STRETCH YOUR STAMPS ON-LINE CLASSES

I took Kristina Werner and Jennifer McGuire's Stretch Your Stamps 2 on-line class...my first experience with an on-line card-making class. I experienced so many new techniques that I probably would not have otherwise tried. Some I was more successful with than others...some I enjoyed more than others...some I will probably use more than others...but what fun it was!! So here is my 'Show and Tell'!!

Days 1 & 2 we worked with background stamps. I loved these techniques...different ways to use your background stamps. Here are the cards I made as I followed their lead!

 Days 3&4 we used alpha and word stamps in different ways than normal. Here are my samples!

Days 5 &6 we worked with outline stamps. This is one that I felt the least successful with, but enjoyed it and will give this a try at another time when I am able to purchase stamps that will work better with these techniques.

Days 7 & 8 we worked with basic graphic stamps...just a single graphic stamp pulled from any stamp set. I tried several different stamps. I was really pleased with the way several turned out.

                    

The last two regular class days (9 & 10) were focused on floral and floral builder stamps. Since I didn't have the style stamps they used, I had to combine pieces from about 7 different stamp sets but I thought it turned out really well, considering!! I also didn't have the right kind of ink for a couple of them so again I improvised. I love floral stamps!!

We also had a couple of extra classes thrown in...a Color Me day and a Play Day. The Color Me day focused on different techniques to use the fun little stamps that scream "color me"!! One technique showed us how to used the reverse of the image so that's the one I have a sample of.

 

And last but not least we played with embossing powder to create the look of a metal plate. I loved doing this but it was very time-consuming for me...mainly because I kept messing up! I think some of my embossing powders were either old or the wrong brand!! Here is the card I ended up with.

That's it!! I highly recommend these classes so click this link for more information!