May 16, 2011 - PV Card Making Class

Hello everyone,

Another week just flew by, and I realized I still need to update my blog.  Below are the quick and easy cards we made last Monday.  I'm trying to let the ladies catch up with all their homework and I think these easy cards made it possible.  Of course, we had a couple of ladies missing class last week.  So they will need to do these cards at our last class meeting which will be Tuesday May 31st since Monday is Memorial Day.

 This first sea shells card was made using the gold peel-off stickers on white handmade papers.  The edges were sponged with Vintage Photo distressed ink.  The gold strips were glued on top and bottom with gold sentiment sticker on top.

 This next card was made by stamping the cafe scene on a white card stock and lightly colored with pink and yellow markers using a blender pen.  Using the blender pen provides a softer watercolor look.  The awning was a 2" x 4-1/4" strip of stripe card stock scored at 3/4" and 1-3/4".  Using the scallop scissors to cut the scallop edge.

 These last 3 note cards were made using various paper flowers, gems, and ribbons to adorn with stamped sentiments on white card stock.

That's all for now.  Next Tuesday will be our last class meeting for the Spring Session.  The next session will be in the Fall as there are no classes in the Summer.  Have a great week and let me know if you have any requests for the last class.

May 2, 2011 Greeting Card Class

Hello again,

Below are the cards we made last Monday.  Poor Alice is still not well enough to attend class.  Hope you feel better soon!

The cherry card was made by punching on all 4 sides of a 3x3 blue card stock, centering each side.  The cherry gem from Mary Engelbreit was stuck on a 2" white scallop punch by peeling back part of the acetate backing a little at a time to keep its original shape.  The bottom lace trim was done by punching on both side of a 2-1/2 x 4-1/4" white card stock.  The ribbon was added to the center to finish off the card.

This black & white card was Lesley's request for an elegant male birthday card.  So this is what I came up with.  The sailboat was stamped in black ink in center of a white trim card, matted on a black card stock.  The sentiment was also stamped in black ink and punched out using an oval punch, matted on punched black tag.  The silver cord was folded in half to thread through the small pierce holes on each end.  The cord was then cut and spread apart on both ends and taped in back.

This Serviette card was made using some fancy dinner napkins I had.  The background was mod podged on white card stock.  The top layers, leaf and flower, were mod podged on vellum, cut out, dry embossing and foam taped on top of the background card.  The panel was then matted on a dark green card stock with corners punched on opposite ends.  The bottom strip was done by gluing some decorative paper on top of dark green card stock and glue at the bottom of the card.

 This next card is a teabag folding card using 1-1/2" circle punch and cut in half.  You need 6 half circles to make the full flower, 2 half circles to make the half flower and 1 half circle of the single flower.  The folds were made following the instruction I provided in class.  The stems were the Sizzix die cuts.  A sentiment was stamped and punched with a small scallop punch.  Everything was then glued together, add a bow and a pearl to finish the card.

That's it for now.  Next class will be on May 16, 2011 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.  Please leave me a comment in the comment box to let me know what you think.  I also want to find how if the comment box really works. ;o)  Til next time!  Have a great week!