Card Class February 2022 - Project 3 Process Video

 This is the third card of a set of four we made in my card class this month. I had to make another card with this super stinking cute cow. While many of you have asked about the set and the dies, sadly, the set with the dies is sold out, but you still can get the stamps. It is not to hard to hand cut the cow as you can see in the videos, so give it a try.

Supply List:

Close To My Heart

https://claudiahenderson.closetomyheart.com/retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=16124

Retired Design Paper

X5947 Mink CS

X6036 Ballerina CS

C1922 Udderly Wonderful Stamp Set

Z2831 Charcoal Ink

Retired Document Dots

White String

Z3517 Black Journaling Pen

Z6024 wood Flowers

Z3293 Clear Shimmer Brush

Z2060 Thin 3-D Foam Tape

Z3441 Tombow Multi-Bond Glue

Coloring Pencils

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Card Bundle No. 2 - Part 3

Here are the last 4 cards from the new card bundle I made for you to create at home. 

        

Let's start with the first card. This stamp set came with the Card Making Workshop "Seas the Day (G1200)" which is still available, but if you don't want the whole workshop (even so it is a fun one ;-) ), you can use any other set you have on hand too.

What is interesting on this card, I cut three stripes of cardstock in 1x sapphire blue and 2x mint. Close to My Heart cardstock has a darker and lighter side of color which is really great when you need just a little of difference in color. So I carefully ripped the sapphire piece along the top to expose the white core of the paper. Make sure it looks like waves when you pull the paper towards you. I then took the 2 mint pieces and flipped one over, giving me a lighter and darker hue of mint. I did the same thing here and ripped the top in a wavy motion of. First cover the front of your card with the design paper, then adhere all three starting with the darker mint, lighter mint and end with the sapphire. 

For the second card I used the "Mason Jar Bouquet (C1845)" stamp set to create the jar and the flowers. I was lucky to get the stamp set with the dies so jar and flowers are cut with the dies, but you can fuzzy cut them with no problem. The dies even cuts a small slit in the top of the jar so you can stick your flowers in and make the stems disappear in the back. The lace border was also cut with a dies. And can I tell you, this dies is really nice. It cuts super easy and cleans up just as easy too. It is called "Lace Border Thin Cuts (Z4060)".

The jar and flowers are both raised with some foam squares to give the card a bit more dimmention.

This was a simple card design and I added a little tag from the Tag stamp set we used earlier to the inside which can be used as a bookmark.

    

For our last card in the set, I made a sympathy card again. I used the same flower stamp set from previous cards here "A Million Little Things (D1925)" which is one of my favorites to use. I stamped my sentiment in dark grey on some lighter grey cardstock. Make sure to stamp it to the right so you have room to add your flower. The flower is stamped on white cardstock and matted with sugarplum pink. I do like the simplicity of this card. What do you think?

 

Last but not least a look into the insides of the cards. Always decorate your insides too and if you like, put something on your envelope as well. This is it for our second bundle of cards to make at home. 

Since we are still stuck at home I guess we will continue with bundle to make at home. I have planed to do two more set. One will be fall cards and this set will include 6 to make and the last bundle will be a Christmas Card set where you can create 12 unique Christmas cards at home. If you are interested to join the make at home crowed, contact me and see how you can get your set. 

Card Bundle No.2 - Part 2

Welcome to part 2 of the new card making bundle to create at home. I know making them at home does not make up for the group meetings we have, but right now this is the best we can do. So let's get crafting shall we?

This first card has a home made card base. I used a regular 8 1/2" x 11" piece of white card stock which you score at the short side at 4 1/4" and on the long side at 5 1/2". Your sheet now shows 4 rectangles. Place the short side to the top. Then you take a ruler and scoring tool and score a diagonal line in the top right one and the bottom left one so that the diagonal line meets the center of the four rectangles. Now cut the sheet in half by following along the diagonal scores.

The flower in this card is stamped with 3 different hues of rose. I fussy cut the flower and leaves and placed them on foam dots, but only on one triangle on the front, so you can open the card with no problem.

       

The next two cards have another interesting fold to them. The first one, I folded the top right corner over so it was flush with the left side of the card. The grey square measures 3"x3" and is placed in the middle of the fold. But before I adhered the square, I put a little adhesive behind the fold to keep it open and I added the design paper which is another square that folds over in the middle and adheres on the inside of the card as well. (See the inside pic below). Now I added my squares and the rest of the paper.

For the second card, I adheres a piece of designer paper to the front of my base. Then I cut two irregular pieces of peacock cardstock and placed them on top with foam dots. The white glitter paper finishes of the edges.

        

The "thinking of you" card is created from the stamp of the month set, which featured tag designs. I wanted to give the card a little bit more texture so I ran the yellow cardstock through my embossing machine. The green cardstock had on one side the white design and on the other side a matching clear embossing design. I cut this paper in a rectangle size first and then cut it again on a diagonal. I used one side with the clear embossing and one side with the white design.

Well this is it for part 2 of the new bundle. There is one more set of 4 coming so stay tuned for next weeks part 3 of this series. 

Card Bundle No. 2 - Part 1

Here we are, still working from home. To make my ladies life a bit more exciting I created another card bundle for them to make at home. Here is part one with the first 4 cards:

          

The first two are birthday cards. I used our Close to My Heart stamps "A Million Little Things (D1925)" for the first card and the super cute "Let the Good Times Roll (Z3705) with dies" for the VW bus card. You can get this set also without the matching dies (D1915).

The VW-Bus is just so cute and think off placing pictures of your friends or family in the windows.

                

Here are another two cards from our new bundle of card to make at home. The little boots are another great stamp to have. You can either stamp the outline and use one of the filler stamps for the inside or you do like I did. Stamp the boots on a piece of design paper and cut them out. If you don't have a matching die to cute the rectangle with the stiches, simply use a thin pen and add them to the white cardstock. The boot stamp set is still available "Make a Splash (C1839)".

The next card is a sympathy card and I used again the stamp set from the first card, just another flower that is in this set. For the background I used CTMH watercolors (Z3132) and a wide brush. With just a little water and 4 colors hues of blue I made the background and let it dry. Make sure to use a good adhesive to adhere the white paper to the black since it might have waved a little due to the water coloring.

Before you stamp the flower in black ink on the paper, make sure the water color is dry!!!

And here are the insides of each card. These phrases and sentiments are either from the stamp sets themselves. You can find many of them here.

  Stay tuned for part 2!

More Cards - More Designs

Well I found a few more cards in my stack that we did early in the year when we still had our monthly class. I only found 3 so I still have to go searching for No.4 of the set.

This is a cute little birthday card. Simple but elegant and the grey and pink always complement each other. We colored the cake in just a little and used a shimmer brush to give it some sparkle. The stamp is from a Stamp of the Month set which is really versatile. 

Here is another one for all your leftover design paper pieces. Use a punch and create some circles. Make sure you have different sizes and drape them around your message. Cut one for decoration for the inside too. Simple right?

and last but not least, this one. It is an older stamp set but I love the Band-Aids. Stay tuned there is more coming....cards, pages and more ... see you back here soon 

Three Cards - One Design (4)

And here we are with the last samples of our round of 12 cards to make. This is design No.4 and as you can see similar and still different again. Just using different papers and embellishments will change one design into two different cards. So don't be afraid to use one you love for multiple cards. Change the colors, papers and extras. Turn it 90 degrees and voila you end up with many different cards.

And like always don't neglect the insides of your cards. Stamp a nice phrase, add a little stamp and do a bit of doodling with a black or grey pen. You can also use colored pens what ever fits your style.

I hope these multiple card ideas get you going to try your own and if you have questions feel free to contact me.

Three Cards - One Design (3)

Sometime we have to remember there are horizontal and vertical cards out there LOL. So here are a few in a different direction. All based on the same basic design but still different in the way we decorated them. The basic design is just an idea for you to start with and then you make it fit to your needs. 

Some old papers, some new papers, some of the stripes from the bottom up and other start on the top going down. Some images are stamped vertical so the rectangle goes accordingly and other are horizontal. No problem right? Just make it fit and always remember the inside of your card.

I also like to stamp a little on the envelope too. Stay away from sticking stickers other other papers to the envelope since it might get caught in the postal machines. Stamping is no problem as long as you can read the address ;-)

Three Cards - One Design (2)

Welcome to the next design I picked form the Close to My Heart How to Books. You can find these books HERE. These books are great if you are looking for some inspiration.

The first card is awesome since you can use all those stripes of papers you have been collection for the event you might need them again or just because they were so pretty. Those little squares make a great background don't you think?

Love the sunflower on the next card. This set is currently still available and is called "A Million Little Things (D1925)" and if you are in need of some really nice sentiments, make sure to check this set out "With Heartfelt Sympathy (D1919)"

There are so many beautiful set so have a look and I am sure you will find one or two in your stack you can use too. Yes, the last one is a water coloring done by me with the watercolor stamps from ArtImpressions. I just found this so perfect for the background I picked and the mat. 

Don't forget the insides of your cards too. Doodling goes a long way ;-) 

Three Cards - One Design (1)

As you know I normally have a monthly card making class going, but due to the virus issues we weren't able to meet and craft together. While some of my ladies are busy and getting into the summer mood, others still liked to do a few cards at home. So I decided I create a kit with a total of 12 cards for them to make at home. Yep 12 and lucky me over half of my normal class joined the due it at home event. 

So here I was making card sets in bunches. I think I made over 140 cards, which means stamping, cutting papers etc. All they had to do was to assemble them at home. I sent each one of them pictures of the finished cards and that was it. Yes, they are pretty good in looking at a sample and figuring out the rest. Love my ladies!

I am currently working on a second round of sets, but for this one I picked 4 different designs from one of our awesome Close to My Heart How to Books. I then picked my papers and alternated the design just a bit to create 3 different cards. Needless to say a little bling here and there or a little shimmer brush does wonders.

Hope you enjoy these samplers and let me know if you have questions. And don't forget the inside of your cards!

A Chickadee Birthday

Here we are one more time the "Spruced Up" paper collection. You still have 2 days left to order this super cute paper and the matching embellishments. All these items will retire on February 28th at midnight.
I used one more time the "Spruced Up Cardmaking Stamp Set" C1816 or if you like it including the dies Z3633.

The branches were stamped in Fern ink and fuzzy cut or if you have the matching dies you can use your die-cutting machine. The bird was stamped in Charcoal ink and then colored in with some watercolor pencils. I used a green-blue and grey to color in some of the wing and belly of the bird. I also used the clear shimmer brush to add some sparkle to the pine needles of the branch.

The card front is covered in a piece of sangria colored cardstock. The chickadee design paper covers the top while the wood grain paper covers the bottom. I added a strip of silver glitter paper to cover the seam of the two papers. You add a few phrases to the front and inside and another birthday card is done.

Angel Hugs

Today we are using the beautiful stamp set "Angel Hugs" Z3634 which includes matching dies. It is such a simple but beautiful set and if you don't like or need the dies, you can get the set just as a stamp set as well "Angel Hugs" C1820.

Here is a quick look at the set before we talk about the card I made:

When I saw this set in the Idea Book I knew I would use it for a sympathy card. Simple but meaningful. I went with a simple design paper in grey for my background. I was debating between a settle light pink or this sea grass color for the middle. While both would work great, I decided to go with the sea grass color. I used white cardstock and stamped the angel with Charcoal ink. Charcoal is a really nice dark grey and not as harsh as a black ink would have been.

A little strip of silver ribbon on the bottom and a "praying for you" phrase is all this card needed.
Instead of coloring the angle completely I decided to give her just a hint of color. I used my watercolor pencils and added just a hint of light blue to her dress and a little bit of brown to her hair. I don't think it needed any more color than that.
For the inside phrase we used a sentiment that came with the set.

Beside for sympathy cards, these angels would also make great Christmas cards or Thank You card for an angel in your life.

Getting old is just part of life,...

Who does not love the funny ladies from Art Impressions? Here is a simple way to make someones birthday a fun one LOL

The design paper is the "Spruced Up" collection from Close to My Heart and you can find more papers and matching elements right HERE. I used sangria and julep cardstock to match the stripes. The balloons are stamped in a light colored ink. Next we used the new Julep Shimmer Brush and added some extra sparkle to them. You could color the funny lady in with markers or pencils but I thought it works great just stamped in black too. A few extra doodles and some sequins and this card is pretty much done.....what??? no wait, we haven't decorated the inside yet.

The Art Impressions stamp set comes with so many funny phrases that it is hard to pick the right one. But I think this one will bring a smile on anyone's face. What do you think?