February Stamp Club - Theme Card. - Shaped Card

Hello everyone

Well we are almost half thru with February. Spring is not far away. (Can you tell - I'm not a fan of cold weather - LOL)

We just had our February stamp club meeting and the theme card is a shaped card. Now, IMHO that means not a rectangle or square card.

A little back story on my card -Many years ago I bought a plain (bigger) chipboard puzzle piece and decorated it. However I never gave it away. Glad I didn't, because, I traced that puzzle shape onto white CS  and made a new creation. The puzzle piece is roughly 6 3/4" square including those 2 pieces that stick out on the two sides, but it really doesn't look that large.

Here is my card I made for stamp club

(I loved the way this turned out so much, I made another but used a cute digital image and I used it for a friends birthday card and she loved  it.)

SUPPLIES I USED ON MY PROJECT

Stamps: Rubber Stamps - Art Gone Wild - Catherine Scanlon - Words of Wisdom 2; Heartfelt Creations - Calla Lily (Leaf) Paper/Card Stock: DP, White CS Ink: Ranger Tim Holtz -Distress Ink; Tsukineko VersaFine Clair - Nocturne Dies Used: Heartfelt Creations - Calla Lily (Leaf) Accessories: Distress inks; Spectrum Noir - Alcohol Inks; dimensional foam; Heartfelt Creations - Calla Lily (Leaf) Shaping Mold; Flat Backed Pearls

I am submitting my card to the following challenges:

• AAA Birthday  FEBRUARY - #10 - CUTE  (#30)
• Artsystamper Challenge - #9 FLOWERS (Week 2) (#39)
• Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenges   #2006 ANYTHING GOES (#12)
• The Paper Girls  #193 BIRTHDAY  (#32)
• The Corrosive Challenges -  Always Anything Goes (#50)
• A Bit More Time to Craft  Always Anything Goes (#145)
• A Perfect Time To Craft  Always Anything Goes (#144)
• Crafts Galore Encore  Always Anything Goes (94)
• Love to Craft #43 - Anything Goes (#132)
• Sweet Stampers  #41 - Hearts and/or Flowers (#13)

Well, I hope my card will inspire you to think outside of the box. 

You never know what odd pieces/shapes will  come your way 
and could wind up making a great card.

Thanks for stopping by

I will be back soon

Sweet Friend

Welcome back

I want to show you the other Art Gone Wild Catherine Scanlon stamp that I used in my class last Saturday.

 This stamp is called Daisies.

This stamp is approximately 7" X 4" (again another rather large image)

but it's so lovely!!!

Let me show you what I came up with for an A2 card using this stamp. 

Here is the card closed

 Here is the inside of the card.

I just cut that sprig that was on the left side of the image and added it to the inside.

What a perfect match to the card front!!

SUPPLIES USED ON MY PROJECT

Stamps: Art Gone Wild -  Catherine Scanlon - Daisies Paper/Card Stock: Green CS, Yellow CS Ink: India Ink - Black Accessories: Pan Pastels, Glitter Dots Elizabeth Crafts, Doily

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Elegant Flower Frame

Hello bloggers

I  had a class this past Saturday and used 2 large Catherine Scanlon images from Art Gone Wild.

(I love her images.) This image is about 4"X 6" and needs to be used on a 5"X 7" card. Some of my students are not big fans of 5"X 7" cards so I put on my thinking cap to see how we could still use this gorgeous image. 

Today I will be sharing with you 2 cards using the same image. 

I can't wait to show you how I used that large image to work on a 4.25"X 5.5" card. 

First let me share the stamp image with you,

 it is called Elegant Flower Frame. 

I just love this stamp.

Here is the first card we did in class, notice I used the stamp in the usual way

 and as you see it takes up most of the 5"X 7" card front.

The class was a technique class using Pan Pastels as the coloring medium. So the students were exposed to the  Pan Pastels as a coloring medium.

They are so rich and so smooth. Easy to blend. And a little goes a long way!!

 The students fell in love with Pan Pastels.

Let me move on to the  2nd card we made, still using this same stamp, 

but now the card size is an A2 card (4.25"X 5.5") The students were so excited to use the larger stamp and still  be able to use it on an A-2 size card.

Here is the A2 card closed.

And here is the inside of the card

In looking at the whole stamp image, I saw that label area and decided that was where I was going to be able to cut the image apart, making two areas that compliment each other. By cutting at the label area, I would be keeping most of image intact to use on the card front and the label part would go on the inside of the card.

Note that on the smaller card, those large flowers still fit perfectly on the front, I used softer colors that really are not showing up very well (sorry).

For those of you who pass up on larger stamps. look at them with a closer eye and you may find that you can still use the stamp, by just cutting the stamped image apart and using the parts in different areas of the card.

SUPPLIES USED ON MY PROJECT

Stamps:  Art Gone Wild - Catherine Scanlon - Elegant Flower Frame Paper/Card Stock: Yellow CS, Purple CS Ink: India Ink - Black Accessories: Borders - Hot Off The Press, Elizabeth Crafts, Pan Pastels (various colors)

I am submitting my cards in the following challenges:

Artistic Stampers  Anything Goes (#103)

Crafts Galore Encore Anything Goes (#180)

One Crazy Stamper Anything Goes (no digital images allowed) (#44)

The Sisters of Craft Anything Goes (#134)

Scrappers Delights   Always Anything Goes (#159)

Crafting-With-Friends - Anything Goes (#66)

Creative Fingers -   No.100 - (W2 of 2) Anything Goes (#212)

Morgan's Art World -  No.15 - (W2 of 2) - Anything Goes (#49)

Simply Papercraft -  No. 21 - Anything Goes (#77)

Please stop back Tuesday for another large Catherine Scanlon stamp and 

how I used it to fit an A-2 sized card.

Thanks for stopping in and I will see you soon