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Tutorial Tuesday-Happy Spring!

admin — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:17:00 +0000

Here’s a quick Happy Spring Card I did this weekend in honor of the 1st day of Spring. This would also make a great Easter themed card! I used my Have A Tweet Day clear stamp set for this one. I LOVE the little nest stamp. If you look at the stamp set you’ll see a little “bundle” of sticks. With this, you can make your nest as big or as small as you’d like. Just stamp it multiple times in an oval shape to get your nest! Or if you want a border, just stamp it around in the shape of a circle or square. (It’s super easy to do because your stamp and the mounting block are clear so you can see right through everything to line it all up!)

I stamped the eggs on white cardstock, cut out, and layered with different thicknesses of foam tape. (Don’t forget that you can stack two layers of foam tape to get even more dimension than just one layer. Here I adhered one egg directly to the nest, put 1 layer of foam tape on one, and 2 layers of foam tape on the one in the middle for added dimension.)

After you’ve stamped the main image, just put a border of velvet rickrack around it and secure the corners with brads.

Happy Crafting!

Glittered Brads and Great Gift Boxes

admin — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:31:00 +0000

I started with this:
2 silver brads, glitter, and a glue pad

Just tap the glue pad on the tops of the brads and sprinkle with glitter! Now I have glitter brads!

I made them to put onto this gift box…but I decided to just go with a red velvet ribbon instead…. You can download the template here. It’s my little pizza box template from last year! If you print it slightly larger than 100% it will fit a gift card! Also great for jewelry or one cookie for a teacher or coworker gift!

Happy Crafting!

Tutorial Tuesday-Quick Napkin Rings

admin — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:03:00 +0000

Alright, how about another super quick project? I found this awesome clear transparency “paper” from Hambly Prints (I love Hambly Prints!) and thought it would look really fallish with an orange background. Is fallish a word? Anyway, here are the directions:

Cut a 12″ long, 1 1/2″ wide strip of the orange paper. Cut in half and this will be the base for two napkin rings.
Cut a 12″ long, 1″ wide strip of the transparency paper. Cut this one in half as well.

From here, you can make the more modern one, or the one with the ribbon.

Modern: Wrap around and staple. All done!

Ribbon: Set two eyelets about 1/4″ inside of the ends. Tie with a coordinating ribbon. Done!

These will make great, simple party decorations. Use Halloween paper, or bold geometric paper for a birthday! If your napkins are patterned, try using a colored vellum… that way you get a little of the pattern showing through.
Happy Crafting!

Quick Glitter Card

admin — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:06:00 +0000

It’s been a while since I featured a card so here’s a quick one for you:
How did I get that fun green glitter accent you ask? I found this awesome tape at the craft store! It’s CLEAR mounting tape. It’s as strong as the foam mounting tape, but clear instead!
To make the card I cut a overhead transparency in half, cut a piece of white cardstock slightly smaller, and ran the paper through the Cuttlebug to give it a little dotted texture. Isn’t it cute! Then, just run a stripe of the clear tape up the front of the card, sprinkle on glitter, and your glitter border is done. It’s that simple.
Stamp the border and “Thanks” sentiment from the Borders and Corners stamp set, cut out, adhere, and you’re done!
I LOVE how the glitter has a transparent feel to it, since it’s adhered to a clear backing! Happy Crafting! I’ve got another quick Halloween project for Tutorial Tuesday! See you then!

Every Other Tuesday-Quick Sketchbook

admin — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:56:00 +0000

So this one is super easy to whip up! Gather the following items:

1 sheet of colored/patterned cardstock for the outside
5 sheets of cardstock, or more if you use plain printer paper (just remember your stapler will have to go through them!)
coordinating ribbon

Cut the following:
(2) 4″ x 8″ pieces for the outside of the notebook
(10) 3 7/8″ x 7 7/8″ for the inside

Now, just stack everything together and staple on the left-hand side. I then covered the staples with a piece of ribbon.
You can embellish the cover however you want. Try a monogram, embossed stamp, felt stickers, or anything else you’d like.
For mine, I used two strips of 8″ long paper, one is 1″ wide and the patterned paper is 3/4″ wide.

Yep, really easy! Hope you like it!

(Also, I’m just about finished with an awesome autumn themed tutorial. So, dust off your sewing machines and prepare for some cute fall home decor items!)

Card Ideas coming in…

admin — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:40:00 +0000

Check out this blog: KWerner Design. She’s one of my favorite card crafters out there! She has lovely challenges and videos every week! For her last challenge, she used one of my sets to make a card that is way cute! I have more on her later… hint, hint…

On another note, Sorry it’s been a little while since the last post. I’m working on a few more fun things for the store…like new stamp sets just in time for the Holidays! I’m super excited! And a few new project templates to upload for free!

So, as I’m deciding what types of things to post on the blog, are there any suggestions, or things that you’re dying to see? More free templates, tutorials, both, something else all together? Let me know because I really want to make sure that I’m posting things that everyone wants to see!

Simple Card

admin — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:20:00 +0000

Ok, I know it’s been a little while since my last post. I’ve been working on a few things that I’ll post real soon. It’s something new and really fun! Here’s a simple 3″ square card I put together so as not to slack on my posting! Just cut a square slightly smaller than your card front, tie a ribbon around. Stamp the border and sentiment, trim the edges, and adhere with foam tape on top of the ribbon. You’re done. Easy! (It is lime green and brown, not black. I just like using the really rich dark brown paper.)

Borders again!

admin — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:02:00 +0000

I made this card with the borders set, and the star from the Boughs set. I cut out the scalloped square and mounted it with foam tape, then cut out and mounted the stars on foam tape too. It gave a lot of dimension to the card. Thanks for looking!

Borders Set…more than just borders!

admin — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:00:00 +0000

Here’s a card I made with the borders set! The shapes in this set are also great for making background designs for paper. See, the same shape that is bordering the “Thanks” is also stamped multiple times to make the background paper. Finished size is 6 1/2″ square.

Baby Card

admin — Tue, 20 May 2008 23:05:00 +0000

Here’s the card I made this month for card swap. My preview stamp images came in JUST in time! I used two images from the Borders Set: The border and the XOXOX stamp. (The “baby” stamp is from Stampin Up) The finished size is 3″ x 6″. I like this one because of the fun rectangular size. Just cut a 3″ strip of 12″ square paper, fold in half, and you’ve got yourself a card.