Masking Technique

I made this card for our Technique Swap at the Stray Ducklings meeting. My technique was masking. I stamped the lighthouse from the High Tide Stamp Set then masked it with a post-it note so I could sponge the sky behind it. 

Quick & simple today. I hope you all have a marvelous weekend! 

Happy Stamping!

Watercolor Wash Technique

This is another card that was part of our Shoebox Technique swap. It's a Watercolor Wash card designed by Laura Roethle. You spray your watercolor paper before stamping it. For more definition, you can stamp the image a second time after the water has almost dried. 

I just love all the bright happy colors Laura used on this card!

Smash Card

Today's card share was designed by Gayle Kiesow of our Stray Ducklings group. 

It's a smash card - something new for me that I've never tried. 

It's all about the scoring of the fold then using a belly band to keep it closed. 

I'm always learning new things in crafting - especially from my Stray Duckling's sisters.  We continually grow by having meetings, swapping with one another and teaching each other new paper crafting ideas. If you're a Stampin' Up! demo in Central Illinois and would like to join us, we'd love to have you! If you're not a demo but would like more info on how you can save 20-25% and have lots of fun with a great group of people, please don't hesitate to contact me!

Bleaching Technique

Happy Tuesday :)

Today's card was designed by our own Mama Duck (aka Lori Helvick) from our Central Illinois Stray Ducklings group. Lori used the Remarkable You stamp set on this card. This set never ceases to amaze me. It's so simple and so elegant. The flower was embossed using our Silver Embossing Powder then bleached was dabbed inside the petals. 

Cool effect, eh?

You can visit Lori's blog HERE to show her some love for designing this beautiful card :) 

Faux Ceramic Tile Technique

Today's Card was designed by fellow Stray Duckling, Kelly Irish. 

I wish you could see this in person. It's so shiny and cool! 

The picture does not do it justice.

You start by scoring the panel you are going to ink. Then, ink your image. 

Versamark the whole panel and heat emboss it with clear. Repeat. 

The first layer will be bumpy and inconsistent. The second layer smooths out and looks like tile. So cool and not too difficult!

Easter Message

I was hired to make 20 cards for a great friend who is very supportive of my stamping business. She is a wonderful Christian woman and I couldn't wait to design this card for her! 

I started with a base of Wisteria Wonder. I stamped the sun from Kinda Eclectic on Whisper White Cardstock, then heat embossed the Easter Message image by inking it in Early Espresso and using clear embossing powder. I colored the image with our Many Marvelous Markers.

I hope you enjoyed today's card. 

Happy Stamping!!!

Custom Tee

We made this simple card at my last class. I designed it using the Custom Tee bundle and the now retired Carried away DSP.  The girls had fun tie dying the shirt. I had fun hanging it on the line to dry ;)

This is such a versatile stamp set with so many sayings. 

It's a fun one to have on hand!

Calendar of Cards November & December plus bonus card

Well, hello again :) 

I took off and met my husband down South for the weekend. We had a fabulous time, but now it's time to get back to posting. 

Today I'm sharing the last two cards from our Calendar of Cards day. This beautiful card was designed by fellow Stray Duckling, Lynn Brinker. Lynn used the Sheltering Tree Stamp Set and the Leaflits Framelit Dies. Lynn embellished the card with Gold Satin Ribbon. Isn't it beautiful?

Our December card was designed by Bonnie Alexander at http://aliveandstamping.blogspot.com

Bonnie used Santa's Sleigh & Hang Your Stocking stamp sets. She also used This Christmas DSP and the finishing touch is the bow she made with the 1/4" Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon.

                                                    

The bonus card I want to share today was made by Sheryl Diemer from http://stampingclassroom.blogspot.com Sheryl used the Reverse Words (Now retired) Sale-A-Bration stamp set.