SCT Class - Hero Arts - Last One!!

And the cards from the SCT class from Hero Arts. The last one! I did it!! :-) This one involved ink blending, die-cutting and a bit of stenciling.

This may be my last post for a while. It's been fun doing the class cards, but we've had so many things on our to-do list. We've been chipping away at it, but keep adding more things as we go along. We've been doing the Christmas shopping, but have to finish that. And even though the cards have been done for a long time, we still have to do the letter and get the cards ready to mail. Deciding which cards each person will be getting is a job in itself!

In case I'm not back before then, Happy Thanksgiving to all.

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SCT Class - Concord and 9th

Here are the three cards from Concord and 9th from the SCT class. The kit included the cover die, other dies, stencils, stamps and four small ink pads. 

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SCT - Stamps of Life

Here are my cards from Stamps of Life for the SCT card class. I'm moving right along! By the time this posts, I may have them all done. Yippee.

The first card - a modified gate-fold card.

Here is the second card - an easel card.

And the last card.

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SCT Class - Honey Bee

Here are the cards from the Honey Bee class. Please check out the post for the last card, which is so awesome - and was so putzy! All the little pieces are die-cut. The stencil was in the kit - it stenciled the circle and also the designs on the plates, etc. So much detail!

The bottom layer is patterned paper which includes the wreath and the sentiment (and the background, too, of course.) The rest are die cuts.

I die-cut the card base using the bottom layer die. This die set was huge! There was also a small sentiment set and a stencil.

The cabinet doors open and there are dishes in them.

The inside of the card. This really isn't my kind of card, but it's pretty amazing, I think.

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SCT Class - Gina K Designs

Ahh, I am doing the SCT classes in order, and I finally reached Gina K. I really do love her cards. She was so generous with supplies for the class. There was a full-sized stamp set with dies, the oval stencils, and also the background stamp. We used the "kissing" technique with the silhouette stamps and the background stamp.

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SCT Class - Ranger/Simon Hurley

These four cards are from the SCT (Stamping and Cards Today Crop and Create) class that I took starting in September. Lucky for me that the classes are all on YouTube, as I was not able to do them live. I finally finished three more classes. Maybe I'll have more of them done before this post publishes.

This class was Simon Hurley for Ranger. Most of the cards are identical to the class cards. The kit consisted of the stamps and dies, stencils and AstroPaste.

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Ferny Birthday

The background for this card was made from my card class. The folder is from Spellbinders and is so pretty. I had done the ink-blending per the instructions, but then when I went to emboss the panel, I did it upside down so it's debossed. I didn't want to use it on my card-class card so I set it aside at the time and now it's on a card. This card really isn't my favorite, but you get to see all the cards that I make! I added the foiled sentiment (on foam squares, of course!) and some gold sequins.

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OLO Markers - SCT Card Class

I got up really early yesterday and was able to put some things in order in my stamping room, and also put together several cards. How fun! I had pieces left from making calendars and from my card class and just in general. I got all those pieces taken care of. Always a good feeling. We also got some things sorted and tossed from the cedar chest. More to go and also other projects, but we're making progress.

This card is from the card class I took. We were given four colors of OLO markers and an image from Angie Blom. I really like how we blended the purple and the green - who would have thought of that! :-) I fussy-cut the image and popped it up on foam squares. I also fussy-cut the banner and added it on top of the image.

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Happy 16th Birthday, Andrew!

Our oldest grandchild turned 16 yesterday!! I can hardly believe it! He got his driver's license yesterday, too.

Here is the card I made for him. I used a layout that I learned in my card class. I hope to post some of those cards soon. Not much to say about the card other than that. The sentiment is die-cut. The photo is not matted - it's open around it, using a piece of acetate to hold it in place.

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Moose Birthday

Here is the other card that I put together a few days ago. The die-cut pieces are all from Hello Bluebird and are all popped up on foam squares. I drew in the balloon strings. I used thin strips of red cardstock on the top and bottom edges of the patterned paper.

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Happy 44th Birthday!

Today is our son's 44th birthday. For many years, we have been making him a card with a picture of an athlete whose number is the same as our son's age. So here is this year's - Chuck Foreman. It's nice that we can use a Minnesota athlete this year.

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Let's Celebrate!

Well, I actually got all those little critters and miscellaneous things colored and the card front backgrounds glued together. It was something, at least!  Then I had a little time and I put together a couple cards. Here is one and I'll share the other in a few days. Have to spread them out a little since I don't know when I'm going to have time to play in my stamping room again. I'm getting new golf clubs on Wednesday, and I'm anxious to try them out as much as I can. :-) I had some scraps of this patterned paper. The rest of the pieces (stump, bunny, balloon and sentiment) were stamped and die-cut using a set from Hello Bluebird. The stump is glued directly to the patterned paper, but the other pieces are popped up. I drew in the balloon string.

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"Sweet" Things - Part Two

This is a continuation of yesterday's post. Five more cards that I made with My Favorite Things dies and sentiments. The embossed backgrounds were made with a Darice folder - one of my favorites.

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"Sweet" Cards - Part One

Several years ago, I was so lucky to get a bunch of My Favorite Things stamps from a friend. I have used them so much! These cards were all made with the same set. All the dies and sentiments are from that set. There are also image stamps for all of these sweet things, but I only used the dies and the sentiment stamps this time. Actually, there are two sets of dies. One cuts these images and embosses lines in some of them. The other set cuts the stamped images with a slight border around them. I haven't used any of those yet, I don't believe.

Tomorrow I will post the other five that I made. 

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Embossed Birthday

I met my friend, Cheryl, for lunch last week to give her a bunch of cards I had made for her to bring to the thrift store she volunteers at. She brought me a 3D embossing folder that she had accidentally gotten two of. Thanks, Cheryl! So, I had to make a card right away using it. I decided to rub an ink pad over it in each direction, and then matted it. The sentiment, from Gina K, is matted and popped up.

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Happy Birthday Friend

A simple birthday card for a friend. I matted the patterned paper that I had sitting out and added it to an ivory card base. The sentiment panel was cut using Spellbinders dies. The stamps are from Gina K. The sentiment panel is popped up on foam squares and I added three enamel dots. 

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Single Birthday Flower

I had a few of these flowers left on my stamping table from a few weeks ago. I used this one and tossed the others. I also had this cork circle on my table, along with three others of different colors. We put these little cork pads on our cabinet doors so they would close quietly. But, we bought 2000 of them!! I thought maybe I could color them with markers and use them on my cards. I probably won't do that, but here is one, anyway. I also had the little scraps of black and white. And I had the left-over part after cutting a scalloped circle, which I used as a stencil. They all came together to make this card. The sentiment is from Gina K.

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60th Birthday

We were invited to a 60th birthday party for our neighbor, and I realized about 45 minutes before we were heading over that we didn't have a card for him! So, this is what I came up with. I already had the stair-step card base cut and ready to go. (If you want to see other stair-step cards that I have made, you can click on the stair-step label at the end of the post.) I usually do some matting on the patterned paper, etc, but I had no time this time!! So, I simply adhered the patterned paper and then trimmed around the edges. That worked just fine and it was so much easier! I die-cut the numbers and the balloons and attached them and added the sentiment.

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Many More Patterned Paper Cards

Here are the rest of the cards that I made with my stack of patterned paper that I got free from Michael's. All of the papers (except for the card bases) were from the stack. I used many different companies' stamps to finish up the cards.

I made two of each of these cards except for this first one. I hope you will take a quick glance at them to the end of the post! I started out with 48 12 x 12 sheets and now I have 33 sheets left - mostly smaller prints which are great for cards. I set aside two sheets for a scrapbooking friend. Now I can work on something else when I have time. And, I may have a bit of time this week. It's supposed to be very hot every day!! Yuk! No outdoor activities for me when it's in the 90's!

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