A Nice Gift!

A friend's birthday was last month, and this is a set that I made for her. The box is a chipboard one I got at AC Moore and I covered it wth DP and ribbon. I filled it withh 4 of each cards. You can't see the red one on the right very well, but it has the cow and sheep from Farmyard Jumbo in the window...really cute, if I do say so myself! I loved making these. :)

Faux Metal Technique Class

I just finised teaching my faux metal technique class and wanted to share the projects for those of you who weren't able to make it.

If you want to shedule a class of your own at my House or yours, you need to have a minimum of 4 people committed to attend the class at $15 per person.

Faux Metal 6x6 Technique Sample
This was designed to be put in an album so that you can refer to it later.

Supplies
Year After Year Stamp Set
Short Order Alphabet
Baroque Border Wheel
Certainly Celery CS
Whisper White CS
Pretty in Pink CS
Certainly Celery CSP
Certainly Celery Stampin’ Around Cartridge
Versamark Pad
Silver Stampin’ Emboss powder
Heat Tool
1” circle punch
1 ¼” circle punch

Directions
1. Cut a 1 ¾ x 2 ½ piece of Whisper White card stock.

2. Ink heart stamp from Year After Year in Versamark ink and set aside.

3. Ink your card stock with the Versamark pad by pressing pad directly onto the card stock.

4. Sprinkle with silver embossing powder.

5. Heat with heat tool.

6. While it is still hot, sprinkle with embossing powder and heat again. Repeat three more times.

7. Stamp the embossed area with your stamp that you set aside. Set aside to settle.

8. Cut a 6 x 6 piece of Certainly Celery Card Stock.

9. Cut a 2 x 2 ¾ piece and a 2 ½ x 3 ¾ piece of Pretty in Pink Card Stock.

10. Cut the directions out to 2 ¼ x 3 ½ . Mat with the 2 ½ x 3 ¾ piece of pink card stock.

11. Mat the heart with the other piece of pretty in pink card stock.

12. Wheel the Baroque Border on the left hand side of the page.

13. Position the technique directions and the heard on the page as desired.

14. Stamp Faux Metal in Certainly Celery ink on Whisper White Card Stock.

15. Punch out with the 1” circle punch.

16. Punch out 1 ¼” circle mats and adhere to the letter circles.

17. Adhere words to the pages as desired.

Carte Postale Faux Metal Card

Supplies
Carte Postale Stamp Set
Blue Bayou Card Stock
Confetti White Card Stock
Whisper White Card Stock
Creamy Caramel Card Stock
Blue Bayou Classic Stamp Pad
Creamy Caramel Classic Stamp Pad
Versamark Pad
Silver Emboss Powder
1 3/8” Square Punch
Small Oval Punch
Large Oval Punch
Blue Bayou Double Stitched Ribbon

Directions
1. Take a scrap of Whisper White Card Stock.

2. Ink square flower stamp from Carte Postale in Versamark ink and set aside.

3. Ink your card stock with the Versamark pad by pressing pad directly onto the card stock.

4. Sprinkle with silver embossing powder.

5. Heat with heat tool.

6. While it is still hot, sprinkle with embossing powder and heat again. Repeat three more times.

7. Stamp the embossed area with your stamp that you set aside. Set aside to settle.

8. Cut a 5 ½ x 8 ½ piece of Blue Bayou Card Stock, score at 4 ¼ and fold.

9. Cut a piece of 5 ½ x 2 piece of Confetti Card Stock.

10. Take the swirl stamp and stamp a background in Creamy Caramel, rotating the stamp as necessary.

11. Adhere ribbon to the middle of the stamped Confetti White Card Stock.

12. Adhere to the front of the card.

13. Punch out flower with 1 3/8 square punch and adhere as a diamond on the front of the card under the knot from the ribbon.

14. Stamp “Bonjour” in Blue Bayou on a Confetti White scrap.

15. Punch out with the small oval punch by placing the punch upside down so you can center the word.

16. Punch out a large oval from Creamy Caramel Card Stock and mount on the upper right side of the card, diagonal from the diamond.

Doulble Lines Doodle Faux Metal Card

Supplies
Double Lines Doodle Stamp Set
Basic Black Card Stock
Brushed Silver Card Stock
Whisper White Card Stock
Silver Encore Pad
Versamark Pad
Silver Emboss Powder
Scallop Circle Punch
Ticket Corner Punch
Pretty in Pink Taffeta Ribbon

Directions
1. Take a scrap of Whisper White Card Stock.

2. Ink large circle/heart stamp from Double Lines Doodle in Versamark ink and set aside.

3. Ink your card stock with the Versamark pad by pressing pad directly onto the card stock.

4. Sprinkle with silver embossing powder.

5. Heat with heat tool.

6. While it is still hot, sprinkle with embossing powder and heat again. Repeat three more times.

7. Stamp the embossed area with your stamp that you set aside.

8. Set aside to settle.

9. Cut a 5 ½ x 8 ½ piece of Basic Black Card Stock, score at 4 ¼ and fold.

10. Adhere a piece of ribbon to the front of the card with a knot just to the right of the center.

11. Cut a 2 ¼ x 2 ¼ piece of Basic Black Card Stock. Punch corners with the ticket corner punch.

12. Cut a 2 ½ x 2 ½ piece of brushed silver card stock and punch the corners with the ticket corner punch. Adhere to the back of the black piece.

13. Punch out circle/heart with the Scallop Circle punch and adhere to the black/silver squares with Dimmensionals.

14. Adhere just to the left of the bow.

15. Stamp the “I just love you” with the sliver encore pad to the lower right corner.