Lovely Layers

Hello friends! I have something different for you today. My PTI package showed up right before the weekend. (Well truth be told I had to tussle with UPS to get it... but thats another very long story...) I got some cardmaking in over the weekend- I even got photos taken!
I started with an aqua mist base.  Then I took the new sunshine set and made the rays.  You can see that they are not perfectly spaced- but this was my first attempt with them and I was cool with how it came out.  Next I took the limitless layer dies and cut quite a few out and begin stacking.  I did cut some of the leaves so its not like these are all still hooked together.  I stamped them with their coordinating stamps in Hawaiian Shores ink.  I added a congratulations sentiment on a diagonal ribbon strip.  That's all there was to it.

The next thing I am even more excited about.  A few months ago I bought Photoshop Elements so I could watermark my cards.  Yes I paid 80 bucks to watermark my cards.  Then I had this great editing program that I wanted to fully use but I had no clue how.  I am pretty computer savvy but this program is not the most intuitive plus its HUGE.  So yesterday I signed up for a free class by Jessica Sprague.  Here's what I made:


This is after half of one free class. That Jessica Sprague is something else. I had never taken an online class before but this was really good. So good in fact, that I just bought two more classes. They are 20% off right now! Stock up! LOL! Anyway its amazing how much easier Photoshop is when you actually have a clue to what you are doing.