Class Techies

 Last week I had the privilege of doing a class for some advanced stampers.  This was a benefit from an auction basket for our school.  I threw in a gift certificate with the wonderful things that Stampin' Up! had donated.  (And they were VERY generous!  Thank you SU!)  This first card concentrated on learning the ribbon rose and using a circle for a piercing template.  It was also fun to throw on a bunch of the freebies from SAB.  The layout for this card is from last month's Stampin' Success Magazine.  I like the whimsical feel of it.

This card had a few other techniques that I was teaching.  The first was sponging on the backside of vellum cardstock after texturing it in the Big Shot.  Isn't that color behind the roses lovely?  The rhinestone on the sentiment was colored in with a sharpie, which really isn't a technique as much as a wonderful use of your supplies.  The other technique on this card was the reinker spread.  See that lovely rose from Fifth Avenue Floral on the bottom corner?  It was so fun to see the ladies try the technique.  I think half of them thought that they had completely messed theirs up, but once dried and cut out, they were all beautiful.  And since I'm particularly fond of Shimmer White cardstock, this is one of my favorite techniques.

I think this one was my favorite.  We watercolored inside the champagne glasses with Watercolor Wonder Crayons and then covered the liquid area with Crystal Effects.  Isn't it lovely?  Oh, and then I had to show them the hot, new ruffled ribbon look.  They all thought that it was going to be hard, but were amazed that it didn't have to be perfect to look good.  We finished it off with a bit of Victoria Lace and a Bronze Safety Pin from Vintage Trinkets.  This DP is so easy to use and makes simple cards look wonderful.

Thanks for stopping by the Stamping Station again.  I'd love to hear from you.

Blessings,
Julie

TAWC Demented Cards

Hey there, fellow stampers! This is Sharon's week to set the challenge for the three amigas. She's a little demented, uh...I mean...she chose for us to make demented cards. (Sharon, you know I love you, right? :-D) I had the hardest time coming up with anything. Demented can mean sick or funny, so I chose the funny...that is, if you can call this funny. Underneath the square, the "no" is actually "now" on the stamp. I masked it with scotch tape before stamping, so that it would say no, then wrote in the words next to it with my Basic Black Stampin' Journaler. The gal in the chair is from Classy and Fabulous, the remote control is the vase in the Scene from a Garden stamp set from the new Mini Catalog coming out on April 1st. I just did a bit of writing on the vase so that it would look like a remote. The mug of beer is from Cheers To You. The checklist is also from a set from the upcoming Mini Catalog; the name of the set is And Many Mower. A very good set for masculine cards; it even includes a mower. :-D So there's my demented card. What do you think? Is it sassy/funny enough? Please feel free to play along. If you post on SCS, use TAWC in the key words. If posting to another site, please include the link in a comment here. I'd love to see what you can come up with!

Sharon's Demented Card

Joanne's Demented Card

Thanks for stopping by the Stamping Station!

Blessings,
Julie

Masculine TAWC For This Week

Joanne is the hostess this week for the Three Amigas. Our chal- lenge from her is to make a mas- culine card with browns and blues. I combined the challenge with the sketch challenge for today at SCS to kill two birds with one stone...except that I was stamping at 1 am and I forgot one of the layers of the sketch! Ouch! And so, out of desperation due to my computer woes, I'm posting it anyway! The colors here aren't very true, even after I adjusted them, due to taking the pic at 1:30 am and having to use a flash.
I stamped the mugs on the background Cocoa cardstock, sent it through the Big Shot with my SU! texturz plate, then sponged some color lightly across the texture to highlight the raised diamond pattern. After stampin the mug and words on the Whisper White, I colored the mug with my Mustard SU marker, sponged the edges of the cardstock with Brocade Blue, paper pierced the edges, then connected the dots with the fine side of my Cocoa SU marker to give it the faux sewing look. The brads are from the retired Vintage Brads set. I kind of miss that copper look in the new Vintage Brads. I think it works well here.
Supplies: Cheers To You stamp set. Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa, Brocade Blue, Whisper White cardstocks. Bella Rose DP. Paper piercer & template, SU markers, Vintage Brads, SU texturz plate, Big Shot, Sponge.
Once again, thanks for stopping by the Stamping Station. I wish you many hours of enjoyable stamping.
Blessings,
Julie
p.s. here's a teaser. Next week, easy scrapbooking for the scrapbooking challenged stampers...