Gifts for Friends

After we remodeled our kitchen (it took 76 days!) a good friend brought me presents to use in decorating the kitchen.  In return, I made this Shrine to Gardening for her.  I distressed most of the items with Distress Ink and Distress Paint so the colors wouldn't be quite as bright.  I used Decoupage to cover all the surfaces of the box with spring-looking scrapbooking paper.  The box and all the doo-dads came from my stash.  The insect on the left side edge is a vintage pin.

 

I made this card for a friend who loves oriental design.  I used Karen Burniston's Sizzix dies, Album Accordian Flip 3-D and Frame and Label Brackets. I also used Sizzix die Regal Crest.  I embellished the card with an oriental coin and a tassle and used Graphic 45 paper to collage the images onto the accordian parts.

It's Spring !!!

and it's time for a spring-related card class.  What great weather.  I opened the windows in the room where I took photos of these cards and I could hear the birds.  Love it!

The first card uses Karen Burniston's accordian flip 3-d album die.  Look how the flowers and butterfly appear to float.  This was a really fun card to make.  I also used Tim Holtz's pediment die.  The card will fold flat for mailing.

The second card uses a Sizzix embossing folder, Inca Gold, and the flourish from the Pop n Cuts Hello set.

I would like to teach this class on April 23 at 6:30, but am wondering if that won't work because it's only 2 weeks away.  If so, then the next date I could teach this class would be May 7th at 6:30.  The cost for the class is $14 which includes materials, but there will be a supply list of typical class kit items to bring which I will list when you sign up for the class. 

Please sign up as soon as you can so that I'll know if this is going to be an April 23rd class or May 7th class.  Be sure to let me know which date you prefer.  Registration ahead of time is a must, and so is payment.  I'm looking forward to celebrating spring with you.

WENDEE

Card Club Challenge

I am so lucky!  I belong to a greeting card club with 6 other generous, funny, talented women.  We have so much fun that I can't remember if we've been together 3 or 4 years.  We meet once a month.  One woman brings treats.  Three women design a card and bring materials for everyone to make the cards.  Another woman brings "homework".  The Homework Woman puts cardstock, decorative papers, embellishments and whatever else she thinks would be fun in a bag for each of us.  The next month we all come back with at least one card made from our homework packets.  We start our meeting with all the homework assignments laid out on a table, and then we ooh and ahh over our creations, having all used the same homework materials.

This month I was rushed because I was finishing up a travel book for a class I will teach in May, but I had time to make 3 cards for my homework.

The first card is based on a card made by Karen Burniston, who based her card on the card used for the die cut packaging of the die the three of us used.  Karen is the Sizzix designer who created all the terrific Pop Ups and Pop N Cuts dies that I use on almost every card I now make.   This card uses the Platform Raising 3-d die.  Like the other two women, I also used the poinsettia from the Sizzix, Karen-designed, Noel Set and the Fancy Frame die, also designed by Karen.

The second card uses a Pop N Cut die, the label 3-d. I made the origami Kimono about 8 years ago for a class I taught.  I knew it made sense to keep all those teaching samples !

The third card doesn't use a pop up or Pop N Cut, but it does use a Karen Burniston designed die, the Sizzix Frame Back Ornate.

Much thanks to my support team.