Crazy Crafters Blog Hop | Special Guest - Artisan Design Team Member Allison Okamitsu (Nice People Stamp)

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Welcome to the Crazy Crafters Blog Hop for March. The theme for this months blog hop is 'Case the Designer. And, who is the designer? None other than a member of Stampin' Up! Exclusive Artisan Design Team Allison Okamitsu from Calgary, AB, Canada.

We haven't met Allison in person. But, Allison will be on the incentive trip this May, so Im looking forward to meeting her on the Norwegian Epic in Barcelona (thanks Shelli). According to Kylie, we earned the incentive trip on the amount of dimensionals that I used on my cards - that made me laugh!!!

Card Inspiration

Here is the particular card of Allisons that I have chosen to CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit)

What I love about this card.....

Layout - I love the simplicity of this layout

Watercolo(u)r Paper - I love that only the highlighted portion of the card is made from watercolour paper

Linen Thread - Of all on the embellishments available through SU - this would have to be my fave

So, I cased all of the above. In fact, this should probably be called a copy.... hahahahah!!!!

My Card

So, here is the card that I ended up with;

You can see the main design elements have been inspired by Allisons card.

I have been wanting to use the Apple of My Eye stamp set for ages and this was a perfect opportunity.

Did you notice that the fruit is actually mis-stamped? You know how sometimes there is too much ink on the ink pad? Well, I actually like the effect that having too much ink on the ink pad on watercolour paper. Initially, I re-stamped it but ended up using the original stamped image.

I love the simplicity of the sentiment too. Its from the Perfect Pairings set. This is a Sale-a-Bration set which is only available FREE with every $90 spent in my online store. REMEMBER - Sale-a-Bration is only running until the end of March, so if you don't want to miss this - GET IT NOW!!!

This was a fun card to make - thanks for the inspiration Allison and look forward to meeting you .... in Barcelona.

Blog Line-up

Products Used

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Apple Of My Eye Photopolymer Stamp Set	Circles Collection Framelits Die	Watercolor Paper
Linen Thread	Perfect Pairings Clear-Mount Stamp Set	Stampin' Dimensionals

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