September 30 & October 1/ 2017 Embossing Paste, with a Few Twists!!

We started out pretty simply with a couple of cards cased from the Annual Catalogue using the embossing paste with a stencil and then coloring the paste with a reinker and using it again with a stencil.  Then we got creative by applying the paste with the palette knife to the stamped ‘cappuccino foam’ image from the ‘Coffee Café’ stamp set.  It was a happy accident when the ‘coffee’ leaked through the ‘foam’!!  Then we mixed the paste with Dazzling Diamonds glitter and applied it to the tree to add a bit of snow to the image. 

I showed a couple of samples made using stencils created from our dies and demonstrated another technique using the paste and an embossing folder.

Contact me if you have questions or would like to order some of these products.

              

                   

September 11 & 13/2017 3 Quick Cards

They were all designed with the words ‘Happy Birthday’ but some became ‘Thank You’ cards; some were ‘Thinking of You’; some brothers, uncles and husbands became the ‘World’s Greatest’ and a few were left blank to wait for the right occasion. 

                   

August 26 & 27/2017 Christmas in August–A Card Buffet

Oh so many lovely dies and stamp sets and embossing folders!!  We were busy all day (and some came the next day too), but did manage to finish all the cards.

Some were traditional, some were elegant, one was an ‘oldie but a goodie’, one used a stamp from a Halloween set and there was even a Christmas Rose.  AND, ALL of them used the Bigshot in one way or another.

Watch for the next ‘Mini Christmas Buffet’ coming on October 28 at the All Day Stamp Retreat .  Be sure and save the date!

        

        

                 

                         

                         

          

August 20, 2017 A Christmas Card Buffet

The designs for the Christmas in August - a Card Buffet are done. If you'd like to see them please contact me right away for the link. It's this weekend - Saturday in Devon and Sunday in Edmonton - and the cost is still $3.25/ card.
Here's one of them…

Happy Stamping! Wendy

August 14 & 16/2017 3 Quick Cards

The BigShot was definitely in use again in this class.  There was some dry embossing – we used ‘Selective' dry embossing with the butterfly folder – and layered die cutting.  With a little bit of sponging, some colouring with the Watercolour Pencils and a tiny bit of ribbon, the cards ended up looking pretty nice!!

                       

July 29 & 30/2017 Christmas in July

Well there ARE only 21 Saturdays left until Christmas so it is indeed time to get started on cards for this year!  The BigShots were smoking while we prepared these cards!! 
Lots of dies were used, some of the new In Colors, as well as new ribbons and even a brand new stamp set (with coordinating dies) – ‘Carols of Christmas’.  It will be in the Holiday Mini catalogue that comes out in September BUT… if you want to start working with it right away, you will be able to purchase it and the dies separately or as a bundle on August 1.  Just let me know as soon as you can.  I think it is going to be very popular which can possibly lead to back orders – just sayin’.
These two cards feature the dies and one of the stamps from the set. 

                         

These are the clean and simple ones – but oh so pretty!
                             
                            
                     

And a couple that are sort of ‘vintagey’ (making up my own words!).
                                     

July 10 & 12/2017 3 Quick Cards

Well… this time they weren’t really all that quick.  I did a lot of die cutting ahead of time to make things go a little faster, but I got a little carried away this time. 

I really liked the colours and the layouts and basically all the cards.  They look pretty clean and simple but just took a little longer than usual to put together.