Online card class- Stretch your dies- Day 1

It is that time once again for the Online Card Classes with Kristina and Jennifer and Friends. I absolutely love these classes.

Today's homework is from Day 1- Word Dies to create a background.

I do not have any word dies but I have a Cricut so I cut the phrase many thanks many times to create a white on white background. I stamped a bouquet of flowers and coloured with Distress Inks and adhered to the card front using pop dots. Finishing touches were gems and pearls of course :)

Retro Sketch meets Colour Q

Colour Q Challenge #281

                                                                                 

              

                               

                                             retrosketch

I do not have Stampin' Up paper or inks so tried my best to match from my stash.

For   SU                                                              I used Distress Inks
Wisteria Wonder                                                 Shaded Lilac
Peach Parfait                                                       Dried Marigold
Certainly Celery                                                  Peeled Paint and Broken China
Cool Caribbean                                                   Broken China
Neutral                                                                Vintage Photo

Stamps are:
Hot Air Balloon from Inky Antics
make a wish from Recollections
Celebrate from WPlus9- Strictly Sentiments

I made my own cloud stencil from piece of acetate. I Like it. The little critters are popped up on the card using pop dots to give them the impression of them floating in the air. I clear embossed the balloon give it bit of dimension.

ColourQ Challenge: Black, Red & Neutral (newsprint)

ColourQ Challenge

Black, Red & Neutral (newsprint)

Quick little post for this weeks card challenge.

Supply list to be updated.

Fusion First Anniversary Celebration Challenge

I saw this challenge from Fusion Card Challenge and thought I would like to give this one a try. I chose to work the colour scheme rather than the sketch.





 I still have not mastered how to take a great photo of my card creations but I will keep trying.
 

This card was created using the following supplies:

 

Inks: Picked Raspberry and Spiced Marmalade Distress Inks

         Jet Black Archival Ink

Stamps: Feel Better from Studio G and Friend from Wplus9 Fanciful Feathers

Dies: Chrysanthemum from Memory Box and Foliage Frame from Wplus9

Paper: Canson 96lb Bristol, Gold foil paper from Dollar Tree, black and 110lb ivory cardstock from Recollections.

 





Day6- Stretch your Stamps

Sometimes my mind gets so excited and moving so fast that it does things before I can check what the next step is. Sometimes this flaw of mine works for me and sometimes it doesn't. This time however, I love my mistake. Trying out Donna's card technique, I reached for the clear embossing instead of the white embossing power, but I love the subtlety of this image and my mistake, or rather my interpretation.

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Day 1- Stretch your Stamps 2- card 2

Not wanting to waste a single bit of my background stamp creation, I took the "you" and created another card. To give it a extra little oomph I covered it with Crackle accents from Ranger. The pattern may be a bit busy for the crackle technique but what the heck, the idea is to experiment and STRETCH not only your stamps but your creativity. I am going to make more of these cards.

Day 1- Stretch your stamps 2- card 1

I am so excited that there is another online card class session going on right now!
I had lots of fun recreating Kristina's card and adding my own twists.
Lots of things happening here- water colouring, emboss resist, inlay die cutting and a hint of Wink of Stella. Woo hoo :)

Supplies
Stamp: Background-unknown, sentiment-Tilted Banner Sayings-SSS
Dies: Banner- Tilted Banners-SSS, YOU- SSS
Watercolours: Artist's Loft 12pack from Michaels
Embossing Powder: Clear Recollections from Michaels
Gems: from stash various suppliers