Playing with colour...

Tomorrow's workshop will be a colourful one!  Michelle will be using brayers and Big and Juicy rainbow pads to create colourful backgrounds using Perfect Medium as a resist.

I will be demoing Brusho paint crystals, creating backgrounds with an explosion of colour.

Don't forget your "Emboss It!" challenge cards. And also if you would like to sell any cards at Village Day this year then please bring them in Cello bags with your name (or Membership No if you have one) clearly marked on the cello bag.

April and the year ahead

The year is flying by - April already! This month we are doing an embossing masterclass. Michelle and I will start with the basics of stamping and embossing for those who haven't done it before or who haven't done it for a while. We will explore different inks, embossing powders and look at a range of techniques that can be developed from basic embossing.

Linda A will be doing a demo, based on a workshop she attended, featuring double embossing, i.e. using Cuttlebug embossing folders combined with embossing powders. See below for some of her ideas.

And the plan for the rest of the year, based on requests and pins to Pinterest, looks like this:

April 27th - Embossing Masterclass
May 25th - Brusho/Distress Ink Resist
June 29th - Collage Mini Canvas/Silk Paint
July 27th - Melt pot/Wood burning
August 31st - Pan Pastels/Gelatos
September 28th - Christmas decs (fimo/clay)
October 26th - Christmas bling
November 16th (Scout Hut?) - Christmas gift wrap/tags
November 30th - Final workshop - party?

This schedule is not set in stone so if there are any other techniques anyone would desperately like to do, or if you would like to volunteer to demo for any of the above then please let us know!!

Don't forget your entries for the "Wear It" challenge this month.

Distress Inks Mastered!

Well done to all our new recruits on Wednesday night. You did a great job on your first Distress Ink cards. And here are the photos to prove it! 

Thank you to Kay for her beginner's demo - exploring stamping, distressing edges and the basics of matting and layering.

Michelle demonstrated a double resist technique, first stamping and embossing plain card. Then adding colour distress ink. Then stamping and embossing again, before finally adding a dark colour distress ink. Very effective results! Click here for a tutorial.

And finally the distress inks and water demo. We looked at three techniques with water :

• stamping an image with distress inks and either spritzing or blending the colour with a wet paintbrush

• inking up an acrylic block then spritzing the block with water and stamping

• inking up card with distress inks then spritzing a stamp with water and stamping to create a watermark image (didn't get any piccies!)

 Click here for 'How to guide' for each water technique.

Distress Ink Masterclass

Our next workshop will be a Distress Ink Masterclass ("In a change to the published programme...!") We have decided to bring it forward as we have had a couple of enquiries about techniques. So on offer will be a Beginner's Intro, Distress Ink resist techniques and using Distress Inks with water .

Prepare to get messy fingers! See you on Wednesday.

And the winner of the Card Competition is...

...Linda Walker!  See below for Linda's winning card and Evan Davis holding the very same card, just after judging the competition. Linda was presented with her prize of a few crafty goodies and her membership money back at the last workshop. Well done to you Linda!!

 

Second prize went to Linda Bradley for her patchwork field card. Linda also received some crafty goodies - but at arms length as she had the lergy and didn't stay for the workshop last month!!

Our third prize winner was also not at Card Club so we will give out her prize at the July workshop and leave the surprise till then!

We were a select few at the June workshop but the creativity was definitely still flowing. Here are some of the backgrounds and finished cards from the last workshop along with new demo notes.

Click here for the demo notes on batik backgrounds.

Click here for demo notes on using Cosmic Shimmer sprays and masking techniques.

Click here for Sheena Douglass's instructions on the Promarker acetate backgrounds.

June Workshop

Just a quick reminder of our workshop tomorrow. We will be looking at background techniques using various forms of inks and resists. Kay has made a couple of examples above, using a batik effect. I will be using glimmer mists with stencil masks and Michelle will be working with Promarkers and archival ink on acetate. 

Don't forget to bring our challenge backgrounds too so you can swap and complete someone else's card for next month. If you haven't had time then you can always use the background you create tomorrow night! The winners will both receive half price entry into the next workshop.

We will also be announcing the winners of the Membership Pack card competition.