Tuesday 14 May 2013

A Bit of Sparkle and Daubing

For our May card class, we decided to add a bit of sparkle by spritzing the main card with a mixture of Champagne Mist and rubbing alcohol. We also introduced daubing which is done using a sponge dauber dabbed onto an ink pad and lightly rubbed around the edge of the greeting strip (here we used Certainly Celery) and the vase (using Midnight Muse). The vase was cleverly created by partly punching out a piece of Baja Breeze with the Ornament punch. The pattern was stamped with the flower from 'Itty Bitty Bits' in Midnight Muse which co-ordinates well with the larger flowers taken from 'Printed Petals', stamped in Baja Breeze. The stems/leaves were stamped with Certainly Celery and the stamp set 'Just Believe', the greeting 'just for you' was also taken from this set. The card stock used was also Midnight Muse and Certainly Celery, and the Scallop Trim Border was used on the Certainly Celery layer.


The second card project of the evening was using the lovely Hopeful Thoughts stamp set.

I wanted to show the ladies how well the Simply Scored Scoring Tool could be used to add lovely detail to a card project. The colour combination used for this card was Sahara Sand for the main card, very vanilla and early espresso card stock. I also choose to use Rich Razzleberry, as it works so well with this colour combination and adds a lovely splash of colour; I have used this with the greeting and the co-ordinating 1/4" stitched grosgrain ribbon. The Itty Bitty Bits stamps have been stamped onto Sahara Sand cardstock using versa mark and rich razzleberry inks and punched out using the Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack to produce a lovely effect on the tree. I hope that you enjoy the simplicity of this card!

Sunday 5 May 2013

Aprils Card Class - Something for the Boys and the Girls!

Sorry for the delay in posting April class designs, this lovely sunny weather has distracted me!  We were asked to create something suitable for young adults, male and female as this age range can sometimes be tricky to find a suitable card for. For the 'boys' we chose the stamp set 'Need For Speed' which has four vehicles to chose from, a sports car (as shown below), a fighter aircraft, a speed boat and an ATV.  Chocolate Chip card stock was used for the main card with Cherry Cobbler and Night of Navy for the rest of the card.  Strips of International Bazaar DSP were used to bring the colours together.  Finally the greeting was taken from 'Up, up and Away' stamp set and punched out using 1", 1 1/4" and 1 3/8" circle punches.  Another technique that we introduced at this class was heat embossing. You can't really see this effect in the photograph but the car was stamped first in Versamark then Cherry Cobbler ink then covered with Clear Heat Embossing powder. This was heated using the Heat Embossing Tool. This gives a 'shiny, raised effect'.  To discover how this is done, come along to one of our classes at Rodborough.
Some Denim Jean Ribbon tied across the front of the card gives it the finishing touch.


For our 'girls' card we used the same design as I have previously posted on this blog but changed the colour combination to using Rich Razzleberry, Elegant Eggplant, Wisteria Wonder and Whisper White. It so cleverly uses the Create a Cupcake stamp set and Cupcake Builder punch by rotating the ‘cake case’ 180 degrees for the main part of the handbags.  The handles are semi-circles made from a ¾” circle and ½” circle punches.  Semi circles are also used to create the ‘flap’ of the handbag.  The greeting also comes from the Create a Cupcake punched out with the modern label punch, backed by a Wisteria Wonder scallop oval and set off with two mini brads. The large sized pearls act as the handbag’s clasp. Another technique was used on this card creation, dry embossing, which is using the Big Shot and the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder
A lovely card for anyone with a passion for handbags!