Tuesday, March 20, 2018

March Club Projects


Happy Tuesday, everyone!  I am really draggin' today...of course, the gray skies and snow flurries I see out my window might have something to do with that...and the prediction of another nor'easter on its way tomorrow.  That will be #4 for March 2018!!!  And it's the first day of spring!  Anyway, I wanted to share the projects my club participants did this month; I really enjoyed designing them and my stampers seemed to love them too!

Since once of the SAB promotion items is this lovely Springtime Foil DSP, I thought doing an ombre effect with SU's brayers would be fun:


We brayered layers of Blushing Bride, Flirty Flamingo and Calypso Coral on a pane, then added a flower from Flower Shop and punched out with the Pansy Punch, colored with a SU Blend.  The sentiment is from Basket of Wishes, punched with the Tailored Tag punch, and finally, we added a border diecut with the Flourish Thinlet; to make it easier to adhere, it was backed with some Adhesive Sheet, so all we had to do was peel and stick!  And here are a couple of other samples I showed them using the same technique:


For the second set of projects, I went "old school", using the One-Sheet Wonder technique that I learned a long time ago when I first became a demonstrator!  Basically, you stamp a whole sheet of cardstock (in our case, just a half-sheet) randomly to create your own designer paper.  Then we cut it into smaller pieces and made two full-size cards and one note card with our stamped panel:


The set Blooms and Wishes is perfect for this type of project; we used Pool Party, Sweet Sugarplum, So Saffron, Peekaboo Peach, Wisteria Wonder and Soft Sky for a springy palette; the sentiments from the same set (and an additional one from Beautiful Bouquet) were stamped in Basic Gray and all diecut with the Stitched Shapes Framelits:



You can't see it here, but some of the flowers were embellished with a Wink of Stella pen too!  Finally, they learned how to tie a "One-Hole Bow", which is great for keeping your ribbon from slipping off your card.  I did a tutorial for it and you can see it HERE!  And since there is no DSP on these cards, I am entering these in the No Patterned Paper challenge from Cards in Envy!

Ialso made a little gift for my hostess using the Wood Crate Box and the Seasonal Layers Thinlets; my friend Wendy made some really cute Easter-themed ones (you can see them here), but I didn't have any bunnies or chicks or eggs that were current, so I made a spring one with cherry blossoms and a sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes:


Phew, are you tired of all the photos?!  Thanks for hanging in there with me!  

About fifty family members and friends from church went bowling on Saturday; it's really tough for wee ones to get that ball down the lane without going in the gutter (I struggle with it too!):


Mommy helped with the ball guide, and a few times we put up the bumpers too:


But that scoring is really the hard part...checking out to see how she did:


Enjoy your day and be blessed!

7 comments:

Dawn Tidd said...

Great club projects, LeAnne! The ombré cards are gorgeous. I had almost forgotten about one sheet wonder classes, one of my first I ever went to so many years ago! Looks like bowling was a success!

I Card Everyone said...

All gorgeous, LeAnne! I especially love your one-sheet wonders! and those foiled papers are really stunning!
=]

Kampin' Karen said...

I especially love the ombre ones. Can you believe I still have not used my wood crate set!

Lisa Elton said...

All of your designs and cards are incredibly pretty LeAnne!! The box you made for your hostess is extra special! Cute photos of your little bowler ;)

Linda Callahan said...

Wow you are a machine girl! These projects are wonderful! I love the one sheet wonder stamping!

Nancy Frustaci said...

Gorgeous cards, I love the different backgrounds you created and the beautiful colour choices. Thanks for playing along with us over at Cards in Envy

Sherri Thacker said...

Your flower cards are AMAZING!! So soft and pretty!! Thanks for joining us at Cards in Envy for our "no patterned paper" challenge this week.