Another card class has started Online Card Class: Stretch Your Stamps 2.  It's Day 3 and I have gotten behind a bit.  So far I am amaze at the beautiful cards the designers have created.  
Day 1 focused on background stamps.  I decided to case Kristina's and Shari's card.  If you haven't signed up for this class yet, I'd advise you to do so.  Just having these classes inspire you to come up with different techniques to bring your card making to the next level.

 This first card was made using water colors and resist embossing.  The "thanks" die cut is from Lawn Fawn and the sentiment stamps from Simon Says Stamp.  Really a fun technique with beautiful results even though I changed it up a bit. 

My second card from day 1 was inspired from Shari Carroll using tiles after inking and spraying with water to get a water color look.  This is so gorgeous in real life and will be duplicating this again with various distress inks.

Off to go play and create from Day 2.  Have a wonderful day.

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*ZIG Wink of Stella GLITTER CLEAR Brush Tip Marker 025320	*Ranger Inkssentials GLOSSY ACCENTS Glue Dimensional Adhesive	*Hero Arts EMBOSS WHITE EMBOSSING POWDER

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Well I have been on a roll lately with time and making cards. I have been wanting to just sit down in my craft room and just play with stamps and techniques that I have been wanting to try.  I finally had a 3 day stretch from work to do just that.  I am sharing 6 cards that I made over the weekend.

Thank you for stopping.  

 I finally purchased the Hero Arts triangle die and using the template as a guide, placed the little triangles back into the template as I glued each one down.  I used DCWV 6x6 foil pad in 5 different colors.  I was inspired from Laura Bassen  as she made a card very similar to this.

 I needed a birthday card for one of my sweet co worker's birthday this coming week.  As I was pulling some stamp sets out for my upcoming Online Card Classes: Stretch Your Stamps 2, I found this background stamp from Hero Arts: Flower Pattern and decided to white heat emboss then add distress ink in picked rasberry to blend.  Sentiment is from Avery Elle:  Handwritten Notes.  Such a pretty card if I don't say so myself.

 I made these awhile back after viewing a video from Jennifer McGuire how she uses a background stamp with ink then shifts the cardstock either 1/4 inch in either direction to give it dimension.  I used the Hero Arts triangle background stamp and the sentiment is from Technique Tuesday.  Black heart is ranger's enamel dots.  These cards are great for placing in my work locker and hand out when that one person does those wonderful extra things to make my shift go smoother.  I think I go through these kind of cards the most.

 These next 2 cards were me just playing around with the mod window die from Simon Says Stamp.  I again used some cardstock from DCWV foil pack and die cut all those little pieces out. Then using the template, glued them back in, removed the template and added some foil strips to butt up against the semi-circles.  These came out sparkly.  Stars and hearts are from the Bold Buzzwords: Paper Smooches.

This last card I used a new stencil from the Crafter's Workshop called Peacock Doily.  Using distress inks after taping down some watercolor paper, I stenciled, removed, added perfect pearls for some shimmer.  Added two strips of cardstock, added some pearls along with some twine to finish the card.  Sentiment is from Bold Buzzwords from Paper Smooches.

Thank you for viewing my blog.  Hope I am on a roll and it doesn't end soon.  Until next time.........

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*Simon Says Stamp MOD WINDOW Craft DIE s212	*DCWV Cardstock 6 x 6 TOUCH OF FOIL Paper Stack Printed Matstack MS-019-00046	*Hero Arts Shadow Ink Pad NAVY Blue Mid-Tone 2013 af234	*The Crafter's Workshop MINI PEACOCK DOILY 6 x 6 Template

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I got a wonderful package in the mail yesterday from Simon Says Stamps.  They just released a new bunch of goodies last Friday called "This is the Life".  So many good products but unfortunately I am on a budget and can't buy everything even though I wanted too.  Today I am featuring one stamp set in particular call "Adult Beverages".  This set has so many cute littles drink glasses and matching dies.  Hope you enjoy what I came up with.

Using some Neenah Solar White card stock, I used the new stencil from SSS called Zig Zag and using different colors of distress inks in Picked Rasberry, Wild Honey, Mowed Lawn, and Peacock Feathers applied the inks using the new round foam blending tool.  Cut a circle at 2 3/4" and stamped the beer mug in Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  I copic colored the beer mug.  For the foam on top of the mug, I applied some textured paste with some mustard seed and placed it on top of the mug.  I know it should be much whiter but I still like the way it turned out.  The beer mug is from the Adult Beverage Set.  Another great set with matching dies as well. Have a wonderful day.

Hello!  Well I've had one exciting summer this far and have taken full advantage of these wonderful temperatures here in Minnesota.  I've been busy too in my craft room making cards and some art journal pages at night since that seems to be the best time for me to hang out.  Here are some of my cards that I've CASed from Jennifer McGuire over the last month.  If you get a chance, go check out her blog.  She will not disappoint at all.

This card came out colorful.  I used a Tim Holtz stencil and distress inks along with a die from Lawn Fawn and My Favorite Things.  The "Hi" was brushed with some Wink of Stella along with Glossy Accents.  Love how this turns out. I even used some perfect pearl mist on the main body of this card.

This second card was a fun technique that I too learned from Jennifer McGuire's blog.  I used various Copic markers to make the background-the look of water.  White embossed the sentiment.  Stamped the greenery with Paper Smooches Botanical 2 set.  Used an old set from Stampin Up! called "Fishey Folics",colored with Copics as well then fussy cut.  Added some dimension to the fish and added a wobbly eye.  The bubbles were created using a Copic blending pen. Great result huh!

I'll be back later to share a few more cards I made.  Have a wonderful day.

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