Clean and Simple Cardmaking #1

One of my Christmas presents to myself was the online class Clean and Simple Cardmaking by Jennifer McGuire, Kristina Werner, and Julie Ebersole. It's a two week class, which is perfect for me as I have exactly two more weeks before the spring semester starts and I have to go back to work. Today is the first day of class, which featured a card and video by Kristina.

Here is my take on her card:

A little masked stamping, a little embossing, super quick. I need to work on my precision with the background stamp, but I love how the embossed sentiment came out! Definitely a technique I will try again!

Basic Grey Cards

Last May I went to the Scrapbook Expo, and took a class where we made three layouts using paper from the Basic Grey Sugar Rush line.  I saved the leftovers, and finally put them to good use last weekend, making a bunch of cards. I kept things pretty simple...scraps of kraft cardstock for the base, a few pieces of patterned paper, outlined with a white gel pen. For most cards, I added a Hero Arts "Thanks" stamped in black or embossed in white plus a diecut or hand-cut accent, and called it done!

 

Added a Hero Arts flower stamp colored with Copics on this one.

Went crazy and handwrote the greeting on this one!

Broke out the BG chipboard letters for this one.

Thanks for looking!

Fun with Hero Arts and Copics

When I was at the Scrapbook Expo a few months ago, I picked up several Copic Markers, and I have been having fun playing with them...so much so that every time I go to my local scrapbook store (Papercraft Clubhouse) I pick up a few more! I don't really know all that I can do with them yet (although I signed up for a class at the end of the month) but I've been enjoying coloring stamped images with one color, and then using the colorless blending marker to soften it up a bit.

For the first three cards I used a Hero Arts stamp inked up with Memento black ink and stamped onto white cardstock, then colored in with Copics.  I also added some stickles & bling when necessary! :) 

These last cards are blatant lifts of a Jennifer McGuire design (click here to see it!).

 I ended up making seven of these in assembly line fashion, using a Tim Holtz embossing folder from sizzix.

Thanks for looking!

Three Cards and a Layout

Ahh, once again one month has passed between posts! That's not to say I haven't been playing in my scrap space, I just haven't been uploading pictures of my creations in a timely fashion!

Here's some of what I created in June:

The first card was for my cousin, in celebration of his high school graduation. Sorry for the fuzzy picture!  I think the paper is some old My Mind's Eye that my online friend Karen sent me years ago.  (I already used the paper on a LO a while back...glad to find a use for the scraps!)

This next card was for a friend who needed a pick me up.  I love how it came out...I hope the bright orange and green cheered her up! Paper is from deep in my stash of old Basic Grey, stamp is from Hero Arts.

And this last one was for a friend who is retiring and moving to Puerto Rico.  Lucky her! I dry emossed the card with a Tim Holtz die, then inked it with some distress ink.  The patterned paper in Basic Grey.

And finally, here's the LO!  This will go in my People We Love album.  Paper is by Scenic Route.

Thanks for looking!

Birthday Cards

Since my first post seems to be a success, let's try another!  I've been adding card making to my crafy repertoire these days.  It's a good way to use up my paper scraps, and it gives me a chance to use some of the cool new Hero Arts stamps I've purchased recently! I made these using Basic Grey's June Bug paper, some silk flowers, and a Hero Arts stamp, which I heat embossed in white.