Septembers Classes

September heralded the start of my classes at Frampton on Severn village Hall. As the classes at Frampton are at the beginning of the month and the ones at Selsley are at the end of the month, I will be repeating the designs at the two classes. Therefore I will only be updating this page at the end of the month.

Our first card was suitable for a wedding or could be adapted for an anniversary or engagment. It used the stamp set For The New Two and just two colours of Whisper White and Tip Top Taupe.  It also used the technique of heat emossing onto velum with Whisper White Embossing Powder which looked quite effective. A piece of Tip Top Taupe 1" Dotted Lace Trim set off the design.

The second card was suitable to all ages and genders to celebrate a birthday.  It used the stamp sets Gorgeous Grunge and Build a Birthday with just two colours, So Saffron and Lost Lagoon.  I really like this set as it is quite versatile and the Little Numbers Thinlets are perfect for adding the 'age' if required.

Our 3D project this month was a gable-end bag. This was one of the first 3D projects I made at a class (thanks Kerry Timms) and think it is such a quick and easy bag to make - and so did the ladies at my classes.  Again this design only uses two complimentary colours, Wisteria Wonder and Perfect Plum with Very Vanilla as the card base.  The two stamp sets used were Merry Everything ( for the tag) and Flowering Flourishes with the butterflies punched out using the Elegant Butterfly and Bitty Butterfly punches.  The Venetian Crochet Trim finshes off the design.

Just a few Hearts and Butterflies

Well, this is our last class where we will be using the products from the current 2013-2014 Annual Catalogue.  I have been able to have a sneak peak of the new one and it is full of some great stamp sets, new colours, papers, accessories etc so make sure you come along to my July class on Monday 14th to have a look too.

Ok, back to this months class.  We had a couple of suggestions from last months' class on what sort of cards our ladies would like to make.  Our first was a wedding card. This one can also be used for an anniversary or engagement card as well.  The main colours are whipser white, sahara sand and very vanilla with smoky slate ink.  The hearts were stamped in smoky slate ink using the Hearts a Flutter stamp set and cut out using the Hearts a Flutter framelits.  The greeting on this card was taken from Petit Pairs and stamped again using smoky slate onto whisper white card, punched out with the large oval and backed by a piece of sahara sand punched out using the scallop oval punch.  A few basic pearls really give that extra touch to this card.

The second idea was for a 21st female birthday card so the idea I came up with can be used for either a general birthday or a special 'age' one.  The main card stock is very vanilla, then using the Woodgrain stamp stamped using crumb cake ink onto crumb cake cardstock.  The surround that the butterflies are 'perched on' was made using the Window Frames Collection framelits and pear pizzazz cardstock.

 The butterflies were made by stamping the smaller butterflies from the Papillon Potpourrir stamp set in Versamark onto wisteria wonder, blushing bride and pool party card stock and then punched out with the Bitty Butterfly punch.  The greeting or number is mounted onto a backing piece of very vanilla cardstock, cut using the 'in-between' size framelit die.  The number was cut out of Silver Glimmer paper using the Typeset Alphabet Bigz die. The greeting was stamped using the Memorable Moments stamp set in Early Espresso ink.  Finally the flowers were punched using scraps of pool party, wisteria wonder and blushing bride using the the Itty Bitty Punch pack with a small basic pearl in the middle.

This months box is a 'pillow box'.  This can be used to contain a scarf, tie, some sweets or any other small gift.  For this design, we drew around a template I had made onto basic black cardstock.  The band is a piece of Modern Medley DSP edged with a strip of real red cardstock cut using the scallop trim border.  The butteflies and border for the greeting were taken from the Creative Elements stamp set.  The butterflies were stamped in real red ink onto very vanilla cardstock and hand cut, the greeting was taken from the Express Yourself hostess stamp set in basic black onto very vanilla cardstock.  Finally the leaves were punched out using the Bird Builder punch in basic black.