Gift Pouch

Enjoyed a weekend at home for a change, due to the weather our local Motorcross meeting was cancelled although we didn't seem to have the rain here that was predicted.    We could have travelled to another venue but much further away and with the outlook there not so good we decided to stay at home.

 

We didn't get a lie in though as there was the F1 Qualifying Saturday and race on Sunday so we were awake nice and early!

 

I wanted to share the second part of my card class this month, something I had done, but in a different design at my recent Big Shot Class.

 

It uses the Scallop Envelope Die for the Big Shot and I had seen one but there were no instructions on how to create it so I had to figure that out for myself.

 

Now I put in a Hot Chocolate pouch for display but you could make a bookmark and put inside, use it as a sliding card or even a gift voucher wallet.

 

 

I have used the same design as the card in my previous post so that both could be given together.

 

The Marina Mist border at the bottom of the Newsprint paper was cut with the "Tasteful Trim" Bigz XL die and I use this one so much.

 

Used the oh so cute 7/8" Scallop Circle Punch to surround the Antique Brad.

 

If you'd like to learn how to get the most out of your dies, why not join me at a Big Shot Class, I run two every month, one daytime one evening at Whitminster Village Hall, just off J13 of the M5.

Secret Garden Stamps

 

Here is the card we made at my 2 Card Class this month, although the second project wasn't a card, it was a 3D item!

 

The "Secret Garden" stamp set wasn't high on my list when the Spring/Summer Catalogue was released but after a short while I decided to buy it and haven't stopped using it since.

 

The outline flower images are beautiful, whether stamped then coloured or stamped onto patterned paper, or used with a technique like we did on the card below, the results are stunning.

 

Whilst browsing Pinterest I saw a card using this colour combo and decided that I loved it so my inspiration began there!  The combo is Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Marina Mist and Very Vanilla.

 

I had seen the flower colouring technique previously and had shared it with team members at a recent Team Training event.

 

The flower is stamped and embossed with White Embossing Powder then you colour the image using the Whisper White refill ink with an Aqua Painter.  Allow it to dry or use a heat tool then colour over the top with your required colour, again with the Aqua painter, here we used Marina Mist.  If you are good at shading the results are amazing, I'm not so good but  I think the flower still looks pretty, and it is a really simple technique, very therapeutic too.

 

 

We used the Large Doily sizzlit die, cutting one in Vanilla, one in Marina Mist then trimming off the first section to reveal a smaller doily.

 

The words are from "Fabulous Phrases" which work lovely with the "Word Window" punch.

 

We used the Window Frames Framelits dies and co-ordinating "Festive" piercing pack to centre the doilies then added the flower, some "Little Leaves" and a gorgeous Antique Brad.

 

Loved the finished result so much.