Completed Canvas!

It is complete! Well....almost. I want to change a couple little things, but I have to wait for my order from Simon Says Stamp to arrive. I am so happy with how this turned out, I think I want to make another one! I learned a ton over the last two weeks....and I'll definitely do another online class!

Color Blend Stamping Technique

I tried out one of the new techniques I learned for this card for my father-in-law. This one is color blend stamping - I first inked the paper with Faded Jeans Distress Ink, then stamped the image in Fired Brick Distress Ink. Turned out kinda cool! It's hard to tell here, but that star uses the faux metallic paper technique....love that one!

Inspiration Showcase, Row 3!

So here is my third row for class. My daughter took the pic, so it's not the best! I have a few changes I want to make....I'm not loving the butterfly in the last heart, so I will probably change that eventually. Also, that second one in row three is kind of backwards - the green needs to go towards the right and the red to the left. I know - that might be a little anal retentive, lol! But of course, I'll have to fix that too!

Inspiration Showcase, Day 4

Card two for today, I'm on a roll! This one uses the embossed acetate technique along with some rosettes. The picture didn't turn out great - It's hard to tell that the rosettes are kraft paper with inked edges. It's much prettier in real life! Now that I've got the blogging down and the mojo flowing, I'll have to figure out how to take nicer pictures of my cards and such!

Papertrey Make-It-Monday challenge

Here's my card for Papertrey Ink's Make-It-Monday challenge. This week we had to use acrylic paint, so I tried out one of the new techniques I learned from Inspiration Showcase. This is an acrylic paint resist using PTI's Dot Spot and Distress Inks....

Inspiration Showcase - Day 3

This is the canvas that we've been working on for Inspiration Showcase class. I completed Row 2 today, and decided to switch from the scalloped circles I started with to the hearts, which I cut out with my Cricut. So now I'm in the process of going back an re-doing the Row 1 stuff. I got a couple done today, and will work on the other three tomorrow. I am so pleased with how it is turning out!

Inspiration Showcase

So I signed up for Jennifer McGuire's "Inspiration Showcase", an online card making class. I am loving it! The above is a card that I made for my Grandmother's 90th birthday. I had a lot of fun using an embossed resist technique. I think it turned out pretty good for a first attempt!