We needed a video for the gift card holder tutorial for last weeks newsletter. For my sample I used Penny Lane My Mind’s Eye Paper and Lizzie Anne Designs Love & Joy Labels.
Here is a video for the visual learner:
Nov 292009
Here is the sketch for this weekend’s challenge:
To participate in the challenge, make a card with this layout and upload it either to your blog, or to an online gallery.
If you upload your card on SCS, put WSC108 (NO SPACE INBETWEEN WSC AND 108) in the keyword section. That way we can look at all of them at once! Add a link to your card to either Mr. Linky, or as a comment to this thread so I can go and check it out.
I am sorry, I didn’t get to stamp a sample for this sketch yet. My in-laws are visiting since Tuesday. I hope to post a sample tomorrow. To see samples made with this sketch now, check out the blogs of
Have fun creating! I can’t wait to see what you come up with.
Taylor is hosting a Blog hop today. We all decorated one of her Perfect Package Card Boxes. I love how sturdy those boxes are and that they are collapsible.
In honor of Black Friday and Cyber Monday (the two biggest shopping days of the year!), Taylored Expressions is offering 15% off everything in the store! Just use the promotional code TEBlackFriday upon checkout to receive the discount. You don’t want to miss up to 50% off all JustRite products, Buy 2 Get 1 Free on Tiny Twinkles, and the new TE Shirts & Aprons!
I am a bit stuck on the Laundry Line paper from My Mind’s Eye lately. It’s so pretty and it sparkles!!! A 4 1/2″ x 6 1/8″ piece of Tenny Wishes paperwas stitched to a 1/4″ bigger piece of sponged Chocolate chip cardstock. The 1 3/4″ x 6 1/8″ piece of Proud print paper was stitched to a slightly wider piece of Very Vanilla cardstock that had been punched with a Martha Stewart Border punch. Ivory Satin ribbon from May Arts was tied around the strip before it was taped to the card box front.
The image is from Taylor’s Christmas Blessings. It was stamped in Espresso Adirondack ink on Vanilla cardstock twice. I cut the inner image out of one of the images, sponged it with Scattered Straw and Vintage Photo Distress ink and brushed it with Clear Rock Candy Distress Paint.
I colored the frame of the other image with Copic Marker G82 and covered it with Crystal Effect. It was layered on a Chocolate Chip scalloped rectangle cut and embossed with Nestabilities. The sentiment is also from Christmas blessings. It was stamped in Espresso ink, cut out with a 1 3/8″ circle punch, sponged with Scattered Straw and Vintage photo and layered on a sponged Chocolate Chip scallop circle. To finish up the front, I inked up a Maya Road scroll with Espresso ink and added Clear Kaiser Rhinestones as well as Tiny Twinkles.
The back of the lid was layered matching the outside. On the inside of the box I created a spot for three Rocher chocolates, as well as a gift card holder. A matching card will be placed of the gift card.
The Chocolate Chip card base measures 4″ x 8 1/2″ and was folded in half. The rest of the card is pretty much the same as the box front. It looks a lot better IRL, but it was hard to photograph with all the Crystal Effect and Crackle Paint.
Please check out these blogs to see what the other girls created with these awesome boxes:
Alex Maldonado
Amy Rohl
Bev Gerard
Charmaine Ikach
Cindy Haffner
Debbie Olson
Donna Baker
Jami Sibley
Jen del Muro
Jen Tapler
Jenn Balcer
Jennifer Buck
Jessica Diedrich
Joan Ervin
Joanne Basile
Linda Duke
Lori Craig
Rose Anne Reynolds
Sankari Wegman
Sharon Harnist
Sherry Cheever
Taylor VanBruggen
Have a happy and safeBlack Friday! Hugs and smiles
As soon as I saw the new Donna Downey set at Unity, I knew I had to have it. Those gorgeous Silhouettes were calling my name. When it first came out, Unity had is on sale. I snatched it up right there and then.
I started out with a 7 3/4″ square of My Mind’s Eye Penny Lane paper.
After folding the diaper fold, I unfolded it, stamped the image in Vintage Photo two times without reinking and sponged the edges first with Scattered Straw and Vintage Photo. A dotted border was added with Espresso Dimensionals Pearls.
The card base is a 3″ x 6″ strip of Chocolate Chip cardstock. It was folded in half and the edges were sponged with Walnut stain Distress ink. The stamped piece started out as a 2 9/16″ square of Very Vanilla cardstock. I stamped the same image that was stamped on the flap in Shabby Shutter distress ink on the square and the sentiment in Walnut Stain ink in the middle. The edges were distressed and sponged first with Scattered Straw then with Vintage Photo ink. It was stitched on a 2 3/4″ square of Very Vanilla cardstock.
A 3/4″ sponged Chocolate Chip circle was adhered to the lower left side. A Jumbo eyelet was punched through it and a bow topped that off.
Here is a short video for the visual learner:
Nov 262009
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope you great day with your family and friends! We are having my In-laws over from Texas. They are freezing, but we are having a great time.
A while back I received this beautiful RAK from Bonnie. I thought it was perfect to share with you today. I have another project to share, but that will take a little bit. I still have to write that blog post.
Hugs and smiles
Nov 252009
Jodi Collins is today’s guest tutorial writer and she is showing us how to create a Card Purse for regular size cards. For my version I used the November Store kit from Unity. I LOVE this kit. Just look at this gorgeous stamp!
I stamped the fairy girl in Espresso Adirondack ink on Vanilla cardstock, cut it out with Label 2 Nestabilities, left the die on and sponged it first with Scattered Straw Distressed ink, then just a bit with Vintage Photo Distress ink. It was layered on a Chocolate chip cardstock piece that had been cut with the next size up label and sponged with Espresso ink. That had May Arts Organdy Ribbon tied around it.
The entire fairy was covered in Crystal Effect, the dandelion in Stardust stickles. The sentiment is also from Believe in Fairytales. it was stamped in Espresso ink on Vanilla cardstock, cut with large oval punch, sponged with Scattered Straw and Vintage Photo and layered on a Chocolate Scallop Oval punchout. I stamped the dandelion part of the image in Scattered Straw over the sentiment and added Stardust stickles to the dandelion. Three Tiny Twinkles finish off the sentiment layer.
A 4″ x 4 1/2″ piece of Laundry Line My Mind’s Eye paper was embossed with the Victoria Cuttlebug folder and sponged with Vintage Photo ink. It was stitched to a 3/16″ bigger piece of Very Vanilla cardstock that had been sponged with Vintage Photo ink. The main image was attached to the card box with dimensionals.
To finish it off I added Large Kaiser Rhinestones on top of 1/2″ Chocolate Chip circles that were sponged with Espresso ink. The ribbon handles were made of out Gold Satin Ribbon from May Arts. They were attached to the box with Scor-Tape.
Here is a video for the visual learner:
Nov 232009
After shooting the video for Misting with Copic Markers I still had a partridge tag left over. I thought it work great on a boxI had created with the Ultimate Crafter’s Companion.
The box base was created out of a 7″ square of Chocolate chip cardstock. It was scored 1 1/2″ on each side. The top as created out of a 6″ square of The Merry Days of Christmas My Mind’s Eye paper. It was scored at 1″ on each side. Then the edges were punched with the Eyelet Border punch from Stampin’ Up!.
The box was tied with Burgundy Satin Ribbon from May Arts. The tag was attached to the ribbon with elastic gold cord.
Here is a video for the visual learner:
Nov 222009
Last Wednesday a Product Review about The Ultimate Crafter’s Companion was posted on Splitcoaststampers. Whenever there is a Product Review we try to include tutorials for the product that is reviewed.
For the Crafter’s companion I wrote tutorials for Dry Embossed edges , Creating Bows and Creating Envelopes with The Ultimate Crafter’s Companion.
My card base is a 4 1/4″ x 8 1/2″ piece of textured Real Red cardstock folded in half. After double embossing a decorative border on the bottom of the card front, I cut around the edge of that border with my scissors. Snowflakes from the Verve set Frosty Flakes were stamped in Fired Brick distress ink over the front of the card front. The edges of the card front were sponged with the same ink.
A 1 3/4″ x 4 1/4″ piece of Bo Bunny Paper was taped on a 1/8″ bigger piece of White cardstock and taped on the lower half of the front. Tiny Twinkles were glued between the the two dry embossed edges. Another strip of different Bo Bunny paper was taped behind the dry embossed edge to add a bit more color.
The sentiment is from Verve’s Christmas is in the Air. It was stamped in Adirondack Espresso Ink, cut with Label 8 Nestabilities and sponged with Adirondack Willow ink. A Chocolate Grosgrain ribbon bow was added to the bottom left of the sentiment layer and a snowflake to the top right. The snowflake outline is from Christmas is in the Air, the inside is from Frosty Flakes and was stamped in Adirondack Aqua Ink. The snowflake was covered with Crystal Effects and then sprinkled with Dazzling Diamond Glitter. A Bo Bunny i candy jewel finishes off the flake.
Here is a video for the visual learner:
Nov 212009
Random.org picked #48. That is Ann.
Thank you all for visiting and leaving a comment.
Hugs and smiles
Nov 212009
Gina K. wrote the Misting with Alcohol Marker tutorial for SCS a while back. The tutorial was in the newsletter last Wednesday, so I created a video for it. Since Gina wrote the tutorial, I used her stamps for the video. Plus…I REALLY LOVE these Christmas sets.
I used the bird stamp from Holiday cheer and colored it with Copic Markers (R39, R59, YG95, YG99). Next I filled a mini mister with rubbing Alcohol and sprayed the stamp. The image was stamped on Neenah Solar White cardstock, cut with Label 4 Nestabilities and sponged first with Scattered Straw, then with Vintage Photo distress inks. It was layered on the next size bigger label that had been cut out of Chocolate chip cardstock.
The card base is (surprise, surprise….my two favorite things together) a 4 1/4″ x 8 1/2″ piece of Chocolate Chip cardstock. The edges of the card front as well as all other chocolate cardstock pieces on the card were sponged with Walnut Ink Distress ink.
The edges of a 3 3/4″ square of The Merry Days of Christmas My Mind’s Eye paper were sanded, then sponged with Old Paper ink for an aged look before it was stitched to a 3/16″ bigger piece of Whisper White cardstock. The red paper is also from The Merry Days of Christmas and measures 2 1/2″ x 3″. Three Ice Circle Rhinestone brads were added to the top left of that layer.
I punched a hole a bit off to the lower right of middle of the layers with my Crop-a-dile and tied White May Arts Organza Ribbon through it. The sentiment is also from the Holiday Cheer TV kit. it was stamped in Walnut Stain on Whisper White cardstock, punched out with the large oval punch and sponged first with Scattered Straw, then with Vintage photo ink. It was layered on a Chocolate Scallop Oval punch-out and attached to the lower left side of the image with dimensionals.
Here is a video for the visual learner:
