Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Q&E Cards @ NDB 2/17/2018

Hot off the craft table, just finished this month's Q&E.

Join me in making 10 all occasion cards
Saturday February 17 at 10:30 am, NDB center
Please let me know if you would like to join us or order a kit.
You can email me at
Pictures of all the cards are included.
Each card packaged in an envelope.
Class cost $20.











Please bring your basic class kit
including
double sided adhesive
ballpoint glue pen
tweezers
poker
scissors
edger if desired.

Hope you all are enjoying the heat wave we're having!
See you soon,
Susan *Ü*


Monday, January 29, 2018

2/1/2018 Thursday's @ NDB

Last week I found myself at Vintage Market
https://www.vintagemarketanddesign.com/ 
with my gift card, thanks to all of you!
There will be lots of new stuff arriving on the heels of Creativation,
but you know me I had to buy something now.

I love Carabelle products from France.
https://www.artstamp.fr/index.cfm
So I picked up this funky flower called 
Jardin des Delices
which translates to 
The Garden of Earthly Delights.
We will create a background with Distress Oxides.
I colored the image with every possible item I had within reach.
Sharpies, gel pens, mermaid markers, glitter markers, paint pens, wink of stella etc.
I do believe you can use anything or a variety of them all.




Please bring your basic class kit
including
Non stick craft mat
spray bottle with water
black edger
Distress Oxides (I used)
twisted citron
salty ocean
peacock feathers
Perfect Pearl spray
Variety of coloring items, pens, markers etc.

That should do it,
Loving this warm weather.
See you Thursday.
Susan *Ü*


Thursday, January 18, 2018

1/25/2018 Thursday's @ NDB

Today's card is a technique called Northern Lights
and is supposed mimic the Aurora Borealis.
Here are my attempts.





Please bring your basic class kit
including
black edger
Distress Oxides and foam blender
salty ocean
peacock feathers
picked raspberry
wilted violet
twisted citron
cracked pistachio
lucky clover
and 
faded jeans
black soot

You just need about 3 colors that work together.
I played with many combinations.

I love taking a piece of white card stock and creating a colorful scene!
Susan *Ü*


Thursday, January 11, 2018

1/18/018 Thursday's @ NDB

Today we will celebrate Katie & Barb G. birthdays

Today's card is my funny valentine,
do you have that song stuck in your head now?
Gone are the days of mushy valentines in my house.
We will be masking and using the MISTI on this card.

This one is colored using pastel pencils.

 The next two are colored pencils and colorless blender.

I switched up the sentiment.

Please bring your basic class kit
including
favorite coloring medium
black edger

That should do it, see you all next week!
Susan *Ü*

Thursday, January 4, 2018

1/11/018 Thursday's @ NDB

NOTE: we will be celebrating Katie & Barb G. birthdays next week, 1/18

Hello all, hope you are getting back into routine after all the holidays!
Today's card features Clarity Stamps 
https://claritystamp.com/
out of the UK.
This stamp is called Lone Cyprus.
I really like the round format and it comes with a stencil.
I was quite surprised when I put it in my MISTI and had to remove the foam shim.
This clear stamp is as thick as a red rubber stamp, wow!

So as you can see I tried many color combinations
 and two different types of paper.
The technique for the background is cling wrap!


I finally settled on two blues.
This one is on a semi gloss coated paper,
and the one we will be doing.

This one is the same two colors but on glossy card stock
you can barely see the difference.

Please bring your basic class kit 
including
Distress ink broken china
Distress ink mermaid lagoon
brayer
spray bottle w/water
distress markers or any water based marker
crushed olive
mermaid lagoon
black soot
stencil used crushed  olive distress ink, foam blenders
black fine tip sharpie or micron pen for outline work.
black edger

That's it, have a great week!
Susan *Ü*




Wednesday, January 3, 2018

Q&E Cards @ NDB 1/20/2018

Join me in making 10 all occasion cards
Saturday January 20 at 10:30 am, NDB center.
Please email me if you would like to join us or order a kit.
Pictures of all the cards are included.
Class cost $20










Please bring your basic class kit
including
double sided adhesive
ballpoint glue pen
tweezers
poker
scissors
edger if desired

That should do it, look forward to seeing you all!
Susan *Ü*