More is More

I’m getting ready for my Stampin’ Up! Class tonight and wanted to share the cards we’ll be making.  First is another Carved and Candlelit card using Scratch’n’Sniff embossing.

The pumpkins are stamped with Pumpkin Pie Craft Ink and embossed with a mixture of clear embossing powder and cinnamon.  The Really Rust base is stamped with the Rough Edges jumbo wheel in Really Rust Classic Ink.  Thanks Tex (Beverly Gerard) for the idea for the layout of this card – especially the use of the jumbo eyelet and ribbon.  She created a card for my last swap that inspired this one.

The next card was inspired by the card on page 21 of the catty.  The funny thing is that I couldn’t for the life of me remember where I CASEd this from and then I came across the picture again and had a V-8 moment.  LOL!

This card is 4″x 4″ because I needed to get the most out of a sheet of 12 x12 textured cardstock since it only comes in variety packs.  The texture doesn’t show much in the photo, but I think it makes a big difference in the look of the card.  The circles were cut with the coluzzle and then distressed with the tool from the SU Cutter Kit.  There is dazzling diamond glitter on the flower tips. Although this card is really not my style at all, I find it calming and I like it.  I often search out inspiration for cards to teach in my class so that my customers are not just getting “my style” all the time.  Besides “my style” isn’t always condusive to class cards anyway.  I have no problem using ideas from the catalog or from SCS.  🙂

The third card is just a simple happy card (had to slip some pink in there *wink*).

My friend Leann brought over her Convention swaps awhile back for some of us to drool over.  As soon as I saw a pink and regal rose card (almost just like mine above) made by Alysabeth Johnston I knew I wanted to use it for a class.  I asked Leann if I could scan it, but as we were going through the rest of her swaps we discovered that she had two of these!  It was kismet!  Leann, friend that she is, let me keep the second one.  I changed the Regal Rose to Pomegranate and added some embossed dots at the bottom made with the Crop-a-dile.  I just love this sweet little card.  I’m thinking this could make a great gift set using some different colors and different images from the Take Three set.

I have lots more to share.  My Holiday Mini Swap was completed this week.  But that will have to wait since I have a class to teach.  Thanks for stopping by.  I hope you have a teriffic weekend!