Card Class August 2023

Today I'm sharing today three cards that were made in my card class last month. It was the first class for most of the attendees and I think everyone had a fun time! And though I haven't posted the class projects before, I've been offering card making classes since June of 2022. 

The first card involved a quick lesson in stamping, gluing, dry embossing using an embossing folder and my Stampin'UP! Cut & Emboss machine and punching. It featured the beautiful Designer Series Paper (DSP) called Awash in Beauty on a Balmy Blue card base. For a subtle effect, a small panel of Balmy Blue was embossed using the Pretty Flowers embossing folder and added to the front  The greeting was stamped and punch with the Double Oval punch and branches were punched using the Bough punch:

The second card is a favorite split angle design and featured the gorgeous Hues of Happiness DSP. This card introduced the concept of adding dimension to a card by using double sided foam stickers. Three flowers from the DSP pack were fussy cut and then added on top as the focal:

The last card we made was a Z-fold using the Sweet as a Peach DSP...I had to share this fun paper since it was peach season! Everyone stamped the branch & leaves, and then the peaches using clear photopolymer stamps. Some folks opted to use the flip side of the DSP (which was white dots on a peachy background) while others kept it at the same peach design for both the front panel as well as the inside panel. And I shared a tip on positioning the white inside panel exactly so as to not show when the card was closed!

While I’ve designed these cards and prepped its components, I always encourage everyone to change up the design if they want to, to make it their own! Some do, and others prefer to make it as the example. It's all good!

I hope you enjoyed a glimpse into one of my classes and that it inspires you! Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day.