My Next Card Class Samples

Hello everyone in Blogland,

I've been very busy making tons of invitations but finally got around to making my card samples for my next class at Stamp Fever on Tues. April 24, and Sat. April 28. Here they are with a little description of what stamps I used. I made these with Mother's Day in mind but designed them to be used for any occasion. All 3 cards use the same pink and green tones and all pieces used are Kraft Cardstock. This way, it can also make the perfect set of cards as well. Hope you like them. They have had a great response on Flickr so far.

First lets start with my sketches. I actually thought these up and drew them in a staff meeting. I pay more attention when I doodle :-)

Rose Blossom

This card is made using the new LaBlanche Rose Blossom stamp. The sentiment is from Penny Black Gratitude.

Happy Mother's Day

This card is made using the new Penny Black Background Delicate Pattern cling stamp. The sentiment is Hero Arts Everyday Sayings. The Flower is first stamped with Hero Arts Small Solid Flower then cut with a punch. The leaves are stamped with the Hero Arts Vine Background then punched as well.

AND for my FAVORITE!!

Soft Wings

This card is made using the new Penny Black Soft Wings cling stamp. The sentiment is also Penny Black and is called Gratitude. The background both on the front and inside are Hero Arts Vine Background and Music Background Stamps. The banner is from Lawn Fawn and is called Bannerific.

Card Samples for January 21st Card Class

WOW it's 2012! I'm REALLY looking forward to a schedule again to my card classes. I started making cards for my next class at Stamp Fever on January 21st and here is what I came up with. I still have 1 more to make which I'll finish tonight. I will also be teaching a beginner copic class soon too, so stay tuned to even more samples :-)

This first card is a Valentines / Anything time you just want to say LOVE U card. And the best part, It's a shaker card. All the little hearts inside are confetti pieces. So CUTE!! I used Hero Art clings for the flowers and Lawn Fawn for the letters.  

The second card I wanted to make more vintage looking. So I used Hero Arts Old Letter Writting for the background with distress inks. The lovely typewritter is Lawn Fawn's Just My Type. I added a few flowers and my card came to life. I have to say I'm not a real vintage kinda person but I like simple touches of it.

That's all I have for now, I'll post card #3 tomorrow.



Explosion Box Instructions

Hi Everyone,

Here are the Explosion box instructions I promised you. Enjoy! Use the ruler I posted last week for ease with the fractions :-)

Merry Christmas!
Gina

Christmas Explosion Box

Hi Everyone,

Well because of the Holidays, I've had a card class almost every 2-3 weeks instead of once a month lol. So I wanted to step outside the "BOX" for my next class and make Explosion boxes. These are so fun to make and much easier to make then they look. You can easily go crazy with all the decorating though. Here is the sample I made for my class. I used Christmas photos from 2009 of my family as an example of what a finished product can look like. The paper is Echo Park "Season's" paper packet which also comes with 2 pages of stickers and tags etc.

Here is the Box when it is closed

 Here is the top of the box. I went to the Dollar Tree and bought the leaves and holly for an added touch.

 Here is the box open! Can you see my 3D tree in the middle.

 Aren't my kids the cutest? They were 2 1/2 and 5 in these pictures

 In this angle you can see the snowmen I paper pieced with Lawn Fawn stamps.

 Here is the bottom layer of the three layers. I added a place for a tag or you can add a gift card here if you were making it as a gift for someone. I didnt embellish the backsides but you can also add paper to the back and add even MORE photos.

 This I think is my favorite picture of the whole thing. I think you can really see how it EXPLODES!

Hope you liked it! If you are interested in taking my class, I will be teaching this at Stamp Fever in Orange on Saturday, December 3rd at 1-3pm and on Thursday, December 8th at 6-8pm. Contact me at Gina@Stuckongluecrafts.com or call Linda at the store directly at (714) 974-9552.

Happy Stamping,

Gina

Happy Birthday - Movie card

Happy Fridy Everyone,

I was asked by a client to make a Birthday card for her friend. I was told he's a fun guy and was given a list of his likes. From there I choose to use movies, jelly beans and glitter. FUN right. Once I got an idea in my head and went back and asked her for a few pictures. She sent me a hilarious one where he has a wig on. I took that into photoshop and used the "Stamp Filter" to create the picture you see in the film strip. Then I added additional elements like the stars and camera. The camera and sentiment are from Lawn Fawn's Say Cheese too. The stars are older SU wood stamps I had. The flim strip I bought at a scrapbook expo a few years back. I added transparency over the images as well.

 

Here is a close up of the clapboard (I had to look the name up ha-ha). This I made completely by had a pencil, white pen and a ruler. It was pretty fun to make too. I used his birthday information here.

Here is a close up of the film reel. I cut 1/4 in strips of transparency put adhesive on each strip and rolled it around untill it was the thickness I wanted. For the reel itself I punched a 1 in circle then used a 1/4 punch to make the holes around it and in the middle. I then ran a grey copic (W9) all over the showing transparency to give it the film a worn look.

Below that is my box of Jellybeans. I created this by hand as well, drawing everyone of those little jelly beans with different color copic. I hand cut the little box and added transpareny as a little window and then blinged it out.

Here is the inside. This is the original picture I used to create the images on the front.

 And of course I had to make my sticker on the back match so this is what it looks like too :-) 

Baby Shower Robot Card

Hi everyone,

If you're a fan of Lilypad, which I am, then a few months back you saw the video of how to create a Robot using Lawn Fawn's Bake me a Cake stamp set! I loved Vicky's creativity and thought if I ever needed a Robot I'd try it. Well guess what? I needed a Robot. I was requested by a client to make a baby shower card for her friend. The colors were Blue and Brown and the theme was Robots. I had a lot of fun making this card and I'm very happy with the way it turned out. Take a look!

Here is the front of the card. All the papers are from the DCWV Linen Stack. The image is made with Lawn Fawn's "Bake me a Cake" set, the banner is made with "Bannerific", the sentiment is from "Sophie's Sentiments". The distress inks are Weathered Wood and Vintage Photo.

 Here is a side angle to show that the image is popped up. You can also get a peek at the inside.

 And here is the inside. Again I used the same papers as the front but here I used Lawn Fawn's "Plus One" set for the sentiment and added a bow.

Here is the link to the video if you too want to try out this fun Robot idea!

Cards for Stamp Fever Class Oct 29th and Nov. 1st

Hi everyone,

Here are the cards I'll be making for my next card class at Stamp Fever on Saturday, October 29th and Tuesday, November 1st.

The first card we'll be creating a layered base and this adorable Turkey! Gooble Gooble!! Isn't he a cutie.

 The second card is a slightly changed version of the card I made for Lily Pad. Here we use heat embossing on transparency. The picture doesn't do the ornament justice. It's embossed on both sides adding texture and sparkle!

The third card is the one that I made for my Lily Pad designer spot. When I had the idea in my head I knew it would be making this with my class as well. The window is super fun and easy. And this Penny Black set is too cute.

Cards from my Lilypad guest Designer Spot

Hi everyone and welcome to my new followers. If you didn't click through to my Lily Pad Guest Designer spot yesterday, I wanted to post the cards I made for them here. However, if you want the supply list, hop on over to my Lilypad post HERE to get it.

Here is the first card I made using Penny Black's Mimi's Halloween and Lawn Fawn's Happy Hauntings. I used a masking to create the background.

For my second card I used Lawn Fawn's Ornate Ornaments and Hero Arts Wood Grain background. I created the Ornament using transparency and stickles which makes it glassy and see through like a normal ornament would be.

For my third card I wanted to create a window with an indoor and outdoor scene. I used Penny Black's Mimi's Christmas and Hero Arts Starry Night. I used transparency in the window.



Lunar Light Birthday Card

I made this card for my friend and co-worker using Lawn Fawn's Lunar Lights stamp set. Her favorite color is purple and she is the BLING queen so I had to make it sparkle. I made the backgroud paper using the smaller lanterns from the set. I stamped them with versamark "Sparkle" and used clear glitter empossing powder. I then distressed the background with Ranger inks (Spun Suger, then Milled Lavendar, then Dusty Concord)

For the main image I stamped the larger Lantern and colored it with Copics. After I colored it, I rubbed the Versamark sparkle all over the image then used the clear glitter embossing powder all over. This gave it that SUPER sparkle look and I didn't have to wait for any glitter glue to dry!! It doesn't look like it here but I then cut the image out and popped it up. I used a super light yellow copic around the edge of the base paper to give it that glow effect. I also used the same copic purples to color the matte paper circle so it would match the image.

No card is complete without a decorated inside!! Here I used another lantern and sentiment from the same set. I also gave this image a little glow as well.

I gave it to her today and she loved it. Hope you do too. Happy Birthday Susan!!

Second Card Class at Stamp Fever

Happy Monday Everyone!! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend, I know I sure did.

Since I teach at Stamp Fever every 4th Saturday, my second card class ended up falling on my 6th wedding anniversary. Since I had a good turn out on my first class (10 ladies) my Husband suggested I still teach on Saturday and that we would take an early vacation for our anniversary.  Isn't he the BEST!!!!! So we headed to Palm Springs on Wednesday and were back Friday night just in time for me to get ready for my Saturday class. I had prepared my kits before we left so all I had to do was pack up my supplies.

I had 10 lovely ladies join me for my second class on Saturday. Most of which I hadn't met yet. We started at 10am and just like my first class, four hours later we finished at 2:15! If this continues, we might need to start telling people to pack a lunch :-) I did however bring a few snacks for people to munch on. 

I have another class tomorrow, Tuesday, Sept 27th with another 6 ladies that couldn't make it to Saturday's class and asked if I could do another class with the same cards during the week. Exciting right!

Here are some pictures from my Saturday class thanks to my 7 yr old Daughter Jordan who grabbed my phone and decided to take pictures of everyone :-)

Here is a pic of Tables 1 & 2 working on their Thanksgiving Cards

 Here is Table 3 working on their Halloween Cards. I had 2 little mini crafters join me. Kayli and Piper are 11 years old and had a blast too. Look at all those Lawn Fawn stamps in the background :-)

Her is Piper and Kayli with their completed cards. They did such a great job.

Here are more happy crafters showing off their cards for my daughter :-)

I love how they colored their houses the colors they liked best.

  This is Piper's Thanksgiving card. I love how she added her own touch to the background.

11 year olds are sure creative.  

 Here's Kayli crafting away

We even got Linda in on the FUN!!! Here is Linda making a Thanksgiving card.  

Happy Stamping,
Gina

Heart Warming Birthday Card for a Special Lady

I was asked by a co-worker to make a card for her BFF. Since it has a picture I asked her if I could post it here. My co-workers BFF has battled breast cancer for the last 8 1/2 years. Recently the cancer has spread to her brain and is getting worse. Her birthday is next week and she asked me to make her BFF a special card to show her how much she loves her. She asked me to include a few things, 1. that it included one of her favorite pictures of them, 2. to include a pink ribbon and 3. she mentioned her nickname was "Red". In the card request email she sent me, she stated that her BFF is also a card maker/scrapbooker and will really love and appreciate one of my cards. I was so touched that she considered me to make such a special card and I really wanted to make something special, not only for the wonderful brave lady receiving it, but also for her BFF (my co-worker) that I hope would express their friendship. Here is what I came up with.

This is the card closed.

I used the picture she provided me and and made a frame with nestabilities. I also used a piece of transparency over the picture to protect it. The paper is My Minds Eye "Pretty Please". The cake I made with Lawn Fawn "Bake me a Cake" stamp set by paper piecing it. As you already know, I LOVE this set! I added stickles for the frosting for that added bling. The birds to the left of the picture is also Lawn Fawn and is from the mini set "Fly Free". The (You inspire me) is from Hero Arts "Friends"stamp set. "Red" I made using Lawn Fawn "Jessie's ABC's". Best Friends is made with Lawn Fawn "Say Cheese Too".
 
Here is the card Open in the "Standing" position.

I used the Hero Arts "Friends" set to stamp all over the paper. The sentiment is Hero Arts "Sending Smiles Messages". I used Distress Ink in "Briken China" to go around each layer and on the sentiment section I also used "Bundled Sage".

Here is a close up of the little bird holding the pink breast cancer ribbon. I wanted the bird and the ribbon to be on the side of the person battling as if to say it was watching over her. I cut it with my cricut initially but at the size I cut it I didn't think it looked good so I hand cut this one.



 Here is a close up of the cake and all my paper piecing. All the papers used were from the same mini 6x6 stack. which I actually got free with a cardmeking magazine I bought. SCORE!!

I'm very happy with the way this card turned out and I was so inspired by her story. My co-worker loved it and I hope "Red" does too. She is definately in my thoughts and prayers.

Gina