Sunday, March 22, 2015

Day 7, Stretch Your Dies - Alphabet Dies


Welcome to Day 7 of Online Card Classes, Stretch Your Dies. Today we are focusing on alphabet dies. I love alphabet dies and all the fun ways they can be used on pages, cards and projects. For this project, I made a shaker birthday card using the Fun Lowercase Alphabet dies by My Creative Time.


The balloons are just tiny circle dies which I stamped background designs onto and heat embossed.

 For added fun, I used Jaded Blossom Birthday Candies stamps to create a special birthday treat!


Saturday, March 21, 2015

Day 6, Stretch Your Dies - Border Dies

Hope your Saturday is going well. In today's class we are focusing on border dies. I used the 'waves' die by My Creative Time for my sea-themed card. The adorable whale is from the Briny Blue set by Paper Smooches. The sentiment is also by Paper Smooches, from the Surf and Turf stamp set. ... did you catch my play on words there?? Haha.

I cut and stamped the whale three times and layered them with foam tape. Pattern paper is by Carta Bella from the Ahoy There 6x6 paper pad. This one is a birthday card for my grampa. :)

Friday, March 20, 2015

Day 5, Stretch Your Dies - Combined stamp/die sets



Yay it's Friday! I love today's class, but I really DO NOT love my cards for today's class. Grumble. I think I just don't have the right kind of sets to achieve the look I wanted, but nevertheless, here are my attempts.

For the background on this card, I used masking along with the airbrush tool by Tim Holtz. The stamp and die set is Pretty Poppies by My Favorite Things. I like these stamps but in the end it seemed to be too much black, and/or not enough background color. I tried to "help" by adding gold glitter Spica pen to the flower centers and addition gold with sequins, but it still feels meh.
 

I don't feel much more love for this second version, to be honest. I used inking over masking in this card. The flower set is In Bloom by Paper Trey Ink,, sentiment by My Creative Time. Then I wasn't liking the empty flowers, so I added a little gold embossing around parts of them. Still wasn't feeling it, so I water colored them with a water brush. Again....meh.

This is a technique I will try to revisit later when I have other stamp/die sets that might work a little better. Here are both cards, side by side, for your meh-ing pleasure. LOL ;)














Thursday, March 19, 2015

Day 4, Stretch Your Dies Card Class - Mini Dies

HAPPY Thursday everyone! :) I'm extra happy today because I got new crafty goodies to play with! Everybody loves happy mail, am I right!

Today I'm using these adorable mini dies by My Creative Time, and the awesome new "happy" word by My Favorite Things. I attached the card front with all the die cut-outs with foam tape - lots and lots of foam tape! - to create my one of a kind birthday card. The stamped "birthday" is from the new Jaded Blossom set, Party Animal.

I love the look of the raised panel, and for extra oomph the stitched circles are too cute. Add a few Doodlebug Sprinkles and done! :)

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Day 3, Stretch Your Dies Card Class - Window

Fun technique in today's class....making windows! I decided to use a circle for my window, in keeping with the birthday balloon theme I have going here.  Also, instead of using inking or pattern papers, I hit up my washi stash to make the cover design. Love these colors together.

Open the window and the happy birthday message is revealed.

Open the card, and a whole bunch of balloons are revealed. :) LET'S PARTY!
Product List:
My Favorite Things, Somebunny balloon and sentiments stamps
Circle die, copics, white pen, washi tapes, Doodlebug Sprinkles