Category: Online Card Classes

Online Card Classes Copic Markers Class

I’ve been following along with the Copic Marker lessons over at Online Card Classes, practicing when I can. I was enchanted with Debby Hughes’ card in class with the adorable Lawn Fawn dog. I really like Debby’s coloring style.

Day8

It took me four attempts to get her coloring technique down on this image. I stopped at one point to refill the Colorless Blender marker, which is key to getting the colors to blend for her technique. I simplified her design just a titch, but for the most part this is a CASE of Debby’s card.

SYS2 Day 10

Today I’m sharing a CASE of Laurie Willison‘s lovely card from Day 10 of the Online Card Classes Stretch Your Stamps 2 class.

SYS2 Day 10

The Day 10 lesson focused on cards using the Botanicals 2 set. Following Laurie’s instructions, to create the letters, I stamped a few of the botanical stamps on white cardstock with the pink ink, cut them with the Cole’s ABCs set, and then adhered them to foam, which had also been die cut. The card panel was stamped with a larger stamp from the Botanicals set. Laurie used some white dots on her card (the perfect accent). I don’t have any, so I used white sequins instead.

Supplies: Stampin’ Up cardstock; Spellbinders rectangle die; Paper Smooches Botanicals 2; Lawn Fawn Cole’s ABCs

Stretch Your Stamps 2 Day 7

I’m sharing a CASE of Debby Hughes’ lovely card from today’s Online Card Classes Stretch Your Stamps 2 lesson. Debby used the smallest diamond in the Avery Elle set and “kissed” it to the Hero Arts woodgrain stamp.

Stretch Your Stamps 2 Day 7

The tricky part was finding inks that I owned that would give Debby’s card justice. I don’t own the inks that she used; her blues were more pool/teal than mine. She is also the queen of adding just the right embellishments to her cards. I hesitated adding any at all! I settled on three, whereas Debby had stars, a clear round dot and colored enamel dots. I need to “beef up” my dot stash!

Supplies: Avery Elle Rounded Diamonds, Hero Arts Woodgrain, WPlus9 Hand Lettered Hello

Stretch Your Stamps 2: CASE of Jennifer McGuire’s card

I was away for a week and I’m now catching up with the Online Card Classes Stretch Your Stamps 2 homework. I’m sharing the first card I’ve made from the class, a CASE of one created by Jennifer McGuire.

Stretch Your Stamps 2: CASE

I made a few changes to Jennifer’s amazing design given my supplies. The Hero Arts damask background stamp is intended to be used for a portrait, rather than landscape, card (the pattern isn’t symmetrical in this orientation), but I don’t own the Tim Holtz stamp she used and I wanted to get going on the card. 🙂 I used silver ink whereas Jennifer used a gorgeous combination of Perfect Pearls.

For this card, I followed Jennifer’s instructions to apply VersaMark to the die cut sentiment and heat emboss it will clear powder. Jennifer did the process three times; I stopped after two. I will definitely use that technique in the future as it gives the die cut extra depth and great shine.

Supplies: Encore silver ink; Stampin’ Up black cardstock; Hero Arts Large Fabric Design; IO Thin Stripes; Paper Smooches Quote Tag; MFT STAX Heart