This past week was all about the gorgeous and versatile
“Kinda Eclectic” stamp set, and the Scallop Tag Topper Punch.
We made two projects, the first a Gift Holder,
which contains a small greeting card and cellophaned Lip Balm, the second
project is a Greeting Card with a fancy closing {made wit the Scallop Tag
Topper Punch}, and has many details ...
The ladies got to choose between two of the new “In
Colours”, Blackberry Bliss or Lost Lagoon …
Project 1
Gift Holder + Git Card + Lip Balm
This is a case via my good friend Ruth, however I
altered the measurements and added the Scallop Tag Topper closing + Lip Balm
Holder, and card.
Naturals White cardstock forms the base of the Gift
Holder.
Please see diagram …
Cut cardstock 7” x 11 1/2”
Along the 7” length, score at 2 ½” in on both
sides, which leaves a 2” panel in the middle.
Along the 11 ½” length, score at 4 ¾” and 6 ¾”
At the 4 ¾” and 6 ¾” score marks, measure 2 ½ “ along
the crease line, draw a diagonal line to the fold, cut of all shaded areas.
Once the shaded areas are cut away, measure ½”
along the 11 ½ “ length and cut the sides off.
You will be left with a long slim piece of cardstock
with what looks like wings on either side.
Crease along the scored lines.
Stamp on one side, at both ends, where the Scallop
Tag Topper will be punched.
Flip the cardstock over and stamp the Wings.
First stamp the leaves with the “Kinda Eclectic”
stamp set in Crumb Cake, once dry, stamp over and just to the side {to give a
shadow effect} with either Blackberry Bliss or Lost Lagoon.
Fold the Wings inwards, and turn the cardstock
inside out, the “Wings” then become the pockets, in which the gift card is
placed.
A cute little card slips into the pocket, with some
butterflies added for special effect.
Hanging in the middle of the Tag Tops is a
cellophane bag which contains a Lip Balm.
Ribbon is threaded through the Tag Tops and tied.
Wah-lah … Gift Holder + Git Card + Lip Balm done!
Project 2
Scallop Tag Topper Greeting Card
The cardbase is Naturals White, and has accents of Blackberry
Bliss or Lost Lagoon. Designer Series Paper Stack in the corresponding colour
is also used.
Stamp sets featured are “Bloom with Hope”, “Four
Feathers”, “Hardwood”, and “Six-Sided Sampler”.
This card features many xtra details like the two
toned feather, white embossed feathers, negative detail via the Hearts Border
Punch, Vintage Faceted Designer Buttons that have been coloured with the Blendabilities,
Crystals Effects Dots that have been coloured with the Blendabilities, and Aqua
Painted flowers.
Wah-lah … Scallop Tag Topper Greeting Card done!
Phew!!!
This Class should have been 2 hours, but it
actually took 3 hours, but all the effort was worth it!
Recipe Ingredient List
Stamp Sets: “Bloom
with Hope”, “For All Things”, “Four Feathers”, “Hardwood”, “Kinda Eclectic”,
and “Six-Sided Sampler”.
Ink:
Blackberry Bliss, Crumb Cake, Lost Lagoon, Sahara Sand, Black StazOn
Blendabilities: Coastal Cabana, Rich
Razzleberry
Cardstock:Blackberry
Bliss, Lost Lagoon, Naturals White, Whisper White, Designers
Series Paper Stack in Blackberry Bliss and Lost Lagoon + Vellum
Thursday was my beautiful daughter JorjaRose’s 11th
birthday, in between Classes, we had family time, and as a treat the kids are
allowed to choose their own take-a-way dinner, this time JR chose Burger King,
and I of course chose #17 “Honey Chicken Noodles” from Noodle Canteen – my fav!
My Mom-In-Law made the B’Day cake, and I decorated
it … what do you think?!!!
1 pack of Maltesers and 1 pack of Pink M&Ms and the kids went crazy!!!
We had 7 little girls come for a sleepover Saturday
night, so had a house full, what with our 2 + 7 extra!
Now on to craft …
Woop woop ... I made a video this week ...
Our first card made this week is called a “Magic Window Card”, and the structure of the Magic Window is a case via
Teri Pocock, click here to view Teri's video Tutorial, however the card design and artistic elements are all my own idea.
The second card made this week features the “Flower
Patch” stamp set, and the layout is a case via Meg Hollandand features the Baby Wipe Technique.
Using the baby Wipe Technique makes
the petals of the flowers so realistic and multi-tonal in colour - ♥♥♥
Project 1” Magic Window Card”
Gatefold Card, finished size is
4”x4”
Measurements For Card Stock: 8" x 4" Crumb Cake Base Card 4" x 2½” Crumb Cake Middle Section 3" x 3" Crumb Cake Window Mechanism
Pieces (x 2)
3¾” x 1¾” Whisper White Side Section (x 2) Measurements For DSP (Designer Series Paper): 3¾”x 1¾” Side Section (x 2)
3¾” x 3¾” Centre Panel 3¾” x 2¼” Middle Section DSP used:In
Colours Paper Stack – Coastal Cabana, Crisp Cantaloupe and Strawberry Slush
Score Base Card at 2” and 6”
Fold side pieces in and this will form the your base card
with the gatefold
Layer the paper mats on to the sections.
On the Whisper White side sections, mask where the flower is
to be stamped.
Stamp the “Dictionary” stamp set over the mask using Black
StazOn.
Remove mask and stamp the “Blended Bloom” stamp using Tuxedo
Black Momento Ink Pad.
Colour using Blendabilities, Aqua Painters or Watercolour
Pencils.
Calypso Coral + Daffodil Delight and Pumpkin Pie Blendabilitites
Melon Mambo + Daffodil Delight and Pumpkin Pie Blendabilitites
Above Card by Jen Hassloch
Coastal Cabana + Daffodil Delight Blendabilitites
Aqua Painters used with Crisp Cantaloupe, Strawberry Slush and Melon Mambo Ink Pads + Daffodil Delight and Pumpkin Pie Blendabilitites,
Adhere to base card side panels.
Stamp the Window Mechanism{s} with the “Flowering Flourishes”
stamp set in Crumb Cake.
Flip the pieces over and draw a line in pencil at the half
way point at 1 ½”
Measure from the edge 1 1/8” and make a pencil mark.
On the opposite side score down at 1/4”
Cut the cardstock to form the Aperture, cut at the centre
line to the pencil mark, cut in from each corner to the pencil mark, to make a
Pennant shape.
Do the same with both 3’x3’ Window Mechanism pieces.
Complete the centre section; layer the paper mat on to the
cardstock.
Mark the centre point.
Using the “Circles” or “Starburst” Framelits, cut a circle in
the centre of the card, ensuring that the circle is completely centred.
On the Base Card, measure ½” down on each side, ready to add
the Aperture.
Line the Window Mechanism up 1/8” in from the side.
Apply Tombow Glue to the Aperture lightly put in place, on
the edge of the DSP, but do not press down yet, repeat for the other side.
Close the card and check that the lines are horizontal, that
the lines are continuous and one side is not high than the other.
If it looks okay, press down with your bone folder and smooth
down.
Stamp the word “My Friend" from the “Six-Sided Sampler” stamp
set in the centre of the circle of Whisper White cardstock.
Check that the words will fit inside the Aperture.
Use plenty of Tombow Glue {so you get some wiggle time} and
adhere to the card. Move around to ensure you can still see the words through
the Aperture.
Add the centre section of the card. This fits over the
Aperture is and adhered with Tombow Glue.
Before pressing it down make sure that the Diamond or
Aperture is central.
The card-base is Strawberry Slush, with a layer of
Crumb Cake which has been embossed with the “Honeycomb” Embossing Folder.
A second piece of Crumb Cake has been layered over Strawberry
Slush.
Take
a piece of Soft Suede, and punch with the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Punch and layer
this between the Acetate {which has been stamped with White StazOn and the words “Be
You (tiful)”}, and the above layer.
Place the flowers as prepared below on to this layer, and adhere
with Dimensionals and Tape.
Baby Wipe Technique - on a single baby Wipe {I used
Pam’s brand}, drop single drops of “Classic Stampin’ Ink Refills” in Calypso
Coral, Real Red and Strawberry Slush.
You may need to drop a couple of drops of each colour,
until the colours bleed into one another.
Using the big flower from the “Flower Patch” stamp
set, use the baby wipe like an ink pad and stamp on the baby wipe, ensure that
the whole stamp is covered in ink, then stamp down onto the Whisper White
cardstock.
You will need to stamp 3 flowers, and allow to dry.
Keep one flower as the base flower {and cut with
the “Flower Fair” Framelits}.
On the 2nd flower cut the first row of
petals off of the flower.
On the 3rd flower, cut 2 rows of petals
off.
Layer flowers up and secure with an Antique Bard.
The yellow flower is stamped in Daffodil Delight,
allow to dry then stamp the centre of the flower with Black StazOn.
For the smallest flower, stamp with Crisp Cantaloupe, then stamp
with Calypso Coral to the centre, and add some black crystals for the finishing
touch.
The leaves are stamped with Pear Pizzazz as the first layer
and Old Olive as the second layer.
Use the “Flower Fair” Framelits to cut the flowers and leaves
– the Big Shot makes life so much easier!
For the inside of the card, take a piece of Naturals White cardstock
and stamp the words “Happy Blooming Birthday” using the Calypso Coral and Strawberry
Slush Stampin’ Write Markers.
On a piece of Whisper White cardstock, stamp butterflies from
the “Papillion Potpourri” stamp set in Calypso Coral and Strawberry Slush and
punch using the Bitty Butterfly and Elegant Butterfly Punches.
Layer the butterflies and wrap a piece of Linen Tread around
to form the antennae, and adhere with the tape to the inside of the card.
Wah-lah “Flower
Patch” Card featuring the Baby Wipe Technique done!
Ink: Calypso
Coral, Crumb Cake, Crisp Cantaloupe, Daffodil Delight, Melon
Mambo, Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz , Strawberry Slush, Tuxedo Black Momento Ink Pad,
Black StazOn and White StazOn
Blendabilities: Calypso Coral, Coastal Cabana, Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo and Pumpkin Pie
Stampin’
Write Markers: Calypso Coral and Strawberry Slush
Classic
Stampin’ Ink Refills: Calypso Coral, Real Red and Strawberry Slush
Cardstock:Crumb Cake, Naturals
White, Soft Suede, Whisper White, Designers
Series Paper Stack in Coastal Cabana, Crisp Cantaloupe and
Strawberry Slush
Both
Classes were small, but we had maaaaaany laughs!
Bev made Pikelets
and homemade Kiwifruit Jam for our afternoon tea, she is such a sweetie, and she also made a jar of Kiwifruit Jam for Jen, Kay and Marion, and oh Moi! AND it
is divine – thanks Bev!
At the
evening class we had a newbie, Audrey attend, and we finished not too late {compared
with previous nights hint hint Bev and Jen!!!}, although we did eat most of the
Chewy Caramel Tim Tams!
Our first
project was inspired by a Scrapbook Layout by Jacque Williams, which she taught
the previous weekend at our quarterly Scrapbook Class.
The second
project, the ladies made 4 cards each, and got to mix and match their choice of
colours, Hostess stamp sets {“Simply Sketched” and “Bloom With Hope”}, and
techniques: Aqua Painters, Blendabilities and Blender Pens.
I was so
impressed with their gorgeous work, that all the ladies artful work is featured
below ..
By Audrey ...
By Bev ...
By Lizzy ...
Project 1 “Hexagons and Pennants”
Saying “Goodbye”
to my fav Doily, the “Paper Doily Sizzlits L”, and ”Hello” to 2
of the new In Colours “Blackberry Bliss” and “Hello Honey”.
The
card-base is Naturals White, with the colours of Blackberry Bliss, Hello Honey
and neutrals Crumb Cake, Soft Suede featuring.
Have
to say I love the new “Moonlight”
Designer Series Paper Stack, and was pleasantly surprised by the colour and
prints, and with 48 sheets in a pack, $14.50 is a very good price!
The
sentiment for the 2 sample cards, are hand coloured using Stampin’ Write
Markers in Blackberry Bliss and Hello Honey, and feature the wording “I Freakin’
Love You” from the “Yippee-Skippee!” stamp set, and “You've Got Courage, You've Got Strength” from the “Something To Say” stamp set.
The
“Word Bubble” framelits are used to cut the sentiment, but as I wanted the tail
of the bubble to tilt in a different direction, I showed the ladies, how using
the light and painters tape, how to reverse cut the Bubble.
The
ladies also learnt how to make an xtra cute flower using Linen Thread.
As
with all cards, each ladies card{s} turned out slightly different, which I always
love to see, as just with the flip of a 2 sided cardstock, this can change the
whole look of the project!
Project 2 “Mini Gift Cards”
The ladies got to make 4 cards each, with the finished size of the cards 3”x3”.
The card-bases were Crumb Cake cardstock, cut 6”x3”, with Naturals White cardstock, cut to 2 7/8”x2 7/8”.
I made up an array of cards ...
The ladies then got to mix and match their choice of
colours, Hostess stamp sets {“Simply Sketched” and “Bloom With Hope”}, and
techniques: Aqua Painters, Blendabilities and Blender Pens.
As you
can see from the list below, we tried many colour combos!
The inside of the cards had either words stamped, or gorgeous images stamped and coloured ...
As a colour/technique
comparison, I made up a card using the same stamp, and 3 different colouring combos …
Combo 1
is Memento
Ink Pad + Coastal Cabana and Daffodil Delight Blendabilities
Combo 2
is Memento
Ink Pad + Aqua Painters and Bermuda Bay, Coastal Cabana and Daffodil Delight Ink
Colours {and Pool Party washed around edges} ...
Combo 3
is StazOn
Black + Aqua Painters and Bermuda Bay, Coastal Cabana and Daffodil Delight Ink
Colours ...
These cards are quick and easy to replicate, and making a small
card for a friend can really lighten {and makin'} her day!
Recipe Ingredient List
Stamp Sets: “Bloom
With Hope”, “Just
Sayin’”, “Petite Pairs”, “Simply Sketched”, “Six-Sided Sampler”, “Something To
Say”, “Wetlands”, and “Yippee-Skippee!”
Ink:Baked
Brown Sugar, Bermuda Bay, Blackberry Bliss, Blushing Bride, Calypso Coral, Coastal
Cabana, Crisp
Cantaloupe, Daffodil Delight, Hello Honey, Melon Mambo, Old Olive, Pistachio Pudding, Pool
Party, Real Red, Soft Suede, Strawberry Slush, Stampin’ Write Markers Blackberry Bliss, Hello Honey and Memento Ink Pad + StazOn
Black
Blendabilities: Cherry Cobbler, Coastal Cabana, Daffodil Delight, Old
Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Rich Razzleberry and Color Lifter
Cardstock: Crumb Cake,Natural Composition Specialty
Designer Series Paper,Naturals White,
Whisper White, Moonlight Designer Series Paper Stack
Punches: Corner,
Hexagon, Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack {Heart} and Petite Pennants Builder
We
tackled a Spinning Slider Card, which spins using 2x 10c pieces of money with a
Dimensional between them.
Please
see the video that my gorgeous son Reilly took of me “spinning” my card, and I
will be teaching this card at “Women Connecting” next term.
I ended
up making 3 variations, which one is your favourite?
We also
made a cute card featuring the “Hardwood” stamp and the Hexagon Hive Thinlits.
My new Big Shot Magnetic Platform had {just} arrived so we gave this a whirl
too!
I made 2
colour combos of this card, changing the bird {from Soft Suede on Coastal Cabana to Coastal Cabana on Coastal
Cabana} and the frame around the bee with the
second version.
+ as an
added xtra, ‘cause the ladies were so good, they each got to make a Petite
Purse from scrap paper, using the “Petite Purse” die …
Recipe Ingredient List
Stamp Sets: “Flower Shop”, “Hardwood”, “Label Love”, “Mixed
Bunch”, “Petite Petals”, “Six-Sided Sampler”, “Springtime Hello” on inside of
card, “The Open Sea” on inside of card
Ink: Black StazOn, Blushing Bride, Coastal Cabana, Crisp Cantaloupe, Crumb Cake, Pacific
Point, Sahara
Sand, Soft Suede, Strawberry Slush
Cardstock: Blushing
Bride, Coastal Cabana, Crisp Cantaloupe,
Naturals White, Night Of Navy, Old Olive, Pool Party, “Sweet Sorbet” DSP {SAB2014 on video},
"Tea For Two" DSP {on Petite Purse}
Punches: Artisan Label, Bird
Builder, Blossom, Boho Blossoms, Hexagon, Pansy, Petite Petals, Scallop, Word Window
Framelits/Dies: Hexagon
Hive Thinlits Die, Petite
Purse Bigz Die,
Xtras:
Candy Dots Brad Bases, Candy Dots, Dimensionals, Pearl Basic Jewels, Rhinestone Basic
Jewels, 10c pieces of real money!
Special Tools: Big Shot,
Big Shot Magnetic Platform, Stampin’ Scrub and Stampin’ Cleaner, StazOn Cleaner, Stampin’
Trimmer
