Greeting Card Workshop - 2024

[Randy]

Day 1

I used a background and mushrooms from Creative Fabrica.

Font Freehand526 BT

The button was as suggested by Carole. I did adjust the colour.

I could not get the canvas to get to correct size so just left it as it was.

[Anne Lamp]

My day two.  I turned it's side and went from there.  I went with the blue jeans colors because that is what my husband wears most of the time. He also likes his beer and chocolate cake so that is what I gave him.  The Happy birthday font is Stitch Patch which was today's  5/21 free font on C F. The cake was a black and white png file it it took forever to color everything , but at least I lots of practice with that technique.

Edited May 22, 2024 by Anne Lamp

[Anita Wyatt]

It has been a while and I forgot what maximum file size of our projects we can  post here in the forum. I just completed my day 1 and was ready to resize it for the forum and it will not post if the file size is too large. Thank you.

I just found out file size is up to 500 kb.

Edited May 22, 2024 by Anita Wyatt

[Cassel]

@Corazon Barrameda I am glad you joined. Follow the tutorials and you should be able to create fun greeting cards. Looking forward to seeing them.

@Ann Seeber I guess this workshop was perfectly timed for your needs! And you might want to add something "special" inside that card to your step-daughter!

@Wendy Sanders Great card for a start of this workshop!

@Doska St. Those colors are beautiful. I gather you have found the gallery to post in.

@kasany Beautiful card! I am sure your family will appreciate it.

@fiona cook Great card. May I suggest that you either add shadows to all the elements or none at all? Just a suggestion.

@Petra Nuijten I see that you added just a faint shadow. That is a great idea as it does not look like an obvious shadow. Good work.

@Gerry Landreth Great card for a great occasion!

@Sharla That could be an interesting topic for a class. I'll keep that in mind. For your card, it is simple but effective!

@Corrie Kinkel I love how you add your logo on the back.

@Minka Glasier That is such a great idea for a card!

@Donna Sillia It is great to see you manage to resize the cards to fit your needs.

@Sue Thomas Honestly, when do you really follow a tutorial to the letter? 🙂 You always add your own touch! (and we love that!)

@Sheila Hogg I think your card is great. Simple, elegant. What does not resonate with you?

@Julie Magerka Are we invited to that bake-off? I could just be the taster!

@Randy What size are you trying to get? Were you using the Resize command?

@Anne Lamp It is fantastic when you can customize a card to the particularities and interest of the recipient. You can never get such custom cards in a store!

@Anita Wyatt The size should be about 600 pixels in width. If you save as a jpg, it should be way less than 500 kb.

I am looking forward to all the upcoming cards!

[Anita Wyatt]

Here is my Greeting Card Lesson 1: I used a cover from one of the Birthday cards I received over the past years. The font is one of my favorites "Chase CallasSH. I don't remember where I found it a long time ago. Following Carole's tutorial I learned a few new tips. I took this workshop in 2022 and it is so helpful to get a refresher workshop.

[Ann Seeber]

2 hours ago, Cassel said:

And you might want to add something "special" inside that card to your step-daughter!

@Cassel My cards are all sent digitally via Messenger so I wouldn't have need of an "inside." 

[Michele]

On 5/20/2024 at 4:14 PM, fiona cook said:

I just love flowers and flower photography plus I have a niece's birthday coming up so the ideal subject. I changed the canvas to 1500 x1500. Used a Random Noise Effect to the scallop paper. The texture effect, 'Blind' on the strip is bold at 100%. The round element is 'happiness is homemade' by Marissa Lerin form Digital scrapbooking.com. The font I have used is also from Creative Fabrica called 'Babylone'

The floral brad you used is so gorgeous that I went right to DS and downloaded the entire bundle! If you don't mind may I make a small suggestion? The shadow you used for the brad makes it look like it's floating above the card. You might want to make it smaller.

Edited May 22, 2024 by Michele

[Michele]

Loving everything, especially from our "newbies." I'm very impressed.

I was so looking forward to this workshop, but I don't know if I'll be able to participate due to an injury. Since there is no time limit for the workshops, I hope to be able to start soon and catch up. 🤞

[Dee347]

Card 2 - I changed the template by adding background squares behind the white squares, moved the top up and added a white scalloped border.  Created the ribbon with the Knot 3 script.  Added texture to the top panel, a polka dot overlay to the background layer, puppies from Creative Fabrica on the white squares and a tag with sentiment under the ribbon.  I made this for the Cards For Hospitalized Kids Charity.

 

 

 

Edited May 22, 2024 by Dee347
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[kasany]

L2 Card2. 

[Wendy Sanders]

[Ann Seeber]

3 hours ago, Michele said:

I don't know if I'll be able to participate due to an injury.

Sending good vibes, Michele! Hopefully, you'll have a positive outcome.

[Ann Seeber]

2 hours ago, kasany said:

L2 Card2. 

@kasany I had the same issue with a white card where the edges didn't stand out here in the forum. I pulled it back and added a slightly larger bottom layer and added a faint shadow. That helped! I'll show it here again...

[Sue Thomas]

I will continue with the invitation cards tomorrow.  Today's card is one I have just made to send via email.  My son's mother-in-law is a keen gardiner, and yesterday she slipped and took a tumble,  hurting her back.  She will be fine, she's like me as tough as  nails.   I used today's  template.  I struggle to find elements, as I have very few kits, and odd elements to choose from.  Anyway,  I sent the ecard with the wavy lines, which I lightened even more.  I'm not a big fan of patterened background papers, they have to be subtle.  I also addd a texture and a little noise.  I also chose to  frame the text instead of the whole page. 

Edited May 22, 2024 by Sue Thomas

[Susan Ewart]

4 hours ago, Michele said:

Loving everything, especially from our "newbies." I'm very impressed.

I was so looking forward to this workshop, but I don't know if I'll be able to participate due to an injury. Since there is no time limit for the workshops, I hope to be able to start soon and catch up. 🤞

That's too bad Michele.  I hope your recovery goes well and fast. take care

[Susan Ewart]

12 minutes ago, Sue Thomas said:

I will continue with the invitation cards tomorrow.  Today's card is one I have just made to send via email.  My son's mother-in-law is a keen gardiner, and yesterday she slipped and took a tumble,  hurting her back.  She will be fine, she's like me as tough as  nails.   I used today's  template.  I struggle to find elements, as I have very few kits, and odd elements to choose from.  Anyway,  I sent the ecard with the wavy lines, which I lightened even more.  I'm not a big fan of patterened background papers, they have to be subtle.  I also addd a texture and a little noise.  I also chose to  frame the text instead of the whole page. 

I love this.  I was scrolling the new cards from the bottom so before I saw your name I guessed that this was from you.  Beautiful colors and layout.  I like both versions; straight and wavy. With even a small amount of supplies/elements you make a big impact.

[Susan Ewart]

50 minutes ago, Ann Seeber said:

@kasany I had the same issue with a white card where the edges didn't stand out here in the forum. I pulled it back and added a slightly larger bottom layer and added a faint shadow. That helped! I'll show it here again...

This is s a good idea Ann.  

[Susan Ewart]

2 hours ago, Wendy Sanders said:

I love this Wendy!   Beautify done. 

[Susan Ewart]

3 hours ago, Dee347 said:

Card 2 - I changed the template by adding background squares behind the white squares, moved the top up and added a white scalloped border.  Created the ribbon with the Knot 3 script.  Added texture to the top panel, a polka dot overlay to the background layer, puppies from Creative Fabrica on the white squares and a tag with sentiment under the ribbon.  I made this for the Cards For Hospitalized Kids Charity.

 

 

 

This is so sweet.

 

[Jen Brown]

Lesson 1
Background Paper and brad came from The Curio Panty: Time to Unwind kit. The font was Edwardian Script Font.

[kasany]

L2. Card2 corrected a bit thanks to AnnSeeber. btw, it's super fun so I've changed my work a little bit. 

[Corrie Kinkel]

6 hours ago, Michele said:

Loving everything, especially from our "newbies." I'm very impressed.

I was so looking forward to this workshop, but I don't know if I'll be able to participate due to an injury. Since there is no time limit for the workshops, I hope to be able to start soon and catch up. 🤞

Michele that is very unlucky, I hope you recover soon.

[Donna Sillia]

Day 2  This birthday card is for my daughter who loves flamingos so much that she had one tattooed on her shoulder. Those cute flamingos are from a CF bundle that I recently downloaded. The top ribbon has a blue background with a bokeh pattern that I made with Procreate. The scallops were made with cass quick scallop script. The font is Love Stars downloaded from CF. I duplicated the text, changed the color and moved the red copy to look like a layered font. The background is a parchment paper made in FF and lightened.

[Julie Magerka]

Lesson 2 Greeting card (extra template)  I send cards for the usual events, but I also seem to need quite a few sympathy cards these days. Age-related, no doubt. I always struggle with store-bought cards for this occasion, so making my own sometimes is a better choice.

I took the photo yesterday in a garden near me. Such lovely tall bearded irises in a soft pastel.

[Peggy Dyar]

Just getting started with the week! I used a photo background, then used Posterize to change the lower background; adding a Selective Focus to the resulting image. This allowed me to focus solely on the ornament, while still keeping the main concept of the tree.

for the Scallop, I added in inner blend which created a shadow to create a "depth" that I like to see when I make my 3-D cards. I used random noise in monochrome to create the texture for the scalloped section. For the ribbon, I used a gradient at 45% that used colors from the original photo; added the star (from Digital Scrapbook). Then copied the scallop/ribbon/brad and placed it on the opposite side of the card. Merry Christmas in white at the bottom finished it off.