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.

Mothers Day Sale-a-bration and Some Embossing Techniques

This month we went for a more subtle note and used the current in-colors Crisp Cantaloupe and Pistachio Pudding (what lovely names!!) for a Mothers Day card, which could also be used for a birthday card or get well wishes.  The main card uses Crumb Cake card stock and was 'distressed' around the edge using the Stampin' Distress Tool.  The DSP is from the Sale-a-bration pack, Sweet Sorbet and the ribbon is Crisp Cantaloupe Ruffle Stretch Trim.  The flowers were stamped using the Flower Shop stamp set and punched using the Pansy punch with the centres being stamped using Crushed Curry and punched out using the 1/2" Circle Punch.  The leaves were created from Pistachio Pudding card stock and cut using the Little Leaves Sizzlits.  The Pistachio Pudding cartdstock on the main card was edge with the Needlepoint Border Embossing folder.  Finally the greeting was taken from Delightful Dozen stamp set and cut out using the Large Oval Punch.
We also made a matching bookmark using some Sweet Sorbet SAB DSP mounted onto a piece of Pistacthio Pudding and the end punched with the Scalloped Tag Topper Punch.  Some Crisp Cantaloupe twine taken from the Sweet Sorbet Accessory set was threaded through the hole.  For a personal touch, we added the inital of the recipiant by using the Bigz Alphabet die and Pistachio Pudding and then coated with some Crystal Effects.

Our second card used a variety of embossing techniques! First we stamped the image from So Very Grateful using Versamark onto Vellum cardstock and then heat embossed it using White Embossing Powder.  Then by using a Simply Scored Stylus we dry embossed the flower image on the reverse side of the stamped vellum to give a raised effect. Then we coloured in the leaves using the Pear Pizzazz marker pen, this is called a stained glass effect.  The Pear Pizzazz frame was cut out using the Labels Collections farmelits and then attached to the Marina Mist base card with dimensionals.  The main card was also stamped with the So Very Grateful stamp in Versamark and the greeting was taken from Itty Bitty Banners and stamped in Marina Mist.

Spring Time Saturday Class

On Saturday 8th March I held a Saturday morning class at Frampton Village Hall with projects based around the Bright Blossoms stamp set.  We made 6 cards, 2 each of 3 designs and made a box suitable for a candle holder and decorated a tea-light candle to go with it.

As Easter and Mothers Day were not far off, I made all the cards suitable for both occasions and the greeting could be changed to suit using either the Delightful Dozen or Express Yourself stamp sets.  All the cards used Daffodil Delight 1/22 Seam binding which everyone had a reel of in their goodie bag as well as a 1/2 pack of Fresh Prints DSP.

 
As you can see form this card, just by removing the punch art rabbit, this is an easy card suitable for all occasions.  The main colours used in these cards were taken from the subtles family, So Saffron, Pink Pirouette and Pear Pizzazz. The 'grass' was created by using the new Fringe Scissors.

This card makes quite a bold impression with the contrasting Basic Black, Real Red , Old Olive and Daffodil Delight colour scheme.

The above two cards were an experiment to show what different eggect you can crate by changing the colour scheme and DSP but maintaining the same design.  I made the top card as a 'make and take' one for people who wanted to drop into the class without booking to see what Stampin' Up! was all about.  The bottom card uses Real Red, Old Olive and Tempting Turquoise.

And finally a lovely gift box to house a decorated tea-light with a holder for that perfect spring-time gift! The colours used here are Real Red, Bermuda Bay Whisper White; and the main body of the box used Crumb Cake.