Class Act/ Chapel road Blog Hop

Welcome to the Class Act/Chapel Road Blog Hop.

You will see the newest releases from both of these lines on this hop.

Please leave a comment on every project of each design team member, and have your name entered into the draw to win

a free rubber stamp from our Class Act line of stamps. If you leave a comment on each of the Design Team members project, that will give you 7 chances to win. A random winner will be chosen.

For my card, I made the background using the Snakeskin stamp and embossing powder. Then I spritzed it with glimmer mist, and rubbed Viva Decor gold over the raised areas. I embossed the dragon from with black powder and filled in the uncolored areas with Sakura Crystal Lacquer.

Now it's time to hop on to Barbara's blog. Remember to leave comments at every stop, for the most chances to win. You have until Thursday August 25th to leave your comments. A winner will be announced the next day on the Class Act Blog

Here is the blog hop order (in case you get lost along the way)

Class Act

Suzanne

Sheila

Holly

Gini ( You are here)

Barbara -

Chelsea

Chapel Road Stamps Inspiration

I love the elegant look of a monochromatic card - and although this card is really quite simple, I think it makes a lovely impact. This is a brand new stamp, from Chapel Road/ Class Act stamps.

Challenges:
Creative Inspirations Paint: sketch
Mark's Finest Papers: Anything but a standard card

Chapel Road Stamps Inspiration

We are wrapping up Christmas in July at Chapel Road/Class Act Stamps - so I have one final Christmas project to share with you today. My shaped card is made using the Snowflake Plate. I made the patterned paper by randomly stamping and embossing the various snowflake stamps on black paper. The poem was stamped and die-cut, and snowflakes were stamped over the top in Versa-mark ink, to give a very subtle design.

Challenges:
Stampin' Sisters in Christ - Black and White
Creative Inspirations Paint - Christmas
Simon Says - Shaped Card
Simon Says Stamp and Show - Anything Goes
Pollycraft - Christmas in July
Designed to Delight - Christmas with no red or green
Totally Gorjuss - Diecuts

Chapel Road Challenge

For the entire month of July, the Chapel Road DT is showing off our Christmas stamps, and for our challenge, we would love to see your Christmas creations. You don't have to use a Chapel Road/ Class Act stamp, but if you do, you will be entered twice for the prize (which happens to be the stamp of your choice).

My little plaque started out as some humble cardboard. I painted it with red acrylic paint and let it dry. Next, I stamped the Poinsettia Background with Versamark Ink and embossed with clear powder. Then I rubbed on a light coat of white paint, and quickly rubbed off most of it with a damp paper towel. I added some Frosted Stickles around the edge, and the background was finished.

The sentiment was stamped from the Holly Plate and cut out with a Spellbinders label die. White paint was added around the edge. The flower was handmade using the Dahlia punch from Punch Bunch.

You have two weeks to play along, so we hope to see your Christmas creations!

Sparkly Poinsettia Card

I had these gorgeous glittery papers from the Robin's Nest, and thought that they would be perfect for a Christmas card. I die cut the Rebellious Red Glitter Cardstock. The main paper for my card is the Classic Glitter Swirl in the gold on black colorway. My stamp is from the Poinsettia Plate set from Chapel Road Stamps. I embossed the image with black embossing powder, and colored it with Copics. I added a little bit of Sunshine Yellow Flower Soft in the center of the flower.The yellow dew drops were the perfect accent to finish off this project. This was a very elegant card, that came together pretty quickly.

Christmas in July with the Beary Scrap

I've just gotten back from the beach - and I'm jumping from complete summer time mode into Christmas in July! That's right - at the Beary Scrap for the next two weeks, we are featuring a new sketch as well as our Christmas in July theme. Maybe that will keep things cooled off around here.

I used some of my Merry Christmas paper pack from Echo Park. These packs are always great for putting together a quick card, since the papers all coordinate, plus there are matching stickers. I stamped my Holly from Chapel Road Artstamps on a journaling card that was in the paper pack. I added some burgandy Stickles for the holly berries. I made my embellie at the top of the card using my Epiphany Crafts 14 mm round tool, and made the custom acrylic button with the Echo Park Paper. The white setting is also from Epiphany Crafts, but then I put it all on top of a red snowflake sticker that was also in the pack. I finished everything off with a little seam binding.

Chapel Road Inspiration

I have a final card to share with you, using the June's new release from Chapel Road. I used the Sew Much to Do stamps, and made a mini collage with them. I layered the images with some dimensional adhesives, and inked the edges with Viva Decor Inka Gold.

Chapel Road Challenge

It's time again for a new Chapel Road Challenge. This is one of my favorite themes - you guessed it - vintage! Woo hoo!

We have some great new stamps that are perfect for the vintage look. For my tag, I used the Typing Time Set. I stamped the typewriter on some music sheet Designer Paper from Echo Park. I stamped another lady, colored her and popped her on top of the base image. The sentiment was stamped, punched and distressed. I topped everything off with some misted seam binding.

I hope you will play along with our challenge, and be sure to check out the rest of the DT's fabulous creations.

June's Beary Scrap Sketch

We have a great new sketch for you to play with at the Beary Scrap - very elegant. I recently got a bunch of Ranger's Alcohol Inks, and used them to created a background for my stamped image. Let me give you a warning though - if your gold mixative isn't squirting out like it should - don't squeeze it too hard, or you could end up with gold all over your desk, clothes and face - just sayin'....

After I got cleaned up, and my background had dried, I stamped the Chapel Road stamp using StazOn Ink. The flower was made using the Tim Hotlz Tattered Florals die.

You have until June 15th to play along with us - we can't wait to see what you will create!

Papers: Prima - Madeline collection, Bazzill
Stamps: Chapel Road - Margaret
Ink/Paint: Ranger Alcohol Ink, Ranger Paint Dauber, StazOn
Embellishments: Kaisercraft Pearls, Seam Binding - Lollipop Pink, Vintage Glass Glitter: Fucshia
Dies: Tattered Florals
Adhesives: ATG Glue Gun, Fabri-Tac, Scor-tape
Tools: Blending Tool

Chapel Road Stamps Inspiration

I'm so excited to share my newest card using Chapel Road Stamps, because this is my very favorite stamp of theirs (well, at least at this moment!) - Pearl Earring.

I stamped my image on Ranger's Glossy cardstock, and embossed it with clear powder. I decided to stick with the elegant black and white theme by using some of MME's patterned papers.

Challenges:
CPS: sketch

Chapel Road Stamps Inspiration

Well, we are finishing up our month of masculine inspiration with Chapel Road Stamps. My final card to share with you this month uses the Rooster Artishapes set. I stamped the image, then cut it out and mounted it on a Spellbinders die cut. The papers are Graphic 45.

Challenges:
CPS: Sketch
Alota: Checks

Chapel Road Stamps Inspiration

Blogger gave everyone fits last week - including me! I normally share some Chapel Road inspiration with you on Fridays, but it's coming to you live on Monday this week. The Design Team is continuing our masculine theme for the month. I used the Wonderful World stamp. It has such a cool, masculine collage theme. I embossed the image, and then used Glimmer Mist to color the background.

The Class Act challenge has two more days for you to get your entry in - the theme is masculine plus stitching. Pretty easy, huh? And you could win your choice of a stamp.

Challenges:
CPS: Sketch

Chapel Road Stamps Inspiration

This month, at Class Act/ Chapel Road Stamps, we are sharing with you masculine creations.
I used the ATC -Ferns for my backgound, and after coloring it with Distress Inks, I painted a layer of Distress Paint in Rock Candy over the top. It really makes it look like an old and worn piece of wood. I embossed the sentiment from Northern River, using gold embossing powder. The flower was made using Punch Bunch punches.

Be sure to stop by next week for more inspiration highlighting the Chapel Road Stamps.

Chapel Road Stamps Inspiration

I'll be the first to admit - I'm really not a Clean and Simple kind of girl....but tonight I did make a CAS card - and really had fun. I wanted to try a new technique (for me) using my Behold the Rose stamp set from Chapel Road stamps. I stamped my image onto the rose colored cardstock using Versamark ink - and embossed it with clear embossing powder. After this was heat set, I colored the non embossed areas using a paintbrush and bleach. To me, it was just so cool to see the color lift off of the paper.

You still have almost a week left to play along with our current challenge - Fancy Fold cards. You don't have to use a Class Act/ Chapel Road stamp, but we would love to see what you do with them!

Challenges:
CPS: sketch

Chapel Road Challenge

We are shaking things up a bit at the Chapel Road stamps challenge - Now you can use any stamp to play along with us, as long as you follow the current theme. If you do use Chapel Road stamps, you will be entered twice. Also, our challenges will now be on the 3rd Friday of the month, and the Class Act Challenges will be on the first Friday of the month.

Our new challenge is for a non-traditional card, meaning either a shaped card or a fancy fold. I used my long-standing favorite easel card and the Adornments set. I thought this was just perfect for Easter Weekend.



I stamped and cut out my images. The cross was colored using Glimmer Mist, and edged with Gold Smooch. The qua-trefoil was colored with Copics and Gold Smooch. Lots of dimensional adhesives were placed to give great dimension.

Challenges:
ABC - Easter

Chapel Road Stamps Inspiration

Yay! It's Friday and the weekend is here. Time to get crafting, and oh yeah, finish up my taxes - eeek! This month at Class Act/Chapel Road Artstamps, we are highlighting spring images. I used DaVinci Botanicals and colored it with Faber-Castell water color pencils. I edged the stamped image with gold Smooch ink. The papers are from Butterfly Garden from Pink Paislee. The tissue tape is from Tim Holtz . And I made the flowers with punches.

Did you know that you can now use any stamp for the challenges at Class Act/ Chapel Road? The current challenge is Anything But a Card. Head over to the Class Act Blog to enter. If you use Class Act or Chapel Road stamps you are entered twice. The random winner will get a stamp of their choice. For this challenge, you have until Thursday April 22, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. Eastern time. We are just getting these challenges going, and would love to have lots of players.

Challenges:
CPS: sketch
Simon Says Stamp and Show: Distressing
Truly Scrumptious - Vintage

Chapel Road Stamps Inspiration

I have a super easy card to share with you tonight using a couple of stamp sets from Chapel Road/ Class Act. The fancy part of my card is the embossed background that was made with a Cuttlebug folder. After it was embossed and inked, then I used some Webster's Pages paper to back the opening. I stamped several butterflies from the Butterfly Square set in a shade slightly darker than my paper. Then, I stamped over the top of those with my birthday sentiment from Birthday Abermarle set. The silk ribbon bow was attached using a star charm pin.

Be sure to mark your calendars for the last Friday of each month. That's when we have the Chapel Road challenge ( and there is a prize to be won!)

Challenges:
Shabby Tea Room: Birthday
Bling it On : Anything goes with a charm
Simon Says Stamp Challenge : Birthday
Flourishes : Butterflies
Top Tip Tuesday : Birthday
Simon Says Stamp and Show: Stars
ABC - Birthday

Chapel Road Stamps Inspiration

I have another card to share with you today using Chapel Road Stamps. I began by stamping the Butterfly Square onto white watercolor paper. I added distress inks over the image in Antique Linen, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain, and Black Soot. I put a few drops of Dusty Concord re-inker into a mini-mister and sprayed over the image. I stamped a second image, and colored the butterfly using Aquarell watercolor crayons. I cut this butterfly out and attached it using dimensional adhesives.

Thanks for looking!

Chapel Road Stamps Inspiration

Well, today is my first official post for the Chapel Road/Class Act Design team. I hope this card will bring some cheer to you today!

I stamped the Butterfly Background using Versamark ink, and embossed it in gold. Then I sprayed Glimmer Mist in various shades of orange over it to color my background paper. I stamped the sentiment from Butterfly Square using Versafine ink in onyx black and tore the edges. I added some ribbon and black pearls to my layers to finish everything off.

There are challenges on the first and last Friday of the month - so we hope you will come check it out at the Class Act Blog. We would love to have you follow us!

Chapel Road Stamps

I don't know if any of you noticed, there is a new "I design for" blinkie on my sidebar! I couple of weeks ago, I got the wonderful news that I had been asked to be a designer for Chapel Road line. These stamps are part of the Class Act Stamp company. My term doesn't officially start until March, but I just wanted to share a card with you today, so you can see the fun things that will be coming your way. There will be monthly challenges, that you will want to play along with, for your chance to win some great stamps!

Stamps used:
Butterfly Angle
Birthday Abermarle
Butterfly Background