Framelits and French Foliage

I have not had a lot of time to get into my craftroom lately but I finally made time to play with the Framelits I bought from the last mini catalogue.  I used them to make this "Z fold" card which I think worked quite well.  These cards are an interesting twist on a regular card where you score the front of the card down the middle and fold it back on itself.  You can then create an overlapping image using cut out shapes or just plain squares and rectangles.


For this card I layered different sized framelit shapes to create the overlapping image.  I used the French Foliage stamp set and the faux mother of pearl technique on the front image.  All this combined with some DSP and I had an interesting folded card. 

I still have some spare spaces in my next Stamp-A-Stack.  If you are interested please contact me.  Details for this workshop are below.

The next Stamp-A-Stack will be held on Saturday 21 July starting at 2.00 pm. As per all SAS's we will be making 8 cards, 4 each of two different designs. I have included images of the cards we will be making here.

The first design uses an old favourite stamp set called Circle Circus. The other design uses a stamp set called Flower Fest which is new to this year's catalogue.

If you are interested in joining me on Saturday 21 July to make these cards please send me an email and I will add your name to the list.

Cost of the SAS is $20.00 which includes all materials to make 8 cards and matching envelopes as well as a light refreshments.

Faux Mother of Pearl

This week I have also been playing with the Faux Mother of Pearl technique.  This uses Frost White Shimmer Paint and some glad wrap.

I have three examples to show you here.  The first stamps from the Established Elements stamp set and the other two use stamps from the Nature Walk stamp set.

I will be teaching this technique at my next Stamp Club gathering on Saturday 4 August for my ongoing Stamp Club members.  If you are not in this group but would be interested in finding out more about this technique please contact me and I will offer this as a technique class later in the year.

Using embossing folders

I decided the other day to google and see if I could find different ways to using the various embossing folders I own.  I found so many ideas to try that I was almost completely overwhelmed.  Here are my fist two finds.

The first is pressed embossing where I have punched circles of various sizes and stuck them onto a piece of Poppy Parade cardstock.  I have then run the whole piece through the Big Shot with the Square Lattice embossing folder and there you have it.  A bit of trim and a sentiment from Happiest Birthday Wishes and I had made a great card.




The second card is amazing.  I CASed it from an American demonstrator but then I couldn't find her name on my second search.  A similar card is also in the latest Mini catalogue.  This is so simple, first I punched out the shape in a piece of Whisper White cardstock.  Then, using small stamps (flowers, flourishes & circles in this case) I stamped around the edge of the punched hole.  Once it wass stamped, I sent it through the Big Shot in the Perfect Polka Dot embossing folder.  I then stamped the sentiment on the piece of punched out cardstock.  I put the embossed layer on the card using plenty of dimensionals and then put the sentiment on the card base through the window.

As I said, these are the first two cards of a list a mile long of new ideas I have found.  I will be making these cards at my August Stamp-A-Stack so keep an eye out for the date.