Textures and Techniques

Hey everyone - yesterday I enjoyed the lastest (and totally free) online Simon Says Stamp Create Together Class - Master Textures & Techniques with Jennifer McGuire. Fabulous, and quite long, class!! I had purchased the class kit (great value) which is sold out but many of the products are available individually. Plus SSS has them on sale right now! 

I'll share a class card next but first, a card I made for Just Us Girls Challenge #809 where it's die week with the theme of hearts.

Supplies: Paper - Neenah Classic Crest Solar White;

Paper Studio A2 card; scraps

Dies - Simon Says Stamp Falling Hearts &

CZ Design With Love;

Hero Arts Nesting Hearts Infinity Dies

Embossing Folder - Simon Says Stamp Tiny Flora

Other - foam tape

During class Jennifer had us cut the heart coverplate twice - once from vellum (I haven't done mine yet) and once from white cardstock. She only used the heart confetti from the white cut. I decided to use this coverplate for my JUGS entry. I decided to give it some texture and used one of the class kit embossing folders - love it! I adhered it to an ombré A2 card from Hobby Lobby. Next I die cut a sentiment (also used in the class) from scraps of pink, black & silver metallic. I assembled it and popped it onto a die cut heart, then onto the card with foam tape. To finish it, I added one of the hearts cut from the coverplate to the O of LOVE.

I will also add this card to Darnell's February NBUS Challenge #83 since the coverplate got first use here. Next, I share the second card we completed in class. I took a quick break and missed making card one which included cutting the coverplate in vellum! Oops!

Supplies: Paper - Neenah Classic Crest Solar White;

SSS heavyweight vellum, metallic silver & glossy white cardstock

Dies - Simon Says Stamp CZ Design With Love

Embossing Folder - Simon Says Stamp Tiny Flora

Other - foam tape; SSS pigment inks

For this one we embossed an A2 panel of vellum, lightly inked it with SSS Tide Pool and folded in half. Mine cracked - oh well. As Jennifer often says of class cards - this was our "practice pancake" - lol. 

Next we embossed an A2 panel of the glossy cardstock and inked with three colors of choice (the kit included 6 SSS pigment inks); I used Heather, Cadette and Pearfection. The glossy cardstock makes it easy to move the ink - I got some spotches, oh well... We cut this panel on a diagonal along with 3 panels of white. Sandwiched the vellum between these panels to form a card with a vellum top - crazy, right? Then added some scrap strips and a sentiment die cut. Hard to see in the photo but I added a black shadow layer to my words.

I'll have to go back and watch the replay to finish the rest of the class cards. We made a bunch of panels with inking and embossing folders - so I have a ways to go to finish!

Thanks for stopping by! I'll be back tomorrow with the card I made for last night's Craft Roulette. Hope you're having a crafty weekend!