Cards for my next class...

I'm going to take you on a trip through the scary process my mind does before making cards... Did I mention it was scary? HAHA I dont always go through this process but I find myself drawing out an idea more often for my class cards then just for regular cards I need to make. But again it really just depends on if I can go make it right away or if I want to remember the idea. I needed to make my samples for my next class on Feb 25th and I wasn't able to sit and make them so I grabbed some paper and drew a few ideas. Below are the drawing and the final sample card for class. Don't be scared :-)

Here I wanted to use the Penny Black Valentine "All you Need" cling in a non-valentines way.

I ended up using butterflies instead of clouds to make it more FRIENDly

 Here is the card next to the drawing.

 Here is the funniest drawing of them all. What are those O's and F's you ask? Music notes? Symbols? Look at the next picture and find out!

They are Keys!! HAHA Good thing Hero Arts draws better Keys then me :-) I paper pieced this flower instead of coloring it!

 Here is the final and possibly my favorite! I couldnt really figure out how to draw it but since I knew what stamp I planned on using it was okay! (Looks more like sea shells!)

But it the beautiful Starburst Lace stamp from Hero Arts!

Well Those are my cards and I hope you like them. I was very happy with the way they came out. Lots of embossing and inking on these cards. "Just for you Katie the inky queen!" :-) I should of taken a picture of my fingers haha

Well until next time!

Gina

CHA Highlights and Pics

CHA was at the end of January and I got to go with Stamp Fever this year. There is so much hype around going but it is really for retailers to see what they want to order for their stores. I got to walk around with Linda (Stamp Fever's Store Manager) and we had a blast. We went by the Faber-Castell booth and I was explaining that my Idol Jill Foster makes lots of videos with their color pencils. So Linda suggested I see if they have a make in take where I could try them out. We went to sit down and as I was putting all our bags down, Linda leaned over and whispered in my ear... "did you see who;'s helping us?" I quickly looked up to my surprise to see my Idol miss Jill Foster!!! I just love Jill's videos and all the beautiful work she creates. I swear all of a sudden got all giddy! I even asked for a picture!!

Here are Jill and I at CHA!

Here are Kathy, Linda and I at the Lawn Fawn booth with their giant props from their Say Cheese line. 

Valentine's Day card

My husband and I have been together for a total of 17 years this year. Now I wasn't always a crafter so store bought cards were always handy. But now that I spend most of my free time crafting, it's only right he gets a handmade card. But after many valentines, bdays, anniversarys etc it becomes harder and harder to think of a good concept I haven't done yet.

I was cutting hearts from my last card class shaker card in mid January and the idea and memory came to me. You see many many years ago my darling husband bought me a dozen roses. They were red and just stunning! In the middle of the red roses was one white rose (Me) He said his love surrounded me. I've never forgotten about that and decided to make him a card to show him I still remembered. Here is what I came up with...

 I cut the hearts out with the Nestabilities heart die in Real Red Cardstock from Stampin Up. Then I cut one heart with Kraft Paper so it would be brown *My husband is Latin :0) I used Lawn Fawn stamps to create my own sentiment.

I REALLY loved how it came out and he loved it too and even noticed that I made (him) brown :-)

Coloring Classes

Well I taught a beginner Copic Coloring class 2 saturday's ago at Stamp Fever. I was very excited when my first class filled up, then my second, then my third and I even ended up teaching a 4th for those that didn't get to take the others. We took it from a Copic coloring class and added the new Spectrum Noir markers from Crafters Companion which we started carrying at Stamp Fever. I was able to take a workshop at CHA and learn all about them.

I had so much fun at my coloring classes and got to meet so many new ladies that are just getting into coloring with Alcohol Markers. All in all I had 33 lovely ladies join me for my classes. I was so touched by the support they gave me after class. We've decided to continue on with the coloring classes and do them once a month. Many if not all the ladies bought some new Spectrum Noir markers and planned to go home and color. So at my next class even the beginners would of had a month to play around with these great markers. I cant express enough how blessed I am and how excited I am for my next classes.

Here are the cards we made.

This card is made with Penny Black's "Floral Story" and the Background is stamped with Penny Black's "Zen Background"

This card I've posted prevoiusly but is stamped with Penny Black's "Butterfly Suite"

I can't wait to show you the cards I'm creating for my next card class, as well as my next coloring class! Stay tuned :0)

Stamp Fever: This Just In.....

Stamp Fever: This Just In.....

Fun stuff going on this week at Stamp Fever

Card of the Month for Stamp Fever

I was in charge of February's Card of the Month for Stamp Fever and I had a ball. I used the new stamp from Penny Black called Rose Heart and broke out my distress stains to give it that water color look. Hope you like it. I demo it at the store this Saturday :-)



3rd Card Sample for Class

Sorry I've been busy and didn't get around to posting my 3rd class card. Here it is. I used the Penny Black Poinsettia Stamp and distress stains to get this effect. I really loved how it came out and I got a great response in class and in the Penny Black Flickr group.

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.



Thinking of you card using Penny Black "Butterly Suite"

Well to start off 2012 I didn't expect to wake up with no voice for no reason. Not knowing if I'm sick, I cancelled my plans and decided to stay in today and craft. While my kids played wii I broke out my Penny Black "butterfly suite" stamp. I saw video by the talented Jill Foster a while back and I had to buy the stamp. Here's the card then I'll provide some step by step details.

  

First I stamped the image on copic paper using black momento ink. Then I colored the image in using copics. The flower is colored with BV00, BV02, BV04, BV13. The greens are YG07, YG09, YG17. The butterflies are colored with YR07, YR16, YR18. Each person colors differently but I color with the lightest, then med, then darkest, then again with the lightest to blend.

Here is just the image colored

Then I used Tim holtz distress ink in old paper and brushed corduroy. I distressed the entire paper with the old paper ink, then distressed the sides with brushed corduroy. I used a paper distresser to distress the sides, then added more brushed corduroy.

Here's a picture of this step as you can see I also added another layer of the butterflies, cut the out and only adhered the center to give it dimension

To finish the card I used lily bee design paper head over heels 6x6 tiny tablet. I added the distress ink over the paper to dull it down a little, added a distressed doily, a stamped sentiment by hero arts sending smiles messages and a bow. I also added hints of glossy accents to the flowers and butterflies.

Here is a slightly angled view so you can see the dimension in the butterflies. 

Hope you like it.

Gina

Hero Arts December Challenge entry "Pocket cards"

So I've never participated in a challenge before so I decided to give it a try. I entered in the 2nd round of the Hero Arts December Challenge for "Pocket Cards". I felt like being creative and had a few new sets I wanted to use. Here is what I came up with...

 Here is the card with a gift card tucked in the pocket

I created the background using a white piece of card stock and temp. Adhering some punched out clouds using the fiskar cloud punches. I then used Broken China and Stormy Sky Distresss inks. I peeled off the cloud masks and stamped the whole thing using Hero Arts Envelope Pattern background stamp using Broken China. I then sprayed the whole thing with perfert pearls. For the grass I uses Shabby Shutters and Peeled Pain Distress inks, then punched the top with the Martha Stewart grass border punch, again spraying with perfect pearls.

For the butterflies I stamped Hero Arts Antique Flowers and Butterflies (Stamp & Cut set) with versamark and used black embossing powder. I then cut them out with the Sizzix dies that go with the set. After I cut them out I used Dusty Concord and Worn Lipstick Distress inks for the butterflies. I then cut off the antennae and added wire that I had curled and adhered it with glue dots inbetween the 2 layers. I then bent the top layer wings up to add dimension and added different color stickles for bling and color.

The sentiment is stamped with versamark and embossed with black embossing powder using Hero Arts Sending Smiles Messages stamp set. I distressed it with Broken China ink, added the envelope background and twine and poped it up with pop dots.

To finish it off just add your giftcard or money.



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

Understanding fractions in a (s)inch - Ruler Rules

Happy Thursday everyone,

Well my classes for December are over and I had a great turnout at both my "Explosion Box" classes. I had 8 lovely ladies at my Saturday class and 7 at my Thursday class. As I was making my samples, I decided to make instructions to go along with them. That way the ladies taking my class could go home and make more without having to remember and figure out what I said in class. (I'll post the instructions later) As I made them, I was using my paper cuter to trim the paper etc and realized that I really didn't know off hand what the little lines were in fractions to add to my instructions. So each time I had to count the lines and figure it out. I'm a VERY visual person so I made a little 1 inch graph for myself to use. Then I decided that I should share this information with everyone incase they are confused like I was. I hope this helps. Please feel free to pass it along as well, I just ask that you give me credit. Thanks! 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

Girly Birthday Card

Well, as you can tell from a lot of my posts, I am the designated bday card maker for my work. There are only 14 of us but I make all the bday cards. I made this one last night with some new "The Stamps of Life" stamps I picked up at the expo. The background stamp is Hero Arts. I used lots of bling!!

Scrapbook Expo 2011 - Ontario CA November 4th

The Scrapbook Expo was in Ontarion, CA Novemeber 4th and 5th this year. Last year I went with my friend and we shopped and attended the evening crop. Well this year I decided to spend some one on one time with my little lady, my daughter Jordan. I made us matching shirts and we dressed alike as well (which she loved). I kept her out of school, I took a vacation day and off we went. We spent the day at the Expo shopping and enjoying each others company. We did all the cute make n takes and had tons of fun. At 5pm we walked over to the Crop room and started to dig into being creative. Soon after we sat down, out table mate came over and let us know that Jordan had won a door prize at the Expo. So we walked back over to find out what she won. And she was VERY excited to find out she had won a Stampin Up kit to make a gorgous box. We continued on at the crop till... MIDNIGHT!!!  Good thing we also were staying at the hotel next door because Jordan was determined to make it till Midnight and she did. Jordan made 4 scrapbook pages and a card. I made the 3 card samples for my upcoming class. We had a blast and here are the pictures to prove it.

Here is a pic of Jordan's Shirt I made

 Jordan and I with our make n takes at the CTMH booth

 Jordan taking a picture of herself LOL

 Jordan making another make n take

 Jordan and I with our Mak n Take from the Stamps of Life booth

 Here's Jordan with her certificate at the Stampin Up booth to pick up her Door Prize

Close up of my proud girl

 Here is the finished product that was displayed at the booth. We got all the stuff to make it ourselves.

 Close up

 Here's Jordan making her first Scrapbook Page at the Crop. (Her first Crop, 3rd Expo)

 My cutie pie

 Here we are together at MIDNIGHT! I LOVE her to pieces :-)

Here are Jordan's Scrapbook Pages she made all by herself