Monochromatic

I really seem to be drawn to making monochromatic cards. I'm not sure why, but often they are my favorites.  This birthday card is the last one I need for January. Whew -- done just in time.

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My supplies were:
Cardstock - Neenah Aspen White 110 lb, Stampin Up Whisper White, Vellum, Tim Holtz Kraft-core, patterned paper from the February Simon Says Stamp card kit
Ink- Versamark, Tide Pool Hero Arts Mid Tone Shadow
Stamps - Stampin Up -Flower Shop and Curly Cute -Interior Simon Says Stamp-From US
Button & Ribbon - Stampin Up; String-DMC; Liquid Pearls

Punch-EK Success 

Other Monochromatic posts: Blue, Yellow, Kraft, and Purple
 

Just a bit further

I love these classes at Online Card Classes, and I could not resist taking this quick 4 day course all about the card insides. I have a few of my card making supplies here in California, and I am doing my best with homework.

I decided to try a pop-up card.  I made a card and then put together a pop-up for the inside. It took me a lot longer than I thought it would.  I think I am missing hubs and my east coast craft room...

There were so many video's and card examples the first day, it was fantastic.  Here is my card. Stamps and Dies from Simon Says Stamp.  Thanks for stopping by.

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Template Techniques and Texture and Dimension

I've just caught up on my homework for the latest class Stenciled at Online Card Classes. I have two cards using two techniques.

The first card is from our lessons on the second day, which showed several ways to use stencils by using watercolors, stamping, and coloring.  I chose to emulate Kristina's card which she used water color pencils to simply color straight lines within the stencil.  She made two lovely cards using hearts on one and stars on another.  I had only one stencil which I though would work well with this technique, the  Leaves Stencil from Simon Says Stamp.  I used three green toned Inktense pencils to color the leaves, and a brown one for the branch.  The flowers were die cut using a sizzix die, and the green centers are goosebump gems from Queen and Co. The sentiment is made with the  Basic Grey letters included in the Februrary Simon Says Stamp card kit. Some papers were from the kit as well, and the remainders scraps.

Day three was about texture.  I tried adding glitter on top of the embossing paste...that was a  disaster.  So I started over and added some Hero Arts neon pink ink to the embossing paste.  The color is a soft pink.  I used the Simon Says Stamp falling Hearts Stencil, Wendy Vecchi white embossing paste, WPlus 9 Fresh Cut Florals, and the Simon Says Stamp Tilted Banner. Sentiment is from Stampin UP Teeny Tiny Wishes. Again my cardstock is from my scrap pile. I was surprised at how quickly the paste dried with the addition of the ink.  I did not put it on thickly, that probably helped it to dry fast.
 

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Inking in OCC's Stenciled

I am absolutely addicted to the Online Card Classes. This is my eighth class.  If you'd like to see cards from previous classes, just click on my fun classes page. It has the class logo and links to my posts for those classes.

The current class is all about stencils.  The first day is about inking and masking.  I decided to emulate two of the inking cards. Once again I am only making the fronts, so I can keep them with my notes for later reference.

The Bee card follows Debby Hughes example and uses sponging over a mylar stencil with an embossed vellum sentiment tag. I used two distress inks and decide to cover most of the card because I made it tiny to fit my sentiment. Frankly, I liked the color behind the vellum, I am lover of yellows. Sentiment by Simon Says Stamp, Stencil by The Crafters Workshop, punch by Marvy. Sequins by Doodlebug.

My second card follows Julie Ebersole's card and uses Hero Arts Stamps, Simon Says Stamp die, Spellbinders metal impressibility used as a stencil, Mists by Tattered Angels, and sequins bits by Martha Stewart.  I sprayed 3 mists on to the cardstock with the metal stencil taped down. Metal stencils will not be forgiving to your sponges so paste or sprays probably work best with them. 

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Nicest thoughts

Nicest thoughts, a photo by Cat Craig on Flickr.

My card for Leni's scramble. The theme was "wood". The scramble is 90 minutes for making, photographing, and posting a card made with the theme announced at the beginning of the time period.

I made this card with hubs in mind. With the wood theme, I thought it perfect for a masculine feel.

The cardstock is dry embossed with a sizzix wood grain folder, the hearts are die cut from balsa wood, and the stamp is Hero Arts K5878. I used a bit of distress ink on the dry embossed panel, hemptique natural twine, and white hero arts embossing powder on the main image.

It's good to scramble again, although it really took me a while, this is version 3. The other two are in the scrap pile parts might be salvageable. Thanks for stopping by.