Lisa K

Good Luck

| Lisa K

I made a card for a person who was one of the founders of the clinic where I attend an exercise class. This will be for many people to sign as this person takes a new job.

Good Luck card front

The colors had to be black and gold, as those are the local college colors.

Good Luck inside

They wanted a tiger on the card and I finally found a tiger stamp in my stash. This clinic is part of the University of MO health centers, so everything will be black and gold, usually with a tiger. I think I gave enough space for many people to sign this card.

Stamps sets are: Something Good from Gina K Designs, Comforting Hugs from Paper Smooches (pawprint), and the tiger is from a jungle themed stamp set, whose name I can’t remember.

A few cards to share

| Lisa K

Here are a few cards that I have finished recently.

Wheelbarrow with flowers

I started this for the Progressive Cardmaking class and then couldn’t decide where it fit. I did mask the wheelbarrow. The flowers are designed to stamp on top of the wheelbarrow stamp, so really a mask is not necessary. I had fun making this, so decided to go ahead and post.

Paper Pumpkin April alternative

I have been receiving the Paper Pumpkin kit from Stampin’Up recently. There are many videos on You Tube where demonstrators show alternate ideas for the kit. I saw a video recently and followed her idea. I got the idea from Dena Reekow of The Creative Cave. I used Gina K Designs White pigment ink to stamp the rose all over the background. This paper is GKD Moonlit Fog. I used Silver Thread behind the circle. I believe the blue ink is Lawn Fawn Forget-me-Not.

Progressive Cardmaking Day 3 Masking – Advanced

| Lisa K

For the advanced lesson, the idea is to mask several images.

Daisies in a Vase

You may think my vase is quite round and it is. I used a fish bowl. This stamp is from Rubber Stampede, dated 1994. I have used it as a vase before, but it has been a long time. The flowers are from Power Poppy, Glads & Gerberas. I masked the daisies two times. I stamped one set of flowers, masked them, stamped a set where it hit those flowers, then masked both sets. My last set was stamped in the center. The For You sentiment came from the SU Paper Pumpkin, Sentimental Rose set.

Progressive Cardmaking Day 3 Masking – Intermediate

| Lisa K

For the intermediate level with masking, it involved masking more than one image on the card front.

Masking Butterflies

I masked the middle butterfly, then stamped the butterflies above and below. I colored the middle butterfly and left the other two white. My background was quite plain, so I used the flourish stamp in the set with ink that closely matched to give it a bit of background. I used a set designed by Gina K Designs for a Catherine Pooler’s Stamp of Approval collection. It is called Beautiful World. The background paper is Stampin’ Up Wisteria Wonder, stamped with GKD Wild Wisteria. The black ink is Versafine Onyx Black. The sentiment is from SU Paper Pumpkin, Sentimental Rose (April 2019).

Progressive Cardmaking Day 3 Masking – Beginner

| Lisa K

Day 3 of the Progressive Cardmaking class is all about masking. The beginner masking is quite simple, basically masking one image to keep it in the forefront.

Birthday Wishes

I used Gina K Designs Bold Blooms for the main image, masking the flower before adding the leaves. The sentiment is from a incentive set by Gina K Designs. It doesn’t have a name and cannot be purchased in her store, but came during a holiday sale. I used Rose Gold embossing powder on Versamark ink. I left the card very simple with no sequins or embellishments. This will be posted in the Altenew Academy class Student Forum.

Hero Arts Memories

| Lisa K

Hero Arts is celebrating 45 years in business. I love Hero Arts stamps. I began stamping in 2000 and many of my stamps were Hero Arts. Hobby Lobby carried many Hero Arts stamps, both individual and in sets, and I purchased several. Here is a photo of a few stamps found in my collection from the 1990’s with colored stickers.

Hero Arts woodblock stamps

These will be entered in the Hero Arts Celebration post.
https://heroarts.com/blogs/hero-arts-blog/sharing

Progressive Card Making Day 1 Advanced

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Day 1 Watercolor

This lesson was about watercoloring the image. I chose a Unity set called God is Love. I masked the flower image each time I stamped another flower. Ink colors used: SU Flirty Flamingo, Grapefruit Grove, Berry Burst, Tombow 451-Sky Blue, 055-Process Yellow. The final detail I was to add sparkle to the flowers using a Crafter’s Companion clear Sparkle pen.

Progressive Card Class Day 1 Beginner

| Lisa K

I am taking an Altenew Adademy class called Progressive Card Making, taught by Justine Hovey. Each day has three levels, beginner, intermediate, advanced. Following are Day 1 beginner photos.

Card 1: GKD Rose Peonies
Card 2: SU All that You Are

This day is all about stamping. We lined the stamps up on half of the Misti, then rotated the paper and stamped again. I did add a few images to fill in the white spaces. I am enjoying this class. It is independent, so I do not have to hurry. My day 1 has lasted a few days.

I used Lawn Fawn Hippo ink for the flowers and Versafine Black ink for the greetings, embossed with clear embossing powder.