pattern play day 1

Wohoo, the latest Online Card Class has started! Pattern Play is aimed at making the most of our patterned paper stash :) I took some of the tips from yesterday's three class designers and created a card with lots of patterned paper!

I aimed to combine Kristina's tip of using a bolder pattern (floral) with a medium pattern (green) and a small/neutral pattern (grey) along with Jennifer's tip to use dimensional adhesive to help separate overlapping patterns and finally Amber's tip to use negative die cutting to create space for the patterns to breath. There were lots of great tips in the videos which will hopefully help me to use more patterns in my future projects :)

My card photo today was lit with natural light bouncing off the snow! Yep more snow here again today. Come on spring - it's time you made an appearance!

Keeping it brief but will try to be back during the week with more pattern fun :)

Supplies: Stamps - Simon Says Stamp tilted banner sayings; Ink - Versamark; Card - Neenah solar white, Stampin' Up glitter card, Clear & Simple Stamps i steel got it; Paper - My Mind's Eye collectable memorable, on the bright side two; Dies - Simon Says Stamp tilted banners s157, large hearts s143, holiday shapes s131, Spellbinders circles; Embossing Powder - Hero Arts white

winner!

I've been delighted to see so many of you excited about the upcoming Online Card Class pattern play :) The winner of the spot of the class is ..........

CinnamonSally6 March 2013 11:09

Would love to win this, thanks for the chance!

Sally, drop me an email and I will get this sorted for you :) I can't wait for the class to start!

new online card class and a giveaway!

Love pretty patterned paper? Grab your favorites and join Kristina Werner, Jennifer McGuire and friends (including me!) for Online Card Classes' newest class - Pattern Play. Make the most of your patterned paper stash while learning tips and tricks and discovering both clean-and-simple and advanced techniques. Pattern Play includes many card ideas - all with videos - and a variety of card styles. Add step-by-step pdfs, a forum, giveaways, shopping discounts, additional inspiration and a gallery, and you'll be ready to use your pretty papers in fun new ways. Class runs March 18-25 but you will have lifetime access to the content. Sign up now for only $16!

Now here's the fun part for you; leave me a comment here by 23:59 EST Wednesday 13th March and I will draw one person to win a spot on the class! Good luck :)

life is sweeter

Teri Anderson spotted this fabulous image on Pinterest the other day and I don't know if I still had pie charts on my mind but I was really taken with the colours and shapes.

Source: purlbee.com via Teri on Pinterest

Here's my very literal take.

I would've liked to have the fruit slices smaller so I could have more of them on a card front but the little segments were fiddly enough at this size and I didn't want to make it more so! FYI if you try and do this yourself, put some tape adhesive onto the smallest circle before cutting it into segments - it is much easier to add adhesive to the whole circle than the tiny pieces when cut up :)

This card fits with day 4 (plainly white) and bonus day 1 (die cutting) of Clean & Simple Card Making 2 :)

Supplies: Stamps - Hero Arts friends cl351; Ink - Versafine smoky gray; Card - Stampin' Up pink pirouette, daffodil delight, Papertrey Ink berry sorbet; Dies - Spellbinders circles small & large; Stampin' Up adhesive rhinestones; Ranger star dust stickles

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speechless

Back again and moving on to day 2 of Online Card Classes' Clean & Simple card making 2 which is looking at one layer cards. I've got two cards up on the class and there's a little video of one of them too! This is my second ever video and I was still as nervous as ever LOL.

While working with the idea for a one layer card I came across an idea by accident. I'm not sure if the card really grabs your attention on screen but I hope a recipient would find it at least a bit different! Let me show you my card and then I will explain how it came about.

I'd coloured the cute little owl from Lawn Fawn's winter owl set and placed a talk bubble die from Simon Says Stamp into place on the card front with the idea of having the bubble die cut from the front layer with the sentiment peeking through from the inside of the card. However, when I ran my card through my die cutting machine I forgot to open the card and so the die cut through both the front and back of the card. I was about to relegate it to the bin when I thought about the fact that the owl didn't look like he was saying anything - he was speechless. And you know what that idea quite tickled me!

I thought that inside the card you could write why you are speechless, for example, 'my love for you leaves me speechless'. Maybe it's my desire not to throw anything away with a critter as cute as this owl on it but the idea made me smile and so I thought I'd share it here :)

Supplies: Stamps - Lawn Fawn winter owl, Clearly Besotted Stamps paired up; Inks - Memento tuxedo black, Distress Ink gathered twigs; Die - Simon Says Stamp talk bubbles s144; Ranger enamel accents; Ranger glossy accents; Copics 0, E11, E53, E57, D59, R24, R29, R39, YR15, YR16, BG000

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just because ...

Popping in today to share a card I made yesterday for day 1 of Online Card Classes latest class; clean & simple card making 2. The homework for day 1 was to use one of the supplied sketches as a jumping off point. I chose a sketch by Amber Kemp-Gerstel and this is what I came up with.

Recently I've seen some lovely laser cut card fronts and had that idea in mind when making this card. I die cut a circle from a white panel and layer two white chloe stems behind so that they overlapped the circle edge and each other. I curved the sentiment stamp on my block so that it followed the curve of the open circle. Then I popped the panel over a stamped grey piece and added a yellow butterfly - still loving the grey and yellow combination :)

Keeping it brief today and hoping to be back with something for day 2 :)

Supplies: Stamps - Clearly Besotted Stamps butterfly wishes, Hero Arts designer woodgrain s5208, everyday sayings cl342; Ink - Versamark, Versafine smoky gray, Distress Markers mustard seed, spiced marmalade; Card - Bazzill rainbow card shoppe; Dies - Clearly Besotted Stamps butterfly wishes, Memory Box chloe stem, Spellbinders small circles; Stampin' Up rhinestone

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winner!

Popping in this evening to announce the winner of the spot on the next Online Card Class - Clean & Simple Card Making 2!

The winner is number 40 Rustyhammer

"I did the last CAS card class and really enjoyed it. Would love to win an opportunity to take part"

Rustyhammer, drop me an email and I will get this sorted for you :) I'm so looking forward to this class starting!