24 February Screen cards

Dresses

Hide white edges by colouring with a promarker. Curl dresses with blade of scissors. Use 3D  foam pads top and bottom of dresses plus glue to waistline. Edges black soot or pumice stone ink.

Flower screen

Marsh green stems, canary or sunflower yellow, china blue, cardinal red. Edges black soot ink or black pen. Stardust stickles to flower centres.

Decorator

Scallop punch to top edge. Brush handles berry red, brush hairs ice grey 2 or 3, flesh is satin promarker, other colours used amethyst, trick or treat, ice grey 2 or 3, hair and shoes umber or firewood, overalls frozen lake or powder blue or pastel blue, hat reef blue or capri. 3D foam pads to brushes then acrylic paint applied once on card with small stiff brush. Edges faded jeans or chipped sapphire ink.

Cat

Pear green eyes, henna and spice or terracotta, collar sleigh bell + sakura clear pen, edges rust hinge ink.

Roses

Marsh green, dusky rose, edges pumice stone ink or chalk. 3D foam pads under roses and sentiment

10 February Pocket cards

Double pocket with lace

Stick down the pockets just at outer edges so that tags can be inserted. Use red backed tape for lace. stamp emboss heart on tag with silver embossing powder. Edges of tags silver gilding wax.

Tissue in pocket

Faux  stitches around edges with black pen. Curl pocket with scissors and flowers with poky tool, fold tissue to give triangle at top. Edges pumice stone ink.

Pink heart

Edges and embossed layer cloudy blue Adirondack ink or chalk, keep sponge very flat and gently apply ink to embossed flowers.

Just a note

Marsh green, wild cranberry and plum preserve promarkers. Edges dusty concord ink, star dust stickles to flower centres.

Mosaic

Stick white border to card then stick pinks inside.

3 February Window cards

Brown window box

Stick blind on back of window then patterned paper. Edges of window frame and brick wall gathered twig or frayed burlap ink or chalk.

Cat

Black soot ink to edges of brick wall and window box. Cut out cat and use black pen or ink to cover white edges. Curtain pelmet on back of window then curtains and backing paper.

Trees

Mask the horizon line then use bundled sage ink for grass and chalk for sky. Score vertical lines on brown card to make panel effect. Curtain tie backs are peel off.

Ties

Put pencil marks on ties for knots. Curl edges of ties use 3D foam pads. Stick ends of string to back of card. edge of oval rusty hinge ink, writing up the right way. embossed layer edges scattered straw ink then umber promarker on top.

Poppies

Berry red and marsh green, edge of flower picture red promarker, edge of embossed black soot ink.