The card above was designed as a gift set. A great idea, to have a set or two on hand for those unexpected times when you need a gift NOW! Leslie sent another card which also would make a great "Note Card" gift...but the colors were too subtle for the scanner.

A link to acknowledged "Domino Expert" Linda Reid's great Click Class is below.

Technique? Simple, of course....that's the beauty of gg's! I rubbed pastel chalks into the cardstock using cotton balls. I stippled the ink onto the stamp, using Inkredible! (a pigment ink by Stewart Superior that I love.) I stippled Burnt Brass around the daisies and stippled Midnight Blue around the edges. Stippling added to the soft look. I trimmed it, and edged with a Krylon pen. I hit it with the heat gun to dry, then covered the entire piece with VersaMark and did 3 clear coats of UTEE. Done. After layering to gold and teal c.s., it was very pretty, all on its own....soft and muted. But, since I can't leave well enough alone, I added the wire and beads.     Linda

Another sample from Linda uses the lovely, soft, muted tones to convey a heartfelt message

SAMPLES, while not as complete as the classes, still help to generate ideas and clarify instructions. Most are pages which accompanied on-line classes presented through Cyberstampers (now closed) on line classes.

CLICK CLASSES are step-by-step instructions with accompanying pictures to help make each step understandable and easy to follow. These are prepared by and shared with gg designs' customers.

gg designs owes a great debt of gratitude to those who have given so generously of their time to add their special expertise and share these "How-To"instructionss.

We hope you enjoy them.

Ariel Azarel's Journaling for Stampers

Brenda's Bank's
Inker's Away and "Rub On" Samples
Versatility with Images and Die Cuts featuring mini florals

 

Deb Frank's Samples

 

Sue Pieper.
Journaling--Sample pages (Perhaps we'll talk her into a Click Class later!)

Kathy Welte's Samples

 

Judy Aguayo's Classes and Samples:
• Down by the Seashore
• Summertime and the Stampin' Gets Easy
•Dec4(2005) Holiday PreparationClass.html
•Class One--Decorations and Gifts
•Class Two--Tags, Cards, Gift Wrap, Ornaments
•Thank You Notes (2007)

 

Heather Strenswilk's Classes and Samples:
• containers •portfolios •postals •smorgasbord
•Journals •Tiles and Tessellations
•Class One--Holidays with a Heather Twist
•Class Two--New (2005)Designs
•Heather's Big Bold Blossoms
(July/August 2006
•Thank You Notes (2007)

•For a tutorial using Heather's Big Bold Blossoms to create background stamps see her blog: Stamping the Details.

Christmas Quick

• Click Class One--One Stamp Wonders One Stamp Wonders--A general introduction to simple stamping.

 

• Click Class Two--Making Do--Ideas for using things you may already have on hand.

 

• Click Class Three--Five Minute (or less) Card

 

•  Ida Abshier's Water Color Technique Great instructions and samples....lots of encouragement from Ida to keep at it until you've mastered this very popular technique.

 

• Linda Reid's Domino Technique Still haven't tried these? Linda's directions are so clear and the results so lovely you'll wonder why!

 

• Linda Blackbird's Mini Journal These make great "tuck in" gifts...Good idea to have some on hand.

 

• Linda Blackbird's "Slice 'n Dice" Tiles technique Let us know if you use this technique with any of gg design's hand carved designs.
See Slice 'n Dice Challenge!

 

• Yogi's Lettering Tutorial
A fun way to improve your lettering with some handy shortcuts.

• Jeanette Waters--Wood Veneer Tutorial
Unique, different, easy. Check out how Jeanette uses Wood Veneer

Not as comprehensive as the classes or class samples, a little time spent browsing here may net some quick, easy ideas to incorporate in your projects.

There are also project directions sprinkled throughout the catalog.