"Begin each day with a grateful heart." We're hoping to create a gallery of gratitude this week! With another change of season and the busy holiday season fast approaching for many, it's a good time to stop and reflect on what we're thankful for!
As always, remember the following CAS guidelines when creating your design:
- One main image
- Lots of open space, uncluttered
- Limited layers & embellishments
- 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 see what the design team & our two guest designers have created for inspiration!
Guest Designer:
Haris
design defined:
Use 1/3 of the card with a limited colour scheme to keep things CAS.
Guest Designer:
Coni
design defined:
Subtle color and shimmer can provide great interest to a design.
Stacking your image and sentiment helps to keep your design CAS.
A bold sentiment works well for a CAS card.
Cluster focal points in odd numbers for design aesthetics.
design defined:
White space doesn't have to be white.
Janet
design defined:
One layer and plenty of white space keeps things CAS.
White space doesn't have to be white.
Constrain your design to 1/3 of the card.
Karen
design defined:
Adding dimension to an element provides interest through shadows.
Marcie
Design defined:
Bold pops of colour draw attention to the sentiment when the rest of your card is CAS.
Melissa
design defined:
A simple pop of color and dimension can be very effective in CAS design.
Rachel
design defined:
Offset your images to preserve white space.
Sue
design defined:
Work in the rule of 3's with a single layer if possible.
Go have fun creating your CAS design and don't forget to link up here on the CASology blog by next Monday, October 8, at 9:00 a.m. (CDT)!
