AUGUST MAKE AND TAKE

Matti, Emma and I met grandma Susan at Archivers at 10am on Aug 7th. We began the first project with Susan helping me to help Emma and Matti do the projects. The girls stood on the metal shopping baskets which gave them a boost since the counters are tall. As I said in another posting, this was Grandma Susan's first time in Archivers and first time to make cards, etc. It was a lot of fun for me to share this activity with her and the girls.


The first project was a card made out of a scalloped bi-fold card in white. The demonstrator had cut the card in half to make the base and then circles out in orange with a special cutter and we punched a flower shape out (Isn't that the cutest flower with the circles all around it!), stamped THANK YOU in Versa Mark and embossed in black. We adhered the half orange circle onto the half card and added a rhinestone in the center of the flower. Inside we added a strip of a flower print paper and tied a length of twine around the card. The girls did the stamping, adhesive, rhinestone, and we did any cutting and the heating of the embossing powder. After the girls made their project, Susan and I made one for ourselves and the girls were very patient watching and waiting and seemed to enjoy us making our own just as much. They also wanted to "help" us since they had already made one, LOL! Soo cute they are and amazing!


The second project was a 3x3 card with hot pink as a base, black matting, and topped with white run through a texture folder. We also used the Big Chomper to cut the corners of the white square. We stamped a lamp image in black, and then on a separate piece of card stock stamped it again with Versa Mark and embossed the lamp shade only with hot pink powder. The THANK YOU is embossed in black and mine is crooked. Makes it unique I am told. LOL! It has a rhinestone jewel at the top of the shade which is popped up. Cute mini card and fun. I will need to make a bunch of these using my smaller stamps.

Lastly we made an (ATC ) Artist Trading Card which are about the size of credit cards. First we put white paint on the flourishes and used both ends for a different look. All the stamps are Tim Holtz Urban Chic clear set. I used a coupon to get mine as they are pricey. Then we used two colors of Tim Holtz Distress inks in Broken glass (a turquoise color) and pumice stone (a grey/tan color). We learned a new technique for using the pads to make circles with the ink off the white CS and then slowly roll onto it. The had a silicon mat to work on and the ink and paints and glue and adhesives just don't stick. It is really great. Anyway, with this technique, you don't get straight lines of ink doing it this way. It looks more like smoke or whips of color and they are blended better. The white paint flourishes resisted the ink some and we were able to wipe off extra from them to make them show through the mist of the ink. We stamped the sentiment in black, butterflies in turquoise and Stickled them. We tied thin twine around twice and tied a bow. It was really pretty when done and I bought the Tim Holtz stamp set, inks, and such to recreate it on a card sometime soon. I really like this sentiment and this set has another and 11 stamps in all.





Our lunch at Perkins was really pancakes for the girls and I had a senior omelet and Susan had a sandwich. Here is the picture of Grandma Susan and the girls. We had a really great time together and plan to do it again. (More cards to come of my own designs in the postings after this. ) Thanks for stopping in to let me share this activity with you. I believe it is important to teach the next generation about these life skills. Everyone is an artist and needs to be nurtured at a young age to feel comfortable about expressing themselves artistically. GOD is the creator and we are created in GOD's image. We need to make something...make dinner, make pictures and cards, make clothing, make a garden and grow food, etc. From this our hearts can sing a song of joy.