Card Of the Week

 This week we're back to basics!  With all the toys and tools that are available to us these days we forget how effective simple things like pencil crayons can be.  Here we've stamped   'Dogwood Branch' and 'Create Art' (one of my favourites) from Memorybox, on kraft cardstock using Tsukineko Rich Cocoa. Next, we dusted off the pencil crayons and coloured in the branch. Trim the cardstock, to the sizeof the word background, before mounting it on a chocolate covered mat. On another piece of kraft card stock, stampand colour 'Dogwood Branch' again as shown.  Mount the smaller mat on top and adhere the whole thing to a coral card.

Stamp Club This Saturday

Everyone is welcome!
Here's the supply list for the  May demo of watercolour background
techniques.

• Watercolours -  pans or tubes
• Brushes - bring an assortment
• Watercolour paper cut into practice sheets
• Palette  or white plate or
  a couple of yogurt  lids
• Water container
• Heat gun or hair dryer
  Water spritzer
• Rubbing Alcohol
• Saran wrap or light plastic bags/dry
  cleaning bags
• Pink, purple or red watercolour pencil
  Eye dropper, pipette,Q tip
• Cellulose sponge cut into the size/shape of
  a white Staedler eraserBlack 
• micron pen
• pencil
• Birthday candle or white wax crayon

If you don't have some of the "extras", don't sweat, we can share!

Saturday, May 26 from 9:30 - 11 AM at the False Creek Community
Centre.   You are welcome to drop by to trade stamping ideas and to
have a great   time!  The drop in fee is $5.  There is a card swap
every meeting if   you'd like to partake bring 10 cards with you.

Embossed Owls

Check out this cool card using Dreamweaver Stencils and Embossing paste!

This card was done using embossing paste which was coloured in using a stipple brush and some cat's eye ink pads.  The stencil we used is below.  Aren't these owls a hoot!

To finish the project, you will need some embossing paste, pigment ink (we used these cat's eye inkpads) and a metal spatula.

We have these items in stock so come on in and visit us to get started on your own dreamweaver projects!

Memory Box Dies

We just can't keep up for the demand for these dies.  They have proven to be such a popular item!  We are hopefully going to get another shipment in next week to replenish our current stock.  Some of you have ordered online and are waiting patiently.....so we thank you for your patience.

Below is an example of one of these beautiful dies.

This die is called Lavalier Circle.  We will be using this die in an upcoming Make a Card Monday, so stay tuned!