More is More

Last night was my monthly Stampin’ Up! Class.  We usually do one or two new techniques and attendees get too make a technique reference card for their cardstock rings along with the stamped project.  Last night we tried Spotlighting and I think everyone loved the result.  Here’s the card we made.

There is a wonderful Spotlighting Tutorial on SCS (click here to view it) so I won’t try to reinvent the wheel by explaining it again here.  We used SU Metallic Art Pencils and a blender pen to do our coloring on Confetti White cardstock.  It was a really fun alternative to the watercoloring I usually do.  I always think of hummingbirds as having that irrdiscent sheen so the metallic pencils seemed appropriate.  I didn’t have enough of any brads that might match the card, so we used a white gel pen for a faux brad look.  I haven’t used Sage Shadow very much lately, but I really do like the soft look of it – especially with the contrast of the black.

Recipe:

Spring Song

Floral Background

Cardstock – Sage Shadow, Black, Confetti White

Ticket Corner Punch

Circle Punches – 1 ¼” and 1 3/8”

Black Gingham Ribbon

Metallic Art Pencils pg 183

Ink – Sage Shadow and Black

The next card we made was a CASE from page 148 of the catalog.  I only changed the colors to Soft Sky and Chocolate Chip.  I marked that page the first week I got the catalog knowing I wanted to use that card in a class – I just loved it!

Recipe:

Carte Postal

God’s Blessings

Leaves a la Carte Jumbo Wheel

Cardstock – Soft Sky, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla

Ink – Chocolate Chip, Soft Sky

Twill

Chocolate Taffeta Ribbon

I’ll be back later to share our third class project which was really fun.  Hope you are having a great weekend and thanks for taking time to stop by.