I couldn't wait to get back in the Playhouse! While I was away, I received an email from Wida Miller of Beachorado that my name was "up" in the game she started a few months ago, called CASADIA. Sort of like the old-fashioned game of "telephone," the idea is for each participant to CASE (copy and share everything) the card of the person who was just before them in the chain.
Wida: This story all started when I saw a card Jennifer Rzasa CASED which was
made by Laura Bassen. I decided to CASE Jennifer's card. I had a fun idea to
start a card chain by CASEing cards, hence the name Case+idea=CASADIA. This page
is dedicated to seeing how far the chain can
go. If you would like to participate, please click on Wida's Beachorado link and it will give you all the details.
I believe I am the 40th participant in the chain! My assignment was to CASE the card that was last posted, which was created by Adrienne Crist of Paper Diva Scraps. This challenge has given me the opportunity to meet new card artists and isn't that always a treat?!
Here is Adrienne's wonderful card:
I have to tell you that I feel really lucky to be following Adrienne because I recently purchased the chevron dies from "My Favorite Things" and I was excited to use them. Squee!
As it happens, the sketch this week at Retrosketches worked perfectly for my CASADIA card. The sketch is based on this fabulous card by Laurie!
And here is my card:
If I'd had the time, I would have made all my lined patterned paper line up, but crookidy is what we'll have to be content with today. Instead of using a button, I used a round SU! stamp of thanks.
Thanks to Adrienne's post, I am also linking up my card over at Moxie Fab World: Chevron Challenge! Double squee!!
Thanks to Adrienne's post, I am also linking up my card over at Moxie Fab World: Chevron Challenge! Double squee!!
End of card talk. I'm sorry I've missed all your news and wonderful creations this week. Let me know if there is something you really want me to know or see and I'll make sure I check it out!
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I did miss you! I'm exhaustipated, but very fulfilled from helping my sister stage her home for sale. We started with new carpet throughout. We took four rooms which had some furniture and we rearranged and repurposed and replaced. We did little things like update the lamps and add new throw pillows. Then we took three rooms which were completely bare and minimally filled them with new and gently used and Aunt Ique's furniture.
If was fun shopping my sister's stash and being innovative. We pretended we were being filmed for an HGTV episode. We used an air mattress up on milk crates for a guest room bed and covered it with a beautiful white chenille spread so no one would know what lie beneath. We applied lots of greenery. In another room we set up a baby's bed, added a rocker, and some adorable pictures we bought at a thrift store.
It was hard at times for my sister not to add more wall art, more furniture, more kitch, but she was very receptive to many card design approaches. We used the rule of three. She learned about "less is more," which will allow prospective buyers to envision their stuff in her home. She embraced the Darnell Rule of "life's too short; you have too much crap."
At the end of each evening we went over our lists, crossing off the "dones," and making new "to-do" lists. This was a long process which rejuiced our energy because of the feeling of accomplishment it gave us. I said one evening, "Some people are risk-takers ~ we are list-makers." She found it quite profound, as anyone would at 2:45 a.m.
So that was it. I hope her house sells quickly for her. It is quite impressive that we made over three-bedrooms, two-bathrooms, and a bonus room in three and a half days, especially considering my sister worked two of those days! When our recently widowed sister and niece arrived on Friday, they were given the grand tour and gave us their resounding seal of approval. For the next day we simply enjoyed each other's company until it was time for me to leave.
And now it's time for me to leave Bloggerville and tend to home duties. Mister, bless his heart, kept the house clean and the cupboards full, so I only have to excavate Mail Mine and climb Mount Laundry.
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Enjoy your day! No, seriously, enjoy! LITS*!
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*Life Is Too Short!
Paper: PTI white, SU! Designer Series
Stamp: SU!
Ink: SU! markers
Die: Chevron from MFT
Twine: Doodle Twine
