.25 by 5.5 piece of white cardstock, I cut the chevron from each end.  I cut several more and laid them out until I was satisfied with the space between.  I glued the top and bottom on, arranged the others,  taped one end to hold them in place and ran Scotch Glue along the pieces.  I pulled off the tape and glued the remaining ends.  Then came the dilemma.  Where do I put a sentiment?  Do I cut another piece of paper and cover up part of my colored chevrons?  uh, no!  What about vellum?  No again.  I can always use more birthday cards so I looked at my birthday stamps and came across one from Papertrey Ink called Birthdays Inside and Out.  It was small enough to put on a couple legs of the chevron.  Perfect!  

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