Deckled REctangle Dies

Silly Goose Celebration Card

Silly Goose Conversation Bubbles Card Class, Card 2

Silly Goose Celebration Card

We are on to the next card from my Weekly Card Class From ME, featuring the Silly Goose Stamp Set and Conversation Bubbles Bundle by Stampin’ Up!. With the word “yay” in the sentiment phrase bubble, I just knew this card had to be sweet and fun.

And our goose is ready to party, complete with party hat and balloon. This is just 1 of 4 geese images in the Silly Goose Stamp Set. Need to see my first Silly Goose Card? Check out the previous card class here.

Silly Party Goose

Just like the first card in this week’s Card Class From ME, this goose stamp from the Silly Goose Stamp Set needs very little coloring. Something that I personally love! Check out my video demonstration here.

Again, I used the Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends to color the legs, feet and beak of my goose. A little Smoky Slate helps to give the goose’s body some shadows to break up all the white un-colored space.

And party colors like Bermuda Bay and Poppy Parade bring a lot of brightness to this image on my card. With the addition of a little 2022-2024 In Color Baker’s Twine, my balloon really “pops”!

Simple and Sweet Silly Goose

While I created this Silly Goose Celebration Card in So Saffron and Sahara Sand, you could easily make this same card in lots of different colors! Just add a splash of designer series paper to the background. I used Happy Forest Friends DSP for the soft yellow pattern it supplied.

Along with the Conversation Bubbles Dies for my sentiment, I also used the Deckled Rectangles Dies in layering sizes. Any layering dies will work, so feel free to use whatever you have on hand!

Get Your Silly Goose Conversation Bubble Card Class From ME

This Silly Goose Thanks Card is just one card in my featured class this week. If you would like to see the video from my online class, click this link. For more details on what is in this week’s class from Maine and how to get yours, click here.

I will be sharing more cards from the Silly Goose Conversation Bubble Card Class, as well as my bonus cards, as this week goes on. Be sure to check back here or follow me, The Maine Stamper, on FaceBook, for more cardmaking inspiration and ideas.

Potted Geraniums Online Class

Cards from the Potted Geraniums Online Class

Potted Geraniums

No matter the season, online classes and flowers are timeless. I combined both in my latest class, which you can watch here. And as you can see from my collection of Potted Geraniums cards, not all geraniums have to be red or pink.

Potted Geraniums In Purples

Cards in Purple Tones

I find that most papercrafters are passionate about the color purple. Which makes sense to me! With the Geraniums Dies, these flowers in shades of purple seem more like lilacs or even hydrangeas.

For my first card of the class, I did a lot of die cutting. This is always better than a lot of fussy cutting, so make sure you pick up matching dies whenever they are offered.

When you bundle the Potted Geraniums Stamp Set and Geraniums Dies together, you will automatically save 10%. I also used the Deckled Rectangle Dies as a backdrop for my floral bouquet.

Leaf die from Geraniums Dies
This mysterious looking die is actually the background portion of a leaf and stem assembly…not a caterpillar or funny cloud.

Potted Petal Pink Geraniums

Cards in Petal Pink

When I created my second card for the Potted Geraniums class, I continued to use designer series paper from the Host Rewards selection, Design a Daydream. The Petal Pink papers were soft and sweet, and embossing cardstock with the Twigs & Sprigs Embossing Folder made my tone on tone stand out.

In this card, I did some 2-step stamping. With the photopolymer stamps in the Potted Geraniums Stamp Set, you will easily be able to line up your stamps as well. First, I stamped the full pot image in Crumb Cake. Next, I stamped the partial pot image over the full pot image using Cajun Craze.

Traditional Potted Geraniums

Cards in red and green.

For the last card in my Potted Geraniums Online Class, I chose very traditional colors: red and green. The designer series paper pack, Lovely In Linen, gave me a beautiful Evening Evergreen base to work with.

I did a lot of stamping with this card! Some of it was ink on coordinating color cardstock. Some of it was ink on white cardstock. It is fun to switch up the ordinary to make things extraordinary! And speaking of over the top…this Soft Succulent Satin Ribbon is divine.

Get Your Card Kits From This Class!

With a qualifying order over $35 in my online store using the Host Code FX2V76SX from October 3-9, 2022, I will send you a set of card kits (1 of each design, 3 total) that you can use to recreate these cards at home. Whether you are using the Potted Geraniums Bundle or different stamps and dies, your cards will be easy to put together- I will do all the die cutting and embossing (but no stamping).

If you miss out on this online class, just look for another one coming soon! Join me on Monday evenings at 8pm (EST) for a live class on my FaceBook page, The Maine Stamper. Or watch for my YouTube videos posted shortly after, on The Maine Stamper channel. Hope to see you there!

Color swapping on cards
Who Wore It Better? Pool Party or Petal Pink? You decide!