Inspired by nature...

A natural history theme emerged from our cards last month with studies of birds and flowers inspiring our card creations. First up - the Pan Pastel cards:

And secondly - the gelato cards:

And finally your "Colour It" challenge cards:

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Twitcher alert!

"In a change to the published programme..." we will be doing Pan Pastels, Distress Inks and Gelatos this month and not silk painting and mini canvases as per the original list. (that will now be next month)

Karen will be demoing her little birdie cards using die cuts and either Pan Pastels or distress inks to colour them in to create the species of your choice. Here's a test for the twitchers among you - name these birds...

I will be doing a demo with Gelato crayons - looking at several different techniques using embossing folders, die cuts, stamps etc...

But that's not all for this blog post as you may have noticed I missed one. So here are the Challenge Cards from last time - Emboss It challenge.

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And of course your brayered cards:

And your Brusho cards:

And finally some pictures from Village Day where we managed to keep the rain away again!!

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.

'bossing around...

Lots of embossing going on at the last workshop from basic stamping and embossing techniques to double embossing using embossing folders and embossing powders. See below for the results of all that embossing!

And this month we are doing an online vote for the "Wear It" challenge pieces. Please send me an email with your 3 preferences in order.

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.