Masking Class

A couple of weeks ago I held a masking class. All three cards featured some sort of masking technique. I love masking, it gives you so many more options with the stamps. The first card we did was a simple masking technique using a circle punch and a sponge to create the masked circle. This was such a simple card, but I love the look of it. I got the idea for this card from Dawn Griffith.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: Pocket Silhouettes
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Mellow Moss
Cardstock: Whisper White
Accessories: 1 3/4 Circle Punch, 2-Way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds, Sponge

The second card we did was learning how to mask using stamp sets so that they look like they are overlapped or behind each other. Of course I had to use the little birdie stamp set (currently in a tie for my favourite stamp set.) This card was inspired by Jamie Sears, you can see her card here.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: A Little Birdie Told Me
Ink: Black StazOn, Bashful Blue Marker, So Saffron Marker, Summer Sun Marker
Cardstock: So Saffron, Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Washington Apple DS
Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, White Gel Pen, Bashful Blue Narrow Grosgrain Ribbon, So Saffron Button, Linen Thread, Glue Dots, Stampin' Dimensionals

This last card is my favourite. This masking technique is great for the set Fifth Avenue Floral. It should be no surprise that I used this set. I am sure you can guess that this set is the set that is in a tie with A Little Birdie for my favourite stamp set. What is there not to love about this card. It uses Fifith Avenue Floral, the Scallop Edge Punch, Chocolate Chip Ribbon and Dazzling Diamonds. Four great products.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral
Ink: Riding Hood Red, Pretty in Pink
Cardstock: Riding Hood Red, Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White
Accessories: Hobby Blade, 2-Way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds, Sponge, Chocolate Chip Wide Grosgrain Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals

Happy Birthday Beck!

I saw a spring card like this on Dawn Griffith`s blog and really liked it. I had just got this cupcake set the week before, so I had to make the card. My first step was deciding what designer paper I wanted to use and I choose the rest of the colours from there. A couple days after I made this, my husband was going through my collection of birthday cards and decided this was the one that he wanted to give his sister. April 2nd was my sister-in-law Beck's birthday and to celebrate the family got together at my in-laws for supper. So this is the card she got. This was my only copy so I told him I had to make sure I got a picture before we gave it to her so that I can make another one.

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets: Crazy for Cupcakes
Ink: Black StazOn, Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss, So Saffron
Cardstock: Watercolour Paper, Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss, Basic Gray, Urban Oasis Designer Series
Accessories: Aqua Painter, 2-Way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds, Stampin' Dimensional

Another 5th Avenue Floral Card

Have I mentioned that I love this set? I really like how you can create your own designer paper with any of the flowers and it looks great. I just stamped the large flower randomly on the Sahara Sand cardstock with Sahara Sand ink. I also used two of the new 5/16 Neutral Brads. I am really loving these, I just need to remember to actually use them instead of collecting them, like I tend to do when it comes to new product. I think this card has to be one of my favourites that I have made in a while. Hope you like it too.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral
Ink: Baja Breeze, Sahara Sand
Cardstock: Sahara Sand, Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze, Whisper White
Accessories: Paper Piercer, Chocolate Taffetta Ribbon, White 5/16 Brads, Stampin' Dimensionals

March Thank You Cards

These were the thank you cards I made for anyone who placed an order with me in March. I just love the set Fifth Avenue Floral. As soon as I saw it in the current catalogue, I had to get it right away. I love putting Chocolate Chip and any pink together, so when I saw this card on SCS by tessa, I just had to case it. However I needed to do a thank you card for a guy as well this month, and I really couldn't send him the pink card I had to come up with another colour combo. I started with the ribbon colour first which is Certainly Celery and then picked the Always Artichoke from there. I love the way these cards turned out.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral, Sincere Salutations
Ink: Pink Pirouette, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Certainly Celery, Always Artichoke
Cardstock: Pink Pirouette, Always Artichoke, Whisper White
Accessories: Corner Rounder, Chocolate Chip Wide Grosgrain Ribbon, Certainly Celery Wide Grosgrain Ribbon

A Little Birdie Told Me Class

A few weeks ago I held a class based on the stamp set 'A Little Birdie Told Me'. I just love this set, it is so versitile for so many occasions. I had eight people in attendance, it was my largest group to date for a class and a little challenging but I had lots of fun and enjoyed meeting a bunch of new people.



The following card was cased from Julie Davison, I just changed up the colours.

Supplies Used:

(All Stampin' Up!)

Stamp Set: A Little Birdie Told Me

Cardstock: Baja Breeze, Pacific Point, Kiwi Kiss, Tangerine Tango, Whisper White

Ink: Black StazOn, Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss, Tangerine Tango, So Saffron

Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Blender Pen, Stampin' Dimensionals

The next card was cased from the current Stampin' Up! catalogue.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Set: A Little Birdie Told Me
Cardstock: Close to Cocoa, Pretty in Pink, Riding Hood Red, Whisper White
Ink: Black StazOn, So Saffron Marker
Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, Heart to Heart Punch, Corner Rounder, Glue Dots, White Narrow Grosgrain Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig

This card was cased from tkife at splitcoaststampers.com

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Set: A Little Birdie Told Me
Cardstock: Pacific Point, Tangerine Tango, Basic Gray, Whisper White
Ink: Black StazOn, So Saffron Marker
Accessories: 1 1/4" Circle Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, White Narrow Grosgrain Ribbon, Glue Dots, Stampin' Dimensionals, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig

This is my favourite card. I cased it from Jennifer Jackson, once again I just changed up the colors.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Set: A Little Birdie Told Me, Whimsy Wheel
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Rose Red, Whisper White, Almost Amethyst, So Saffron
Ink: Black StazOn, Rose Red
Accessories: Round Tab Punch, Scallop Edge Punch, 1/16 Circle Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals, Watercolor Crayons, Blender Pen, Glue Dots, White Narrow Grosgrain Ribbon, Rose Red Button, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig

The last card was inspired by a card I saw on splitcoaststampers.com by Stampcrazzzy.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Set: A Little Birdie Told Me
Cardstock: Real Red, Bashful Blue, Night of Navy, Whisper White
Ink: Real Red, Black StazOn, So Saffron Marker
Accessories: 1 1/4" Circle Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, Crystal Effects, Real Red Striped 1/2" Grosgrain Ribbon, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig

Happy Birthday Dad!

My father-in-law loves trains. He even has a garden railroad in his backyard. As soon as I saw the set Happiness is a Journey when it came out in the catalogue last August I knew I had to get it to make cards for him. However it did take me six months of having this set in my hands to actually make a card for him. His birthday was in February and I knew what set I was definitely going to use. This is the card I gave to him. He loved it.

This card was cased from craftybb at SCS.

Supplies Used:
(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: Happiness is a Journey
Ink: Whisper White, Basic Gray
Cardstock: Basic Gray, Really Rust, Not Quite Navy, Mellow Moss, Whisper White, Maine Blueberry DS Paper
Accessories: Mellow Moss Taffeta Ribbon, Round Tab Punch, Black Brads, White Embossing Powder

Watercolor Class

I can't believe it has been a month since I last posted so much for my goal of posting at least once every couple of weeks. I have been really busy over the last month making lots of cards, so I do have stuff to show you, I just need to make the time to actually sit down and get them posted. At the beginning of this month I held a class on Watercolouring with Blender Pens. It was so much fun. These are the cards we created:

The following card was cased from dlounds at splitcoaststampers.com:

Supplies Used:

(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: Loads of Love, Sanded
Cardstock: Certainly Celery, Really Rust, Basic Gray, Sage Shadow, Baja Breeze, Whisper White
Ink: Black StazOn, Basic Gray
Accessories: Black Grosgrain Ribbon, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, Certainly Celery Brad, Stampin' Dimensionals, Watercolor Crayons, Blender Pen

The following card was cased from hrbrae at splitcoaststampers.com:

Supplies Used:

(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: Embrace Life, Holidays & Wishes
Cardstock: Old Olive, Regal Rose, Whisper White
Ink: Black StazOn, Versamark, Rose Red Marker, Old Olive Marker
Accessories: Old Olive Grosgrain Ribbon, Blender Pen

Supplies Used:

(All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: Embrace Life
Cardstock: Riding Hood Red, Sahara Sand, Baja Breeze, Whisper White
Ink: Black StazOn, Versamark, Riding Hood Red
Accessories: Baja Breeze Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Word Window Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals, Blender Pen