On Line Card Class Day #2

I wanted color on this Easter Day! I used Catherine Pooler inks (a lot of them) and the 'Toucan Do It' stamp set and dies. I used a Stampin' Up! die from the Stitched so Sweetly set for the sentiment. The background is actually the result of my card class homework....combining colors and make 2 backgrounds at one time.  Kristina Werner was our "teacher" today. The stamp I used for the background was an old stamp from Hero Arts, of which I purchased many years ago for another card class. Back then,  I thought I needed every tool and stamp they used for the class. Live and learn. Thank you for looking in today!

Mountain Air

Just a quick note. This card uses the Mountain Air stamp set and dies  with the sentiment from the Ornate Thanks stamp set. The glimmer on the black mountains are actually shimmer paint. The night sky is from Altenew ....a big piece of Washi Tape! Now, I have tried to create tis look with paper and ink on numerous occasions....of which you will never see. They looked like a big blob of nothing. I got this tape over a year ago , maybe even two years ago. I drug it out of a drawer, and Viola....easy peasy. 

ONLINE CARD CLASS homework

I am participating in an Online Card class from Jennifer McGuire and Kristina Werner. I have done many of these classes through them over the years and I have to say, they are all wonderful. The teach  techniques, color usage, layouts, you name it, and they have covered it..

Kristina holds a special place in my heart. She was the very first person I watched online doing card videos. I believe it was her holiday card series....probably the fist one she ever did. I always looked forward to her Make it Monday video!

Todays lesson was faux embossing; the technique was so cool, but it is was not easy for me. You chose a stamp image and heat emboss it numerous times creating a very thick layer of plastic embossing on the card stock. You use that as an embossing tool on another piece of card stock via the Big Shot. After that, you lightly ink over it so the image will pop off the page. The image is subtle, but in real life, it is impressive.

Feeling a little nostalgic, I pulled out one of the background stamps from the first class I participated in; a large Hero Arts Fabric design. I also used Ultra thick clear embossing powder. I chose Stampin' Up! card stock and ink in Soft Sea Foam and the subtles paper. The sentiment is cut from copper foil using the Well Said dies from a layer of craft foam to raise it up. .

You now have the embossed piece you can use for another card after applying ink to it with an embossed resist technique. The dimension produced by the layers of embossing is amazing; I don't think the camera picked it up well though. I wanted both of these cards to be simple in design and let the techniques speak for themselves.