Sentiment cards - voting is now open!

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Not strictly "Sentimental"...

Well we weren't all that sentimental after all on Wednesday! Some sentiment cards were created but as you can see from the photos I took, your creativity took over and you ran with other ideas too.

Die cut swing cards - with sentiments and without and with swing and without!! For instructions on how to use your Cuttlebug to create a flip card, follow this link.

Watercolour marker cards - sentiment backgrounds on some, but overall florals were favoured here! For ideas on different ways to use your watercolour markers click here.

Our next workshop is on 3D cards and bird cages. Don't forget to bring your Dairylea or Laughing Cow boxes of you have them!

Our schedule for the rest of the year currently looks like this:

March 25th - 3D cards  - card in a box, tri-fold card and decorative bird cage

April 29th - Punch art and Village Day prep - cards, keyrings, bookmarks etc

May 27th - Collage - paper collage and stamping collage backgrounds

June 24th - Pen techniques - calligraphy and Promarker techniques, also 'Bubble' stamps

July 29th - Paint techniques - mini canvases, acrylics and moulding paste

Aug. 26th - Game piece crafts  - jigsaw, Jenga, dominoes, Scrabble tiles etc

Sept. 30th - Wood techniques (tbc) - pyrography, wax paper transfer 

Oct. 28th - Marbling - marbling with oils, nail varnish, revisit shaving foam technique

Nov. 11th - Christmas wreaths - paper wreaths, fabric wreaths etc.

Nov. 25th - Christmas folding techniques - boxes, stars, tea bag tree. Charity raffle and Awards

Getting Sentimental

This month our demos will give you the chance to get ahead with your first challenge card (if you haven't already done it) which is to create a card where the sentiment is the main feature on the card. We will have lots of sentiment stamps available for you to choose from. 

My demo will focus on using watercolour markers with various different types of stamps and we will look at different ways they can be used - so not all cards are sentiment focused. (Sally you will get the chance to do the butterfly card similar to the one I pinned to Pinterest if you like!)

Michelle will focus on using Nestabilities very cleverly to create flip cards where the central panel can be used as a focus for your sentiment. She also has another clever folding idea for funny sentiment cards - see below!!!

We also plan to have a short AGM at the start of the workshop, so we will try to get started promptly. Oh and you may need your diaries.