Yesterday I had the pleasure of sharing the Hip Hip
Hooray Mini Album, designed by Delys Cram, with two of my favourite craft ladies Kay and Bev.
We spent a lovely afternoon crafting … and here is
the result …
Left to Right, Bev's, Kathe's and Kay's
By Bev
By Bev
By Bev
By Kay
By Kay
By Kay
The following photos are from the Mini Album I made ...
The ladies shared a “Hip Hip Hooray Card Kit” {and had heaps
of Cards, Envelopes and Stickers left over}.
The Hip Hip Hooray Card Kit Includes 20 printed card
bases (10 ea. of 2 designs), 5 sticker sheets, 20 Kraft envelopes, 1 sheet of
Stampin’ Dimensionals, 18” Whisper White Baker’s Twine; 10 mini paperclips;
3-piece Hip Hip Hooray Stamp Set & clear block!
Hooray for quick, handcrafted cards!
The only items we needed to add to the project were
3 Brads, a Button, and the sentiment stamped on the cover, which is from the “Just
Sayin’” stamp set and matching “Word Bubble” Framelits.
Special Tools : Big
Shot, Magnetic Platform, Small Scallop Stampin’ Trimmer Rotary Cutting Blades, Stampin’
Scrub and Stampin’ Cleaner, Stampin Trimmer, Stampin’ Trimmer Rotary Addition
Saturday
I had a Work Shop with Bev and her friends, and we made the sliding spinning
card that I test ran on our Crafty Ladies last week {will do a separate post in
the coming days}.
THEN
Monday night I taught at the “Women Connecting” Craft Group, and we made 2
sliding spinning cards.
The ladies
had the cards done and dusted, and we finished up early.
As the class
is steadily increasing in numbers, I had to make up 35 kits of each card, which
made 70 kits in all to be made!!!
I have just
had to order new blades for my Stampin’ Trimmer!
{I will
do a separate post in the coming days}.
This
brings us to our weekly “Create With Kathe” Craft Class on Thursday.
We made 2
cards, the first a d lovely floral card featuring the “Vivid Vases” stamp set
and the Blendabilities Pens, the second card was a ship in a bottle, where we
carried on with last weeks theme and used the Apothecary Accents Framelits to
make the bottle.
Project 1 Floral Card featuring “Vivid Vases” Stamp
Set
The card
base is Naturals White, layered with Basic Gray cardstock, and then Coastal
Cabana cardstock, which has been embossed with the “Decorative Dots” Embossing
Folder. The corners are rounded with the Corner Rounder Punch
Naturals
White cardstock and Background Designers Series Paper Stack in Coastal Cabana
are punched with the Scalloped Tag Topper Punch and then sponged with Crumb
Cake.
Random splotches
from the “Gorgeous Grunge” stamp set in Coastal Cabana are stamped on the
Naturals White Tag.
The “Vivid
Vases” stamp is stamped on Whisper White cardstock then coloured with the Blendabilities
Pens, and then fussy cut and adhered with Dimensionals to the Naturals White
Tag.
The “Hey
There!” from the “Just Sayin’” stamp set are stamped with Black StazOn on
Vellum, then cut with the “Word Bubbles” Framelits.
The rose
is made using the same Background Designers Series Paper Stack in Coastal
Cabana and the Spiral Flower Originals Die, and several flowers are punched
using the Petite Petals punch, and placed either side of the flower and in the
middle of the spiral flower.
The finishing
touch is the colouring of the Linen Thread, Vintage Faceted Designer Buttons
and the Pearls using the Coastal Cabana Blendabilities marker.
Inside
the card, the words “Everything with be OK, even if we can’t see what OK is yet”
is stamped from the “Really Good Greetings” stamp set, using the Basic Black
and Bermuda Bay Stampin’ Markers, and of course another splotch form the “Gorgeous
Grunge” stamp set in Coastal Cabana.
Wah-lah Floral
Card featuring the “Vivid Vases” stamp set done!
Project 2 Ship In A Bottle Card
I first
saw a similar card on Pinterest, which gave an awesome Tutorial via "Stamp With Bernie" on how to make
the bottle using the Apothecary Accents Framelits.
I followed
the instructions and then made a template in clear plastic, which the ladies used
to draw around the edges of the Apothecary shape, to create the bottle.
The card
base is Soft Suede, which has been sponged in Crumb Cake.
The next
layer is Marina Mist, which has been stamped randomly with the stamps from “The
Open Sea” stamps in Crumb Cake, and the edges are sponged in Marina Mist, with
one corner being rolled, and then sponged.
The top
left corner has a square of Crumb Cake cardstock which has been faux stitched
with the Piercing Tool and the “Essentials” Paper Piercing Set, and placed
behind the rolled corner.
The
bottle is Whisper White cardstock, and is cut using the Apothecary Framelits, and
then the Bottle template is placed over the shape and drawn around, and then
fussy cut.
The bottle
is first outlined in Black with the Basic Black Stampin’ Marker.
The ship is
from “The Open Sea” stamp set, and is stamped on a slant in Black StazOn, with
the sails lightly coloured with the Crumb Cake Stampin’ Marker.
The sea
and a touch of the sky are sponged with Marina Mist.
Once dry,
the remainder of the bottle is sponged with So Saffron, and when that layer is
dry, the edges of the bottle are sponged in Chocolate Chip.
The bottle
is adhered with Dimensionals, and Bakers Twine is tied around the neck of the
bottle.
A bottle
top {you can pick up a bag of 100 at the grocery store for around $3} is then
squashed in the Big Shot and the gum seal removed.
Stamped
on a scrap of Naturals White in Black StazOn are the words “1 great life.” from the stamp set “Something
to Say”, and is punched out using the 1” Circle Punch, and then sponged in
Chocolate Chip, this is adhered to the squashed bottle top.
The
Crop-A-Dile is then used to punch a small hole through the metal, which the
Bakers Twin is then threaded through.
The
bottle top is adhered to the card with a Dimensional and the finishing touch is
the Crystal Effects which is added the surface of the
bottle top to give a raised and glossy effect.
This is then left overnight for the Crystal Effects to dry.
The inside of the card has a piece of Naturals White cardstock which
has been sponged with Crumb Cake, and has an anchor stamped at the bottom
corner, this is adhered with double sided sticky tape to the card-base.
Wah-lah
Ship In A Bottle Card done!
Stamp Sets Featured ...
“Gorgeous Grunge” Background Stamp Set
“Just Sayin’” Stamp Set
“Really Good Greetings” Stamp Set
“Something To Say” Stamp Set
“The Open Sea” Stamp Set
“Vivid Vases” Stamp
Recipe Ingredient List
Stamp Sets: “Gorgeous Grunge”, “Just Sayin’”, “Really Good
Greetings”, “Something To Say”, “The Open Sea”, “Vivid Vases”
Ink: Black StazOn, Chocolate Chip, Coastal Cabana, Crumb Cake, Marina Mist,
Momento Tuxedo Black, So Saffron
Both
Classes were small, but we had maaaaaany laughs!
Bev made Pikelets
and homemade Kiwifruit Jam for our afternoon tea, she is such a sweetie, and she also made a jar of Kiwifruit Jam for Jen, Kay and Marion, and oh Moi! AND it
is divine – thanks Bev!
At the
evening class we had a newbie, Audrey attend, and we finished not too late {compared
with previous nights hint hint Bev and Jen!!!}, although we did eat most of the
Chewy Caramel Tim Tams!
Our first
project was inspired by a Scrapbook Layout by Jacque Williams, which she taught
the previous weekend at our quarterly Scrapbook Class.
The second
project, the ladies made 4 cards each, and got to mix and match their choice of
colours, Hostess stamp sets {“Simply Sketched” and “Bloom With Hope”}, and
techniques: Aqua Painters, Blendabilities and Blender Pens.
I was so
impressed with their gorgeous work, that all the ladies artful work is featured
below ..
By Audrey ...
By Bev ...
By Lizzy ...
Project 1 “Hexagons and Pennants”
Saying “Goodbye”
to my fav Doily, the “Paper Doily Sizzlits L”, and ”Hello” to 2
of the new In Colours “Blackberry Bliss” and “Hello Honey”.
The
card-base is Naturals White, with the colours of Blackberry Bliss, Hello Honey
and neutrals Crumb Cake, Soft Suede featuring.
Have
to say I love the new “Moonlight”
Designer Series Paper Stack, and was pleasantly surprised by the colour and
prints, and with 48 sheets in a pack, $14.50 is a very good price!
The
sentiment for the 2 sample cards, are hand coloured using Stampin’ Write
Markers in Blackberry Bliss and Hello Honey, and feature the wording “I Freakin’
Love You” from the “Yippee-Skippee!” stamp set, and “You've Got Courage, You've Got Strength” from the “Something To Say” stamp set.
The
“Word Bubble” framelits are used to cut the sentiment, but as I wanted the tail
of the bubble to tilt in a different direction, I showed the ladies, how using
the light and painters tape, how to reverse cut the Bubble.
The
ladies also learnt how to make an xtra cute flower using Linen Thread.
As
with all cards, each ladies card{s} turned out slightly different, which I always
love to see, as just with the flip of a 2 sided cardstock, this can change the
whole look of the project!
Project 2 “Mini Gift Cards”
The ladies got to make 4 cards each, with the finished size of the cards 3”x3”.
The card-bases were Crumb Cake cardstock, cut 6”x3”, with Naturals White cardstock, cut to 2 7/8”x2 7/8”.
I made up an array of cards ...
The ladies then got to mix and match their choice of
colours, Hostess stamp sets {“Simply Sketched” and “Bloom With Hope”}, and
techniques: Aqua Painters, Blendabilities and Blender Pens.
As you
can see from the list below, we tried many colour combos!
The inside of the cards had either words stamped, or gorgeous images stamped and coloured ...
As a colour/technique
comparison, I made up a card using the same stamp, and 3 different colouring combos …
Combo 1
is Memento
Ink Pad + Coastal Cabana and Daffodil Delight Blendabilities
Combo 2
is Memento
Ink Pad + Aqua Painters and Bermuda Bay, Coastal Cabana and Daffodil Delight Ink
Colours {and Pool Party washed around edges} ...
Combo 3
is StazOn
Black + Aqua Painters and Bermuda Bay, Coastal Cabana and Daffodil Delight Ink
Colours ...
These cards are quick and easy to replicate, and making a small
card for a friend can really lighten {and makin'} her day!
Recipe Ingredient List
Stamp Sets: “Bloom
With Hope”, “Just
Sayin’”, “Petite Pairs”, “Simply Sketched”, “Six-Sided Sampler”, “Something To
Say”, “Wetlands”, and “Yippee-Skippee!”
Ink:Baked
Brown Sugar, Bermuda Bay, Blackberry Bliss, Blushing Bride, Calypso Coral, Coastal
Cabana, Crisp
Cantaloupe, Daffodil Delight, Hello Honey, Melon Mambo, Old Olive, Pistachio Pudding, Pool
Party, Real Red, Soft Suede, Strawberry Slush, Stampin’ Write Markers Blackberry Bliss, Hello Honey and Memento Ink Pad + StazOn
Black
Blendabilities: Cherry Cobbler, Coastal Cabana, Daffodil Delight, Old
Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Rich Razzleberry and Color Lifter
Cardstock: Crumb Cake,Natural Composition Specialty
Designer Series Paper,Naturals White,
Whisper White, Moonlight Designer Series Paper Stack
Punches: Corner,
Hexagon, Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack {Heart} and Petite Pennants Builder
