Fall 2026: Handmade Greeting Cards Workshop - Wednesday, October 14, 2026

Hello everyone,

Hope you are all doing well.

Below is a quick recap of the cards we made in class previously. Next class meeting will be on Wednesday, October 28, 2026. Please email me if you have any questions. See you in class.

Connie

Alcohol Ink Butterflies: Apply pink, blue and purple alcohol inks onto applicator and apply onto the back side of a piece of photo paper. Die cut with butterflies die and adhere to pink card base. Add gems and sticker sentiment to finish.

Emboss & Stencil Kites: Emboss polka dots panel with kite embossing folder. Lay each stencil layer on top of the embossed panel to color kites. Mount panel onto navy mat before mounting onto blue card base. Add sentiment to finish card.

Birthday Fairy: Place swirl stencil onto white card panel and lightly brush Warm Breeze VersaFine Clair ink. Stamp Fairy, vines and flowers with same ink onto card panel and adhere onto black mat before mounting onto cyan card base. Add Stickles glitter to finish.

Fall Blessing Sunflowers Front: Stamp separate layers of flowers and leaves to build sunflowers on three ivory card panels. Stamp sentiment on the front panel and mount onto yellow mat before adding ribbon. 

Fall Blessing Sunflowers inside: Fold floral card base and assemble card together as shown.

Fall 2026: Gel Plate Monoprinting Workshop - Wednesday, October 7, 2026

 Hello everyone,

Hope you are doing well. Below is a quick recap of the cards we made in class. Next class meeting will be October 21, 2026. See you in class.

Connie

Purple Butterfly Birthday: Place a few pea size drops of pink, light green, lavender and light blue acrylic paint along with iridescent gel medium onto gel plate and brayer lightly to cover entire gel plate. Place embossed swirl cardboard on top and lightly press on swirl image. Remove cardboard and place white paper on top, rub well and pull print. Die cut frame and emboss print with swirl embossing folder. Mount print onto purple mat, wrap purple ribbon around and adhere to card base. Add die cut butterfly, gems and stamp sentiment to finish.

Birthday Lighthouse: Brayer light blue acrylic paint onto gel plate and pull 1st print. Brayer dark blue acrylic paint onto half of gel plate, place a piece of scratch paper on top to cover edges and to get a clean straight line. Place the 1st print back onto gel plate to pick up the 2nd print for the bottom dark blue color. Die cut frame with rectangular stitch die. Stamp lighthouse, sailboat and birds with black ink. Adhere print onto black mat before mounting onto blue card base. Add sticker sentiment to finish. 

Hibiscus Thank You: Brayer light green and yellow distress inks onto gel plate and place leaves stencil on top. Place paper over and rub well to lift print with leave images. Die cut frame with round rectangle stitch die. Stamp hibiscus with black StazOn ink. Emboss edges with leaves embossing folder. Rub dark green distress ink onto embossed leave. Color hibiscus with watercolor pencils and brush with Wink of Stella to blend colors. Mount print onto green mat before adhering onto yellow card base. Add sentiment to finish.

Dragonfly Birthday: Brayer Antique Linen and Victorian Velvet Distress Oxide inks onto gel plate. Place swirl stamp onto gel plate and press to imprint image onto gel plate. Place paper and rub well to pull print. Die cut print with scallop rectangular die and adhere to light green mat before adhering to red card base. Adhere die cut dragonfly onto card front. Add gems, gold bow and sentiment to finish.

Fall 2026 - Handmade Greeting Card Workshop, September 30, 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, October 14, 2026. Please email me if you have any questions.

See you in class.

Connie

Watercolor Hummingbird: Stamp hummingbird on watercolor paper and color with watercolor pencils. Cut our image and adhere to embossed floral background before adhering to dark green card base. Add gems and stamp sentiment to finish.

Heat Emboss Butterflies: Stamp large butterfly on white card panel with VersaMark clear ink. Add white embossing powder and heat set. Lightly brush Lulu Lavender Memento ink onto embossed image. Stamp small group of butterflies on the front of lavender card base and the white paper inside card base with Lulu Lavender ink. Adhere the white card panel onto purple mat and adhere to card front. Add glitter glue and stamp sentiment to finish.

Rose Iris Folding: Follow the rose iris folding pattern provided to tape pattern papers in the numerical and alphabetical order shown. Adhere finish panel with double-sided tape onto burgundy mat before adhering onto white card base. Add leaves, bow and sticker sentiment to finish.

Embossed Thanksgiving: Ink the front of Acorns & Leaves embossing folder with VersaMark clear ink. Place mustard card panel in embossing folder and run through machine to emboss. Brush copper Perfect Pearl powder to cover the embossed panel and wipe off excess powder. Lightly brush Bundled Sage Distress Oxide ink onto leaves. Adhere embossed panel onto green mat and wrap green ribbon around before adhering to ivory card base. Add gems and stamp sentiment to finish.

Fall 2026: Gel Plate Monoprinting - Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Hello everyone,

Hope you are well. Below is a quick recap of the cards we made in class. Next class meeting will be October 7, 2026.

See you in class.

Connie

Acrylic Paint Floral Arrangement: Brayer mustard and red acrylic paints onto gel plate to create background. Die cut vase, flowers and rectangular background panel. Adhere rectangular background behind white grid panel and adhere onto dark green card base. Adhere vase, branches & flowers together to card front. Add stamp sentiment and gold bow to finish.

Distress Inks Leaves: Brayer Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade and Red Barn Distress inks onto gel plate. Place background leaves stamp onto gel plate to impress image. Remove stamp and keep stamp facing up to retain inks on stamp. Place paper over gel plate and rub well before pulling print. Place stamp back on recently pulled print to add more leaves image to background. Die cut frame and leave images. Adhere die cut print onto green card panel before adhering to ivory card base. Add gems and stamp sentiment to finish.

Distress Oxide Jellyfish: Brayer various blue distress oxide inks onto gel plate and place stencil on top. Place paper over top and rub well to pull 1st print. Remove stencil and place 1st print back on gel plate to pull a 2nd time for additional images to background. Die cut print using rectangular background. Stamp leaves to the bottom half of print and adhere print to white card base. Stamp jellyfish onto watercolor paper with black ink and color with watercolor pencils. Die cut jellyfish and adhere to card front. Add gems and sentiment to finish.

Perfect Pearl Koi Fishes: Place stencil onto gel plate and brush green Perfect Pearl powder all over. Use paper towel to wipe off any excess powder and remove stencil. Brayer a thin layer of gold acrylic paint on top. Place paper over and rub well before pulling print. Die cut print using round-corner rectangular frame. Stamp koi fishes using orange and red inks onto white card panel. Die cut panel with smaller round-corner rectangular frame. Wrap gold sheer ribbon around gold panel and adhere to red card base. Adhere koi panel and scallop sentiment onto front to finish.

Fall 2026: Handmade Greeting Card Workshop - Wednesday September 16, 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, September 30, 2026. Please email me if you have any questions.

See you in class.

Connie

Halloween Shaker Card: Stamp little monsters with black ink on ivory card panel. Sponge purple & yellow inks around image. Emboss orange card panel with polka-dot embossing folder. Tape clear acetate on the back of the orange panel to cover the circle cut-out. Line foam tapes around cut-out to form a well and across the top of the orange panel. Add confetti & beads in well and place the stamp panel with image toward the opening. Adhere the assembled panel onto ivory card base. Stamp and punch out sentiment. Sponge edges with orange ink and adhere onto the card front to finish.

Fancy Folding Dragonfly: Follow the instruction and legend on the dragonfly pattern to tape down the color pattern papers. Use double-side tape to adhere the dragonfly panel onto black mat before adhering onto white card base. Add gems and sticker sentiment to finish.

Fun Fold Butterflies - Open: Fold pattern cardstock following the score mark into an accordion fold as shown. Mount the back panel onto ivory card stock. Stamp and die cut butterflies. Color butterflies with watercolor pencil and use Wink of Stella marker to blend colors. Die cut ivory and green panel using scallop stitch rectangular die. Emboss the die cut green panel with swirl embossing folder. Mount ivory panel on the inside of card. Mount the left side of the embossed green panel onto the front fold.

Fun Fold Butterflies: Adhere butterflies, bow and stamped sentiment to card front. Add gems to the butterfly's bodies.

Three-Layer Stamping Leaves: Adhere 3-size ivory card panels together using removable tape/glue. Stamp leaves using various color inks throughout. Remove ivory panels and adhere each panel to coordinated burgundy mat with permanent glue/tape. Assemble panels together on burgundy card base and add gems and stamped sentiment as shown.

Summer 2026: Last Gel Monoprinting Workshop on Wednesday, July 29, 2026

 Hello everyone,

Below is a quick recap of the cards we made in our last Summer Gel Printing workshop. Fall 2026 session will start in September. I will send out an email notification once it is posted online.

Have a great Summer!

Connie

Acrylic Sea Life: Brayer blue metallic and light blue acrylic paints onto gel plate. Press wavy cardboard and bubble wrap onto gel plate to add waves and bubble pattern. Place paper on top and rub well before lifting print. Die cut frame using rectangular die. Stamp seaweeds with Versafine Clair ink and heat emboss with clear embossing powder.

Watercolor Florals: Brayer  Kitsch Flamingo Distress Oxide ink onto gel plate and pull 1st print. Brayer Dried Marigold Distress Oxide ink onto gel plate, place stencil onto gel plate and place 1st print back on top. Rub well to pick up stencil image and pull 2nd print. Stamp flowers with black ink and die cut frame with round rectangle die. Color flowers and leave with watercolor pencils and use Wink of Stella clear pen to blend colors. Adhere panel onto black mat before adhering onto pink card base. Add sticker sentiment onto scallop vellum before adhering to card. Add pink bow and glitter glue to finish.

Heat Embossed Florals: Brayer Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade and Peeled Paint Distress inks onto gel plate to pull print. Die cut print with shape die. Stamp and heat emboss floral background with white embossing powder. Adhere panel onto green vellum and wrap sheer ribbon around before adhering onto ivory card base. Add stamp sentiment and gems to finish.

Cowboy Boot: Brayer Antique Linen and Tea Dye onto gel plate and pull print. Die cut print with stitch rectangular die. Stamp cloud using Portobello Versafine Clair ink. Stamp boot, cacti with Pinecone Versafine Clair ink. Color images with marker and adhere to brown mat. Add sticker sentiment and adhere onto ivory card base.

Summer 2026: Handmade Greeting Cards Last Workshop on Wednesday, July 22, 2026

Hello everyone,

Below is a quick recap of the cards we made in our last Summer Card Making workshop. Fall 2026 session will start in September. I will send out an email notification once it is posted online.

Have a great Summer!

Connie

Flamingo Iris Folding: Tape down the pattern paper strips in the back of the die cut flamingo card by following the pattern provided. Sponge green ink the embossed areas on the front of the panel. Adhere die cut legs onto the front before adhering to black mat and aqua card base. Add stamp sentiment and gems to finish.

Poppies Thank You: Stamp poppies onto white card panel with black ink and color with markers. Stamp shadow spots with New Sprouts Memento ink and tape onto green mat. Emboss front fold with swirl embossing folder and adhere stamp panel to front fold. Adhere white card panel to the inside and add bow and stamp sentiment to finish as shown.

Sea Scape Birthday: Fold blue card panel along score line and stamp seahorse, fish and bubbles with Bahama Blue Memento ink along the side. Stamp jelly fish, bubbles, algae and pebbles using Tangelo, Bahama Blue, Bamboo Leaves and Desert Sand Memento inks respectively on white card panels. Assemble card as shown and sticker sentiment and green bow to finish.

Butterfly Explosion Gatefold: Following the score lines and fold base card and pattern paper to make the folds. Add stamp sentiment, bow and pearls to assemble together as shown in the pictures below.