Gilding flakes class

This week I had a class using gilding flakes. We made 2 cards using 2 different techniques, first one using Indigo Blu Flitter glue

Apologies for photo not being great but photographing mirror card is a nightmare, I added some gold Nailheads to the corners in class but forgot to take pic, will replace next week

products used:

Stamps: Woodware In the Hedgerow
Glue: Flitter Glu from Indigo Blu
Inks: Archival Black
Flakes: Cosmic Shimmer Egyptian Gold

products used:

Stamps: Justrite Fancy sentiments
Die : Marianne Butterfly
Embellishments: Mark Richards Nailheads
cardstock: kraft and mirror from shop and Woodware adhesive sheets


The second card uses double sided adhesive paper to run through a die cutting machine. When you take the top layer off its sticky enough to hold your flakes, rub away excess flakes and you are left with a great embellishment to a card. I stuck mine onto a piece of thin card before running through machine so I could have it attached to card with some foam pads down the middle.

All stamps and dies can be brought from Forget Me Knot contact details on side bar. Next weeks class is using Distress ink pads and pens, there are a few spaces left if you are interested.

Saturated Canary

Last night I had my first evening class at Forget Me Not learning how to use Promarkers.

We are bringing in the fabulous stamps from Saturated Canary, great for colouring and if you are looking for an alternative to the Magnolia/Molly Bloom stamps these are great. Lovely designs that are abit more sassy and modern and great for older "teens" as well as younger/olders ones.

First Up is Liliana

 

products used:

 

Stamps: Saturated Canary Liliana, Woodware sentiment

Pens: Promarkers

Dies/punches: Spellbinders Ovals, Martha Stewart Branch punch, Nellie Snellen Flowers

Papers: Glitz

 

 

Second one uses Fairy Wishes...she will make a great Christmas card { sorry for mentioning the "c" word} Its not showing in the pic but her wings/star have glitter on them.

 

Products Used:

 

Stamps: Saturated Canary Fairy Wishes, Justrite Fancy sentiments

Pens: Promarkers

Dies: Sizzix Framelits and Stamps Lovely Flowers by Paula Pascal

Embellishment's: Gems from stash and Mark Richards Nailheads, Stickles Glitter Glue

Papers: Glitz Pretty In Pink

 

Everything can be brought or ordered from Sharon

 

 

 

 

Brayered cards

A couple of cards to share today done for a class I took today using a brayer. Barbara Grey I am not but using a splodge mat certainly helps.

First up uses some Woodware and Inkylicious stamps.

 

Inks: Adirondack Butterscotch, Mountain Rose, Watermelon, Black and Lettuce

Stamps: Woodware Leafy Accents, sentiment Woodware The Hedgerow and Inkylicious Meadow Breeze

Die: Stampin'Up Finishing Touches

 

 

Inks: Distress Ink Milled Lavender, Dusty Concord and Black

Stamps: Woodware Going to Seed, Sentiment Imagine that papercrafts Happy Birthday

Die: Spellbinders

Stampin'Up Bakers Twine

 

 

 

 

Pan Pastel class

Had my first class today at Forget Me Not craft shop using Pan Pastels.

First card is just using 3 shades of Magenta Pan Pastels....Magenta Tint, Magenta and Magenta shade. The stamps were inked and stamped with versamark ink and then using the sponges 3 Magenta pans were blended over the top, the same technique with the lattice stamp. I then took a battery operated rubber and took away some of the pastels to highlight areas.

 

Products used:

 

Stamps: Indigo Blu Anenome corner, Inkylicious sentiment and Lattice background

Mediums: Pan Pastels

Inks: Versamark pad and Black dye ink

Extras: Black satin ribbon, battery operated rubber

 

 

The second card uses Pan Pastels through a mask...you can use any mask you may have, this is a 6" square one from Crafters Workshop. The butterflies were stamped on a piece of card with 2 colour of Pan Pastels blended on them and then stamped with a brown ink and cut out. The mask was laid across the tag and using the knifes with socks tool gently apply Pan Pastels through the mask. The little flourish stamps are from the sentiment stamp set.

 



 

Products Used:

 

Stamps: Artemio Manuscript Background & Floral Butterflies, Justrite Large Fancy Sentiments

Mask: Crafters Workshop Mini Flower Frenzy

Mediums: Pan Pastels Turquoise, Bright Yellow Green

Ink: Archival Coffee

Embellishments: Gems/ribbon

 

 

Ideally, these cards need to be sealed, I used cheap hairspray or you could use the Crafters Companion sprays.

 

 

All the products used in the class can be brought from here Forget Me Not crafts ,details of my other classes here are on my side bar and can be booked through the shop on 01702 547833.

 



 

 

Pan Pastels

I have been having a play with these fabulous new mediums, I only have a few of the 80 colours available but they are addictive. I have a class this week using them but after the cards were made I carried on and made a few extras to put in my card box.

Today is my friend Carols birthday and this is the card I made for her, its uses some of my Inkylicious stamps which have been neglected for far too long in my stamp draw.

 

Products used:

 

Stamps: Inkylicious Meadow Breeze & Lattice,  Justrite Large Fancy Sentiments

Pan Pastels: Turquoise and Bright Yellow Green

Dies: Spellbinders Labels 18

Embellishments: Stampin'Up ribbon and gems from stash 

 

I used a nestie to die cut some white card and then leaving the die in the card, blended some pan pastels inside and then gently lifted the die off. This leaves you with a white border which I quite like. I then stamped the image inside and for a more striking image I used black ink. The background is just a piece of card with the same colour pans blended over and then the lattice stamp inked with black again stamped over the coloured card and cut to size and the corners rounded with a corner rounder punch and matted on black cardstock. The sentiment is again stamped with black ink on an off cut I had from the card I had coloured for the background. Finished off with some ribbon and gems. I have been sealing my images with cheap hair spray but after seeing Andy's fabulous demo yesterday as Pinnacles you could use Crafters Companion glitter or gloss sprays to seal...which of course ended up in my basket for use in future cards !!!

 

Have a great Sunday, weathers looking good here shame theres nothing for me to do in the garden so a day in the craft room it is...other than keeping the tea coming for hubby whilst he paints the fence!!

 

 

 



With sympathy

Not the cards you want to make and its with sadness I have had to make two in the past few weeks for friends that have lost loved ones.

The first one

 

uses a Memory Box die Wild Blooms and a Die-namics die Dainty Bows. The papers are from a Craftwork Cards 8x8 pad and are in very muted/neutral colours which I thought was appropriate and a change from Black and White sympathy cards. The sentiment is from Imaginethatpapercrafts. I did some simply scoring with my scoring board down the side.

 

The second one uses the same papers and an new background stamp from Inkylicious called Lattice and the butterlies are from a Paula Pascual set of dies and stamps from Sizzix called Butterflies #4. I used Stampin'Up Sahara Sand and Early Espresso inks.

 



Easter goodies and a card

Heres the card I made for my mum and dad this Easter. I used the Clearly Besotted stamps and dies from the Spring Bloom collection

 

Sorry the photo is not great but its was taken at night. I used some left over Bo Bunny papers and a Stampin'Up border punch and bakers twine.

 



As we had our monthly crop on Easter Saturday I made some little chocolate bags to give out. Its a design I have done before and is simply circle and oval punches or cut on a cricut. The textured stamp on the brown is from the Stampin'Up Oh Hello set. The green wrapper is a Nestabilties die labels 18 and then embossed with Couture Creations All Tied Up embossing folder.

 

Enjoy whats left of the Easter break, back tomorrow with a birthday card.