Another afternoon of last minute cards

 

I love, love, love how these cards turned out.  And they really are quick and easy.

 

I started with white cardstock and a variety of ink mists.  I sprayed blue first.  Then some purple. Then red. A little more blue and purple.  Lots of gold on top.  Remember to let each colour dry before spraying another colour on top.  Just a few minutes, but it prevents the colours from blending and becoming muddy.  The gold Maya Mist on top adds a really pretty shimmer.

 

 

 

I stamped a Christmas message randomly across the surface of my cards with gold ink.

I edged each card in the Inca gold I had used on my last cards.  And then used a fine black pen to scribble a border.

I found some gold thread and cut long lengths.  About an arms length or more.  Then bunched it up and glued down on my card.

I punched snowflakes out of gold paper.  I have three different sized snowflake punches.  Some I layered, some I pop-dotted for dimension and some I just glued straight down. The biggest snowflake was adhered over the gold thread.

Each of the snowflakes got a blingy jewel to dress it up. 

I collaged the matting with bits and pieces of tissue paper, vellum and Christmas patterned papers I had left over from other projects.

These cards are really quick and easy to make, and so pretty IRL with all the shimmery ink, Inca gold, gold thread, gold paper and jewels.  Unforgettable Memories has all the supplies you'll need to create these cards for yourself.

Card Class March 20

There has been some requests for cards lately so I have created four detailed, 3D cards. I am really liking the techniques in these cards. The "thank you" card is coloured with Copic markers and the background is not patterned paper - I made it all myself! You can do it too - it's very easy! As you can see in the pinwheel card photo each card is also completed on the inside as well.

This class will run at 7:00 pm on Tuesday March 20. Cost for the class is $28 or $23 for members. Call the store at 250-785-2711 to sign up today.

This clear stamp set from Hero Arts is used on every card in the class. The best part is, you get to have your own to take home! The sparkle gems at the top look like flowers in this picture, but they are really round. We use a few in the class, but you'll have leftovers to play with as well!

Karen Foster Christmas Card Kit

New in store are these super fun Christmas card kits from Karen Foster.

As you can see from the picture, this kit includes everything to make 18 different Christmas cards. The Kit includes: 1 metal tin container, 18 blank cards (in 3 colours), 20 cream envelopes, 24 - 4x6 textured cardstock pieces (in 3 colours), 24 - 4x6 Christmas double-sided patterned papers (in 4 designs), 1 clear sticker sheet, 6 Santa die-cuts, 9 yards Scrapper's Floss (in 3 colours), 15 silver & 15 gold mini brads, 12 Jumbo coil brands (in 3 colours) and an idea booklet.

This is a great deal and a nice way to make some Christmas cards to give away or to give the kit as a gift.

Christmas in July

Yes, not only is summer coming, so is Christmas and we are going to have some Christmas classes and sales to get ready.

First up is a one sheet wonder class on July 13 at 7 pm. Come out and make 9 cards from one sheet of patterned paper. Jen will show you how to make the most of your paper. Cost is $25. Call, email or drop by to sign up today.

There will be sales and coupons as well. Keep watching the blog and newsletter for more information.