With summer coming to a close...

I had to do an ocean themed card! I used some techniques I learned from a couple of wonderful women on this card. The first is the background, that lovely, bubbly background! That came from a copic/prismacolor class I took with Amy Shulke. Right now she has a FB page, a Patreon page. and a website but will soon have everything combined into one website. I'll update this post when the new site is up and running! Here are a few examples of my work from her classes.

Recognize the background?

The multilevel card front I saw on a video from Elena Cazares. She is new to card crafting videos and if you like to do coloring book pages or digital images she has some great ideas on how to use them for cards! No more "this was fun but what do I do with it now?" !

Anyways... Here's my card for the week! I also came up with a technique to make translucent seaweed!

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Do you have a friend...

Of a certain age with a birthday coming up? Boy, oh boy, do I have a card for you to make for them! I get the biggest kick out of the Young at Heart stamp set! I made this card with 3 dancing divas (of a certain age!) having the best time with their glasses of wine! 

I altered the stamp a bit by giving all 3 "girls" a wine glass! Can't have only one drinking by their lone self! And I tried out the jumbo sponge dauber that I got from scrapbook.com and I liked it very much! It's nice and wide with a small pored sponge that makes it great for blending in large areas! And the handle on it is very comfortable to use!

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Do y'all know the song...

Cracklin' Rosie by Neil Diamond? Or am I showing my age? lol
This card was inspired by that song and I couldn't keep it out of my head while making this card!

I used the Crackle background stamp from Stampin' Up! to provide the texture on the roses and the new this year, very cool Woven Heirloom bundle. The bundle comes with 3 components, a stamp set, a cutting die for the frames AND an embossing folder to emboss the frames!

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Anyone know a good plummer?

LOL I bet you can guess how my day has been going. And to top it off, the leak HAD to be in a pipe going to my kitchen sink.

The card for this week uses some printable digital papers I found at Granny Enchanted. The great thing about printing your own designer style paper is that you can print only what you like and what you need for the project you're working on. No worries about where to store all those leftover papers from that expensive paper pack you bought. The papers I used are in this paper pack (<- click here 😃 ).

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