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Graphic 45 Paradise Lost Card Class!

 

Graphic 45 Lost in Paradise card class, August 24th 2019.

Shaker card

Tri-fold Card 

Colored Diamond Dust with Alcohol inks

Recommended Basic Supplies:  Paper trimmer, scissors, ruler, bone folder, wet glue, double-sided adhesive or tape runner and dimensional foam tape! A silver & gold pen for edging. Optional: Wink of Stella for adding shimmer! If you own Flower tools and Black Jelly Roll Glaze Pen.   You will find this list on my blog: Dreaming of Castles!

Additional supplies used in this class:

Six A2 Cards & envelopes

Graphic 45 Lost in Paradise – 8x8 Pad

Graphic 45 Lost in Paradise – Sticker package

Elizabeth Craft Designs – Tropical Florals Dies

Elizabeth Craft Designs – Jungle Leaves Dies

Sizzix – Toucan Sentiments Dies and Stamps

Sizzix – Jungle Shadow Box

Frantic Stamper – Pineapple Die

Nesting Square Dies for frame

Tim Holtz Oxide Sprays - Paint Toucans - Picked Raspberry, Fired Brick and Peeled Paint  

TH Oxide Ink-Tropical Flowers–Worn Lipstick, Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed - Tropical Leaves–Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn

Blender Tools

Versafine Black Ink and Embossing powder

Tim Holtz Stamping Tool

Water Brush

Nouvo Embellishment Mouse Coral Calypso

Kaiser Craft Stencil – Leafy

Spatula

Diamond Dust

Ranger Alcohol Pearl - Sublime

Buttons & Galore Sparkletz

Misc. –Beads & Sequins for shaker card

·        Cardstock: ivory to make the folding card, several greens red, yellow, orange, black, white

**** TECHNIQUES

·        Stencil with Mouse on shaker card

·        Ink Tropical Florals with Distress Oxides #5

·        Painting Stamped Toucans with Oxied Sprays and color Diamond Dust #6

Basic Tool Kit

I promised in my last class to share what I carry in my basic kit for class. These are the items in my basic kit for class:


Recommended Basic Supplies:
Paper trimmer
Scissors
Ruler
Bone folder
Wet glue
Double-sided adhesive (preferred) or tape runner
Dimensional foam tape
Roll of foam tape (for shaker cards)

Optional:
Silver & gold Sharpie Pen for edging
Flower tools
Black Jelly Roll Glaze Pen

NOTE:  If you need additional items I will post them on the event post for the class. 

Vintage Postcard - Swans

I could not pass up this postcard.  The swans are so beautiful.

Chillon Castle is built on an island in Lake Geneva. The earliest written history of the castle is 1150.  Today the castle is open for tours. 

Prima Golden Coast - Cards

Card class at the Scrapbook Zone July 27, 2019

Using the beautiful Prima Golden Coast collection. 

 

Recommended Basic Supplies:  Paper trimmer, scissors, ruler, bone folder, wet glue, double-sided adhesive or tape runner and dimensional foam tape! A silver & gold pen for edging. Optional: Wink of Stella for adding shimmer! If you own Flower tools and Black Jelly Roll Glaze Pen.

Additional supplies used for this class:

Six A2 Cards & envelopes

Prima Golden Coast – 6x68 Pad

Prima Golden Coast – Ephemera Pack

Elizabeth Craft Designs – Palm Trees Dies

Elizabeth Craft Designs – Adventure Edges Dies

Elizabeth Craft Designs – Flamingos Dies

Sizzix – Birds of a Feather Dies and Stamps

Nesting Rectangle Dies for frame

Tim Holtz Oxide Ink

·        Palm Tree: Luck Clover, Twisted Citron, Gathered Twigs

·        Flamingo: Spun Sugar, Picked Raspberry, Worn lipstick

·        Water: Tumbled Glass or Broken China

Blender Tools

Versafine Black Ink and Embossing powder

Stamping Tool

Water Brush

Art Anthology SANDSTONE

Pixie Powder - Candy Pink

Glue Dots

Buttons & Galore Sparkletz

Elizabeth Craft Microfiine Glitter: Warm Diamond, Vintage Pink and Teal

Misc. –Beads & Seuqins

Cardstock: Brown, several greens, pink, blue, brown, sand, blue

**** TECHNIQUES

·        Glittering with Glue DOTS 

·        Ink Flamingo with distress oxides, glitter wing edge and stencil sand with Art Anthology  

·        Painting Stamped Flamingos with Pixie Powder and Plam with oxide inks 

ATCs for June Trade

ATCs Traded in June - Theme was Sunny & Bright or Yellow

Graphic 45 Kaleidoscope

Cards from my card class at the Scrapbook Zone June 29th!  We used my favorite Graphic 45 collection from Captivation 2019...

Kaleidoscope!

 

Recommended Basic Supplies:  Paper trimmer, scissors, ruler, bone folder, wet glue, double-sided adhesive or tape runner and dimensional foam tape! A silver & gold pen for edging. Optional: Wink of Stella for adding shimmer! If you own Flower tools and Black Jelly Roll Glaze Pen.

Additional supplies used for this class:

Five A2 Cards & envelopes

One 5 ¼ x 5 ¼ Card  

Graphic 45 Kaleidoscope - 8x8 Pad

Graphic 45 Kaleidoscope – Sticker sheet

Creative Expressions – Safari Collection – African Safari Dies

Creative Expressions – Safari Collection – African Animals Dies

Amy Design Wild Animals - Wild Frame

Elizabeth Craft Designs – Peacock Feather

Elizabeth Craft Designs – Color My Flowers Stamps & Dies

Elizabeth Craft double sided sticker sheet (6 in a pack)

Tim Holtz Oxide Ink Squeezed Lemonade, Candies Apple, Spiced Marmalade

Blender Tool

Versafine Black Ink

Stamping Tool

Water Brush

ScorTool

Art Anthology ICE

Pixie Powder – Aqua Lagoon, White Pearl, Peacock Green, Candy Pink

Cosmic Shimmer Sparkle Shakers – Peacock Satin, Cerise Pink Lime Green

Misc. – Black Tulle

Cardstock – Black, Blue, White

**** TECHNIQUES

·        Painted Stamped Flowers with Pixie Powder

·        Inked Sky

·        Glittered Feather

Authentique Mister Card Class

Masculine cards for any occasion. 

Recommended Basic Supplies:  Paper trimmer, scissors, ruler, bone folder, wet glue, double-sided adhesive or tape runner and dimensional foam tape! A silver & gold pen for edging. Optional: Wink of Stella for adding shimmer! If you own Flower tools and Black Jelly Roll Glaze Pen.

Additional supplies used for this class:

Six A2 Cards & envelopes  

Authentique  Mister - 8x8 Pad

Authentique  Mister – Sticker sheet

Authentique  Mister – 12 x 12 card sheet

Elizabeth Craft Designs – Party Accessories

Frantic Stamper – Tool Box Die

Frantic Stamper – Tools Die

Frantic Stamper – Fob Watch Die

Marianne Design - Car Die

Nellie’s Choice - Cog Wheels Die

Nested Rectangle dies

Tim Holtz Dots Layering Stencil                                                

Art Anthology – LAVA

Spatula 

Tim Holtz Oxide Ink Ground Espresso

Blender Tool

Yupo

Tim Holtz Alcohol Pearl Alcohol Inks

Blending Solution

Straw

Transparency

Misc. – Sequins, beads, googly eyes and Charms

Cardstock – Black, brown, red,  

**** TECHNIQUES

·        Yupo and Tim Holtz Alcohol Pearls 

·        Stencil and LAVA 

Postcards from the Past!

I love vintage postcards and have an ever expanding collection. When I see postcards of swans I have to buy them!  They are gentle reminders of my mom who passed away over five years ago!  She loved swans.  Here is a beauty mailed in 1917, over one hundred years ago. 

Mailed Feb 1917 to Mr. Bernard Elbus(sp) or Mt. Sterling Ill.

Message: Would it be convenient for you come out Wednesday or 

Thursday evening of this week. M.M.

I am sharing these postcards with Postcard Friendship Friday!

Note - all postcards shared on Postcard Friendship Friday are from my private collection unless noted.

Stamperia Make & Take at Creativation 2019!

I was fortunate to do a make and take with Antonis Tzanidakis at the Stamperia booth.  We made this beautiful canvas with his new line of Stamperia papers and stamp!

First, we painted our canvas, then added paste with stencils and dried it.  Then we added small bits of paper from Antonis new line with mixed media glue and let it dry. 

The heart is made with paper moulding clay and stamped (a new stamp designed by Antonis).  We cut the heart image out of the wet paper moulding clay.  Tricky part was it should be dried overnight.  Since I was leaving the next day we dried mine with heat tools.  I do not recommend this.  Overnight would have been much better.  After the heart was sort of dry I painted it terracotta, wiping the excess off around the edges of the heart added a few gears to the heart and dried the paint.  

Then covered the whole canvas with a brown oil based paste, wiping of the excess.  Sadly it the heart was not totally dry and I had a couple of spots where I bumped it that afternoon and the clay crumpled.  I touched up the areas with a Nuvo Mouse and you cannot tell that it ever happened. 

LOVED this make and take. 

Creativation 2019

I just returned from Creativation 2019 in Phoenix AZ.  I have posted two albums with over 300 pictures on my FaceBook page... Links below.

Photos from my Camera
Photos from my Phone


Here are a couple of highlights!

Graphic 45 Kaleidoscope!

May Arts Ribbons

Nuvo

Calambour

Stamperia

Charity Wings Challenge

Dusty Attic 

Hope you go and view all the photos on FaceBook to get a feel for Creativation 2019!