Create & Connect

 

Today is the day of March and I am posting a set of cards for our challenge-The Catch-up Club!  A few of my stamping friends, Darlene, Jeanette and Terry along with myself, have signed up for a number of virtual stamping events in the past 4+ years.  One of the benefits of these events are that they are available to rewatch or even watch for the first time at a later date as they are all recorded. The 4 of us "try" to watch live and chat by texting during the event.  But, life steps in and there are times when one or more of us are not participating during the live.  Then, the kits from sponsors sits in our stamping area until we are ready to watch the video and create.  During one of the events, we decided we needed to push ourselves (and each other) to get some of these events done!   So--we all decided to devote one day a month, the last day of the month for the somewhat procrastinators that we are, to post cards we missed making.  So--here we are in our 17th month of The Catch Up Club!

Reminder--these are not my own designs!  The cards are the designs of the other instructors from these classes.  I am just recreating the cards from the class. This month the creations are from a recent Pinkfresh Studio Create and Connect event. 

These cards were created by Raquel Arribas and the class was called Thank You cards.  The set she used is called Majestic Swan and includes a stamp, stencils and die.  There also is a matching Press Plate. I also used a stencil called Diamond Background Builder along with a Stitched Pinwheels Background Die. The frame is from a new set called Double Stitched Fancy Frames.  We also received the purple glitter cardstock in our kit--so pretty. 

I wanted to highlight one of the cards with this fun fold.  It has three panels with images that we stamped, brush blended and die cut.  I backed the two sentiments with some of the purple glitter cardstock, off set a bit to show the shimmer.  Since this card is a bit narrower than a standard card, I also added a panel of the glitter cardstock behind the folded panels.

 

I have 2 more classes from this event and hope to finish them soon..........

I hope you enjoyed my cards!  Here are the links to the other of the Catch Up Club.  Please be sure to check out Jeanette's, Terry's, and Darlene's blogs.  They may post today, but we have all promised to post cards that we have missed the making along the way!

Image/Sentiment:  Pinkfresh Studio Majestic Swan Stamp/Stencil/Die, Hope You Are Smiling Stamp and Die Set

Cardstock:  The Paper Cut 100# Cougar Opaque White; Pinkfresh Studio Glitter Cardstock

Ink: Many colors of Pinkfresh Studio Ink Cubes; Brutus Monroe Gilded Embossing Powder

Accessories: Pinkfresh Studio Diamond Builder Background Stencil, Double Stitched Fancy Frames, Stitched Pinwheel Dies