Playing with Friends 24-7

I’ve been playing with my Friends 24-7 set and having lots of fun with it.  The colors for this card are Almost Amethyst and Sage Shadow and the striped looking paper is from the Taste of Textiles paper pack.  I water colored the flowers with an aqua painter and ink pads “smooshed” onto a CD.  I have a workshop on Thursday and I think this is what we’ll do for our project, but hey, there’s still another day to play…who knows what I’ll finally decide on!

Masculine Cards Stamp Camp Preview

I wanted to share with y'all the cards that we'll be making at my upcoming Masculine Card Stamp Camp. If you live in the Roseburg Oregon area, I still have room for you, so contact me for the details. At my stamp camps I always like to incorporate lots of techniques and fun tricks so that the attendees learn something new (or refresh memories!). This camp features only masculine cards, which many of us find rather challenging...probably because we're so drawn to the frills and flowers and girly girl stuff!
So here's my offering of masculine cards with the techniques we'll be using for each one. Enjoy!

This rustic looking Bronc Buster card features several techniques: polished stone, faux suede, and embossing. The mat under the bronc is the rich looking copper paper from SU's Taste of Textiles paper pack.

For this card I searched and searched for the perfect background paper. I wanted something that had a nautical look and was pleased to find it in Michael's open stock papers.

 

I always like to throw in some watercoloring (much to the dismay of some campers!), so that's the technique for this card. We'll be using watercolor paper which really helps move the colors around.

Don't you love the warm colors on this one? The sunset is sponged in over the embossed image.

Here's the easiest card of the camp, but rather fun don't you agree? I just had to get this set and the coordinating designer paper after seeing so many cute ideas for it on Split Coast Stampers.

When I think masculine, I always reach for Lovely as a Tree and I like the Split Negative look. I'll be teaching this technique at the Technique Book classes this month, so campers will get a second chance to do it again (different cards of course!).

These stamps are from Roseburg Book & Stationery and are the Stamps of the Month. My boys loved their remote control monster trucks when they were little, so I had to have this stamp. We'll be using a brayer for the blue background and then coloring with odorless paint thinner and colored pencils. (aka Gamsol coloring)

Last but not least, we'll make this Indian chief card which is a pocket flap card. I have used this stamp set many times for Roseburg High School graduation cards & announcements since our mascot is the Indian.

I hope you've enjoyed these masculine cards and will consider joining us for the camp!

They say it's my birthday...

They say it's my birthday....and I'd like to just skip it this year! My dear sister called and asked for the "old birthday girl" and I told her she had the wrong number. Anyway, I spent my birthday in my stampin' studio, listening to ABBA (which always takes me back to the good 'ole days) and I stamped my heart out while singing at the top of my lungs.


I'm finally feeling like I'm back to my normal energy level after battling the flu bug, so hopefully my blogging will get back on track! Here are some of the things I've been working on lately...

This is one of the cards we did at last Monday's card class. We did the card on the left with the plum base.

The stamp set is Stampin' Up's Simple Friendship and we used the matching "Embosslit, Simple Flower". I love how SU coordinates their stamps and accessories! The butterfly is embossed and popped up on the card.

This card is the other one we did last Monday, using "Friendship 24-7" and the matching jumbo wheel.

I really liked how this one turned out and the Parisian Breeze Specialty Designer Paper really pulled it all together.

Here's a sneak peek at one of the cards we'll be doing the the Technique Book Class. It features the butterfly from "Simple Friendship" and the Split Negative

technique.

Today while singing along to ABBA, I started playing around with the Sale-a-bration set, Polka Dot Punches. This layered flower is the result and I was kicking myself for not having the Little Leaves Sizzlit. How many times have I thought about ordering it, but never have. Oh well, the Scribbles Sizzlit worked out just fine this time. BUT... I will be ordering the leaves on the very next order!!

I managed to incorporate 2 more items from the Sale-a-Bration catalog- Congrats and the Delicate Dots DSP.

At the Technique Book class I'll have a bonus project featuring this flower with a 2-tone effect. No sneak peeks on that but I'll try to post it later.