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*

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*

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*

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*

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.

suekapp@comcast.net

suekapp56@gmail.com

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*

Happy New Year!  

 

2018

1/4/018 Thursday's @ NDB

It is my understanding that we will be in room 7 on the second floor for all the Thursday classes.

Barb and Katie have January birthdays, we'll discuss a date to celebrate.

I love to fulfill requests, 

so we're starting off the new year with this standing easel calendar card.

I used a Hampton Art layering set and distress oxides.

One I used my water brush after stamping, the other is just stamped.

Please bring your basic class kit 

including

bone folder

black edger

water brush if desired

That should do it,

Looking forward to getting back to card classes!

Susan *Ü*

12//14/017 Thursday's @ NDB

Today we will be meeting in room 7.

Just a reminder today will be the last class for the year!

After class we will have our annual luncheon at Nick and Jimmy's.

We will also have our holiday card exchange, give one get one.

We will also be celebrating Prissy's birthday today.

I am beginning to explore new companies, 

(new to me)
This one is called Crafty Individuals and they are located in the UK.
www.craftyindividuals.co.uk

Today's card we are using the technique called black magic.
This gives you the ability to color on black card stock.
One of the cards I used metallic colored pencils.
They didn't really shimmer on the image so I went over 
everything with my clear Wink of Stella.
I also used my clear blender pencil.

The second card I pulled out my chalk pencils.
Exactly like chalks but in a pencil form.
Chalks can be applied with a Q-tip.
Again I used my clear Wink of Stella 
and this blended the chalks saving a step.

Colored Pencils

Chalk

Please bring your basic class kit

including

Gold edger

Wink of Stella, clear

colored pencils or chalks

anything needed to apply medium.

Looking forward to seeing everyone!

Susan *Ü*

12/7/2017 Thursday's @ NDB

Today's class will be in the Community Room.

Just a reminder December 14 will be the last class for the year!

After class we will have our annual luncheon at Nick and Jimmy's.

I will need you to RSVP so I can make a reservation.

We will also have our holiday card exchange, give one get one.

We will also be celebrating Prissy's birthday on the 14th.

Today's card is another Penny Black scenic card.

The process will be different than the one we learned last month.

This will be done with a series of masks and reverse masking.

Please bring your basic class kit

including

white gel pen or paint pen

brown edger

I used distress oxides and foam blender

broken china

worn lipstick

wild honey

fired brick

vintage photo

That should do it, see you next week!

Susan *Ü*

11/30/2017 Thursday's @ NDB

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving,

we definitely ate too much!

Today's class will be in the Community Room.

I love Laurel Burch's designs and was fortunate enough to receive 

several from a dear friend for my birthday.

I choose this one for today and paired it up with a Sizzix center fold die cut.

I just love using a rainbow of  colors.

Please bring your basic class kit

including

ballpoint glue pen

poker

tweezers

gold edger 

scissors

favorite coloring medium

I used colored pencils and a colorless blender

 On to December, can you believe it!

Susan *Ü*

11//16/017 Thursday's @ NDB

Today we will meet in the Community Room.

Due to Thanksgiving there will be no class next week.

I think this is my favorite card this month!

This Penny Black stamp is aptly named Tranquil.

Believe it or not it was so easy to create.

Please bring your basic class kit

including

non stick craft mat

small paint brush

gold edger

white gel or paint pen

I used distress oxides and foam blender.

salty ocean

faded jeans

wilted violet

Looking forward to seeing all of you!

Susan *Ü*

11/9/2017 Thursday's @ NDB

Today we meet in the Community Room. 

Nothing says Hanukkah like latkes,

fried potatoes, yum!

Lawn Fawn came out with this Hanukkah set.

Rather than go with the traditional Menorah

I played with the latkes.

Please bring your basic class kit

including

scissors

ballpoint glue pen

tweezers

silver edger

coloring medium

(I used colored pencils and a colorless blender.)

That will do it,

have a wonderful week.

Susan *Ü*