July Technique Class - 2007

I made the cards below in my upline's July Technique Class. We used bleach on all 3 cards and had a fun time.

I was very surprised on how the bleach effected each piece of paper differently. I was also surprised that I didn't get any bleach on my clothes. I'm notorious for ruining whatever I'm wearing with ink, bleach, glue... whatever can get on my clothes and not come out.

My favorite of the 3 cards is probably the Stem Silhouettes card though I'm not a big fan of the Stem Silhouettes stamp set. Not really sure why I don't like this set that well but I don't. I think I will probably try to do another card similar but using the flower stem from a different set. Maybe I'll use the Embrace Life set since I gave in and got it the other day. Clearly you can tell I'm trying to get caught up on my blog posts again since I'm mentioning a stamp set that wasn't available until January 2008 and this blog is suppose to be for a class that I attended in July 2007. Oh well. Eventually maybe I'll get caught up and the blogs will reflect the current stamp sets and not retired ones.

CARD RECIPE #1:

Stamps: Rough Wheel, Stem Silhouettes, Hugs & Wishes
Paper: Pale Plum, Perfect Plum, Confetti, River Rock
Ink: Basic Black Craft, Pale Plum
Accessories: EP, Brads, Ribbon, Dimensionals, Bleach
Techniques: Bleach
Difficulty (1-Easy 5-Advanced): 2

CARD RECIPE #2:

Stamps: With Gratitude
Paper: Brocade Blue, Baroque Backgrounds DP, Close to Cocoa
Ink: Old Olive, Close to Cocoa
Accessories: Bleach, Paper Piercer, Marker, Ribbon
Techniques: Bleach
Difficulty (1-Easy 5-Advanced): 2

CARD RECIPE #3:

Stamps: Doodle This, Print Pattern
Paper: Wild Wasabi, Lovely Lilac
Ink: Encore Gold
Accessories: Gold EP, Pearl Effects, Wild Wasabi Ribbon
Techniques: Bleach
Difficulty (1-Easy 5-Advanced): 2

June Technique Class - 2007

My upline's technique class in June was all about movement, so we made a waterfall card, spinner card, and pop up card. I think the spinner card was probably my favorite though the pop up was probably the easiest.

This is my first attempt at making a waterfall card. It's a good thing my upline was there helping and had done them before because without her help and assistance in teaching this technique in her monthly technique class I don't think I would have ever figured it out or even tried it. It was actually pretty easy once I got the hang of it and I can foresee myself trying to make more of the cards in the future. It definately was an evening of new techniques and learning. Along with the Waterfall card we also learned out to make spinner cards and pop-up cards. I love the way all the cards turned out, and I have already cased the spinner card for my Afternoon of Stamping with Friends class. It was a big hit with my friend's teenage daughter.

WATERFALL CARD RECIPE:
Stamps: Bugs & Kisses, Petals Wheel
Paper: Certainly Celery, Almost Amethyst, Apricot Appeal, Confetti
Ink: Certainly Celery, Apricot Appeal, Almost Amethyst
Accessories: Eyelets, Ribbon
Techniques: Waterfall card





SPINNER CARD RECIPE:
Stamps: Fishy Friends
Paper: Taken with Teal, Cool Caribean
Ink: Taken with Teal Craft
Accessories: Pennies, Dimensionals, hole punch
Techniques: Spinner card

POP UP CARD RECIPE:

Stamps: Ruff Day, It's Your Birthday
Paper: Cool Caribbean, Au Chocolate DP, Chocolate Chip, Confetti
Ink: Basic Black
Accessories: Ribbon, Watercolor Pencils
Techniques: Pop Up Card