Altenew 3D Floral Focus 6

A new class kicked this month over at Altenew Academy. The class is called 3D Floral Focus and is being taught by the very talented Therese Calvird. Here is my card from the class using the Fantasy Floral Die.





This card combines the 3D dies with flower stamps. I love the dimension that it gives the card!
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Altenew 3D Floral Focus 5

A new class kicked this month over at Altenew Academy. The class is called 3D Floral Focus and is being taught by the very talented Therese Calvird. Here is my card from the class using the Fantasy Floral Die.

I used washi tape to create scraps from which I cut the leaves and petals. The tape that I used for the petals are from a set by Jane Davenport:






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Altenew 3D Floral Focus 5

A new class kicked this month over at Altenew Academy. The class is called 3D Floral Focus and is being taught by the very talented Therese Calvird. Here is my second card from the class using the Fantasy Floral Die.

I used washi tape to create scraps from which I cut the leaves and petals. The tape that I used for the petals are in a set that I got from Kawai Pen Shop.



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Altenew 3D Floral Focus 4

A new class kicked off this month over at Altenew Academy. The class is called 3D Floral Focus and is being taught by the very talented Therese Calvird. Here is my fourth card from the class using the  Rose Flurries 3D Die.

This is an almost exact lift of Therese's card. I love the design and the colors.
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Altenew 3D Floral Focus 3

A new class kicked off today over at Altenew Academy. The class is called 3D Floral Focus and is being taught by the very talented Therese Calvird. Here is my third card from the class using the Rose Flurries 3D Die.






The layers of the rose die are inset into the design making the bookmark completely flat. My initials are also inset into the bookmark. No more bulky bookmarks, YAY! This was a super fun technique to try!

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Altenew 3D Floral Focus 2

A new class kicked off today over at Altenew Academy. The class is called 3D Floral Focus and is being taught by the very talented Therese Calvird. Here is my second card from the class using the Fantasy Floral Die.

It's not a normal color combo for me, but makes an elegant wedding card.
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Altenew 3D Floral Focus 1

A new class kicked off today over at Altenew Academy. The class is called 3D Floral Focus and is being taught by the very talented Therese Calvird. Here is my first card from the class using the Hibiscus Garden 3D Die:

For the flower colors, I used paint chips from my friendly neighborhood hardware store.
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Great Photos with Any Camera - Week 2

Whew two classes is keeping me busy. This week in Great Photos, we learned about composition. Here are my two favorite photos from the week:

The first photo was taken from above to take advantage of lighting, tilted to add interest, and zoomed in to see Cheryl's eyes.

The second photo (this is not Chris, BTW), is taken using the RULE OF THIRDS. Also the way his body is angled, it forms a visual triangle (which is supposed to be pleasing to the eye).

There is a lot to remember when framing a GREAT photo! I need to write these all down to remember them all... Okay, everyone look at the camera and freeze while I check my list! LOL!

Dimensional Details - Week 8

This week the class focused on PAINT! I wasn't as intimidated by painting on my layout as I was a few weeks ago. I WENT FOR IT!

There is no pretty patterned paper in this layout at all. I used watered down blue and green acrylic with orange splatters for the background. It looks like a thrown together MESS but it took me DAYS to finish!

I'm not quite sure I like it, but it won layout of the week at Croppin' Paradise, so I must have done something right!

Dimensional Details - week 7

Week 7's assignment was sewing on a layout. My layout has holes punched along the edge with a sewing machine (no thread), a stitched photo corner, and sting tied through buttons:

I also spent a long time editing this photo to give it a more dramatic look. I like the way it came out!

Great Photos with Any Camera - Week 1

I joined a new class starting this week. This class, as it's title implies, is supposed to teach us how to take GREAT PHOTOS even with a little point and shoot like I have. Here is my camera:

Yeah, it's new... Since I gave one of my cameras to my niece for her birthday, I'm feeling lost with only two cameras, lol! Not really... It's going to be a replacement for my big Olympus. It has the long zoom like the Olympus, but instead of being 3MP, it's 10MP! Plus the video has sound!!! I got a great deal on it. I work for Panasonic, and I won a coupon to the company store during the Spring Fever raffle! I'm looking forward to using this class to learn this camera better.

Our first assignment is on lighting. We are supposed to take a photo of the same item outdoors, in the same location, at 4 different times during the day and pick our favorite. Here are my photos. I used Chris as my subject (Cheryl is a pain because she has to keep fixing her hair and makeup, lol). The only photoshopping I did was to crop them so that they would fit on my screen. My favorite photo is the one at sunset. The shadows are softer and the color is nice and warm. My second favorite is sunrise-11am. The morning here was overcast, and the lighting in the photo is flat.

This was a pretty basic assignment. I'm hoping for more content this week!

Dimensional Details - week 6

This week at Dimensional Details we learned about titles... altering letters and mixing fonts. I used both of those techniques in my layout of the week:

It's not my best work, but I LOVE the photo of Chris. Tomorrow is a new week for Dimensional Details, AND the first week of a my new class "Get Great Photos With Any Camera." I'm so excited to learn how to use all those settings on my camera! YAHOO!

I'm following the directions that came with my Mother's Day flower bouquet. It says that today, I'm supposed to change the water and clip 1" off the bottom of the stems. Don't they look GREAT?!!

The Season Ends, and Dimensional Details week 5

Track season is over... Chris qualified for CIF Preliminaries as a Varsity runner this year! YAHOO for Chris! Runners are numbered with their regional ranking. There were two heats in the Varsity 800m, 15 boys in each heat. Chris was wearing #14. He tied his PR at 2:14, but that wasn't good enough to qualify for CIF Finals. He LOVES running the 800m and wants to do it again next year!

I'll finish off this post with a layout share. The photos are from last Fall (Cross Country Season):

Week 4: Dimensional Details

This week's project involves paint, ink, and sanding. I sanded the edges of my photo and painted on the background behind the photos to make them POP! TFL!!!

Week 3: Dimensional Details - April PTI Blog Hop

Welcome PTI Blog Hoppers! This month we were asked to use tissue. What a coincidence that we had a sewing project going on... We made the romper my daughter is wearing in the photo. I used left over fabric from the romper on this layout and added used the excess pattern tissue as flowers and part of the background.

I glued the pattern tissue to white cardstock using a glue stick. The tissue flowers was an idea I got from Split Coast Stampers. The flowers were blending into the background more than I wanted, so I added an outline on each layer.

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Week 2: Dimensional Details (BONUS)

This first photo doesn't have anything to do with the scrapping class.... I just wanted to share. I had two coupons for Joann's. Cheryl was too busy studying to go with me, so I got Jim to come (two coupons needs two people)! As we were walking around I saw this little garden ornament and it made me laugh, so Jim bought it for me! Isn't that sweet? Love you, Jim!

On to Dimensional Details Bonus Day! I can not believe that I actually finished a bonus project... and I made four tags instead of just one! I had a great time making these, there was no way to get it wrong!

Start with white cardstock and stamp a background image with white acrylic paint. When the paint dries it resists the ink. Rub, daub, smudge with ink (I used Ranger Distress and some cats eye chalk). Then stamp an image in black on top of it, and it's done! It was fun to get messy with paint and ink and very fun to make!

Week 2: Dimensional Details

Dimensional Details is the new class I'm taking at Big Picture Scrapbooking. My pages are mostly clean and flat. I thought it would be fun to learn a new style.

What happened to week 1, you ask? Well, week 1 just a review of distressing techniques that we incorporated into the homework for this week. The layout for this week had to included a paper pieced background, distressing, stenciling, all on Kraft cardstock. Here's my layout called: 3 Generation of Little Black Dress. I got the title from my mom. I just love this photo of the three of us.

Free Holiday Class with Jessica Sprague

I've taken a couple of Jessica's classes before and they've been wonderful! I feel like a Photoshop wiz thanks to her... I've already signed up for her next free class. Come join in the FUN!

Brush Abilities - Day 9

Let's start with some RACE RESULTS!

First Chris: Chris came in second in his age group with a NEW PR of 19:31! He came in 28th overall out of 619 runners.

I also finished second in my age group with a NEW PR of 23:28!! I was the 18th woman across the finish line! There aren't any photos of Chris this race, but there is a nice one of me.

Chris thinks it's embarrassing to have a photo of an old fat guy wearing a fanny pack passing me... but I'm pretty sure I was passing him... hehehe...


Today in the PSE class, we started with a scanned leaf and turned it into a brush. VERY COOL! Here is the leaf brush stamped in different colors.

Brush Abilities - Day 6, 7, 8

I've been keeping up with my class and working on my homework faithfully every day! Day 6 was test day... I got 100%, hehehe...
The project that I'm sharing today took two lessons to complete. Day 7, we created the tag and inked the edges. Day 9, we added the stitching.

Here is my project a little inked and stitched tag! I didn't even have to thread my sewing machine!