Mother of Pearl Technique with Frosted Floral DSP

One DSP that I kept and ... alright, I sort of hoarded it ... was our Frosted Floral DSP.  It's sooooo pretty!  I decided at one of my previous classes that I'd like to teach them the Mother of Pearl technique and I thought this paper would work well with it all.  I also got the pleasure of using my beloved Blackberry Bliss CS for the card base.  That color makes my heart happy.  Here's the card we made.

Using Sahara Sand ink and a very light sponging and stamping off of the image creates a vintage look.

Once the Sahara Sand ink is dry, place your hand in a small plastic bag and crumple it.  Add a little puddle of Frost White Shimmer Paint to your Craft Mat, dip the plastic bag into it and add tiny bits of paint randomly over the image layer of your card.  This is what creates the Mother of Pearl look to it.
I'm so sorry this part of the technique really does not show up in a photo, but it is gorgeous in real life.  I hope you'll give this technique a try.

When the paint dries, you can assemble your card.  This is definitely a 'wow' type of card.  I love it!

UP NEXT:

May 13 --- Scraps and Prayers / 5:30-7:30 / $18.
We'll be making 3 beautiful cards ... with watercoloring and trying fun, new techniques using the Stamparatus and we'll try THREE fun 'tricks' with embossing folders.  It won't be all Brusho for this class but it will be all fun! 
REGISTRATION CLOSED.

SAVE THE DATES: 

June 23 --- 2:00-5:00 / Get ready for fun!  

Summer Open House / New Catalog Party

June 28-29 --- 8:00-5:00 Friday / 8:00-Noon Saturday

MY ANNUAL GARAGE SALE

I'll have lots of stamping and paper crafting products for sale.

Come and find a good bargain!

RETIRING PRODUCTS

 CLICK HERE TO SEE THE LISTS:
     Occasions Catalog Retiring Products List
     
     Annual Catalog Retiring Products List

Lots of products are already sold out so shop now if there's something you still want to try to get.  Be sure to check out the Clearance Rack, too.  You'll find lot of great bargains.

Thinking of You Card / 25 Cents Sale at Next Class / Order and Prize Pick-Up Info

For today's card, I'm using some left-over DSP from our Holiday Catalog.  I just love the Frosted Floral DSP and it works for an all-occasions card, I think, even better than just for the holidays.

A 'Thinking of You' card is good for a lot of occasions and it's a great one to keep on hand.  Sometimes, we just don't have the words we need to convey to others how much we care.  Just knowing that we are thinking of them can send a powerful message.

I had enough paper left to decorate the envelope.  Yay!  The card base is Soft Suede.

SPRING OPEN HOUSE PARTY WINNERS:

MY FAVORITE NEW COLOR --- GRANNY APPLE GREEN
     Marsha W.
MY 2 FAVORITE RETURNING COLORS ---
          I actually have 3 favorites --- Blackberry Bliss, Mossy Meadow, Coastal Cabana
     Elaine B.
     Paul F.
(They each guessed 2 ----- very impressive!)
MY FAVORITE NEW IN COLOR (2018-2020) ---
     Connie B.
     Sy M.
MY FAVORITE NEW STAMP SET --- ALL THAT YOU ARE
     I also REALLY like Wonderful Romance, Fable Friends, Golden Afternoon, Perfectly Paired and Humming Along:)
     Connie B.
*MY FAVORITE NEW ACCESSORY -- BUTTERFLY THINLITS DIES
     I also really liked the Doily Builder thinlits:)
     Elaine
HOW MANY CARDS I HAD ON DISPLAY --- 75
     Cheryl W. (came closest by estimating 83)
HOW MANY KITS I HAD ON DISPLAY --- 8
     Cheryl W. (nailed it:)
DOOR PRIZES
     Ellie B.
     Nancy S.
     Linda M.

*WINNER AND GAME QUESTION PREVIOUSLY OMITTED.

GOOD NEWS:
THE ORDERS ARE NOW IN AND I'M FINISHED SORTING THEM.  YOU MAY CONTACT ME TO ARRANGE A TIME TO PICK THEM UP. 
WHEN YOU PICK UP YOUR ORDER, PRIZE WINNERS WILL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHOOSE THEIR PRIZE FROM A SPECIAL PRIZE BASKET.  IF YOU CANNOT PICK UP YOUR ORDER OR YOUR PRIZE, YOU MAY GET IT AT THE NEXT CLASS YOU ATTEND. 

UP NEXT:

April 8 --- Scraps and Prayers / 5:30-7:30 / $18.
We're going to have a blast playing with BRUSHO.  We're going to make several beautiful cards using Brusho ... AND ... I'll show you how you could make your own Swatch Book at home, to highlight some of the many fun ways to use Brusho.
DON'T FORGET:
We're going to have a '25 Cents Sale' for anyone in the class wishing to participate.  Bring your stamping goodies in a box or container and we'll put a little cup in front of it.  We'll 'shop' on the honor system, dropping quarters in the cup for each item we wish to get.  We'll see if anyone goes home with anything left in their cup:)  You may want to bring a shopping tote:)
ONLY 1 REMAINING SPOT, SO DON'T WAIT TOO LONG TO REGISTER.  YOUR PAYMENT HOLDS YOUR SPOT. 

SAVE THE DATE:   

June 23 --- Summer Open House Party with our new catalog.

CONTACT ME IF YOU NEED A CATALOG.

Frosted Floral / Glitter Snow Canvas

What an absolutely wonderful class we had last night at our Scraps and Prayers.  That group is such a joy in my life.  My 25 cent sale was a big hit and a big success.  What a fun way to share with others and give your unused items a good home.  Our art canvas project was a huge success, as well and not even too messy.  Everyone did a great job.

Here is another 8 X 8" artist canvas I've worked on lately.  This one was made with some tree dies that I've had for so long, I don't remember where I even got them, but I love them.  Have I mentioned how much I love our Frosted Floral Specialty DSP?  It's soooooo pretty!

I had attached my trees before I decided to add the glitter snow, so I think they threw off my snow placement a bit, but I went ahead with it, just for the experience of creating it.  However, snow does blow into different heights of drifts, so maybe it could really look like this.  You think?  I decided to make my snow really sparkly so, before it dried, I sprinkled Dazzling Diamonds glitter over it.  It sticks instantly and doesn't come off.  Gorgeous!

You can barely see it (intentional) but I have Mint Macaron trees slightly offset and attached behind the white glimmer paper trees, to add more depth and a hint of color.

Now, I'm off to continue with my Holiday Open House Party prep.  There's a storm of creating going on in my studio right now.  I'm not letting our leak disaster slow me down and I refuse to stop creating.  I just can't.  Fun times!

--- NEXT CLASSES / EVENTS:

--- Holiday Open House Party
     Nov. 18 / 2:00-5:00 / A 'no fee' event
     RSVP REQUIRED TO ATTEND

Make and Take Sneak Peek:

- Dec. 10 / Scraps and Prayers / 5:30-7:30 / $15.00
     Beautiful Christmas Cards / Class will be limited to 6.
     PAY TO REGISTER ONE WEEK PRIOR TO CLASS.

 --- Special Drawing for Customers
You have until the end of November to qualify. 
You'll get your name in the drawing once for EACH order ... Now through Nov. 30.   
CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE INFO. 

Frosted Floral Pine Tree Project

I went to our local hobby store to get another artist canvas and happened to walk by this unfinished pine tree.  I thought it might make for a fun project, to kind of tie in with my other Frosted Floral projects, so I added it to my cart.  Here's what I created with it.

I started out by giving it a coat of white gesso.  Once that dried, I added my DSP strips, one section at a time (already cut to size), attaching with clear gesso.  I carefully smoothed it out, so there would be no wrinkles or bubbles and made sure none of the edges were sticking up.  After it dried, I added a top coat of clear gesso.

When I added the final top coat of clear gesso, I decided to sprinkle Dazzling Diamonds glitter all over it, while the gesso was still wet.  In real life, it's covered with a gorgeous glimmer.

The snowflakes were cut from White Velvet Sheets (from our Snowflake Showcase).  I used a combination of sizes and styles of snowflakes, cut from our Beautiful Blizzard die (It makes a bunch of snowflakes all at one time!) as well as the snowflake dies from our Snowflake Showcase.  I saved the extras for another project.  What a fun little craft break!

--- NEXT CLASSES / EVENTS:

--- Holiday Open House Party
     Nov. 18 / 2:00-5:00 / A 'no fee' event
     RSVP REQUIRED TO ATTEND

- Dec. 10 / Scraps and Prayers / 5:30-7:30 / $15.00
     Beautiful Christmas Cards / Class will be limited to 6.
     PAY TO REGISTER ONE WEEK PRIOR TO CLASS.

 --- Special Drawing for Customers
You have until the end of November to qualify. 
You'll get your name in the drawing once for EACH order ... Now through Nov. 30.   
CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE INFO. 

Toby Joe is my Event Coordinator for all this.

Winter Woods / Snowflake Showcase Canvas

Here's the canvas project we'll be making at our Scraps and Prayers class this week.  This was a really fun one to create.  I used some of my favorite DSP.

I cut the 3rd tree a little shorter, for added interest.  I used Pool Party ink to sponge around the edges of the canvas, to give a little more of a finished look.

I prepped the canvas with Gesso before I started, including the edges, and then applied another top coat over the top of the DSP.  (I used clear Gesso to attach the DSP to the canvas.)  The Gesso helps the ink and the DSP to adhere better to the canvas.

--- NEXT CLASSES / EVENTS: 
- Nov. 12 / Scraps and Prayers / 5:30-7:30 / $15.00
     Mixed Media Christmas Project
     REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED.

--- Holiday Open House Party
     Nov. 18 / 2:00-5:00 / A 'no fee' event
     RSVP REQUIRED TO ATTEND

- Dec. 10 / Scraps and Prayers / 5:30-7:30 / $15.00
     Beautiful Christmas Cards / Class will be limited to 6.
     PAY TO REGISTER ONE WEEK PRIOR TO CLASS.

--- Special Drawing for Customers 
CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE INFO.
If you haven't yet placed an order with me, you'd better get in on the fun!  You have until the end of November to qualify.  You'll get your name in the drawing once for EACH order.  Several of you have already earned having your name placed into the drawing more than one time.  Good luck!  Maybe you'll be a lucky winner!  Are you feeling lucky?