August Class - Mothers And Daughters Too!

For our August class I chose a theme of using neutral colours and the Neutrals Colour Collection DSP papers.
The first card was made using basic black and whisper white card stock with sheets taken from the Neutrals Colour Collection DSP papers with the black and white theme.  This style of card is a Gatefold design.  Several punches and framelits we used in this design inculding Circles Collection Framelits, 1" and 2 1/2" circle punches, 1 3/4" Scallop circle punch, Bitty Butterfly punch and Elegant Butterfly punch. Some Basic Jewels were used as the bodies of the butterflies and the greeting taken from the Work of Art stamp set using Momento Ink.

Our second card is a twisted easel design made using Very Vanilla card stock, Soft Suede card stock and ink, Chocolate Chip colour sheets from the Neutrals Colour Collection DSP papers and card stock, and Crumb Cake colour sheets from the Neutrals Colour Collection DSP papers and card stock.  The two stamp sets used were Crazy For You and Petite Pairs. The flower was made by stamping of the flower stamp from the Crazy For You stamp set 3 times using Soft Suede ink and then the layers cut out and finshed with a Crumb Cake Candy dot and base. To keep the card upright for display, a stack of a trio of flowers puched using the flower from Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack and secured using a mini sliver brad.

Our 3D project was to make a birthday book useful for writing down all those family and friends birthday dates we might normally forget in a clever little folding book.  I used a computer to print out the month pages and the greeting on the front.  The main colours used were Chocolate Chip ink and cardstock and Crumb Cake  ink and card stock.  A belly band was used to keep the book closed.  The flowers were stamped using the Petit Petals stamps.

The girls thoroughly enjoyed making a birthday card and decorating a notebook (using retired products).

July New Products Class

Sorry for the delay in this post, its the school holidays so my crafting and administration time is very limited!
Our last class held in July showcased some new products form the new annual catalogue as well as the new in-colours :- Blackberry Bliss, Hello Honey, Lost Lagoon, Mossy Meadow and Tangelo Twist (what fab names!!) They all have a good earthy but bright feel to them and can see that we will be using them a lot.
So, here are the projects that we created:-

So here we have a lovely mini box that contains 4 gift tags. Just two main colours are used here, Whisper White card stock and Wisteria Wonder cardstock and ink with 1/8" Silver Ribbon and Rhinestone Basic Jewels as embellishments.  The two stamp sets used were Label Love and Work of Art, and the two punches that were used were Scalloped Tag Topper (one of my favourtie new punches) and the flower from the new Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack - more of these later!!  The stamping off technique was used on the front of the tags and box and the Wisteria Wonder flowers were daubed with Craft white and and the Whisper White flowers daubed with Wisteria Wonder ink. You could utilize this design for different occasions by changing the colours and using with the star or heart from the punch pack.

Here we have a card with a new technique - Room Divider, and uses the new In-Colors.  This is a simple technique where 1/2 a piece of A4 is folded into 4 and the bottom cut out on each of the panels using Curly Label to give the effect of 'legs'.  More of the stamps taken from the Work of Art stamp set are used here with most of the new In-Colors ink and card stock, and the 'stampin off' technique is again used.  The sequins are taken form the Gold Sequin Trim and the bow is made from Gold Metallic Bakers Twine.

And finally my favourite card made from my favourite stamp set, Life in the Forest (and carried over from the Spring/Summer catalogue).  This seet has some cute animals in it, a raccoon, mouse, hedgehog and a rabbit as well as the toadstool, fox and trees shown here.  Ideal for childrens cards and great for colouring in as the stamps are outline ones.  The colours used here are Mossy Meadow, Crushed Curry, Tangelo Twist, Night of Navy, Soft Suede with Real Red and Cajun Craze markers.  The 'background' was created by sponging Daffodil Delight, Soft Sky and Old Olive ink onto Whisper White card stock.  The 'grass' was created using the Fringe Scissors and the sun rays by double punching with the 1 1/4" scallop circle.  The greting taken from Itty Bitty Banners. Some Gold Metallic Bakers Twine wraps it all up!
 I hope you have enjoyed seeing these creations and don't forget to get in touch with me if you would like to come along to my next class in September where I will be albe to show you the new Autumn/Winter catalogue! Its never to early to get organised for Christmas.