Stretch Your Stamps 2 Class Day One, Card 2

After making the first card from Kristina's video, I decided to try making a card based on Lisa Spangler's video.  She used VersaMark ink and heat embossed the design, then sprayed the card with gold spray ink.  She then removed the embossed areas.

I stamped and embossed my background design, then sprayed it with a red spray ink.  When I lightly wiped the surface to remove the ink from the embossing, it spread the ink around, and when it dried it was very dull looking.  I decided to spray it again with a gold spray ink.  I was much more pleased with how this turned out.

2nd card from 1st day of class

I followed her directions on how to leave enough room for your sentiment, stamped it on black card stock with VersaMark and used gold embossing powder, and it came out pretty well.  Due to my embossed background design being slightly warped, I taped it directly to the black as oppsed to popping it up as Lisa had done.  I then taped the whole thing to a red card.  I'm pretty pleased with this card, although I know there is a lot of room for improvement!

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 1

On the first day of class we learned several new techniques.  This is my first attempt to make a card similar to one of their examples.  I embossed the sentiment in white, and bracketed it with cardstock I embossed.  I really like how the card front turned out.  It looks better in person.











But the inside I'm not sure I like.  I used Brilliance in Lightning Black.  I liked it a lot before it dried, but after it dried, was more of a dark gold instead of a black on the blue background. I was hoping for a shiny black with gold highlights.  Oh, well, live and learn!