Making cards, wardrobe planning ahead on show

Information on making cards and wardrobe planning will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and noon Thursday (all times Mountain).

Susan Legits, an independent demonstrator with Stampin’ Up, will show how to make a simple card and then use stamps, ink and paper to step it up with a little layering to make the card different. Then she’ll do the process again with other supplies to make the card even better. Legits is from Albuquerque.

Author, wardrobe consultant and designer Nancy Nix-Rice knows that most women wear the same few outfits over and over again. She’s going to explain how to create a color column and then add accessories, different tops and bottoms and scarves to create flattering new outfits. Nix-Rice lives in St. Louis.

Information on needle felting and creating a marbleized effect on fabric will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” noon Tuesday and 2 p.m Saturday.

Michele Muska is with the Simplicity Creative Group, and she’s going to demonstrate the new 12 needle deluxe electric felting machine as she makes some beautiful felted cuffs to wear as bracelets or to attach to garments. She’s from Antioch, Tennessee.

Evelyn Terhune is the former owner of Ozark Crafts in Gilbert, Arkansas, and she’s going to show how to use ordinary shaving cream and acrylic paints to create a marbleized effect on fabric which can then be used for a variety of projects

Step-It-Up Card

Supplies

• Stamp sets - County Home Stamp

• Card stock - Thick white card stock, patterned paper, brown card stock, copper foil paper

• Stamp pads - Black, rust

• Miscellaneous - Copper threat, scalloped oval thinlits, tin tile embossing foler, paper snips, dimensionals, alcohol markers

Measurements

• White card stock: 8 1/2 by 5 1/2 inch, 3 by 1 inch scraps

• Patterned paper: 5 1/2 by 2 1/2 inches

• Brown card stock: Scrap to cut out oval

• Copper foil paper: 5 1/2 by 1 1/2 inches

Instructions

1. Stamp the watering can image with black ink. Color and cut out as desired.

2. Cut out a scalloped oval with brown card stock.

3. Stamp a sentiment on the 1-inch strip of card stock. Cut a banner on the left side.

4. Emboss the copper foil paper

5. Layer the patterned paper on to the card. Layer the embossed copper foil paper.

6. Wrap copper thread around the scalloped oval. Wrap copper thread around the card base next to the copper foil paper.

7. Layer the banner, brown scallop and watering can on to the card using dimensionals.

This card starts out simple. You can add embellishments and layers to make it as fancy as you would like.

“Creative Living” is produced and hosted by Sheryl Borden. The show is carried by more than 118 PBS stations. Contact her at:

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