His and Hers Homework....and CASology

I've been taking the online card classes for a while now.  I believe I've signed up for the last 3 or 4, but I've never posted a card that I made using techniques from the class.  Not that I haven't used the techniques...but just haven't posted a card before this.  The classes are ALWAYS jam packed with beautiful cards and excellent videos!  If you've never given one of the classes a try, I can highly recommend them!  Here's a link to the classes.  The prices are always reasonable...and the knowledge you walk away with it unbelievable!  (BTW...I'm not a paid spokesperson...I just LOVE the classes!)

Anywho....here's a couple of cards I made today putting some that wonderful information into practice.

This first card was shown to us as an anniversary card, but since I don't know anyone having an anniversary, I thought I'd make my card and link it to the current challenge at CASology.

As you can see the cue word for this week is "care".  I was sure I had a stamp that had something about "care" on it, but couldn't find it anywhere!  So....I used the "just because" from PTI and then generated the "I care" in word and printed it on the card!  The card we were shown in class had a circle and heart on it, but I didn't have a circle stamp, so I decided that in that part of the sketch I'd just use a butterfly.  I used a MB butterfly and colored him with Copics and added a little glitter with a glitter pen, then adhered him to the card with a pop dot just under the body so that the wings are not adhered to the card.  I punched several small white hearts and layered them, then colored the top heart to match the butterfly and added a layer of glossy accents, then pop dotted it onto the card. The front of the card is cut shorter than the back and gently rounded.  I masked off part of the inside of the card and used the large Impression Obsession strip stamp to stamp the lines on a diagonal.  Finally, I added a few faux stitches along the curved edge.

Edited to add: I had someone ask for an explanation of the MB butterfly. It's a die made by Memory Box....you can get one here.

When I saw this card in class on day 4...I KNEW I had to make one like it!  The card made in the class for for Mother's Day or Father's day...but I don't need a Mother's Day or Father's Day card...however, I do need a card to welcome a new little girl into the neighborhood.  Our neighbors across the street just had their first child...a little girl!  I'm very excited for them...and even happier that it's not me! LOL!  Anyway...this card is so different.  I made a small card in white, then with my striped stamp from the first card, I stamped the diagonal lines on the front of the white card in a pretty pink.  I cut a white piece to fit across the pink diagonal front and used a Simon Says die to cut the scallops.  I added some faux stitching to the scallops.  I embossed the PTI sentiment in white on a pink tab and adhered it to the back of the white card and folded it over the front.  The pearly looking heart was made by punching 4 hearts, adhering them together, then adding liquid pearls to the top.  I pop dotted the heart on the front of the card and that's what is holding down the flap.  I adhered the small white card onto a bright pink single layer base and added some faux stitching around the edges of the white card.  Now...does that make sense?  Here's how the card looks when it's opened up:

Pretty cool, huh!  Well, that's it for me tonight....I'm sure I'll be back tomorrow when the LIM challenge is posted!  Have a great evening!

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