Classes

A couple of Wednesday evenings ago I had the good fortune of having a lounge room full of lovely ladies to stamp with!  They were participating in one of my stamp-a-stack classes and everybody made 8 cards with matching envelopes to take home.

Here are the cards that everybody made…….

Each set of four cards concentrates on one colours scheme and two main stamp sets.  I love doing classes like these that illustrate just how verstatile a single set of stamps (like Pick a Petal - my current fave!) can be

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“September Stamp-a-stack Cards”
Stamps: Pick a Petal, Short and Sweet, Garden Whimsy, Polka Dot, Basic Phrases, So Many Sayings
Paper: Old Olive, Pink Passion, So Saffron, Whisper White, Wild Wasabi, Soft Sky, Regal Rose
Inks: Old Olive, Pink Passion, So Saffron, Versamark, Basic Black, Wild Wasabi Soft Sky, Regal Rose
Accessories: 1/2″ & 3/4″ Circle Punches, Old Olive wide grosgrain, Stampin’ Dimensionals, 1-1/4″ & 1-3/8″ Square Punches, Word Window Punch, Regal Rose wide grosgrain

I had fun this month with a class that I ran to show how one simple template idea can yield a variety of different card results!  The template itself is not so much a sketch telling you exactly what layout you’ll end up with, more an idea of placement of different elements.  Let me show you - check out how these are the same but different…. (you can click on each picture to see the cards in full size)

You can see that the elements each card has in common is that there is a horizontal strip across approximately two thirds up, and then there is a central element on that strip.  In each case there is a variation on how the strip is created, from cardstock, to ribbon, or a combination of both and in the top left one, I simply crimped a portion of the background card to create the strip.

The central element is also different each time and I have incorporated a range of different techniques, form watercolouring using markers, to rock ‘n’ roll, pastels and punching.

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“Bodacious Rock ‘n’ Roll”
Stamps: Bodacious Bouquet, Itty Bitty Backgrounds, So Many Sayings
Paper: Cameo Coral, Old Olive, Whisper White
Ink: Cameo Coral, Old Olive, Ruby Red, Summer Sun
Accessories: Crimper, Earth Elements brads, Stampin’ Dimensionals

“Pastels Thank You”
Stamps: For a Friend, Polka Dot
Paper: Perfect Plum, Pretty in Pink, So Saffron, Mellow Moss, Naturals Ivory
Ink: Perfect Plum, Basic Black
Accessories: Pastels, Blender Pens, Moss gingham ribbon, Rich Regals brads, Stampin’ Dimensionals

“Watercolour Jellyfish”
Stamps: Fishy Friends, Sweet Sampler
Paper: Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, Sage Shadow, Watercolour Paper
Ink: StazOn Black, Bashful Blue
Accessories: Soft Subtles Makers, Aquapainters, Crop-a-dile, Stampin’ Dimensionals, White Gel Pen

“Dotted Ribbon Birthday”
Stamps: It’s All Good, On the Spot, Basic Phrases, Happiness
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Pink Passion, Whisper White
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Whisper White Craft
Accessories: Scallop, 1-3/8″ & 1-1/4″ Circle Punches, Chocolate Chip wide grosgrain, Stampin’ Dimensionals

I absolutely LOVE the Watercolour Wonder Crayons and this evening I conducted a class at my place on the various ways to use them. Here are the cards that we made:

I love the way they turned out and if you’d like to have a crack at making them (and you live in Perth, WA!) I am repeating the class later this month. Contact me to book your spot!