Workshop Card

Hello again my loyal readers. I really thought I would keep up on this better, I'm sorry I haven't been posting more lately, but then again, I haven't been making anything to write about! :-(

I'm just having a really tough time getting back into the swing of things with stamping. I hope to get my momentum back soon, but have a busy few weeks coming up and a trip to take for work, so not sure how good I'll be able to do. For now I've got a card to post from my workshop last weekend, and then I have to go and try to get a Mother's day card made tonight. And then a birthday card too, my poor Mom's birthday is always a few days from Mother's Day so she often gets a combined gift, kind of like a kid who's birthday is two days after Christmas (right, Skyler?). Anywho.....

Here is one of the projects we did last Sunday. I tried to demonstrate the "scratch-n-sniff" technique on the strawberries, but it wasn't very successful, in fact I think most of the stampers just skipped that part. Some attempts worked and the room definitely smelled like strawberries, but it's kind of a hit & miss thing and very messy. I had to experiment a lot and found the best mixture was 1 part sugar free jello to almost 2 parts of the ultra thick embossing powder. When I used the regular clear embossing powder, the "stuff", as well as the color, seemed to scratch right off.

I have to admit that this card is almost a total case from the gallery at splitcoast. I didnt' change much. So I'll give credit where it's due and link to the inspiration card by Wendybell.

We used So Saffron, Black, White, Real Red, Only Orange, and Wild Wasabi card stock. The stamps were from Tart & Tangy of course. We also used the "sweet" from last years Sale-A-Bration set So Very. The sweet was punched out with the small SU oval punch and layered on black punched with the large oval punch. I just tied the gingham ribbon around the focal image panel. I also used a small circle stamp from the Always set and stamped a border on the black layer and then embossed with clear embossing powder. That did not photograph well at all, but in real life, it gives a very subtle pattern and really makes that layer "pop" on the card. The strawberries were inked up with red and green markers and stamped, then cut out and popped up on dimensionals to the front of the card.

I really loved how this card turned out. I was a bit hesitant to use it as a workshop project since it was almost a total copy, but I just liked it so much that I couldn't resist.

I have one more card from weeks ago to post, but I need to get a better picture of it first, hopefully I will do that in the morning. I'm off to try to get a couple cards done tonight, and hopefully can stamp a little in the morning also if I get up and moving early enough. I'm getting my hair cut at noon. Yay! I'll try to come back soon, and thanks for hanging in here with me! Enjoy your weekend!