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Woven Happy Birthday Card

May 31st, 2009 Posted in Daily Post, Featured Projects | Comments Off


Happy Birthday card (5″ x 5″)
Stamps: Jumbo Wheel Happy, Happy Birthday	Paper: Card Stock Pumpkin Pie 8 1/2X11 Card Stock 12 X 12 Textured In Color 09 Card Stock Riding Hood Red 8 1/2 X 11
Ink Classic Stampin Pad Riding Hood Red	Accessories: 2-Way Glue Pen Metal Edge Tags Aluminum White Circle Stampin Around Handle Jumbo Glue Dots Mini Snail Adhesive Permanent Punch 1 3/8 Inch Circle Stampin Dimensionals Ribbon Grosgrain Whisper White 1/4 Inch Ribbon Grosgrain Pumpkin Pie 1/4 Inch Ribbon Grosgrain Apricot Appeal 1/4 Inch Designer Buttons Button Bouquet Cutter Bee Circle Scissor Plus Sizzix Bigz Circles, Scallop #2
Instructions Happy Birthday card (5″ x 5″) 1. Wheel “Happy, Happy Birthday” image in Riding Hood Red ink on Riding Hood Red card. 2. To create leaves, punch two circles from Kiwi Kiss textured card stock using 1-3/8″ Circle punch. Punch off edges of circles to create leaf shapes. Adhere leaves to card. 3. Weave Apricot Appeal 1/4″ grosgrain and Pumpkin Pie 1/4″ grosgrain ribbon around scrap piece of card stock (2″ x 2″) and adhere to card diagonally. 4. Cut scallop circle from Pumpkin Pie card stock using Sizzix Big Shot die-cutting machine and Scallop Circle #2 Bigz die. Cut hole in center of scallop circle using Circle Scissor Plus. 5. Remove paper from White Circle Aluminum Metal Edge tag and adhere metal frame to Pumpkin Pie scallop circle. Adhere scallop circle to card over ribbon weave piece using double layer of Stampin’ Dimensionals. 6. Tie Whisper White 1/4″ grosgrain ribbon in a knot and adhere to Riding Hood Red button. Adhere button to card.

Floating WaterColor…..

May 22nd, 2009 Posted in Floral Cards, Watercoloring | 7 comments »

I taught the ladies how to make gorgeous roses using the Floating Watercolor Reinker technique. We experimented with white and black outlines (the embossed part). You can find a complete tutorial on Patty’s Stamping Spot. The technique calls for white embossing, but we wanted to see what Black embossing would do. So I used the black craft ink and black detail embossing powder for some of the flowers. Here are the creations from my stampers…. Good job stampers!! I let them go through my pieces of dp and scraps to make up their own card. It was sort of different from normal classes as I usually had all pieces cut for them and a “specific” layout for them to follow. I made one sample and let them create their own. I think they all did wonderful!! There are even 3 more cards of my daughters that didn’t get into the pictures. I’ll have to sneak over and photograph them while she’s not looking… she loves pinks.. so you can guess what colors she used!!Enjoy..and please comment on the cards….

No post….been sick

May 20th, 2009 Posted in Daily Post | Comments Off

Sorry I haven’t posted the pics from my last stamp class. I got a touch of either food poisoning or stomach flu….either one.. it put me out of commission for a while. Things still upset my stomach..even my favorite ICED COFFEE (milked down a lot!!)…So I will get the pics loaded and post on Thurs. I taught the floating re-inker watercolor technique.. we had a full house of stampers and they had a blast making cards after they finished “getting messy” !!!