February training swaps

Last Saturday was our quarterly all-day training organised by Julie Kettlewell, and it was a really fantastic day of crafting and inspiration. There were more than 40 demonstrators, including Alex Spence - my upline, and Clare - my brand new downline!

As always, we did swaps - here are mine! I made 45 of these and managed to swap with most people.

Supplies used:

Stamps: Collage Curios, From My Heart

Inks: Early Espresso, Crumb Cake

Card: Crumb Cake, So Saffron

Papers: Tea for Two

Early Espresso Bakers Twine

Honeycomb Embossing Folder

I got some absolutely amazing projects back - there are so many talented ladies in our team! Thanks for a great day Julie - I'm already looking forward to the next one in April.

Kylie x

Male card - chalkboard effect

So I've seen lots of cards online using this chalkboard technique and decided to have a go myself.  After a few attempts I managed to create one I am pleased with.

I have created this card is for my Stepdad Rob's birthday which was this week!  Happy Birthday Rob!

I really love the stamp which is from the set From My Heart. The stamps have some lovely quotes and phrases and have beautiful vintage details.  They lend themselves really well to masculine cards which is great because I struggle with getting ideas for these. 

The technique involves stamping with versamark ink (a sticky clear ink) onto black card and then heat embossing with white embossing powder. I smudged a little white ink over to add to the chalky effect.

The background is embossed with the new Honeycombe embossing folder and the Big Shot, and the Baja Breeze ribbon give it just a little dash of colour.

Supplies used:

Stamps: From my Heart

Ink: Versamark, Whisper White for sponging

Card: Basic Black, Basic Grey, Whisper White

Ribbon: Baja Breeze Seam Binding

Punches: Modern Label Punch

Other equipment: Honeycombe Embossing Folder, Oval Framelit Dies