March's card class

At the card class on March 26,  I'll be doing a tutorial on how to make a pop up card like the one below.  Because what I'm showcasing is more a technique and not a particular product, each card will be different, and from retired stock.

 

The card folds flat to fit in a standard card envelope.

Make it match Ribbon

Quick tip - I wanted to use a little Slate Diagonal Striped ribbon on my project, but the white was too pronounced.  So I drug the ribbon across my Glacier ink pad, pressing down with a sponge dauber, pulling it quickly.  It toned down the white and matched my paper.

 

My finished project is a match box holding 16 change of address cards.

 

Items used:

Artiste cartridge

Seaside paper pack

White cardstock (inside box)

Treasured Friendship

Slate Diagonal Striped Ribbon

Seaside PML card

Journey Base & Bling charm

Blending Pen (pink inside the conch shell)

Retired slate washi tape

Retired Glitz

 

Brushed Butterflies

The featured kit for the March Crop is Brushed.  These colors are bright and beautiful.  This uses the Brushed paper pack, the stamp set Your Own Kind of Wonderful, Card Chatter-Birthday (retired) and most of the colors in the Brushed palette. 

Embossing Gold

If you ordered the Year>>>Noted special in January, you received a sheet of gold foil stickers.  Flat gold foil stickers.

 

With the help of an embossing folder

You can add some texture to the flat gold foil!

 

In this sample I used the gold foil, paper from the Year>>>Noted pack and the February Stamp of the Month.  I love the wispy look of the branches, done here in juniper, both first and second generations.

 

I'm a little late with the embossed foil idea for anyone who didn't order the special in January.  I did end up with an extra in my inventory if you are interested.   However, the February stamp of the month is right on time, available all of February, just $5 with a $50 order!