Lilac Workshop
February 12, 2025
To sign up for this class go to the bottom of the post and click on the pay button. It will accept the $5.00 payment from most credit cards.
It’s time to think spring! My favorite spring flower has always been the lilac. Unfotunately they don’t grow here in Tucson. So I must grow paper lilacs. The is nothing that can replace the fragrance of a blooming lilac bush.
When I taught 5th grade in Indianapolis I mentioned to my class one spring how lucky they were to have lilacs growing in their yards. Next day they came into my classroom arms loaded with lilacs wrapped in newspaper. I hade lilacs in very available vase placed all over the classroom. It’s still one of my favorite teaching memories.
Supplies: As always feel free to use whatever supplies you have. Sample cards at the end of the post have other color selections.
CAF Lilac
Deco Cover Die
Cardstock in four shades of purple/pink (I used Andromeda, Purple Wine, Soft Lilac and Puffy Heart)
Cardstock in Bamboo
Cardstock in Acai Berry
Glitter Cardstock in Purple Galore and Pink Brilliance
Metallic Watercolor 14 Pan Set
#3 Round Watercolor Brush
Mini Blossom
Other items needed for class:
White A2 landscape-fold card base
White 4 x 5 1/4″panel
Tropical Forest or similar green ink pads
Ultraviolet Ink Pad
Small Blending Brushes
Glue
Sticky Mat
Water
Sentiment of your choice. ( Mine came from Lovely Camellia.)
Assembly:
For practice I will assemble a white lilac while the purple pieces dry. If you wish to assemble a white lilac along with me, die cut all of the pieces in white cardstock.
This will be done in class. But you might want to look it over or die cut ahead.
There are two die cutting plates with petals. Each plate will be die cut from two colors of purple. So you will have four different colors of petals. (You will have enough petals for two images).
Leaves will be die cut two times.
We will be numbering the stem and petals in class and laying them out in order.
Layout for leaves:
Sentiment is from CYL Treasured Moments, Curving Leaves 3D Embossing Folder
For this lilac I started with Blush and White Cardstock. It was ink blended with Bubblegum Dreams and Whispering Woodland ink families. The Doodle Lace Cover Die is cut in the Blush cardstock. Love sentiment is from Script Words Die and cut from glitter cardstock.
Shades of Lapis ink refills were dropped onto white cardstock that had been brushed with clear water. After drying completely the lilac was die cut from it. A similar process was used for the leaves with Emerald ink refills.
The background is Elegant Swirls Stenciled in white embossing paste.
The sentiment is from CYL Splendid Bouquet.
Erum Tasneem has a great tutorial using this technique. It can be found on Altenew’s Blog
Thanks for coming to this class.
I hope you’ll join me again. I teach virtually once a month on Bridget Casey’s Free Saturday Workshop and every 2nd Wednesday. My classes are announced in the Altnew Newsletter and you can find information here on this blog.
Questions? Contact me at grammy2bo@gmail.com