Two more boxes
Posted: December 18, 2007 Filed under: Designer Paper, Festive Favourites, My Kid's cards, Polka dots & Paisley 4 Comments
After I had made the box I in the last post my girls made some of their own. My younger daughter A11 used the snowman stamp from Festive Favourites and coloured with Stamping Markers, then used bold ribbons to decorate her white box.
L13, my older daughter used some Cerise designer paper with real red cardstock to make a small box which she filled with red and white candy canes and peppermints. Her tag and box motif were done with stamps from Polka dots and Paisley.
Box & candle
Posted: December 16, 2007 Filed under: Designer Paper, Perfect Presentation, Rollers 5 CommentsWeeks ago I saw this box at No Time to Stamp and decided it would be my December Stampers’ Club project. I also wanted to stamp some candles so I came up with a candle in a gift box for everyone to make.
To make the box I used a 12×12 sheet of cardstock and a 12×12 piece of designer paper for the lid. I scored the cardstock 2 3/4″ from the bottom and then turned it and scored it at 2 3/4″ intervals across the opposite way making 4 panels with a narrow strip left over.
I cut the corner piece out where the narrow strip was and then cut up the four parallel score lines to the 2 3/4″ line.
After that it is quite straight forward to stick it together.
The lid follows exactly the same procedure except that you score 2 7/8″ from the bottom and across the piece at 2 7/8″ intervals leaving you a smaller flap to stick the lid together.
To decorate the candle stamp the image you want to use on tissue paper the same colour as your candle. Then cut out the image you have stamped.
Position the image on the candle and wrap a piece of waxed paper over it, holding either end of the waxed paper on firmly on the other side of the candle.
Holding the wax paper firmly heat the area of the stamped image with a heat tool. It doesn’t need to be heated for long, just long enough to see the wax over the image glisten as it melts into the tissue paper. Peel off the wax paper and repeat for another image on a different section of the candle.
I finished the candle off with two strips of cardstock, a piece of co-ordinating designer paper and a ribbon.
Supplies:
Stamps: Perfect Presentation, Bold Snowflakes roller
Inks: Always Artichoke, Mellow Moss
Cardstock: Always Artichoke, Mellow Moss, Very Vanilla, Wintergreen Designer paper
Also: Candle (IKEA), square punches, Spring Moss grosgrain ribbon, Olive organza ribbon (retired)
Birthday bike card
Posted: December 13, 2007 Filed under: My Kid's cards, Uncategorized Leave a comment
I’m sorry about the lack of cards here but I hope to post the December Stampers’ Club projects soon. While I am getting that done I wanted to show you this very clever little card my daughter made for her brother’s birthday. It is all paper piecing except for the wire spokes on the wheels. I was very impressed with the attention to detail.
Tags and wrapping paper
Posted: November 30, 2007 Filed under: Perfect Presentation, Snowflake Spot, Wondrous Gift 1 Comment
At the November stampers’ club we made tags and matching wrapping paper. The burgandy and cream above was my favourite and was definitely the easier of the two so that’s the one I will be reproducing to wrap my gifts this year. I bought the roll of paper from IKEA as it is $5 for 40 metres. It isn’t pure white but I can live with that. All I did for the tag and wrap above was use the So Swirly jumbo roller and burgandy cartridge to first roll the corner of my tag and then roll diagonally across my wrapping paper. I also used just the word Peace from the Perfect Presentation set, the ticket corner punch and some burgandy ribbon.
This tag and paper took a little more time as you need to stamp each tree and each star individually. To make the top of the tag I punched a 1¼” square out of white card which I had already scored, lining up the corners of the square with my scoring. Then I did the same with the 13/8″ punch and the red card. I folded them over the top of the tag and then hammered my way through six layers of cardstock with my hole punch. The little dots on the tree are the made using the snow from Snowflake Spot.
Supplies:
Stamps: Wondrous Gift, Perfect Presentation, Snowflake Spot, So Swirly roller
Inks: Handsome Hunter, Real Red, Gold
Cardstock: Handsome Hunter, Real Red, Whisper White, Brushed Gold
Also: Red grosgrain ribbon, gold cord, square punches
Horseriding thankyou cards
Posted: November 28, 2007 Filed under: My Kid's cards 2 Comments
After our afternoon of horse riding a few weeks ago, three of the girls made thank you cards to show how thrilled they were to have the opportunity to ride. The two outside cards feature little boots, hat and bridle made from leather and the centre one has an original drawing.
Snowmen gatherings
Posted: November 16, 2007 Filed under: Flaky Friends 1 Comment
Here are two takes on the same theme. Above is a single ink card that we did at the Christmas card night I ran. The colour is Buckaroo Blue from last years “In Colours” and the stamps from “Flaky Friends”.
Below is a watercolour one I did with a couple more steps but still very straightforward. These snowmen are a lot of fun to colour.
Supplies:
Stamps: Flaky Friends
Inks: Brocade Blue, So Saffron, Basic Black
Cardstock: So Saffron, Brocade Blue, Whisper White
Also: Watercolour pencils, Blender pens Blue grosgrain ribbon
Wondrous trees
Posted: November 15, 2007 Filed under: Wondrous Gift Leave a commentIt has been a while since I posted my first couple of cards using Wondrous Gift. I promised to post some more samples and finally have some to share. The lack of posts here has not been due to no card making but rather too much card making. On Saturday night I ran, with the help of my girls, a Christmas card making night for the ladies at our church. Each lady made five cards and a handful of tags. As there were twenty-two of us I did quite a bit of cutting last week.
The following card is one they made at the event. I stamped the tree in navy before sponging in Bashful Blue then adding the stars in Burgandy.
Supplies:
Stamps: Wondrous Gift
Inks: Night of Navy, Bashful Blue, Bravo Burgandy
Cardstock: Bashful Blue, Bravo Burgandy, Whisper White
Also: Burgandy grosgrain ribbon, sponge
The event was a success, if everyone’s happy chatter is an indicator. One or two ladies expressed their fear that it was going to be “stressful’ or “beyond them” but ended up finding it very relaxing. To relax the following day I sat down and made the following card for “fun”. The blue is not a true representation of Bashful Blue but there is navy sponging around the edges changing the colour a little. I embossed with silver and then sponged the tree with Bashful Blue and the surrounding area with Night of Navy, leaving the star unsponged so it would look like it was glowing.
Supplies:
Stamps: Wondrous Gift
Inks: Night of Navy, Bashful Blue, Versamark
Cardstock: Bashful Blue, Night of Navy, Brushed Silver, Whisper White
Also: Silver e.p., sponges, blue organdy ribbon
A miracle celebrated
Posted: November 14, 2007 Filed under: Uncategorized 1 Comment
Last week we were thrilled by the news that dear friends of our had a baby girl. I was quite delighted to hold her when she was only a day old. I find it very hard to believe that my two girls were once that small but they were. Yesterday the whole family met her and I was able to give her mommy this card which I failed to have ready in time for the shower! (Oh well I didn’t know to use flowers then).
The card is a 5¼” square card and the patterned paper is from a Michaels slab I bought long ago. Inside is the greeting from Many Merry Messages a Christmas set. My daughter used it for the baby card she made and I thought it was perfect so I used it too. “Joy expressed, Love shared, A Miracle celebrated.
Supplies:
Stamps: I’m Here, Many Merry Messages
Inks: So Saffron, Certainly Celery(inside)
Cardstock: So Saffron, Certainly Celery, Naturals white
Also: Gold organdy ribbon
Wondrous gift
Posted: November 4, 2007 Filed under: Wondrous Gift Leave a comment
I have only just started playing with this set but hope to get a few more cards made in the upcoming week or so. Next weekend I am running a card making night at the church where all the participants will go home with a handful of cards and gift tags, so I have a load of cutting to complete.
Supplies:
Stamps: Wondrous Gift
Inks: Handsome Hunter, Real Red, Gold
Cardstock: Handsome Hunter, Real Red, Whisper White, Brushed Gold
Also: Red grosgrain ribbon, glue dots
Cerise set
Posted: November 3, 2007 Filed under: Christmas Cardinal, Designer Paper, Festive Favourites, Flaky Friends, Many Merry Messages, Perfect Presentation Leave a comment
Tomorrow my daughter is playing violin in a fundraising concert for an orphanage in Cambodia. I made this set of cards to be sold in a silent auction after the concert. As you can see I have had fun with the Cerise designer paper. None of these cards are embossed, although you could add a little sparkle with embossing if you wanted to.
Supplies:
Stamps: Perfect Presentation, Many Merry Messages, Flaky Friends, Festive Favorites, Christmas Cardinal
Inks: Real Red
Cardstock: Real Red, Very Vanilla, Cerise d.p.
Also: Red grosgrain ribbon, Twill tape, Red brads, Star Punch
Heather Telford 