Category: Online Card Classes

CAS 2 Day Five Card

Today’s Online Card Classes Clean & Simple Card Making 2 course lesson showed how to use the Hero Arts Tall Flowers stamp several different ways.  I don’t own that stamp (yet!) so had to improvise with the Blooming Meadow stamp. I followed the approach shown by the very talented Donna Mikasa.

Day Five

After heat embossing the flowers, I used Wild Honey and Crushed Olive distress inks for the background. There are a few water splatters on the distress ink background (that’s intentional!). Donna included some small punched butterflies on her card. I don’t own the punch she used, and the butterfly punch I own is too large for the card, so I just left those off!

CAS 2 Day Four Card

Today’s Online Card Classes Clean & Simple Card Making 2 course lesson is about white space (blank space). Julie Ebersole shared two beautiful cards using the Hero Arts dogwood stamp. I don’t own that stamp, but own the Sizzix Hero Arts Antique Flowers stamp, which appears to be the same design, but slightly smaller. Since I only own the one, I’m not able to make a comparison. At any rate, I had to trim the card down to achieve the same look!

Day Four

More CAS 2 Cards

Fabulous inspiration in the Online Card Classes Clean & Simple Card Making 2 course today! But first I’m sharing a card I made yesterday from Monday’s lesson. This is my take on Kristina Werner’s fabulous design.

Day One No 2

 

For today’s lesson I tried two versions of the cards shared by Jennifer McGuire.

Day Three No 1

Day Three No 2

 

 

The design uses gradient stamping. I experimented with a variety of shadow and chalk inks. As you can see, my chevron stamp needs a bit more seasoning! Jennifer’s cards included bows created with a new die set that I don’t own. For the time being, I’m trying to make each day’s cards with what I have on hand, and then make a shopping list towards the end of class with some of the goodies that have been shared each day.

Supplies: The Twinery; Simon Says Stamp banner die + sentiment; Spellbinders circle die; ColorBox pigment ink; Fresh pigment ink

Clean + Simple Card Making 2 Day Two

Today’s Online Card Classes Clean & Simple Card Making 2 lesson is all about single-layer cards.  My card is a variation of one shared in class by Julie Ebersole. I didn’t have all of the supplies that she did, so simplified the card a bit! Now I’m going to go back and make another card from yesterday’s lesson! Love the inspiration from this class.

Clean + Simple Card Making 2 Day Two

Supplies: 5/8″ circle die; washi tape; Encore silver ink; Inkadinkado masking paper

Clean + Simple Card Making 2 Day One

Today is the first day of the Online Card Classes Clean & Simple Card Making 2. I took round one last winter and learned so much – CAS cardmaking is so challenging but so rewarding.

My card is a variation of one shared in class by Julie Ebersole. I’ve been wanting to give this Impression Obsession background stamp a try.

DayOneCard

Supplies: Divine Twine; Creatology bells