May's workshops will focus on using the new fusion inks in all sorts of situations. So we use them with stamps, stencils, embossing folders and die cuts.
The stamping ones are shown here
May's workshops will focus on using the new fusion inks in all sorts of situations. So we use them with stamps, stencils, embossing folders and die cuts.
The stamping ones are shown here
Whilst doing cards for family members I revisited some of the different shaped cards that we can do and used them with various toppers I had that I don't particularly use any more. I have lots of these toppers in the shop so I thought this could be an idea for a workshop. Some I have linked with dies I have. Examples on my board are shown below (sorry for overlap) but there are many more ideas around the shop.
I have looked at using old rubber stamps where I have similar ones still for sale BUT I have used them with the new gold fusion inks. I was comparing the fusion inks with the oxide inks and looking at effects on different cards both for stamping and for backgrounds. A few of these backgrounds were on my previous post.
I looked at trying to use Easter dies in different ways to how we used them last year . (I have sold some of the dies since preparing these but still have the chicks and rabbit at the moment.
I have done a few cards with this tulip stencil which I still have for sale then I decided the slider card we did last year would be a great use of the embossing folder used in January. Plus there are a few other with the dies we have
I hadn't got any new stamps to use this month so I opened a Christmas one which had a bird with lots of hearts - so I thought that was appropriate for this month, I also still had the roses for sale from last year so I have used them again and also dug out some from last year using them.
These don't fit with monthly theme but are good for any occasion and I had a great time with them. They suit different methods to those we used on last month's folders.
As usual foe February's workshops our theme is "Hearts for all occasions" - so included valentines, with love, engagement , wedding anniversary, mothers day etc. The die I choose for this month was one from creative expressions which is a heart surrounded by flowers which as usual I have tried to use in different ways. I then looked at older heart dies I had and did a bit more with them.
This is the board for the Januray workshops containing all ideas shown over the last few days .
The weeks before Christmas I made a number of tree boxes to hold chocolates for table decorations and gifts instead of crackers ( although I did still make crackers for the children). The great thing with the tree boxes was that they were refillable so my 2 eldest grandchildren made their own and then kept going to the tub of chocolates to refill them!!