June Card classes

 I am trying something different this month.  Many of the cards will have backgrounds with Distress Dioxide Inks.

The first one is what ever color you want with a full card black cardstock front.

This next set is background dioxide inks and it has water spray on it for a slightly different texture.  You can choose from holographic paper to glitter paper.  There are 4 different stamp sets you can choose from to have on the card.  You can also stamp some of the images inside and choose an inside sentiment as well.  Don't forget you can stamp on the envelopes too.

Being so close to July 4th, I decided we would still have time to do a patriotic card to send.  This is a shaker star card.

The last card is from the Strawberry mice set and uses splatter for the background.  There are other mice you can choose from as well as different sayings. 

If you are interested in coming to classes, let me know.  Have a scrapping good day.

Many wishes card making kit

 This is one of the National Scrapbooking Day projects.  It used the Distress Oxide inks and stencils.  CTMH has developed the stencils in 2 stages so you don't need to mask.  One is the flower and the other the leaves. The Many Wishes Card making Kit makes gorgeous cards with the colors they chose but if you have more Distress Oxide colors, the world is your limit.  Challenge yourself to do the kids and then play with other colors.  This is a kit that has the littlest cutting I have ever seen.  The stencil is placed on the card itself but you can use a smaller than card size and mat it for variation. See what you can do.

Same cards different techniques

 I love how you can get different styles using the same stamp set but doing different techniques.

Distress Oxide inks: You use a sponge or blending brush to get the colors onto the paper.  Because they stay wet for a while you can just keep blending and blending until you get the look you want. The color are vibrant and just seem to pop off the paper.

Water color Pencils: These can be used with or without water. The water will blend and make the pencil lines almost disappear.  This look is more subtle and give a softer look.

Alcohol Markers: Alcohol markers will blend if you do small sections at a time so that the marker is still wet.  You can use the Shimmer brush over it but you need to remember that the marker color will pick up on the brush and transfer. 

From left to right; water color pencils with shimmer brush. Alcohol marker, Distress oxide ink, Alcohol marker.

From left to right: Distress Oxide, distress oxide, water color pencil, alcohol marker

I used distress oxide inks with texture paste for backgrounds on the cards. I used the CTMH stencils. The distress oxide inks do not stamp as well but you can do it for accent.  

Challenge yourself by taking a stamp set and doing it in a variety of mediums.  What do you like for what occasions? I usually don't stamp a sentiment inside my cards but I am starting to gather some together to use.  I am also going to back to stamping the envelopes from time to time.  I find that variety is a spice of life.  Keep pushing your techniques and projects to the next level and have fun.