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I have made another card using this months design, this time with Wild Rose Studio Cherry Cupcake images – perfect as a birthday card for a little girl:

We have made kits using a variety of patterned papers and colours as it is nice to see how the design works in different colourways. Louise Owen-Smith did a fabulous card in our second class today using some bright, modern We Are Memory Keeper papers. Her colouring using promarkers was really lovely. Here is a little peak!

If you would like to join us don’t forget to book by calling 01844 208996.

ps I’l have another sneak peak after our Friday morning session – I am going to use the cute Bella Elephant from Wild Rose Studio next!

A few more sneak peaks for you. I have made a couple more sample cards for card club using different stamps and themes:

I have had such a lot of fun with this months samples! 

I used a Basic Grey mini stamp plus a Penny Black image on this card: 

Isn’t this Molly Blooms scarecrow adorable! 

I cut this circle with a nestie but used the partial out of the circle cut technique to get this effect:

And this month we have a very special offer for you on little Basic Grey stamps!

Learn how to make this napkin fold double pocket card and you can decorate it however you want!

Don’t forget to bring your promarkers or other favourite colouring medium to class with you!

If you haven’t booked yet give us a ring on 018444 208996 to reserve a place.

I love the card we will be making at card club this month. With only one tiny bit of measuring, and some clever folding we will make a very unusual shaped card.

Once you know how to make it you will be able to adapt the class design for any theme of card, including masculine ones.

Here are a few sneak peaks:

Worked it out yet?

I’l make a couple of different samples and give you ideas for using stash that you already have. We are using Molly Blooms images this month but the design can be adapted in many different ways.

We are making up the kits with a selection of different patterns and  colours… 

What to bring: promarkers or your favourite colouring medium, this double stitch stamp by Molly Blooms if you happen to have one, brown ink and blending tool or brush.

Card club starts next Monday evening. Check out the class list on the web site for all the other dates:

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Sixty four crafters have been playing with hot glue guns and Stix2 products this month at card club. We tried out six techniques that we learnt from Michelle Johnson at our designer demo day. It was great to have a go and everyone was successful!

Here are the three cards we made:

Card 1: stamping into hot glue…

…and then adding foils and mica powder to create embellishments.

The Woodware clear stamps were definitely up to the task.

I have made this variation by gluing small hot glue gun beads into the centre.

I added the same foil and mica colour to both the flower centre and the beads. I think this is very pretty.

Next Card 2: we used the sparkly adhesive sheet, plus made glittered gems (yep – they do look like jelly tots!)

We did some very simple “splodgy” colouring using distress inks and a blending tool. Quick and easy – but with the added sparkly film it looked fabulous!

Finally card three with three techniques:

The ultra sticky heat proof double sided adhesive is fantastic for foiling and frantaging. We used Cheery Lyn die cut sea horses. Perfect for practicing our mica pearl technique with the hot glue as it didn’t matter if they were all different sizes!

Isn’t that rainbow foil gorgeous!

And we used the new Stix2 A4 masking sheet to create a background of waves on our tag.

This uses the same technique as the sea horse. I did this tag with Stix2 at the trade fair. The bird is a Tim Holtz die which you are welcome to borrow when you are cropping if you want to have a go:

Here are a few other sample cards as a quick reminder of different techniques you can try.

Use the heat proof double sided adhesive with foil, glitter and embossing powder!

Add micro beads to the hot glue to create flower centres:

Use your cling and wood stamps to make embellishments, plus use glitter to make glittery gems. 

Use foils on your glue beads….

…which looks fabulous! 

Use the hot glue gun to draw shapes directly on your craft sheet – and save waste pieces to make die cut shapes like these flowers:

Remember those reject bits I collected. I tipped them onto my craft sheet…

melt with a heat gun, and spread out… 

…when cool add foil…

…and a second colour of foil… 

…then brushed with mica powder… 

…and then die cut it to create heart embellishments. 

I could re melt the waste, but I rather like this negative shape, so it might end up on a canvas! 

I enjoyed card club this month, and I hope you did too.

Many, many thanks to Michelle for her generous loan of the glue guns. I am returning them to her tomorrow, and bringing back with me her brand new techniques DVD. If you want to learn even more techniques then why not treat yourself to Michelle’s DVD!

Card club for April starts this week. I thought I would show you a few sneak peaks of the cards we will be making. 

Michelle Johnson from Stix2/Woodware has very kindly lent me her hot glue guns so that we will be able to have a go at some of the techniques Michelle showed us last month.

We will be making three cards with six different techniques using a selection of Stix2 products: hot glue, foils, glitters, heatproof double sided adhesive, masking sheet, shimmer film, mica and frantage powders! 

Please bring your heatproof craft sheet to class with you if you have one. I think we will have some fun!

Card Club Sessions are on:

Wednesday 17th April 10.30-1 pm

Friday 19th April 10.30-1 pm

Saturday 20th April 10.30-1 pm

Saturday 20th April 2-4.30 pm

Monday 22nd April 7.30-10 pm

Wednesday 24th April 10.30-1 pm

Please email info@amazeofmemories.com or ring 01844 208996 if you would like to book a place.

I have two more boxed cards to share.

This first set has been made by Wendy Fane, and has quite a modern feel to it.

Wendy used the small daisy print side of the paper on her card, but used the reverse stripes on her box lid. I think this looks great.

The touch of green for the border around the card and box lid, and the leafy swirls picks up the green in the striped paper. I like the yellow daisy shaped flowers Wendy chose as they compliment the daisy print of the patterned paper perfectly.

Julie Staves has made another set since card club witha  bit of a variation to the original design.

Julie has added some pretty punched borders which I think is a great idea.

Julie has added some lovely decorative  brads to the centre of her flowers – and used the Woodware Modern Spray clear stamp for her panels which I really like.

 Thanks ladies for sharing your delightful creations. Look out for the marvelous masculine variation for this design from card club which I will share very soon!

For this card club sample I have used some beautiful Graphic 45 paper with a soft vintage feel.

I haven’t used four individual corners this time, but have instead used the gorgeous Ivy Corner die. After cutting it I left it in the die and added some ink in the holes which gave me this shaded effect. So simple to do but very effective.

Take off the lid to see the matching card: 

All the flowers have been made using the Cheery Lyn Build a Flower series of dies. 

The little detailed dies add so much to your flowers like the Stamens and the pretty Baby’s Breath which I have used as a filler. Notice the texture on the petals and the leaves – they are pushed into the card when you die cut. So quick and simple. 

Here is the matching card. I thought the Woodware sentiment “The Best is Yet to Come” worked well with the clocks in the patterned paper.

Hope you are not bored with all these samples I am sharing?

Another lovely boxed set from card club, this time made by our Carolyn.

This is the lid of the box. Carolyn bought a Woodware Groovy Board before Christmas (for herself and one for her mum) so I think this months design will encourage her to use it a lot more as she thought it was the card club  “best yet”design. Praise indeed!

I really like the way that Carolyn has used the Ivy Corner die around the edge of the stamped panel. I haven’t quite managed to capture in the photo the stamped Woodware Globe Flower that Carolyn used.

Open the box to reveal the matching card. This beautiful paper is from the “This & That” collection by Echo Park. 

Here is a close up of the card. Carolyn has put her window on the left side. With this design you can put it left, right or centre. The flowers have been die cut using the Cheery Lyn large rose strip die, and Carolyn has added stamens from the Build a Flower series.

The sentiment is one of the new Woodware £4 sentiment stamps. Fantastic value and it also comes with a little swirl too!

Thanks Carolyn. I know this is going to a friend who doesn’t craft. I am sure she will be amazed by this card.

And I still have others to share….

 This is another of the boxed card sets made at card club. This was the demonstration sample from the Saturday afternoon session which I have now finished.

I have used some pretty patterned paper from the Dear Lizzie collection from American Crafts for this set.

The box lid has been decorated with a Woodware heart doily, die cut flowers from Cheery Lyn, the Woodware bell flower punch for foliage and this gorgeous new swirly corner die from Crafts Too.

The corner piece is quite large as you can see from this photo so would also be great for scrapbook pages. Cut two and put them end to end to create  a lovely frame for a sentiment!

You can see it close up in this photo.

The white Woodware heart doilies are only 95p for 20 by the way add look very pretty peaking out behind other embellishments.

Next we have a close up of the card:

This swirly flower die is also a new one from Crafts Too. I think it would make a lovely card just by itself with little flowers added as I have done here. Don’t forget you can also cut apart shapes like this and only use a part of it.

Here is a close up of the sentiment. One of the new ones from Woodware which only costs £4. They make a great focal point on a card and are brilliant if you want to save time and not colour an image. I have stamped the new Woodware Sweet Pea flower stamp behind using Memento Cantaloupe ink. I think this adds lots of interest to the card. It is also stamped on the panel on the box lid, and inside the card as well. 

I hope you are finding these close up photos helpful, and they will give you different ideas if you make another set with this months card club design.

And I have more to share yet!

I don’t think many of you will know Toni who has been to a few card club sessions. Toni has limited vision so one of the Saturday girls usually helps her out. Sadly, Toni is very poorly in hospital, so this sample from card club is going to her.

I have used patterned paper from the Echo Park “Little girl” collection.

Because of Toni’s visual impairment I have tried to create a strong contrast with the colours I have chosen so they are easier to see. I stamped the panel with the new Woodware Globe flower and then computer generated a personalised message on top.

I was so pleased with how the lid of the box turned out. The Cheery Lyn corners really show up, and I also matted the central strip. This time I tucked the stamped flower panel behind the heart doily.

We all send our best wishes to Toni and hope things improve soon for her. I don’t think Toni is able to see this blog but hopefully our card will cheer her up a little in hospital.