Summer Card Camp 2 Day 3

Today was day three of Summer Card Camp 2 and a few guest designers were on board today sharing their expertise.  So for my homework today I focused on creating backgrounds with stamps on two cards, which is not something I normally do.  I also created a card after being inspired by Tami Hartley's card from day 2.  It was a fun day experimenting!

Here are the cards I created:

Card #1

I created this background with what I learned from this video by Kristina Werner using the Simon Says Stamp July card kit stamp set and followed sketch #3. I really like that background effect! It took a little time but I think the end result is worth it!


Card #2

Card #2 I created with Tami Hartley's card in mind from day 2. I really liked her effect with the paints and the black.  I don't have the materials she used to create a card using her techniques so I went with using my Distress Inks on craft sheet with water to create the background and found a similar flower stamp in my stash to use.  I 'm not crazy about the greeting part and thinking I might do some card surgery... Thoughts???


Card #3

And card #3 I followed sketch #2 for the week, and had Kelly Purkey's idea of creating a background with a greeting stamp of some sort.  I used some Paper Smooches sentiments that I placed together to create this background.  This is the first time I've done this background and I like it!

Thank you for stopping by and I welcome thoughts and feedback! :) 

Day 2 of Pattern Play

Day 2 of Pattern Play was Patterned Paper and Stamping.  Jennifer shared great techniques! This was tricky for me though because I don't have a background stamp that has solid images with a lot of negative space.  So, I put together some stamps from Flower Friend from Simon Says Stamp and here is what I came up with:

It was really challenging to stamp the image repeatedly because you can't see where you stamping when using VersaMark ink! I really like the technique but will have to look into buying a background stamp like the one Jennifer used in class. 

Day 1 of Pattern Play

I finally got around today to doing my "homework" for this online card class.  Between parent conferences and battling the flu this week, I spent a lot of time on the couch catching up with the Biggest Loser.  :)

Anyway, day 1 was "Basic Tips."  Kristina Werner shared her formula of "large/med + small + 'solid'".  I never would of thought of using a "formula" to match up pattern paper together so this is a great tip I learned.  I also decided to use the Simon Says Stamp March card kit which I hadn't gotten around to playing around with either, and also some stamps from Papertrey Ink.  Here is what I created:

I modeled my cards after Kristina's cards and decided to create some Mother's Day cards since that is right around the corner.

Card on the right: Kristina had a tri-circle die she used to create three windows - I do not have that die so I opted for punching three circles and stamping directly on those and adhering with 3-dimensional adhesive.  I felt it needed a pop of color so I added the mustard washi tape over the "solid" pattern paper I had on the card and added the heart to match.  Now that I'm seeing a picture of it, I think I will change the pattern circle on the bottom to a pattern that will fill up the circle better.

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