Adobe Illustrator (Ai) Tutorial - Using Shapes Part 2

This video is the third in my Adobe Illustrator (AI), tutorial series. In this video (Part 1 and Part 2) we will walk through:
- Creating Rectangles - Creating Rounded Rectangles - Creating Ellipsis (including pac man!) - Creating Polygons (with differing number of sides i.e triangles) - Creating Stars (with differing number of points) - Changing the stroke and fill of shapes - Overlapping shapes - Working with resizing and anchor points - Working with custom corners
Head on over to my YouTube channel and check it out!

Adobe Illustrator (Ai) Tutorial - Using Shapes Part 1

This video is the second in my Adobe Illustrator (AI), tutorial series. In this video (Part 1 and Part 2) we will walk through:

- Creating Rectangles
- Creating Rounded Rectangles
- Creating Ellipsis (including pac man!)
- Creating Polygons (with differing number of sides i.e triangles)
- Creating Stars (with differing number of points)
- Changing the stroke and fill of shapes
- Overlapping shapes
- Working with resizing and anchor points
- Working with custom corners

Head on over to my YouTube channel and check it out!

Adobe Illustrator CC Tutorial - Using the Line Segment Tool

This video is the first in my Adobe Illustrator (AI), tutorial series. In this video we will walk through:

Drawing horizontal, vertical, and diagonal lines
The effect of using the alt key
What are anchor points?
Extending an existing line
Rotating lines
Using Shift+Click to get straight lines
Moving lines using guides

Head on over to my YouTube channel to check it out!

May Card Club...2014 - 2016 In-Colors!

May Card Club...2014 - 2016 In-Colors!

I hosted my LAST Card Club here Friday night (tears) so wanted to end with a preview of the new colors for the ladies. Each card we made featured one or more of the new colors. I also featured one of the new stamp sets Work of Art which by the way I didn't think I would like and now that I have used it...LOOOOOVE IT (say it like they do on Dragon Tales if you know what I am talking about...)! I also got some of the new DSP in there as well which I also love and will be posting a few projects I made using it over the next few weeks. Although it was my last Card Club here, I hope to get a new group of ladies to share my ideas with in my new town! The ladies also love decorating the inside (I do too) so I posted a picture showing the inside as well. I usually do not post dimensions, but if anyone really wants them just shoot me a message.

Ok so enough "talking" and onto the four cards I made and their ingredients...

Dryer Sheet Card Experiment

Dryer Sheet Card Experiment

I have been traveling all day, but wanted to get a quick post out on something I made a whole ago and just never got the chance to post. A card made using a used (and washed a second time) dryer sheet! I had always heard of the idea and saw a couple of crafters do it and wanted to try it for myself. This was just a tester and now that I know I can do it I want to make a complete card.

A quick run down of what I did and used...

- Used the Flower Shop stamp set and matching Pansy Punch.
- Stamp Pads and Cardstock used are Daffodil Delight and Raspberry Ripple and I used Whisper White too.
- Embossed the punched out flower with versa mark, heat and stink powder, and dazzling diamonds.
- Used a glue stick to adhere the dryer sheet to the card stock (taped the excess to the back if some hung over since I popped the top layer up using dimensionals.
- Popped the flower up with a dimensional as well.

So here it is...

Pomp and Circumstance Graduation Card

Pomp and Circumstance Graduation Card

I needed a graduation card for my cousin's graduation from William and Mary a few weeks back so below is what I came up with. The colors were inspired by the school colors green, gold, and silver. The stamp set I bought a few months back because I knew I would be attending two graduations and I wanted "Graduation specific" stamps. I had also just bought the Flowering Flourishes stamp set thanks to Pinterest (the enemy) because I kept seeing so many awesome cards made with it and I finally gave in! Hope you like it, she loved it :-). I also posted the "ingredients" below the picture if you would like to see what I used to make it.