February - die cut beauties

 In February, Brenda will be leading the class and we will be making these two beautiful cards, both of which will fit in a standard envelope.

Basic equipment only will be needed - all materials will be provided.

September - Shoe card

Our card this month is a gorgeous shoe creation, and the class will be led by Brenda.

If you want to take part and haven't given your name to Ann already, please let her know as soon as possible.  Brenda needs to know numbers so she can prepare the kits for the class.

January - gold and cream cards

Our project in January will be courtesy of Brenda and there is a choice.

Card 1

Card 2

April sneaky peek...

Brenda is providing the project this month, and this time we will be making a sumptuous boxed beauty...

The card will feature organza ribbon, and die cut embellishments.

January preview - boxed flower card or framed cameo

Brenda will be running the class in January and there is a choice - the first is this boxed card with elaborate ribbon flower.

The second choice will be two cards - one monochrome card of an intricate die cut frame with a cameo centre

and a second where the main feature will be a cutout (disregard the red background - I only used that to make the cutout stand out in the photograph!)

September 2011 - A festive door card

The class in September will be doing a project led by Brenda - this one will be a festive door card.

The key feature will be a door, with a cosy scene visible through the window panes.  We will be making a traditional Christmas wreath for the door using a fleur de Lys punch and a festive red ribbon.

May 2011

The class this month further developed the flower technique that we started with last month's card.  Pink roses are always popular, and the addition of some sparkly pink paper behind them enhanced the whole look.

February 2011

Our cards this month are going to be just for the children (or the very young at heart). 

Thanks to Brenda, who is responsible for the project in February, there will be a choice of a nice pink and glittery fairy castle for the girls, or a handsome butch grey castle for the boys.  Both cards have decoupaged fronts, and are a real feature any little boy or girl will be happy to get for their big day. 

Also, whichever card is chosen, it will come complete with a compact envelobox, which will prevent any squashing.

January - constructed shoe and cards using peel offs

This month the projects were courtesy of Brenda.

The first was a constructed shoe using templates, which was amazingly lifelike!

The second project was two A5 cards, decorated with punched paper and peeloffs stuck onto decorative paper and cut out. They were then mounted onto the card using foam pads or silicone glue. This picture is one of them.

Craft class - 29th November 2008

This was the last class for 2008 for the paper crafters. We had a selection of projects on offer today -thanks to Brenda - from a magnificent car made using an Arty Farty template, to a selection of Christmas cards.
This card was made from Cream card stock, matted and layered with gold card, and a piece of cream card embossed with the Christmas tree from Cuttlebug.

The tree was highlighted with glue (blue glue that dries white in a pen is best to use) and then glittered.

A border peel-off was used around the edge of the gold card.

A sentiment was put along the bottom of the card to highlight the effect.

The other card was made in two shades - using gold and silver card. An A6 white card was used as a base, and fancy metallic gold or silver card was used as the bottom layer, edged with peel-off.

The Christmas trees elements on the cards were made by sticking a peel-off onto acetate and colouring with permanent marker pen. They were then cut out and stuck on white glitter card, layered onto the base gold/silver card. The stars on the top were gems stuck on with glue. The small sentiment finished off the card.

Sunday 27th July 2008 - Section D

Tutors - Jackie and Brenda
Cost - £16.00

Projects



A card incorporating a box with an acetate window, filled and decorated with stamped and embossed flowers or butterflies. More than a card - a keepsake.





A Hearts entwined card - this pretty card is decorated with a double heart embellishment trimmed with cream roses and butterflies.







Champagne bottle card - cream card decorated with green and cream scalloped edge. A champagne bottle sits on the front of the card. Suitable for any occasion.






Please bring along the following tools, if you have them.

* A craft knife and cutting mat
* double sided tape
* clear glue
* pva glue
* colouring pens or pencils
* a heat embossing tool
* a long ruler
* scissors, large and small
* ball tool
* pencil

Saturday 26th July 2008 - Section B

Tutors - Jackie and Brenda
Cost - £16.00

Projects

A card incorporating a box with acetate window, filled and decorated with stamped and embossed butterflies. More than a card - a keepsake.






Cameo card - trimmed with pale blue and white frames, edged with silver peel offs and featuring a pale blue cameo style head with a silver surround.









Fairy Dell card - decorated with silver peel offs as an embellishment in each corner. On the front, a fairy matchitt embellishment sits in a circle. There is a small flower to complement the fairy matchitt.





Please bring along the following tools, if you have them.

* A craft knife and cutting mat
* double sided tape
* clear glue
* pva glue
* colouring pens or pencils
* a heat embossing tool
* a long ruler
* scissors, large and small

Saturday 28th June 2008

Tutor today: Brenda


Project 1

A5 white card decorated with dry embossing (using a "Glitter Girls" board)and a black highlight strip. Topped with a card handbag made from a template. The flap of the handbag is stamped with stazon glue pad and covered with fine glitter. Sentiment and decorative gems are placed on the front of the bag and the handle is made from very narrow black ribbon with a side edge of gold.


Project 2.

Ideal card for a man - vintage car decoupaged onto silver and black backing papers and decorated with peeloff strips and gems for headlights. The silver backing card was embossed using a Cricut embossing machine. The black corner details were made using teabag folds.