Handmade Greeting Card Workshop - November 15 & 18, 2023

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Below is a recap of the cards we made last week. Our next and final class meeting for the Fall session will be on Wednesday and Saturday, December 6 and December 9, 2023, respectively.

Take care,

Connie

Embossed Clocks: Place removable tapes around white card panel to create border. Sponge on Peeled Paint and Faded Jeans Distress Inks, brush Perfect Pearl powder all over (brush off excess) and lightly mist water over panel. Remove tapes and emboss with Clocks embossing folder. Add sentiment and assemble card as shown.

Peacock Feathers Birthday: Sponge Mustard Seed, Peacock Feathers & Wilted Violet Distress Inks on watercolor paper. Place inked panel onto a die cut plate, add Peacock Feathers stencil place on top, spray water all over, add another clean watercolor paper on top, cover with another die cut plate and run through machine to emboss and transfer the inked image to the 2nd watercolor paper (see image below). Die cut embossed inked panel with stitch frame and assemble card with ribbon, sequin, gems and sentiment as shown.

 

Peacock Feathers Thank You: Use the 2nd watercolor paper (see descriptions above). Die cut embossed inked panel with stitch frame and assemble card with ribbon, sequin, gems and sentiment as shown.

Pop-Up Puffin-front: Stamp and color images with watercolor pencils. Adhere card front with pattern paper and one of the stamped image.

Pop-Up Puffin-inside: Fold white panel in half, measure 1.5" from both outside edges of fold. Measure 1" from the fold line inward and draw vertical and horizontal lines to meet. Cut only the 2 vertical lines up to the 1" horizontal line. Fold to crease the horizontal line to create the pop up fold. Add the second stamp image and sentiment as shown.