Category Archives: Online Card Classes
- Stamps – Stamper’s Anonymous Tim Holtz Collection “Reflections” and My Favorite Things “Pretty Poppies” (Thank You)
- Stencil – Crafter’s Workshop mini stencil “Harlequin”
- Dies – Spellbinders “Vintage Labels Three”
- Cardstock – Bazzill
- Baker’s Twine
- Ranger Distress Inks and ColorBox Chalk Inks
I’m taking the Online Card Classes Summer Card Camp 2, which is really packed with great information. I would highly recommend this class and have been pleased with many other classes offered by them. This week we are challenged to work with a specific color palette and three sketches, if we so desire. The color palette includes light and dark brown, light and dark magenta/purple and a light blue. I was inspired by a lesson Kristina Werner gave us and created the focal image on this card by creating a panel with Distress Inks on watercolor paper. I added some home-made spritzes of Distress ink with Perfect Pearls and layered some stamping and stenciled images. I then die cut this inkiness using a Spellbinders Vintage Label die and layered it atop a cardstock die cut a hair bigger that I offset. I created the sentiment and inked up all of the elements with chalk ink to tie together the color scheme with the lighter purple. Before I built the card, I tied baker’s twine onto the base and then applied the other elements on it using dimensional adhesive. Thanks for visiting!
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- Stamps – Lawn Fawn “Critters in the Burbs” set
- Patterned papers – Echo Park “All About A Boy”
- Bling – Mark Richards Crystal Stickers
- Cardstock – Bazzill and BoBunny Dots
I created this card from ideas offered during the first week of Online Card Classes Summer Card Camp 2 — and also ideas I gleaned from the Pattern Play class a few months ago. I used this week’s color scheme, along with one of the three sketches provided this week. I added some sparkly touches with my Sakura Gel Pens on the cat and in faux stitching around the edges. Thanks for visiting.
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- Stamps – Layers of Color Art Stamps “Flutterescent” set (butterflies) and Printworks “Thank You”
- Patterned papers – from Fancy Pants “Country Boutique” Paper Pad
- Cardstock – BoBunny
- Bling – Kaiser Pearls and Mark Richards Crystal Stickers
This is a clean and simple card. I stamped the butterflies on a tone on tone patterned paper and attached the panel with dimensional adhesive. I then popped up the sentiment banner and also have it extending past the card base for a little more visual interest. The sketch I used was from a pre-class challenge at Online Card Classes for Summer Card Camp 2. I’m excited that this “camp” will be beginning in a little over a week. These classes are always top-notch! Thanks for stopping by today.
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- Stamp- PSX
- Patterned paper – Fancy Pants Designs “Swagger” by Nancie Rowe Janitz – 6 X 6″ paper pad
- Die cut – made from Spellbinders Nestabilities “Resplendent Rectangles” set
- Baker’s twine – Doodlebug Design Co.
- Buttons – Vintage set from Buttons Galore
- Cardstock – Bazzill
Today is Father’s Day and this is my husband’s card. It features some perfect paper for masculine cards! Lots of hats and stripes, for example. The sentiment stamp is one of my oldest. The date on it is 1992, which makes it over 20 years old! It’s a classic! I also used a color scheme that is part of a challenge for the upcoming Online Card Classes Summer Card Camp 2. We were challenged to use 4 out of 5 of the following colors:
With this paper collection, I was able to nail it! I also double stamped the sentiment with Smokey Grey and Onyx Black Versafine ink. Thanks for visiting today.
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- Stamps – Hero Arts “Diamond Zig Zag Background” for Basic Grey; Hot Off the Press “Happy Patterns,” and Hero Arts “Everyday Sayings”
- Patterned papers – Glitz “Uncharted Waters” 6 X 6″ paper pack
- Bling – Stampendous – Diamond Dot Stickers – Gold round
- Kraft cardstock
I made this card with inspiration from the His and Hers Online Card Class. This class is giving us ideas to use similar supplies or design ideas to create cards for both men and women. I made the background using the Hero Arts background stamp with my Hero Arts Unicorn white pigment ink pad. The pattern on the background stamp had some similar lights/darks to the patterned paper I used, which made it sort of interesting. I then stamped the little motifs from the Hot Off the Press clear set onto the red chevron patterned paper. I popped up the stamped circles with a little dimensional adhesive and then added some gold stickers. With the bold patterns I chose, I had intended for this to be a masculine card. However, when I look at it, I think it can really go either way for either a male or female recipient. Thanks for visiting today.
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- Dies – Spellbinders Nestabilities “Blossom Three”
- Patterned paper – My Mind’s Eye “Dolled Up” collection
- Cardstock – BoBunny “Coral Dot”
- Stamp – Hero Arts “Mother’s Day Message”
- Embellishments – Prima “Say it in Pearls”
- Gems – Darice
I wanted to get one more Mother’s Day card finished for the Operation Write Home deadline coming up at the the end of the month! This was a quick one I did, inspired by the Online Card Classes “Pattern Play” course – Day 1. I was able to showcase several different patterned papers from a 6 X 6″ paper pad I recently acquired by My Mind’s Eye. It fulfilled the 20 Minutes or Less Time’s Up challenge at 365 Cards as well! Hurray! Enjoy and have a great day!
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- Background stamp – Hero Arts “Branch Background”
- Sentiment stamp – Hero Arts “Year Round Sentements”
- Leaf stamp – Hero Arts “Scattered Leaves”
- Patterned paper – Karen Foster Designs “Lime Twist” and My Mind’s Eye “Indie Chic: Citron”
- Bling – Darice “Earth” gems
- Clear Embossing Powder
- Ranger Distress Inks
- Cardstock – Bazzill and BoBunny
I created this main background paper by combining the Karen Foster paper and branch background stamp listed above. I learned this technique from Day 2 of the Online Card Classes Pattern Play class, which has really been a great class. Thanks for stopping by.
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- Stamp – Hero Arts “Mother’s Day Message”
- Patterned paper – BoBunny “Serenity”
This is a super simple card that features some pretty floral patterned paper. I was inspired by the Online Card Classes “Pattern Play” class, Day 3 lesson. I broke up this large pattern by cutting it up into strips to be used as the background for a sentiment. I am continuing to try to make Mother’s Day cards for Operation Write Home, so this paper seemed perfect. I outlined the edge of the floral background and sentiment with white pen dashed lines for a little more (hopefully) interest. Thanks for visiting.
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- Washi tape – Queen & Co. and We R Memory Keepers
- Die cut – made with Spellbinder’s Shapeabilities “Butterflies” (embossed areas colored with ColorBox Fluid Chalk inks)
- Stamp – Rubber Soul
- Ink – Tsukineko Delicata “Golden Glitz” ink pad
- Cardstock – Bazzill
I made the background for this card with rows of Washi tape, which was a part of one of my lessons in the Clean & Simple 2 class I’m finishing up at Online Card Classes. The effect it creates looks like patterned paper. I popped up the die cut butterfly with dimensional adhesive, after coloring the embossed areas with chalk ink and a sponge dauber. A very simple, yet cheery, card! Thanks for visiting today.
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- Die cut – made with Spellbinders Nestabilities “Labels Fifteen”
- Borders stamps – Lawn Fawn “Chevron Backdrops” and “Belinda’s Borders”
- Sentiment stamp – Inkadinkado “Happy Birthday”
I was inspired during my Clean and Simple 2 class, provided by Online Card Classes. I used the lesson as a point of departure and created a one layer card masking an area and using various border stamps to fill it in with different patterns. Then I stamped the sentiment and added doodles around the edges of the shape and in various spots in the pattern for a casual feeling. Thanks for visiting today!
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