CAS16 - Make-Overs (5/25/09)

[Miss Boo]

What is CAS?
CAS is an acronym for Clean and Simple.


There are different ways people view CAS. It is very subjective. There is no list of rules that will fit everyone’s personal definition. The following are possible guidelines, only. Please do not feel afraid of playing in the CAS challenge or debate with yourself if you’ve created a CAS card. If it is a CAS card to you, put CAS in the keyword box.


1. Clean: the design is uncluttered with lots of white or open space. Simple: having a clear focal point without a lot going on to detract from it.

OR
2. simple in design regardless of the number of embellishments or how long it takes to color, stitch or to use a special technique

OR
3. can be copied and mass produced fairly quickly… usually without a lot of coloring, layers, embellishments, tools and/or techniques

OR
4. any combination of the above



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Now on with the show!


This week is our last with the 1st design team. I have greatly appreciated their support and amazing talent! Thank you so much Angela, Carolina, and Susan!

REMAKE: please choose one of your own cards to remake. It can be a non-CAS card that you remake into a CAS card. Or it can be a CAS card that you want to improve. If you'd like to link the original in the comments section, it would be great to see both cards.

Keyword: CAS16

Samples to help you get started with ideas:

Angela's Card

Carolina's Card

Susan's Card

Jen's Card

CAS16 Gallery


Uploading: Remember the keyword is without spaces. Use a comma between keywords with a space after each comma.

If you are new to the challenges, please feel free to do this one or ANY of the challenges at any time. There is no time limit. They are not races to see who can do one first, nor are they contests of any sort. All the challenges are simply to provide inspiration and to get us stamping!


Need help linking a card? Follow these instructions!

1. Open 2 windows: One window for your card and one for this thread.
2. In this thread, click on reply and type anything you want to show before the link.
3. Got to your card window. Highlight the address for your card. (It says www. splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/showphoto..... and so on)
4. Click EDIT. Click COPY
5. Go back to this thread. Click PASTE.
You’re done!

[Miss Boo]

Here's a 2nd remake. TFL!

CAS16 - Dream by Miss Boo at Splitcoaststampers

[va.sunshine]

this will be fun, I am always wanting my creations to be better, nows my chance! *~*

[star]

I think I might be first!! hehe...I'll think on this in my dreams and see what I can come up with tomorrow!! Thanks gals for all the inspiration!

[LateBlossom]

Thanks, Jen, for starting this challenge and for letting me be on the first DT! It's been so rewarding and fun to work with you and Carolina and Angela, and to see CAS being celebrated so beautifully! I can't wait to see what the next DT does, and I look forward to playing along on Mondays.

I have another card for CAS16 HERE.

This was a fun challenge!

[craftycaro]

Here's a different take on one of my cards & TFL!:

Prehistoric Birthday!

[KY Southern Belle]

Oh this will be fun and thanks for the challenge Jen!

[luvmyboys&stampin]

sounds fun... hope I get a chance to play!

[dawnmercedes]

ooh..fun idea!

[wdiosa]

I really like this week's challenge! I have lots of cards that I'd like to do-over!

[defoe]

Here is my make-over for today's CAS challenge.
Jesus is the reason....

[CAKath]

Hummm, interesting. I just got home from the movies and checked in on this challenge. I will have to go through my gallery to find something to simplify and improve. Great idea and thanks to the fabulous retiring design team members.

[LaLatty]

Thanks so much for a great challenge. I loved this one! I ended up redoing 3 of my cards:

CAS16 Heartfelt Thanks by LaLatty at Splitcoaststampers

CAS16 Delight In Life by LaLatty at Splitcoaststampers

CAS16 Just Like You by LaLatty at Splitcoaststampers

I'd better get to bed, it's really late. I'll check out the CAS gallery tomorrow and leave some comments. Have a great day!

[mocjen]

This was such a fun challenge!! Thank you!

Here is mine:
CAS16 Pirate Peep! by mocjen at Splitcoaststampers

[AnniePanda]

Here is my makeover:
Christmas Simplified

[peebsmama]

What a neat idea. Before I "re-discovered" CAS, I would make cards with sometimes a dozen layers. I think the idea of re-making a complicated card in a CAS style sounds like a great challenge. I'll be back later.

[qvande]

Here is mine:

CAS Birthday by qvande at Splitcoaststampers

[fionna51]

Wow, the cards everyone posted so far are GREAT! I have a bunch I cringe at in my gallery...I won't even want to claim them when I re-do them, LOL! Looking forward to re-doing several this week.

[markie's mom]

Hi! Wow...I REALLY toned down this card...I even changed a VERY labor intensive background into a VERY easy sponged background.... And, it took only 17 minutes, start to finish! LOL!!!

Here's the Labor intesive, OMGosh it took FOREVER card.

Here's the 17 minute Make Over!

[peebsmama]

Fun fun fun idea! Here is my card.

[jeknurse]

Very fun idea. Thanks for the challenge.
Original post - Great Friend by jeknurse at Splitcoaststampers

Redo - Great Friend Redo by jeknurse at Splitcoaststampers

[SeattleStamper]

Wow, such a cool concept for the challenge! I can't wait to play.

[willosmama]

good one! now if i could just squeak some time in to play!

[Kittykat]

I had lots of fun playing with this challenge. So here is my before and after. I just wish the flap would of showed up better on the re-do card.. You can see it better on the original.


Original: Birthday envelope card by Kittykat at Splitcoaststampers


Re-do: CAS16 Re-do Envelope card by Kittykat at Splitcoaststampers

Thanks Jen, Great challenge. As always!

Thanks for looking.

[Stampin' Annie]

What a fun challenge! I think I want to dig through the early days of my gallery...

[Stamp Muse]

How fun to play in the challenges during the week! That doesn't happen too often for me ...

My simple card is here: CAS16- Memorial Magnolia by Stamp Muse at Splitcoaststampers

Thank you for the challenge and thanks for looking! It's way out of my comfort zone, but I hope you like it!

[archanapandurangi]

Here is my card:

Bordered Iris

Thanks for the fun challenge!

[fionna51]

I remade 3 cards this morning. The last one morphed a lot into something that doesn't much resemble the original.

CAS16 redo of christmas cardinals by fionna51 at Splitcoaststampers
CAS16 redo of Spring Garden by fionna51 at Splitcoaststampers
CAS Lovely as a tree by fionna51 at Splitcoaststampers

Now I want to go back and remake a bunch of those cards and dump the old ones!

[stampingout]

Here is my card! I think I like the original better!

Do Over

[NCSUnikki]

Here is the case of my CAS CASE of a CASE

CAS CASE of my CASE_NCSUnikki by NCSUnikki at Splitcoaststampers

[Babsnelson]

This was a fun challenge! I has a hard time picking which card to "do over", and I ended up choosing a fairly CAS to begin with!!

Thinking of You

Thanks for the fun challenge Jen!!

[Tenia Sanders-Nelson]

Great challenge!! Here is my card:
Good Coffee....Good Friend Card- CAS16 by Tenia Sanders-Nelson at Splitcoaststampers

Thanks for looking and have a great holiday!!!

-t

[hskelly]

Thanks for the fun challenge Jen! Here is my Monochromatic Make Over.

[lisahenke]

here's my make over. I like it soooo much better!
my make over

[Biggan]

Thanks for this challenge! Here´s mine;

CAS16 Magnolia make-over by Biggan at Splitcoaststampers

TFL!
Birgit/Biggan

[FubsyRuth]

Here's my Birds Friendship made over card.

Thanks for another great CAS challenge Jen!

[CAKath]

I am so excited! I got the challenge done the same day it was posted. Thanks for an awesome challenge today.

CAS Reduce Redo Upsy Daisy by CAKath at Splitcoaststampers

[angelahath]

This was so much fun! I redid a frame card, minus the frame and way too many thingamajigs here. Thanks for another fab CAS challenge!

[k dunbrook]

Thanks Jen for another great challenge.
Here is my card:
The Daisies are Blooming

Sincere thanks for all the wonderful work the present team has done. It has been such a thrill to see all the fanastic creations every Monday.

[cmsuto]

This was really fun, Jen! Thanks! Here is my remade card:
CAS16 CAS Make-Over by cmsuto at Splitcoaststampers