Summer Card Camp 2 Week 1 Day 5

Another great card by Kristina Werner in the Summer Card Camp 2...a window card and the acetate is embossed with the cuttlebug swiss dot embossing folder.  The flowers are from MFT "Roses" and the sentiment is from a PTI set Happy For You.

I embossed the face of the card with a PTI striped embossing folder.  Then I die cut the circle using a nestabilities.  I placed a piece of pattern paper behind the acetate.  I tweaked the card design a little to make it a bit simpler for me. 

Summer Card Camp ~ Day 3

Laura Bassen was a guest artist for this day in the summer card camp.  She used the banners sketch and mixed solid with pattern paper.  Here is my card: 

I lined up my banners alternating between pattern and solid paper...I adhered them to a piece of white card stock a little smaller than the length of the banners and stitched down one side.  I die cut some flowers from Happiness in Bloom and added a sequin to the middle.  The sentiment is from a Studio Calico set.

Summer Card Camp Week 1 Day 2

Still trying to catch up, if I can...

The technique today was to use some gelatos, which I do not own.  so I just put some distress ink onto my craft sheet and spritzed it with water and ran my card piece through the colored ink.  I cut out the center with a spellbinder tag and then stamped my sentiment from PTI's All About You.  The YOU is a die cut from memory box which I cut out four times and glued the pieces together.  The flowers are from Bigger Blooms and the hearts are from Flipping Out.

Summer Card Camp ~ Week 1 third sketch

I have a SIL who will be having a birthday the first of August, so I am getting all my cards made a little ahead of time.  I really liked the sketches from the class so I decided to incorporate those with my cards.

This card was made with the third sketch from Week 1 of the Summer Card Camp.  It may be hard to see in the picture, but I actually 'crimped' the strip of white with the flowers, just to add some dimension to the card!  I used a white gel pen to do my faux stitching.

Stamps:  Papertrey Ink:  Flipping Out, Beautiful Blooms

paper:  PTI white, orange zest, colorbox pattern paper

dies:  Flipping Out

Summer Card Camp ~ different sketch, same colors

Another birthday card, this one is really special.  My Aunt is going to be 94 this Saturday.  A couple of months ago she suffered a heart attack and the doctors were sure she would not live through the night...but she did and she is doing just okay...some days are good, some not so good.  Her mind is failing her, but she loves to get the cards from me.  So this will be sent in the mail this week so she can receive it by Friday which is her birthday.  I used a sketch from Jennifer McGuire and the same colors as the previous card.

The birthday die cut is from PTI Wonderful Words:  Birthday, and the flowers are from Bigger Blooms.

Summer Card Camp

I missed a whole week of summer card camp...not a big deal....my BFF and I are getting together for a couple of weeks and we thought we would just take the class together.  However, I needed a couple of birthday cards right now, and I liked the looks of the sketches and the color challenges so I decided to make my two cards using them.  Up first is a birthday card for a friend who will actually be in Chicago for her birthday.  Her mom has been living with her for the last 6 years and she recently passed away...3 weeks shy of her 101 birthday!  Isn't that amazing?  My friend drove back to Chicago by herself to clear out her mom's house.  But I am going to send this card to her so it will be waiting for her when she gets home...I want her to know I have been thinking about her.

There is a piece of vellum that I embossed with a PTI impression plate and then stitched around the edges of that before adhering to the face of the card.  I used PTI bitty dot pattern paper for the color strips.  The sentiment and flip flops are from the Flipped Out stamp set.