Tutorial Tuesday ...

For Tutorial Tuesday, I show you how to create with Spellbinders Borderabilities: A2 ScallopedBorders Three. You’ll learn how to create three projects, beginner, intermediate and advanced using these versatile die templates. When you nest the dies together, you can create endless combinations for cardmaking and scrapbooking projects. Pair the borders with JustRite’s cling and clear stamps for beautiful creations every time!

They are having a giveaway on JustRite Papercraft's inspiration blog, so make sure you hop over where you'll get a chance to win a prize!!

You can view the video HERE or HERE!

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Project Recipe:

Stamps: JustRite Papercraft Celebration Labels One

Dies: Spellbinders® Paper Arts A2 Scalloped Borders Three, Decorative Labels 34

Paper: K&Company Charlotte paper pad, Bazzill Basics Ivory and Rose Cardstock

Inks: Tsukineko/Imagine Crafts Memento Tuxedo Black and Rose Bud ink pads, sponge dauber

Embellishments: Scor-Pal, 1.25 Ivory Silk and 1/4 Pink Silk Ribbon from The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store, Decorative White Pearls, Pearl Heart, Prima Rose, Washi Tape or Low-tack tape

JustRite Papercraft May Release...

Hi everyone! Welcome to Day One of JustRite Papercraft's May Release! Today, I have created this darling baby carriage using the newest stamp sets "Doily One and Doily Two", then paired them with some Spellbinders® Paper Arts dies. Wouldn't this be adorable placed beside the cake table for a baby shower? Or even on top of the cake itself? And change the color to light purple or pastel yellow if you don't know the gender! Take a few moments to hop over to the design team's blogs and see what they have made with these beautiful stamps!

~ Enjoy!

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Please take some time to visit all the designers participating in today's Blog Hop!

JustRite Inspiration (experiencing blog issues)

Debbie Olson
Becca Feeken
Michele Kovack
Darsie Bruno
Margie Higuchi
Kazan Clark
Heidi Blankenship
Eva Dobilas
Sheri Holt
Kristi Schurr
Angela Barkhouse
Kathy Jones
Marisa Job

Project Recipe:

Stamps: JustRite Papercraft Doily One, Doily Two, Bundle of Joy
Dies and Tools: Spellbinders® Paper Arts Die D-Lites Petite Labels One, Standard Circles LG and Imperial Border, Scor-Pal
Paper: Bazzill Basics Paper White and Pink cardstock

Inks: Tsukineko/Imagine Crafts Memento Versamark, white embossing powder, Memento Angel Pink ink pad, sponge dauber

Embellishments: 1/4 inch Pink Silk Ribbon from The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store, treat bag with candy, Beacon Adhesives, 3D Foam Squares, Recollections Self-Adhesive Flower Pearls and Pearls

Spellbinders Explore Beyond Blog Frenzy - Day Three

Welcome to the Spellbinders Paper Arts™ Explore Beyond Blog Frenzy, where we will be showcasing fabulous projects created from the Winter CHA Release!!  I am so excited to show two die template sets from the Imperial Gold Line!  We are thrilled that Spellbinders’ Imperial Gold Line was chosen as the winner of the Craft and Hobby Association Attendee’s Choice Innovation Award!

My creation is a delightful box with a sweet treat tucked inside! I love how you can make pretty gifts for someone special using these die templates:

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Supply List:
 

·         GC-001 Grand Calibur® 

·         S4-393 Gold Corners One Scalloped Corners (Insert and Border)

·         S4-400 Gold Ivy #1, 2, 3 and 4

·         S4-328 Foliage #5

Cross Promotional Partners:

·         JustRite® Papercraft, Inc. For All You Do Vintage Labels Three, Hugs & Kisses Sentiments

·         Bazzill Basics Paper® Canvas White, Light Pink and Pink Cardstock

·         Scor-Pal® Scoring Board and Scor-Tape™

·         Tsukineko Angel Pink and Tuxedo Black ink Pads, Sponge Dauber

·         May Arts White and Pink Silk Ribbon

·         SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L™ White Foam Dots

·         Beacon Adhesives 3-in-1 Advanced Glue

You’ll also need:

·         White self-adhesive pearls

·         White and Green Tissue

·         Low-tack tape (painter’s tape)

·         Wax paper

·         Pink Rhinestone Heart

·         1/16^th hole punch

·         Bag of treats

Instructions:

• Cut pink cardstock 1 ¾ x 12 inches for the box lid, and 3 x 12 inches for the bottom.
• Using the Scor-Pal Scoring board, score bottom piece ¼ inches, then turn and score at 1 ½ inch increments: 1 ½, 3, 4 ½, 6, 7 ½, 9, 10 ½ inches
• Using the scoring board, score lid piece ¼ inches, then turn and score at 1 ½ inch increments: 1 ½, 3, 4 ½, 6, 7 ½, 9, 10 ½ inches

• Adhere both ends of the bottom to the bottom connector.
• Adhere both ends of lid to lid connector.
• With pink cardstock, cut/emboss Gold Ivy #4. Make 2 of these. (Use wax paper between the paper and die template for easy removal)

• Emboss Gold Ivy #3 onto one of the Gold Ivy #4 pieces for the lid.

• Adhere folded flaps of lid piece to bottom of embossed Gold Ivy (#3 and #4) piece.
• Adhere folded flaps of bottom piece to bottom of embossed Gold Ivy piece.

• With white cardstock, cut/emboss Gold Ivy #3. Make 3 of these.
• Emboss Gold Ivy #2 onto one of the white Gold Ivy #3 pieces for the lid.
• With pink cardstock, cut/emboss Gold Ivy #2.
• Emboss Gold Ivy #1 onto the pink Gold Ivy #2 piece for the lid.
• Adhere white Gold Ivy #3 piece inside lid and bottom of box.
• Tape Gold Corners One Scallop Border and Insert die templates together with painter’s tape and cut/emboss 16 pieces from white cardstock.
• With sponge dauber, add Angel Pink ink on the edges of all of the white cut/embossed pieces.

Finishing your box:

• Apply foam dots to White Gold Ivy piece (#3 and #2) and Pink Gold Ivy Piece (#2 and #1).
• Add to top of box and apply self-adhesive pearls.
• Adhere all white Gold Corners One Border and Insert pieces to box sides and decorate with self-adhesive pearls.

 To make the rose:

• Cut/emboss Scallop Border on 15 layers of white tissue. Do this twice. (You’ll have 30 pieces)
• Unroll 24 inches of the Scor-Tape and begin to apply the pointed end of the tissue pieces to the adhesive tape (1/4 inch apart).
• Starting at one end of the tape with the tissue pieces, start rolling inward until you have reached the other end.
• Fluff the tissue pieces until you are happy with your flower.

• Cut/emboss Foliage #5 from green tissue paper and adhere to top of box.
• Adhere rose on top of foliage.

To make gift tag:

• Cut/emboss Gold Ivy #1 with white cardstock. Leaving paper in die, stencil using a sponge dauber and Angel Pink ink. Remove from die and sponge edges with pink ink.
• Stamp sentiment with Tuxedo Black ink and punch 1/16^th hole near edge.
•  Decorate a bag of treats with pink silk ribbon and gift tag.

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My second project is a pretty card to go with my treat box! This was a quick and easy card to create! I love creating shaped cards with Spellbinders die templates and they make such an impression!

To make the shaped card, I cut pink cardstock 4 x 8 inches and folded in half to make my card base of 4 x 4 inches. Place the fold of the paper just inside one of the edges of the Gold Ivy #4 die template, then cut/emboss to get your shaped card. Cut/emboss 4 Gold Corners One Scalloped Border and adhere to 4 edges of shaped card. Layer the card with Gold Ivy #3 in light pink cardstock, and Gold Ivy #2 in white cardstock with foam dots. Cut/emboss/stencil the #2 piece with a sponge dauber and Angel Pink ink pad. Add a sentiment to the white piece with black ink, and finish it off with a pretty silk bow, pearls and a rhinestone heart.

For official contest rules… click HERE

Enter today’s Giveaway HERE!

Please take a minute to hop over to Tina McDonald’s blog to see the fabulous creations she has made!!

Questions? CustomerSupport@Spellbinders.us No entries will be accepted at this email address.

Easter Chicks...

 My card today is also being showcased on the Sweet n' Sassy Digi Blog! I used the "Spring Chicks" and "Easter Blessings" digistamp sets for my creation! Take a peek below to see how I made the card! Scroll down further to read about the wonderful gift they are giving to the Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation when you purchase a particular digistamp set!

I printed my images on Whisper White cardstock, cut them out with a Square Nestabilities, then colored with Copic Markers. I sponged Memento Summer Sky and New Sprout inks on each image. I mounted each image to a glittery blue Scalloped Square Nestabilities cut out, then added pretty pearls. My background is made using Martha Stewart's Score Board, and I accented each diamond with baby pearls. My bow is resting on a glittery Fancy Tag, and my ribbon piece was made using the new Daisy punch by Martha Stewart. Card size: 4 1/2  x 5 .3/4 inches

 

The is a very special set because 100% of the sale goes towards Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation, which is a charity to help the fight against childhood cancer.There is a fundraiser page set up HERE if you would like to donate without purchasing the set or donate beyond the set. Hopefully one day we will find a cure to this ugly disease. You can read more about it at the Sweet 'n Sassy Store!

Snowy Thinking...

Well, I've been having enormous fun these past few days with "blog hopping". If you don't know what that is, it is a group of blog owners, sending you on a merry round of card viewing. A lot of them are from a particular design team, a stamp company's blog, etc. Some have challenges that include a "sketch" of which you can participate.

As an example, my first card is for the "Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge #42", and you have to make a card using the sketch above, then post your card to your own online gallery or blog, then go to Mercy's blog and post your link. It's a way to challenge yourself with new card ideas!

My challenge card uses Hot pink Bazzill cardstock, and a Marvy Matchables "Caribbean Blue" ink pad. I first stamped the large snowflake (Inkadinkado) with Caribbean blue on white Bazzill cardstock. Next, I stamped my sentiment (Close to my Heart) on white cardstock, then stamped a tiny portion of my large snowflake on the corners. I next layered it to a hot pink glittered cardstock. I punched my upper and lower right corners with a Fiskars Emboss plus Punch, then added a few lines around three sides with my Scor-Pal. I tied a pretty teal bow around my card, then mounted my sentiment with pop dots. With a Stardust GellyRoll pen, I colored my snowflake, then added gemstones to finish the card. Card size 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches.

This next card is my version of a card on Andrea Walford's blog. Of course, I altered it for my own card, but I love the look! I stamped the flourish from the "Nightingale" stamp set by Inque Boutique in #3 Blue from Marvy Matchables. I then inked the snowflake (Inkadinkado) with #3 Blue and Prussian Blue on each half then stamped it so that it looked like the snowflake was hanging from the flourish.

I tied a pretty sparkly blue/gold ribbon that I purchased from Hobby Lobby, and added rhinestones on the flourish and snowflake. I next punched a snowflake border (EK Success) on blue glitter cardstock, mounted my flourish piece, then attached it to a white card. Card size 4 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches.

Parchment and Valentine Cards

I love Rainbow Parchment! I get it from Ecstasy Crafts in a package of 10 and it goes a long way! I dug out another parchment grid for this pretty card. It's one of the 8 1/2 x 11 border grids from Ecstasy's Exclusive line.

I taped the shiny side of the rainbow parchment to the grid, turned it over, and proceeded to emboss, then prick my borders. It goes fairly fast, but I always recommend going over it a second time just to smooth out any lines that might be showing in your embossed areas.

I assembled a pre-cut 3D from (you guessed it) Ecstasy Crafts with foam pads and mounted it to my parchment piece. I added a pretty bow, and attached the parchment to a pretty lavender notecard with pastel purple brads. I finished the card off by using the waste pieces from a gold peel off sticker sheet, and added a "Thank You" for the sentiment.

Card size: 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches.

My next card was based on the tiny vinyl heart stickers I found at Wal-Mart. They are so cute with their polka-dots and stripes! My new color is brown! I love it! Can't get enough of it, it seems! You'll find these cute hearts in the Valentine section at Wal-Mart.

For this card, I used the Heart Blocks folder and embossed 2/3 of the card with the hearts. I then used the Scor-Pal and scored five lines next to the heartblocks. Then I added the tiny heart stickers to the right of the scored lines in a rambling pattern. Next I tied a red grosgrain ribbbon near the first scored line and placed a tiny brown polka-dot heart on another scored line.

I purchase a pretty Alphabet Stamp set from Inkadinkado and stamped LOVE in brown ink on a scrap of white cardstock, then I placed a tiny heart sticker inside the "O". I mounted the scrap to a velvet polkadot paper that had been cut out using a rectangle scalloped Nestabilities in the Cuttlebug. I attached that piece to a beautiful filigree paper from Deja Views called "Old World" in brown with darker shades of brown. I also put that piece through the Cuttlebug with a larger rectangle scalloped Nestabilities die.

I was going to attach that piece to the card, but it looked a little lost amongst the heartblocks embossing. The right side seemed heavier than the left. I dug around in my stash and once again pulled out a die cut heart from that Valentine set I purchased from K & Company. Who knew I'd use those diecuts so much? Um, sometimes I tend to buy things and tuck them in a box without a clue to what they will be used for!

I mounted my "LOVE" piece to a large heart diecut and attached it to the card and am quite pleased with the result!

Card size: 4 1/4 x 6 inches.

Card frenzy!

I haven't posted in a while but I've been working on a few cards and had a lot of fun! I dug out quite a few embellishments to play with, chose different color combinations and more! So let me show them and tell you how I made them!

My first card was created with my new favorite color combination of teal and brown! I just love how they look together.

I pulled out my Cuttlebug border folders and my Scor-Pal for the base card in white. I next, wrapped a teal ribbon around the card and added my floral embellishment with tiny decorative rhinestones to add some bling. I used a stamp set from Close to my Heart for the filigree card with "amour". I colored the stamped images with Prismacolor markers. It's hard to see the glitz on this card!

My next card was created with the companion piece to the Scor-Pal which has curvy and diagonal score lines. I scored a piece of pink cardstock, added some gold peel off lines, wrapped a polka dot ribbon around the center and tied a knot. I had difficulties with this card as I couldn't decide exactly what to do. I pulled out the fabric flowers and added them along with the red rhinestones. I used a shimmery patterned paper for the background that's hard to see in the scan. I used the Swiss dots folder on white cardstock then mounted the scored pink piece to it. I stamped "Happy Valentine's Day" in pink ink, and added some pearls to the center of the flowers. I still can't decide if I like this card or not.