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!!

Spring Cards at February's Classes

Good Morning. I hope Spring will soon warm up, its been a bit chilly lately so here are some photos of the spring style cards we have made at our February classes.

This first one I CASEd from an idea on Pinterest and just uses two stamp sets Timeless Textures for the background and Bunch of Blossoms and matching punch Blossom Builder for the flower and greeting.  The Bunch of Blossoms stamp set is a 2 and 3 step stamping stamp set where the petals and leaves are created by layers of either tones or shades of colour.  The background colours are Basic Black and Crumb Cake, the petals used So Saffron and Crushed Curry and the leaves used Pear Pizzazz with the stamping off technique.  A large basic pearl was used in the centre of the flower.

Our second card uses a Sale-a-bration set Hey Chick. I wasn't sure about this set at first but have seen so many designs posted on the internet plus my husband thought it would appeal to peoples quirky sense of humour so decided to get it.  It also gave me chance to showcase another new introduction from Stampin Up in the seasonal catalogue - Watercolor Pencils! They are of a very good quality and the set of 13 pencils consist of the main Stampin Up colours - Basic Black, Basic Grey, Bermuda Bay, Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso, Melon Mambo, Old Olive, Pacific Point, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red, Rich Razzleberry and Whisper White.  They can be used as just as colouring pencils (which we did for the little flower and leaves) or with the Aquapainters to create shading as shown on the chicken.  The 3 base colours were Real Red, Daffodil Delight and Pumpkin Pie.  We also used another product that Stampin Up have decided to re-introduce - Stitched Framelits.  These come in a set of 3 shapes; circles, squares, and ovals and 4 sizes in each set, all for £27.  We also used the Layering Circles and Squres framelits.  The DSP is from another Sale-a-bration item, Carried Away DSP. The background was embossed using the Large Polka Dot folder.

Our final card was made using another new technique which I think is called Zig-zag fold. Its not very clear to see in this photo but the blue card attaches across the front half to the back part and is ideal for add an extra dimension to the card and a surface for extra embellishments.  The flowers are from another Sale-a-bration stamp Set, Avant Garden and the main colours are Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Tempting Turquoise and Early Espresso.  The leaves were cut using the Flourish Thinlets and the flowers using the Petit Petals punch.  The greeting for this Get Well card was taken from Hopeful Thoughts.