Hi Friends! It's that time again…time for another Baker's Dozen Studio Challenge! I really look forward to this each month, because I love it when the whole design team does the same theme. I love seeing everyone's creativity. Each month, Taylor comes up with a new crafty question for us.
The question/theme for December is: "Inspiration is all around us. Many of us learned to stamp by CASEing other stampers we admired. (CASE = Copy and Share Everything) We want everyone to know that not only is CASEing perfectly okay, it's actually pretty flattering and lots of fun! It can also be helpful in the midst of the busy holiday season when it's hard to think straight! So, take some inspiration from your fellow Baker's Dozen team-mates, and show us how you can turn a great inspiration into a fabulous holiday card!"
I am drawing my inspiration from Taylor for this challenge! Taylor has always inspired me with her bright and cheery color choices and her AMAZING card layouts! Her style is just like her – happy and pretty! I scoped out her gallery and found so much to CASE!
Taylor's cards are always bright and fun, and full of color. She almost always uses pink and is a master with the patterned paper. The other thing I noted is that she makes lots of fun shaped cards. SO… I tried to CASE her overall style with my color choices and my cheery mood of my card. I found THIS CARD on Taylor's blog and it got the ideas flowing… So I turned that card into a Christmas card!
I used the SUPER fun Woodland Winter Stamp Set and the Trim the Tree Dies!! A perfect, cheerful Winter combination!
My card base was cut from a giant scallop circle Nestability!
Here are my Copic choices for this project…
Taylor loves blings and Copics….so I had to use those too!
And here is a picture of Taylor's card that inspired me! The link is above. 
Some thoughts on inspiration… There are so many ways to get inspired when you're feeling low on mojo! The TE gallery has sections by designer or by stamp set! Check it out! Sometimes for me it's a color combination, or a certain stamp used a unique way, or a die I haven't gotten out in a long time. Or, if you're a new stamper you can copy exactly until you get your confidence up! Here's the main Gallery Page…and here's my Gallery Page! Have fun!
Here are the product photos for today's card:
Here are today's FUN LINKS to the rest of the Baker's Dozen!
- Charmaine Ikach
- Jen Shults
- Jodi Collins
- Karen Giron
- Melody Rupple
- Regina Mangum
- Sankari Wegman
- Shannon White
- Shelly Mercado
- Stephanie Kraft
- Taylor VanBruggen
- Wanda Guess
Comments
15 responses to “TE December Studio Challenge!”
Hey Wanda! What a gorgeous take on Taylor’s card! I always love the look of the different shaped cards, and your polka dotted trees are fabulous 😀 Merry Christmas!
Oh this is so wonderful, Wanda! I love the bright and cheerful colors and it was so fun to read about your take on my style! I’m just tickled to have you CASE something of mine with your own beautiful Wanda touches! (((HUGS)))
So cute. I think I’ll have to CASE you on this one. I can’t wait to use woodland forest with PINK. There are so many possibilities with this set. Thanks for visiting my blog today and leaving a comment. It’s nice when friends stop by! Merry Christmas.
Sooo Adorable Wanda! You have captured Taylor’s Sweet Cheery style So Wonderfully!! And I am soo Loving all the polkadots and the Sweet shaped card too! Just Too Adorable Lady!
Hugs
Shannon
Wonderful! Love the pink and the round shape!
Super sweet and cute, Wanda! Love the bright and fun colors ala Taylor!
Wanda, this is simply adorable! You were able to CASE so many wonderful things and it’s so beautiful and colorful to look at! Not intimidating at all, was it? LOL! Hope you’re having a great day! Hugs!
Hi sweet Wanda! This is SO you and SO Taylor! You totally nailed her style and made it yours with the cheerful nature of the card…just like YOU! I love the paper-piecing and the coloring is divine. I can’t wait to see you next month…though I am so ashamed that we haven’t seen one another since we both live in the same place…YIKES! 2013 has to be better for that! XOXO
OMGosh this is so super cute! Love how you used these image and the dies.
So cute, colorful and cheerful! Love the round design! Hope you are enjoying the season! 🙂
Awww, how absolutely beautiful, Wanda! You did a fabulous job of capturing Taylor’s bright and happy style. Love these sweet images and love the pink. That sentiment really makes me smile. Love the round card base, too!
TE stamps are SO cute! Love what you did with them. I’m not a huge fan of pink, but it works beautifully here. Merry Christmas!
So cute love it… such a fun card too!
Love the stampset!
This is wonderful Wanda! I love the polka dot trees! So so fun! You did a fabulous job CASing Taylor!
Oh my word! This is FABULOUS Wanda! It’s SO “Taylor”! LOVE the animals, all the pink, and the circle card! FAB!!!