June’s Cards 2013

Well hello again ladies, can you believe we are nearly halfway through the year?
At least the nice weather has at last made an appearance. I don’t know about you,  but I do find it hard to go to my craft room when the sun is shining & my lovely garden is calling to me…….but I have been good & I have been there so here are this months cards, which mostly have a male theme to them as we have Father’s Day in just over a weeks time.
As Sylvia said in her email the 1st three cards involve using templates so if you wish to strength yours, so they can be reused, you will need to bring some old acetate with you.
Card 1 – For the Office Guy

Supplies needed
C6 white card
Striped paper ( needs to be shirt like)
Coordinating paper to make a tie with
Coordinating card stock & pen - mine were navy
Scrap white card
2 small brads - mine were silver
Pricking tool & mat

Card 2 – Outdoor Man

Supplies Needed
C6 card - mine was blue to match my paper
Checked paper
Coordinating card stock
3 small coloured buttons
4 small brads
Coloured pen to match paper

Card 3 – Saw it

Supplies needed
A4 sheet of white card - strong enough to make card base
Scrap card - brown, dull silver
Patterned paper - mine was text
Black biro pen
Brown ink & sponge dauber

Card 4 – Goosy Goosy Gander


Supplies needed
A6 white base card
plus extra white card enough to cover front of card and punch out daisy and stamp extra image
other card to cover front (mine was orange)
Cherish friendship StampinUp set or background stamp and animal stamp
post it note for masking
ribbon mine was orange gingham just under a cm
Gems - mine were orange
a Stamp a ma jig if you've got one ( unless you're using clear stamps)
Archival ink (or whatever you use that doesn't run) mine was coffee
Your favourite paint medium
Daisy punch

May’s 2013 Cards

Hi everyone hope you all had a great Bank holiday. I unfortunately had to work so missed out on all the good weather that I hear was happening outside.

Well back to this months cards and this month it is all about…………….

TWINKLING H2Os

I will endeavour to enlighten those of you who have never heard or used these little pots of magic and for those of you who do own these beauties then I hope to teach you some new techniques.

So here are this months samples:

Basic Supplies

Twinkling H2Os

Paint brushes

Paper towels

Water mister

Small pot to hold water

Sea salt – NO I’M NOT BRINGING US ALL CHIPS!!!

Card 1 – H2O resist

Supplies

A4 sheet coloured card

White card

Subtle patterned paper

Scallop circle punch

1” circle punch

3/4” circle punch

1/2” circle punch

3D foam

Card 2 – Do you want Salt with that????

Supplies

C6 card blank – needs to match h2o colours

White card

Spare black, light brown & blue card

Coloured gems (or clear)

Background stamp

Grey ink

Black ink

Suitable image stamp

Sentiment stamp

Scrap of ribbon to coordinate with H2O used

Card 3 – A Little more Salt needed???

Supplies

C6 card blank

Black card

White card

Patterned paper

Black ribbon

Thin coloured ribbon

Gems

Hope that all makes sense & see you all at the weekend

April’s Cards

Hi Ladies here are I am again with this month’s offerings. I have taken on board your various suggestions & this month I have decided to follow a suggestion made by Jeanette, if my memory serves me correctly, who asked that we make some more complicated cards.
Now don’t all start panicking at the word “complicated”, in this context it just means the cards will have a lot more layers & involve several different techniques, hence why I have only 2 cards to show you. I hope that at the end of our sessions you will be pleased with your Finished results.

So here goes with the first card which I’ve called
One for the boys (distress look)

This is similar to a card I found whilst blog hopping & I immediately thought it lended itself to this month’s theme.

This card involves lots of stamping, distressing & layering, as well as stamping on acetate & twill ribbon. With this in mind it would be helpful if you could bring your own stamps & inks.

To help you know what to bring, here are the stamps I used, so anything similar will work. As per usual my stamps/inks  will be available for those of you who do not have your own.


Supply list
14.5cm square base card – mine was red
13cm square piece of navy card
12.5cm square of cream card
Spare card in all of the above
Acetate – mine was 11.5 x 9cm
4 small brads – 3 red & 1 blue
2 silver eyelets
Silver, light blue (SU Bashful Blue), Navy (SU Night of Navy) & light brown (SU Crumb Cake) inks
Black Stazon ink
Stamps similar to those pictured above
Twill ribbon approx 2cm wide
Sponge daubers
Stapler
Distressing tool


The second card is totally different & is one of those cards you give to those special people in your lives. It uses lots of layers again & some Sizzix dies. I also hope to teach you how to make your own paper flowers to embellish the card with (& this is the reason for the lateness of this post, I will explain more at the weekend!)

Card 2 – Special Girlie card (sorry could not think of a better name)


Here is a close up view of the flowers.


Supply List
2 x A4 sheet of Cream card – must be able to make base card therefore not too flimsy
A4 sheet of coloured card  - mine was purple
Coloured Paper  (not card as stated in email) in at least 2 shades – mine was light, dark & mid purple (in a pearlescent finish)
Coordinating background paper & ink
Plus – matching ribbon (forgot to add this to email)
Flower/leaves punches or dies – I used Stampin up 5 petal flower punch, Boho Blossom punch, Bird punch & some Marianne design dies
Stick on Gems/pearls
Quickie glue pen
Iridescent glitter or stickles
Wet glue – PVA & STRONG
Green card or paper

Looking forward to seeing you all at the weekend.

March’s Cards

 

Hi Everyone, it only seems like 5 minutes ago when I last updated this blog.

As suggested at our last meeting I’m going to concentrate on specific products that we all have lurking in our crafting spaces. Theses are the products that we had to have when we saw them demonstrated at a craft show or on the TV but that now hardly ever see the light of day.

So with that in mind I’d like you to have a look around & give me some suggestions as to what you would like me to cover in the coming months. If I do not own that product (which I very much doubt ) I may have to borrow your ones……so bring those products to the next meetings & I will try my best to come up with some new suggestions for how to use them.

This month’s product is …….Distress Inks.

I have made 3 cards using only Distress inks & a few stamps. Hopefully you will agree that each card has a different look & I hope to teach you a couple of things that you did not know you could do with them.

Please note that for Hethersett only there is a fourth card kindly designed by Jeanette. Unfortunately I do not have an image but will list the supplies below.

So lets kick off. As per Sylvia’s email there are a few things that are common to each card so rather than list them under each card I have compiled a list & if you could bring them along with you.

Please don’t worry if you do not own any as I will have my supplies with me but a Teflon mat each would be helpful as I can only find 1 of mine at the moment. You can purchase them from the bakery section of Poundland (Riverside definitely have them at the moment)

Common items

• Distress inks - various colours - I used mainly blues, greens, purples & browns
• Teflon sheet
• Mini water mister
• Sponge daubers/ cut & dry foam
• Rubber gloves if you don't like your hands getting dirty

Card 1 – Distress Background & Tag

Supplies needed

• C6 cream card
• Spare cream card
• Background stamp - mine was musical notes
• Embossing ink & clear powder
• Small piece of white vellum
• Sentiment stamp/ peel off
• Brown Stazon ink (only if using stamped sentiment)
• 4 small brown brads
• Scrap of ribbon - colour to coordinate inks used
• 1 normal sized brad

Card 2 - Watercolour Technique

Supplies needed

• 14.5cm Square card - to coordinate inks used - mine was blue, (Marina Mist)
• Cream card
• Spare coloured card - to coordinate with ink colours - mine was lilac, (SU Wisteria,)
• Gold Perfect Pearls

Card 3 - Distress Ink Scene

Supplies needed

• 5" x 7" card - mine was light brown (Crumb Cake)
• Coordinating spare card - mine was blue
• Flower/foliage stamps
• Sentiment stamp/Rub on
• Coordinating ribbons - I used blue & green
• 1 button

Card 4 – Hethersett only – Flower pot Surprise

• 14 cm square card OR 5” x 7” card
• Half A4 sheet pale green card
• Scraps of about 4 other coloured card (for flowers)

OR

• Paper flowers -  different sizes work best
• Gems/buttons/card candy to use for flower centres.
• Border punch.
• Stripy or dotty paper plus coordinating piece of ribbon approx. 1cm wide.
• Embellishment or greeting for front of pot (mine was a metal dragonfly.

 

March meetings

Hi Everyone just a quick post to let you all know that from the responses we got from the email we circulated (many thanks to those that took the time to respond) we have decided to keep the dates of the meetings to the same weekend as planned. 

I appreciate that the Sunday is Mother's Day & being a mum myself I understand that some people will have other plans on that day, but those of you who can make it will be more than welcome to attend my Mother's Day Crafters Celebration. I may even take a leaf out of Jo's book & bring along some homemade cakes (but I am not promising anything).

I am now finishing the cards for next weekend so you should have the list early next week & I hope to get the blog done on Monday. I will ask now, that as I plan to concentrate on Distress inks this  month, if  you could all bring along a nonstick Teflon mat each it would be most helpful. For those of you who do not have one you can get a small one from Poundland for obviously £1, you will find them in the bakery section of the shop.

Take care & speak to you all soon

February 2013 cards

Hi everyone hope you are all well and looking forward to another weekend full of crafting. I am hoping that those of you who attended the local craft show last weekend are full of inspiration & may be persuaded to demonstrate a card or 2 in the next few months (hint, hint),  just to ease the pressure on Sylvia & myself as I think we are both struggling at the moment due to our personal lives infringing on our crafting times. Just let us know over the weekend if you fancy having a go.
Begging over lets get back to this months cards.
I have tried to limit the amount of things I used for my 2 cards, so with that in mind I have found 2 new techniques that use similar resources to achieve 2 different looks PLUS as an added bonus I have done 2 different cards for each technique so you can choose which card you prefer to do on the day. They both use an Embossing / Die cutting machine so if you do own a Cuttlebug etc. plus embossing folders / dies & are willing to bring it along it will speed up things considerably & you may even get both versions of each card done.
So here goes…………
Card 1 – Puzzle Resist card
Version 1

Supplies needed
C6 card – Mine was SU Melon Mambo (pinky red) plus extra for sentiment mat
10 x 14.3cm mat – mine was SU Certainly Celery (light green)
9.5 x 13.8 mat  - white plus spare for sentiment
Embossing folder
Shaped die cutters/punch
Sentiment stamp/peeloff
At least 2 different coloured ink – mine was SU Melon Mambo & Marina Mist
Adhesive pearls/gems
Wet glue
Version 2

Supplies needed
C6 card – mine was SU Pretty in Pink
14.3 x 10cm mat – mine was SU Elegant Eggplant
13.8 x 9.5cm mat – white
Background stamp
Versamark ink
Clear Embossing powder
Pink, Purple & green inks
Sponge daubers/brushes
Spare white & purple card
Sentiment stamp/peeloff
small piece ribbon & 1 brad
Stick on gems
Kitchen roll
Scrap paper

Card 2 Faux Pressed Flowers
Version 1

Supplies needed
C6 pink card  -mine was SU Pretty in Pink PLUS spare card
Scrap purple, white & green card
2 tiny buttons – mine were purple
Sentiment stamp/peeloff
Ink
Embossing folder
Corner punch

Version 2

Supplies needed
C6 card – mine was mid yellow – CU So Saffron
Spare card for mat – mine was purple SU Elegant Eggplant & white
Scrap card – mine was yellow & purple (as above)
Small circle punch
Flower punch
Background stamp
Coordinating ink
Die cut frame shape
Embossing folder
SU’s bird on a branch punch
Stick on pearls

Card 3 – Punched Easter Bunny (oh poor Bunny!!

 

Supplies needed
C6  Blue card – ideally sky coloured
Scrap card (ideally at least 1/2 an A4)– white, black, green
Pink ink & sponge dauber
Pink pen
Butterflies (?what type see picture for clues)
The following Stampin Up punches (or equivalent)
1” & 1 1/4” circle
Plain oval
Boho Blossom
Easter greeting – stamp or peeloff

Hi Ladies I hope you all had a good time at the Thetford show & did not spend too much.

This is just a quick post to remind you all that the new date for this months meetings are Saturday 16th & Sunday 17 th February (times as per usual)

I will be adding the card details hopefully tomorrow.