Category: Classes

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, 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, 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!

Art Inspiration, Cards, Classes, Taylored Expressions

Flower Market – Stamp Joy

Ruth Cooper

Hi Angels!

I get to spend a crafty weekend with Taylored Expressions Stamp Joy. Today’s classes featured 4 cards from the Flower Market Stamp set & All Together Occasions 2 sets. Some of this weekend’s products will remain exclusive to the weekend & some may release at a later date.

Today’s classes focused on coloring with different mediums. Because of my asthma I did not use alcohol ink markers or Gamsol. I simply used Prismacolors & a regular blending pencil for those 2 cards.

Card 1 was the alcohol ink class. I switched up my colors a bit & used my pencils. Card 2 is the watercolor card and again I switched up my colors. Card 3 is color without coloring and is a fun interactive card too. Card 4 was the Gamsol card and again I just used my Prismacolors.

Another full day of classes tomorrow.

Have a Great Weekend!

Blessings!

Art Inspiration, Cards, Classes, Pinkfresh Studio

Pure Joy – Pinkfresh Studio Create & Connect

Ruth Cooper

Hi Angels!

I hope you are having a great week. We have much to be thankful & praise God for this week already.

Our week started off with a severe storm & tornado that hit our town late Sunday night, about 10 hours no power & 38 hours no internet. We are fine, our town had no serious injuries but there is quite a bit of damage. In Oklahoma we are used to such weather but it’s a couple months early this year.

I finished up my 2nd Pinkfresh class & again I absolutely love this Pure Joy stamp/stencil/die combo.

The first 2 cards are just stenciled for the images and card 3 is stamped, embossed in gold & then die cut. The versatility of the dies is fabulous. For card one I just cut the outline shape, card 2 the individual images are die cut & card 3 has both with the outline color blended by itself then the images die cut & place within the outline.

Thanks for stopping by.

Blessings!

Art Inspiration, Cards, Classes, Pinkfresh Studio

Farm Fresh – Pinkfresh Studio Create & Connect

Ruth Cooper

Hi Angels!

I hope you are having a great weekend. A couple days of migraines this week meant I got very little creating done. I am so happy that was not the case today for the start of the Pinkfresh Create & Connect event.

It is always fun to get to play with new products before they are released for general sale & I absolutely love the Farm Fresh Collection we got to design with for our first class.

I love how these cards have a fresh modern feel while hinting at a bit of vintage too. A mixture of stamping, ink blending, embossing & die cutting then embellishing with the new ombre Glitter Drops releasing Monday and I have a gorgeous collection of cards to brighten someone’s day.

Stay tuned for more class reveals. I will only get through half my classes this weekend because of scheduling but I have plenty of time next week to finish up all 6 classes.

Thanks for stopping by.

Blessings!

Art Inspiration, Cards, Classes, Concord & 9th

December Round-up C9 Joy Class

Ruth Cooper

Hi Friends!

Life has been busy, it’s the holiday season.

Since I still have several creative projects to post from the fall months, I thought I’d do a December round-up of several posts to finish off the year.

In October I joined Concord & 9th’s In the Classroom Holiday Edition Classes and on that weekend completed one class with the 2nd class still waiting in the wings. I had lots of fun with the Holiday Joy stencil set & class. We were scheduled to make 2 cards & since I had been sick with a sinus infection & cold & was finally feeling better, I worked on 4 cards.

The top 2 cards are the class cards & the bottom 2 are my extras. Coming up with different ways to use the same set is fun & stretches your creativity. The set came with a coordinating stencil, stamp & die bundle.

I hope you are enjoying a wonderful holiday season filled with hope & love.

Blessings!