CASE Study Anniversary Blog Hop

Hi everyone! Today I'm participating in the CASE Study Fourth Anniversary Blog Hop.

Chupa does such a fab job leading this challenge blog, and it shows. Four years is quite an accomplishment! (Congrats, Chupa!) To celebrate, there are special blog hops with past Muses and past and current CASE Study Design Team members.

We're all selecting an image of something or someone that inspires us. Lately, I've been pretty obsessed with Kim Stewart's work. I decided to make a card based on THIS awesome layout (at Wilna Furstenberg's blog):

Here's my take:

 

I originally was going to go more layered, but I was very inspired by the bold background and contrasting die-cut. Instead of using Gelatos like Kim did, I used five different spray mists to watercolor my background. I added a little white spray mist and the Leaves and Roses die-cut. Here's a close-up:

For the sentiment, I went digital. I hand cut the "happiness" out of a Pink Paislee digital journaling card. I added a few embellishments and called it good. :)




What's a hop without prizes, right? This week's sponsors are: 

Altenew

CAS-ual Fridays Stamps

Simon Says Stamps 

Paper Sweeties

To enter to win, leave a comment here and on the participants' posts. Once you're done, you can link your name at the CASE Study blog. 

There's also a challenge open until Tuesday. If you want to play along, you can CASE one of the cards on the hop.

Here's the list of blog hop participants this week:

Tasnim Ahmed
Barbara Anders
Julie Ebersole
Mariana Grigsby
Debby Hughes
Cristina Kowalczyk
Anika Lerche
Jocelyn Olson <--You are here
Jennifer Rzasa
Laurie Schmidlin
Amy Sheffer
Julia Stainton
Julee Tilman

Next up is the super-talented and funny Jennifer Rzasa.

Thanks for stopping by!


Supplies
Cardstock: (Distress Watercolor) Ranger; (silver glitterstock) Best Creations
Die-cuts: (Roses and Leaves die-cutting file) Kim Stewart; (Stars) Paper Smooches
Ink: (London Blue, Fresh Lime mists) Dylusions; (Taxi, Opaque White) Mister Huey's; (Lemon Zest) Tattered Angels; (blue metallic) Maya Mist
Digital elements: (sentiment from Say Yes To Elements) Paislee Press
Embellishments: (Emerald sequin) Neat & Tangled; (yellow cabochon) Webster's Pages