2017 February Session 2 Male Card Class

This week we had about 45 wonderful ladies in our Thursday and Friday classes.  We are having so much fun sharing with all our friends.  The more the merrier!  Wine was served in both classes as well as a lot of goodies!  You are always welcome to bring something to share!

If you are new to our groups, please bring a pair of good sharp paper scissors and either a good liquid glue like Tombow in the green dual tip container or a good tape runner.  Actually both will work at different times.  That's all you need to start.  As you progress, you might want to add 3-D Foam Tape, glue dots and a lot of bling!

I will be addressing the two cards I did this session.  Products can be purchased on my CTMH site. 

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My first card started with a black card base. Take a 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper and cut it in half on the long side.  Fold in half to make an A2 standard size card 4.25 x 5.5.    The option for this card was to antique or distress all the pieces with black ink. The black print mat is 4 x 5.25.  I then added a grey dot strip of paper 5.25 x 1.75 about 1 inch from the left side of the black print mat.  Both of these papers were from older Close to my Heart Paper options.

Next assemble the sentiment tab.  I first cut White Daisy Cardstock 2 x 2.  I chose one of the 5 stamps from B1537 Birthday Sparkles as my sentiment.  I layered that on a 2.5 x 2.5 black sparkle paper.  Then layered that on a 2 5/8 x 2 5/8 black cardstock.  This only leaves 1/8" of black all around the black sparkle, but I just wanted a touch of black here.

Before I put that on my card, I used 3-D Foam Tape to raise it up and give in added dimension.  I finished the front by adding 3 black sparkles on the lower right corner of the card.

On the inside, I cut a 4 x 5.25 piece of White Daisy Cardstock, stamped it with the sentiment CTMH A1201 One in a Million

The inspiration for the second card came from a stamp that I originally wanted to use of a vintage truck.  Thinking about supplying 30 women with color pencils or watercolors to color the truck during class moved me in another direction.  Read on!!!

The second card I did stared with a cream base.  I chose cream for the base of the card because in California, most people will buy a light colored card to reflect the heat of the sun.  Again I used a 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper and cut it in half on the long side.  Fold in half to make an A2 standard size card 4.25 x 5.5.  The options for this card was to use a corner round on all the pieces and/or use brown ink to distress all the edges.  The corner rounder reminded me of the curve of the fenders on a car and the inspiration for to distress came from the hint of dirt the car gets from driving down the road. The brown wood print mat is 4 x 5.25.  This reminds me of the wood inlay both in and outside of the vehicle.  I set this aside to assemble my embellishments.

Assemble embellishments:  First attach the 2.75 x 3.5 brown leaf print to the 3 x 3.75 cream mat.  Attach to card base, leaving 1.4" at the bottom of the brown wood mat.  Next attach the cream 2.75 x 1.75 diamond plate embossed piece to the 3 x 2 brown print paper.  Use 3-D foam tape behind this and set it on an angle in the upper left corner of the card. (See card for placement).

Take the 3 x 1.25 blue print piece (I picked blue print because when you ask a man his favorite color, 9 times out of 10 they will pick blue)  and attach to 3.25 x 2 cream mat.  Place 3-D foam tape to the right side and top only and place on an angle on the upper right side of the card crossing over the left embellishment.  The reason you only put 3-D foam tape on the right side is because the left side is place on the left embellishment which already has 3-D foam tape on it.

To finish off these two embellishments, I attached used CTMH Chocolate Ink to stamp a "mud flap" and used 3-D foam tape to secure it to the left side of the left embellishment.  I also used an older Embossed Metal Badge Button from CTMH to represent the tire and hub cap of the car.

The last embellishment is the sentiment.  I chose Make a Wish from my stamp drawer and stamped a 3.25 oval I cut using the Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge.  I placed my stamped oval on a 3.5 brown print scalloped oval also cut using the Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge.  Before placing it on the card, I took a 3.25 piece of brown ribbon (representing tying a man to his car), folded in half and stapled it to the oval sentiment.  I chose a staple to represent the metal of the car.  I trimmed the ribbon and using 3-D foam tape, attached it over the bottom edge of the 2 embellishments already placed on the car.

A1201 One in a Million

B1537 Birthday Sparkles

I hope you like these.  Please comment and let me know what you think!

Christmas in November

Well last week I did a Christmas class with a friend of mine.  I had so much fun.  We each did 5 cards and had lunch in the middle.  Here are my cards.  I'll come back later to post some directions in case you want to make them.  Right now I'm suppose to be packing to attend a Copic Class in Arizona

Taught stamping off and 2nd generation stamping.  Also taught paper flower sculpturing using the new Close to My Heart Poinsettia  Stamp....sooooo cute!  Oh the Red Bird card was made using the Art Philosophy cartridge from Close to My Heart....well anytime I need a circle or scallop I use that cartridge.

Solera papercrafters 02/27/14

Here we are again at Solera in Beaumont teaching our 3 card class.  I had two cards this week and I also plan for the refreshments and prizes.  All in all we have a lot of fun.

My first card was pretty simple. A blue card base with an embossed white front which was antiqued with chocolate brown ink.  Each circle is layered and the two larger layers are glued down, then ribbon was added around the card.  The Happy Birthday is a CTMH stamp and layered on the same cardstock as the base card.  All the circles are antiqued and the Happy Birthday is pop-dotted.  Then bakers twine was glue dotted to the front....Easy!

On my next card, I again used a CTMH stamp and water colored pencils to color the flower.  All the pieces were antiqued and the CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge was used to make the tag which is pop-dotted to add another layer to the finished card.

Solera Papercrafters 02/13/2014

Wow have I really been away that long....I better just get my act together and sit down more often to share.  This week we had our Solera Papercrafters Group Valentine's Party.  Everyone brought a little something to share and Patty and I taught our cards and scrapbook pages.  We live in a retirement community and charge only $6.00 for a 3 card class.  If the girls want to do the scrapbooking pages, they pay an additional $3.00.  If they don't do the cards but just the scrapbook pages they pay $6.00 total.  So you see, we keep it pretty simple.  I found some great paper and die cuts from My Mind's Eye and put together this 2 page layout.

This page was created for 3 pictures to be placed in the center.  The oval tag with the heart will be placed between two of the pictures and is pop dotted.  The embellishment in the lower right is also pop dotted.

This page will hold 1 4 x 6 picture and 2 4 x 5 pictures.  The 3 embellishments here are all pop dotted.  Not bad for just $3.00.

It was my turn to do one card this week.  I found my inspiration on Pinterest.  I used all Close to My Heart paper.  A Martha Stewart punch for the black lace.  Cheery Lynn nested dies for the scalloped circle and regular circles.  Close to My Heart Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge to make the daisy. Darci embossing folder for the white lace. Close to My Heart stamp for the sentiment and a Candi embellishment for the center of the daisy.  The faux stitching on the daisy was created using Close to My Heart pen .05.  The Candi embellishment is pop dotted on the daisy and the scalloped circle is pop dotted on the card.

Cherry Tree Shoppe

Once a month I teach at the Cherry Tree Shoppe in Cherry Valley, CA.  I love the ladies that come and share with me.  I try to teach 4 projects a month.  This month was a huge success.  Wait till you see what I did!  I can't decide which card I like best.

My first card is a 6 x 12 base card folded in half.  I used Close to My Heart papers as they are double sided heavy cardstock quality.  I first set a triangle piece of paper in the upper left hand corner for the base.  I then added 1/8 piece of a 10"doily.  The red print paper is Close to My Heart which I folded...it's a gentle fold...not all the way down.  I put a couple pop dots under the fold to keep it rounded.  I used a Close to My Heart pearl as an added embellishment.  The banner was cut from Close to My Heart Cricut cartridge Art Philosophy antiqued and stamped in Pear ink from CTMH.  The flower punches are 4 different sizes of Carl's punches and I used a copic pen to outline each petal.  The leaves were punched from EK Success and Punch a Bunch punches.   Each flower was rolled and shaped using the McGill stylist and soft mat, then assembled.  In the center of each flower, I placed a Starform sticker dot.  While I was teaching this class, I decided to add faux stitching in white around the edges of the red printed paper.  (The stitching is not shown in this picture)

In the next card, I wanted to teach the blending and masking techniques.  The base card is a red Core'dinations Pearl paper 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 folded in half.  I added a white background piece of paper.  Then we placed a 1 1/4 round mask on a glossy piece of paper to represent the moon.  Then going from light to dark, I blended CTMH Buttercup, Honey, Sorbet, Sunset and Hollyhock inks using a soft sponge.  The birds flying are stamped in Hollyhock using a Stampscapes stamp and the feather stamp is from Stampers Anonymous....I remember buying it from Tim Holtz before he was really big.  It's hard to see in this picture, but I also stamped Dream in the lower right hand corner again using Hollyhock ink.

My third card is a tri-fold card.  I used all Close to My Heart paper, inks and stamps.   Start with a card base of 5 ½ x 12”  On the 12” side, Score at 2”, 4”, 8”, 10”.  Turn cardstock to the       5 ½" side and position it in the trimmer at the 1 ½ mark.  Cut from the 2” score line to the 10” score line.  Turn paper over and make the same cut on the other side.  Fold the first score line as a mountain, alternate valley and mountain folds at the 4” and 8” score lines. The CTMH Chantilly paper is double sided and both sides of the paper was used here, double matted using Twilight cardstock and antiqued using Twilight ink.  The Cotton Candy pink flower, Buttercup yellow flower and Happy Birthday banner were first cut using the CTMH Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge then stamped.   The Cotton Candy pink flower and Twilight Butterfly were stamped first then cut to shape.  A CTMH sentiment was stamped in the center panel.  The pink ribbon was attached to the double mat prior to be glued in place.  A Craft works CANDi dot was pop dotted in the center of the daisy.  The daisy, Happy Birthday sentiment and butterfly were pop dotted in place.

My last card is a center step card.   Start with a card base of 5 ¾ x 11.  Place the long side in the trimmer at the 1” mark and cut from 1” – 6.5”.  Turn over and cut the other side the same way.  Placing the 11” side on the scoreboard  score from the edge of the paper to the cut line at the 1”, 2” and 6.5” marks.  Turn over and do the same on the other side.  Then score between the 2 cuts at the 5.5” mark.  I used paper from my stash for the side panels and center panel.  The center panel is embossed using my sizzix big shot and a cuttlebug folder.  I used the Everyday Paper Dolls Cricut cartridge to make the girls, hair, clothes, hat and sunglasses.  I used the Beep Beep Cricut cartridge to make the car.  To finish it off, I used a red and white gel pen for their mouths and the white gel pen for the tire treads.  I used perfect pearls for their necklaces, bracelets and earrings.  The card sentiment was typed in my computer and cut to size.  The car and girls are pop dotted for an added dimension.  
 

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