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!
Day 2 of the OCC Spring Card Camp was to use an 11" x 4.25", create your design, then cut in half (5.5") to have two card panels. The demonstration video used multiple colors of ink on various stamps so my first attempt was to do a multi-colored embossing powder design through a stencil. It worked well enough technique wise but I didn't like the look of the finished design.
So back to the drawing board. I knew I wanted one large stamp or stencil image that I could then cut in half. I stamped everything, including the sentiments, before I cut. That made for two really quick cards.
My supplies were: Papertrey Ink Kraft cardstock for the card panel and the base, Simon Says Stamps Bohemian Lace background stamp and Hand lettered Encouragement sentiment. Versamark and Wow Metallic Copper Sparkle for embossing the background. MISTI, Versafine Clair Nocturne, Ranger Distress Collage Medium Matte to glue down the Pretty Pink Posh Espresso Jewels.
Thanks for looking, have a safe day!
Time to get crafty! Working from home, like so many others, I couldn't pass up an opportunity for another Online Card Class. This one is Spring Card Camp and is lasting through the end of April! The theme for this class is two for one cards.
Day 1 - Stamp an image, emboss many times, use it as an embossing folder of sorts. I made a total of four complete cards. My stamp of choice was Picket Fence Studio Swallowtail Beauty stamped with Versamark on Gina K Artist Choice 110 lbs card and Hero Arts White embossing powder.
Card 1:
Cardstock is Papertrey Ink Spring Rain, ink color is Distress Broken China, sentiment is Simon Says Stamp Just Because Word Mix 2 stamped on vellum with Versamark, SSS Fine Detail White embossing powder. The top panel is mounted on a PTI Stampers Select white card base with SSS Big Momma foam tape.
Card 2:
Cardstock is PTI Aqua Mist, Distress Evergreen Bough. All of the rest is the same as above.
Card 3:
Strathmore Bristol Smooth, Distress Picked Raspberry, Fossilized Amber and Salty Ocean. Same as others for the rest. I did decide to splatter this one with water. It is harder to see the details of the butterfly on this one.
Card 4 - technically card 1?? lol:
This was technically the first panel that I used to emboss all of the rest. Once done embossing I reheated it to make the embossing powder shiny again then I covered it with Distress Dusty Concord ink and sprayed it with shimmer spray. The sentiment is from SSS Beautiful Day stamp set.
For a bonus I wanted to post a quick picture of the cards I sent out for Easter. I don't normally make cards for Easter but a few things caused me to do it this year. 1. We are not getting together, which is odd, so I wanted to send some happy mail. 2. I found that I had a set of Egg shaped nested dies so I thought why not do a shaped card. I stenciled the background piece to tuck the egg in while in the envelope to keep it safe in the mail.
Thanks for stopping by, comments are appreciated, and I hope everyone is staying well and getting crafty. Off to work on my day 2 cards. Already a day behind....yikes!
The timing for this newest Online Card Class could not have been any better; I am off work right now recovering from a very simple scheduled surgery. I love these classes but doing them live is more fun than at a later time so I am excited to be home. I logged in promptly at 9 on the first day, struggled to watch the videos (I had a lot of buffering - I don't know if it was the popularity of the class or my internet service) and then off to the craft room to BE FEARLESS with my colors and get coloring!!
Well the first lesson, be fearless, quickly turned to a realization that I have a ton of mediums (alcohol markers of various brands, water colors of many types, color pencils and pens galore) but I do not appear to purchase many images that are for coloring...... I was quickly stumped and frustrated at the same time. I picked the best I could, or so I thought, and off to the couch to get comfy and not strain my neck (a bonus tip). It was terrible....and I mean terrible. I told myself just keep going...still yuck....ok, add some colored pencil....ewwwww.....now try the gray border. By now I also had a headache from the markers. I put it down and took a nap.
I watched Day 2 & Day 3. Each day I would go to the craft room, rummage through the supplies and pull the ones with potential to the front of the bins. I would go look at the gallery, forum, instagram....anything to see what others were doing in hopes it would trigger something. Finally, Friday mid-day (day 5) I had my inspiration and I started to color my day 1 homework....and it worked!!!!
I pulled out the Altenew Peony Bouquet stamp set and went to googling peony's to see their natural colors. I COLOR PLUCKED three Copics (RV10, RV21 V06 - I guess they are actually the same family, so not totally plucked) stamped with my Gina K Amalgam black ink and got busy. I was using the layering stamp set as my guide for my shading. I was not liking it but I kept going....
I pulled out my various pencils and my sharpener and started with the NOOKS & CRANNIES and I was starting to really like what I was seeing. The texture the pencils added, the way it blended, the way the fine lines gave the petals shape. I was doing it!
The one thing I was too fearful to do was add in the gray shadow after I had done all of the pencil work. Hindsight is telling me I should have done that before the pencils but I like the finished image. I am not sure if it will ever make its way to a card that I give someone so for now it is proudly up on my memo board in the craft room to be looked at and admired.
Thanks for looking! I now have all kinds of ideas for what to color next, what techniques I want to try and can't wait to get working on the next thing. Off to work on Day 2 & 3. Have a great day!!
