Sunshine in a Box

I shared this last night with my Facebook followers.  If you aren't following me you can click here to check it out.  It's "Sunshine in a Box" for a friend who needs a little pick me up.  I planned to sit down and make a card, but then I came across this oldie but goodie that worked great.  It features an old stamp set, but the sentiment and the colors fit my requirements!  If you look at the background, you can see I used bubble wrap.  I inked up my brayer and rolled it over bubble wrap and then pressed the cardstock onto the bubble wrap.  Here's the original post.  And here's another card made with the bubble wrap technique.  And one more featuring Totally Tess.  

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College for Kids

This summer I am combining my two jobs and teaching card making to 1st and 2nd graders in a College for Kids program.  Today was my first day and I had two classes and we were able to do 2 cards in an hour.  I worried that I over planned or under planned, but it was just about right for today.  It was like the first day of the regular school year when they don't know me or the other students and they are very quiet and subdued.  I wonder how things will be by the end of the week :-)

I wanted to be sure to do something the kids would really like.  We used the bubble wrap technique to make this card.  They loved the bubble wrap so that was a hit.

And one thing I know about kids is that they like punching with punches.  So we used the retired tag punch to make these ice cream bars.  All I can say is there will be a lot more punching this week.

 

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Bubble Wrap Totally Tess

Here is my last bubble wrap card for a few days :-) This one was done with Tempting Turquoise and Gable Green. I inked and applied the colors separately and then got out my Totally Tess stamp set and did some paper piecing. Who better to wear those crazy pants?

Supplies: Totally Tess stamp set, Tempting Turquoise, Gable Green, Whisper White, Creamy Caramel, Chocolate Chip (for her shoes) cardstock, Tempting Turquoise, Gable Green, Basic Black ink, Brayer, bubble wrap


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Bubble Wrap Bee Hive

This bubble wrap card uses the small bubble wrap, but I instantly thought of this stamp set when I learned the bubble wrap technique. (Thanks Rae Anne for loaning it to me :-) Just like the fish card, ink up the bubble side of the bubble wrap and then place your cardstock on top and roll over with a brayer. The more you roll, the less defined the bubbles become. I like them a little blurry, but different cards may require a different touch.


Supplies: Just Buzzin' By stamp set, Chocolate Chip, More Mustard ink, Very Vanilla, More Mustard, Chocolate Chip cardstock, bubble wrap, brayer

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Bubble Wrap Fish

Did you buy the ornament punch (still available as a write in) at Christmastime? Well who knew you could use it for things other than ornaments!?! This fish uses a stamp from Delightful Decorations (no longer available), which I know many of you also bought, but I also made some with a solid color of cardstock. With the five petal punch, you have a fish with no trouble at all. But the coolest thing about this card is the bubble background - at least I think it's the coolest :-) Take a piece of bubble wrap, ink it up by stamping the ink pad directly onto the bubble side. Then place your cardstock on top and roll over it with your brayer. Check back tomorrow for another sample using bubble wrap.

Supplies: Bubble wrap, brayer, ornament punch, five petal punch, 1/2 in circle punch, black journaling marker, Whisper White, Only Orange, Ballet Blue cardstock, Mellow Moss, Only Orange, Ballet Blue ink, Definitely Decorative, Inspired by Nature stamp sets

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