Hello there, crafty friends. Today’s cards were inspired by the last day of THIS Embossing Folder class from Online Card Classes where Jennifer McGuire taught a lesson on embossing folders and gelli plates… I love this technique as it creates two cards from one technique. For each set of cards, I would ink up THIS gelli plate with Distress Oxide inks, press the embossing folder on top of the gelli plate into the ink...
Hello, crafty friends. Today’s cards were inspired by day four of THIS Embossing Folder class from Online Card Classes where Cathy Zielske shared using two embossing folders on one card… To create this card, I started by ink blending a white panel with Distress Oxide inks. Next, I ran it through my die cut machine with THIS embossing folder. Then I ran it back though with THIS embossing folder. It’s hard to see in...
Hello, crafty friends. Today’s cards were inspired by day three of THIS Embossing Folder class from Online Card Classes where Yana Smakula shared embossing on die cuts… To create this card. I started by stamping THIS text background on a gray piece of cardstock and adhered it to a top folding note card. I cut a piece of green card stock with THIS die and then embossed it with THIS embossing folder. I ink...
Hello, crafty friend. Today’s cards were inspired by Day Two of THIS new Embossing Folder class from Online Card Classes… Jennifer McGuire shared how to add ink to embossing folders which I did on today’s card. To create this card, I started by applying blue Distress Oxide inks on the inside (raised side) of THIS embossing folder, spritzing it with water and laying a blue A2 panel on top and running it through my...
Hello, crafty friends. Today’s cards were inspired by Day One of THIS new Embossing Folder class from Online Card Classes… Mindy Eggen shared some examples of partial embossing and I thought I would experiment with THIS glossy Color Blend Cardstock. I LOVE the results. I used THIS stamp set and THIS coordinating die set for all of the sentiments. For the first card… I used THIS embossing folder to emboss the bottom of the...
Hi there, crafty friends. Have you heard of THIS class from Online Card Classes? It’s called Introduction to Color Theory and it is fabulous! I struggle sometimes with choosing colors for my projects and this class explains the theory behind color. I was playing along with the first lesson and watercoloring on a small circle of scrap watercolor card stock and thought it would be cute turned into a card… Once the watercolor was...
Hello! I’m thrilled to announce that I am a guest artist for the Sparkle and Shine Class over at Online Card Classes. You can find out more information about the class HERE. GIVEAWAY Kristina and Jennifer were kind enough to give me one spot in class to giveaway here on my blog. Yay! Just leave a comment below telling me if you’ve ever taken a class from Online Card Classes and if so, which...
Class information can be found HERE I’m back today with a technique featured in the second day of class. The queen of plaid stamping, Laura Bassen, shared this technique. I have to admit that I’m not good at this. My lines usually are wonky and doesn’t end up looking good. However, I was inspired to give it another shot… I decided to start with my lines at an angle so I wouldn’t get frustrated...
Class information can be found HERE The newest class from Online Card Classes started yesterday and I was inspired to create a card. I have been in a major creative funk lately, so this is exactly what I needed! There were several background techniques shared during Day One, but I chose to do Jennifer McGuire‘s VersaMark and dye ink technique for this background… I used THIS dye ink to cover a panel of white...
Hello. Today I’m back with my homework project from Day Three of Copic Class over at Online Card Classes. The topic was how to add gray shading to your image to give more depth. I decided to add some gray shading to the bottom of my umbrella… I created that background by flicking on some spray mists, adding glossy accents dots, and some pewter pearlized water on some watercolor cardstock cut out with THIS...
