We are excited to welcome Carolyn Peeler back here to the CLASSroom. Carolyn enjoys travel and photography. Both of these elements are evident in the projects she creates as they showcase her eclectic styling and work with Mixed Media. I met Carolyn many years ago at Ranger U and have been lucky to get to know Carolyn better this fall - she is an absolute delight - kind hearted, enthusiastic and so talented!
To learn more about Carolyn and enjoy her art journals and photography please visit her blog Cut n Paste. Please join us there to thank her for sharing her creativity here in the CLASSroom with us! As our way of thanking you for taking the time to visit Carolyn's blog we have a package of goodies awaiting you there. Please leave a comment on her blog post about being a guest here by December 20th to be included in the random drawing she will be hosting there.
Thank you Carolyn for sharing your creativity with us here in the CLASSroom today - I am blessed to have you in my life! -Ellen
I am thrilled to be here today in the CLASSroom to share my Christmas card project with you. Like many of you, I was insanely excited when I saw the collection of stamps and dies recently added to the Essentials by Ellen product line. Julie Ebersole & Ellen really hit the ball out of the park with them, and I have really loved experimenting with many pieces of the collection.
Today it is my pleasure to share a Christmas card project with you. In designing the card, I wanted to concentrate on 3 things; watercolor, glitz and gold. Watercolor techniques have been a very popular trend in paper crafting for the past few years, and I thought that the mottled effects and imperfect shading that we can easily achieve when using watercolors would lend an organic feel to my card. Glitz and gold are also strong trends right now, so those two things make an appearance and play off the watercolor technique nicely. I especially like that the shade of gold which I used in this card does not have a strong yellow base. Both the glitter and the foil paper have more of a taupe undertone to the gold, so it is a bit more sophisticated and subtle than a brash, harsh gold.
My first love in paper crafting has always been patterned paper, so on this card the background is made up of paper from the Basic Grey Evergreen 6x6 paper pad. This pad combines traditional Christmas colors with some fun non-traditional colors, like the aqua and taupe that I used on my card.
Enjoy the video on our YouTube Channel Carolyn has prepared for us today--we're so glad to have you tuning in each week and subscribing!
Following are some cut paper sizes you may find helpful:
White cardstock: into A2 card size: 8.5”wide x 5.5” high. Fold in half to form card
Peanut Cluster: 3.25” wide x 4.25” high
Butter Mints: 3” wide x 5” high
Black cardstock: 3.5” wide x 1” high
Basic Grey Aqua watercolor patterned paper: 3” x 3”
Basic Grey Taupe and white geometric Patterned paper: 4.25” wide x 2.5” high
Gold foil paper: ¾” wide x 5.5” high
I hope you enjoy the video tutorial and Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Carolyn
Stamps: Essentials by Ellen-Cozy Christmas
Dies: Essentials by Ellen-Merry & Bright, Prize Stag, Laurel Wreath
Paper: Basic Grey Evergreen, Chickaniddy Goldie Lox Foil Paper, Bazzill Card Shoppe-Peanut Cluster, Butter Mints, Licorice, Marshmallow
Ink: Distress Ink-Tea Dye, Peeled Paint, Bundled Sage
Accessories: Glitter Ritz MicroFine Sand, Hero Arts Red Metallic Dots, Sookwang Double-sided Adhesive, Pop Dots, Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue, Non-stick Craft Mat, Ink Blending Tool, Big Shot, Sewing Machine and White Thread
