Holiday Card Workshop- Day 5

Perfect Pearl Resist & die cutting:

For the die cutting, I scanned a frame stamp that i have and created a cut for it in my Silhouette studio software. I then cut that shape a couple times from some Club Scrap paper in red, after which i stamped and embossed the frame and a greeting that conveniently fit inside it with Whispers Pearl embossing powder. I used perfect pearls (mixed with water) in copper and bronze to paint over the resist. The snowflake background stamp is an unmarked cling mount stamp in my stash and the paper behind the frame is from a yummy mat stack called Old World Winter by The Paper Studio.
Sorry about the photos...that perfect pearls is positively shiny!!!

I'm editing my post because i just made another card. I couldn't stop painting with perfect pearls so i made several. This one is my fave. I'm learning that i don't like predominantly brown cards...for me kraft is ok for a background, but i guess i like more color. I love the journey that creating takes me on! This little beauty is painted with Forever Green perfect pearls and water over black paper. The background panel is another lovely piece from The Paper Studio's Old World Winter card stack.

Holiday Card Workshop - Day 4 part 2

In love with this stamp (Vintage Santa by Stampabilities). Used it at a card swap and had to go buy it the very next day. The word Believe is from the dollar bin at Mike's. I colored Santa with colored pencils and added some shimmer to his beard and the star with pearlescent watercolors. Gem from my stash. Sparkly red and black paper from Club Scrap.

Holiday Card Workshop - Day 4

Outline stamps:  LOVED all of Jennifer McGuire's shared techniques for coloring today (except the copic air thing...no thank you). I opted to use my shimmery watercolors on this cute bird from Outlines Stamp Company (i think)...which is no longer in business i hear.

Holiday Card Workshop - Day 3

Trying to keep up with this card class, but i'm losing the battle so my descriptions/posts will be brief :).

Embossing with Scoring board: Really like this technique...simple but turns ordinary paper into something special. Ornament stamp is Hero Arts cling stamp i think. Sentiment might be Club Scrap...not sure. Colored the ornaments with colored pencils and then applied glossy accents over them for some shine.

Faux Fresco: Not sure i understand this technique and I'm not delighted with the way i executed it, but at least now i know that i don't really want to try it again :). Not sure where the leaf paper came from. The copper is from Club Scrap and i used a really old leaf punch from my stash..

Holiday Card Workshop - Day 2 part 2

I don't have much to say about these cards. I don't love them, but maybe I can pretty them up some.

Holiday Card Workshop - Day 2

As my dear friend Farley said...this card is complicated, any way you look at it :). So many things went wrong that i'm not going to bore you with the details. Anyway, the idea is that this ornament shape should be a window to the inside of the card. Mine is not. I just raised the panel on foam dots. Also, the snowflake is supposed to "float" over the opening but you can't really tell that it does on mine. COMPLICATED...probably won't make more of these, but that's the wonderful thing about this class. You can try new things and decide where your strengths and favorites are...this one won't go on either of those lists.

I haven't gotten around the the 2nd card for Day 2 yet...sit tight, i'll get er done.

Holiday Card Workshop - Day 1

Oh my...The Holiday Card Workshop from Online Card Classes started on Monday, but I had school commitments M & T, then Halloween on W, so I finally got to play on Thursday evening and I can't say i'm always thrilled with the results, but i'll keep trying.

These 2 cards were made with a wonderful stamp set from Penny Black called Foliage Fancy  The sentiment on the left is from that same set and i'm not sure where the sentiment on the right is from. Anyhoo...I colored the leaves with colored pencils and tried my darndest to blend red and orange and i did ok i guess. the background paper is from Graphic 45 "on the Boardwalk". The leaf panels were inked with Wild Honey & Vintage Photo distress inks.

The next bunch of 3 looked great in my head but didn't translate to paper quite as well. I think they just look FLAT and that could be because they are. I'm thinking i will cut these cards down and use as a panel on another card so there is some depth. For what it's worth, here they are:

Birthday greetings for a squirrely girl

Now that my sweet friend Nancy has received her birthday card, I can post it. What is ironic is that it uses 2 elements covered in the first couple days of the Holiday Card Workshop i'm enrolled in online; coloring and window cards. My coloring skills are seriously lacking though...anyway, i pinned this card some time ago to copy and so here's my take. I think the squirrel is TPC Studio, but i can't be sure...i gave the stamp set to the Squirrely birthday girl!

Have a Creepy Halloween

I made several Halloween cards this year...some i like better than others :).

Below is a sampling of some of my favorites.

This might be my favorite. The scull stamp is from Red Lead and is heat embossed in glossy black

Border was cut from a piece of paper in my stash, but i'm sure there is a web border punch available (probably martha)

The sentiment is actually a combination of 3 stamps that I selectively inked and stamped using my stamp positioner in order to create the creepy message.

The spider was cut on my Silhouette. The paper is a variety from my stash.

This lovely card was for a dear friend who happens to have a birthday near Halloween. The center pendant and 2 embellishments are removable and wearable and interchangeable thanks to a magnet glued to the back of the pendant and washers glued on the back of the other discs.

Paper is DCWV Bella Armoire, Club Scrap & Martha Stewart

These two showcase my love of the AMC show, The Walking Dead & feature the bad-a** Daryl Dixon. They are macabre, but with a humorous twist.

Image and sentiments were created on the computer, printed and splattered with watered down red paint.

Paper is DCWV Bella Armoire (love this pad of paper!!) 

I guess this is all i have available photos of right now. 

Happy (Creepy) Halloween to All!

Squirrely Challenge - In The Middle from TJ

The fabulous Nancy from Squirrely Art challenged us squirrel girls with this cool and oh so easy technique from TJ and I gladly accepted! I have many holiday ideas in my head, so I can't wait to make more!

Paper: Club Scrap Wheel & Sprocket Purple, Kraft & White
Stamps: Club Scrap (sentiment) & uknown (birds)