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.

Mothers Day and Easter Cards and Gifts

I was hoping that Spring was here to stay the other day but I am feeling the cold today and the weather outside isn't helping! So to remind us that it should be Springtime, here are the projects that we have made at this months classes.
First we used the lovely new Basket Bunch set and matching Basket Builder Framelits dies to make a Mothers Day or Easter card depending on what people chose.  We also used one shape from the new Build-it framelits to create the greeting cut-out.  The background was stamped using the 'flower' image from the Perpetual Birthday Calendar stamp set. Stampin Up! markers and Watercolour Pencils and blender pens were used to colour in the stamped images.

Our main Mothers Day card was made using a variety of tools -  1" & 1 1/4" circle punches, Layering Ovals Framelits and Bold Butterfly Framelits.  The colours used were Whisper White and Wisteria Wonder, and the butterflies were cut out of Shimmer White cardstock.  Everyone  loved the spinning effect of this card.  The background butterflies were taken from the Perpetual Birthday Calendar stamp set and the greeting from Circle of Spring.

Our 3D project this month was a medium sized gift bag made using the Gift Bag Punch board.  It is an ideal way to use up old DSP.  The tag was made using the That's The Tag stamp set and matching Timeless Tags Thinlets Dies.  The ribbon shown is 5/8" Organza.