New Class: Sail Away Papercrafting

Papercrafting Class

In July we will be taking to the Sea! We'll be making a naval themed home decor item and 2 cards using the fabulous Sail Away with Me Product Suite.

Price for this class is £20 and includes all materials to make the home decor piece plus a Stampin' Up! Sail Away Memories and More card pack (56 preprinted cards in assorted sizes plus stickers).

Coffee, tea and water will be provided and basic craft tools are available for use.

Location: Avon Way Hall, Portishead (south west of Bristol)

We start at 10 and finish 13.00. Wheelchairs access and plenty of parking available.

To sign up please email Sonja Gortzak at sgortzak@yahoo.co.uk

Layering it up. Win and Tonic Challenge September 2017

Today I'd like to share with you a card I made for the new Win and Tonic challenge over at the blog. There are several choices to choose from and I choose the Technique Challenge which is all about adding dimension to your card. 

I used several techniques to add dimension to my card:

- Heat Embossing: I heat embossed the Tonic Studios Delicate Detail - Floral Flourish Stamp in white onto the card base. I also heat-embossed the "Happy" (Darkroom Doors - Whimsical Words) onto some vellum.
- Folding the Vellum over the card base was my second technique for adding dimension. Vellum can be tricky to adhere so I cut it a bit wider than my card and folded it behind the background panel to adhere.
- My third technique for adding dimension was to add some transparent Tonic Studios NUVO Jewel drops in Grey Mist (which dries clear, like water droplets). They really worked well with my water droplet background made with my new Tim Holz Distress Inks. 

So how do you like to add dimension to your projects? Let me know in the comments.

And be sure to head on over to the Win and Tonic Blog to see the other samples and why not add a card yourself and maybe you win some lovely Tonic Studios Goodies!

Happy Crafting!

Wintry Birthday Wishes

Hello there! And a Happy New Year!

It's 2017 and I am rearing to go. I'll start things off with some wintry cards I made just before Christmas using some new Tonic Studios Sentiment Dies: Birthday Wishes and Sent with Love.

For the backgrounds I mixed three of my favourite Distress Inks: Picked Raspberry, Broken China and Seedless Preserves. Then I stamped a snowflake background (Hero Arts) onto it in Embossing ink and heat embossed with Stampin' Up! Irridescent Ice to give it some sparkle. Lastly I die cut both sentiments twice: once in white and once in black. I then stacked the white sentiment onto the black sentiment so that it overlapped a bit to create a shadow effect to make the sentiment stand out more. And then I adhered them to a thick cardstock base and sent them off to their new homes!

Thanks for dropping by and hope I inspired you to go and make something yourself.

xx

Sonja