SCC2 - Week 3 - Day 3

In searching for ways to use this week's colour combination I decided to go back to a lesson from last week where Kristina used perfect pearls. I haven't used this product before and wanted to give it a try. I used my artistic circles stamp from Hero Arts and stamped the image using Versamark Ink on my brown cardstock, then pounced on the various shades of perfect pearls I had selected - two different purples and a blue. I really like the shimmer this gave to the card and will definitely look to use this technique again as it was a lot of fun.

Supplies List:

• Cardstock - brown, kraft (card base)
• American Crafts Pow! Glitter Paper - Pacific
• Your Next Stamp Fishtail Banner Die Set
• Hero Arts Artistic Circles Wooden Stamp
• Versamark Ink
• Ranger Perfect Pearls - Grape Fizz, Forever Violet, Blue Raspberry
• Jillibean Soup Alphabeans - Blended Black
• Misc: Cuttlebug, adhesives, paper trimmer, scoreboard

SCC 2 - Week 3 - Day 2

Week 3 of Summer Card Camp 2 from Online Card Classes is here with a new colour combo - 2 shades of brown, 2 shades of purple and a blue. The technique focus for Tuesday was using die cutting on cards. Here is what I came up with for my homework using the new colour combination:

I used a circle die to cut the window from my front panel before running the panel through my Cuttlebug to do the embossing. For stamping, I used versamark ink to stamp the background panel on the blue cardstock to get a tone on tone look. After letting this dry I stamped my sentiment stamp and adhered my stamped elephant image (which I coloured in with two shades of purple Copic markers to help meet the colour challenge). I finished the card off with some purple twine and a few amber and purple gems.

Supplies List:

• Cardstock - Brown, Light Blue, Tan (card base)
• Our Craft Lounge Clear Stamps - Circus Circus
• Technique Tuesday Ali Edwards Clear Stamps - Sweet Baby
• Recollections Morroccan Pattern Wood Stamp
• Versamark Ink
• Hero Arts Shadow Ink - Cup of Joe
• Momento Tuxedo Black Ink
• Lawn Fawn Lawn Cuts Circle Stackables
• Provocraft Cuttlebug Swiss Dots Embossing Folder
• American Crafts Primio Jute - Purple
• Copic markers - V20 (Wisteria), V25 (Pale Blackberry)
• Gems - purple, amber
• Misc: adhesives, paper trimmer, scissors, acrylic block, scoreboard 

Christmas in the Summer (SCC 2 - Week 2)

I thought with all the time I've been spending making cards for the Summer Card Camp, it would be a good idea to get an early start on some Christmas cards. I didn't use any of this week's sketches for this one, but wanted to challenge myself to stick with the colour combination of blue, green, cream and brown and make a card without any traditional Christmas red. Here is my completed card.

In making this card, I also used the technique of masking my stamp which Jennifer used in the first week of class. I didn't end up using the technique in any of last week's cards so am glad I got the chance to use it this week. By taping off sections of the stamp and applying different ink colours I was able to achieve the tree in the stamped image on the card. I finished off the tree by applying some glitter glue to the blue part of the tree for a bit of sparkle.

I'm heading out of town for a long weekend so glad I was able to get 4 cards done throughout the week as I won't have any time for crafty play this weekend. Will be looking forward to the new colour and sketch reveal and more great techniques from the teachers when I get back.

Supplies List:

• Cardstock - Cream, White
• EK Success 3 " Scallop Punch
• Recollections Jumbo Scallop Punch
• Pink Paislee City Sidewalks 8 x 8 Paper Pack
• Hero Arts Shadow Ink - Pool, Cup of Joe
• Colorbox Archival Dye Ink - Khaki Green
• Ranger Distress Ink - Frayed Burlap
• Ranger Ink Blending Tool
• Penny Black Winter Wonders Stamp Set
• Queen & Co. Twinkle Glitter Glaze - Light Blue
• Misc: Adhesives, Paper Trimmer, Scoreboard, Acrylic Block

SCC2 Week 2 - Day 2

Two cards done in one evening - a record for me!

As card camp goes on and I have a few more cards under my belt, I'm finding my cards are coming together a bit faster than before. Last night I actually managed to complete two cards. I'm in awe of those who are creating multiple cards in such short amounts of time, but for myself I'm pretty happy with my progress so far.

The technique of focus yesterday was heat embossing which I had not done before. I got a bit more inky than I'm used to making this card, but it was a lot of fun.

I heat embossed all of the circle stamping and then applied two different distress inks using an ink blending tool. Not all my versamark stamping was perfectly lined up with my original stamping so you see the resist effect with the white showing through in a few areas, in particular the end of the sentiment, but I kind of liked the rough look for this card so the imperfections didn't really bother me.

I had masculine cards in mind when I saw the colour combination for this week so my second card was also a "Dad" inspired card. I love my washi tape collection so am happy any time I get to use it.

For the lettering, I inked up some white sticker letters I had so I was able to end up with coloured sticker letters that matched with my overall card colours.

Supplies List (Happy Father's Day):

• Cardstock - Kraft, White
• Hero Arts May Dots Clear Stamp Set
• Kaisercraft Clear Stamp - Occasions
• Ranger Distress Inks - Peeled Paint, Frayed Burlap
• Hero Arts Shadow Inks - Pool, Cup of Joe, Field Greens
• Colorbox Archival Dye Ink - Khaki Green
• Hero Arts Clear Embossing Powder
• Ranger Ink Blending Tool
• Teresa Collins Memories Collection Enamel Dots
• Misc: Heat gun, scoreboard, adhesive, paper trimmer, acrylic block

Supplies List (DAD):

• Cardstock - Kraft, Cream
• Momenta 8 x 8 Paper Pad (neutral patterned papers)
• Jillibean Soup Alphabeans - Whipped White
• Colorbox Sky Blue Ink
• Hero Arts Shadow Ink - Cup of Joe
• My Mind's Eye Indie Chic "Grow" Washi Tape
• Queen & Co. Trendy Tape - Zig Zag Boy
• 1" circle punch
• Dotted circle stamp
• Misc: adhesives, paper trimmer, scoreboard , acrylic block

SCC 2 - Week 2 - Day 1

The first day of week 2 of Summer Card Camp brought a new colour combination and three new sketches. I really like the colours for this week - a cream, light blue, 2 shades of green and brown. I've got some masculine cards in mind, but the circle card Kristina made and the patterned papers I found made me think of a homey vintage feel. I've also been planning to make a card for my sister who recently purchased her first home. Here is the card I came up with.

My first circle card - yay!

Supplies List:

• White Cardstock
• Lawn Fawn Circle Stackables Lawn Cuts Dies
• Cuttlebug machine
• Hero Arts Operation Write Home - Right at Home Stamp Set
• Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad
• Copic Markers - BG53 (Ice Mint), E81 (Ivory), E23 (Hazelnut), E87 (Fig)
• We R Memory Keepers 6 x 6 Paper Pad - Antique Chic
• MME 6 x 6 Paper Pad - Miss Caroline Dolled Up
• Misc: scissors, adhesives, scoreboard

SCC 2 - More from Week 1

I managed to get 2 more cards completed throughout Week 1, making use of the other 2 sketches.

On Wednesday, I was inspired by guest artist Laura Bassen who raided her scrap stash to create some stitched banners to meet the colour requirements. I found some scraps in my own stash that suited the colour combo and I made this the right hand border of my card.

On Thursday, Christina issued a 10-minute card challenge. I haven't tried that one yet - a little intimidating given how new I am to this. I've got some vacation coming up so hope to come back to this challenge when I have a little more time to plan.

I finished the week off on Friday with this card, where I tried to play a little bit with some embossing, inking on washi tape and some light inking on the embossing.

TIP: I fussy cut the sun image, but I'm not the best at fussy cutting so to give me a start, I used a hole punch to punch in between each of the rays then just finished off with cutting around the points. I think it turned out OK and saved me some time and frustration.

Supplies List (You Lift Me Up):

• White Cardstock
• Lawn Fawn Blue Skies Lawn Cuts Dies
• Cuttlebug Machine
• Lawn Fawn Blue Skies Clear Stamps
• Lawn Fawn Smitty's ABCs Clear Stamps
• American Crafts - Thickers - Wish - Robin's Egg
• Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad
• Copic Markers - RV55 (Hollyhock), BG53 (Ice Mint), E23 (Hazelnut)
• Misc: paper scraps, paper trimmer, scoreboard, adhesives

Supplies List (Sending You Sunshine):

• White Cardstock, Light  Blue Cardstock
• Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - mini flowers
• Cuttleubug Machine
• Colorbox Frost White Ink Pad
• Hero Arts Shadow Inks - Wet Cement, Charcoal
• Lawn Fawn Sunny Skies Clear Stamps
• Hero Arts Everyday Sayings Stamp Set
• Queen & Co. Trendy Tape - Vertical Stripes Yellow
• Bo Bunny 6 x 6 Paper Pad - Bold and Bright Double Dot
• Studio Calico Snippets Collection 6 x 6 Paper Pad
• Fiskars stamp press
• Misc: Paper trimmer, scissors, scoreboard, adhesives, 1/4" hole punch

Summer Card Camp 2 - Week 1 - Day 1

So the Summer Card Camp by Online Card Classes is now in session. On Monday, the colour combo for Week 1 was revealed along with three reference sketches.

Here is the card I created, inspired by Jennifer McGuire's banner flap design card from Day 1.

On my computer screen one of the colours from the combo read as a very fine line between an olive green vs. a mustard yellow. I embraced the subtle olive tone and found some fun buttons from my stash that I thought went well with the pattern papers I had picked out.

I've got a few other ideas noted down based on the sketches and the other cards shared. Hoping to have more time this week to try some things out. So happy to have found this class!

Supplies List:

• Various 6 x 6 paper pads by Momenta, American Crafts and My Mind's Eye (Miss Caroline - Dolled up)
• My Mind's Eye - Fine and Dandy Buttons - True Blue and Tickled Pink
• Jillibean Soup - Bean Stalks Twine - turquoise
• Fiskars Threading Water Border Punch
• Hero Arts Clear Stamps - Everyday Sayings
• Ranger Archival Ink Pad - Jet Black
• White card stock (as backer to card)
• Misc: Fiskars paper trimmer, glue dots, adhesive, scoring board and bone folder

SCC 2 Pre-Class Challenge 2

And my excitement for this card camp continues to build with a second pre-class challenge - this one based on a sketch. Here is what I came up with.

After seeing the sketch which had three circles of various sizes in a triangular pattern offset to the left side of the card, I knew instantly that I wanted to incorporate stars onto my card. I went with different types of stars, with different techniques and patterns - using stamping and inca gold.

I took a little longer than I would have liked getting going on this card. I got hung up a bit on colouring as I started working with a white card base similar to my first challenge card. Once I switched over to the black cardstock base though I was off to the races. Same thing happened with my stamped star as well. Originally I stamped a star with gold ink on white cardstock and fussy cut this to go along with my two other chipboard stars, but wasn't completely happy with the overall look. When I switched this to a black cardstock star with the gold ink stamped image, I found I liked this much better. The final detail I added was the faux stitching around the gold glitter paper. I liked how this made the gold block stand out that much more and also tied in the black used in other parts of the card. It also tied back to the sketch which identified a block on the card front with a dotted outline. I used some scraps for the gold glitter paper and unfortunately a seam from two scraps is quite noticeable on the card front - something I would fix for the future.

Supplies List:

• Black Cardstock
• White Cardstock
• Gold Glitter Cardstock (leftover scraps)
• Pink Paislee - Luxe Collection - Foil Chipboard Shapes - Stars
• Pink Paislee - Artisan Collection - Resist Chipboard Shapes - Stars
• Hero Arts - Operation Write Home - Clear Acrylic Stamps - Year Round Sentiments
• Viva Decor - Inka Gold - Gold
• Tsukineko Encore Ultimate Metallic Ink Pad - Gold
• Misc - adhesive, trimmer, scissors, journaling pen

SCC 2 Pre-Class Challenge 1

The first pre-class challenge for Summer Card Camp 2 was a colour challenge. We were asked to create a card using at least 4 of the 5 following colours:

I love the cool crispness of this colour combination and found myself thinking of several pattern papers I could use. In the end though, I kept it fairly simple and went with a neutral gray paper from the Little Yellow Bicycle Winterings 6 x 6 pad and used some embellishments from Teresa Collins to bring in the salmon pink and the blue. Here is the result:

Supplies List:

• White Cardstock
• Little Yellow Bicycle - Winterings Collection - 6 x 6 Paper Pad
• Teresa Collins - He Said She Said Collection - She Said 12 x 12 Die Cut Sheet
• Teresa Collins - Memories Collection - Border Strips with Glitter Accents
• Teresa Collins - Memories Collection - Decorative Brads
• Fiskars - Border Punch - Apron Lace
• 3L Scrapbook Adhesives - 3D Foam Squares
• Tombow - Mono Adhesive (Permanent)

My First Scrappy Post

Welcome to my new blog. I've created this blog to note my experiences as I delve into the world of papercrafting. I started scrapbooking in 2011 following the birth of my son. More recently I've extended my papercrafting to include cardmaking and am fast becoming a big fan of stamping and other inky techniques.

In a search to learn more and get the creative juices going, I've signed up for the Summer Card Camp 2 from Online Card Classes. The classes run for 3 weeks starting on July 8th. I'm looking forward to the classes but am a little worried about whether I will be able to keep up. Finding time for my new hobby is never that easy. We'll have to wait and see. I have found time to work on two pre-class challenges so that bodes well. I'll post more about what I've done for those challenges shortly. That's it for my first post. The adventure begins....