July's Class....

Summer is most definitely here, and this card reflects this lovely time of year! Using the lovely Summer Silhouettes stamp set the ladies set about creating this easel card at July's class. The colour scheme I have used is Gumball Green teamed with Very Vanilla, Sahara Sand, Elegant Eggplant and Pumpkin Pie.

The greeting used stamps from Memorable Moments a lovely stamp set that adds a touch of elegance. I have used the En Francais background stamp inked in elegant eggplant stamped on sahara sand card. I used the Boho Blossoms & Scallop Trim Border punches for the inside of the card to enable the card to be  opened up.

I am really chuffed with the butterflies and the effect created by stamping and daubing the punched out Bitty Butterfly in elegant eggplant, it is so effective! 

Using pumpkin pie ink and cardstock just adds a splash of colour. Hope you like! Happy Summer everyone.  Alli x

Oh my, the summer will be gone by the time I get myself organised! I had completely forgotten about sharing my card with you that we made at July's class.

This used the the Pennant Parade stamp set and coordinating Petite Pennants Builder.  I had found the basis of this design on the internet and just had to share it with our ladies as I thought it a good basic birthday card suitable for all ages and genders. The card stock colours used were Gumball Green, Primrose Petals, Daffodil Delight, Crumb Cake and Whisper White, with Gumball Green, Primrose Petals, Daffodil Delight and Midnight Muse inks.  I used the paper piercing tool along the scallop edges of the Crumb Cake to add a bit of detail and some rhinestones were used in the centre of the Daffodil Delight flowers (cut using the 4 petal flower punch from Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack) to add a bit of sparkle. The top layer of pennants were strung together using Whisper White Bakes Twine and a bow made from 3/8" Whisper White taffeta ribbon finishes off the design.  The greeting was stamped using the Itty Bitty Banners set in Midnight Muse.

June's Class - Something for the men and ladies!

As Fathers Day was looming, we decided to create a card for that special man in your life along with a matching bookmark.  We used the lovely Open Sea stamp set and Teeny Tiny Sentiments.  The card stock we used was Cherry cobbler, Midnight Muse, Very Vanilla and Crumb Cake with Versamark, Chocolate Chip and Soft Suede inks.  Some mini brads with Cherry Cobbler Bakers Twine added that extra touch to finish off the nautical theme of these projects.  We introduced our class to the diagonal scoring plate used with the Score Pal to create the bookmark. The book mark starts off as a square piece of card stock and then by scoring two diagonals and then by folding them over (securing with a triangle piece of cardstock) the triangle pocket that is created slips over the pages of the book.  The diagonal plate was used again to mark the lines to cut the layers of card stock to follow the angled profile of the bookmark.

As our ladies had quite a bit to do on their first project, we decided to keep the second project nice and simple! Using the Summer Silhouettes stamp set they made this stunning card; this card is a perfect example of what you can achieve in a short amount of time - sometimes less is more!

The main card uses Elegant Eggplant cardstock, which is one of my favourites; Whisper White is used in the background with a contrasting stamp (in Elegant Eggplant) to add a little bit of interesting detail. The flowers are stamped onto Sahara Sand card using Wild Wasabi and Elegant Eggplant inks. The greeting is from the Curly Cute stamp set. A little daubing around the edges, in Elegant Eggplant, adds a little depth to the card - voila - a simple just stunning card!