Notebook Trio workshop

Come along and make these 3 items in our Notebook trio workshop.
A folding notebook, a gift card holder for a credit card size voucher, and a gift voucher/money wallet, making an excellent present. You will also learn how to make the flowers.
Phone 01753 631001 for more details or see the workshop page at sdcardcrafts.com.

Make & Take Fri 2nd April.

just a simple card this week, the fuchcia has been stamped in black ink then coloured, a little sponging around the edge, layered on to pink then silver card. A swirl has been stamped on the purple card using silver Encore ink.

Make & Take Fri 26th March

Swipe a Kaleidacolor ink pad on a waterproof mat and spray with a co-ordinating colour of Glimmer Mist which gives the background a sheen which you cant see in the picture then pull your card through it in one direction to keep the colour in line. Dry using a heat gum, rub with an anti-static pad now stamp the flowers using black Versafine ink and emboss with clear powder, use bleach to make the flowers white(I keep a water brush filled with bleach) stamp some extra small flowers in the background. I added a little colour to the centre of the flowers and added a dew drop. Trim and layer on to a purple piece of card that has had a swirl stamped and embossed at the right side using Versamark and white powder.

Make & Take Fri 19th March

2 Variations of the same card

The tree is first stamped with Versamark ink and embossed with clear powder then the background is added by swiping a Kaleidacolor ink pad on a waterproof mat and spray with water then pull your card through it and the tree resists the ink. Mount on to white card leaving a larger margin on one side for the lilac version, then stamp flowers at the side using Dusty Concord Distress ink then colour in with a clean water brush and you pull in the colour from the ink.
Stamp the owl using black Versafine and emboss using clear powderThese cards are made using a stamp set from Kan ban

Make & Take Fri 12th March

These stamps are from a set by Creative Expressions.
I stamped and embossed the leaves and swirls in Versamark and silver embossing powder, then wrapped the ribbon on the diagonal. Placed the stamped flowers on the top, I added a little colour to the flowers and leaves using Pearl-Ex Pallete

Make & Take Fri 5th March

A really simple but effective card using a Martha Stewart Stamp n Punch, the silver Mirri card has been run through the Cuttlebug machine using a small rose embossing folder.

Make & Take Fri 26th Feb

After visiting one of my favourite blogs where she had been insprired by the Winter Olympic Games, I made this card of waves.
Just take 4 pieces of white card and stamp and emboss all over with Versamark and clear powder, using any stamps that you have.
Now paint over each piece with acrylic paint and wipe off with a piece of kitchen roll, now rub over with neutral shoe polish, this will really make your stamping stand out and also give the whole thing a sheen.
Cut each piece into wave shapes and stick on to a sponged piece of card so they overlap a little.

Make & Take Fri 19th Feb

Another popular card(but all of them are really) Wipe 3 or 4 colours of Distress or Adironack inks on to a waterproof mat spray with a little water then pull a piece of glossy card through the inks, then dry and stamp an image in the centre. The edge has been coloured with purple ink then roughened with the edge of a pair of scissors and embossed using versamark and clear powder, then sponge the very edge with black ink.

Make & Take Fri 12th Feb

This technique is called Retiform or more simply a grid.
Section off a 4 sided space in the middle of a white card using sticky notes, stamp an image in the space then using the same colour with a sponge pull in the colour from the edge.
Following the lines of the first shape section off each section and stamp in it and pull in colour from the edges. When it is all finished wrap ribbon so that it lays on 2 lines.

Make & Take Fri 5th Feb

Just a simple card but really effective everyone loved this card. A simple daisy stamped and coloured.