Cherished Chat ~ June 29

By Jessie, 3 July, 2010, No Comment

Hi Everybody,

If you’ve had a chance to come in for a visit over the past few weeks then you’ve already felt the change around here! With one little decision comes a flood of emotions that frankly has surprised me. I feel as though I’ve been away somewhere and am finally coming home, and I’m sure you’ve all felt it too when you’ve been in for our Saturday Neat ‘Nique or our fabulous classes!

Our upcoming technique classes are blowing my mind! And more are being added daily! We’ve got many of the samples posted on the website, but you know they look even better in person. We’ve also got samples of our Cruise classes, our BC Crop for Kids classes, and our Be Creative Expo classes in the store for a sneak peek too, so you can see we’ve been busy, busy, busy.

Neat ‘Nique ~ Colouring Stencils

By Jessie, 9 June, 2010, 1 Comment

This week’s Neat ‘Nique (Neat Technique) was learning how to easily colour your stenciled images with Ink Pads

Here’s the finished card and all the supplies you need:

Supplies needed for this card are pictured here

~Assorted cardstock
~Dreamweaver Brass stencil – Large Branch
~Memento Ink Pads – Pear Tart, Bamboo ~Leaves, Rich Cocoa
~Stipple Brushes
~Sponge daubers
~Removeable Tape
~BigShot Die Cutting Machine with Silicone Mat and Impressions Pad
~CuttleBug Houndstooth Embossing Folder

Neat ‘Nique for Saturday August 1st

By Jessie, 29 July, 2009, No Comment

Well, here it is, it doesn’t translate well in pic form though, the embossed craft foil embellishment in the centre had too much reflection to really get the image.

However, it’s Sissex Embossing folder “Damask” and “Swiss Dot”, Cuttlebug Folder “Birds and Vines” and the SpellBinder Die “Lables 4″, oopsie I lost a Bling on the top flower, well that’ll be fixed by Saturday!

See you then!

Encaustic Wax Neat ‘Nique

By Jessie, 12 May, 2009, No Comment

Supplies:Encaustic Wax Iron (travel iron will work)

Wax Painting paper (Glossy will work)

3 colours of wax cubes

If you hold the iron in your writing hand,and melt the wax with the opposite hand, it makes it easier to apply the iron to the paper without having to switch in the middle. Holding the iron upside down and horizontal to the table to ensure a flat surface, melt the first colour of wax over the tip of the iron then add a “smoosh” of the second colour of wax.

Add just a dab of the third colour (this is optional)press the tip of the iron to the paper and lift continue around the entire page. Without adding anymore wax, continue to press the tip of the iron into the wax on the page at varying heights, this will create instant dimension

Add a photo, stamped or die-cut image and attach to a card base. See how easy that was? Go ahead, try it out and send us a picture of what you’ve done and we’ll post it on our blog. This is a great new technique that is getting rave reviews and we’d love to get it going here at Cherish The Thought. Send me those pics to madigin@shaw.ca and I’ll get them up.

Dianne

Watercoloring with Tombow Markers

By Jessie, 22 April, 2009, 1 Comment

Supplies: Watercolor paper, StazOn Ink, Tombow Markers, Water Brush, Assorted Cardstock & Buttons

The first thing you’re going to do is to stamp the image with StazOn ink. It needs to be StazOn when you’re working with water as the other inks will blend in with the other colors and you’ll lose your image. Scribble 2 different colors of Tombow markers onto the image leaving a good amount of white space.

use your aqua brush to swoosh the colors together. If you want a darker color effect, then don’t use too much water. If you’d like to add accent to the image, then color in a line at the edge of the image, and pull the color into the center making sure not to pull too much. You can smooth out the line by lightly drawing out the color from the edges with your watercolor brush. (aquabrush)

Here we’ve inked the edges of the cardstock with the “direct to paper” technique. It’s just a matter of using the inkpad directly to the paper instead of a dauber or sponge. Adhere all your pieces to your cardstock and add your buttons to accent.