A weekend with friends

When a group of crafty ladies get together you can expect some beautiful projects. So many oohs and aahs. Each of us had the same papers but all of us came up with our own take on it. Here are a few of the gorgeous cards and projects we made.

How cute is this little caravan. It was made with the Curvy Keepsake Die

Our tables were all set up and we had a weekend of playing with paper. The best part was not having to put our things away.

 

This gorgeous box made using the Envelope Punch Board housed some beautiful matching cards using the Sheltering Tree Stamp Set.

Don't you love the kite?

Look what else a tag can be made into - a sweet bird house

We were very proud of our effort so laid it all out on the table to take photos.

This pretty little moth wanted his photo taken too, so I happily obliged.

Still more cards, the black and white ones are samples that I made for my Blucare classes next week.

This little owl was a great success as a project for everyone.

I had a layer cut with the Hexagon Hive framelit in my bag so decided to do a White on White card. The flowers came from the Botanicals bundle.

Leisha a fellow demonstrator conducted a class and we all made this fabulous card.

Pull the ribbon on the tab and up she slides. Such a clever idea, we all loved it.

 She also showed us how to make this cute little bag to house some gift cards. It is so adorable.

 

She then produced this beautiful card for us all to make. This is a 4 step stamp that I just can't get enough of.

Then it opens up to this very easy but clever fold.

So many more cards, it was a great weekend and something that my body must have been needing as I slept in every day till 9am which is unheard of in my household.

Monday and Wednesday morning class

I love the new Botanicals stamps, framelits and Designer Series paper. I have been playing with them since I got them. This weeks classes I'd like to share them with you.

Cost of class: $10
What to bring: Adhesives, glue dots, foam dimentional dots scissors. If you have these things, that is great, if not don't worry I have all the supplies that you can purchase.
Date & Time: Monday 15th February, Wednesday  17th February 10am

RSVP: Please RSVP so that I know how many kits to prepare.

Wikipedia states that...

  " Resist techniques in art use the incompatibility of two mediums to create layered effects with colour and texture..."

In my Technique class we used embossing resist and wax resist. The wax resist gives a delicate look that I love. We ran a piece of wax paper through an embossing folder and then placed it on a glossy card. We place this between some scrap paper and ironed it, to melt the wax on to the card. Then sponged the waxed image with ink. Finally rubbing off the excess ink with a tissue.

These samples show the difference in using Gloss card and Whisper White. The blue one is using Whisper White and the orange one is Gloss card.

This grungy card is created using my favourite stamp set Gorgeous Grunge clear embossed. We then sponged over the card in Crushed Curry and Baked Brown Sugar, rubbing off the excess with a tissue. We then ran it through the Brick Wall Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.

The inspiration for this card came from a very talented Stampin' Up! Demonstrator Teneale Williams. Back in 2015 as a Free product we had a Specialty Designer Series Paper called Irresistibly Yours it was a white paper with glossy images on it. One of the images was scattered stars.
I used the Stars mask out of the Heart & Stars Decorative Masks and stamped over it with Versamark and then Clear Embossed to replicate the Irresistibly Yours paper. We both used Hello You Thinlits Dies. I decided I wanted it raised so instead of trying to pop it up with dimensionals. I adhered two pieces of card stock together and cut the Hello out, it gave it that extra thickness.  I gave everyone a few colour options, Bermuda Bay, wow, Pink Pirouette, sweet, Melon Mambo, fun and Crushed Curry, warm.

So except for these little changes everything else was CASE'd (Copy and Share Everything) from Teneale. She is such an inspiration.

 

Technique Class

I am sorry this post is a bit late coming out but life has been rather full on. Some of it good and some of it not so good. However we are now back on track.

The technique class is a resist technique. There are a few different resist techniques, using embossing powders, using wax paper and even using glue. We will be covering some of these techniques in my Wednesday morning and Friday evening class.

Here is a sneak peek...

Cost of class: $10
What to bring: Adhesives, glue dots, foam dimentional dots scissors. If you have these things, that is great, if not don't worry I have all the supplies that you can purchase.
Date & Time:Wednesday  10th February 10am and Friday 12th February 7pm

RSVP: Please RSVP so that I know how many kits to prepare.