Colour Me, Color Throwdown, Muse, Simon Says, and Homework

Hello and happy Sunday.  I am popping in quickly to share three cards I have made over the past few days.  First up is a card for my Clean and Simple homework, using a variation of the technique from Day 6 and the colors from Colour Me #12.  I used Distress inks in the closest colors I had. I masked random sections off with 1/3 inch post it tape, and then sponged distress inks into the sections.  It was a good example to me of how well those Distress inks blend, because I masked adjacent sections with post its, and ended up inadvertently blending in colors from previous sections.

Now I will show you my first attempt at this technique.  I was inspired to use this week's Color Throw Down colors when I saw Jacquie use them.  I forgot that I had post it tape, and used score tape to mark off my sections.  All fine, until I realized I would need to stick something onto that score tape.  The only thing I could think of was glitter--I think this card is a bit much, and prefer my first attempt.

I have not played at Muse in a long time, but I've been thinking about this fabulous card all week, and finally came up with an idea.  I have an eyeglass die from The Cat's Pajamas that I have never used.  I decided to play off the rows of colored die cuts on this card, using my eye glasses die.

I think this would make a cute birthday card for anyone who wears glasses.  The top strip is coated with Wink of Stella.

I will be entering the first and third card in this week's Simon Says Wednesday Glitter It challenge.

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Card Drive for Emma, ColourQ, RetroSketches, Lawnscaping, Paper Smooches and Some Homework, too

Hello friends.  I have been busy these past few days playing along with some challenges and doing homework for my online card class.  But, the most important cards I have made this week are for a sweet 7 year old girl named Emma, who is battling Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.  I came upon Kelly's blog and learned that Kelly is hosting a card drive for Emma.  Please click here to read more about Emma's condition and how you can help by participating in Kelly's card drive for Emma.

I have three cards for Emma so far.  My first card uses Lawn Fawn's Critters in the Burbs stamps and AC Color Crush paper.  I used Smitty's ABC's to personalize the card.

Lots of sparkly and shiny stuff on this card--what young girl can resist a bit of bling--Wink of Stella, Stickles and rhinestones.

I am linking this card up at Lawnscaping #78 and Simon Says Wednesday Glitter it.

My second card for Emma uses my new Paper Smooches Party Pals set.  I paper pieced using Lawn Fawn paper, and personalized the balloon with the Mini Monograms alphabet set.  Lots of Wink of Stella on this card, too, so I am linking to Simon Says Wednesday and Paper Smooches Sparks Anything Goes.

One more card for Emma--this one uses SU Banner Blast, a new set I just got and was eager to link up.  Emma's favorite colors are blue, green and purple, so that is the color scheme I used.  Lots of Wink of Stella on the banners saying 'hi', so I will link up again at Simon Says Wednesday.

I wanted to make some cards for Emma, but you could definitely participate in the card drive by sending a card you already have in your stash.  Just check out the guidelines here before selecting your card.

While I was at spin class this morning, I had two different ideas for cards using this week's RetroSketches sketch and ColourQ colors.

The roses from Rosie Posie are generously coated with Wink of Stella, so I will also link this card up at  Simon Says Wednesday.

I am also counting this card as homework for Day 1 of the online card class, as the banner is an inlaid die cut using SSS Sketchy Banners.

The greeting continues on to the inside of the card.

Here are the two cards together.  They have the same sketch and color scheme, but are so very different.

Homework for Day 3--Optical Illusions:  To make this card, I masked a frame around my card front using post it note tape, and stamped the open area with Background Basics:  Postmarks.  Then, I stamped 'birthday' in the lower right corner and the green bubble 'happy' nearby.  I then stamped more 'happy' bubbles and other colors of polkadots in a well planned out (random) fashion until the card looked done to me.  The sentiments are from Neat & Tangled Everyday Circles and the other dots are from Beautiful Blooms II.  (I had no idea that there were four different sizes of polka dot stamps in the Beautiful Blooms II set--I believe they are there to be flower centers--until I saw this set on Laura Bassen's supply list.)  Just makes me love this flower set even more.  Love stretching my stamps.  I am linking this up at The Card Concept #6 in the category of Clean and Simple. 

Last card--are you tired yet?  Homework for Day 7--Simple Copic Coloring.  This card was so simple to make.  I die cut 'hello' and some stars out of my card base.  Then, took a quarter sheet of vellum and colored overlapping stripes of Copics in rainbow stripes.  I adhered the vellum to the back side of the card front, put a piece of white computer paper on the inside to cover up the vellum, and it was done.

That's it for me today.  I am a bit behind in my class homework, and hope to get caught up over the weekend.

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Online Class Homework, Colour Me and Bonus

I did a little homework this weekend.  First up uses a masking technique taught via picture tutorial on day 4 by our very own Kara.  It was so exciting to see Kara featured as a class instructor, and she showed us some masking tricks.  

I cut a mask out of an MFT die, and temporarily adhered it to the middle of my card front.  I used Aqua Mist, Ocean Tides, Hawaiian Shores, New Leaf and Ripe Avocado inks to stamp a pattern of leaves around the mask--partly on and partly off.  When I removed the mask, I had that beautiful white center, and I stamped a sentiment from Say it With Style using Brilliance Lightning Black ink.  You cannot see in the picture, but the ink has a bit of gold shimmer in it.

My next card uses the video tutorial by Laura Bassen--I used post it notes tape to mask off a frame around the card, stamped the center with the Crackle background stamp, added a sentiment from MFT and then thoughtfully/randomly stamped happy colored polka dots within the frame.

I had an idea to use the Text Block Birthday stamp in this week's Colour Me colors.  I ran a piece of Enchanted Evening and Canyon Clay paper through the Xyron machine and then die cut each with the Text Block die.  Then, I was able to make two cards that are mirror images of each other.

I stamped the kraft card base with Versamark and a Distressed Corduroy stamp from IO.

I impressed the kraft card base with the Woodgrain IP for the next card:

So, now I have two masculine birthday cards ready to go.

Some of the blue bits got lost somehow, as I was pulling the adhesive off the die cut, so I had to cut another blue piece to get the little pieces.  I was able to make a 3rd card with the extra blue die cut--my bonus card.  Rather than cut another piece out of red, thus perpetuating this endless loop, I just adhered the blue die cut to a piece of red, trimmed it down to size, and then adhered it with foam tape to a piece of Simple Stories plaid patterned paper.

That's it for today.  I'm looking forward to seeing what is in store in the classroom tomorrow.

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Clean & Simple Card Making 3: Day 3

I've got a quick post this morning of two cards I made for Day 3 homework.

I used a Heidi Swapp stencil, a MFT Label die I found in my stash, and 5 different colors of Distress ink for this card.  Believe it or not, it was really quick to make.  My sentiment is from SU Send a Celebration.  I am trying to pull out older stuff that I either have never used or haven't used in a long time.  All my sentiments are stamped in a sentiment binder, so it is not that hard to find my older sentiments.  It's fun to discover stuff I forgot I had.

I pretty much copied the sample card for my next card.  Unfortunately, I did not have any dies that would work, but I was able to use my T-ruler and an exacto knife to make the masks I needed.  The stamps are from WPlu9 Fresh Cut Florals.  It was fun to play around with them in a random pattern and not have to worry about organizing a bouquet, which is always difficult for me.  I probably should take a flower arranging class some day.  I found the purple longer flowers hardest to line up, especially the first two layers.  If you have any hints for me, please leave them in the comments.  I definitely need help with this set.

That's it for me.  I am still behind in this class, but making progress through the tutorials, and am learning a lot of good new stuff.

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Clean & Simple Card Making Days 1 & 2

I have two cards for the first two days of class.  I'm already a bit behind, as there are two more videos I have yet to see.  But, I did watch Debbie Hughes' video about faux layered die cuts and thought it was brilliant.  Here are my two takes on this technique.

This first card is very close to the example Debbie showed.  However, I used washi tape on the back to hold everything together, while Debbie used computer paper.  Here is a peek at the messy back.

My second card is also for the Hero Arts Birthday Challenge in the Rainbow of Color category--using PTI dies and a sentiment from Hero Arts Birthday Messages.

I will be around later, to see what everyone else is up to in this class.

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Clean & Simple Card Making (2) Days 7 & 8, PTI Anniversary, and More

I am just a wee bit behind in my homework, but trying to catch up.  The homework I chose to do for Day 7 involved using a background stamp and masking.  The card was supposed to be one layer.  

You may be noticing that this card is not one layer.  I know--points deducted for not following directions.  I really did try.  After removing my mask, I realized that there was not enough definition around the letters, due to all the white space in the pattern of the background stamp.  So, to fix that and have my sentiment be legible, I just die cut the letters and heart out of Pure Poppy Card stock, and stuck them on.  And, since I was already breaking the one layer rule, I went ahead and popped the heart up and covered it with Glossy Accents, and mounted the front panel on a Pure Poppy base.  So, this is not quite in keeping with the lesson, but I like the card much better.   By the way, that background is one big stamp from Hero Arts called Zig Zag and more.

I will be entering this card into this week's CAS-ual Fridays CFC88:  Love Letters challenge, as well as Simon Says Stamps:  Have a Heart challenge.

For my homework from today, Day 8, I made my own plaid, based on a tutorial by the famous and fabulous Laura Bassen.  I used this week's ColourQ 175 colors and stamps from Lawn Fawn's Belinda's Borders and Clear to See sets to make a valentine that I will be entering into this week's Lawnscaping Challenge #51.  And, again, I am entering this card at Simon Says Stamps:  Have a Heart.

This card looks very simple, but I am almost embarrassed to admit how long all that stamping and masking took.  Please linger and admire it thoroughly (just kidding).

Christina

Last of all, I have two more cards for the Papertrey Anniversary Design Team Favorites challenge.   Again, I am casing one of Christina's favorite cards.  You must think that I sit around all day and do nothing but case cards by Christina.  Well, doesn't everybody?   I needed a couple of thank you notes, so made this card in two color schemes--expanded versions of the color schemes we used on a Make it Monday a few weeks ago.

That's all for me today.  Please let me know if you have any questions about supplies.  This post is already too long.

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