World Cardmaking Day 2023 WCMD event

 I'm excited to be part of a World Cardmaking Day event this year again! 

Click here to check out the event

I'm pleased to present a Canadiana idea for a card, with a bit of history of our $2 coin - affectionately known as the Toonie.

Featuring the Black Toonie on my card, minted in 2022 in honour of the Queen's death.

In the video, I show one example of an impressed image of the bear on the foil paper, after embossing him with gold powder. In real life this is pretty cool and representative of our Canadian coin. I also show a much easier version utilizing the punch that coordinates with this outline stamp set. In both cases I use lots of dimensionals under the image to pop him off the foil circle. 

I gave a little interest to the background by stamping randomly with a small maple leaf, multiple times. (this maple leaf is from the retired set Colorful Seasons) and embossed a small portion of white cardstock with another retired product. The Hello folder with it's multiple languages was perfect for our bilingual country with the bold Bonjour 😊

Glad you stopped by!

Thanks, 

Laurie 

If you are from  Canada, I've listed the items you can purchase to make your own version of this card.

Beary Cute Photopolymer Bundle         162023 $57.50  

Nature's Prints Stamp set                       158793  $34.00

Gold Foil Sheets 12 x 12                        132622 $7.00

Basic Black Cardstock                           121045  $13.75

Basic White Cardstock                           159276  $14.50

Real Red Cardstock                                102482  $13.75

Real Red Ink pad                                    147084  $12.25

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink pad            132708  $9.00

Real Red&Burlap Ribbon                      160386  $12.25

Basic White Envelopes                           159236  $11.75

Various sized Circle dies and punches

Celebrating Renoir's Birthday

  

To celebrate Renoir's birthday on Saturday, I tried my hand at an Impressionist background on my Live@8pm MT Friday night and was pretty delighted with the result! 

you can watch it here on youtube

You'll see how I used blending brushes and inks, a cloud die as a mask and a smooshing techniques to add some dimension. I added a bit of fun with the bright sailboat and sentiment from Let's Set Sail (157900) You can grab a current host code to earn Loyalty rewards with me and access my online store super easy on the sidebar.

Check out the shadow on the water. I tried my hand at it after reading this about the Master:

In the late 1860s, through the practice of painting light and water en plein air (in the open air), he and his friend Claude Monet discovered that the color of shadows is not brown or black, but the reflected color of the objects surrounding them, an effect today known as diffuse reflection. 

I enjoy reading a bit about new things and enjoy the inspiration from a variety of things. I explore lots of things on my Lives most weeknights on my facebook page 
I'd love you to pop in! ( and the recordings are there from the past 2 years of when I started, some hits, some misses!)

smiles, 

Laurie LaRose

Lucky Clover Bundle New in the Jan-April 2023 mini catalogue

 I'm thrilled to be part of a big Launch party event for this new mini catalogue. It's a worldwide collaboration of demonstrators over several days! 

Video Lesson

I chose to work with the Lucky Clover set.

I had lots of ideas but wanting to try to go beyond St Patrick's Day I decided to try some emboss resist with different colours. There are a couple great sentiments in the set.

This is the card I made to share the technique on the video for the Launch Party!

Supply List: www.stampinup.ca 

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Lucky Clover Bundle  160613

Calypso Coral Stampin pad and paper 147101, 122925

Pale Papaya Stampin' pad 155670

Memento Ink 132708

Basic White paper 159276

Versamark ink pad 102283 

Multipurpose Liquid Glue 110755 Stampin Dimensionals 144108 

Stampin' Emboss powders Basics 155554

Blending Brushes 153611

Additional Stamps and Dies from Sending Smiles Bundle 158707, Layering Circles 151770

and SAB Adorable Owls 160269  (coloured with Skin Tone Blends 159461)