Stamping Sisters Camp - Day 3!

 

Hi friends! 

It's Day 3  of the Stamping Sisters winter card camp

and our camp counselor today is:  Barb!

Her challenge for us today was to create a card using the 

faux tile backsplash technique and O.M.G!

This was fun!

If you'd like to go back and see all the camp cards,

here's the line up of cards and techniques!

Monday/January 24th  ~ Jeanette @ Creativeplay 

Tuesday/January 25th ~ Kelly @ Sandcastlestamper

Wednesday/January 26th ~ Barb  @ inkingintoretirement

Thursday/January 27th ~ Darlene @ Accordingtobijou

On to my card!

Here's my card and then keep scrollin' if you'd like to see 

the how/where/when/what and why :)

For my card here, I started with red and pink cardstock

cut with my new Ellen Hudson Color Me Strips die -

which I've had and has been forever in it's package!

Thanks for the nudge to use it, Barb!

From there, I did the technique following Barb's instructions

and wove both the pink and red strips of cardstock from MFT stamps.

But even with double adhesive AND taping the back, my weave moved.

Once it was woven into place, 

 I clear embossed the front weaved panel

to give it the 'shiny' look - just like a real tile backsplash!

Brilliant!

Since my woven panel moved while my eyeballs were elsewhere,

 I thunk and thunk some more.

I said to myself ...

 "Self!  Cover it up!"

"No. one. is. gonna. know."

 :) 

 So, I popped up the panel on the front

with a heart from Hero Arts nesting hearts dies.

The stamp set I used is MFT Stamps Grande Sized Love

and I colored her with my new gifted from Santa copic markers!

 Here's a final look:

And that's it for Day 3 of camp!

I hope Barb and the other campers like my card ~

if not, I brought some  s'mores!

Surely chocolate and a campfire will make up for it ...

and I'm sure I have a few skits and jokes I can tell!

Thanks for stopping by!

Be blessed!

~Kelly

Stamping Sisters Camp - Day 1!

 

Hello sweet friends!

Welcome to my blog and Day #1 of winter camp!

For the next 4 days, we 4 friends (Barb, Darlene, Jeanette and myself)

will be bringing you a 'class a day' with a fun, interesting,

and definitely unique technique!

We are sharing it to inspire YOU as well!

Maybe it's something you are familiar with

or will be seeing for the first time ~ like me!

This is our camp class line up:

Monday/January 24th  ~ Jeanette @ Creativeplay 

Tuesday/January 25th ~ Kelly @ Sandcastlestamper

Wednesday/January 26th ~ Barb  @ inkingintoretirement

Thursday/January 27th ~ Darlene @ Accordingtobijou

Jeanette gave us these directions:  The idea to feature embossing folders came to me as I was organizing (and purging) my huge collection of embossing folders. I realized I rarely ever use them. It is time they see some action so I knew for my challenge, three things had to be present...

1. The embossing folder/s MUST be the star of the card.

2. No stamped images are allowed on the card.

3. Sentiments are optional.

Today's class is taught by Jeanette and 

I was today years old when I learned AND tried luster rub on! :)

My set of luster rub on paints were definitely full of shimmer and sparkle

and I ended up buying a set that was a little brighter and colorful.

Because of that, I dug through my embossing folders

fully intending at first to do a floral 

(since the yellow/red/greens lended to that)

BUT it was absolutely hideous.

I had a house full of people, cooking, talking, laughing

and just absolutely could not think of another way to make it work.

So I tossed it, went back to the drawing board

(as they still ate, talked, laughed!) and thought 

Outdoors!

Grass, sun, sunburst!

And a ta-da moment was born ........
I used a Taylored Expressions starburst embossing folder

and white embossed a sentiment to match.

At first I used my blending brushes (da junky ones!

the luster is absolutely messy!)

but then just switched to my hands and did RUB it ON, as the name says!

And I. was. out. of. black. cardstock!

SO!

I used dark purple :)

This card is just okay - not my favorite but not my worst ;)

Definitely a learning curve!

As you can see from my pots, this stuff goes all over!

I need to wipe it down but it was get this up and blogged, first!

And that's it for Camp day #1!

I hope I get at least a C+ :)

This was fun!

Try it out!

And come back tomorrow - I'm the teacher.

Er'body gets an A!

Hugs!
~Kelly