More fun from yesterday's lesson over on onlinecardclasses.com. This lesson was all about shaped cards. One of my favorite types of cards to make and something I just don't think to do all the time when I sit down to create. For my card today I used the ticket frame cut die from Hero Arts. I really love using these dies since they make it so easy to get a perfect cut around your stamped image. This card is a little on the small side, but would be the perfect size to put on a gift!
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I never liked doing my homework when I was in school, but I always like doing it when I am taking any of the classes from onlinecardclasses.com! I am a little late to the game but thought I would start in on the window cards theme from Day 2. The latest class, A Cut Above features a week of lessons on traditional die cutting, and a week on the Silhouette. I love die cutting and consider myself to be pretty proficient, but I always learn something new in these classes and they definitley help spark creativity!
This homework works out perfectly for me since I have been wanting to play along with the second challenge over at A Blog Named Hero and wouldn't you know, the challenge there is "A Card with a View" which is to create a card with a window in it, on it, or through it.
Here it is:
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Just another idea from Clean & SImple Cardmaking class...notecard sets. I have made plenty of notecard sets as gifts, but the idea that Jennifer shared in class (to accompany your gift set with sentiments that the user can put on the card as needed) is such a clever one!
For my notecard set I used all the sentiments in the Untitled Love set from Hero Arts. I stamped a bunch of notecards with this Heart Leaf Background using a matching shadow ink, then stamp a "sheet of stickers" with a coordinating chalk ink. (see photos below)
Here is one set all put together:
The set all together with a closer look at the background:
And for the sticker sheets (I cut out the images, and adhered them to acetate sheets with foam dots). Just add it to a box, tie a ribbon on it and you are all set to go.
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A few days behind in class...here is a card for day 7 that is supposed to have a lot of white space. This one had to be the hardest one for me yet. I like the patterns, but not sure if there is enough "space".
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Another monocromatic card for day 3. I loved the butterfly die that Jennifer used in class so much that I stopped by The Ink Pad on the way home to pick it up. Such a beautiful die, and I thought it would look pretty in a white on white card. The photography was definitely a challenge, but it does look beautiful in real life.
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Enjoying some coffee and quiet time today in my stamping space. I finally had some time to catch up on my "homework" for day 3-making some tone on tone dimensional cards:
I am definitely trying to use things I have, and thought this sparkly Malermo Perle paper that I have been holding onto for a while would make a special Valentine.
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Had some more time to play with my Zig Zag stamp tonight and decided to work on some one layer cards. These were super easy to make, and it would definitely be easy to make multiple sets in one sitting. I stamped the Zig Zag as the background for all the cards with different shadow inks, stamped the heart using Punch ink and added a sentiment in black. Here is a look at the rest of them:
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Another card with a sketch from this week's Clean & Simple Cardmaking class. I thought it would be fun to make some winter thank you notes to have on hand, but it seems a little strange since it has been in the 50's here. Finally had a chance to ink up my Zig Zag stamp...hope you like it.
Stamps: (Zig Zag) Hero Arts, (Many Thanks from Many Thanks set) Lawn Fawn)
Die: (Let it Snowflake) MFT
Other: (White Pen) Uni-ball Signo
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