I was so excited to both participate in the Global Design Project Challenge this week but also be featured as the designer that is being CASE’d, what an honour.
The card of mine that was chosen to be the feature of the CASE (copy & selectively edit) challenge was this fun starburst style card that I created earlier this year during Sale-a-Bration and featured the Rays of Light background stamp. I was inspired to take that starburst card style and use it as a way to feature the Flowering Zinnias Designer Series Paper to make a bright and bold card.

the #GDP444 challenge

Here is a look at the #GDP444 challenge with a picture of my card that is the theme for this challenge. Be sure to pop over to the Global Design Project socials to check out the challenge and participate.

my finished starburst card

Here is a look at my finished card – I think you almost need sunglasses for this one! The Flowering Zinnias Designer Series Paper is bright and I love it!! If brights and bold patterns aren’t your thing, this style could easily be replicated with solid cardstock colours or more muted styles. If you are familiar with my work however, you will know that brights are my thing!
To create a starburst card style it is super easy! Just decide on the length of strips you will cut. In this case I was working with 12×12 paper so I cut strips 6″ long but 1″ wide. You can then place these in the paper trimmer diagonally and slice in half!
This will give you the strips that you need and you can simply decide on a ‘point’ for the smaller width to start from. You then simply continue placing strips down until you have a completed starburst card layer! It is such a fun technique to play around with!

my colour palette

Blackberry Bliss

Lemon Lime Twist

Pumpkin Pie

Melon Mambo

Berry Burst

Mossy Meadow

I pulled my colour palette from the papers and the handy colour reference guide on the back of the Designer Series Paper that Stampin’ Up! always includes. I love that this pushed me out of my comfort zone to use Mossy Meadow as I will admit that colour and I are not friends! Haha!

a close up look at the finished details

Here is a look at the finished card and some of those finer details. The original card of mine that is featured for the challenge has some hand stitching which I have used with the Everyday Details dies. I love that these dies cut out small holes that are perfect for adding hand stitched details to. We have a whole variety of different twines in the online Stampin’ Up! store that are perfect for adding stitched details.

I built up some dimension and texture by using the Zinnia dies to create some 3D style flowers which I have added some soft tone on tone blending to with the Berry Burst Ink. This technique helps to create a darker petal at the ends and really creates rich dimension.

I chose to embellish with the beautiful Shiny Sequins and a Paper Butterfly which coordinated well with the theme and was nice kept white to not compete with the brighter colours.

a look at the inside layer of the finished card

Of course I added a pretty inside to finish off my card and used some leftover Designer Series Paper from the starburst card layer which I just love how it looks with that uneven slanted down appeal. I added some Gold Glimmer as a tiny accent strip and a stamped Zinnia with some soft Lemon Lime Twist blending.

This card turned out so bright and happy and I had so much fun CASE’ing my own original card. I would love to see how you CASE my card and have fun playing along with the #GDP444 challenge. Be sure to pop along here and join in.

Until next time, big crafty hugs. x

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Simply Zinnia Bundle (English) [163480] $91.75	Flowering Zinnias 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [163469] $21.75	Everyday Details Dies [162864] $60.00	Adhesive Backed Shiny Sequins [163484] $13.25	Silver & Gold 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Adhesive Backed Glimmer Paper [162288] $12.25
Saying Something Mix & Match Ephemera Pack (English) [163761] $14.00	Baker's Twine Three Color Pack [162759] $14.00	Paper Butterfly Accents [162612] $14.00	Pumpkin Pie A4 Card Stock [108601] $20.25	Blackberry Bliss A4 Cardstock [133682] $20.25
Lemon Lime Twist A4 Cardstock [144250] $20.25	Berry Burst A4 Cardstock [144249] $20.25	Mossy Meadow A4 Cardstock [133683] $20.25	Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock [159230] $19.75	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] $15.75
Blending Brushes [153611] $27.00	Berry Burst Classic Stampin' Pad [147143] $15.75	Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad [147145] $15.75	Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad [147086] $15.75	Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin' Pad [147092] $15.75
Neutrals Stampin' Write Markers [161697] $62.50	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $7.50	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $10.50	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $12.75	Paper Trimmer [152392] $49.00