Occasions Class

Each year, I have an occasions class where we make a baby card, a sympathy card, a wedding/ engagement card and a birthday card for a male and a female. This year we just made four cards as I had a male class booked just a few weeks later.

We had the choice of making either a girl, boy or a neutral gender baby card. We made the card like a chest of drawers with random baby things poking out from the "Baby Bundle" set which meant a LOT of fussy cutting! To set off the drawers we used the smallest button from the vintage faceted buttons- I just love these! I hope they make it into the next catalogue!

With the sympathy card we used the smooch spritz silver foil spray and the lattice die which we used as a mask before we sprayed over the top. When I put the elegant eggplant with it, it gave the shimmer a purple tinge. The organza ribbon was dyed with the eggplant reinker but as it dried it went a lot lighter (the joys of polyester ribbon!!)

The birthday card was a flowerpot card- as you pull the flowers up it has room to write your message. We used the "Fabulous Florets" set and heat embossed the flowers and leaves then used the reinker spread technique to colour them in. We wrapped some of the natural ribbon that's in the seasonal catalogue around the top and held a little tag in place with one of the vintage trinket pins.

The wedding/ engagement card was all done with shimmer white card stock with just a hint of cherry cobbler. Then finished off with a double bow on the front.