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Friday is the day of the week I try to copyliment one or more of my beloved followers by DJKASEing one of their cards. This week the hamster rode his wheel of names around and landed on Karen B of Serendipity Dragonfly. Karen and I share mutual admiration, as well as cards, and she is very generous with her encouragement. I call her Karendipity (naturally) and she calls me Dippy (naturally).
Karen has been blogging since 2009, so it was not easy trying to decide which one of her hundreds of beautiful cards to CASE! She is uber-talented with a wide range of cardability, from very CAS cards to very UNCAS cards layered and flourished and delish. Oh, and she also makes fabric boxes, embossing machine canvases, and other fabulous creations!
Because I am a bit under par, I hope Karen doesn't mind that I took the easy way and chose one of her lovely CAS cards, posted on June 1, 2013:
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Karen's card |
and here is my DJKASE:
Darnell's card |
I have a fondness for a simple paneled card like this. The sediment stickers are from Mrs. Grossman and the lovely puffy dragon fly embellie is by K and Company. It is, of course, in honor of Karen's Serendipity Dragonfly blog banner!
I'm entering my card in the current challenge at Colour Me ...!

It's a color "Anything Goes" challenge where we get to apply up to five colors of our choice, plus neutrals. My colors are turquoise and pear and kraft and there are two tones of violet on the embellish mint. It's a stretch, but the challenge does say "up to" five colors.
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I'm not promising I'll be DJKASEing two followers every Friday, but I think I will do so when I'm able, so I can get to more of you. Sometimes there are special circumstances that will determine a second DJKASE and sometimes the hamster will just wheel around to another name.
Today the choice was obvious because my friend Karen happens to have a talented sister who also makes cards and blogs and who is also a follower and friend! So my second copyliment goes to Valerie Nolan of Canonbury Creations. Val has been blogging since 2010.
Like her sister, Val is very talented and choosing a card to CASE wasn't easy, but I settled on this lovely card posted April 4, 2013:
Like her sister, Val is very talented and choosing a card to CASE wasn't easy, but I settled on this lovely card posted April 4, 2013:
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Val's card |
Darnell's card |
It's been many years since I've used a doily on a card (if I ever did; the package was open so I either used one under a cake or on a card), but that's what sprang to mind when I decided on Val's card. I used a cotton ball to pounce on the different shades of pink from my chalks and added the NBUS silk pink and pearl flowerettes from SU. (How long have I had those?!) The NBUS sediment is from Avery Elle, "Oh Happy Day."
I made the colors all pinky shades in order to play in the fun current challenge at ColourQ:
While my circle is off-set in the corner, I think my card will work in the current CASE Study Challenge, where the card to case is by the incredibly talented Donna Mikasa:
And I'm going to link my cards to a new-to-me challenge called Mod Squad Challenge where coinkydinkily the challenge is for you to CASE another designer! Perfect timing!
I made the colors all pinky shades in order to play in the fun current challenge at ColourQ:


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Please join in the fun at these challenge blogs. The links will provide you with all the challenges details regarding rules, sponsors, and prizes.
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Thank you Karen and Val for your continued support and friendship! I hope you are pleased!
In Our New Friends Corner, I am delighted to have you meet:
Welcome Kate and thank you for joining us!
(Georgia G. thank you for you sweet comment! I hope this year is everything last year wasn't!)
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