Two Dragonfly Garden Classes

Sign up for one or both Dragonfly Garden classes this month! If you sign up for both, I will take $5 off of your class fees. Here are more details about each class:

1) Dragonfly Garden Stamp a Stack - This class is $46. You will make 20 cards - 4 each of 5 designs. The class kit includes a package of Basic White Envelopes & Note Cards, a 1/2 package of Hydrangea Hill Designer Series Paper, a package of Pastel Pearls, a package of Snail Mail Twine, and a Wink of Stella. You will also get the additional cardstock pieces you need to make your cards, and written instructions.
Inks needed: Seaside Spray, Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape, Rococo Rose (Seaside Spray and Rococo Rose are retiring - please buy them ASAP if you need them)
Adhesives needed: Stampin' Seal, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots

2) Dragonfly Garden Card Class - This class is $35. You will make 8 cards - 2 each of 4 designs. The class kit includes a 1/2 package of Dandy Garden Designer Series Paper, a roll of Mossy Meadow Trim, a package of Rhinestones, and a package of Ladybug Trinkets. You will also get the cardstock pieces you need to make your cards, envelopes, and written instructions.
Inks needed: Mossy Meadow, Bumblebee, Misty Moonlight
Adhesives needed: Stampin' Seal, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots

You can add on any of the inks for $7.50 each, except for Seaside Spray and Rococo Rose. If you need those, please go buy them now as it is very likely they will sell out. You may also add on the adhesives - Stampin' Seal is  $8.00, or you can choose Stampin' Seal + for $12.00 (I like this one better). Stampin' Dimensionals are $4.00, and Mini Glue Dots are $5.25.
The Dragonfly Garden Bundle is $36.75, and includes the stamp set you will use for both classes, as well as the Dragonfly Punch.
Shipping starts at $9. If you purchase both classes and the bundle, or add on a number of inks or adhesives, shipping will increase to $16 as the package size will increase.
The deadline to sign up for these classes is Thursday, April 8. Class kits will ship to you by Tuesday, April 20.

If you are interested in signing up, you can do that here.

Happy Stamping!

Rachel 

Hydrangea Hill Fun Fold Card

Today's card has a big WOW factor - it's a fun fold, and I used all of the products from the Hydrangea Hill Suite to create it. Take a look:

 

Would you like to know how I made this card? I send a free card tutorial to my email subscribers every Monday, and this is the one I sent them this week. If you join my email list this week, I'll send it to you too!

Make sure to join me on Facebook this week - I'll be featuring this suite of products!

Happy Stamping!

Rachel

March Card Club Sneak Peek

My monthly card club is my favorite class I offer every month! This month's cards were CASEd from Erica Cerwin. I love her style, and when her Hydrangea Hill class was offered as part of a creative convention I participated in recently, I knew I had to copy it for my card club! Here's a peek:

 

Here are a few more details about the club:

 

If you're interested in signing up, you can do that here. The deadline to sign up for this month's kit is March 20.

Happy Stamping!

Rachel

#GDP280: You Are Capable of Amazing Things

I am back for another challenge at the Global Design Project this week! This week's challenge is a CASE the designer challenge.

 

I decided to use the Hydrangea Haven Bundle - it's one of my favorites and followed along with the floral theme of Janneke's card. I also followed her layout pretty closely.

 

The dies in this bundle are really spectacular! For the leaves on the bottom, I used the detailed die, and then also cut out the outline of the hydrangea and stem/leaves to get the solid piece behind. I simply trimmed off the flower and placed the other die-cut in its place. 

 

To get the soft blue color on the blooms, I used my Blending Brush. I suppose you could use a sponge too. My craft room suffers from severe disorganization, and my sponges were nowhere in sight.... But the Blending Brush worked very well. I just held the die-cut in hand and very lightly circled the Blending Brush around.

 

I love these hydrangeas, and I hope you do too! Here is a full list of supplies for this card:

Stamps: Hydrangea Haven

Ink: Seaside Spray, Soft Suede

Paper: Soft Suede, Basic White, Seaside Spray, Pear Pizzazz, Hydrangea Hill DSP

Embellishments: Snail Mail Twine Combo Pack, Pastel Pearls

Tools: Hydrangea Dies, Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine, Banners Pick a Punch, Blending Brushes

Adhesives: Stampin' Seal, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots, Multipurpose Glue

Happy Stamping!

Rachel

A Touch of Ink: Two Cards

I have TWO cards to share with you today! Both cards feature the stamp set A Touch of Ink, which is free with a $100 purchase during Sale-a-bration. 

 

If you look carefully at the butterfly and the hummingbird, you can see that I used the same technique on both images. The stamp set comes with an outline image for each, plus a solid watercolor image to stamp and "color". Don't you just love two step stamping? First, I stamped the outline for each image. Then, I stamped the solid watercolor image in Seaside Spray ink. For the butterfly, I rolled the edge of the stamp in Misty Moonlight ink, and for the hummingbird, I rolled the edge in Highland Heather ink. I call it the "rock and roll" technique. Is that the technical name? I don't know, but it works!

 

I used two Designer Series Papers for these cards - the Hydrangea Hill paper and the In Good Taste paper. Aren't they perfect? I could have made many more cards with these papers and stamp set, but there's only so much stamping time in one day. 

 

Here is a full list of supplies I used on these cards:

Stamps: A Touch of Ink

Ink: Memento Black, Seaside Spray, Misty Moonlight, Highland Heather

Paper: Thick Basic White, Basic White, Gorgeous Grape, Misty Moonlight, Hydrangea Hill DSP, In Good Taste DSP

Embellishments: Flowers for Every Season Ribbon Combo Pack, Gorgeous Grape Sheer Ribbon, Opal Rounds

Tools: Versamark, White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Rectangle Stitched Dies, Layering Circles Dies, Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

Adhesives: Stampin' Seal, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots

Happy Stamping!

Rachel