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Shirt and Tie Cards Using TIES FOR HIM Digital Image

Good Tuesday Tutorial Morning to you. Lisa here...it is my week to bring you an inspiring tutorial...I hope. With Father's Day and Graduation time coming up I will show you ideas for using my new digital image

TIES FOR HIM

First I'll start with today's tutorial for making this shirt and tie graduation card.  And thank you to Susan Roberts for the card dimensions!

I was inspired by Kris's fantastic version. After seeing hers...I just had to do a tutorial on it.

Shirt and Tie Grad card by Design Team Member Kris Chirhart

Start with a 4 1/4 x 11 piece of COTTONBALL WHITE CARDSTOCK  Score at 5 1/2 along the long side using your SCOR-PAL. DO NOT FOLD YET.

Draw a line 1" below you score line lightly with pencil.  Mark 7/8" from each side on your 1" line.  Mark the center at 2 1/8" along your 1" line also.

Mark at 1 1/4" from each side along your fold line.

Using scissors cut along the fold up to the 1 1/4" marks you made on each side.  Then cut along your line below your fold from each side up to your 7/8" marks. DO NOT MAKE SCORE LINES HERE.

Just bring your left tab in toward your center mark you made on your line. 

Then repeat on the other side...score using a bone folder or flat side of a butter knife for a crisp fold.

Fold the back of the card behind the front of your card.

Carefully cut the excess parts from the back of your card right along your folded collar and to the edges.

Now for our tie.  Take a piece of copy paper and adhere a piece of pattern paper 6 x 2 1/2 on using removeable tape. Run it back through your printer and print your SNAZZY TIE from the TIES FOR HIM DIGI that you made 1 3/4 x 4 1/2 in your program ( I use Publisher).

Here is what mine looks like. Remove your pattern paper and carefully remove tape.

Cut it out.

Adhere a small piece of the same patterned paper with removeable to cover just the top knot of the tie and run back through the printer. (This part is optional if you do not want the extra dimension on the tie knot)

Cut out.

Adhere dimensional tape on the back (I used 1/16" thickness).

 

Adhere the whole tie on your card front being carefull to center it straight. Then adhere just the top of the tie with the dimensional tape.

Now for the gown panel. Start with a 4 1/2 x 4 1/4 piece of NIGHT ECLIPSE CARDSTOCK. Make a mark that is 1 1/4" from the bottom of your panel (4 1/4" side is horizontal) and 2 1/8" from the sides.  Then make light marks from each top corner to that mark.  I used a white colored pencil so you can see my lines.

Cut out and adhere dimensional tape to the back if you want.  You adhere it flat if you want a flat card. I like dimension!

Again this part is optional if you do not want the extra dimension.  Here I put 2 skinny pieces of dimensional tape on top of each other on the bottom of each color (so the tape does not go on top of the tie knot directly).

Voila. Here is the finished project. NOTE: For a finishing touch you could add buttons to the color and also to the jacket if this was to be a suit for a wedding card etc.

 

HERE ARE A COUPLE OTHER IDEAS FOR USING THE TIES FOR HIM DIGI.

Design Team Jerusha Borden made this fun Father's Day card using the TIES FOR HIM DIGI.

Here I made a shape card using the "FUN TIE" from the TIES FOR HIM DIGI.

 

AND HERE ARE A COUPLE CUSTOMER CREATIONS FOR MORE INSPIRATION

 
This Clean And Simple Beauty using the TIES FOR HIM DIGI  is by Ardyth

 

Just look how Irene used the TIES FOR HIM DIGI.

Thank you for visiting. I hope this helps you get reading for those graduations and Father's Day!

Tuesday Tutorial -- Grad Gift Card Holder

It's Cassie, here!  I've been on a kick of showing y'all the different ways that I give gift cards.  I guess that just goes to show you that I really never know what exactly to get people, so I go with the trusty gift card :}  Well, how about another one?!  This time it's for the grad, but can obviously be adapted to any occasion.

Go grab a few supplies!

Stamps/Images:  Pencil Talk digital image

Paper:  CDS Night Eclipse, CDS Cottonball White

Copics:  Y13, Y17, R24, R27, G12, G5, B04, B06, E50, E53, E49, E08, E07, W3, W5

Accessories:  Scor-Pal, Scor-Pal Tape

Here are the ones I forgot to throw in the picture.

I printed out 10 pencils from the Pencil Talk digital stamp onto Cottonball White Cardstock without adjusting the size of the pencils.  I put them as close as I could to each other without overlapping them as you can see.  I started by coloring the tips with E49, and then just below that with E50 for the wood.

I came back in with some E53.  Notice that I didn't go all the way against the sides. This gives the illusion of a 3 dimensional pencil.  I went back in with some E50 to soften it up a bit too.

Next I went to the erasoers.  I colored those with some E08 & E07.  The metal part was colored with W3 & W5.

Coloring the pencils was done the same way, remembering that the outer edges would naturally be darker.

I printed one extra pencil with the 'Congrats' sentiment on it.  I colored it a bit differently than the other pencils in that I had the light source coming from one side.  To darken up the bottom layer of the yellow on the pencil, I just went over it with the E53.

Now onto the inside for a bit :)  I cut a piece of Night Eclipse cardstock to the size of 4 1/4 x 3.  It was then scored at 1/2", 1 1/2", and 2 1/2" as shown above.

Using your gfit card as a guide, you'll cut along the 1 1/2" line just big enough for your gift card to fit in.

Then fold along the score lines like so.

Put some Scor-Tape along the edges.

It gets attached along the fold of your card as shown above.

Heading back to the outside of the card, I cut out my pencils.

I printed out the pencil scribble onto the Cottonball White cardstock and then cut it to fit the outside of the card, knowing that my pencils would overlap a bit.

Here is what the outside looks like with everything assembled.

And there you have it!  Yet another great way to give a gift card.  If you have any questions please feel free to email me (cassandratrask@yahoo.com).

Now go forth and be crafty!

Gifts made with Wallies Dry Erase Sheets!

Good Morning! Today I hope to inspire you to make a gift using Wallies Dry Erase Sheets.

I made a gift for me (Prayer Board) and one for a friend of mine (framed white message board).

First we will learn how to make the framed white message board.

Step 1: Find an old frame that needs a new look. My wonderful friend Stephanie had several lying around so she gave me this one!

SUPPLIES:

Roll of cork

1/2in Scor-Tape

1/4 in Scor-Tape

Wallies Dry Erase Sheets 9 x 12

Foam board

Spray Adhesive

Frame

Clothes pins

ribbon

buttons

Heavy duty stapler

Step 2: Place the frame on the foam board and trace the frame out using a pencil

Step 3: Using a utility knife cut the frame out of foam board

Step 4:  Adhere the cork to the foam board using Spray Adhesive (make sure to follow the directions on the can). Spray the spray adhesive on the foam board. Place cork on foam board. Clamp down the edges so the cork will adhere to the foam board easier.

Step 5: Once it is dry cut the center piece of cork out. Using spray adhesive glue the form board to the wooded picture frame. It will look like the above picture.

Step 6: Cut out a piece of foam that will fit in the middle of the frame. Adhere the Wallies Dry erase sheet to the foam board.

Step 7: Using a staple gun place staples in the back of the frame (as shown above) to keep the foam board in place.

Step 8: Using the 1/2 inch scor-tape place it along the edge of the inside frame.

Using the 1/4 inch scor--tape place it as shown in picture.

I repeated this steps along the edge of frame. See finished photo for clarification.

Step 9: Cover the clothes pins with paper. I used 1/4 inch score tape to adhere the paper to the clothes pin. I also used 1/4 inch score tape to adhere the clothes pin to the cork.

Step 10: Decorate! I used buttons around the inner frame. I made this for a scrapbooking friend of mine!

 

Now to make the prayer board that I made for myself!

SUPPLIES:

Clip board

Mod Podge

Ribbon

Wallies Dry Erase Sheets 9 x 12

1/4 in Scor-Tape

Pray without ceasing Digital Stamp

Letter stickers (I used Thickers)

Xyron laminate

Xyron 510 sticker maker

Foam brush

Patterned Paper (I used Scenic Route)

Tombow Markers: Green 126, Brown 992, 947, 899, 879, Gray N55, Yellow 055, Orange 933

 

Step 1: Using regular printer paper trace the clip so you will have a pattern to use. Use the pattern to cut out a piece of patterned paper that will fit on the clip.

Step 2: After you cut your paper to fit then put mod podge on the board with a foam brush. Place paper on top and let it dry.

Step 3: Once the modge podge on the bottom is dry place a layer of modge podge on top of the paper.

Step 4: Cut the white board to fit between the top and bottom papers. Doesn't have to be perfect as the edges will be covered with ribbon.

Step 5: Place 1/4 scor-tape along where the paper and white board meet. Attach ribbon to scor-tape.

Step 6: Color image. I ran my image in my Xyron to laminate it. Adhere to board. Decorate with letter stickers.

I hope you enjoyed the tutorial and that it inspires you to make a gift for someone or for yourself!

God Bless,

Kathy D.

 

Tuesday Tutorial -- Earth Day Gift Card Holder

It's Cassie here to bring you the latest Tuesday Tutorial!  Okay, so my tutorial isn't actually Earth Day themed, but the general idea is to reuse :)  Are you ready for this?!. . .I reused a toilet paper roll and made a gift card holder, haha!  Do you want to try?  Go grab a few supplies:

Stamps:  Windowbox Wishes Color Digital

Paper:  cream cardstock (or you could use plain old computer paper for your dp if you wanted something light weight)

Accessories:  toilet paper roll, 1/4" Scor-tape, hole punches, paper cutter, bone folder, Yellow Twine

 

Start by printing out your paper and your image using the Windowbox Wishes Color Digital images as it's shown above.

Take your toilet paper roll and flatten it out using a bone folder.

Meaure your roll so that you know how big to cut your paper.  I'll give you the measurements for my roll.

Mine measured 2 5/8" x 4".

Taking those dimensions I cut these 2 pieces from my digital paper that I printed.  (Those digital papers and precolored digital images can make it so easy to make quick gifts!  Go HERE for all of the collections in the store.)

I put some Scor-tape on the edge of my roll and attached my 2 5/8" x 4 1/4" piece of designer paper.  If you look at the next picture, you'll see that my roll already has a half moon cut out of it.  You can try to do that before attaching your paper with a punch (although mine was not strong enough).  I got mine started with my punch and cut the rest out with scissors before attaching any of the paper.

As you can see, after I attached that piece of paper I flipped it out and turned it over.  I then placed my other piece of dp that measured 4" x 3/18" as shown above.

Attach that sheet of dp, and then flip the other piece over.

Now you can cut out our half moons on your dp using scissors or your punch (if it's strong enough).  You now have a very heavy duty gift card holder.

Punch holes close the the half moon where you will attach your twine.

Take your precolored image and attach it as a tag to your gift card holder.

There you have it! . . .you recycled and now you have a gift to give!  I would love to see your variations of this or if you have questions about this tutorial send me an email:  cassandratrask@yahoo.com.

Now go forth and be crafty, my friends!

Chalkboard Technique Tutorial

 

Happy Tuesday Tutorial! It's Kathy here again. I have decided this tutorial would be simple and MESSY!! Nothing like getting out the chalks and just playing.

A couple months ago I was introduced to the Chalkboard Technique and I have decided to share it with you. It takes a little practice and learning to be okay with NOT a perfect-stay-in-in-line end product. You will see what I mean as we get going. So let's get to it!

SUPPLIES:

Silhouette Thoughts Clear Acrylic Stamps (solid stamps work best with this technique)

White pigment ink (chalk ink is too dry for this technique...at least for me it was)

Black Cardstock (I used Bazzill)

Chalk

Q-tips or Daubers

Scratch paper on your work surface

Krylon Preserve it (or something similar)

Step 1: Ink up your stamp with the White Pigment Ink and stamp it on the black (or dark) cardstock

Step 2: Before the ink dries you will want to cover the image with chalk. For this example I used my daubers and designated one dauber for each color. But you can use q-tips if that is what you have.

Step 3: Take a paper towel and wipe the image to get the excess chalk off of it. Wipe around on the black areas pretty good to get off as much as you can. ** This is where you have to be ok with it NOT being perfectly kept on the image. But that is part of the beauty of this technique.

I sprayed the image with Krylon Preserve It to keep the chalk from smearing. (make sure to follow the instructions on the can)

Step 4: Make a card with your beautiful image.Card was inspired by Mojo Monday Sketch #234.

Ohhhh, this card is perfect for the Clearly Inspired Challenge #49 that starts on Friday! Can you guess what the challenge is?? Pop on over on Friday to see if you guessed right!!!

 

Here are some other examples done using this stamp set and technique.

Card was inspired by the Stella Says Sketch #107 (SSS107) at Catch the Bug Challenge Blog.

 

Card was inspired by Card Positioning Systems #259

Now it is your turn to try it and show me your cards! Please leave a link in the comments to your cards so I can see the beautiful creations you make.

Have fun and I will see you again on another Tuesday Tutorial!

- Kathy D.

 

Bag Box

Good Tuesday Tutorial to you. Today's tutorial was inspired by a project I saw on Amanda Corbet's blog. I made a change on the dimensions, the tutorial is in my own words and shown using Clear Dollar Stamps Products. I think you'll like it as much as I do. It is easy and whips up quickly depending on how much you decide to embellish it. But that is the fun part isn't it. I will show you a few ideas for using it also at the end. Easter and Mother's Day are coming up.

 

Start with a 3 1/2 x 11" piece of NIGHT ECLIPSE CARDSTOCK.

 

Score at 4, 5 1/4, 9 1/4, 10 1/2 along the 11" side of your paper. (It is hard to see MY score lines on the dark paper).

 

Now turn your cardstock to the left so your 3 1/2 " side is up against the top of your SCOR-PAL.  Score at 1 1/4.

 

Here you just cut your flaps. Along the bottom here you cut at your score lines up to the 1 1/4" score line...cut out the right hand bottom corner. (In my photo I pulled up my flaps a little so you could see ...that is all. It looks like there is a notch cut out...there is not but the right corner).

 

Now fold using a bone folder along all your score lines. Place a piece of Score Tape along your right flap.

 

Flip over and place two pieces of score tape on the left 4" long flap on the bottom. On the inside piece of tape next to the score line...leave a little space between it and the score line so it doesn't stick to your other flaps when putting together.

 

Remove the top piece from your score tape on the side flap and adhere. This is what it looks like.

 

Now take the top bottom flap (long one that does not have score tape on it) and fold under on the bottom of the box then fold in the little bottom side flaps.

 

Remove the top pieces from your score tape and fold up the bottom flap. The box part of our project is done.

 

Print out your digital image. I am using JESUS HANDS COLOR DIGI. You need two pieces 3 x 5". I used the digital paper that is in this digi as my background and placed my image and sentiment on top. If your image goes underneath what you are putting it on top of just right click, select "order" then select "bring to front".

 

Now here's your two 3 x 5 pieces cut out.

 

If you want to punch your corners, now is the time to do it. I punched my top corners using a large round corner punch.

 

Now cut out two pieces of NIGHT ECLIPSE CARDSTOCK 3 1/8 x 5 1/8". I punched these corners as well.

 

Adhere your black mat pieces to your digi pieces.

 

Now cut two pieces of COTTON CANDY CARDSTOCK 3 3/8 x 5 3/8". I rounded my top corners.

 

Adhere the Cotton Candy cardstock panels to your digi panels.

 

Punch out a small oval (or any shape you desire, I personally love the look of the oval) up toward the top of your digi panels.  I punched out my oval on one. Then put my punched out panel on the unpunched panel traced lightly the oval shape with a pencil. Then I lined up my punch upside down and punched out my oval. Now they are even on both sides.

 

Place a piece of score tape at the top of the box centered on both sides.

 

Place a piece of score tape on the back of each digi panel along the bottom. Center each panel on the sides of the box and adhere.

 

I tied a bow at the top, added Easter grass and filled it with dark chocolate eggs.

 

 

Here are a couple more ideas for using this Bag Box:

 

Here's one I made for Mother's Day using the beautiful digi TULIP WREATH.

 

I just love how this one turned out using these happy daisies from CHARLIE DAISY COLOR.  The sentiment is from my digi NESTERS.

 Thanks for joining me. I hope you have fun making this project.

One stamp with many uses & paper Calla Lilies

Hello! Happy Tuesday Tutorial Day!!

Last month a guy at church asked me to make his wife a Valentine's Day card. So I was asking him what she liked, favorite color, favorite flower, etc. He said she liked Daisy's and Calla Lilies. So I went to Clear Dollar Stamps and found the perfect stamp with Calla Lilies on it...Easter Blessings. I also found that it has an SVG file to go with it so you don't have to cut the flowers out by hand but can let your die cutting machine do all the work. I decided to make her Valentine card with a daisy and save the Calla Lily card for Mother's Day.

In looking for ideas I ran across this blog, Dana's Inspirations, where she makes 3D Calla Lilies and they were SUPER simple. So I thought I would make some to add as 3D embellishment to my card. Which then got me playing with the stamp set and using it in different ways. So lets have fun and see different ways one stamp set can be used.

IDEA #1: Making Calla Lilies out of paper

SUPPLIES:

1/4 in Scor-Tape - 27 yards

Scor-Pal Multiple Scoring Tablet

Berry Blast Cardstock - 12x12

Berry Blast Ribbon - 7/8 in sheer

Yellow pipe cleaners

Floral tape

wire cutters

White Cardstock (Bazzill - white)

Patterned Paper (My Mind's Eye Confetti - Cousins & Girlfriends)

Pearls

Oval cutter and shape for background (I used my Cricut with Basic George and Elegant Edges Cartridge)

1 1/4 inch circle punch

Glue

White Signo Pen

Step 1: Get supplies together

Step 2: punch out a circle in the white paper

Step 3: The paper needs to be "broke down" so it is workable into the lily shape. I did this using my score-pal since I did not have a crimper. I scored it and kept turning it and turning it again. Do this several times.

Step 4: Take your bone folder and smooth out your circle. It won't be completely smooth but it will straighten out some.

Step 5: Fold the paper into the shape of lily (cone)

Step 6: Put glue on towards the bottom of the cone to help hold the pipe cleaner. Also put some on top of the pipe cleaner and pinch the flower together to shape around the pipe cleaner. Use a small round tool (like a paper piercer) so you can curl the edges.

Step 7: Once that is dried take your floral tape and wrap it around the stem to make it green.

Step 8: When you have it the length you want cut the excess with wire cutters.

Step 9: Make several of these for the bouquet. Arrange them together till you like it. Take green floral tape and wrap the bundle together so it will stay as a bundle. Tie bow around.

Step 10: When you are going to place it on your card put 1/4 inch scor-tape on the back to give it more adhesive support.

Step 11: Decorate your card. I used a Meljen's Designs Sketch as inspiration for my card.

 

IDEA #2: Use the stamp to make your own background.

SUPPLIES:

Easter Blessings Clear Acrylic Stamp

Prayer Journal Clear Acrylic Stamp

VersaMark Watermark stamp pad

Tombo Marker Yellow 055

Tombo Marker Green 126

Embossing Anti-static Pouch

Memento Rich Cocoa ink pad

White embossing powder

Versa Magic jumbo java ink pad

EK Success corner punch

Heat gun

Step 1: Cut paper for a 5 x 7 finished card

Base Cardstock - 7" x 10" (fold in half to make 5 x7 card) (Bazzill Pine Cone)

Patterned Paper - 4 3/4 x 6 3/4 (Scrap within Reach)

Brown mat - 4 x 5 1/2

White (for stamping image) - 3 3/4 x 5 1/4 (Bazzill White)

Yellow mat - 3 1/4 x 4 1/8 (Bazzill Glow)

Green - 3 x 3 7/8 (Bazzill Parakeet)

Step 2: Stamp the single Calla Lily stamp randomly on the white piece of paper. I put a piece of scratch paper under so I could stamp off the edges of the white paper. I also only inked the top part of the stamp as I didn't want the long stems so I could get more flowers on the piece of paper. The center will be covered up so doesn't have to be perfect there.

Step 3: Color in the leaves and center of the Calla Lily stamp

Step 4: Using a corner punch that allows a piece of paper to fit in there.

Step 5: To make sure I get a perfect fit I line up the brown piece with the edges of the corner and mark with a pencil. See photo. Then I cut where I marked with pencil.

 

 Step 6: Dab the Embossing Anti-static Pouch on the brown paper. That will keep the embossing powder from sticking where it is not suppose to.

Step 7: Stamp the cross with Versa Mark ink onto the brown paper. Pour embossing powder onto the stamped image.

Step 8: Shake off any excess embossing powder. Heat with heat gun. It will turn shiny white and then it is done. Don't do it longer as it will burn it.

Step 9: Assemble card.

 

IDEA #3: Stamp and cut Calla Lilies from your die cutting machine!

SUPPLIES:

Patterned Paper (Chatterbox)

Cardstock (Bazzill White, yellow, purple)

Easter Blessings Clear Acrylic Stamps

Cuttin' Up SVG File - Easter Blessings

Ribbon

Pop Dots

Tombow Markers - Yellow 985

Tombow Markers - Green 126

Cricut

Cricut - Elegant Edges Cartridge

Step 1: Stamp Calla Lily image

Step 2: Using the Sure Cuts a Lot program cut out the Calla Lily image on your die cutting machine. Use a scratch piece of paper as this is your template so you will know where to cut (don't resize it)

Step 3: Take your stamped image and slide it under your template so that it lined up to cut out the stamped image. Take off the template and cut out image.

Step 4: Color in the images.

Step 5: Assemble Card. I used Our Daily Bread Sketch #73 as inspiration.

 

Thanks for stopping by today and seeing the different ways one stamp can be used.

If I have inspired you to use this stamp or if you find another way to use this stamp please leave a comment with the link I would love to check it out.

- Kathy D.

 

 

Tuesday Tutorial -- Framed Card Holder

Hey there, Crafty Friends!  It's Cassie here with the Tuesday Tutorial.  How do you display those special cards you receive from friends and family on special occasions?  You might have a fireplace to put them on, or an armoire, or some other beautiful place.  Or you may be limited on space like some of us (heck I craft out of a closet, HA), so you can't display them for long.  I still want to display those memories, so I made a special wall hanging from a cheap picture frame, and I'll show you how I did it.

So what do you think?  What to make one?  All right go grab a few supplies:

Stamps:  Genuine Love clear stamp

Ink:  CDS Tropical Mist, CDS Deep Sea, CDS Wild Ginger, Memento Tuxedo Black, SU Basic Gray

Paper:  CDS Cottonball White, MME Stella & Rose Hattie

Accessories:  Square Nestabilities, Labels 11 Nestabilities (not pictured), Gold Viva Pearl Pen, sponges, CDS Wild Ginger ribbon, CDS Tabs & Tags Die, distresser, crocheted flower, button (not pictured), frame, mini clothes pins (not pictured)

Here we go!

To start, I cut a piece of 4" x 6" designer paper from the MME Stella & Rose Hattie collection.  I then cut 3 strips that measured 1" x 5" from the same stack.

Using my Labels 11 Nestabilities, I cut out this shape from the same dp.

Then I simply cut about 1 1/4" off of each end as shown.

I cut one more piece from that dp usind the above swirls that measured 2 1/4" x 3 1/2".  ALL of those pieces from the dp were then distressed on the edges as shown above.

I inked the edges with my Tropical Mist & Deep Sea inks.

I attached the gray panels to the 4" x 6" piece shown above, and then added some jute twine.

Next my Labels 11 ends were added.  Then I set this aside.

Using my Cottonball White cardstock I cut out a square with my Square Nestabilities.

Next came the fun part. . .sponging the background.  I used the Tropical Mist ink to start and used a circular motion to get the ink onto the cardstock.

Using the same circular motions, I sponged on the Deep Sea ink next.

Setting that aside, I pulled out more Cottonball White cardstock and used my Tabs & Tags Die to cut out the shape shown above.

I used the Genuine Love clear set from the Clearly Christian line of stamps along with my Memento Tuxedo Black ink on the Tabs & Tags Die cut.

Setting that aside, I grabbed another piece of Cottonball White Cardstock and my Tropical Mist ink to stamp out some stems.

Then I stamped some flowers using the Wild Ginger ink.

Then came some berries using the Deep Sea ink.

Those were then cut out and I inked the edges with some gray ink.

Let's do some more assembly, shall we?  I grabbed my base, and added the next pieces as shown above. . .the swirl panel, the sponged square, the sentiment, and the stems.

Then for fun, I added staples :)

Here comes the Gold Viva Pearl Pen. . .I actually like that it looks hand done and not perfect.  I better like now, huh?  Haha

Now you better let that dry, so you don't mess it up.  Go read a chapter in your favorite book, or maybe you could go drink a cup of coffee and catch up on your blog reading ;)

Now that the pearls are dry, I added the crocheted flower and the button.

I cut roughly a yard of my Wild Ginger Ribbon and dabbed some strong adhesive to the back.  (I used some Aileen's glue).

It was then attached to the inside center of the back of the frame as shown.  Now it all must dry before the final assembly. . .which means more blog reading! :D

And there you have it!  A lovely bit of framed art that holds those precious cards received.

If you have any questions about today's tutorial, feel free to email me (cassandratrask@yahoo.com).

Now go forth and be crafty, my friends!

Bold and Beautiful Butterflies

I have to be honest with you and let you know that I'm not a big butterfly fan. So the Bold Butterflies Clear Acrylic Stamps and the Beautiful Butterflies Clear Acrylic Stamps were not on the top of my "To Get" list. But they are now!! See my friend Stephanie bought them along with the Bold Butterflies Die Set and she made the mistake of leaving them at my house! So they were fair game to play with...and that is what I did. I had soooo much fun that I think I will be ordering these soon!

So I found this card on Scrapbook.com and thought it was beautifully done. It is by LWeber1234 (thanks Lynn Weber for the wonderful inspiration!) Here is her blog if you want to see more aweseome beautiful inspiration!

So I decided to "lift" it or some people call it "case" a card. What that means is you take things from the original card and use it on your card. You can lift the whole card, basic design, color sceme, or just a part of it that you like. As long as you get some inspiration from the card then it is a "lift". Just make sure that you ALWAYS give credit to the original artist. I needed some sympathy cards for the church ministry so I thought this would be perfect. Plus it gave me the opportunity to play with the Butterfly stamps.

Here is my card:

SUPPLIES:

2 shades of coordinating cardstock and 1 patterned paper

Bold Butterflies Die Set - Set of 3

Bold Butterflies Clear Acrylic Stamps

Beautiful Butterflies Clear Acrylic Stamps

1/8 in Scor-Tape

1/4 in Scor-Tape

Designer Label Dies - Set of 3

Embossing Anti-static Pouch

VersaMark Embossing Pad

Clear embossing powder

Heat Embossing Tool

Ribbon

Gems

Embossing/Cutting  machine (I used the Sizzix Big Kick)

Adhesive

Step 1: Take a 12 x 12 sheet of paper and cut it at 8 1/2

Step 2: Turn the 8 1/2 side so it is at the bottom of your cutter. Now cut at 5 1/2. So you should end up with two cards that are 8 1/2 x 5 1/2.

Step 3: Fold one of the cards in half to make a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 size card.

Step 4: Cut a piece of patterned paper to 4 x 5 1/4

Step 5: Take the x-static and dab it over the cardstock. This clever powder will keep the embossing powder only sticking to the ink.

Step 6: Ink up your stamp with VersaMark Ink. It will be clear and sticky.

Step 7: Pour clear embossing powder on stamped image. Make sure to cover it all.

Step 8: Heat up the image with a Heat Embossing tool. The image will turn shiny and that is when it is done. You don't want to go to long or it will burn the image.

Step 9: Now we need to make our template so we can cut out our image using the Bold Butterflies Die Set. Get a piece of scratch paper and place the die ridges down. Tape in place.

Step 10: Place the die on the cutting machine with the paper face up. Run through your cutting machine.

Step 11: This is what your template will look like.

Step 12: Place the template over the stamp image. Take a pencil and mark in the holes.

Step 13: Place die so the pencil marks match the holes in the die (die should be face down). Run through your cutting machine.

Step 14: You should have a beautifully cut out butterfly!

Step 15: Now to do our sentiment that will be on the front of the card. In Word type out the sentiment. For mine I used Edwardian Script ITC Font in size 24. Print it out on plain copy paper.

Step 16: Tape cardstock to the white copy paper. Put back in printer and print sentiment out on cardstock.

Step 17: This set comes with a plastic template. Place it over the sentiment and then mark the circles with a pencil. Run through your die cut machine just like the previous images above.

Step 18: Take a pencil or round tool and curl the butterly and bend it in the middle.

Step 19: Cut out a square that is 2 x 2 and one that is 1 3/4 x 1 3/4. Glue the small square on top of large square.

Step 20: Take 1/8 score tape and place on the back of the butterfly

Step 21: Place the butterfly on the squares. Punch a small hole in the top of the squares.

Step 22: Run ribbon through the hole and place the pieces on the card but DON'T glue anything down yet.

Step 23: Take 1/4 inch Score-Tape and put it on the patterned paper.

Step 24: Put the ribbon on the patterned paper and wrap the ribbon around the patterned paper. Glue the patterned paper onto the cardstock. Glue the sentiment down. Add gems. 

So that is one way to use this beautiful bold set of butterflies!

 

Here is another way to use these beautiful butterflies.

 I lifted our very own Tameko's card:

 Here is my card:

This time I used Bold Butterflies Clear Acrylic Stamps. I used colored ink and stamped the image. Simple but oh so beautiful. I just love how this card turned out.

SUPPLIES:

Stamps/Images: Bold Butterflies Clear Acrylic Stamps
Cardstock/Papers: Cardstock- Bazzill, Patterned Paper – My Mind’s Eye (Follow your heart)
Inks/Markers: Misc ink I got over 10 years ago
Accents/Tools: ribbon, Lasting Impressions brads – Seaside, Fiskar’s border punch
Technique: I lifted Tameko’s card

I hope you enjoyed playing with these bold beautiful butterflies!

P.S. - Please leave me a comment as I love to hear from you and what you think about my tutorials!

- Kathy D.

 

 

 

Tuesday Tutorial

Hello and Happy Valentine's Day, my sweet crafty friends!  It's Cassie here bringing you the latest Tuesday Tutorial!  How would you like to make this:

It looks harmless doesn't it?  Well, there is more to it than meets the eye my friends!  Before I get too ahead of myself, why don't you go grab a few supplies:

Stamps:  You Lift Me Up

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:  CDS Cottonball White, SU Pool Party, MME Happier

Copics:  W1, W3, E41, E42, RV10, RV11

Accessories:  CDS Elegant Accents Die, CDS Oval Die, oragandy ribbon, Scor-pal, Hearts embossing folder, Flamingo Liquid Pearls, foam tape

 

Do you have everything?  All right then let's get started!

To start with, I grabbed an 8 1/2" x 11" piece of cardstock and cut it as follows:  Since I want my final card size to be the normal 4 1/4" x 5 1/2", I will cut start with my paper length wise and cut at the 4 1/4" mark down to 2 3/4".  I will then flip my paper so that the bottom is now at the top and cut the same way.  Once I've done that I will turn my paper and cut from the 2 3/4" down to the 4 1/4" mark.  Then I will flip it and do the same on the other side, so that I am left with the paper looking the way it does up above.  Make sure you save those cut out pieces, because you'll be using them later.

Now I will score the paper as shown above.

Now looking at the panel you have on the top of your card, you'll want to make a mark at the 2 3/4" mark.

I cut from the corners down to the mark to get a triangular panel as shown.

Using one of the cut out pieces from above, I used my Oval Die to cut out, well, an oval :)

I then used my Elegant Accents Die and cut out this shape with my MME Happier paper, and then set all of that aside.

I stamped out my adorable image from You Lift Me Up onto spme Cottonball White paper using my Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

And started coloring. . .my favorite part.

These are the colors I used.

Next I cut out my image and used an exacto knife and a self-healing mat to cut out the inside part of the image.

I pulled out my MME Happier paper again, and cut panels for the inside middle part of my card that each measured 2 1/2" x 4".  Then I ran them through my Cuttlebug using the Hearts embossing folder.

I went ahead and folded in that part of the card and attached my panels so the inside middle now looks like this.

Folding my triangular flap back down, I then cut another piece of dp to fit onto my triangle.  Before I attached it, I attached a piece of ribbon.

Here is the little bow I tied, and set aside for assembly.

The back of my image was covered with foam tape. . .because I love me some foam tape.

I gathered all of my pieces that were set aside, and assembled the outside of my card.  I'm not done yet :)

I really do enjoy making my inside just as pretty as my outside, so I grabbed some more Cottonball White cardstock and lined the inside.  I used a piece that measured about 3 3/4" x 5 1/4".

Using more of my dp, I used the border from the Elegant Accents die set and cut this out.

And decorated the inside like this.  But I'm not entirely done yet :)

I used the Oval die and the Elegant Accents die one more time to cut these out.

The sentiment was stamped onto the oval and then attached as shown.

Next came the dimensional pearls, and now it's finished :)

Here's the outside.

And here's the finished inside.

I sure hope that you were inspired today.  If you have any questions about this project, please feel free to email me (cassandratrask@yahoo.com).  Now go forth and be crafty!