June's Class - Something for the men and ladies!

As Fathers Day was looming, we decided to create a card for that special man in your life along with a matching bookmark.  We used the lovely Open Sea stamp set and Teeny Tiny Sentiments.  The card stock we used was Cherry cobbler, Midnight Muse, Very Vanilla and Crumb Cake with Versamark, Chocolate Chip and Soft Suede inks.  Some mini brads with Cherry Cobbler Bakers Twine added that extra touch to finish off the nautical theme of these projects.  We introduced our class to the diagonal scoring plate used with the Score Pal to create the bookmark. The book mark starts off as a square piece of card stock and then by scoring two diagonals and then by folding them over (securing with a triangle piece of cardstock) the triangle pocket that is created slips over the pages of the book.  The diagonal plate was used again to mark the lines to cut the layers of card stock to follow the angled profile of the bookmark.

As our ladies had quite a bit to do on their first project, we decided to keep the second project nice and simple! Using the Summer Silhouettes stamp set they made this stunning card; this card is a perfect example of what you can achieve in a short amount of time - sometimes less is more!

The main card uses Elegant Eggplant cardstock, which is one of my favourites; Whisper White is used in the background with a contrasting stamp (in Elegant Eggplant) to add a little bit of interesting detail. The flowers are stamped onto Sahara Sand card using Wild Wasabi and Elegant Eggplant inks. The greeting is from the Curly Cute stamp set. A little daubing around the edges, in Elegant Eggplant, adds a little depth to the card - voila - a simple just stunning card!