TST #134 In Session...

That's right Class is in Session!  It's the most wonderful time of the year for Mothers everywhere.  Time to have you home back to yourself, for those who are stay at home Mom's and time to be able to finish that morning coffee.....before it gets cold!

We are into a new school year and something a little different at Try Stampin on Tuesday.  The Design Team has been split into two different Teams.  We will post on alternate weeks, although we can still make cards for the weeks that we are not scheduled.  We also have some new members to the group and I think that you will find their talent is amazing.

Today's sketch at Try Stampin on Tuesday is dedicated to Back to School with a little twist...the use of metal or metallic colour (silver, gold, bronze).

I decided to take a little different approach to the rainbow on the sketch and use it as separations in a binder.  

I managed to find some DSP that looked like notebook paper and used that as part of my background and then using a paper edge punch I created a notebook and then with the round tab punch I made the notebook look like it had subject tabs.

It's a bit of a stretch for the sketch, but I think it still works.  What do you think?

Need more inspiration?  Hop on over to the Try Stampin site and see what the others have in store for you.

Thanks for stopping by.

Nancy

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TST #65 Come Aboard...and one more!

Jen has come up with a rather different sketch for us this week at Try Stampin on Tuesday.  When I first saw this sketch I turned it round and round until I was finally able to get a vision to work with. Not all cards have to be done the way the sketch is presented. I have decided to make it a portrait card rather than a landscape one.

I used the image of the anchor as the dark line down the left side and ran rope along the image of the rope on the DSP. I am not an expert by any means in nautical knots but I am able to tie one knot in particular so I added that one as an accent on the front as well.

A distress tool was used to distress the edges of the manifest.

A small strip of Marina Mist was used to make the bubble strip. In hindsight I would have put the white behind the bubble punch strip to accent the bubbles more. The anchor from The Open Sea was stamped lightly along this piece as well.

Then for a more feminine version I have come up with this card using the same sketch. I chose not to put the extra strip down the one side.

So now it's your turn.  Use the sketch and turn it whichever way you want.  Go ahead give it a try.

I hope you enjoy my versions.

Nancy

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