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Today’s tutorial on SCS is written by Jane Matsumoto. It’s how to create a box with four scallop edge envelopes. It’s very cute, but after Ranger U, I am so not in the cute mood. So I decorated it a bit different. I embossed a grungeboard swirl with Vintage Photo Distress Embossing powder and added a flower from Foilage and a Philosopy Tag.

My box is made out of Neenah Solar White cardstock. I embossed all four sides with Cuttlebug’s Textile. Next I treated the cardstock with a technique Tim showed us on Grungeboard. He called it Grunge Distress. Since I was not using Grungeboard, I call it Acrylic Distress. I shot some step by step pictures to show you. Just click on more if you want to see it. 

P.S.: I will have to take out the candy and tissue and add some brown speckles on it. It’s just too darn white.

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I am excited to participate in today’s Hippity Hop blog hop. I created this paper cone as an alternate version of last weeks tutorial. Make sure to check out all the other blog hop participants. You can find them listed on the Ippity Blog.

 The paper used here is from Scenic Route. The rim was cut out of Chocolate Chip cardstock with Jumbo Scallop Borderabilities. KaiserCraft Pearls were added to dress it up a bit. Inside the rim I taped a wide strip of tissue paper. It was tied with 1/4″ wide green Silk May Arts Ribbon.

The tag was stamped directly on Scenic Route paper in Rich Cocoa Memento ink. It is from Ippity’s Just Wanted to say stamp set. I stamped the bird in Peeled Paint on White cardstock, cut it out and mounted it on the tag with dimensionals. To finish it off I added some Stardust Stickles.

As one of my samples for Wednesday’s Product review I chose to create a frame out of Swirl Grungeboard.

I ran the Grungeboard with the Jumbo Scalloped Rectangle and Classic Rectangle Nestabilities die twice through my Wizard. It almost cut it all the way through. I had to help a bit with scissors. Next I added color to the frame front with my Pearl Acrylic Paint Dabber.  Soft Pink KaiserCraft Rhinestones were added to the three of the corners.

Pink and White Tissue was cut with Spellbinders Nested Blossoms, layered and topped with Recollections Brads. Maja Road Swirls were first colored with Citrus Acrylic Paint Dabber, then sprinkled with Pine Needles Distress Embossing powder.

I added a piece of Acetate over the frame opening and placed one of my favorite pictures of Rebecca behind it. The rectangle cut out from the front was placed behind the frame. It was closed with a slightly bigger cardboard rectangle and some retired Stampin’ Up! photo hinges. The foot of the frame was cut out of cardboard as well. The cardboard pieces were colored with Black Acrylic Paint.

Today’s tutorial on Splitcoaststampers is on how to make a paper cone. They are fun and versatile. You can use them as a treat bag or you can turn them around and use them as a party hat or base for a doll. What’s not to like, right?

For my sample I used the new Jumbo Scallop Petite Borderabilities. Splitcoaststampers is posting a review on the new wide scallop dies Spellbinders came out with. I received these dies to play with. I LOVE Spellbinder dies, this one was no exception!

The paper used for this cone is from the Laundry Line from My Mind’s Eye. I cut and embossed two 11″ strips of Chocolate Chip cardstock with the Spellbinders Borderabilities. I used the double scallop one for the cone handle, the single one as a trim for the cone.

The sentiment is from JustRite’s Romantic Sentiments . It was stamped in Fired Brick Distress ink and sponged with Tattered Rose ink. The border was stamped in Walnut Stain Distress ink and is from as the Decorative Round Borders. The sentiment and border as well as the scalloped circle behind it were cut and embossed with the Circle Nestabilities.

The flower is a little sneak peek of Tim Holtz’s Flower Tattered Floral Die. Daisy from Eclectic Paperie gave my a few cut outs when I met her at the CHA. I can’t wait to own that die!!! The flower cut-outs were sponged with Fired Brick Distress ink, layered and topped with a Making Memories Brad. Silk May Arts ribbon finishes off my cone.

Here is a video for the visual learner:

Have a wonderful day! Hugs and smiles

Today’s tutorial on Splitcoast was written by Makeesha Byl. She created a darling rectangle basket, perfect for small Easter Eggs or other Easter treats.

My basket started out as a 4 3/4″ x 7 3/4″ piece of Chocolate chip cardstock. It was scored, cut and taped together just like in the tutorial. I created a 1 1/2″ x  15″ long strip of Just Dreamy 2 My Mind’s Eye paper. A 1″ x 15″ strip of Whisper White cardstock was punched with Stampin’ Up!’s Eyelet border punch and adhered to the top of my patterned paper. Then the patterned paper was adhered to the basket bottom.

The basket handle is a 1″ x 11″ strip of Chocolate strip cardstock layered with a 13/16″ x 11″ strip of Dreamy 2 paper. The ends were taped to the insides of the basket and a large brad was over the ends. White Satin Ribbon was tied to the handle.

The sentiment is from Verve’s Everlasting Life stamp set. It was stamped in Rich Cocoa Memento ink on Whisper White cardstock and cut out with Petite Oval Nestabilities. The white layer was attached to a slightly larger Chocolate Chip scallop oval and adhered to the basket with dimensionals. To finish off the basket I overlayed two Strawberry Hydrangea Prima flowers and topped them with a Recollections brad.

Here is a video for the visual learner:

Another VSN challenge this weekend was to create a Free Standing Pop-Up card. I always forget about this card fold and was happy to participate.

My centerpiece was cut with Long Rectangle Nestabilities out of Chocolate chip cardstock. It was cut down to 5″ and sponged with Walnut Stain Distress ink. A 2 13/16″ x 4 3/4″ piece of Whisper White cardstock was embossed with the Cuttlebug Argyle Embossing Folder and sponged with Linen Distress ink. It was stitched to the Chocolate Scallop layer.

The medallion stamp from Verve’s Accent Notes was stamped in Forest Moss Distress ink on Whisper White cardstock. It was cut out Label 1 Nestabilities and sponged with Crushed Olive Distress ink (yes….my new Distress ink colors arrived and I absolutely LOVE them!).  The sentiment is from the same Verve set. It was stamped in Walnut Stain Distress ink on white cardstock, cut out with Circle Nestabilities, sponged with Crushed Olive and Forest Moss ink and then layered on a slightly bigger chocolate scallop circle.. The sentiment was adhered to the center of the medallion image. That layer was adhered to a scallop square that had been cut with Square Nestabilities. To finish this layer off, Hero Arts Pearls were added to the medallion. The centerpiece was adhered to the long tag with dimensionals.

The card base was created out of a 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece of Old Olive cardstock. The entire piece was stamped with one of the square images of the Accent note stamp set in Forest Moss, then sponged all around. White Satin May Arts ribbon was tied around the base and a double flower (bigger flower from Stampin’ Up!, smaller flower from Prima. Brad from Recollections) was adhered on the left side of the base.

Have a wonderful day! Thanks for stopping by! Hugs and smiles

 Here is my video tutorial for the Free Standing Pop-Up card:

Flower Soft has a great new product out…well actually two. But the latest product review on SCS was all about the new Flower Soft Ultra Fine. I really like the much finer new product. It makes it easier to use on more detailed stamps. The other new product is their beautiful new line of stamps called Moments in Time. 

My image is from the Moments in Time stamp set called Man of the Hour. This image reminds me so much of my two boys when they were little. Kids grow up way to fast, don’t they? The image was stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento ink on Neenah White cardstock and colored with Copic Markers (Shirt and socks: R24, R27, R29, BG93, BG96  Ball E33, E34, E35  Shorts: E70, E71, C00 Grass: YG01, YG03, YG05  Skin: E50, E51, E53  Shoes: E44, E47  Hair: Y18, Y26, YR28, E15, E8). The image was cut out and embossed with Curved Rectangle Nestabilities. While leaving the die on, I airbrushed the sky with Copic Marker B24.

On the ground I added Flower Soft Ultra Fine Sand, for the grass I used the Flower Soft Ultra Fine Sage. The sand color was to light, so after the glue dried, I airbrushed that area with E47. The top right of the image was paper pierced.

The card base is a 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece of Always Artichoke cardstock folded in half. A 3 1/2″ x 4 7/8″ piece of Kraft cardstock was stamped with the ball from the same set in Frayed Burlap Distress ink. The edges were sponged with the same ink. That layer was stitched to a 1/4″ bigger piece of Chocolate chip cardstock. The stitched layers were attached to the card front with dimensionals.

The sentiment is from Verve’s Dare To Be You stamp set. It was stamped in Tuxedo Black ink on Neenah White cardstock, punched with SU’s large oval punch and sponged with Frayed Burlap ink before it was adhered to the image.

The rubber stamps from Flower Soft come as unmounted rubber sheets along with Kling-on cushion. I created a quick tutorial on how to mounting unmounted rubber stamps. I used my Flower Soft image for the photo tutorial and a Stamp’n Whiskers image for the video tutorial that you can see here:

I am sorry I have been so quiet. First winter hit us hard, then my oldest had exam and last week I was at the CHA. I hope to post again regular starting today! CHA was so much fun! It was great to meet up with so many fellow stampers. I had a wonderful time!

Yesterday’s tutorial on SCS was for a Treat Bag Cover.

I started with a 3 3/8″ x 10 1/2″ piece of Riding Hood Red cardstock. It was stamped with Unity’s Giving it all Meaning background in Fired Brick Distress ink. The edge of the flap was punched with SU’s Eyelet Border Punch and the edges were sponged with Fired Brick.

I inked up the branch from the Believe in Fairytales Store kit with Vintage Photo Distress ink, the hearts with Fired brick and stamped the image on a 2 7/8″ x 3 1/2″ piece of Kraft cardstock. The owls are from the same stamp set and were stamped in Walnut Stain distress ink. The edges were spongedwith Vintage photo ink. The Kraft cardstock was adhered to a 1/4″ bigger piece of Chocolate Chip cardstock. The edges of that had been sponged with Walnut Stain.

To finish the image off I sewed around the edges with a sewing machine (without thread) and added Stardust Stickles over the hearts.

Here is a video for the visual learner:

In yesterday’s newsletter the “Tutorial you might have missed” was the Free Standing Pop-Up card. I used the colors from this weeks color challenge to create this sample for the video tutorial. I had been waiting for a chance to use Flourishes Waterlily stamp set. I the color combo (Hunter, Celery, Bermuda Bay and optional pink) were perfect for the image.

The card base was created out of a 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece of textured Bermuda Bay cardstock. The strip had been stamped with the Vintage Wallpaper background stamp in Broken China distress ink. Each edge was sponged with the same ink.

The tag base was cut with long rectangle Nestabilities out of Hunter cardstock. It was sponged with Pine Needles Distress ink. A 2 11/16″ X 5″ piece of Certainly Celery Patterns Designer Paper was embossed with the Textile Texture Cuttlebug embossing folder and first sponged with Shabby Shutters, then with a hint of Pine Needles Distress ink. It was sewn to a slightly bigger piece of Whisper White cardstock. Lippy Red Kaiser Rhinestones on the top right and bottom left corner finish off that layer.

The main image was stamped in Tuxedo Black on Neenah White cardstock and colored with Copic Markers (R32, R35, R39, G40, G82, G85, Y15, Y18) and cut out. Star Dust Stickles were added to the flower center. The flower was adhered to a Bermuda Bay circle with dimensionals. The circle had been stamped with Vintage Wallpaper in Broken China, the edges were sponged and it was sewn to a slightly bigger scallop circle out of Handsome Hunter cardstock. Both circles were cut with Petite Circle Nestabilities.

The sentiment was stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento ink on Neenah White cardstock. It was cut with Circle Nestabilities and layered on a slightly bigger scallop circle that had been cut with Petite scallop circle Nestabilities. The edges of the white circle had been sponged with Shabby Shutter ink and a smaller waterlily had been stamped over the sentiment in the same color. Celery Silk ribbon was tied around the card base.

Here is a video for the visual learner:

Today’s tutorial on splitcoaststampers is written by Yvonne Hagane. She is showing us how to create a Faux Leather Wallet.

For my sample I used black cardstock and My Mind’s Eye Pretty Please paper. The twill is from Martha Stewart, the ribbon buckles from retired Stampin’ Up! hardware.

I really like this project, but I have a bit of trouble with the magnetic closure to stay on. Even when using Crystal Effect to adhere them.

Here is a video for the visual learner: