Like I said in previous post, this Covid-19 is getting my spirits down a bit, but I manage to get some crafty time the other day and I did 3 cards and got to film the making of 2 of them...
Here is the second card.
The 3 card will be filmed and posted hopefully on Monday..... :)
But for this card... witch was for the class With A Twist, by Therese Calvird, I decided to make a card with a twist... no pun intended… and did a circle card. It was quite fun making a card that was oddly shaped and though I had a small mishap making my card I really liked how the end result was.
Again, I decided to film the making of the card and not just taking pictures and like I said in previous post that works better for me, so I'm going to use that format from now on, film my cards and post them on YouTube and hopefully I'll get better in speaking on film :)
So.… here is my card, I hope you like it and that you are willing to give me a thumbs up and maybe subscribe to my YouTube channel :)
This Covid-19 pandemic has had my spirit a bit…. I have 4 kids and the have been home like kids all around the world, and taking care of them, help them with school stuff has just drained me in some way. I haven't had any energy left to do any crafty stuff.... but thankfully it's getting better, so the other day I had some me time down in my craft room an I manage to do some cards for my AECP classes :)
So, this post is about a card I did for the class In The Mood For Color, with Stephanie Klauck.
And for my card I used the color Yellow for sun,heat and warmth and that is exactly what I need right now. We don't get much summer heat here in Iceland and our summer vacation has been cancelled but we will just do the best of what we have...
But on with my card... I tried the other day to do a YouTube video when I was doing my card in stead of taking pictures of the process and that is much better for my to do that, because I kinda get caught in the moment, making card and forget to take pictures. So, here is my card, I hope you like it and are willing to give me a thumps up :)
Today´s post is about a card I did for the class Beyond Basic Background, taught by Lydia Evans. This is my entry for class one in level two for my AECP journey.
I decided to use Lydia´s idea from lesson 4, for my card and use stencil cut out of Freezer paper. I´ve had this Freezer paper for ever and ever sitting in my stash collecting dust, but now I sure I´m going to use it more, thanks to Lydia and this class :)
So, I started with the Circle Quilt Cover die and a peace of Freezer paper. With the shiny side up, I placed the cover die on top and ran it through my big kick die cutting machine, because my beautiful mini Blossom is to small for the die.
In the lesson Lydia used a laminate machine, so I tried that, but after trying 5 times with out it sticking to my card front I got a little frustrated. And I have to admit, I was thinking of giving up and try to find new idea, but then I thought that maybe my ironing would work, so I took one sheet of regular printer paper, folded it in half, put my card front with the freezer paper stencil on top, shiny side down, and iron it... and it did stick! (doing the happy dance)
And then it was time to do the coloring. I used the Metallic Watercolor set, and I used the color Topaz. It´s a beautiful shimmery blue color.
After coloring, I used my heat gun to both dry my panel and to loosen up the wax on the freezer paper, and oh, the magic that reveals when you remove the stencil... Magic :)
After my panel is dry, I thought about how to decorate my card panel, and took a flower I had done the day before, using my Peony Dream 3D die, the Tranquility inks and some vellum, and then I decided to use vellum as well for my sentiment, witch came form Build-A-Flower Lavender set. After stamping my sentiment I taught how I could attach it to my card, and thought about my Xyron X mini sticker maker, and that worked as a charm :) But, since it was vellum, it kinda got lost on my card, so I had to lift it up again, and glue it to a white paper. To finish of my card I got out my Enamel Dots in Rock Collection to embellish.
I then did another card similar to the first card, but using the Sterling Silver metallic watercolor, Chevrons stencil, Cloudy sky from the Tranquility ink set, BAF Lavender for sentiment, Peony Dream 3D and Rose Flurries 3D die sets.
Oh, and remember the stencil that I was left with after the first card? I took that, glued that on to a card panel, and stamped a flower bouquet using the Ditsy Print and Breezy Bouquet.
Here is my video of my card making, and some pictures from card 2 and 3, I hope you like them and thanks for stopping by :)
~Select ANY 3 components from the classes in Level 1 (e.g., layering 1/2, Let it shine, stencil techniques)
~Explain the 3 components that you’ve chosen for the project
~Share design tips (if any)
~Create a His and Her Card
Set birthday/graduation/encouragement cards (your choice) as a gift set. This makes TWO
sets one Masculine and one Feminine.
Each card (with various sentiments) can vary a little bit, but it should have a similar and cohesive theme as the rest
of the set.
~Each card set should consist of 4-6 cards
~Also, use one recycle element
on a set or its packaging.
~The minimum card number is six (up to 12) per set. You
will also design how you package the sets as a gift. Be creative!
~Challenge blog post: Detailed step-by-step photo tutorial and/or YouTube video
~Minimum of 10 photos (close-up and process)
~ Submit to the gallery by 11/19
So I got this in email from Erum after finishing all my classes for level one of the AECP. And I immediately thought OMG.... I can´t do this.... Make 4-6 cards both Masculine and Feminine ones.... And a box for those sets....
I'm going to need a glass or two!
Just kidding :)
I decided to give it a go... and chose the
Irresistible Inking Techniques
Clean and Simple Boutique Cards
Easy die cutting Techniques
The Irresistible Inking Techniques I choose because working with inks is fun... even if you end up with ink on your fingers... There are so many possibilities to use ink.
Clean and Simple Boutique Cards because most of my cards are clean and simple...and clean and simple cards can easily have the wow factor.
Easy die cutting Techniques because I just love using my mini blossom die cutting machine and it´s amazing what you can do with some die cutting.
So, on with the show... since I often struggle with masculine cards I started with those, and started to stamp some images using the Sohcahtoa stamp set. And I started to take pictures of the proses but after 2 cards I came to the conclusion that this would be a VERY long blog post, so after those 2 I took the rest up on video and post it on YouTube.
But here are my first 2 cards:
first of I put some washi tape across my card base.
Then, with Sohcahtoa stamp set, and mini ink cubes in Dusk, Lagoon and Citrus Burst I stamped some triangles.
Then it was time to include Orange Cream to the mix.
And then I noticed a blue ink smooch on the bottom right corner.... Futch…. well, it´s a great spot for a blue triangle and maybe a small yellow one! ;)
After that it was time to remove the washi tape and stamp my sentiment.
Happy Birthday was quit fitting for this card.
My Second card, I used the Sohcahtoa stamp set, and some black ink and silver embossing powder.
I stamped the solid and the striped triangles with black ink, and then the open triangle with embossing ink and used some silver embossing powder on top.
and again.... I have ink smooches and tried to use the black ink spray, but that didn´t go so well, so I made another card for you :)
I did to the splatters but now with black ink and water... that was a little more success :) The sentiment on this card was Congratulations... witch I thought was fitting for this "black tie" looking card.
For the rest of my cards I decided it was a good idea to video tape them all and post them on my YouTube channel..... Yes, I do have one of those :) LOL
But, after wards I kinda started to feel it wasn´t that good of idea... because I had to do voice over on those videos... and man was I nervous…. BUT, I hope you take a look, and that you like them!
Purple Masculine card
Green Masculine card
Blue Masculine card
Inking and die cutting for the Feminine cards
Making of the feminine cards
Decorating of the box for my cards
Well, I hope you took a look at my videos, some might be a little long, sorry for that, but here are some still photos of my cards.
Here are some pictures of the completed card sets :
Irresistible Inking Techniques class with Sara Newman was very fun class.
It got me thinking about how I wanted to use that class and create a card, and this is the out come
Since it was all about inking, I decided to use one of my background stencil and ink it lightly with gray ink
Then I got out my potted plant stampset and my Misti. I stamped my flowerpots stamps with black ink and then it was time for my ink coloring :)
After getting my flowerpots rightly inked with my Rocky Shore and my Espresso brown ink, and to use the paper in the best way, I decided to stamp my flowers with green ink and then it was time to cut them out using the corresponding die set.
After I had die cut all my stamped images, it was time to but my card together...
I glued both flowerpots to my card and the smaller flower, but the Monstera I put some 3D tape on, to lift her little bit up.
Then to finish off my card, I put it in my Misty, stamped the sentiment in black ink and attached some clear/silver sequins from my stash, and some fine black lines to frame in my card.
