Another week of cards

Here are pictures of the cards from last week's card class.  Sure is great to meet with my friends for card class.

This is the first one. It was done from kits I got from Fire Mountain Gems. The had a dutch auction and I got the kits for an incredible price. 

Here is the second card. The image and words are digital stamps from Whimsie Doodles

The coloring was done with colored pencils. 

This final card is done using several things. The first part is the flower which is made from a Stampin Up die. The bow was done using a You Tube video on a bow technique, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMKipaZmGBs&feature=player_embedded#! I kind of made up the background technique. I embossed the paper and then brayered it with ink. By pressing hard, you crush the embossing somewhat and allow some of the low areas to be inking giving a nice distressed look.