April's Masterclass round up

 Wow what a class I have just held, so many new faces and some great makes.

Sunday 11th April 2-4pm was a masterclass to explore one sheet wonders.

We used the following templates

Template one

This was what I used for standard A 6 cards and I made 8 cards. The 2 rectangle on the second row were cut diagonally.

I used the playful pets designer series paper item 152489 along with some ribbon from my stash and sentiments from the following sets.

Hey Birthday Chick ( item code 154464)

So sentimental stamps and dies  (153828)

Free as a bird ( 149468)

You are amazing ( 154534)

I started with a sheet of 12 x 12  playful pets designer series paper, the one with the bowls and toys on, I then cut it up by first cutting the horizontal lines, and then cutting the vertical lines, be sure to keep the rectangles together and to be aware of any paper that has a direction.

For each card I took a cut piece of the playful pets designer series paper and adhered to a standard A6 card front, I addd further images from the other sheets in the paper pack ( I particularly like using the animals that were on the edge of the paper) and sentiments on labels cut with  the stitched so sweetly (151690) or the hippo and friends (153585) dies 

The great bit of using Stampin' Up!'s  designer series paper is that it is double sided so cutting the pieces as in the layout means you can see both sides, or either side. 

This technique allows you to make several cards, you can even just assemble the backgrounds and add sentiments later. Perfect for when you need that emergency card, you know the one you forgot to make and its needed right now, well a stash of these to hand is great. And although similar they aren't quite the same.

This is the second layout was to enable us to use some of the silvered foil edged cards that were on the clearance rack at a bargain price, although no longer available if you have some of these card bases in you stash than this is a great way to jazz them up. if you don't have these cards then you can still use this layout on standard A6 cards by using colour card mats behind.

Again I started by cutting  horizontally then vertically you can see the diagonal lines on this layout too.

It is important to keep the pieces together especially the thin strips as you will put them together like a jigsaw later, I recommend popping a piece of low tack tape over then to keep them together in the right order.

These are the cards I created along with several ladies who joined my zoom crafting afternoon ( I always say ladies but we do have a couple of men that sometimes join in my classes are open to all its just this month there were only ladies as the gents were busy gardening or working)

For these cards I used the True love designer series paper that is available in the January to June 2021 mini catalogue ( 154281)

I also used the silver foil edged card bases and envelopes, sadly these are no longer retired but you may have them in your stash.

Originally I planned the layout to make 11 cards but splitting the triangles up meant I made 12 cards.

The sentiments I used are from 

Peaceful Moments (151595)

So sentimental stamps and dies  (153828)

Free as a bird ( 149468)

You are amazing ( 154534)

Even though the True Love designer series paper is very floral I managed to create some masculine cards by which sentiment styles I used and using the other side of the paper. 

I also coloured and fussy cut flowers from some of the other sheets in the same paper pack, I used blackberry bliss light and dark blends, old olive light and dark blends and a touch of so saffron dark blend,

I used the label me fancy punch 151297 

I think these turned out rather nice

I hope you enjoyed reading my how too and that you will give making these cards a go.

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