Cocoa & Crafts Grassy Grove 4

Well, July, where did you go?!? I just realized I am a week late in getting this posted! To be fair, hubby and I spent the last two weeks working with other church members to renovate the parsonage for our new Pastor and his family, so the weeks have kind of just flown by. We painted, put in a new floor, cleaned, repaired, etc. Most afternoons when we got home I pretty much collapsed on the sofa and didn't move till bedtime. It was tiring, but so glad to be able to welcome our new Pastor and his family to a well-cared-for house. 

So, today's card is a 3D scene that stands on its own. It does fit in an envelope for mailing. I think this would be a special sympathy card to send to someone. 

The measurements are actually pretty easy. 

• Card base: 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 scored at 4 1/4
• Watercolor background: 4 1/8 x 5 3/8
• 1 3/4 x 5 1/2 scored at 3/8, 7/8, 1 3/8

Thankfully there are 5 Tuesdays in August, so I will be back next week with the first of our next Cocoa & Crafts videos. Hope to see you then! 

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Cocoa & Crafts Grassy Grove 3

 

Hello there! How has your week been? Our daughter and family came out for a visit last week and we had so much fun! I enjoyed getting to explore our property with my grandson and letting him help in the garden and pick berries. He's 5, which is such a fun age. Of course I also got lots of snuggles in with his little sister. 

Exploring the creek in our woods

I hope you enjoy making this week's project. Once again we're going to do a bit of water coloring. I absolutely love just watching the color flow around on the paper. It's kind of magical! 

The measurements for this card are super simple, just a basic card base with 4 x 5 1/4 watercolor panel on the front and another one inside. Super easy. 

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Cocoa & Crafts Grassy Grove 2

Hello there! Welcome to my crafty corner of the web. Today we are working on the second project in this month's Cocoa & Crafts class. As I mentioned before, this is World Watercolor Month and we are going to play with some watercoloring techniques. You will find that no matter how many times you do this, none of your results will look the same. 

This card has a little bit of a fun fold to it that almost makes you feel like you just walked out of the woods onto a beautiful lakeshore. Once you open it all the way, there is plenty of room to write a note to someone. I think this would work especially well as a sympathy card. 

Measurements: 

• Black base 4 1/4 x 11 scored at 5 1/2
• White base 4 1/8 x 10 3/4 scored at 5 3/8
• Watercolor layer 4 x 5 1/4

Supplies:

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Cocoa & Crafts Grassy Grove 1

Hello there! I'm excited to start another round of Cocoa & Crafts today. I opted for the Grassy Grove stamp set for this class as I had special requests for either masculine or sympathy cards, and I thought this set could work well for both of those. You will notice as we go through the projects this month that each one uses a watercolor technique. When I designed the projects I had no idea that this month is World Watercolor Month. How cool is that? 

We're going to start off with a pretty simple card. The additional step of using a little water on the stamped image helps give it a watercolored look and also fills in the image making it look fuller. I kept my card blank, but there is space in the upper right to add a sentiment of your choice. 

Measurements:

• Card Base 5 1/2 x 8 1/2
• Soft Suede layer 4 1/2 x 3 1/2
• Watercolor layer 4 1/4 x 2 5/8

Supplies:

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