Spring 2025 - Handmade Greeting Cards Workshop, May 14, 2025

Hello everyone,

Hope you are doing well. Below is a quick recap of the cards we made in our last class. Hope to see you all in the Summer.

Take care,

Connie

Bubble Stencil Angel Fish: Adhere some temporary tape around white card panel to create a frame. Place 1st stencil on top of card panel and sponge on Broken China Distress ink. Remove 1st stencil, place 2nd stencil on top and sponge on Peacock Feathers Distress ink. Remove 2nd stencil and sponge on Tumble Glass over the entire background. Remove temporary tapes and adhere fish die cut, bubbles and sentiment sticker. Adhere card panel to aqua card base and add aqua metallic washi tape to top and bottom of card to finish.

Embossed Roses: Sponge clear VersaMark ink onto rose 3D embossing folder and place yellow card panel in the folder to emboss images. Add gold translucent embossing powder over yellow card panel and heat emboss the card. Sponge Tangelo Memento ink onto roses and Vintage Photo Distress Oxide ink around the edges. Adhere panel to green mat and wrap gold ribbon around before adhering to ivory card base. Add gold sentiment sticker onto vellum scallop circle and adhere to card to finish.

Lion Iris Folding: Sponge lion mane, muzzle and tail with Vintage Photo Distress ink. Sponge face with Wild Honey Distress ink. Tape mane, face, muzzle and tail onto the back of die cut lion card and begin taping the pattern papers following the Lion Iris Folding pattern provided. Adhere finished panel onto brown mat before adhering onto ivory card base. Add gold sentiment sticker to finish.

 

Double Column Butterflies: Fold along score lines and tape down columns as shown. Stamp butterfly using Lulu Lavender, Lilac Posies and Grape Jelly Memento inks. Adhere pattern papers and white card panel as shown.

Double Column Butterflies: Adhere pattern paper and add gems and stamp sentiment to card front to finish.