World Card Making Day

It was World Card Making Day on Saturday, and I did try to join in but I was away for the weekend and my Stampin' Write Markers weren't delivered until today, so I was short a few colours.

Stampin' Write Markers - 11 Core Colors $68.75

I finished them off today, once my latest box of goodies from Stampin' Up! arrived. This card used Earthen Textures and I had most of it completed but needed to colour the leaves and attach everything. I decided not to stagger the position on the vase pieces.

Earthern Textures $96.25

Circle Sayings was the stamp assigned for this card but after stamping the cake, which wasn't part of the original design, I decided to use the rounded sentiment from Beautiful Balloons with Happy Birthday from Circle Sayings. 

Circle Sayings Bundle $72.75

The other change I made was not using half circles, but keeping them whole, and I also changed to DSP instead of inked lines.

Heartfelt Hexagons was the third card and I had to wait until I had Azure Afternoon & Berry Burst ink to stamp the dotty frame around the half-hexies.

Heartfelt Hexagon Bundle $66.50

 Did you participate in WCMD? And would you make the cards as set out in the tutorial, or would you change them up?

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What Will We Do With The Leftovers?

This week I had a couple of face-to-face classes, always fun and friendly. I had an extra pack for each of the cards and after class finished I decided to have a play.

This card pack was originally quite a different card using Bottled Happiness, the brick embossing folder and Fresh Freesia, Pretty Peacock & Wild Wheat ink.

The Chic dies had been used on another card, but this technique kept the die cut piece in place. I decided to use a stamp from Artistically Inked to stamp in Lost Lagoon, since the sentiment was from that stamp set.

Blending ink onto DSP was the technique included in the 2nd card, which I had demonstrated on this piece. The Fan palm leaf was precut for the spare pack too, and I had a few spare clay vessels on my table.

 Usually, I wouldn't be as efficient getting cards made up like this but I was feeling very organised on Thursday.

If you are interested in taking a class in South Morang VIC 3752, the next ones are 16, 17 & 19 August.