Woodland Bucket

Today’s project was designed to complement this one which I did last week.  I am in a totally spring frame of mind.  What is the real bummer is that Ontario Canada, can’t seem to remember that it is Spring!  It jumps between a warm day followed by a bunch of rainy days.  What a BUMMER!!!  I loath this wet cold weather.  So I am going to do everything in my crafting with a spring feel until the darn weather changes lol.  It is that, or else clobber the Weather agent which may not really solve anything!  Anyhoo, my project is a large bucket (as you may have guessed from the title.  It is about 4″ and a bit diameter by about 4″ high.  It was all done without a template which is totally not necessary.  Instead, I used tabs to mold the paper to the circle base.  The mushrooms are from my punch pal mushrooms which are soon to be, or already in the library, and this bucket will be there soon too (this week).  The matching log will also be up this week.  All the other embellishments are from using Spellbinder dies (which are amazing), and the Stampin’Up! little leaves. 
Hope you enjoy,

Supplies:

 

  • Stamps: Signature Greetings  (Papertrey)
  • Paper:  Certainly Celery CS, Wild Wasabi CS, Real Red CS, Very Vanilla CS, River Rock CS, Whisper White CS, Woodland Walk DP (Stampin’ Up)
  • Dies/Punches:  Foliage, Fancy Tags Three (Spellbinder), 1 ¼” circle punch, ¾” circle punch, 1 ⅜”x ⅝” oval large punch (Stampin’Up!), ¼” hole punch
  • Ink:  Tea Dye, Aged Mahogony, Broken China, Walnut Stain, Pine Needle, Peeled Paint, Distress ink (Ranger Inc)
  • Other:  Stampin’ Dimensionals, Multi-purpose adhesive, Sticky Strip, Stampin’ Sponges (Stampin’Up!), Dotto adhesive, Stardust Stickles (Ranger Inc)

Graduation Cap Box

Do you remember this Graduation Money Holder card I posted last week?  Today I decided to create a companion Graduation Cap shaped box that you can fill with treats of another special gift for your graduate.  The base of the box is 4″ x 4″, it’s 2″ high, and the graduation cap top is 6″ x 6″.  Really, just the perfect size to give a nice gift, without being too big and too expensive to fill if you need to give a lot of them out.

The supplies are actually quite minimal:

Cardstock: 1 sheet of 12″ x 12″ Basic Black and 1 sheet of 8 1/2″ x 11″ Basic Black
Adhesive: Sticky Strip (Stampin’ Up!)
Accessories: gold cord (fabric store); black brad (Hot Off The Press)

The template and design is one I came up with myself.  I also created the tassel myself.  Paper Crafter’s Library members can expect to see a video, template and handout for this project in the library next week.

Farm Fun Scrapbook page

So my Final Farm life project for the moment, is a 12″ x 12″ Scrapbook page.  It will be featuring some great snapshots of the children at the petting zoo.  I wanted to keep the layout simple and clean, but to definitely have those farm animal elements.  Farm Life Cricut Cartridge was perfect for this!  The pigs and chickens are the perfect touch.  This page is using a mixture of  the Cricut Cartridge, as well as some quickutz dies (some retired some not).  The little pocket near the top is a Melissa Frances tag & envelope, and is perfect for sneaking in a bit of journaling without having to have it take from the simplicity of the design.  I do hope you enjoy!  This page will be featured tomorrow on Paper Crafters Library.

Supplies:

  • Paper:  Bashful Blue, Blushing Bride, Certainly Celery, Basic Black, Whisper White, Soft Suede, Cookie Crumb, Kiwi Kiss DP (retired), Soft Suede DP, More Mustard, Daffodil Delight, Real Red, Only Orange (retired) CS (Stampin’Up!), Spring Moss (Papertrey)
  • Dies/Punches/Cartridges:  Country Life Cricut Cartridges, Martha Stewart Grass punch, Leaf (Lifestyle Crafts), Sun, Honey Alphabet (Quickutz, retired available on Ebay)
  • Ink:  Shabby Shutter, Pine Needle, Tea Dye, Vintage Photo, Broken China, Spiced Marmalade, Black Soot, Pumice Stone, Walnut Stain, Tattered Rose Distress ink (Ranger ink), Slit punch (Stampin’Up!)
  • Other:  Mini Envelopes and Tags (Melissa Frances), Cricut Expression, Epic 6 Die cutter, Dimensionals pearls (Ranger ink), Sakura Stardust pen

Graduation Money Holder Card Featuring a Punch Art Owl

I am so happy it’s Friday!  This has been an absolutely insanely busy week!  On Monday I was at a family funeral (my husband’s side of the family) that was 5 1/2 hours one way, and we made the round trip in one day. So as you can imagine, that was pretty exhausting!  During the rest of the week I’ve been training my virtual assistant on some new tasks and interviewing for some video editor positions.  Which is why my posts and projects have been a bit sporadic this week.  Thank goodness for Soph, as she has had lots to share with you all!

My project for today is a Graduation Money Holder.  The inspiration for this card came from an amalgamation of several projects I saw on Splitcoaststampers. I loved the punch art owl you see HERE, so I just started playing with my punches until I got something similar.  I got the idea for the hat and scroll from THIS CARD. The money card holder idea came from HERE.  And it all came together to the project you see featured here today!

Here’s a list of the supplies I used for the punch art owl:

Ink: Signo White Gel Pen
Paper:   Early Espresso CS, Cherry Cobbler CS, Crumb Cake CS, Basic Black CS, Whisper White CS (Stampin’ Up!); Tapioca CS (Bazzil Basics Paper); white copy paper
Punches: 2 ⅜” scalloped circle punch,  1 ¾” scalloped circle punch, ¾” circle punch, ½” circle punch, Round Tab punch, 5-petal flower punch (Stampin’ Up!); 2” scalloped circle punch (Papertrey ink); flower punch (retired Stampin’ Up!) *Note that you can use scalloped circle dies instead of punches; for the small flower you can use any small flower with rounded petals, OR hand sketch the feet and cut them out
Adhesives: Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue, mini glue dots, Stampin’ Dimensionals (Stampin’ Up!); double-sided adhesive of your choice
Dies: Square Lattice Embossing folder, Big Shot (Stampin’ Up!)
Other: black embroidery thread

Here’s a list of the pieces I used to create the owl:

  • Early Espresso CS: 2 ⅜” scalloped circle, round tab punch
  • Embossed Cherry Cobbler CS:  2 ⅜” scalloped circle, 2” scalloped circle, 1 ¾” scalloped circle
  • Tapioca (pale yellow) CS: 5-petal flower punch, small rounded petal flower
  • Whisper White CS: two ¾” circles
  • Crumb Cake (Kraft) CS: three ¾” circles
  • Basic Black CS: two ½” circles and scraps for the hat

As it was a very time intensive project to film (45 minutes of video for the whole thing) – it’s only being made available to Paper Crafter’s Library members.  If you’ve never heard of, or tried out Paper Crafter’s Library, you should check it out!  You can find out more details at http://www.papercrafterslibrary.com/.

In the meantime though, I did post a free video on the Sunny Stampin’ Blog today on how to create a Pocket Card, featuring an insert onto which you can put a gift card or write a message. You can see it here: http://andreawalford.com/a-video-tutorial-on-how-to-create-a-pocket-card

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

 

Little boy trinket can

Today’s project is fast and simple.  My son needed some can’s to put his little trinkets in, such as toy soldiers, mini cars, ect.   I wanted them to be both fun and functional.  I also decided it would be fun to show how to make these simple cans.  This can, features a fun corset style back, which shows a little peek-a-boo of the contrasting paper on the backside.  The paper is not long enough to go all the way around, which necessitated the use of the corset back.  this allows the back to look like it was shortened on purpose.  In order to successfully string the back, you are going to need to re-inforce the back with CS before applying the jumbo eyelets.  Eyelets were applied with my crop-a-dile.  The image is made with my Cricut, and is from the Boys will be Boys cartridge.  The end result is a very cute storage medium for kids to place on their shelves.

Supplies:

  • Paper:  Little Boy DP (Echo Park Paper), Bermuda Bay (retired), Poppy Parade, Basic Black, Whisper White, Soft Sky (retired) CS
  • Ink:  Broken China, Aged Mahogany, Vintage Photo Distress ink (Ranger Inc)
  • Dies/Cartridges:  Boys will be Boys cartridge (Cricut), Pinked circle nestability (Spellbinder), clouds (Papertrey)
  • Other:  Big Shot, Cuttlebug circle folder, Sticky Strip, dimensionals, Copic markers, sponges, Stardust stickles (Ranger ink), white gel pen, Crop-a-Dile, Jumbo eyelet (Stampin’Up!), 1/4″  Cream Organza ribbon (retired Stampin’Up!)

 

Food Journal

Yup I do realize that I am on a bit of a journal kick lately!  I do have a good excuse for this one though.  I needed to film a journal being made and decorated, and this is it!  It should be showing up soon.  I love altering things, and I also love die cuts!  This journal is thus perfect for filling my desires.  I used All Quickutz dies, which I do realize are retired.  The problem is that when you own as many as I do, you just can’t stop using them lol.  Thankfully, these dies are still available on Ebay, and some scrapbook stores.  Simply look up Quickutz Vegetables, pea, and stawberry.  The journal itself was easy to do, but one of the fun things was of course, adding the realisme to the vegetables.  The video does show you how to do that, but with some markers, gel pens and die ink sponging, you will find it easy to do!  For general instructions on making the journal, simply go down a few posts, and you will find them.

Happy Papercrafting,

Supplies:

  • Paper:  Elegant Eggplant, Whisper White, Very Vanilla, Real Red, Old Olive, Kiwi Kiss (retired), Basic Black, Wild Wasabi, Only Orange (retired) CS (Stampin’Up!), Spring Moss (Papertrey), Cosmo Cricket DP
  • Ink:  Peeled Paint, Rusty Hinge, Aged Mahogony, Pumice Stone, Black Soot, Tea Die, Vintage Photo Distress ink (Ranger inc)
  • Dies:  Vegetables, pea, strawberry, Teriyaki Grand Alphabet, Big Shot de machine
  • Coloring mediums:Copic markers
  • Other:  Tombow multi-purpose adhesive, 2-way glue pen, Stampin’ Dimensionals, 5/8″ Old Olive Satin Ribbon (Stampin’Up!), Sakura Stardust pen, White gel pen,  Sponges, Red lined tape, Scotch adhesive, Corner rounder, Black Tiny Type stickers (Cosmo Cricket)

Tic Tac Toe to Go

Well I always love to do pretty things!  I love making things look the best that I possibly can.  This Little Tic Tac Toe travel pack is no exception.  The holder is made with a simple box envelope pattern which I designed, and the Tic Tack Toe board is simply a flat piece with stamped game images.  The really great thing is that it is all magnetic, so no lost pieces if you are playing in the car!  Some of the fun elements of this project are the cloud background by Hero Arts.  It adds instant coolness to any project.  The boy is colored with ProMarkers which are similar to Copic markers.  The grass and swirls are made with my Silhouette machine, and are a simple downloadable file.  My game pieces were also colored with ProMarker, and the images are by Magnolia.  The little boy is a Hanglar and Stanglar stamp image.  This one is not available at the moment, but other stamps of theirs are available for international sale over HERE.
I will be filming this project idea in the library this coming week, and you can expect to see it soon, though with a different decor!

Supplies:

  • Paper: Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Whisper White,  Real Red, Soft Sky (retired) CS (Stampin’Up!), White CS (All That Scraps), DP (imaginisce)
  • Ink:   Tea Dye, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain, Shabby Shutter, Tumbled Glass, Pine Needles Distress ink ( Ranger inc), Tempting Turquoise Classic ink (Stapin’ Up!)
  • Stamps:  Cloud BG (Hero Arts), Boy on box ( Hanglar and Stanglar), Cherry and Flower (Magnolia)
  • Die Cuts/Punches:  Scallop lace (Martha Stewart), Grass, Swirl, (Silhouette of America), 1″ circle punch, 1 1/4″ circle punch (Stampin’ Up!)
  • Accessories:  White gel pen, Sticky Strip, Stampin Dimensionals, Adhesive backed magnet, Multi-purpose glue, scissors, tweezers, Sponges, Sponge Daubers, flower (K & Company)

Monster Card

 

OK, I admit it, I love my Cricut!!  I love all the options on the cartridges, the fact that I can get unique images from independant people is another wonderful bonus!  So why do I like them?  Well the fact that I can add so many personal details with my arsenal of markers, inks, pens and glitter for one.  This little monster came from the Mini Monsters cartridge by Cricut.  To make the letters pop out, I used Copic markers along the inside to deepen the color.  I then added a touch of deeper shading with some Tangerine Tango Classic ink.  Next I added little lines with a black pen.  Higlights were added with a White gel pen.  The entire effect is totally cool, and really stands out.  The monster follows the same guidlines, but has more sponging, some airbrushing with Copic markers, coloring with Copic markers, Sakura Stardust pen accents along with some accents with gel pen, and Spica Atyou glitter pens.  Hope you like it!

hugs,

  • Paper:  Basic Grey DP, Bermuda Bay, Tangerine Tango, River Rock, Whisper White, Basic Black CS (Stampin’ Up!)
  • Ink: Tangerine Tango, Bermuda Bay (Stampin’ Up!),  Tea Dye, Vintage Photo Distress ink (Ranger ink)
  • Dies/Cartridges: Nestability labels 3 (Spellbinder), Mini Monsters (Cricut)
  • Other: Big Shot, Black marker, White gel pen, Sakura Stardust pen, Spica Glitter pen, Copic markers, Copic Airbrush system, Tombow multi-purpose glue, dimensionals

Vintage Wall Hanging Featuring Spellbinders Creative Book Pages Die

Today I wanted to share with you all a beautiful vintage wall hanging I created for my daughter. The picture on the wall hanging is one I had taken at a portrait studio when my daughter was 3 months old.  You can click on the main picture for a larger view.

To create the actal base for the wall hanging, I used one of the dies in the Spellbinders Donna Salazar Creative Book Pages die collection.  I die cut two pieces out of lightweight chipboard and then stuck them together.  I needed to give the wall hanging more stability than I could get with one piece alone, but the die wouldn’t cut through anything thicker.  I then die cut a third piece out of patterned paper from my Prima 6″ x 6″ stack and stuck that to the front.

I printed my picture on Whisper White CS, cut it to 2 1/2″ x 3″, and then matted it onto a piece of vintage book paper which I hand tore. I used some of Melissa Frances’ gorgeous vintage resin embellishments around three of the corners, and decorated the bottom right corner with roses.

The beaded pearl chain is part of a necklace I found at the dollar store which I simply took apart. I then used jump rings to attach it to the wall hanging, and I also used jump rings to attach the crystals to the ends of the beaded pearl chain pieces.  Ideally, I would have preferred to use black eyelets to better go with the black tint of the chain, but unfortunately I didn’t have any.  I’m thinking I may pop by Michaels tomorrow to see if they have any.

All the supplies I used are listed below. I will be filming a video on how to make this project from start to finish – and putting it into the Paper Crafter’s Library  for members, next week.

Supplies:

Paper: Madeline 6″ x 6″ Paper Stack (Prima); vintage book (flea market in Spain); lightweight chipboard (the backing from a package of Stampin’ Up! designer paper); Whisper White CS (Stampin’ Up!)
Adhesives: Soft Gel Medium (Golden); Matte Accents (Ranger); hot glue gun (Martha Stewart)
Embellishments: Rosie Floret Collection, Fuschia Mini Roses (Prima ); Vintage Embellishments (Melissa Frances); Dangling Chandelier Trinket Beads (Maya Road); chain tassels, jump rings (Tim Holtz Ideology); beaded chain (Dollarama); Antique Brass eyelets; Chunky Black Glitter  (Stampin’ Up!)
Tools: Crop-a-Dile (Stampin’ Up!); Needle Nose Pliers (Beadalon); Creative Book Pages Grand Nestabilities die, Grand Calibur (Spellbinders)

Altered Journals

Today, I decided to feature a couple of altered notebooks.  The reason being that I am doing a quick video on the process of altering a notebook for the Library.  The method which I use for this style of book remains virtually unchanged. No matter which sort of journal you have, it is very easy to get a unique look which is all about you.  For the first journal, I used a Penny Black image of mice in a cherry bowl.  The image was colored with Tombow and SU markers.  The paper is a retired Stampin’Up! DP, as is the ribbon.  The font in the front is from Quickutz and is called Esspresso.  The image in the back is made from a Cricut Hello Kitty Greetings Cartridge.
The second journal is made using a Me and Carrie Lou image of a peony, which was colored with real watercolors.  It was embossed in A gold tinsel mixture which I make.  The font is Quickutz Esspresso, and the DP is a retired one from Stampin’Up!
The journal is a simple matter of measuring.  I simply measure my cover, adding 1″ all around for a border.  I score the DP so that I have the exact amount for the cover, and then the other side of my score lines is the 1″ border.  The 1″ border goes to the back of each cover.  The paper is attached with Sticky strip.  Next you cut a CS piece which will fit to the back of the cover over the folded ends of the front.  Ribbon can be added before or after applying the Cardstock backing.  Next you can add whatever decorations you like.  Under an hour, you can have the notebook of your dreams.

Supplies;

  • Stamps:  Peony (Me and Carrie Lou), mice (Penny Black),  Rough Type (Stampin’Up!)
  • Paper:  Designer paper, Certainly Celery, Real Red, Basic Black, Whisper White (Stampin’Up!), Watercolor paper
  • Coloring Mediums:  Tombow markers, Stampin’Up! markers, Watercolor paints
  • Dies/Punches/Cartridges:  Hello Kitty Greetings (Cricut), Esspresso Alphabet (Quickutz), 1/2″ Circle punch (Stampin’Up!)
  • Other:  Black Satin Ribbon, Grosgrain striped ribbon, Stampin’ Dimensionas, Tombow multi-purpose adhesive, White gel pen (Stampin’Up!),  Stardust Stickles, embossing powder mix (Ranger inc)