Bokeh technique

This is a technique that has been very popular for the past year. I never really liked it... I guess it was all about the background and seemed like a lot of work that could easily be achieved with designer series paper (patterned paper). But when I got this limited time Sale-a-bration (FREE) stamp set 'Hello' (available only until February 15th), I thought this would work perfectly on its own on a bokeh background. So I did my research and found an excellent tutorial by Diane Dimich.

So I won't go into details on how to make this card - you see it all on the video above.

The colours I used in my card were So Saffron, Calypso Coral and Crumb Cake, and the sentiment is stamped with Versamark and embossed with white embossing powder.

Stampin'Up! Convention Make & Takes - Part 2

Keeping it with the "Hello, Lovely" -theme ....

this card uses stamps from "Hello, Lovely" and "Gorgeus Grunge" stamp sets. Both are my NEW favourites!!!

The colours are Bermuda Bay, Crisp Cantaloupe, Coastal Cabana, Old Olive, Summer Starfruit and Calypso Coral.

Key in using the Summer Starfruit is to stamp first off on a scrap piece of paper and THEN on the card (as you can see... I didn't read the instructions with my Summer Starfruit... - oh well)

The twine is White Bakers Twine which I held against Coastal Cabana ink pad and pulled the twine to ink it (you have to do this couple of times to cover it all - although I did want to leave some white showing)

Oh and the blue arrow is Coastal Cabana Core-dinations Cardstock, stamped with Coastal Cabana and afterwards sanded lightly.

Stampin'Up! Convention Make & Take - Part 1

So I got back from the convention on Sunday evening - what a great trip and all the new stuff that Stampin'Up! is bringing us this fall. I got some great ideas for card classes for the fall - Now I just have to find the time to make a class schedule :-)

Well - I think the schedule has to wait until I get back from my summer holidays - there is no time to produce it before

This was one of the kits we got at the Convention. It uses the chevron "Tag a Bag Gift Bags" (p.158) and inside there are 5 simple cards with envelopes.

We can make the Make & Takes at the convention, but I didn't have the time and I have found out that if it is a bag or a box, they usually get torn in the suitcase, so I decided to make them when I got home.


And that's what I did - all 5 projects in one evening!!!! (well... I was downloading new maps to my TomTom navigator and trust me - I was quicker than the TomTom!!!)

There is a little tag that has an Old Olive card stock banner, a Silver Glimmer Paper circle, a piece of Calypso Coral Chevron ribbon and a stamped sentiment from "Hello, Lovely" stamp set in Coastal Cabana. The bag is then tied closed with Bermuda Bay ribbon.

The cards are white Note Cards and Evenlopes (p.162) and stamped with the same "Hello, Lovely" stamp set.

The colours are Bermuda Bay, Coastal Cabana, Crisp Cantaloupe, Old Olive and I through in some Strawberry Slush on couple of the cards.

 

The cards are super simple, but that's the whole idea  - you really cannot make too elaborate cards if you make dozens of these as a Teacher gift or to a bigger groud :-)

 

Note the little rhinestones in each card!

 

 

 

Hello! Card Class: March 5th

I'm so excited about this card class - I just LOVE all the stamp sets I used on these cards and the colour palette is so wonderful - they are pretty easy to do and if you wish, you can alter the greeting on couple of them for "Happy Birthday" or "Thank You".

Hope to see you at the class!

Please RSVP by Friday, March 2nd