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If you check out my Something Saturdays then you'll know about my quick/easy/cheap washi tape card tutorial this morning! However if you missed it/ wanted a refresher or aren't FB minded, then this is for you 😁
Stampin' Up! doesn't currently have any washi tape, but that doesn't mean that I don't have heaps lol So I've gone with 3 strips of washi tape, 3 little mini flowers using the small bloom punch, add some Gold Glitter Enamel Dots, and a saying, and you have yourself easy cards:
I have just made sure that my 3 strips of washi cross over somewhere on the card and then added the flowers on top, There's a little trick I've used in the video to make the little green leaves that I've popped behind the flowers just a way of using the punch in a different way!
The other cards I showed were Christmas cards, then I showed a little trick of cutting the flower to look like a star for the top of the tree:
If you'd like to check out the video it's now on YouTube, so I'll add it here:
Well this morning I did my Facebook live video on a little roll up box, it's so cute! I said I'd share the measurements etc with you on a blog post, so here it is.......
but first some photos to whet your appetite 😊
Now for the measurements......
Take your A4 piece of card I used the Stampin' Up! Basic White Thick Card, as it's nice and strong, and score lengthwise at 4.95cm (just a fraction before the 5cm mark) I actually made a quick mark on my Paper Cutter as just about all the measurements are this) move it along and score it at the next 4.95cm (ie 9.9cm), move it along again and cut it off at the next 4.95cm mark (ie 14.85cm).
Turn the card stock and score 4.95cm, move along and repeat (should be 9.9cm) then I recommend you turn the card stock around and repeat from the other side don't do what I did in the video! - let me make the mistakes for you lol
Next cut the "flaps" check out the rough diagram below;
Once this is done you'll need Designer series paper cut to: 24 squares of 4.5cm and 4 rectangles of 4.5cm x 9cm, stick them into the appropriate places.
Then move onto the lid: this is 12cm x 7cm, then 1cm scored all the way round, then cut the flaps, again see diagram below: stick the little corner flaps in behind the end flaps to create your lid, and attach another piece of 4.5cm x 9cm Designer Series Paper onto it.
Fingers crossed your lid should now fit snugly onto your box, now you can have fun rolling your box up and down 😀
And in case you missed it here is the video:
I hope you have a go at this, let me know how you go, if you do check out my Facebook page, then please share what you make, I do love to see you're creations too! (or you can email them to me too)
Don't forget till the end of Feb for every $90 of goodies you order you can pick one of the Sale-a-bration items for free (the paper I used in the video is one of the items).
well this morning I did my Facebook live and thought I might share what I made with you, hopefully by the time I've finished the write up the video will be uploaded to YouTube and I can add it to here too!
Anyway I started off my video showing how I cut and score my cardstock to create my base cards, actually I score it, then cut it, as it cuts down on one step (no pun intended) So I score the card all the way down the sheet at 10.5cm, and if I need to do a few I'll get the lot scored first, then move onto my cutter, and the 1/2 way mark for A4 paper is 14.8cm, I know my trusty Paper Trimmer will cut at least 2 pieces of card in one go, so that makes it a bit quicker too.
Anyway onto the cards, I've cut my Designer Series Paper to 5 3/4" x 4" the piece of plain card for the top part is 1cm less all round, so cut to 13.8cm x 9.5cm. I have used the Sale-a-Bration Flower & Field Designer Series Paper which is only available when you purchase $90 of goodies from the catalogues, then you can choose it for free! That's right, during Sale-a-Bration you get rewarded for orders of $90+, Bonus!!
I took the white card and made 2 diagonal cuts in it, the middle one is for one card and the other 2 pieces go on the other card. As you can see I've taken more of the pretty "Flower & Field Designer Series Paper" and fussy cut some of the images, they don't have to be complete images as you can "hide" the lost bits under others. I have used the lovely stamp set from Hello Dear Friend All inclusive card kit as I really like the writing, and I thought the flower and leaves really suited this paper well.
The Blue flower in the photo below is missing the left and bottom of the image, but it's covered well with the other flowers so you wouldn't know!
And on this one the 2 pink flowers are missing 1/2 of their image!
How cute is this little flower from the Hello Dear friend All inclusive Card kit and doesn't it suit this paper so well? I've also used one of the Opal Rounds embellishments (as this card had a smudge I needed to cover!)
Oh and look at that, the video has managed to upload to YouTube, so I'll attach that too. yay!
Ok well I hope this inspires you to have a go and dig out your beautiful flowery papers! Of course if you want this paper to do this with, all you need to do is order $90 of goodies and choose it for free (it's only available till end of Feb, so you need to get in quick!)
Well after having played with a bit of the True Love Designer Series Paper, (DSP) I just couldn't resist continuing on with it, so here is my next lot of cards that I've made up with it. I got a bit inspired when I saw what others had done with it and adding hearts into the equation! Having recently treated myself to the Heart Punch Pack, which consists of 2 heart punches, that fit together nicely.
Anyway onto the cards......
The first card I made I just punched the straight heart out from a piece of card, lined it up on the DSP and drew round the cut out heart, then I coloured in where it needed it, attached it together, and if you're a regular reader of my blog, you might remember that I stamped up the Many Messages stamp and cut out all the messages with the matching die, so I had 18 sayings to pick from (have to admit I'm loving this way of adding my sayings!) check out the Many Messages Bundle!
This next card, I have punched out the straight heart first then punched the scalloped heart, as you can see where to position your scallop heart this way round, I've added Wink of Stella over both hearts. And another one of the sayings......
You can see the Wink of Stella better on this photo:
The next card I made was this one, extremely simple, but quite effective!, take a piece of the DSP, punch the straight heart out of the middle, then punch the scallop heart out too, pop the rectangular piece of DSP down on the card add a line of the Black organdy glittered ribbon. Daub round the edge of the heart, I've also used my new blending brushes, and add the heart on dimensionals to your card. Did you guess I used another one of the sayings from Many Messages?
And the last card, I've coloured in the flowers with my Stampin' Write Markers (I've used the 2020-2022 In Colours) Again I've cut the straight heart out first, then the scalloped heart, and utilized both, the straight heart is painted over with Wink of Stella (it's a lot more glittery than my photo gives it credit for!) You know what I still have a heap of the sayings left over on my desk from the Many Messages!
There is the potential to make so many cards out of this fabulous pack of DSP (and it's only $20! pretty good value!) I've used a small section of each pattern in the cards I've made so far.
Well I hope these inspire you to create in your space!
Today I'm joining a Crafty Collaborations hop, this is a group of Stampin' Up! demonstrators from all round the world, cool eh? This particular blog hop is What's New? and open to our own interpretation.
Sitting out in my craft room I spied the True Love Designer Series Paper that arrived a few days ago, and decided on a spot of colouring in therapy, and the cards started from there.....
This Designer Series Paper is black and white, and has some great images to cut out (if you don't mind a bit of fussy cutting)
The first card I made with the paper was this one, I've cut the flowers out from one of the sheets of Designer Series Paper, and used Stampin' Blends to colour them in. With this first card I've also used one of the Gold Hoop embellishments which I haven't used before too, I have to say the metal ring is really quite sturdy
you can see the Gold Hoop a little more clearly with this photo, I've used a bit of the Gorgeous Grape Sheer ribbon too, as it matched the Stampin' Blends I chose to colour with (Highland Heather and Rich Razzleberry)
Have you tried colouring with the Stampin' Blends? they're alcohol markers, so when you use them you can keep colouring till you get the right colour and they won't ball the paper. These cards are really quite easy to make if you don't mind the colouring and the cutting (and after all colouring is meant to be therapeutic 😉)
I hope these inspire you to create!
God Bless love
Heather
Do check out what others have created, I love the inspiration!
The other day I joined in a blog hop with others showing watercolour techniques I was relieved to hear most of them saying watercolouring was a challenge for them too! Anyway this morning I thought I'd take it to my Facebook live and give you a video for prosperity 😀
Well this is embarrassing! Obviously it wasn't "berry good" the first time lol. Someone (thanks so much Reyne) has kindly pointed out to me that my Strawberries were upside down😂 oopsy still they'd make great pears in green (as was suggested by Deborah). However after all the hilarity I thought I'd better re-do them, so....same post as before, different photo! (I'll try pears next time....)
I have 3 ways for you to get your hands on this gorgeous set of cards:
they look great the right way up don't they LOL
Here's the deals:
Purchase $180 of Stampin' Up! goodies, include the Sweet strawberry bundle, and pick the Berry Blessings bundle from the SAB as your free item, I will send you the kit of
plain papers, punched label pieces, instructions and bling for you to
make a set of these cards using your own Berry Delightful Papers and new
stamp sets for $7 to cover postage and materials.
OR
Purchase $180 of Stampin' Up! goodies, include the Sweet strawberry bundle,
and pick the Berry Blessings bundle from the SAB as your free item, let me know that you'd like the instructions emailed to you and I'm happy to do that for free.
OR
Book a date to come and make these cards with me
for $20 in my classroom (as there's stamping involved it's not one I
can mail out, sorry) However, I have managed to procure 2 of the SAB
bundles so, all who book into this class will go into a draw to
win my "extra" Berry Blessings Stamp set. So book your place asap, as I
am limited with the amount of Designer Series Paper I have! I have a couple of spots left on Wednesday 3rd Feb at 10.30am or 6pm. If you can't make these let me know and we'll arrange another time.
I hope these cards inspire you to get creating, they're such gorgeous Summery cards!
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