This truly is often the story of my card sending….I make a great card, put effort into it….and then it goes south. Not literally traveling in a southerly direction, because that often would be helpful. No, my card sending often gets derailed. I either misplace the card in my crafty black hole of a room….or get it into the envelope and then can’t find the address….or carry the addressed (AND STAMPED) envelope in my bag for days and days before I remember when I’m near a post box…..*sigh* So belated birthday cards come in handy for me!
While I didn’t create this swap card (Lesley Poper did), I certainly appreciate the sentiment! Perhaps you might as well?! Fashionably late card vs belated birthday card! It uses the Stampin’ Up! set Wonderful Moments (available in clear photopolymer stamps), which she coloured with Stampin’ Blends. The images are stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink, which is what you need to use when colouring with alcohol based markers like the Blends. A strip of the beautiful Nature’s Poem Designer Series Paper is along the side of the card and gives inspiration for the colour palette.
I love the Blends for colouring – but I also love Watercolour Pencils! There’s a new set of colours available right now – and you’ll get them if you choose the “Deluxe” Class version of the August Christmas Card Class! For $40 you’ll attend the class (in Burlington ON) and make 4 different Christmas cards, all using the Watercolour pencils in a variety of methods. When you’re done, you’ll take the finished cards, envelopes and your package of 10 Watercolour pencils home with you! If you’re interested in attending on Wednesday, August 22 (1pm or 7pm), please message me. If you want the deluxe class, please register and pay by August 8 to allow time for your pencils to arrive (otherwise there may be an express shipping surcharge of $25 on your class fee). The basic class option is also available – $20 for class supplies only. You’ll share my set of pencils to finish your projects in class. Online version coming soon too! Please contact me if you have any questions. Otherwise, I hope you’ll come to a class soon so that you have cards that you can mail….in time for any event…. (do as I say, not as I do, right?! hahaha). Oh, and happy long weekend if you’re Canadian!
