Lotus Blossom Workshop - February 2015

Sale-A-Bration started on 6 January 2015. One of the Stamp sets you can get for free for every $90 you spend on product is the Lotus Blossom set. This set is a 3 step photopolymer stamp set and very easy to use.

This months workshop is based on this new set. Instructions will be posted next week, after the class.

Basic Butterflies Workshop - Sevens Box

This Box is card from my January workshop using the Butterfly Basics Bundle from the 2015 Occasions Catalogue. This box is using the tutorial from Split CoastStampers.

Supplies:

"Butterfly Basics" stamp set, Butterflies Thinlits, Decorative Label punch, Big Shot, Simply Scored Board and Metric Plate

Instructions to make this card:

1. Using the honeycomb stamp and Versamark ink on A4 Tangello Twist card.
2. Score the card at 7, 14, 21 and 28cm on the landscape side of the card.
3. Score the card at 7 and 14cm on the portrait side of the card.
4. Cut the rectangle and square adjacent on both outer edges. Trim the small rectangle edges at an angle.
5. Cut in one square down each side at each score mark. Punch out the Decorative Label punch from the middle square at the portrait side of the card. Glue the 6.5 x 6.5cm Window Sheet over the  cut-out in the front of the box.
6. Fold in the 1st and 3rd squares in at glue to the 2nd square on each side to form the box.
7. Wrap the Hello Honey 3/" Stitched Satin Ribbon around the box and attach ends together with a Glue Dot.
8. Using the middle Butterfly Thinlit, cut out a butterfly in both Hello Honey and White Vellum. Attach to the top of the box with a Glue dot.

Butterfly Basics Workshop - Card 3

This is the third card from my January workshop using the Butterfly Basics Bundle from the 2015 Occasions Catalogue. This card is a tunnel card using the tutorial from Split Coast Stampers.

Supplies:
"Butterfly Basics" stamp set, Butterflies Thinlits, Ovals Collection Framelits, Big Shot, Simply Scored Board and Metric Plate, Antique Brads

Instructions to make this card:

1. Fold the A5 Wild Wasabi card in half.
2. Colour the Flower stamp using the Wild Wasabi and So Saffron Stampin' Write Makers. Stamp on the the Whisper White card (14.35 x 10cm). 
3. Mask the flower image by covering with cut out image of the flower. 
4. Stamp the fern image in Wild Wasabi three times over the Flower image (stamping the image off on scrap paper each time first before stamping to pale the image) and then gently remove the mask.
5. Stamp "Happy Birthday" in Wild Wasabi across the top.
6. Using the middle butterfly thinlit, cut out a butterfly in both So Saffron card and White Vellum cardstock. Attach the two butterflies together with a Antique Brad then attach to the front of the card.
7. In the middle of 19.5 x 13.5cm Whisper White card, stamp "Sending wishes your way", fold the card in half and attach to the inside of the Wild Wasabi card.
8. Score the 20 x 14cm So Saffron card, using the Simply Scored Board, at 5, 10 and 15cm. Fold with a valley fold at 5 and 15cm and a mountain fold at 10cm.
9. Using the Oval Collection Framelits, align the 3rd largest oval in the middle of the card. Attach to the inside the card on the outside edges only.

Butterfly Basics Workshop - Card 2

The second card from the January Workshop using the Butterfly Basics Bundle from the 2015 Occasions Catalogue.

Supplies:
"Butterfly Basics" stamp set, Butterflies Thinlits, Bitty Butterfly punch, Big Shot, Simply Scored Board and Metric Plate, Aqua Painter, Pearl Basic Jewels

Instructions to make this card:

1. Fold the Always Artichoke card (29.7 x 10.5cm) in half on the short side. Trim 3cm from the end of the card.
2. Score the Sahara Sand card (16 x 7cm) at 2cm, fold and attach on the back of card on the left side
3. Stamp the honeycomb stamp randomly in Sahara Sand ink across the Whisper White card (13.5 x 6.5cm). Stamp "There is nothing in the caterpillar that tells you it is going to be a butterfly" in Always Artichoke in the top right corner.
4. Colour the flower stamp with the Always Artichoke and Pink Pirouette Stampin' Write Markers and stamp the top part of the flower. Partially open the Always Artichoke and Pink Pirouette ink pads and squeeze the pads to get ink on the inner lid. Pick up the ink using an Aqua Painter and colour the flowers and stems.
5. Stamp the larger butterfly in Pink Pirouette and the smaller butterfly in Sahara Sand. Stamp part of the border stamp in Always Artichoke and trim around the image, attach on the corner and trim.
6. Cut out the larger butterfly using the medium Butterfly thinlit and the smaller butterfly with the Bitty Butterfly punch. Attach the smaller butterfly to the front of the larger butterfly and attach a string of 3 Pearl Basic Jewels to the front. Gentle curl the wings with a bone folder before attaching to the front of the card.
7. Attach a 14 x 10cm piece of Whisper White card to the inside of the card.

Butterfly Basics Workshop - Card 1

This simple card uses the new Butterfly Basics Bundle from the 2015 Occasions catalogue.

Supplies:
"Butterfly Basics" stamp set, Butterflies Thinlits, Bitty Butterfly punch, Decorative Label punch, Big Shot, Rhinestone Basic Jewels

Instructions to make this card:

1. Stamp honeycomb stamp across the bottom of the 14.35 x 10cm Whisper White card in Wisteria Wonder ink and attach to the front of a A5 sheet of Wisteria Wonder card folded in half.
2. Stamp the border on 15 x 1cm Whisper White in Garden Green, trim the image and attach to the front of the card along the bottom
3. On Whisper White card stamp "Sending Wishes your way" in Garden Green and punch out using the Decorative Label punch.
4. Stamp both butterflies in Rose Red, punch out the smaller butterfly using the Bitty Butterfly punch
5. Using the small Butterfly Thinlits, cut around the larger stamped butterfly.
6. Use the medium Butterfly Thinlit on Rose Red card to make the largest butterfly.
7. Before attaching the three butterflies, gently curl the wings with a bone folder. Attach a strand of 8 Rhinestone Basics Jewels.
8. Attach the greeting to the right side of the card.

Hints:
- It is easy to cut around the images using the magnetic plate to reduce movement as you put the on top plate
- Place a piece of wax paper between the card and the thinlit and it will easier to remove

Butterfly Basics Workshop

The new occasions catalogue launched this month, with some wonderful new stamps, framelits, ribbons and other accessories. One of my favourite bundles from this catalogue is "Butterfly Basics". 

My January class was built around this bundle.

Instructions for each card will be added over the next week.