One of my absolute favorite aspects of going to the Craft & Hobby Association shows is having the opportunity of meeting the many incredibly talented women in this industry. It was with great excitement that I finally had the opportunity to meet Teri Anderson at the last show! This talented young lady is one of PaperCrafts magazine Go-to-Gals. As well she is a design team member for THREE of fabulous stamp companies we carry - Lawn Fawn, Paper Smooches and Technique Tuesday!
It is such a pleasure to have Teri with us today showing us a fantastic way to use circles in designing a card! We would LOVE to have your help thanking Teri - please head over to her blog a bit of this. a bit of that. and leave some lovin' in the comments section of her post there - you know you are in the correct spot if you see the following pic!
Thank you Teri for sharing your creativity with us here in the CLASSroom!
Hi Everyone! Welcome to the CLASSroom!
Circles are one of my favorite design elements on cards. I want to show you a few fun ways to incorporate circles on your cards with stamping and with using buttons by sharing this card with you.
First thing is first. I'm going to do some stamping and make one really big layered circle. I just love using circles in this!
I started by cutting a 2 1/2" circle from Bayou cardstock. I used a circle punch, but a circle die would work just as well!
Then I stamped the "gratitude" definition from The Family Circle on to the circle. You'll notice that I stamped it just a little bit off the circle. That's because it really is just a design element. I don't expect anyone to actually read it.
I set the circle aside and then grabbed the Thanks circle and stamped it with orange ink on white cardstock.
I used a circle punch to cut it out and then set it aside.
Now comes the hard part! (Hee hee!) I used the large circle stamp from The Family Circle and stamped it with black ink on to my card panel. Here's how it looks all stamped up. Easy, right?
Then I just started piling things on.
I added the Bayou circle and then I added the Thanks circle.
To give a little extra dimension, I used foam tape to pop that small circle off the card. Here's a peek of how things look when all finished.
Love that extra pop the foam tape gives!
Another nice way to add circle elements to your cards is to use round buttons. I use buttons plain like this all the time.
I use buttons plain like this all the time. But, sometimes I like to sauce them up.
And Copic markers are a great way to do this. Just take a pen to your buttons of choice and start doodling with it. For my card, I selected three markers slightly darker than the buttons and then just lightly and selectively added color to parts of each button. If you try this at home, be sure to test it out on a few buttons first. That way you can make sure the colors work well together.
The end result of my button doodling looked something like this.
My buttons (plus some more I colored) look pretty cool on my finished card.
Thanks for joining me in the CLASSroom today!
Teri
stamps: Technique Tuesday - Thanks Seal, The Family Circle and A Million and One
paper: My Mind's Eye 6x6 On the Bright Side Two Paper Pad, Memory Box - Bayou, Parsley, and Jack O Lantern; Neenah Solar White
ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Orange Ink
Copic markers: BG72, YR07, G99
other: October Afternoon 9 to 5 Buttons, circle punches (or circle dies), jute
