Painted Blossoms

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Another CAS (clean-and-simple) Lou taught recently at his men's class.  They love keeping things simple and to the point!

Stamp set:  Painted Blossoms*, Sassy Salutations
Inks:  Raspberry*, Old Olive
Card Stock:  Whisper White
etc.:  Stamping Sponges

A great card that you can easily recreate and make your own by using the stamps and inks you have on hand.

CAS Valentine

At most of our classes, Lou and I offer 3 cards or projects.

This is the final card from Lou's February Men's Night Out.

This clean and simple design introduced his class to a new technique:  inking stamps with markers.  Ink, huff, stamp, assemble, done -- the kind of simplicity many stampers enjoy in their card making.

Added bonus:  the participants were delighted that they didn't have to run to a big box store and hunt through racks of mass-produced Valentines, but could proudly say to their honey, "I made this for you".  Proud moments for all.

Hearts Abounding

Lou loves variety in his card making.  This is one of his cards done with his February Men's Night Out stamping class.

Details make this card a winner:
* masked and sponged cascading hearts
* classic color combo
* textural elements: Candy Dots, marker outlined heart, dimensionals and sweet paper ribbon

It's a winner in my book!