Crazy Crafters Blog Hop with special guest - Dena Rekow

Welcome and thank you for joining me in a special Crazy Crafters team blog hop.

We are hopping with a special guest - The amazingly creative Dena Rekow.

The theme of this blog hop was to CASE (Copy And Selectively Edit) one of Dena's cards.


Here is the card of Dena's that I chose to CASE:

I loved the simplicity and boldness of this card. It stood out in the crowd and grabbed my attention. To checkout Dena's card in more detail click here.


Here is my version:

I decided on Basic Black cardstock for my card base. Instead of using washi tape like in Dena's card, I glued down some randomly cut strips of black and white designer series paper so that the white would show up on the black card base. The designer series paper I used was part of the retired Back to Black series from the 2014-2015 Stampin' Up! catalogue. 

To create my flower I used the same 3 framelits as Dena, which are part of the Botanical Builder set. This framelit set is fast becoming a favourite of mine. For my flower I chose Tempting Turquoise & Whisper White cardstock. I added a little sparkle to the centre of the flower using the retiring Dazzling Details.

My sentiment came from the Remarkable You stamp set. I stamped the image using Versamark and then heat embossed using white embossing powder.

By using Tempting Turquoise for the flower, I find my card a little softer than Dena's. I might have to recreate the card using Melon Mambo instead, which I believe would give it the same boldness as Dena's original. 

Here is a list of the supplies and tools used to create this card:

Basic Black A4 Cardstock (121688)
Tempting Turquoise A4 Cardstock (108598)
Whisper White A4 Cardstock (106549)
Back to Black designer series paper (133700)
Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)
Remarkable You stamp set (Wood - 139891 / Clear - 139894)
Botanical Builder Framelits Dies (140625)
Dazzling Details (124117)
Versamark Pad (102283)
White Stampin' Emboss Powder (109132)
Heat tool (129056)

If you would like to purchase or see any of these items in more detail, just click on the relevant link above.

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Thanks so much for stopping by and checking out my creation.

If you enjoyed my card, it would make my day if you left me a comment below :)

Don't forget to continue the hop all the way around to see what the very creative Crazy Crafters team have come up with.

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