Here is the third and final card we made at my Flower Embellishment class last weekend.This time we created flower embellishments by taking a strip of ribbon, sewing some quick stitches along one edge and then pulling the thread to gather the ribbon into a circular flower shape. Some more quick stitches held the flower together, and then we attached it to the card with a dot of Glossy Accents. I've seen this sort of flower made by many people - but was most inspired by this blog post from Kelly Rasmussen. I especially love how she stamped polka dots right on her ribbon - I'll have to try that, too! (btw, check out this more recent post from Kelly if you want to see some absolute sweetness!!)
And a little fyi, I'm offering the same class again next Thursday night, the 25th at 8pm. If you're local and would like to join us, send me an email! :-)
Here's another flower I shared at my card class this past weekend. This is one of those fabby flowers made with a scallop circle punch - I learned about them in Dawn McVey's video tutorial, HERE. Dawn used vintage book print, which I LOVE - but I didn't have a vintage book on hand, so I just used a definition stamp, and stamped it on copy paper. You really need a lightweight paper for these flowers - cardstock would be too stiff. I was inspired by this wonderful card by ctprezzia in the Hero Arts Flickr pool for the card design.And for those of you I've been friends with on Facebook & Twitter, just wanted to let you know I'm taking a bit of a social media break. I'll probably be back eventually - but just an fyi if you wondered where I went. :-)
Hi everyone! I thought I'd stop by and show you a card I shared with my friends at my card class this past weekend. I was inspired by Julie Campbell's fabulous fabric flower tutorial (HERE) to give it a try!I was also itching to use some fabric I had recently picked up at a super fun local shop called The Stitch Lab. My friend Lisa and I had gone on a little shopping trip a couple weeks ago, and the fabric was calling to me... "use me... use me...". So I did! Here's me with some of the yummy fabric!And here's Lisa, darn phone made her a little blurry - but you get the idea, she found just a few things she couldn't live without, too! :-)Thanks for stopping by today!
I thought I'd share what we made at my February card class, even though Valentine's Day was so last weekend! hee hee It's crazy how long it takes me to get cards photographed and posted, geesh - these have been sitting at my desk for ages! But better late than never... right?? :-)
So... since this was for a class, I attempted to keep them somewhat quick and simple. This first card was inspired by a card and video Jennifer McGuire posted on the Hero Arts blog. It uses the emboss resist technique - love the look! You can find Jennifer's instructions HERE. I just changed it up to look Valentiney, although this could easily be used for other occasions as well. And what do you think, did I successfully create a red & green card that doesn't look too Christmasy?? :-)For this card I used a cute Hero Arts cupcake, but I didn't want the stripes & sprinkles on the stamp to show, so we stamped it on the backside of the paper, cut it out and flipper it over. And added lots of yummy glitter!And finally, some lovey-dovey owls - so sweet. With a different sentiment this one could easily be an anniversary card, or even for a wedding. We used my old friends - my Prisma pencils - to color this one. My card class girls squealed about the little safety pin holding the heart.I know the polka dot background is kinda crazy in these photos - thought about reshooting them with a calmer background, but considering how long it's taken me to post as it is, I decided to just go with it! Thanks for stopping by - hopefully I'll be back this weekend with all the goodies I made for Courtney's birthday part last weekend.
Stamps: K5340 Silhouette Meadow Flower, S5264 Antique Flower Background, CL402 Valentine Sayings from Hero Arts
Paper: Real Red, Old Olive from Stampin' Up, white
This time we created flower embellishments by taking a strip of ribbon, sewing some quick stitches along one edge and then pulling the thread to gather the ribbon into a circular flower shape. Some more quick stitches held the flower together, and then we attached it to the card with a dot of Glossy Accents. I've seen this sort of flower made by many people - but was most inspired by this blog post from Kelly Rasmussen. I especially love how she stamped polka dots right on her ribbon - I'll have to try that, too! (btw, check out this more recent post from Kelly if you want to see some absolute sweetness!!)
