August Technique Night!

Sorry for the delay on this.... Unpacking and settling back in to normal life after a 3-week trip camping and then seeing my oldest off to grade 1 (already!!?!) saw my blog posts be put on the back burner.

Waaay back in August [:)], our Technique Club tried out the Faux Silk technique. It is such a beautiful technique! Here's how you do it:


1. Take one layer of tissue paper and stamp
2. While that's drying, apply Anywhere Glue Stick to your card stock
3. Wait about 5 minutes to allow the ink to dry
4. Crumple the tissue and gently open it back up again
5. Adhere to your card stock that you applied glue to
6. You can flatten out as much as you'd like but ensure you leave some wrinkles to ensure you are seeing the Faux Silk effect


For a softer look, follow the steps above but instead of inking the tissue paper, ink your card stock. Before you apply Anywhere Glue Stick, ensure the ink is dry. Wait about 5 minutes.


Check out the cards we worked on....


Praying for You:

CASE'd from Stamping with Brenda

Card Stock: Whisper White, Melon Mambo
Ink: Old Olive, Melon Mambo
Stamp Set: Thoughts & Prayers
Tools: Scallop Oval Punch, Extra Large Oval Punch, dimensionals, tissue paper, Anywhere Glue Stick
Accessories:  5/8" Organza Whisper White ribbon


Tips & Tricks:

• When inking the tissue, wait a good 5 minutes to let it dry and then blow on it for good measure

                                                                              Just For You

Inspired by My Little Patch of Dirt

Card Stock: Pacific Point, Whisper White, Beyond the Garden DSP

Ink: Wild Wasabi, Pacific Point

Stamp Set: Fabulous Florets, HodgePodge Happiness

Tools: Big Shot, Elegant Lines Embossing Folder, Tissue paper, Word Window Punch, Modern Label Punch

Tips & Tricks:

1. After you adhere your tissue paper to your paper stock, use your snips to trim the excess

       Believe

Inspired by many cards online searching Faux Silk

Card Stock: Rich Razzelberry, Marina Mist, Wild Wasabi, Whisper White

Ink: Wild Wasabi, Rich Razzleberry marker

Stamp Set: Just Believe

Tools: Scallop Border Punch, Tissue Paper

Tips & Tricks:

• To make sure you center your phrase, put a small dot on your cardstock where you want the middle of your sentiment to be. That will help you line it up 

What do you think?? I'd love to hear your comments.

So much fun! Do you want to join the Techniques Club? Contact me for details!

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July Technique Night

We had a smaller group this past Friday for Technique Night but oh the fun we had learning about the QUILTING technique!! Simply bring your elements together and run through the Big Shot using your favourite embossing folder. That's it!! For these particular cards, I thought the Square Lattice embossing folder was perfect. I love how the cards are very simplistic, yet the quilting element really adds a WOW factor.


As you can see each card has a different level of quilting:
1. A small section of the card was quilted
2. The full card front was quilted
3. One layer of the card was quilted


Love the versatility! What do you think about the cards we made?

Kindness

Card Stock: Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry
Ink: Island Indigo (NEW!), Rich Razzleberry, Baja Breeze
Stamp Set: Flower Fest, Heard from the Heart
Tools: Big Shot, Square Lattice Embossing Folder

Tips & Tricks:
1. To balance the card, cut 1/2" strip of Rich Razzleberry and apply to the bottom of the card. It pulls the colour of the middle Rich Razzleberry flower and give the card excellent balance.






Thank you with Flowers

Card Stock: Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White
Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Early Espresso, Pretty in Pink
Stamp Set: For All You Do
Tools: Big Shot, Square Lattice embossing folder, 1 3/4" x 7/8" oval punch, 1 3/8" x 5/8" oval punch
Accessories: Rich Razzleberry ribbon

Tips & Tricks:
1. Stamp the top 3/4 of the Whisper White leaving the bottom 1/4" free for the sentiment. With so much detail in the quilting, you want to make sure your greeting stands out.


Going in Circles!


Card Stock: Whisper White, Wild Wasabi, Marina Mist, Pretty in Pink, Daffodil Delight, Just Add Cake DSP


Tools: Big Shot, Square Lattice embossing folder, 3/4" circle punch, 1 1/4" circle punch, 1 3/8" circle punch

Tips & Tricks
1. Whenever you 'quilt', always first adhere your elements that you intend to quilt. That way they will stay in place when you are running the piece through the Big Shot





So much fun! Do you want to join the Techniques Club? Contact me for details!

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