Borden: Inkblot designs on upcoming show

Information on creating backgrounds on cards, succulent plants, using clayboard will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” on Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. and on Thursday at noon. (All times are Mountain.)

Diane Tunnell is an Independent Demonstrator with Stampin’ Up!, and she’s going to demonstrate how to use a brayer to apply ink to an embossing folder to create the background for a card. She also has some other techniques she’ll show. She lives in Clovis.

Curt Jaynes, owner of GardenSource Nursery and Landscaping in Portales is going to demonstrate choosing, planting and caring for succulents which do well in almost any climate.

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Shannon Bielke is a crafter and designer and she’s going to show the beauty and versatility of clayboard, which can be used in many ways, from artwork, to jewelry, boxes and more. Her company is Sha & Co. and she’s from Payson, Arizona.

Information on pressing flowers and making inkblot designs will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” on Tuesday at noon and on Saturday at 2 p.m. (All times are Mountain.)

Kate Chu represents pressed-flowers.com, and she's going to share some of the new and exciting things that are going on in the field of pressed flowers, including new presses on the market and how to use the microwave for pressing. She lives in Anaheim, California.

Margaret Peot is an author, artist and painter, and she is going to show how making inkblots can be a remarkable way to free up a stifled creative self. She'll demonstrate how to fill a blank, unlined sketchbook or journal with inkblots, and how to use them as a springboard for writing and drawing. She’s from New York City.

Inked Embossing Folder

Cutting the pieces:

• Card base: 4 1/4" x 11" scored along 11" side at 5 1/2."

• Layer: One piece 4 1/8" x 5 3/8" card front.

• Layers: Two pieces 4" x 5 1/4" one for card front, one for card inside.

• Sentiment: 1 1/4" x 3 5/8" Stamp "Thankful" sentiment from Six Sayings stamp set.

Creating the leaves: Using the Leaflets Framelits, cut three leaves of different colors and shapes. Spritz both sides of the leaf with water or alcohol and allow the liquid to soak into the cardstock. Carefully wad the leaf into a loose ball and then spread back out. Allow some of the wrinkles to stay in the cardstock. Using your fingers, pinch a stem/vein down the middle of the leaf. When you achieve the desired look, allow cardstock to dry completely. When dry, lightly sponge edges of leaf with ink.

Create the background: Using an Embossing Folder and one piece of the 4 x 5 1/4” cardstock, ink the side of the embossing folder with the background raised and a brayer. On most embossing folders this will be the side that has some print on it. Sponge the tops of the trees lightly with ink. Stamp sentiment on the 1 1/4" x 3 5/8" cardstock. Round corners if desired.

Build the Card: Glue the embossed background to the 4 1/8" x 5 3/8" piece, then glue both to the card front. Use dimensional to adhere the sentiment. Tie the three leaves together with thread and glue to card front. Stamp sentiment to the remaining cardstock and glue to the inside of card.

“Creative Living" is produced and hosted by Sheryl Borden. The show is carried by more than 118 PBS stations in the United States, Canada, Guam and Puerto Rico and is distributed by Westlink, Albuquerque.