New Class For June! - Authentique "Meadow" and a Card You Did Not Get to See Before

Remember the posts of my Honeymoon Bay Retreat? Some were of cards made from Authentique "Meadow". Well it turns out that I was requested to teach a class to create some of theses cards that I posted.

AUTHENTIQUE "MEADOW" CARD CLASS
Set of 5 Cards with Sabrina
WHEN: Wednesday, June 20th
TIME: 6:30 - 8:30
COST: $32 + GST

Contact Stacey at sbebc2011@gmail.com  or  778-533-4290 to reserve your spot

I don't know about you, but when I was a child I loved the stories and movies about Heidi and her friend Peter with the sheep, goats and their adventures. The paper we are using for this card class subtly hints to those stories.

We hare going to have a lot of fun getting our fingers all dirty as we ink the paper edges for these 5 cards. These will be a delight for young and old to receive. All the die cut letters will be cut for you before class, and there will be just a tiny bit of fussy cutting for homework which should be available to you at the very latest a week before class; maybe sooner. You will be notified when it is ready for you to pick up.

If you are interested in the alphabet die set, it is Altenew's "Bold Alphabet" which can be ordered through Stacey. They have both upper case and lower case sets.

PLEASE BRING TO CLASS: paper trimmer, scissors, Tim Holtz Distress Gathered Twigs ink pad & blending tool, double sided adhesive tape, foam squares and foam tape, non-stick teflon craft mat, and anything else that you think you might use like wipes for your mat and fingers.

I know I just posted these cards, but for those taking the class, I thought I would post them together with the class announcement so that they are together and you do not have to hop over to the previous post. Plus, there is an additional card that you have not seen yet! It is the card that I did not get a chance to take a photo of before giving it to Stacey as a TY for organizing a fantastic retreat for us all! Since she asked that I include it in the class, I was able to borrow it to take photos, and share it with you.

This is the card.

And these are the other cards chosen for the class.

So that is it for another June class. Hope to see you there, and have some more fun with you,

Happy creating!

Retreat Project Share #4 - Authentique "Meadow" Card

The card I am sharing with you today, is the larger A7 size (5 x 7) and was not made along with the other five you saw the other day. I made this one on another day of the retreat.

In thinking about the stories of Heidi and Peter, I thought about the adventures they had. So I had the thought to make a card celebrating adventure. A card you could give to a graduate, or someone leaving on a vacation, or even getting a new job.

Happy Adventures...

A closer look...

...and a side view...

It is always fun to find ways to use alphabet dies, and if you do not have a set, I encourage you to give them a try in your cardmaking, layouts, and album creating.

thank you for stopping by to see another retreat project. I have more, but they are not completed. Once they are, I will share them with you. In the meantime, happy creating!

Retreat Project Share #3 - Authentique "Meadow" Cards

I am guessing that you learned in yesterday's post, how much I love this sweet paper collection! I could not stop with just the mini album, I had to make some cards. Now, the ones you see here are not all of the cards I made. I made a couple that were given away at the retreat before I had time to take photos of them. They were the best ones, too! But is how it should be...give away your best creations.

I also have one more (a 7" x 5") that needs just one more thing done to it, that I have not included in this set of A2 (4 1/4" x 5 1/2") cards. As soon as I have that one completed, I will post it on its own.

So here are the cards I am sharing today.

This one is my favourite of the 5 cards.

Die cutting letters is always a fun idea for a card, or scrapbooking for that matter. I used the die set from Altenew.

This next card is super easy! Just cut, ink the edges and layer onto the card!

This one is my next favourite card of the bunch.

This cuckoo  clock is real cute. By fussy cutting a second one out and popping it over the one on the card, makes it stand out better.

This last one, is another easy one. Just by adding a banner and positioning the image off to the side rather then centred gives it a little unexpected look.

Well, that is it for these 5 cards. Hope that you are seeing how sweet this paper collection is and will want to get some for your self, to work with and create something wonderful.


Happy creating everyone!

Retreat Project Share #2 - Authentique "Meadow"

At the retreat we had a mobile store were we could shop for things that we may have forgotten to bring with us, or see the latest and new. When I saw the new release of the Authentique "Meadow" collection, I just had to get some. I love the Swiss Heidi and Peter themed paper! I bought a bunch of it, going over my planned budget. Paper is one of my weaknesses.

Any way, I decided to make a little 6 x 6 mini album to place photos of the retreat into. This is my quick and easy little album. No photos have been placed in it as of yet, but perhaps I will take photos of the project when the photos are in it, so that you can see that too.

Let's begin...

I created a magnetic closure that looks like a belt without the holes punched into it.

The flap that opens up, is where I plan to journal about the photos that will be placed onto the spread.

As you can see, the centre has two flaps, so I can write a bit more, or add more little photos.

And, the back is the same as the front.

This did not take long to put together, and was a lot of fine. I love to create albums, but do not often get the chance to make them. Hope you are inspired to create a little mini album of your own, or at least something with this sweet paper collection!

Happy creating!