Tomorrow is my next event. This will be my third one this year so I am just now starting to streamline my prep, packing and displaying process. The weather is going to be cool, probably a little breezing since it is on the river but it should be a beautiful day.
Some of my products will include:
Photos from an event earlier this month:
Thank you for looking. Have a great day!
So, yes, I skipped day 4. The technique was using a Gel Press Printing - I don't have a gel press and for now that is something I am not interested in trying. In the last few years I have started getting pickier about what I am interested in and gel press, along with slim line anything, isn't for me right now.
On to my day 5 card - dry embossing was the technique. I tell ya, I loved the finished projects that were demonstrated in the class and have added a few things to my wish list (like that gorgeous SSS Matte Gold cardstock). I have embossing folders so I went to the stash and pulled out one of my two winter ones. Here is my card:
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The finished product isn't anything like what it started out as, I actually simplified it as I went along and really like how it turned out. I wish I had gotten further than day 5 by now but I just didn't have time. I do plan to make more cards though using the techniques from the lessons.
Here is the second card:
Supplies
When my husband saw these two full shaker cards he said 'now that's kinda cool'. I'll take a compliment like that from him.
Make a full card shaker. I have seen videos of this 'new' style of shaker recently and had every intention of trying it out but I hadn't yet. Well now I have two cards and a love for this style so I expect to do it again. (Second card in the next post) Just like one of my favorite YouTubers, Amy R, I knew I had been saving all of that packaging for a reason I just didn't know what that reason was until now :)
Supplies - card 1
Day 2 at Online Card Class Holiday Card Workshop is Mass Produced Cards. I made 4 of the same design. The finished card size is 4.5 x 6.5 due to me wanting to use the selected sentiment stamp and wanting to have a nice border. When I go to use them I can make envelopes if necessary so the odd size doesn't bother me.
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I have signed up for the Online Card Class Holiday Card Workshop 2021. The goal for day one was to incorporate light or an aurora borealis look on your card. Here is my card:
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Here is the full die. On my finished card I cut off the top part with the snowflakes.
I am very happy with how quickly these two came together. I didn't over think them and it all worked out fairly easily the first time. I pulled out some oldie but goodies supplies, along with some never been used (as normal....have tons of stuff that has never been used).
I have not yet practiced watercolor enough to like my results but I do have the Pinkfresh Studio Rainbow with Splatters Washi tape that covers a whole card panel. I have a few panels ready with the tape already on them and decided the other day the next card in the class that referenced water-coloring was going to get one of those panels so....here they are...
My oldie but goodie supplies are Papertrey Ink Enclosed Flower die, Melon Berry cardstock, my go to Stamper Select White. The Pinkfresh washi is the watercolor. The sequins are never been used but have had for a bit...Craft Medley in Princess (pink) and Go Green, Simon Says Stamp Celosia Cherished (peaches).
Day 7 project for Online Card Class Spring Card Camp 1.
My stencil of choice was Simon Says Stamp Deco Weave, inks are Distress Oxide Chipped Sapphire, Vintage Photo & Tea Dye, the die sentiment is SSS Thanks Frame. I didn't use fun foam like Laurie used in the sample but I did stack three heavy weight card stocks for the sentiment. Thank goodness for the press-n-seal to help it all transfer over and the fact that I thought it through and applied Xyron X sticker maker to the back of all of the pieces before die cutting those intricate cuts.
Day 6 entry for Online Card Class - Spring Card Camp. It is day 17 already when I am posting this but no biggie. These cards have been done for a few days I just hadn't had time to do the post.
I used the template provided in the class with three sheets of paper from the Reverse Confetti True Love paper pad that I have had for a few years. With the left over pieces of pattern paper I cut the Simon Says Stamps Bold Thanks die and inlaid them back in to white frames. I have a birthday coming up so these might just come in handy soon.
I like that this was a very simple, no special supplies needed, type of project that ended up with three cards. Thanks for looking.
My posts are getting smaller and smaller as this class goes on. Here are my cards for day 5 of the Online Card Classes - Spring Card Camp. It was a challenge because I got stuck at the watercolor demo...that is a medium I am not yet practiced enough with to be successful at making anything so I ended up doing ink blending. That isn't much better, because I am still new to it, but much better than the water coloring turned out.
I used the Heffy Doodle Circle Masquerade stencil to help me line up the Simon Says Stamps Birthday Wishes Circle die cut. I sprayed the back with ThermOWeb Pixie Spray temporary adhesive. I ink blended with Distress Ink Picked Raspberry, Fossilized Amber and Salty Ocean. Then I spritzed with water.
There were a bunch of follies in between the ink blending and the finished cards below but I will save you that story. Have a good day!
Working from home and trying to keep up with some basic exercise has cause me to lose craft time..surprisingly. I guess I get more physical activity during my normal (we are so not in normal times right now) work day than I realized.
Anyway here are my day 4 cards:
Very simple. I like how they turned out. The cardstock is PTI Stamper Select White, stamp and dies are Simon Says Stamps Beautiful Day, ink is Nocturne Clair, colored with Chameleon colored pencils and a few random sequins to accent the one card. Have a good day!
So I very much struggled with the technique for day 3 of the OCC Spring Card Camp class. The goal was to use an abstract background, stamped on multiple colors of paper, then cut those papers up to 'color' the background of two cards - remember this class has a theme of doing two cards at once. Here is the finished card, yes just one, but this wasn't the first one I attempted.
I started with an idea to use the Simon Says Stamps Gerber Daisy background to make two Mother's Day cards. I did the stamping and TWO...yes TWO days of fussy cutting.
I started to place everything together....got frustrated, gently wrapped them up in press n seal and tucked them away for a future rainy day. So, defeated, I have tried to move on to days 4-9 (yes, today is day 9) but I couldn't. I wanted so desperately to do something even if it wasn't a 2-fer and even if it wasn't exactly abstract. So today I pulled out the supplies below:
I stamped the SSS Plank Background with SSS Fog and SSS Smoke inks on PTI White and Sunny Studio Spring Fling pattern paper. I then stamped the Concord & 9th Wonderful Florals in SSS Smoke and Gina K Black Amalgam on the same two papers. I then fussy cut out a few of the planks to adhere with foam tape thus giving the card dimension. The white with the stamped background helped keep the color piece lined up. You can see the dimension in the two pictures below.
I added Nuvo Aqua Shimmer pen to the letters of the Wonderful word to help them standout. I stamped Have A and Day from the same Concord & 9th set to the panel to complete the sentiment. I mounted the card front on a PTI white card base.
I am happy with the way this turned out. I told my husband I could have struggled to do the exact technique shown and then hated the outcome or I could modify it to fit my style and have a finished product that I will use. Thanks for looking...now off to try and catch up!
