Fall 2024 - Handmade Greeting Card Workshop, November 20, 2024

Hello ladies,

Here is a quick recap of the cards we made last time. Our last class meeting for the Fall Session will be December 11, 2024.

Hope you and your family have a great Thanksgiving!

Connie

Watercolor Lighthouse: Apply Scattered Straw, Mermaid Lagoon, Rustic Wilderness Distress Inks onto a piece acetate and spritz some water lightly on top. Spritz some water onto watercolor card stock. Lift colored acetate and place over watercolor card stock to apply ink background colors onto card stock. Heat to dry panel before stamping lighthouse and sentiment on top. Adhere panel to black mat, add black & white washi paper onto blue card base before adhering the stamped card panel on top.

Snowy Trees: Stamp trees with VersaMark ink and heat emboss with white embossing powder. Brush Bahama Blue Memento ink over trees and outward. Use paper towel to wipe off ink on top of embossed trees. Adhere panel on top of blue mat. Adhere snowflake pattern paper onto blue card base. Assemble card by adding stamped sentiment with scallop blue mat as shown.

3D Poinsettia: Spray Lemon Zest Dylusions ink spray onto watercolor paper. Spray Holly Branch & Peppermint Stick Distress Mica Stain on top. Let dry and place panel into 3D Embossing Floder to emboss poinsettia images. Using sponge dauber to apply some gold ink onto the center of poinsettias. Adhere panel to gold mat. Add ribbon, gems and sentiment sticker before adhering to red card base.

Aurora Borealis Bear: Cover aqua card panel with mask and brush on Distress Oxide inks (Faded Jeans, Cracked Pistachio & Dusty Concord) one section at a time to create background. Stamp scripts on top using Moonlight White Brilliance ink. Adhere die cut snowbank & bear before adhering onto black mat and white card base. Add stamped sentiment to finish as shown.