Summer Card Making - August 9 and 12, 2023

Hello everyone,

It has been a great Summer having all of you in my Card Making class, and I hope to see everyone back in the Fall. Below is a recap of the cards we made this past week.

Enjoy the rest of the Summer and see you in September.

Take care,

Connie

Beach Flamingo: Stamp flamingo with Staz On black ink and color with watercolor pencils. Adhere pattern paper and watercolor panel onto card base. Stamp and punch out sentiment and assemble card as shown.

Birthday Shaker Card: Wrap butterflies panel with acetate and tape up three sides to form a pouch, pour confetti into pouch and seal the fourth side. Sponge edges of pink card panel with Rose Bud Memento ink and tape wrapped butterflies shaker pouch to the back of the pink panel. Add ribbon and butterflies and finish card as shown.

Gelatos Birthday: Stamp background and heat emboss white card panel with clear embossing powder. Rub on Metallic Melon, Iced Pear and Elderberry Gelatos colors, and use make-up sponge to smooth out colors. Die cut panel, add ribbon and sentiment, and assemble card as shown.

3D Perfect Pearl Thank U: Tape a border around the white card panel with temporary tapes. Sponge Picked Raspberry and Wilted Violet Distress ink over panel. Use brush to apply Perfect Pearl powder over inked area and brush off excess. Spray a fine mist over panel and place panel into Sizzix Organic Petals 3D embossing folder to emboss. Add gems, ribbon and sticker sentiment and finish card as shown.

 

Summer Gel Printing - August 2, 2023

Hello everyone,

Well the time has come and gone. We just finished our last Gel Printing class for the Summer Session. It was fun having all of you in my Gel Printing class playing with paints and making some messes along the way. 

Below is a recap of the cards we made in our last class. Hope to see all of you back in Fall Session. Enjoy the rest of Summer.

Take care,

Connie

Wild Birthday: Brayer Wild Honey distress ink over gel plate and add background pattern by placing texture panel onto gel plate. Remove panel and use paper to lift pattern background. Stamp and heat emboss giraffe with black embossing powder. Trim and sponge Vintage Photo distress ink along the edge of the card panel. Adhere onto brown card base as shown.

Emboss Floral: Stamp and heat emboss flowers with gold embossing powder. Brayer Spice Marmalade and Picked Raspberry on gel plate. Place heat embossed panel over gel plate to lift inked background. Die cut panel and add ribbon to finish card as shown.

Hello Dragonflies: Brayer Cracked Pistascio  and Wilted Violet Distress Oxide ink over gel plate. Place dragonflies stamp onto gel plate to impress stamp image. Place paper over gel place to lift background image. Die cut, add ribbon, gems and sentiment to finish card as shown.

Birthday Embossed Leaves: Brayer Mowed Lawn Distress ink over gel plate. Lift green background with paper. Brayer Peeled Paint Distress ink over gel plate. Use 3D embossed leave panel to impress image onto gel plate. Place the green background paper back onto gel plate to add leave background onto paper. Die cut shape and emboss panel with 3D embossing folder. Rub Gold ink over raised image, add glitter embossing powder and heat set. Add Vellum, sentiment, gems and gold thread onto card to finish card.

Summer Card Making - July 26 and 29, 2023

Hello everyone,

Hope you are keeping cool.

Below is a recap of the cards we made in our previous class. Scroll down to the end of this post for a preview of the cards we will be making at our last Card Making class for the Summer Session.

Take care,

Connie

Alcohol Ink Lift Butterfly: Add alcohol ink onto felt applicator with a couple drops of alcohol blending solution. Use the applicator to spread ink all over Yupo paper. Do not apply in circular motion and be careful not to over blend the colors or it will become mud. Apply Alcohol Lift ink onto stamp image and stamp onto alcohol inked panel. Lift up stamp image and use paper towel to dab off ink. Do not clean off stamp and stamp the inked stamp image to stamp a white card panel as shown in the next card. Add gems and assemble card together as shown.

Alcohol Inked Butterfly Stamp: Using the inked stamp image that was lifted from the previous Yupo card panel and stamp image onto white card panel. Add gems, ribbon and assemble card as shown.

Gelato Watercolor Birthday: Use Cuttlebug embossing folder to deboss a piece of watercolor paper. Scribble gelato colors over debossed side of the panel and spray water over to blend the gelato colors. Add ribbon, sentiment sticker and gems to finish card as shown.

Floral Stencil Sunshine: Sponge Distress Inks over white card panel; Spray water over floral stencil, place water side over the colored panel; Add some paper towel onto a die cut machine before putting on cover plate and run through the machine to emboss the card panel. Add stamped sentiment and ribbon to finish card as shown.

Preview cards for August 9 and 12, 2023.

Summer Gel Printing Class - July 19, 2023

Hello everyone,

Hope you are staying cool and hydrated!

Below is a recap of the cards we made in our previous class and a picture of the cards we will be making at our next and final class for the Summer Session.

Take care,

Connie

Birthday Crane: Background print was done using an embossed Bamboo card panel with green and gold metallic paint. Assemble card as shown with gold die cut crane and sentiment.

Butterfly Outline: Lay a die cut butterfly over a thin layer of black acrylic paint on gel plate. Place scratch paper on top to pull off the excess black paint. Lift up butterfly die cut to leave outline image on gel plate. Brayer a thin layer of rose and purple metallic paints over image. Place a white paper or card stock on top, rub and pull print. Die cut with stitch frame and assemble card as shown.

Thank U Leaves: Brayer yellow, green and gold paint onto gel plate, place leaves on top, place paper over and rub the entire surface. Lift up slightly and remove one leaf at a time and put the paper back down until all the leaves are removed.  Rub the entire gel plate to pick up the vein prints left from the leaves. Assemble card with sentiment, vellum circle and gold thread as shown.

Scenic Painting: Place a photo of your choice under gel plate and tape the card panel on one side of the gel plate to act as a hinge. Brush on acrylic paints following the colors from the photo until all the colors are added. Use acrylic paint medium to delay the paint drying time. Place card panel over painted gel plate to pick up the colors and repeat as needed.

Here is a preview of the cards for August 2, 2023.