Class card #1- Tunnel Anniversary

I held a class on Tuesday and had 16 beautiful ladies attend! Unfortunately I only got a pic of the 4 from the afternoon class. Sorry girls, I'm slacking in my photo ops dept!

Onto the card.

The first card in this class was CASEd from a lovely card that was mailed to me for my birthday. Lori Helvick is the creator and you can visit her blog here.  The card I CASEd is here. Isn't it Lovely???!!! Lori does beautiful work!

And here is my rendition of Lori's card:

I started with an 8 ½" x 5 ¼" piece of So Saffron Cardstock and stamped the vine image from the Grateful Bunch stamp set in So Saffron ink on the front. I adhered an 8 ¼"x 5" sheet of Whisper White Cardstock to the So Saffron after stamping the sentiment from the Grateful Bunch in the center. Then I scored it on my Stampin' Trimmer and adhered it to the card base. Next I took an  8 ¼"x 5" piece of Flirty Flamingo, scored it at 4 ¼" and from both ends at 2 1/8" then I centered my Layered Oval Framelits over the center line and ran it through my Big Shot - keeping the oval to use on the front of the card. Then I added some interest to the right side of the Flirty Flamingo using an embossing folder.

The front was done with the Layering Oval Framelits, Number of Years Stamp Set, Flower Shop stamps and coordinating Pansy Punch, Petite Petals Punch and Peek-A-Boo Peach Ruched Ribbon.

Thank you for stopping by. I would love to hear from you just to know someone is reading my blog :)

Happy Stamping!

Kim

Baby Bear Card Swap

Good morning everyone! The weather here in Illinois is gorgeous today! The humidity finally dropped and I think the day might just call for a pony ride :) But first, I'd like to share the card that I made for our Stray Ducklings basket swap a couple of weeks ago. The theme was "Black & White with a Pop of Color." Now, I don't know about you, but I just can't get enough of this baby bear stamp! It's everything I hoped it would be when I first saw it in the new catalog.

I used Whisper White cardstock for the base, basic black cs for the 1st layer, whisper white for the 2nd layer & stamped the lace image from Grateful Bunch in Smoky Slate. I also stamped this image inside the card on the right edge. The sentiment is from the Suite Sayings stamp set. 

I stamp my Baby Bears backwards: 

First, I stamped the #3 bear (the most detailed one) in black Memento Ink

Second, I stamped the #2 bear in full strength Smoky Slate Ink

Third, I stamped the #1 bear in Stamped off Smoky Slate Ink

I cut the bear out with my Layering Squares Framelit Dies & cut a panel of Sweet Sugarplum to place behind it. I tied a fork bow using a piece of Sweet Sugarplum Ruched Ribbon and glued it to the bear. I cut a Delicate Doily in quarters to place behind the frame but added a small square of black cs to make it pop. 

Well, that's it for today. I'm off to enjoy this beautiful weather while we still have it. You know it is the Midwest; our weather changes in 5 minute increments ;)