April 29, 2013 Card Making Class

Hello everyone,

Sorry I'm a little late in posting.  Busy as usual!  Below are the cards we made at our last class.  Didn't think I was going to be able to finish this post.  I was having problem loading the card pictures.  It turns I was too impatient to wait 5-10 minutes for each photo to load!  Anyway, glad it's working now.

The butterfly card was made using the Serviette (paper napkin) and Mod Podge technique.  First separate the image from the white part of the two napkins for two of the same butterfly image.  Using a sponge brush, apply an even coat of the Mod Podge all over the white card panel and the vellum panel (be sure to hold down the corners of the vellum as it tends to curl up).  Turn a dry iron on between wool and cotton level.  Place the wrong side of the napkin image onto the glue side of the white card panel and iron evenly for a few seconds.  This will be your background card.  Trim the napkin for the background card by following the edges of the white card panel.  Now, place the second napkin with only the butterfly image onto the vellum and iron.  Cut along the outline of the butterfly without the antenna.  Turn the vellum butterfly image over and dry emboss the lines of the butterfly to give texture.  Add foam tape on to the back of the vellum butterfly image and adhere onto the background card.  Punch two green strips using the EK Success daisy punch and glue along the top and bottom edges of the white card base.  Adhere the background card onto card base and brush some glitter glue onto the butterfly with your finger to finish the card.

This next music note card is made by stamping the music image using clear Versamark ink onto glossy card panel.  Roll the Spectrum ink onto the stamped glossy card panel in one direction and repeat until you achieved the color intensity you want.  Glue onto black card panel and trim following the shape leaving a  1/8" border.  Tie aqua sheer ribbon around card panel as shown and adhere onto aqua card base.  Stamp sentiment and punch out using scallop circle punch.  Adhere with foam tape onto card as shown.

The last peacock feather card was made by stamping the feather using Perfect Pearl Medium ink pad onto black card stock.  Using the thin brush, pick up a small dab of the gold Perfect Pearl powder and paint onto the center of the feather.  Next, clean brush and pick up a dab of green powder and paint around the center the gold color.  Finish off the remaining feather with blue powder as shown.  Round off corners of black card panel, adhere to white square panel and adhere onto turquoise card panel.  Tie gold ribbon around the bottom of the turquoise panel before adhering onto white card base.  Stamp sentiment and punch out using Stampin' Up punch.  Add a gold bling onto the center of the feather image and adhere sentiment onto to card using foam tape to finish off.

 Only three cards this time since there were three different techniques that took quite a bit of time to do.  Have a great weekend and Happy Mother's Day everyone!  See you on Monday.

April 15, 2013 Card Making Class

Hello everyone,

Another busy week went by.  Had to take my son to the doctors for his fever and his eyes.  Thank goodness nothing serious from both visits.  Below is a recap from our last class.  I took the pictures of these cards standing up.  The first card and last card look good, but the middle two look sort of squashed for some reason.  Oh well!
This floral basket card was made using the Iris Folding method with light and dark brown pattern papers for the iris pattern.  Store bought flowers and punched leaves were added to top the basket.  Drops of white enamel accents by Ranger were added to the center of the flowers to finish off.

 This next card was made by using a Fiskar scallop border punch on lime card stock, add peach pattern paper on top and adhere to the side of the card base.  Circles stickers were added as shown and finished off with orange and green blings.

This lilac card was made using the Sizzix die for the base of the lilac, the branch and the leaf.  The flowers were punched out using Martha Steward punch. Purple ink was added to the center of each flower before gluing to the lilac die cut.  Sponge brown ink along the edge of the branch and olive green ink around the leaf and the veins before adhering onto card base.

This hibiscus card was made by stamping the flower randomly onto red card panel using fire brick distress ink by Tim Holtz and repeat stamping one hibiscus on square white panel.  Adhere the panels onto black card stock as shown.  Wrap ribbon around the bottom part of the card before adhering onto card base.  Stamp sentiment and punch out with Fiskar scallop oval punch.  Adhere on top of ribbon as shown to finish card.

By the way, I added a link to my Pinterest page on the right margin where I pin the cards that I've made over the years.  Check it out and let me know what you think.  Well that's it for now.   See you on 4/29 for our next class.  Have a great week!

Spring Session - April 1st, 2013 First Card Making Class

Hello everyone,

Well Spring is here even though it's still chilly out there. We had our first class last Monday and I had a full house!  A warm welcome to all the new faces! All the running around is good exercise for me as I so needed it!

Anyway, this first card is short version of a teabag folding method.  The flower was made by punching five 1-1/16" circles out of double-sided pattern paper (orange on one side and green on the other).  The circles were first folded in half to find the center, and then the bottom half of each circle was folded into a "V" shape for each petal.  Put the five petal together with the "V" pointing in the center to form the flower.  You may need to adjust it as you go along.   Adhere onto green stripe circle sticker and adhere onto card base.  Add orange strip sticker across and poka dots oval on the bottom of card base.  Add gold sticker sentiment and orange bling as shown to finish card.

This next card was inspired by Darlene Design using Tim Holtz distress inks and sponge applicator for the background onto a white die cut from Spellbinder.  The image was stamped with black ink on top.  The 1" blue paper strip was adhered onto a white card base before adding the stamped image.  Add the silver sticker sentiment to finish.

This next card was made using an embossing folder (either Sizzix or Cuttlebug) on a light brown card stock for the texture background.  The circles were cut using Spellbinder circle dies on white and brown card stock.  Stamp bear with brown ink and adhere the circles together as shown.  Adhere the green pattern paper onto brown card stock before adhering onto texture background.  Tie a ribbon around the bottom half of the assemble panel before adhering to card base.  I left this card without sentiment so I can add it later.  It would probably make a good masculine birthday card.

This last card was inspired from the Papercrafts magazine.  The white background was embossed with the poka dots embossing folder from Cuttlebug and rounded off the corners.  The pot was die cut with mustard card stock and the Sizzix original pot die.  The edges of the pot were sponged with orange ink.  The leaves were punched with EK Success punch and sponged with green The veins on the leaves were scored with a dry embossing tool. The flowers were punched out of pink card stock using EK Success small flower punch and embossed before gluing them onto card as shown.  The pink flag was added by popping up the middle with foam tape and finished off with a silver sticker sentiment.

Well that's it for now.  Our next class will be Monday April 15th (tax day) from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.  Have a great week!

March 18, 2013 Card Making Class

Hello everyone,

Hope you are enjoying the nice weather we have.  Below are the cards we made in our last class meeting for the Winter Session.  The Spring Session will start next Monday April 1st, 2013.  It's not April fools!  There is a total of 4 class meetings on 4/1, 4/15, 4/29 and 5/13/2013 with new time from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.  Please email me if you're planning to sign up for the class so I can prepare enough materials for everyone.

The Kitty cards are done using a technique called "Fancy Folding".  Similar to Iris Folding, but easier.  (without counting the numbers) ;o)  I let everyone pick the different color strips of papers that I have to make their own kitty cats.  So everyone's card came out differently and I think everyone is happy with the outcome.  Below are some various samples I made with different color schemes.

 

This coffee card was made using Stampin'Up stamp set called "Express Yourself".  The coffee beans were stamped randomly on brown card stock using brown ink.  Adhere the brown card stock onto a olive green card base and add a thin strip of stripe pattern pape as shown.  Stamp the coffee mug and steam onto white card stock, color with makers, and adhere onto a brown card panel as mat.  Adhere the panel with foam tape onto card base as shown.

This tree card was made by die cutting octagons using white, dark green and black card stock with Spellbinder Octagon dies.  Add tree onto white octagon and layer onto green and black octagons.  Layer the diamond pattern papers onto black panels and adhere onto dark green card stock as shown.  Adhere the panel onto white card base and adhere octagon panel on top with foam tape.  Stamp sentiment on white card stock with black ink and punch out shape with Stampin'Up designer label punch.  Punch out another label using black card stock, cut in half lengthwise and adhere behind white label as mat.  Adhere sentiment onto card with foam tape.

This last card was made by die cutting the cupcake out of pink card stock, and brown poka dots (cut out the base only).   Sponge the top with pink ink to add some dimension.  Adhere cupcake with foam tape onto ivory circle.  Sponge the Kraft card panel and Kraft card base with brown ink.  Tie pink ribbon around the Kraft panel and assemble the card together as shown.

That's it for now.  Until next time.

March 4, 2013 Card Making Class

Hello everyone,
 It has been a busy week with work and doctor appointments.  At least I get to go to the Rubber Stamp Convention on Saturday and met up with Alice and Mona.  Spending money again as usual, but it was fun!
Just a quick post to recap the cards we did in class a week ago.  This dress card was made using Starform stickers (dress and dress form).  The burgundy card base was 4-1/4" x 11", scored at 4-1/4 and 8-1/2".  I die cut a circle on the 8-1/2" score line and adhere a 4" x 4" floral pattern paper onto the front card stock.  Adhere the lace pattern paper onto the front flap as shown.  Tie a small strip of burgundy ribbon to the right opening as shown and adhere sentiment sticker.

A burgundy scallop circle slightly smaller than the circle opening was adhered onto the card front in the center of the opening as shown below.  A smaller white circle was adhered onto the burgundy scallop circle.  Adhere the dress sticker onto the rose pattern paper and cut out.  Adhere the dress form on to the white circle and adhere the dress cut-out onto the dress form.  Adhere the gloves and heels onto rose pattern paper and cut out.  Adhere the cut outs onto card as shown to finish.

This card is long overdue.  I don't know about you, but time always seems to slip away from me.  So I was really happy to find this dollar clear stamp.  It says "Better late then never..." on the inside.  Simple stamp with black ink and color with watercolor pencil on watercolor paper.  Mat on brown card stock to match the card base.  Add silver brad stickers as shown to finish.

This butterflies card was made using Stampin'Up die.  We used the smaller butterflies in a previous card and thought I would used the large one in this Spring card.  The white strip actually has a shimmery background.  I bought the squares pre-cut.  Th butterflies were adhered onto squares with glue dots in the center only.  Add clear gems in the center and stickers to finish.

This last card was made using a chalking technique with Versamark ink.  I know some might not like it, but it actually very easy and fun.  The pink panel was made by using a Spellbinder die to cut out shape and sponge on pink chalk using a cotton ball.  The image was then stamped onto panel using clear Versamark ink and apply more pink chalk with same cotton ball onto stamped image.  Like magic, the image appeared in bright pink color as shown.  A shimmer pearl mist (by Ranger) was sprayed lightly on top to give it some shine.  Unfortunately, you can really see it in the picture.  Tie a burgundy ribbon on the right, add blings on the left and finished off with sentiment on a scallop oval on the right with some foam tape.  Since the burgundy card base was not very sturdy, a rose piece of paper was added on the inside.  It also provide a lighter background to add personalized greetings.

Next Monday March 18th will be our last class for the Winter Session.  The Spring Session will start on April 1st (it's no April fools).  There will be 4 class meetings again, 4/1, 4/15, 4/29 and 5/13.  So be sure to sign up!  Have a great week!

UPDATE ON STARFORM STICKERS

Hello everyone,

Just a quick note to let you know that I finally updated my post to include some cards that were made using the Starform stickers.  You can check it out by clicking on the sticker image on the top left margin and it will take you to the updated post.

Below are some of the new cards I made recently.  Leave a comment or email me to let me know what you think.  Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

 

Take care,

Connie

February 4th, 2013 Card Making Class

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!

Hope everyone is doing well.  Below are the cards we made in our last class.  The flowers on this card were made by quilling 4" gold strips into marquis shapes and glue five petals for each flower.  The flower bud was made by quilling a 3" strip and shape it into a heart shape. Glue flowers and bud on top of green die cut vine and add green blings on top of each flower.  Add sentiment sticker onto white square panel and glue in the opening.

This sympathy card was made by tying a gray ribbon on the die cut frame before adhering the background paper behind it.  Adhere this finished panel onto a white card base.  Stamp sentiment with black ink on white card stock and punch out using Stampin' Up designer label punch.  Punch another out of purple paper, cut in half and adhere behind the sentiment to mat it.

This hiking card was made by applying Tim Holtz distress ink (spiced marmalade, wild honey and peeled paint) using the applicator in a circular motion starting off the page to create the card background.  Stamp hiker with black ink onto background panel.  Adhere onto brown card stock, wrap brown ribbon around toward the bottom.  Adhere the panel onto ivory card base.  Stamp sentiment with black ink onto cream card stock, punch out using scallop circle punch and sponge brown ink around the edges. Adhere onto brown circle and mount onto bottom right corner with foam tape to finish.

This next card was made by adhering the heart sticker onto the white die cut scallop heart.  Adhere onto large black circle.  Punch a 1/8" hole on the top of circle to loop through black & silver ribbon and set aside.  Add sentiment sticker onto medium size circle and add clear blings as shown.  Punch a 3/4" circle out of white card stock, add small silver onto the punched circle as shown and adhere it onto small black circle.  Adhere photo corners onto a black and gray flowers pattern paper before adhering onto white card base.  Adhere the circles onto card as shown with foam tape.

This 3D Calla Lily card was given as homework assignment.  Cut the image off a 3D sheets and mount each layer on with foam tape.  There are 4 layers total.  See side image below for more details.  Mount everything onto white card base and tie olive green sheer ribbon on the side as shown.

No class on February 18th due to Presidents Day.  So do your homework and bring your card in to our next class on March 4.  By the way, as a reminder our class time has been changed to 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. due to the school needing the classroom for their regular students in the morning.