January 6, 2014 Card Making Class - Winter Session

Happy 2014 everyone!  Wow, where did the time go???

Hope everyone had a wonderful time visiting with families and friends.  Our first class for the Winter Session started this past Monday and here's a recap.

This Valentine card was done by first sponging a white heart doily with pink ink.  The red heart was made using Spellbinder scallop heart die and emboss with small heart folder.  The small script heart was also cut using the small Spellbinder scallop heart die from script pattern paper.  Adhere the heart layers using runner adhesive as shown on to beige shimmer card base. Add red bow with pearl on top.  Add gold sentiment and heart stickers to finish.

The next card was made with a yellow frame in front using the Spellbinder scallop square die.  Sponge edges with pink ink and wrap polka dots ribbon around the bottom half of frame.  Tie a faux bow and adhere with large glue dots in center as shown.  Tape a piece of flower vellum in the back of frame and adhere the whole front panel onto white card base.  Be careful not to let any adhesive show through the vellum window.  Adhere gold birthday sticker in center of vellum to finish.

This next card was made by using 2 largest Spellbinder Label Eight dies to cut out the floral pattern paper and silver card stock.  Wrap black floral sheer ribbon around center of the silver panel before adhering onto floral pattern paper and adhere onto black card base.  Adhere silver floral and butterfly sticker onto white oval scallop and tape in center using foam tape.  Punch out a small scallop circle and adhere onto bottom corner of card using foam tape.  Finish off with silver sentiment sticker.

 

This next card uses a pre-cut beige card base with a circle window in front.  Punch out top and bottom border of a 3" cream card strip.  Wrap a brown stitch ribbon around lace border strip before adhering to card front.  Add "Thank You" sticker onto brown scallop circle before adhering to center of brown ribbon & lace strip using foam tape.  See picture below for what appear behind the window.

The floral silver sticker was placed onto a piece of scallop circle water color paper and colored with Twinkling H2O watercolors.  Sponge the edges of the scallop circle with brown ink before adhering piece on to the inside of card base to finish.

Well that's it for now.  The next class meeting will be on February 6, 2014.  No class on Jan. 20 due to MLK holiday.  We will be making an Iris Folding rose for an anniversary card.  So bring your Scotch tape and get ready to have some fun!

December 9, 2013 Card Making Class

Happy New Year everyone!

Hope all of you had a wonderful time visiting with families.  I know I did even though the weather was unusually warm.  Finally, I have some time to sit down and update my blog.  So here are the cards that we made in our last class.  Better late than never I guess.
This first card was made by punching 6 hexagons out of double-sided card stock (gold polka dots on one side and green on the reverse).  With the polka dots side up, score a line from corner to corner as shown on the dotted lines in the diagram below.  Fold along the score lines to form a diamond shape.  Repeat the same for all 6 hexagons.  Punch out an extra hexagon out of some scratch paper.  Glue each folded hexagon onto the spare hexagon lining up on each side of the hexagon to form the shape below.  After gluing all the hexagons together, adhere the assembled shape onto a red scallop circle and add a red gem in the center.  Adhere the assembled piece onto green olive long card base.  Add bow, sentiment and more gems to finish.

This next card was made by stamping the flowers on the bottom of each white card panels as shown.  Color with markers and adhere the small white card panel onto a burgundy card panel.  Punch a small hole on top to attach a sheer purple ribbon and tie a simple knot.  Adhere the large white card panel onto a burgundy card base and adhere the small assembled panel as shown with foam tape.  Add sticker sentiment to finish.

This Christmas tree card was made by using a technique I saw on Splitcoast Stampers.  First, trim the red pattern paper with deckle-edge scissors and adhering onto a ivory card base.  Using a white gel pen, add dots at various spots onto a die cut green tree and let dry.  Next add some color chalk onto the white dots and spreading the colors beyond the dots to simulate the bright lights.  Add gold trim stickers for garlands as shown.  Finish off with a gold sentiment sticker.

This holly card was made using a technique called "Serviette" (means paper napkin in French).  The image is from a cocktail napkin glue onto white card panel using Mod Podge for the card background.  The 3D affect was done by adding a second layer with only a few of the holly leaves and berries glue onto vellum, cut out and embossed before adhering onto the card background with foam tape.  The image background is then adhered onto red card panel before adhering onto white card base.  Add sentiment onto small red card panel and adhere on the bottom of card base as shown to finish.

The Winter Class Session is now open for registration at the link below.
 https://www.pvpusd.com/Catalogue/
Classes will be held on 4 Mondays from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Jan. 6, Feb. 3, Mar. 3 & 17.  (No classes on Jan. 20 & Feb. 17 due to holidays).  There will be a $20 materials fee ($5 per class meeting).

Well, that's it for now.  See you next year!

November 25, 2013 Card Making Class

Hello ladies,

Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving and getting back to a good week.  Below are the cards we made at our last class meeting.

This New Year card was made by adhering a die cut white circle onto a gold card panel.  The gold snowflake border sticker was adhered around the circle with the gold "Happy New Year" sentiment in the middle of the circle.  Wrap the gold ribbon around the gold panel before adhering the panel onto the ivory card base.  Glue down the pre-cut flowers with glue dots as shown to finish card.

This orchid card was made by adding the silver orchid sticker onto white watercolor card panel  Color the orchid using Twinkling H2O watercolors with water brush as shown.  Tie a pale green ribbon around panel before adhering onto the yellow card base.  Add sentiment to finish card.

 

This next coffee cups card was made by stamping the coffee cups and sentiment on tan pattern paper and punch out with 1" circle punch.  Punch out 3 large circles of the dark brown pattern paper.  Adhere the punched circles onto clear circle stickers before adhering them to the larger dark brown circles as shown.

Adhere a strip of tan pattern paper on the inside edge and one on the center front of the card base as shown.  Adhere the circles with foam tape onto card front and the faux eyelet stickers in between as shown.  Add sticker sentiment to finish.

 This next butterflies and flowers card was made by adhering the butterflies vellum paper onto the pink window card panel.  (The panel was created by using Spellbinder frame to cut out the opening.)  Adhere the pink panel onto white card base with foam tape .  Glue paper flowers in bottom right corner as shown.  Finish with sentiment sticker.

That's it for now.  Our last class meeting for the Fall session is this coming Monday.  Everyone is welcome to bring some little treats to share.  Have a great week and see you all on Monday!

October 14 & 28, 2013 Card Making Classes

Hello ladies,

Sorry for the delay.  This post is long overdue.  I'm combining the last two classes together since I missed my last post.

Below are the cards from our October 14 class:

This autumn leaf card was made using the die cut leaf from the negative part of the leaf card made in the September card class.  The die cut was sponged with red brick ink all around the edges.  Stamp swirls onto beige card panel using gingerbread ink and attach stamped panel onto gingerbread card stock..  Finally adhere the panel onto beige card base and finish off with the sentiment and a string bow.

This birthday bear card was made by adhering the various pattern paper panels as shown.  Wrap the string around and tie into knot before adhering the bottom panel.  Adhere the metal bear with large glue dots.  Finish off with faux brats on each corner and gold sticker sentiment at the bottom left.

This iris folding bauble was made by cutting out the image using Spellbinder ornament die.  Layer the strips of pattern papers following the pattern.  Matt the iris panel onto red card stock using double-sided tape before adhering onto white card base.  Punch out 2 holy leaves and glue on the top of the ornament.  Add 3 red gems to finish off the card as shown.

This floral card was made by punch 6 five-petal flowers and sponged all edges.  Adhere pattern polka dot panel onto beige card stock.  Wrap pink ribbon around before adhering onto pink card base.  Punch 3 leave clusters out of olive green card stock.  Adhere 2 flowers on top of each other as shown.  Add black beads in center of flowers and glue leaves as shown.  Add sticker sentiment to finish card.

Below are the cards from our October 28 class:

This dragonflies card was made by coloring a watercolor card panel with green and blue watercolor pencils in alternating pattern as shown.  Using a water brush, brush over the watercolor pencil areas to wash out color as shown.  Let dry before adding the dragonflies stickers on top.  Tie aqua sheer ribbon around card Punch out border of aqua card panel on one side and adhere to white card base.  Adhere watercolor panel onto card as shown.  Add aqua gems and sentiment to finish.

 

This cupcake birthday card was made by adhering the ivory panel onto stripe pattern paper and onto the large background paper before adhering onto ivory card base.  Punch an ivory circle and a green scallop circle.  Glue together and adhere a wooden cupcake with large glue onto circle as shown.  Adhere the scallop onto card and add sticker sentiment to finish card.

 

This wreath card was make by punch 24 small scallop circle out of double-sided green card stock.  Adhere the candy cane pattern paper onto green card panel before adhering it to the ivory card base.  Arrange the green scallop circle in alternate pattern onto a 2" ivory card circle to form a wreath.  Adhere a red & gold ribbon bow onto wreath with glue dot as shown.  Finish off with sentiment sticker.

 

This angel card was made by adhering the pattern paper onto green card base as shown.  Punch out angel from white card stock.  Then using a circle punch upside down, center the punched angel to punch out circle.  Punch square label out of read card stock.  Using foam tape, tape angel circle onto red label and tape label onto pattern paper as shown.  Glue a gold ribbon bow onto card with glue dot  Stamp sentiment with red ink onto white card stock.  Center and punch out stamped sentiment using label punch.  Punch out another label with red card stock.  Cut in half lengthwise and tape behind sentiment to create a border as shown.  Adhere the sentiment panel with foam tape onto card to finish.

Well, that's all for now.  No class on Nov. 11 due to Veteran's Day.  Next class meeting will be Nov. 25 right before Thanksgivings.  Have a great week!

September 30, 2013 Card Making Class

Hello ladies,
Hope you had a great week and enjoying your weekend.  Below are the cards we made this past Monday.

This flower card was made using brush tip of Tim Holtz distress markers to apply colors onto an acrylic block, spritz some water, and then stamp the acrylic block onto some watercolor paper to transfer the ink.  Use a water brush to blend the ink on the watercolor paper.  Let dry before stamping the flower onto card with black ink.  Adhere the watercolor panel onto black card panel and tie ribbon around the bottom.  Adhere the panel onto card base as shown.  Stamp sentiment on white card stock and punch out using Stampin' Up label punch.  Punch out another label punch using black card stock, cut in half lengthwise, trim ends and glue to the back of the white label.  Adhere as shown to finish.

 

This next card was made using the quilling technique.  Using orange, red and brown 1/8" quilling papers to make the leaves and stems and glue in place as shown.  Sponge edges of white card panel with orange ink and tie brown ribbon at the bottom as shown.  Adhere onto embossed pattern card stock and adhere everything onto white card base.  Add sticker sentiment to finish card.

 

This pirate card is a pop-up card.  I will try to explain, but it may not make much sense unless you actually do it.  The outside black card is measured 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" and the inside gray card is measured 3-3/4" x 5".   Adhere pattern paper onto front as shown.  The images were rubbed onto white card stock and trimmed leaving about 1/16" borders around.   Adhere images as shown.  Some images are rubbed directly onto card.

Fold the inside gray card in half and measure and mark the folded edge at 1-1/4", 1-3/4", 2-3/4" & 3-1/4".  Cut about 3/4" deep at the first two marks (1-1/4" & 1-3/4") and about 1" deep at the second set of marks (2-3/4" & 3-1/4").  Push out the tabs, fold and adhere the gray card inside of black card base.  

This last card was a simple one since the quilling took everyone some time to finish.  It was made using cupcakes and candles stickers onto white card panel.  Punch out 3 different cupcakes using glitter papers and adhere onto card with foam tapes as shown.  Adhere the white panel onto kraft card base to finish.

 Well, that's it for now.  Have a great week and see you on the 14th.

September 16, 2013 - New Fall Session Card Making Class

Hello everyone,

It has been a busy Summer shuttling kids back and forth to all their activities.  Glad that was over for now!  Hope you had a great Summer.

Our first class started last Monday and I would like to extend a warm welcome to our four new students, Holidae, Carene, Maxine and Lee!  ... and a warm welcome back to my regulars as well, Ellen, Lesley, Carol, Barbara, Lynne and Romy!

Below are the cards we made on Monday.  This first card was done by first stamping the butterflies with Perfect Medium ink onto black card panel.  Then using the small paint brush, apply blue, purple and gold Perfect Pearl powders onto the stamp image.  Brush off excess with the large brush and spritz lightly with water to seal in the colors.  Tie gold ribbon onto bottom of black panel and adhere the panel onto gold sheet and adhere onto white card base.  Finish off with the gold sticker sentiment.

 This next card was made by first cut out the leaf image using a Spellbinder leaf die out of the mustard card panel.  Place the mustard card panel on top of white card panel and trace the leaf pattern onto white card panel.  Remove mustard panel and set aside.  Add double-sided tape or runner tape onto the leaf image of the white panel.  Layer the strips of color papers next to each other as shown to cover the image.  Add ribbon to the bottom of the mustard panel as shown and tape on top of white panel.  Stamp sentiment onto white card stock and punch out using scallop oval punch.  Sponge orange ink around edges of scallop oval and adhere onto card panel with foam tape.  Mount the panel onto olive green card base.

 This Halloween card was made by adhering the pattern papers onto white card base as shown.  Adhere candy corn ribbon in between the two pattern papers.  Add the ghost image onto card as shown.  The ghost image was cut from a fabric panel and backed with double-sided tape to keep image from fraying.

 This birthday card was made by adhering 3/4" wide color strips of card stocks onto white card base.  Stamp cake and confetti images twice onto white card stocks with black ink.  Punch out images using 1" circle punch.  Adhere circle images onto card with foam tape.  Finish off with Silver sentiment on the bottom of card.

That's it for now.  Have a great week and see you on 9/30!

May 13, 2013 Card Making Class

Hello ladies,

Wow time flies and our last class for the Spring session has come and gone.  Sorry we missed you in class Carol!  Here's a recap of the cards we made.
This puppy card is made using a technique called Fancy Folding with die cuts.  It's similar to Iris Folding using a pattern but without the counting.. It's much simpler and everyone in class gets to choose the color and pattern papers they want.  It is always a nice surprise when everyone turns the card over when finished.  The corners were made by using an EK Success photo corner punch on all 4 corners of a black panel to slip in the white panel for matting before adhering to the white card base.  Add sentiment and bow to finish.

This lounge chair card was made by stamping the image with black Memories ink onto white card panel.  A mask image was made by stamping the same image on a post-it note.  The umbrella top was then cut out to use as a mask before sponging on the Tim Holtz spice marmalade and peeled paint distress ink for the background.  Peel off the mask and color the umbrella top with Marvy markers.  Punch out the image using a large circle punch.  Adhere to the black scallop circle.  Adhere the grass paper onto the bottom half of a beige card base.  Adhere the image panel onto card base as shown with foam tape.  I left the sentiment off as I haven't decide what to put on quite yet, but I think it would make a good Father's Day card.

This blue flower card was made by punching 3 flowers out of blue card stock using Martha Stewart cornflower punch (I think).  I cut a slit in between each petal to give the full daisy look and sponge edges with blue ink.  Glue all 3 flowers on top of each other.  Punch out 3 set of leaves out of green card stock and set aside.  Adhere the blue card panel onto white card base, and adhere the blue pattern paper onto blue card panel.  Adhere olive green sheer ribbon with glue dot as shown and adhere flower with glue dot.  Tuck in the leaves and adhere large pearl in the flower center.  Stamp sentiment on white card stock and punch out.  Adhere onto card with foam tape to finish.

This last card is made by first die cut the tree in the center of a white card panel.  Center the panel on to green card panel and trace the out line of the tree using a pencil.  Remove the white card panel.  Using 2 different width of double-sided tapes, place them onto green card panel at a diagonal starting with the narrower tape and then with the wider tape right next to the narrow tape in an alternate fashion as shown.  Peel off the backing papers of the narrow tapes first and sprinkle some dark green flock on.  Rub the flock onto the narrow tape to get an even coat and dust the excess off.  Now peel off the backing paper off the wide tapes, sprinkle the light green flock and rub in for an even coverage.  Return any excess flock back into its container.  Sponge blue and green ink onto white card die cut panel as shown.  Punch corners of white card panel and green card panel before adhering them together.  Wrap brown ribbon onto the bottom portion of card panel and adhere onto beige card base.  Stamp sentiment and punch out using Fiskar scallop circle punch.  Adhere with foam tape to finish.

  

Well, that's it for now.  The Fall session will start again in September.  I will send out a reminder when the schedule is set up.  I will be updating my blog from time to time through the Summer.  If you add your email address in the box on the right margin of my blog where it says "Follow by email", you will receive an email automatically every time I update my blog.  Don't worry, there's no spam mail.  Just my blog updates.  So sign up and look for my email!  Have a great Summer and hope to see you back in the Fall!