Friday 12 May 2017

May's Class Projects

Good Morning. Here are this months projects, yes, I think I am still in the right month! I've just waved my husband off along with 10 other friends on their mopeds off for a weekend riding to Ludlow.  I hope they get there in one piece and in the dry!  What a mad lot!

Anyway, back to card making.  This month we made a card suitable for a male and could also be used for Fathers Day (18th June).  We used a lovely set that came out in the Spring/Summer catalogue and has been carried over to the new annual catalogue, Lift Me Up.  We also used the background stamp set Timeless Textures.  To give the impression of 'distance' we used the stamping off technique.  The main colours we used were Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Night of Navy and Very Vanilla.  The twine is Cherry Cobbler Bakers twine.


I had had a couple of requests to make a new baby card and what could be more perfect than this set, Moon Baby which also came out in the Spring/Summer catalogue and has been carried over to the new annual catalogue.  To give a neutral feel we used Bermuda Bay, Daffodil Delight and So Saffron colours.  We used the Daffodil Watercolour pencil for the moon to enable the shading effect.  The 'congratulations' came from Flourishing Phases stamp set.  The moon image was stamped in Momento ink. 


Our 3rd project this month was to make a few gifts tags - you can never have too many!! We used the stamp sets Balloon Celebration and Endless Birthday Wishes (retiring).  The colours used were Crushed Curry, Melon Mambo and Pool Party with StazOn ink. We used the Balloon Bouquet and Scalloped Tag Topper punches.




Watch this space for the new Annual Catalogue which will be released on 1st June!!

April's Class - a Couple of Fun Projects!

OOps, I am running late again! Where does the time go? Well here are the projects from Aprils Class. As it was the Easter holidays, we also had some children come along too.  They made the Foxy Friends card instead of the Blooms and Wishes card.
We used the A Little Foxy DSP for the background with Pool Party as the card base.  The adorable little fox is part of the Foxy Friends stamp set which has a matching punch, Fox Builder.  The bow was made using Bermuda Bay Bakers Twine. The greeting was taken from Balloon Celebration.  The other main colours used were Calypso Coral and Basic Grey.  This is another of my favourite stamp sets and am so glad that it is carrying over to the new annual catalogue!

As it was the start of the Easter holidays, we made this cute little cracker using So Saffron card stock and ink with 1/8" Gold Ribbon.  It holds 4 small chocolate eggs.  We made the cracker using both the score board and Envelope Punch board.  The rabbit came from the seasonal set Basket Bunch (which unfortunately hasn't made it into the new catalogue).  The greeting came form Teeny Tiny Wishes.



I saw this card design on Pinterest and couldn't resist sharing it at class as it is such a fun card suitable for all ages.  The 3 punches used were Owl Builder, Tree Builder and Balloon Bouquet.  The greeting (taken from A Circle of Spring) was heat embossed in white on Island Indigo card stock.  The background was sponged using Soft Sky and Mint Macaroon ink.  The DSP used for the tree and Owl was from Blooms and Bliss DSP.  The other colours used were Rose Red, So Saffron, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake with Mint Macaroon card base.


Our final project was a 'fancy fold' card made using the score board.  It opens out so that you can put a gift card inside and is held closed using a belly band.  The colours used were Rich Razzleberry, and Sweet Sugarplum.  The only stamp set we used was Blooms and Wishes along with the coordinating DSP Blooms and Bliss DSP.  We used the Layering Ovals and Stitched framelits to cut out the greeting on the belly band.