Sorry to those who are just browsing for inspiration. This post is quite long and is one specially for my Saturday morning ladies. So feel free to scroll down if you want to miss the how to and shopping list. All products are available from Samuel Taylor shops or to order from the online shop.
As promised ladies, here are the cards we did in class and the other ideas that we just don't have time for in a single morning. For anyone who can't make it to class I have added a shopping list and a simple 'how to' so that you can join in via my blog.
REJOICE
What you need
Dreamweaver – Rejoice stencil
Marianne snowflakes die
LR0123
Marianne – Christmas
tree die cutter –LR0176
Echo park paper co, winter wishes, Dazzling dots WW39005 (12 x 12” scrapbook card)
1 x A6 white vellum,
1 x A6 white glitter card
1 x A4 smooth white card
White & blue 3D liquid Pearls
Chipped Sapphire distress ink
How to :-
1) Take the A4 white card and fold in half to make your base card.
2) Cut an A5 (210mm x 148mm) piece of the Echo Park paper, distress the edge using chipped sapphire distress ink and attach to the front of your base card using your preferred adhesive.
3) Take the dreamweaver stencil and stencil the word rejoice 7 times vertically down the page using the chipped sapphire distress ink. Remember each time you do this, you must align the stencil vertically with the lines on the paper and also with the base line of the 'R' or 'E'. I found it easier to work right to left because I am left handed but you might want to practice on a scrap piece of paper first.
4) Rip and tear the vellum lengthwise corner to corner and rip a strip of one of the pieces so it is smaller than the other. Then apply glue to the straight edges only and fix as shown on the above card.
5) Cut and emboss one Christmas tree and colour the embossed baubles in toning colours and stick over the vellum.
6) Using the white Liquid pearls squeeze a vertical and horizontal line of pearls/beads onto the corners/edges of the card and allow to dry.
7) Cut 3 silver mirri snowflakes and 3 white glitter card snowflakes. Glue the white glitter snowflake on top of the silver mirri snowflake. Glue them to the front of the card in a cluster and finally add a large blob of blue liquid pearls in the centre of the snowflakes for the finishing touch.
Simple snowflake
What you need
Dreamweaver – Rejoice stencil
Marianne snowflakes die
LR0123
Craft creations CP1645 (silver bordered blue texture with stars)
12 x 12” scrapbook paper
Heat gun.
1 x 6” x 6” white card (base)
1 x A6 white vellum
(matt)
1 x A6 smooth white card
(sentiment)
1 x A6 white glitter paper (snowflakes)
1 x A5 silver mirri
(snowflakes)
Distress ink – weathered wood
Versamark ink pad
Silver embossing powder
How to :-
1) Using the Marianne snowflake dies cut 3 each. Larger ones in silver the small one in white glitter card. Shape, layer and glue them together using 2 different silver ones and one small white snowflake. You should end up with three 3D snowflakes. (I hope that's clear. I've rewritten that sentence 3 times now)
2) Cut the Craft creations scrapbook paper in half and then one piece in half again. Using the left over negative from either of the silver snowflakes, stencil through it with versamark onto any edges of the 6 x 6" scrapbook paper that doesn't have a silver edge. Apply the silver embossing powder and heat using a heat gun. Affix it to the front of a 6" x 6" base card.
3) Add the three 3D snowflakes to one corner of the card.
4) Onto white card, stencil though the 'rejoice' stencil using versamark, apply silver embossing powder and heat using the heat gun. Cut to size, matt and layer onto Silver miri card and vellum before fixing to the card.
Snow Scene
What you need
Dreamweaver – Rejoice stencil
Marianne – Christmas
tree die cutter –LR0176
Christmas
tree with village church – LR0172
1 x 6”x 6” white card
A4 sheet white card for die cutting
A4 sheet white paper
A6 cream card
Chipped Sapphire distress ink
Ultra fine white glitter
Quickie glue pen
Moon mask made from post-it-note or similar
Promarkers
Pastel yellow
Holly
Bright green
Cocoa
Ice grey
Caramel
How to :
1) cur and emboss two Christmas trees and one Village church from plain white card. Remember to keep the small cut outs from the trees.
Colour the small cut outs from the tree in the Holly promarker. OK....this could be hard to describe but here goes. Snow usually accumulates on the ends of branches SOOO.......starting from the bottom leave a line of white then colour a line of bright green. don't go above the line of the cut out. This is where you need to start white again. You don't need to be too precise just zig zag your way along.
2) Colour the church and houses using the embossing lines as a guide. I've used different shades of brown to define each house. Remember to leave the roofs white. Trace round the edge of the village church onto cream card, cut out and glue it behind to create the glow in the windows.
3) Take a piece of white copier paper and make a mask by ripping it across into a landscape style edge. Out of a post-it note make a moon mask.
4) Take the moon mask and position it on your base card. Place your landscape mask about half way up the card but covering the lower section. Distress the upper portion of the base card. Move the landscape mask down, shifting it's position so it's not a mirror image of the one above and continue to distress. Repeat this once more.
5) Remove all masks and stencil Rejoice down the side using chipped sapphire distress ink.
6) Stick your church/houses and Christmas trees to the card and for the finishing touches add shadows and a glittered road/path with the quickie glue pen and white glitter.
Snowflake Flower
This is one where you have to be creative and be able to freehand draw holly leaves.
What you need
Dreamweaver – Rejoice stencil
Woodware vase punch
Marianne snowflakes die
LR0123
1 x A6 white glitter paper
Echo park paper co, winter wishes, Dazzling dots
WW39005 (12 x 12” double sided scrapbook card)
1 x A4 smooth white card
Mid blue blending chalk or pan pastel
3D glue
3D foam pads
Blue Glitter
Fineliner black/red
Adirondak ink pad – bottle
Strong glue
Promarkers
Holly
Pine
Pastel blue
Ice grey 1
Ice grey 5
Cool grey 3
How to:
1) Out of white card punch a vase and add shadow using the ice grey 1 promarker.
2) decide where you want to site the vase and make small pencil marks where the top of the vase will sit. Through the negative of one of the snowflake die chalk half a snowflake onto the side of the vase.
3) Draw 3 sprigs of holly/berries coming from where the pencil marks are using the fineliners.
4) Punch and layer the snowflakes (as above) this time using white glitter card for the larger snowflakes and the echo park paper for the small one. Add a blob of clear 3D glue and sprinkle the blue glitter on top.
5) Using the grey promarkers draw a table top for the vase to sit on. The top line should be Ice grey 5 blended down to Ice grey 1.
6) Stencil the rejoice stamp using the bottle Adirondack ink. Cut out and attach to the card using 3D foam pads.
Village scene
What you need
Marianne – Christmas
tree die cutter –LR0176
Christmas
tree with village church – LR0172
Craft creations CP1645 (silver bordered blue texture with
stars) 12 x 12” scrapbook paper
1 x 6”x 6” white card
6” x 6” sheet white glitter
card
Ultra fine white glitter
Quickie glue pen
Promarkers
Pastel yellow
Holly
Bright green
Cocoa
Caramel
Sandstone
How to:
1) Cut one large tree and 3 village/church from white card. From 2 of the village/churches cut off the church steeple and the Christmas tree. Cut one small tree from the waste and throw the rest away. Colour and create the window glow as above (Snow scene).
2) Stick the other 6 x 6" piece of Craft creations paper to your base card.
3) Rip and tear the 6 x 6" glitter card three times, so that you have a matt white edge on the upper edge. Glue down the two side edges and along the bottom only and attach to card.
4) Place the church die cut with one of the houses on the top of the middle layer and tuck the remaining houses behind the middle layer. Remember to make sure any cut edges are hidden behind the landscape or other houses.
5) Glue your two other trees to the card.
WOW!!!!!! Marathon or what???!!!!! So much for trying to keep it brief !!!!!
Hope this is helpful ladies. Hopefully see you back again on the 24th October when we will be doing stamping. Specifically - masking and resist techniques. Thinking of an autumnal theme using trees and leaves, with yellows, oranges, reds and browns. Ideal for difficult men. LOL
