online learning adventure

I signed up for Online Card Classes Stretch Your Stamps - today was day 1, for background-type stamps.  I watched two videos, learned five different techniques, was inspired by five different card samples and eight links to more ideas - WOW!  What a great value for the price, and there are still 9 more days!  One of the techniques was a pieced background, which I tried here, using colors from the Paper Players and a sketch from Stamping 411:

stamp sets - One in a Million and Hello, Doily; ink - Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight; card stock - Naturals White, Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight; punch - Full Heart; Stampin' Dimensionals

Since I stamped the Hello, Doily image three times (once in each color), I really made three cards (one of which I mounted upside down, but we could say I meant to do that for a little variety - see how the curve of the sentiment follows the curve of the background design?):

stamp sets - Curly Cute (on left), Perfectly Penned (on right) and Hello, Doily; ink - Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight; card stock - Naturals White, Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight; punch - Full Heart; Stampin' Dimensionals

I had so much fun, and I still want to try a DIY inkpad, double stamping, and stamped elements with background stamps. This is my first online learning adventure for stamping/card making, but it won't be my last.