I had some fun on Friday and Saturday playing with inspiration from the summit. I really love getting the VIP classes.. so I can take my time to watch the classes and play along.
First card I did was inspired by Erin Reed's mixed media class.
Erin provided a sheet with butterflies and sentiments to print out. The butterflies are stunning and I chose this one. I used some paints for my background - Dina Wakely, Reeves and Tim Holtz Distress Paint and a variety of stencils. Did some pen scribbling on the background as well and added some splatters of the black paint. Fussy cut the butterfly and trimmed the sentiment. Just loved the results and will definitely be trying the background again.
Next up are some cards I made inspired by Therese Calvid's embossing technique. It's one I've tried before but it's an awesome one.
This was my first try but, I chose a patterned paper that was just a bit pale. I embossed with a Christmas 3D folder and used Hero Arts Unicorn ink to blend over the top. Added some sparkle pen on the flowers. I wasn't sure about it, but made it into a card. Sentiment was stamped in Catherine Pooler Icing on the Cake ink with a Kaisercraft sentiment.
Card two turned out much better -
This time my patterned paper that was darker and the white ink really made the embossing pop. I added a preprinted banner I had in my stash and added some off white homemade enamel dots.
And while I was playing finished off a green card I had embossed with the free folder I got when I was away. It's a normal embossing folder and I wondered what it would look like if I inked it with the white. Turns out it looks great.
I decided to make it into a Christmas card. I had some printed sentiments from last years summit and I die cut one and matted with some of the dark green card. I used a Sizzix die set to cut the leaves and red flowers.
Today didn't get any time to play but hopefully tomorrow - as it's a public holiday here in New Zealand. A few more sessions to check out and try.
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