Clean and Simple 2 Online Card Class Day 5

Tried embossing in white, and then using my distress inks to blend together for the background.  Not too bad for a first attempt.  Next time I will only do a little of the green, towards the bottom.

The sentiment is also embossed, on the same apple green card stock as the base card.It is popped up.

I'm also thinking of just embossing the stamp design directly on the card base, and just coloring in the chair and umbrella.  Maybe tomorrow. 

Clean and Simple 2 Online Card Class Day 4

I wanted to try the chalkboard thing, but wanted to make the background a dark color instead of black.  I like the looks of the white embossing on the dark purple card front.  Sorry the photo isn't any better, but I wanted to get it posted right away.

I was going to do a little dry embossing on the front, but can't seem to find anything that really calls out to me.  If I do find anything later, I can always do the dry embossing then, and I feel it is better to do without, than to do something that I'm not happy with.

I really like this class, clean and simple is how I like my cards to look, and I've learned so much from the classes so far!

Clean and Simple 2 Online Card Class Day 3

Day 3 of the class introduced the concept of using labels on your cards.  I thought I'd give this a try, and came up with this.  I placed the stamped labels on a white layer, and separated them just a little to make them more interesting.  I also inked the edges of the white layer, trying to get a little extra ink here and there to add interest. The heart is inked in cranberry, with the hello stamped in the same cocoa brown as the trees.  I also had the heart popped up to give just a little dimension to the card.  I think it worked out pretty well; at least I like it! 

Clean and Simple 2 Online Card Class Day 2

Tried a couple of new techniques when I made this one layer card--I masked before stamping, and then embossed the hearts.  It's not perfect, but I think it was a good first try!  Very pleased with this idea.