February 2019 Card Group Projects

Last Thursday we got together for our first card group meeting of 2019.  It was a very happy afternoon and it was so nice to welcome Mo back to the group and so lovely to see Pam after her recent illness.

We've made reflection technique cards at card group before here and here.  The end result is always stunning but it's fair to say it's time consuming and can get a bit fraught if things go awry!  How we did it was to stamp a row of trees on the panel, stamp the row of trees using black StazOn onto a piece of acetate, flip the acetate over so the image is upside down, position it carefully underneath the trees previously stamped on the panel and then use a brayer to transfer the ink from the acetate to the panel.  The ink comes out paler so looks like a reflection.  We then used punched circle masks for moons and sponged inks onto the scene.

I asked the ladies if they remembered the reflection technique and a lot of them remembered and also remembered that it could get tricky!  Then I said we were making a reflection card so they needed to concentrate and keep their wits about them as they knew things could go pear shaped.  My ladies soon discovered that I was just messing with them as the Inkylicious stamp I used for the card already has the reflection included as part of the image - ingenious!

I inked the panel with Distress Inks in Wild Honey, Faded Jeans and Dusty Concord using ink duster brushes and stamped the pines image in Black Soot Distress Ink.  I layered the panel on a black CS mat and stamped the sentiment underneath - very simple, and not at all fraught!  This card is a nice gender neutral or masculine design.

 

Just simple stamping on the inside and the envelope flap. 

 

The second card features attractive die cut leaves and some great texture through the use of a  woodgrain embossed panel.  The colour combo is SU! Soft Seafoam, Granny Apple Green and Very Vanilla.  I spritzed the Very Vanilla panel with water before embossing with the 'Woodgrain' folder.  I stamped the sentiment after I'd die cut the flagged banner.  I found a pack of pretty shell buttons in my stash that I've been hoarding for years and I decided it was time to actually use them!  I threaded some Old Olive Linen Thread through the buttonholes and attached the button with a glue dot.

 

Here's the inside of the card and the envelope.

 

Card three uses the new SU! 'Butterfly Gala' stamp set and the matching 'Butterfly Duet' punch.  I saw this fab video made by Patty Bennett in which she showed how to add colour to the butterflies with sponge daubers - so easy and effective!  I used SU! Daffodil Delight and Berry Burst inks, using both inks to colour the large butterfly and just Berry Burst ink to colour the small butterfly.  After gluing the gingham paper and the Daffodil Delight sentiment strip to the white panel I stamped two images from the SU! 'Artisan Textures' stamp set a couple of times and then adhered the punched butterflies in place - making sure to fold the wings up for some dimension.

 

Here's the inside of the card and the envelope.  I'd kept the piece of CS that I'd punched out the stamped butterflies from to one side and then I used that as a mask so I could add colour to the small butterflies on the black and white patterned paper strip for the front of the envelope.  I just held the mask in place and added colour to the butterflies by gently dabbing the daubers. 

Supplies for reflected trees card:
Stamps: Inkylicious 'Reflections - Blue Hills Pine' set, Personal Impressions 'Medium Everyday Messages' set , Stampendous 'Sending Wishes' stamp
CS: SU! Basic Black & Whisper White (thick & regular)
Ink: Ranger Tim Holtz Wild Honey, Faded Jeans, Dusty Concord & Black Soot Distress Inks
Tools: Inkylicious ink duster brushes

Supplies for leafy friend card:
Stamps: SU! 'Flourishing Phrases' & 'Needle & Thread' sets
CS: SU! Soft Seafoam, Granny Apple Green  & Very Vanilla
Ink: SU! Granny Apple Green
Tools: SU! 'Woodgrain' embossing folder, SU! 'Flourish' Thinlits & 'Stitched Shapes' Framelits die sets, MFT 'Fishtail Flags Stax' die set
Embellishments & accessories: SU! Old Olive Linen Thread, Papermania shell buttons, water spritzer bottle

Supplies for butterflies a little note card:
Stamps: SU! 'Butterfly Gala' & 'Artisan Textures' sets
CS: SU! Berry Burst, Daffodil Delight  & Whisper White
Patterned paper: SU! 'Botanical Butterfly' DSP pack
Ink: SU! Berry Burst & Daffodil Delight,  Memento Tuxedo Black
Tools: SU! 'Butterfly Duet' punch
Ruth