Winter 2026: Handmade Greeting Cards Workshops on Wednesday, February 18 and Saturday, February 21, 2026

Hello everyone,

Hope you are well and enjoying the nice weather we have here. Below is a recap of the cards we made in class. Next class meeting and also our last for the Winter session will be on Wednesday, March 4 and Saturday, March 7, 2026.

Take care and see you in class.

Connie

Hot Air Balloon Iris Folding: Cover basket with stripe pattern paper. Fold the pattern papers in half length wise and follow the instruction on the pattern to adhere the papers in the order specified. Use double-sided tape to adhere the iris folding onto black mat before adhering to white card base and add sticker sentiment to finish card.

Poppies Birthday: Stamp poppies and leaves with black ink onto white card panel. Sponge red, yellow and green color inks to color images. Adhere card panel onto burgundy mat on top of green vellum and pink polka dot strips onto pink card base as shown. Add red gems, green bow and stamped sentiment.to finish card.

Distress Mica Stain 3D Emboss Tulips: Spray water onto mixed media card panel, and then spray yellow, red and green Distress Mica Stain on top. Dry card panel and emboss tulips using 3D embossing folder. Wrap ribbon around panel and adhere onto green card base. Sponge around stamped sentiment with green ink and add to card to finish.

 

Fun Fold Easter Bunny - Front Panel: Stamp tree and bunny with black ink onto white card panel. Place a circle mask on top of tree. Sponge yellow inks around the circle and top part of card panel. Use torn paper mask to sponge green ink at the bottom part of panel for the field around the bunny and stamp grass as desired. Use pink and green glitter pens to add colors to tree and adhere sticker sentiment.

Fun Fold Easter Bunny - Open Back: Fold green card base along score lines as shown. Adhere floral pattern papers onto ivory card panels before adhering onto card base as shown.

Fun Fold Easter Bunny - Open Front

 

Winter 2026: Gel Monoprinting Workshop on Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Hello everyone, 

Hope you are all doing well.

Below is a quick recap of the cards we made in our first class. Next class meeting will be on Wednesday, February 25. Please email me if you have any questions.

See you in class.

Connie

Seahorses on Distress Oxide Inks: Brayer Tumble Glass & Twisted Citron Distress Oxide inks onto gel plate. Use a fan brush to sprinkle some water drops on the gel plate and place a piece of multi-media card panel on top to pick up the color background. Die cut panel using stitch rectangle die and stamp main seahorse image with black ink. Stamp smaller seahorse shadows with Speckled Egg Distress Oxide ink onto background. Color images with Prismacolor pencils. Adhere panel onto card base and add sticker sentiment to finish.

Giraffe on Distress Inks Background: Brayer Mustard Seed & Peeled Paint Distress inks onto gel plate. Stamp un-inked background leaves stamp onto gel plate. Remove and place white paper onto gel plate to pull background print. Die cut panel using stitch rectangle die and stamp the first giraffe image with Rich Cocoa Memento ink. Stamp second giraffe image with Cantaloupe Memento ink on top. Stamp leaves and grass onto background with Mowed Lawn Distress ink. Sponge ground and edges with same Mowed Lawn ink. Adhere panel onto green mat before adding onto white card base and add sticker sentiment to finish.

Perfect Pearl Acrylic Love: Place swirl stencil onto gel plate and brush on gold Perfect Pearl powder to add design onto plate. Wipe off excess powder and apply a thin coat of red acrylic paint onto gel plate. Place paper and rub well before pulling print. Die cut panel using shape die. Adhere heart washi paper on the side edges of the ivory card base. Adhere the red die cut panel and floral heart die cut in the center. Add gold gems to finish.

St. Patrick Botanical Leaves: Brayer a thin layer of gold acrylic paint onto gel plate and place leaves on top. Place a piece of scratch paper over, press and rub all over, especially to open areas between the leaves. Remove scratch paper and leaves and let the gold paint dry completely. Brayer a thin layer of green acrylic paint on top and place paper over, rub and pull print. Die cut print with leaves and rectangular frame dies. Adhere green die cut panel onto gold mat. Tie ribbon around panel and adhere onto ivory card base. Stamp sentiment and punch out shape. Adhere sentiment and shamrock confetti onto card to finish as shown.