Summer 2024 - Handmade Greeting Card Workshop July 31, 2024

Hello everyone,

Hope you are keeping cool. Below is a recap of the cards we made in previous class. Next Wednesday, August 14th (or Saturday, August 17th) will be our last class meeting for the Summer session.

See you in class.

Connie

3D Emboss Daisy w/ Alcohol Inks: Add a couple drop of yellow and green alcohol inks and some blending solution onto a felt applicator. Apply ink onto Yupo paper by using slight twisting motion. Be careful not to over blending and mixing the colors together. Apply Alcohol Lift ink onto the 3D Embossing Folder, place the alcohol inked panel in the embossing folder to emboss the image. Use some paper towel to immediately wipe off all the Lift ink from the Yupo paper to reveal the embossed image. Assemble card by adding ribbon, stamped sentiment and gems as shown.

Faux Watercolor Roses: Apply Abandoned Coral, Fired Brick, Twisted Citron and Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide inks onto rose stamp using sponge daubers. Lightly spritz water onto stamp and stamp images onto watercolor paper twice as shown. Use water brush to lightly brush over and around stamped images to create the watercolor wash as shown. Add corner and sentiment stickers before adhering to rose card base.

Embossed BDay Bike: Stamp and heat emboss bicycle using white embossing powder. Sponge Rose Bud, Lilac Posies and Grape Jelly Memento inks onto embossed card panel. Add gems and sentiment sticker and adhere panel onto purple mat before adhering onto white card base.

Stencil Butterfly:  Place swirls stencil onto white card panel and lightly sponge Warm Breeze Versafine Clair ink over top. Remove stencil and stamp butterfly image using black ink. Adhere panel onto black mat. Add stamp sentiment, gems and bow to finish card as shown.