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!!

August Projects ( sorry its a bit late!)

Our August class was small due to the holidays.
This month I decided to concentrate on the new stamp set Swirly Bird and co-ordinating Swirly Scribbles Thinlets set (pg 152 of the new Summer catalogue). Each stamp and die has a mutliple of uses and here are a few of them.

 For this nautical card, the main colours used were Marina Mist, Daffodil Delight and Real Red.

 For this floral card, I tried to concentrate on the In-Colors - Tip Top Taupe, Flirty Flamingo, Peekaboo Peach and Sweet Sugarplum along with Daffodil Delight and Pear Pizzazz.  The greeting is taken from the Endless Birthday Wishes stamp set.

For our 3D project, we made this little gift box using the Gift Bag Punch Board.  The colours used were Dapper Denim, Emeral Envy and Sweet Sugarplum 3/8" Ruched ribbon.  The greeting is taken from Badges and Banners, and punched out using the Duet Banner punch.

Julys Class Projects - A Foxy Theme!!

Ooops! where has the time gone this month! I am a bit late in posting this months class creations, I'm putting it down to a busy few weeks for the end of my children's school term (and my daughters time at junior school) with so much going on.

So here are July's class creations:-

We made a lovely card using the Foxy Friends stamp set and coordinating A Little Foxy DSP along with a matching chocolate bar wrapper, also using the coordinating colours of Smokey Slate, Calypso Coral and Pool Party with Pear Pizzazz.  The greeting was taken from Endless Birthday Wishes stamp set. This set (Foxy Friends) has so many other cute creatures that can be made so watch out for more in the future on this blog (especially near Christmas)!

Our other card was based on the idea of a get well card suitable for a male but it could be modified by adding flowers for a female, as well as being suitable for other occasions.  The stamp set used was Hopeful Thoughts, and the colours were Very Vanilla, Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz and Chocolate Chip.

May's Class

Hello!  As Fathers Days isn't far off, we made cards and gifts suitable for any male in our lives!
First we made a card suitable for a gardener using the Gift From the Garden stamp set and 'earthy' colours of Garden Green, Early Espresso, Cajun Craze (for the flower pots) and Hello Honey.
The greeting was taken from  Endless Birthday Wishes and the balloon 'bows' taken from the stamp set Celebrate Today.  The 'water' was made using the 'raindrop' image on the Tree Builder punch and Silver Foil sheet.  The balloons were punched using the Balloon Bouquet punch and the 'birthday' greeting using the Washi Label punch.  The balloon strings were made from Old Olive and Crushed Curry bakers twine.

 Our second male card Used a 'folded back' technique so the card stands out a bit more.  The colours used were Very Vanilla and Marina Mist.  The Two embossing folders used were Boho chic and Stylish Stripes.  The pattern on the insert card was made using the Bohemian Borders.  The bow tie was made using the Bow Builder punch and a piece of Crumb Cake coloured DSP from the Neutrals Colour collection DSP.  The greeting is from a retired set. The buttons were made using Pearl Basic Jewels and colured in with a black Sharpie pen.

 For our 3D project we made a mini photo album using Cherry Cobbler and Chocolate Chip card stock and Gold Foil.  The patterned paper was taken from the Merry Moments DSP.  The inserts/pages were 6 Clear Envelopes and all tied together with some Gold 1/8" ribbon.

February's Class

Hello, hopefully I am now back on track with posting our projects, I hope you are inspired by them and please feel free to post any comments!
As we had covered Valentines Day in Januarys' projects, this month we concentrated on Mothers Day with a mini pot of felt flowers and two cards, either of which could be used for a birthday or Mothers Day.
The mini pot of flowers was created by cutting out 3 felt flowers using the Big Shot Spiral Flower Originals die. Unlike the framelits and thinlits, this die can be used with various materials including felt, leather, fabric and card. Ideal for adorning all sorts of projects.  The leaves were made using a flower from the retired Fun Flowers Bigz Die.  The label was created using the Note Tag and Washi Label punches, the butterfly using the two-step stamp set Garden In Bloom and the greeting from Watercolor Wings.  The colours used were Marina Mist and Soft Sky.  As I had a large amount of retired Stampin up ribbon, I let my ladies chose their own to suit their creations.

The two cards were made using more of the free Sale-a-Bration products.

The first one used the Botanical Gardens Designer Vellum Stack along with the 2014-2016 in-colors.  I cut three different strips and then coloured them using Mossy Meadow, Hello Honey and Lost Lagoon inks, glued these onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock and then layered this onto a piece of Blackberry Bliss cardstock and onto Sahara Sand main card.  The butterflies were punched out using the Elegant Butterfly Punch in Lost Lagoon, Blackberry Bliss and Hello Honey cardstock and the small butterfly using the Itty Bitty Butterfly and another piece of the Botanical Gardens Designer Vellum Stack.  The greeting was stamped using the Crazy About You stamp set in Early Espresson ink.

The second card used the Botanicals For You Sale-a-Bration stamp set. I love all the little flowers and leaves that come with this set which can be used to create a lovely border as shown in this card. The colours used were Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Rich Razzleberry, Bermuda Bay and Old Olive.  The cardstock colours used were Whisper White, Bermuda Bay and Daffodil Delight.  The greeting was taken from Endless Birthday Wishes, stamped onto vellum and then heat embossed using clear embossing powder.  The litle flowers were punch out using the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack and pinned in place with a mini silver brad.

Octobers Card Class

My, where is the year going? October already and yes we are celebrating Halloween and Christmas at this class to make sure we have time to fit all the projects in this year that I would like to share with you!

But first a non-seasonal card - this uses one of my many favourite stamp sets, Petit Petals and its coordinating Petit Petals punch.  This bunch of flowers would be suitable for lots of occasions and here we have used the Happy Birthday greeting from the Endless Birthday Wishes stamp set.  The main colours used were Rich Razzleberry, Daffodil Delight and Melon Mambo for the flowers and Old Olive marker pen for the stems with Crumb Cake cardstock and Whisper White cardstock.  Old Olive bakers twine was used to 'tie' the stems together.

Our Christmas card uses a stamp set that we used at our Christmas Card Workshop at the beginning of the month, Lots of Joy but a different stamp from within the set just to show that it is quite a useful set.  The colours used were Whisper White cardstock, Real Red ink and cardstock and Red Glimmer paper.  The ribbon was taken from the 1/8" Striped Ribbon set which comes in a pack of two with Real Red and Garden Green colours.  The background was embossed with the Large Polka Dot embossing folder.  The DSP was taken from the Merry Moments DSP.

For our Halloween element of the class, we created this little pumpkin gift box/treat holder using the Curvy Keepsake die and Pumpkin Pie cardstock, stamped in Pumpkin Pie ink using the 'stripy' stamp from the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set.  The leaves were made using the Bird Builder punch and Garden Green cardstock.  The features were punched using the Tree punch to 'nibble' triangles from scraps of Basic Balck cardstock. The greeting came from a retired stamp set.