August Class Cards

In the classes I taught at Harts n Scraps in Rothschild WI last week I featured Spellbinders and Hero Arts dies and stencils as well as a Stage Pop Up die from Karen Burniston. Here are the cards I taught:

Aren't they adorable? Which is your favorite?

Cardmaking Joy & Hugs, Karen 

Christmas in July Class Cards

My friend Deb Holms and I taught Christmas in July Fun Folds Cards this last week at Harts N Scraps in Rothschild. All the cards also featured Clear View Transparencies. Deb's card was the star card. My favorite card was the last one with the amazing blue jay from Altenew and the pop up frame from Karen Burniston. Which is your favorite?

Cardmaking Joy & Hugs, Karen

Altenew Keyhole Easy Blue Jay or Cardinal Cards

I taught a Christmas in July class this last week and we made a Christmas card with this gorgeous layered blue jay die from Altenew. I needed some thinking of you cards to send to friends this week so I made several cards with the easy keyhole layering die cut set. The sentiment die is from Karen Burniston and the pretty sky paper is from Blue Knight Rubber Stamps. 

The same keyhole system die set from Altenew can be styled into a cardinal and I love how this card turned out! Which is your favorite?

Cardmaking Joy & Hugs, Karen 

May Class Cards Featuring Taylored Expressions Create In Quads

Every other month I teach classes at Harts N Scraps with Jill Lemke's Clear View Transparencies and this month I combined them with stenciled card fronts and elements created with Taylored Expressions Create in Quads stencils. Of course each card featured a fun fold or creative ways to frame the transparencies as well. My students were very happy with the 4 cards they made.

Cardmaking Joy & Hugs, Karen 

April Class Cards with Spellbinders and Waffle Flower

This month at Harts N Scraps, my students had great fun making cards with some favorite products from Spellbinders and Waffle Flower. They could choose to make an Old Fashioned or Bloody Mary with a drink die and embossing folder from Spellbinders. Then they made a multi-colored tunnel with the Rainbow Slice Tunnel die from Spellbinders and a crackle embossing folder also from Spellbinders. 

Then the students made two cards with favorite dies, stamps and stencils from Waffle Flower. 

Cardmaking Joy & Hugs, Karen 

February Class Cards

Here are the cards I taught in February's class at Harts n Scraps locally. I featured Clear Views transparencies and different ways to frame them. 

Cardmaking Joy & Hugs, Karen 

November Class Cards - Interactive with Clear View Transparencies

This month at Harts n Scraps we made interactive Christmas cards with Clear View Transparencies. I had two full classes and they loved the cards. Here are the front and insides of each:

In December we are going to do book folding- you can choose an angel or Christmas tree. Then in the new year, we are starting out with Thoughtful Stenciled cards.

Cardmaking Joy & Hugs, Karen 

October Class Cards- Masculine Cards with Techniques

I had fun this month teaching masculine cards with various techniques and featuring dies from Dies...to Die For at ShopScrapbook.com. Here are the cards I taught:

Cardmaking Joy & Hugs, Karen 

September Class Cards

Here are the cards I taught in September's Fun Folds With Clear View Transparencies at Harts n Scraps:

If you are local, I am teaching many background techniques and Masculine cards in October and Winter Pop Up cards with Clear Views in November so call or stop by Harts n Scraps to sign up before the classes are full.

Cardmaking Joy & Hugs, Karen 

Christmas in July Clear Views Class Cards

We had great fun in the Christmas in July classes I taught at Harts n Scraps recently. All of the cards feature Clear Views Transparencies by Jill Lemke that I teach with every other month and are sold very reasonably at the store. The first card is a tri-fold and you can see the puppy through the window. The second card is perfect to recreate for a larger Christmas list and we put old Christmas music behind the transparency. The third card was a class favorite because they learned how to make a pop up present perfect for a gift card or small gift without the use of an expensive die set. And on the last one we added ink through a stencil on glitter paper before adding the ornament and the transparency. 

The students went home with four cards for an early start for their stash of holiday cards and lots of ideas.

Cardmaking Joy and Hugs, Karen 

Deep Impressions June Class Cards

I taught three classes of students the Deep Impressions technique at Harts n Scraps this week, and I think this card was everyone's favorite. The technique is something I learned years ago from Fran Seiford of Stampendous and it involves melting layers of embossing powder on chipboard on an electric griddle. If you would like to see how it is done, watch this video I made a while back for my YouTube channel. 

But years ago, we didn't have Embossing Glazes from Tim Holtz and these hearts were made with the translucent aqua blue embossing glaze and some copper highlights. IRL they are just gorgeous. The speckled background was created with Pixie Spray and gold foil. 

Here are the other three cards I taught:

I never just teach a technique and then slap them on a card, so I showed them several fun folds and an easy way to make a shaker card. We all had fun!