Farewell To 2012-2014 In-Colors!

For this months class projects, I decided to concentrate on using the 2012-2014 In-colors that will be retiring at the end of June. These are Gumball Green, Midnight Muse, Primrose Petals, Raspberry Ripple and Summer Starfruit.

Our first card was designed with Fathers Day in mind but could also be used as a birthday card for a male or female.  The greetings we used came from the Delightful Dozen set with has a nice combination of greetings in different fonts. The 3D balloon was made by punching out 3 Large Ovals from I Am Me DSP and then folded and glued together on to a 2" diameter circle.  The basket was made using the Create a Cupcake stamp set chosing one of the cupcake 'cases' stamped in Baked Brown Sugar and punched out using the Create a Cupcake punch.  The sky effect was creating by using the masking tape technique with Soft Sky ink. This is done by coating a piece of masking tape with ink and then rubbing it onto the card stock several times. You can re-ink as required to give a blended 'sky' effect.  A piece of Gumball Green cardstock embossed using the heart folder from the Adorning Accents embossing folder was used in the background. Finally a piece of  Night of Navy 1/4" Stitched Grosgrain was tied across the bottom of the front part of the card. The other main colours used were Midnight Muse, Gumball Green and Whisper White.

 Our second card was CASEd from an American demonstrator (whose name I have now forgotten!). You can't tell from the photo but the front of the card is cut across the middle and the Happy Birthday greeting (taken from the Perfectly Penned stamp set) is on the inside.  This is a good card for using up pieces of dsp, the one used here was taken from the I Am Me DSP set.  The flowers are stamped in Primrose Petals using the Flower Shop and Petit Petals stamps sets and punched out using the Petit Petal punch and Pansy punch.  Some Whipser White organza ribbon and basic pearls finish off the design.  You could use any colour combination on this card or keep it to one basic colour to give different effects.

 

At this months class we also made a small gift box and we will continue to make a small 3D project at our classes as time allows.  This one is such a simple design and uses 1/2 sheet A4 of Summer Starfruit cardstock and just two glue dots to stick it together.  The pattern on the front of the box was made using the Amazing Accent wheel in Gumball Green ink on Whisper White cardstock.  The background card is Raspberry Ripple.  The flower was made using two pieces of card, one Whisper White and one Raspberry Ripple and cut using the Blossom Party Originals big Shot die. The centre of the flower is a 3/8" Glimmer Brad.  Finally the hole for the handle was punched using the small oval.