August Technique Class!

The August Technique is Two-Step Stamping so get those Stamp-a-ma-jigs warmed up! This is one of the cards we'll be making in the class... I'll show the other one next week. I used Trendy Trees, Thoroughly Modern DSP, the Modern Label punch and four of the new In Colours, along with my favourite... Kraft cardstock.

In my Technique Classes, we make a technique reference card (instructions on one side, samples on the back) and two greeting cards made with the technique. This class is free for my Stamp Club members, and for first-time attendees. You can also attend the class with a $25.00 order or a $5.00 supply fee. Please RSVP (e-mail in sidebar) at least 24 hours before the class you'd like to attend:

Friday August 14th @ 7:00pm

Sunday August 16th @ 7:00pm

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You can see my full class schedule on my website!

Full of Life

This card took a while to make... lots of hand-cutting! I cut the card base (Crushed Curry) out using the new Scallop Square die for the Big Shot... that part was easy! I stamped all the images from the new Leaf Lines stamp set onto Naturals White cardstock, and used my blender pen and inks (Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Soft Suede & Dusty Durango) to colour them in. Then I hand-cut around all the images, glued and/or popped them up with Dimensionals and added my sentiment! I like the way it turned out, but it's definitely not a card I'd want to make often.

Fancy Folds Card #4

Here's card #4 from my Fancy Folds Class. This card is a variation on a Gate Fold card. You can see a better view of the way it's folded in the bottom photo. I used some Thoroughly Modern Designer Series paper, the Pocket Silhouettes stamp set, and the sentiment (from Teeny Tiny Wishes) is inside the card. I really like Chocolate Chip with Bermuda Bay and just a pop of Melon Mambo!

supplies (all SU!): Stamps (Pocket Silhouettes, Matchbox Messages, Teeny Tiny Wishes); Cardstock (Chocolate Chip, Bermuda Bay, Naturals White); Inks (Soft Suede, Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo); Thoroughly Modern DSP

Fancy Folds - Card #3

This is the third card in my Fancy Folds class... it's a "Spring Card". I used Medallion again, this time I did the Versamark/Stampin' Pastels for a soft look. I love the way the half pearl from the Pretties kit looked in the middle of my last card, so I did it again for this one! I also love Teeny Tiny Wishes combined with the Word Window and Modern Label punches... I've been using these on a lot of cards lately!

supplies (all SU!): Stamps (Medallion, Teeny Tiny Wishes); Inks (VersaMark, Soft Suede); Cardstock (Naturals White, Chocolate Chip, Almost Amethyst); Chocolate Chip Patterns DSP; Half pearl (Pretties Kit); Stampin' Pastels

Sketch #68

Here's a two-photo, 12x12 sketch for you this week:


and my layout (adapted to 8.5x11):

This layout is a peek at the August Kit @ BYOM... Cherry Arte, Jenni Bowlin and Jillibean Soup... oh my!

Pop Up Thoughts

This is card #2 in my Fancy Folds Class. The bottom photo shows the way it will look to fit in the envelope. You pull the ribbon tab at the top, and it slides open to sit as shown in this photo below. I masked the flower before stamping the leaves to make it look like they are behind the flower. This set is Kind & Caring Thoughts, a beautiful Level 3 Hostess set with images, sentiments and verses for the inside (I love a good All in One set like this)!

Supplies (all SU!): Stamps (Kind & Caring Thoughts); Inks (Certainly Celery, Soft Suede, Old Olive, Cameo Coral, Ruby Red); Cardstock (Certainly Celery, So Saffron, Whisper White, Pretty in Pink; White Taffeta Ribbon

Greenhouse Friend

Another one of the stamp sets that jumped out and said "buy me!" from the new catalogue was Greenhouse Garden. I'll be using this stamp set for my August Technique class (Friday, August 14th and Sunday August 16th @ 7:00pm) to show Two-Step Stamping. This isn't the card we'll me making, but I wanted to play with the set. I thought that the Stamp-a-ma-jig would be essential for this set, but it looks okay without it too! I also used the Texture Jumbo Wheel to create the background on the Certainly Celery and the Very Vanilla cardstock.

supplies (all SU!): Stamps (Greenhouse Garden, Teeny Tiny Wishes); Inks (Soft Suede, Certainly Celery, Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo, Crushed Curry); Cardstock (Certainly Celery, Very Vanilla, Natural Ivory, Kraft); Modern Label Punch