Category: Cards

Art Inspiration, Cards, Catherine Pooler Designs, Lawn Fawn, My Favorite Things, Taylored Expressions, Unity Stamp Co

Hello Spring

Ruth Cooper

Hi Angels!

I had so much fun designing these cards for our granddaughters and I love sending them Happy Mail.

I used Unity Stamp Co’s Spring Mouse for the focal image & colored with Prismacolors and stenciled with My Favorite Things raindrops with glitter paste. The background paper is Lawn Fawn’s Flower Market. The flowers were created with Taylored Expressions Buds & Blossoms dies that we received in our Crop & Create event kit and the sentiment if from Catherine Pooler Designs. Nothing like combining all the companies to create a card.

Thanks for stopping by.

Blessings!

Art Inspiration, Cards, Classes, Concord & 9th

Pretty Petals – Concord & 9th In The Classroom

Ruth Cooper

Hi Angels!

My final share from last weekend’s event. I’m knee deep in this weekend’s event with 19 classes and/or demos. Since I started yesterday with a severe migraine, I threw the live schedule out the window & am working off the videos after the lives.

I love the different style of these stamps & dies from the Pretty Petals set. The small one is notecard size.

This is one of the main reasons I like Concord & 9th, their designs are a bit outside of the box. Once you have a half a dozen companies all coming out with the same thing like sunflowers, they all start to blend together & start looking the same. Concord & 9th produces unique designs.

It’s going to be so much fun when the new colors release next month.

Off to get some rest for tomorrow’s marathon of classes.

Enjoy your weekend.

Blessings!

Art Inspiration, Cards, Concord & 9th

Bold Flowers – Concord & 9th In the Classroom

Ruth Cooper

Hi Angels!

A quick post tonight. The storms brought on a intense migraine & even trying to concentrate on the Crop & Create classes that started today has been challenging. Basically I muddled my way through 2 and not all 4.

Not usually one for large motifs on cards, I wasn’t sure about this big flower die from our Big & Bold class last weekend. Surprisingly I like this card & the variations I’ve seen others do.

What you can’t see in this design is the background die that leaves a stitched outline of all the flowers. It’s so cool for added background possibilities. The layering flowers are a great option. I thought the card needed a little additional pop so I Stickled the flower centers.

I hope you have a great weekend planned ahead.

Thanks for popping in.

Blessings!

Art Inspiration, Cards, Classes, Concord & 9th

Flower Hugs – Concord & 9th In The Classroom

Ruth Cooper

Hi Angels!

The Big & Bold set from our classes came with quite the variety in sizes including cute little flowers that we did cool & warm color cards using the new colors. So fun. I added in the delicate scallop die from the other class to add some more interest to my cards.

The rows are supposed to be a bit wonky & uneven just for fun and these were intended to be 4 Bar note card size cards but I turned them into regular A2 cards.

I am busy trying to prep for the huge Crop & Create event this weekend. It starts on Thursday and has 19 classes or sessions through Sunday. I don’t plan to try & get all done in one weekend but I’m prepping to get quite a few classes in.

Thanks for stopping by.

Blessings!

Art Inspiration, Cards, Classes, Concord & 9th

Spring Wreaths – Concord & 9th In The Classroom

Ruth Cooper

Hi Angels!

I hope your week is off to a great start.

My allergies keep trying to sideline me but I keep trudging on.

This weekend I participated in Concord & 9th’s Color In The Classroom. If you haven’t heard the wonderful news, they are releasing new colors next month! Yay! We got to play with some of the new colors in class.

These wreaths were one of my favorite designs.

We got 8 of the new colors in ink cubes, several quarter sheets of the new color cardstock & a quarter sheet sampler of all their colors old & new combined. I’ll be saving my pennies for a few of the new colors.

This class included the Big & Bold stamps & dies. Can’t wait to play with them some more.

Thanks for stopping by.

Blessings!

Art Inspiration, Cards, Taylored Expressions

Hello Set – Stamp Joy

Ruth Cooper

Hi Angels!

I hope you are looking forward to a relaxing weekend.

I have the final set of cards to share from Stamp Joy. These would make a perfect gift set for a friend.

The Fineline Vines background was used with clear embossing to keep it monochromatic, then the center was die cut with a stitched rectangle die. The remaining frame was attached to the card. To the die cut center was added a vellum strip with a sentiment in a matching color. Foam was added to the die cut backside & it was placed back into the center of the frame. A really easy set to mass produce in a variety of colors and sentiments to make simple elegant gift sets.

I have more classes tomorrow with some of the brand new Concord & 9th colors that will release next month. It’s fun to play with new goodies before they are available to everyone.

Have a Fabulous Weekend!

Blessings!

Art Inspiration, Cards, Pinkfresh Studio

Anniversary Floral Arch

Ruth Cooper

Hi Friends!

I had a busy day today but had the joy of wishing our son & his lovely bride a happy anniversary with this beautiful card.

I used the new Pinkfresh Studio Arch Florals & Nested Arches dies for this creation. The flowers are watercolored with Gansai Tanbi pearl & gem colors. The basic white on white is elevated with the silver accents and flower highlights.

Thanks for stopping by.

Blessings!

Art Inspiration, Cards, Classes, Taylored Expressions

Rainbow Stripes – Stamp Joy

Ruth Cooper

Hi Angels!

I hope your week got off to a great start.

Today’s cards feature rainbow color backgrounds.

The top card features hand painted watercolor rainbow stripes. Which I love. The bottom card features rainbow ink blending on the background & through a stencil and made a fabulous birthday shaker card.

Thanks for stopping by.

Blessings!

Art Inspiration, Cards, Classes, Taylored Expressions

Pattern Play – Stamp Joy

Ruth Cooper

Hi Angels!

I hope your weekend was wonderful!

Today’s cards feature pattern play from the Taylored Expressions Stamp Joy classes.

For the 1st card we designed with 1/2 inch paper strips, a great way to use up scraps. For the 2nd card we did an ombre blend through a stencil and then added some graphic patterns to the stencil design. Fun! May try this more often.

Have a fabulous week!

Blessings!

Art Inspiration, Cards, Classes, Taylored Expressions

Ink Blending Fun – Stamp Joy

Ruth Cooper

Hi Angels!

I hope you’ve had a great Saturday! Don’t forget to move your clocks ahead tonight.

Stamp Joy is in the books. In a day & a half I completed 15 cards, all 14 from the event, plus 1 bonus card & a dozen watercolor backgrounds for future use.

Most classes were one card each and these 2 featured ink blended backgrounds so I grouped them together.

The 1st card features an ombre ink blended background that was embossed with the Dots of Diamonds embossing folder. The dots were sanded after to make them stand out more. I also opted to emboss the flower pot to give it just a bit more interest. I love how the galaxy background came out on card #2. It has water & white paint splatters for the stars. Except for the embossing folder, these cards feature current Taylored Expressions products. From the Antique Pails & Coneflower dies to the Gus & Gertie moon stamp.

I’ll be posting the remaining cards the rest of this week.

Have a blessed Sunday!