Inking Stencils - Day 9

I missed the last couple of days. I got a new desk and setting it up was a bit of an undertaking. I do love it though it's 6 inches deeper. So much extra space and the best part it's a sit to stand desk. With the push of a button I can work standing up! Love it!

Anyways,I digress I made 4 cards with today's theme/idea/inspiration.

I had fun. I used Hero Arts stencils with Distress Oxide inks. The heart die cut is Spellbinders. The sentiments are Altenew.

School starts again tomorrow. It's my last semester and I only have 1 class. So exciting!

Paper Piecing Day 6

Today's card had a layout and suggestions by Kristina Warner. I should have listened to the layout out and keeping things simple but I like to wing it and put my own spin on it. I had fun, wasted some paper but had fun Plus was able to make 3 cards.

I enjoyed doing different backgrounds for each card. I like how they are similar yet still unique. Kinda like us. We all have things in common but are different too. 

The paper is Carta Bella I found on sale while back. Neenah craft card stock is the base and I used a few different sentiments 

Oh Wow - Day 5

I loved these cards so much I'm having a hard time letting them go. Thank you Debby Hughes for showing me this. It was fun to do something completely different. Her water color was stunning, no surprise. I chose to go with some black water color paper and loved the results.

Using the flower from the right card as a mask on the left didn't quite give the best results but once I put in the reverse of the flower and then painted over it (the black was to much) it came out amazing, if I do say so myself.

The flower is Altenew. Paint is Gansai Tambi starry colors and the paper is Stonehenge.

Peek a Boo - Day 4

I spent forever trying to figure out what set I wanted to use. Sadly, everyone is close so there's no popping over to grab something new. It's for the best though. It saves me money pushes me to grow and I use something I already owned.

Here's the front. The photo doesn't show the embossed frame all that well but it's there.

And for the inside:

I love the ocean. Sharks are my spirit animals as you can see in the background. It's been fun to wake up to a new technique/style every day. 

Die Cutting Backgrounds.

I rather enjoyed today's idea by a new to person Yana Smakula. Very different style which I loved. Here's my card:

 

I don't have any stamps that would work just as she suggested and sadly everything's closed right now. I made do with what I have and pieced this together with some Hero Arts stamps. The smile is Simon Says stamp and the heart die are Lawn Fawn. 

I defiantly need to get some new stamps. 

It's good to be crafting and reaching out again. I'm not sure if blogging is the best way to go it seems most people have moved to Instagram. I may go that route. 

So it's been a few years...

It's been ages. 6 years ago I decided to go back to school thinking it wouldn't disrupt my life to much. I was wrong. It left zero time for crafting but the good news is I've only got 1 semester left of school and only 1 class! (They start later this month.) I finally have time to craft again. I'm super rusty but thankfully the great people over at online card classes started a

That should help sand the rust off. I'll give an full update on my whereabouts later I wanted to get this card up before I poop out, like I did yesterday. Day 1 just didn't motivate me much. Today was different I had fun kicking idea's around.

Here's what I came up with.




Clearly I need work on the lighting in my space. :D Stamps are a combo of Hero Arts (the big flowers) and Mama Elephant. The die is from Simon Says Stamp and the ink is Hero Arts shadow Ink.

I plan on being back soon, tomorrow even. See you then

I'm back with Background day 2

Wow, a few months has passed again. It's been a busy few months 2 funerals and a wedding and girls camp. I really want to get back into card making so I signed up for the background check online card class. It's been a good class I wasn't to sure if it would be worth the money. (Being unemployed I don't have lots of money to squander.) I have to say I am quite happy I joined the class.

Since I've been busy with so many things (we catered one of those funerals and the next night I served at the wedding) I haven't been able to participate as much as I would have liked. I am going to post my cards out of order. 

Day 2 had some good ideas Jennifer McGuire was inking up patterned paper after she clear embossed it. This sounded like a fun idea so I gave it a whirl. Here are some of the backgrounds I created:

I used a Hero Arts background stamp. I learned use a heavier paper. As you can see the paper was a bit warped from the ink. 

Once I learned I needed heaver paper I pulled out some 6x6 paper packs. This is a rainbow paper from Studio Calico. I clear embossed a (I think) Hero Arts stamp then inked the paper with navy shadow ink. I am very happy with the results. My favorite though has to be this bad boy:

Wood paper (no idea from where) with a Hero Arts negative stamp (I can look up the name if you need me to) I used Hero Arts Cup of Joe shadow ink to fill in the stamp area. I absolutely love it! The thank you is a Heidi Swapp die the hearts are colored with royal red shadow ink and cut out from a Lawn fawn die. I made it a square card I just couldn't find the right card to make it look nice. 

Be back soon with more samples. 

Happy Tuesday.