Week 285: SWOON

February is just around the corner and soon many will be swooning over the next big holiday, Valentine's Day!  Even if you don't find this word very exciting, you have to admit it's rather fun to say!

Need a little help defining the cue this week?  Here's a little help:

verb

1. 1.

   
   

   faint from extreme emotion.

   "I don't want a nurse who swoons at the sight of blood"

   • 
     

     be emotionally affected by someone or something that one admires; become ecstatic.

     "teenagers swoon over Japanese pop singers"

noun

1. 1.

   
   

   an occurrence of fainting.

   "her strength ebbed away and she fell into a swoon"

As always, remember the following CAS guidelines when creating your design:

1. One main image
2. Lots of open space, uncluttered
3. Limited layers & embellishments
4. Quick & easy to recreate (Note: It may take a while to create a design you like, but once you have that design, making more should be a piece of cake!)

Let's take a look at what the design team and this week's guest designer created for inspiration!

Guest Designer:  Izzy

design defined:
A dry embossed frame highlights the focal point and preserves white space for a CAS look.

Anna

design defined:

Keep it "together" to maintain a CAS design.

Bharati

design defined:

Create your scene in one of the corners of the card to achieve a CAS look.

Deidre

design defined:

A simple cut out can create a great focal point. 

Jacquie

design defined:
Layering an image and sentiment helps preserve white space.

Janet

design defined:

Layer your dies on the images to preserve white space.

Jen

design defined:

A coloured sentiment enhances the pop of colour in an otherwise black and white design. 

Joyce

design defined:

Use muted colors to create a serene feeling.

Karen

 design defined:
Use elements on your card to lead the eye. 

Kevin

design defined:

A large image can easily take center stage within a CAS design.

Kymona

design defined:
Use die cuts to create a sentiment.

Melissa

design defined:
Simple color goes a long way on a CAS design.

Rachel

design defined:
Cluster your images together to keep your card CAS.

Go have fun creating your CAS design and don't forget to link up here on the challenge blog by Monday at 9 A.M. (CST)!