Christmas Card Class

A big THANK YOU to all of you who attended the Card Making Class yesterday - Alex, Anna, Helen, Kylie and last but not least, Sandra. Thanks for your enthusiasm and can't wait for the next one.

Here are the projects we made:

Any questions, please ask.

Wedding Cards

My friend, Alex who is new to stamping, asked me to help her come up with a wedding card. I thought I'd use the elegant Mostly Flowers stamp set, since this is one of the sets that she owns. Well, I came up with two cards:

Alex chose to replicate the Certainly Celery card and did a great job.

I was wondering what I was going to do with the card that I had made, when out of the blue, we received a wedding invitation the next day! How funny. My card will now not go to waste.

Stamps: Mostly Flowers, Wonderful Favourites
Paper: Whisper White, Bashful Blue (first card), Certainly Celery (second card)
Ink: Versamark, Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery
Accessories: White grosgrain ribbon, pearl beads
Tools: Window punch

Bookmarks and Tags

Hello friends!

Here are some photos of bookmarks and tags that I've made over the last few days. They make cute little gifts to go with customers' orders or give to class attendees. I can't tell you how many Mia has given out to her friends & teacher! She loves making them too, and we both LOVE our new tag punches. They are sooo versatile. The tags look great on gift bags, birthday and Xmas presents, and the list goes on.


Stamps used: In the Spotlight,Oh, So Lovely, Garden Whimsy, Short and Sweet, Think Happy Thoughts, Mostly Flowers.

Mostly Flowers

Hi everyone!

Just thought I'd share a photo of a little gift bag I made for my niece, Vivi's birthday. This bag was made to match the previously posted Mostly Flowers card that I made for her.

You would never know that this gift bag was made using just one uncut sheet of A4 cardstock!

I obtained the template from the Splitcoast Stampers website, http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/index.php


Supplies used:

Cardstock: Sahara Sand & Chocolate Chip

Ink: Versa Mark & Chocolate Chip

Stamps: Mostly Flowers & the Level 2 hostess set called In the Spotlight.

Ribbon: Chocolate Chip

Tools: Square punches & circle punch for tag

Have a good night!

Bookmarks

Oops! I just found another photo of some bookmarks that I made using some giant paperclips, my scallop and circle punches, and various stamp sets. These are so simple to make and make lovely little thank you gifts for people attending my workshops. My daughter, Mia also gave some to her school friends and teacher!

You will also see a a bow that snuck in. I had to try making one after seeing some on Splitcoast Stampers They look great made with the Printes Designer Series Papers (I used Certainly Celery).

World Card Making Day Workshop

These are the three items we'll be making during this Sunday's workshop to mark World Card Making Day. As most of the attendees are newcomers to stamping, I tried to make the projects simple and easy to make in order to demonstrate that you don't need numerous stamps sets and supplies to produce beautiful items.

This is a little triangular box inspired by Diane Barnes, made using:

Cardstock: Very Vanilla & Bravo Burgundy

Ink: Bravo Burgundy

Stamps: So Swirly Jumbo Wheel, Priceless

Ribbon: Bravo Burgundy

Tools: Scallop and circle punches

Simple yet so elegant.

This Christmas card was made using:

Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Ruby Red

Stamps: Hung Up on the Holidays and Short & Sweet

Ink: Ruby Red, Always Artichoke

Ribbon: Always Artichoke

This simple card was made using:

Cardstock: Chocolate Chip and Sahara Sand

Ink: Chocolate Chip

Ribbon: Chocolate Chip

Stamps: Mostly Flowers and Wonderful Favourites

Mostly Flowers

Struggling to make a masculine card as requested by my sister-in-law, I came up with this card. I really have to invest in some masculine stamp sets!

Supplies:

Cardstock: Chocolate Chip and Very Vanilla, Close to Cocoa Designer Series Paper

Ink: Choclate Chip

Stamps: Mostly Flowers and Short & Sweet

Ribbon: Chocolate Chip

And some more...