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Confetti, it's all the rage!  It's also the theme for this round of the Creation Station blog hop.  I based this design around a piece of the Lullaby Designer Series papers that I thought had a confetti feel to it. I've added a vellum pocket filled with actual confetti I've created using small circles punched from matching coloured cardstock and gold sequins.


On the front of this pocket I've added a cute rhino from the Zoo Babies stamp set.  He is wearing a party hat stamped from the Sketched Birthday set.  I trimmed the hat a little so it was just the right size for him.


The sentiment comes from the Geometrical stamp set. I initially stamped it in black and then changed my mind and decided to go with Soft Suede instead - this meant handcutting each letter out and sticking it over the top but I actually like the effect.  I've added a little exclamation mark to centre the sentiment better below the banner.


For this second design, I've featured some of our brand new in-colours - Lost Lagoon, Blackberry Bliss and Hello Honey. The faux watercolour look comes courtesy from the Work of Art stamp set.  I've double stamped each colour here to create a slightly layered look.  Then I embossed the cake from the Sketched Birthday set alongside this cute sentiment from Yippee-Skippee!


In keeping with the confetti theme, I've added a spray of punch cut circles - and a few love hearts too - from matching cardstock, made using the Owl punch.  There are a few sequins thrown into the mix for good measure!

I hope that you have enjoyed these designs.  Don't be shy, be kind and comment if so!  I love hearing from you.  Now be sure to hop over to see what the rest of the Creation Station team have created!

   


Confetti - Creation Station Blog Hop #5

July 6, 2014

Today's class was jam packed with techniques.  I had some special requests for masking and brayering and so created the following projects to teach in our first class back for the year.


As a card artist there is something so fulfilling about taking a whisper white piece of card and adding your own colouring to create a striking feature.  That was what we explored here in this design.  I taught participants to use the brayer to layer colours to create a graduating effect, in this instance a mock sunset.  We did a little masking with a 1/2 circle shape to create our setting sun.  The lion, from the current Zoo Review Stamp Set, was coloured in blender pens which allowed participants to further practice some colouring techniques demonstrated in from our last class.


This second project allowed me to demonstrate masking off the featured flower to softly layer on some En Francais background stamp script.  The centre panel is watercoloured which again gave participants the chance to practice more of the colouring techniques they saw in action last class.  I wish I could take sole credit for the layout of this card but truth is I was greatly inspired by fellow SU demonstrator Carli Ambrose for this one.


Considering how technique heavy the previous two designs were I was hesitant to also add this project to today's mix. However, the looming pressure of the upcoming class made me a little creatively blocked.  I just couldn't seem to make an alternate design I liked nearly as much that helped me teach the use of brayer to make a background paper.  So we went with it and consequently class ran a little over time... apologies ladies!  I think we will go a little more back to basics to give us a chance to recover in our next class lol x

Here we used the emboss resist technique to create the En Francais background.  Masking was again used to divide off the top of the featured tag.  Then we used the resist emboss technique here also to highlight this section.  The wording is from the Yippee Skippee Stamp set and we have spot embossed the word 'happy' in gold embossing powder.  To finish we added a Very Vintage Designer Button and a little banner featuring a sentiment from our Teeny Tiny Sentments kit.

My next class will be the 8th of February.   If you are interested in attending or finding our more information please don't hesitate to contact me!  Thanks for stopping by x




In Class - January 2014

January 11, 2014

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