Today's the Day! Autumn Greetings Virtual Retreat!

The Autumn Greetings virtual retreat starts today at 11am Mountain on YouTube! I'm teaching a super fun hide and reveal card, plus three more of my teamies will be teaching today, too! Today's classes are FREE to watch and we'd love to have you come join us. 

Join us on YouTube for the Day 1 Classes

We're all teaching with the Autumn Greetings Retreat Kit. There's a handful of those left in the shop to purchase, but you can play along with any supplies you want. All of the projects are easily adaptable to different themes and supplies.  

Day 2 classes are for paid ticket holders and retreat kit owners. You can still purchase a Class Only Ticket in the Not 2 Shabby shop to gain access to tomorrow's day of classes from Kristie Marcotte, Call Me Crafty Al, LV Handcrafted, and Jamie Peters, owner of Not 2 Shabby.

On today's card, I recreated the class project in a Christmas theme. Here's the view when you  first open the card. I've added a place to write a message and a few little ephemera accents. 

Then you open the reveal card and find a gift card holder! So much fun, and perfect for the holidays.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope to "see" you at the retreat!

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Mixed Media Fun

Hey friends! Today I'm popping in with a little card I made just for fun yesterday. I wanted to get a little messy, so pulled out some watercolor markers, molding paste, and had a bit of fun.

I started out with the Spring Collage Tag, stamping in Acorn Versafine Ink and then watercoloring with Kuretake Clean Color Real Brush Markers. I've kind of been on a watercolor kick lately.  I hand cut the tag when I was finished coloring, then inked the edges with gathered twigs and added some twill and twine to the topper, fraying the ends of the twill.

The layer behind this started smooshed on watercolor from my pick up sheet. Next I added a bit of random light stamping with white ink and brown ink and the Script Background. I then added some light molding paste through a scrap of punchinella. Once it dried I pulled out some broken china, peacock feathers, salvaged patina, and vintage photo distress spray stains and dripped them down, and misted over the panel.  I then inked the edges with gathered twigs distress ink.

The back panel is embossed with the Vintage Script embossing folder and then I lightly rubbed a white ink pad over the top to highlight the embossing. Next, I layered up my pieces and glued a thin piece of twill across the edge.

The hugs & prayers is from the Tag & More die set, and I cut the pieces with the Spring Collage Tag Die,  set, adding a couple of teeny tiny brads to each hole on the label.  I finished things off with a little glossy glaze and an enamel dot for the flower center.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a fabulously creative day!

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