Snowflake Sentiments on a Box

Posted on September 20, 2017 by Linda Tolson Yarbrough

Stampin’ Up! products aren’t just for making cards.  You can create scrapbooks (or as they are now commonly called – memory books), home décor items, treat holders, gift boxes and so much more.  I wanted to try something a little different today with the Snowflake Sentiments bundle – a gift box.

I have had my Simply Scored Scoring Tool since it was first introduced several years ago, but I often forget to use it.  This scoring board makes it super easy to add score lines to paper of any size (up to 12″ x 12″) every 1/8th of an inch.  You can create gift boxes and bags for nearly all of your holiday gift giving needs.  Here is the box that I made.

I started with an 8.50″ x 11″ piece of Thick Whisper White cardstock, scored and cut as shown on the diagram below:

On the 11″ side you will score at 1″, 5″, 6″ and 10″.  On the 8.50″ side you will score at 1″ and 7.50″.  Fold and burnish with bone folder all score lines.

You will cut on the solid red lines (which are also score lines) and then cut off each corner to allow for a cleaner seal.  Add adhesive to the outside of each tab and  attach to the inside of the side panel.  Do this for all tabs.  You will end up with a one piece box with a fold top.  (NOTE:  Before you adhere the tabs to the sides on the top, use a 1″ or 3/4″ circle punch to cut a notch in the middle of the flap (as shown in the third picture above.)

Finished box measures approximately 6.50″ x 4″ x 1″.

Here are the Stampin’ Up! products that I used in the design of this card, all of which can quickly be added to your shopping cart by clicking on their thumbnails below:

If you have any other questions regarding the design elements of this project, do not hesitate to contact me.

Thank you for stopping by today.  I hope you leave here inspired to put stamps to ink to paper.  Until next time, stamp on my friends.

Linda

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Swirly Snowflake Sentiments

Posted on September 18, 2017 by Linda Tolson Yarbrough

There are so many fabulous products in the 2017 Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog, it really is hard to pick a favorite.  I still have a few bundles that I bought that I have not created projects with yet, so for today’s card project I selected one of those bundles – Snowflake Sentiments (see page 35 of the Holiday Catalog).  Here is my card.

I LOVE the font used on the sentiments in this stamp set and look how marvelous they look when heat embossed (here in copper).

Here is how I created this card:

  1. Cut Thick Whisper White cardstock to 8.50″  x  5.50″, then score at 4.25″ (when folded on score line card should measure 4.25″ x 5.50″).
  2. Cut Designer Series Paper to 4 x 5.25 and attached to front of card base with adhesive of your choice (I used snail).
  3. Cut a strip of Silver Glimmer paper to 2 x 5.25
  4. Cut a strip of Whisper White cardstock to 2 x 5.25.
  5. Cut Silver Glimmer strip with Big Shot using scallop edge thinlit, making sure that the three points touch the edge of the paper and is centered.
  6. Cut Whisper White strip with Big Shot using the three snowflake cluster thinlit, making sure that the straight edge of the die is flush with the edge of the paper and is centered.
  7. Make sure that all bits have been removed from both pieces run through the Big Shot (especially the little holes around the edge of the scallop piece), then adhere the Whisper White piece to the front of the Silver Glimmer piece using adhesive of choice (I used liquid glue), making sure that the bottom edges are flush.
  8. Attach the snowflake trim to top edge of card with dimensionals.

The remaining steps should be easy to guess; however, if you need further assistance with the remaining design elements of this card, do not hesitate to contact me.

Here are the Stampin’ Up! products that I used in the design of this card, all of which can quickly be added to your shopping cart by clicking on their thumbnails below:

Thank you for stopping by today.  I hope you leave here inspired to put stamps to ink to paper.  Until next time, stamp on my friends.

Linda

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Merry Patterns and Wood Words on a Cat

Posted on September 18, 2017 by Linda Tolson Yarbrough

For today’s project I decided to revisit my attempted card design from September 6 that was inspired by a card I found made by Susan Campfield, a fellow Stampin’ Up! demonstrator.  My first card was Fall-themed, but for today’s card I switched to Christmas.  Needless to say, this one turned out a lot better than the first one!

Actually I like it a lot!  How about you?  The technique used on this card is called “Eclipse”.  Basically, you stamp, then cut out shapes and the reattach those shapes with dimensionals.

Here are the Stampin’ Up! products that I used in the design of today’s card, all of which can quickly be added to your shopping cart by clicking on their thumbnails below:

If you have any questions regarding any of the design elements of this card, do not hesitate to ask.

Thank you for stopping by today.  I hope you leave here inspired to put stamps to ink to paper.  Until next time, stamp on my friends.

Linda

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Spooky Cats with Hats in a Wood Crate

Posted on September 17, 2017 by Linda Tolson Yarbrough

I had so much fun making the Halloween card yesterday that I decided to make another one today (those cats are just too darn cute).  Speaking of cats – what could be better than a bunch of cats in a wood crate wearing witch hats?  Besides a bunch of chocolate not much else I say.  What do you think?

I have to confess that I punched out an entire 12×12 piece of designer series paper that was a print of the black and orange cats so who knows how many more of my projects those little critters will work their way into.

To create the wood crate I made one cut through the Big Shot instead of the two that are required to make the “box”.  I cut off the side panel with the handle leaving approximately 1/4″ (same as the tab on the opposite side) and cut notches to match the tab on the opposite side.  Fold piece on all score lines.  I then applied liquid glue to the two tabs and attached the tabs to what would have been the bottom of the crate if you were making the “box”.  The end result will be a pocket with a solid back and the wood crate slats on the front.

I tucked the cats inside the crate pocket (I cut the tail off the black cat on the left to allow me to get all three cats in the crate).  They are attached only by a dimensional behind their head.  The hats are attached to their ears with a glue dot and a dimensional is behind the hats.

The background of the card was created by 4″x1″ strips of Spooky Night Designer Series Paper mounted on Basic Black card stock, leaving about 1/16″ spacing between each strip.

For the tag, I used the Pretty Label punch, but I cut off the bottom hump (I had already attached pumpkins and didn’t want to cover up any part of the cats with the tag).

I put Black Rhinestones on the hat bands as well as on the dot over the “i” in “Trick”.

Below are the Stampin’ Up! products that I used in the design of this card, all of which can quickly be added to your shopping cart by clicking on the thumbnails:

If you have any questions regarding any other design elements of this card, do not hesitate to contact me.

WORLD CARD MAKING DAY:

Saturday, October 7, is World Card Making Day (the first Saturday in October).

History of World Card Making Day
Cards have played an important role in social circles for hundreds of years, playing a role as a thoughtful gift all the way to a necessary part of proper etiquette.  A small piece of paper bearing ones name and often a decoration of some kind, the calling card (also known as a visiting card) was presented to the servants of a household that it might be delivered to the masters of the house to announce visitors.

It was this era of propriety that also developed the concept of a dance card, a card specifically carried by women to fill out with the names of the men they intended to dance with that evening.  After all, with so many interested parties it just made sense to keep track of them so that you could, in earnest, indicate that your dance card was full and thus politely decline an interested suitor.

Calling cards, dance cards, business cards, greeting cards, RSVP Cards, there are a million and more types of cards and could there be anything more exciting than learning to make your own?  World Card Making Day encourages you to do just that.

(Taken from daysoftheyear.com)

How to celebrate World Card Making Day
The best way to celebrate World Card Making Day is, of course, to learn how to make your own cards!  The only limit to your cards is your imagination, so let your creativity fly and send your friends and family personalized cards on World Card Making Day!

Join me to celebrate World Card Making Day
I will host an open house at my home on Saturday, October 7, (times to be announced) featuring products from the 2017 Holiday Catalog.  It will be a come and go, but RSVPs will be required so that I can be sure to have adequate supplies prepared.  Please email me at lrtolson@tx.rr.com to let me know if you are interested in attending this event.  I hope to see you soon!

Thank you for stopping by today.  I hope you leave here inspired to put stamps to ink to paper.  Until next time, stamp on my friends.

Linda

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Spooky Cats in a Pumpkin Patch

Posted on September 16, 2017 by Linda Tolson Yarbrough

I had a special request from a friend that I make a Halloween card.  Luckily I purchased the Spooky Cat bundle which included the marvelous Cat Punch (a must have for all you cat lovers, and surprisingly even for those who are not big fans of cats).  I initially thought of filling the entire card front with nothing but cats but realized that the Patterned Pumpkins Thinlits would cut out the pumpkins on the Spooky Night Designer Series Paper.  The Cat Punch does too!  So there really wasn’t much “stamping” in the creation of today’s card – here it is:

Below are the Stampin’ Up! products that I used in the design of this card, all of which can be quickly added to your shopping cart by clicking on the thumbnails:

If you have any questions regarding any of the design elements of this card, do not hesitate to contact me.

Thank you for stopping by today.  I hope you leave here inspired to put stamps to ink to paper.  Until next time, stamp on my friends.

Linda

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CASE the Catalog with a Twist on Quilted Christmas

Posted on September 15, 2017 by Linda Tolson Yarbrough

It’s time to CASE the catalog again; however, when you decide to CASE someone’s card design or layout, you are not required to make it exactly as they did.  I used another of the card samples on page 4 of the Holiday Catalog for today’s card and made some modifications (mainly because I didn’t want to make the floss holders like the ones on the sample!).

Here is my modified version of this card.

The holly bush was made using the Musical Season stamp set and coordinating Musical Instruments Framelits.  I then cut the shape in half just after the second group of berries.  I attached those straight pieces in a fan shape at the top and then the remaining “Y” shaped pieces I filled in at the bottom.

Below are the Stampin’ Up! products that I used in the design of my card, all of which can quickly be added to your shopping cart by clicking on the thumbnails:

I also used my Real Red and Garden Green Stampin’ Write Markers to color in the holly stems.  These markers are no longer sold separately, but are available in color collection packs and occasionally offered in packs of two as part of a product suite.  If you wish you could substitute the Real Red / Old Olive combination pack that is available in the Holiday Catalog – Item # 145059 ($7.00) (see page 21).

If you have any questions regarding any other design elements of this card, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Thank you for stopping by today.  I hope you leave here inspired to put stamps to ink to paper.  Until next time, stamp on my friends.

Linda

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Musical Season with Musical Instruments

Posted on September 14, 2017 by Linda Tolson Yarbrough

I am still playing with my Christmas products and selected the Musical Season stamp set with the coordinating framelits dies, Musical Instruments, for my next project.  This was one of those bundles that when I first saw it I wasn’t all that impressed, but when I started seeing projects made using them of course I just had to have them!  Here is the card I designed.

It took me a while to work out the elements for this card but I love the end result – well worth the time I think.

Here are a few tips if you want to try and recreate this card:

  1. Holly Branches:  I stamped them in Early Espresso and then used the fine tips of the Old Olive and Real Red Stampin’ Write Markers to lightly color the leaves and berries.  I did not color the leaves completely to give them a watercolor look.
  2. Deck the Halls (Merry Music Specialty DSP):  I lightly sponged with Crumb Cake to tone down the background color to give it an aged / vintage look.
  3. I used the Pretty Label Punch to round the ends of the tag on the front.
  4. I stamped off once before stamping the swirl design on the tag on the front in Crumb Cake.
  5. I used the Old Olive and Real Red Stampin’ Write markers to color the sections of the stamp used for the tag on the front.

Below are the Stampin’ Up! supplies that I used in the design of this card, all of which can quickly be added to your shopping card by clicking on the thumbnails:

If you have any questions regarding any other design elements for this card, do not hesitate to contact me.

Thank you for stopping by today.  I hope you leave here inspired to put stamps to ink to paper.  Until next time, stamp on my friends.

Linda

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CASE the Catalog – Quilted Christmas Trees

Posted on September 13, 2017 by Linda Tolson Yarbrough

I just can’t help but want to play with the Christmas-themed products from the Holiday Catalog.  I got a late start today so I wanted to try something I thought would be simple and quick.  I chose the green card on page 4 of the Holiday Catalog that uses triangles from one of the designs on the Quilted Christmas Designer Series Paper for Christmas Trees.  Well, I’m getting on in age and my eyes are not as good as they used to be so I strained to see exactly how they made their card and then gave up and settled for a slightly modified version.

I apologize for the wrinkles on some of my triangles.  I struggled with my dimensionals – they wanted to go crooked on me.  I should have taken that as a sign.  I encountered many obstacles on my way to finishing this project but I finally finished it.  I think I made it more difficult than it really needed to be due to me being tired when I started.  Lesson learned!

Below are the Stampin’ Up! products that I used in the design of this card, all of which can quickly be added to your shopping cart by clicking on the thumbnails:

If you have any questions regarding any design elements of this card, do not hesitate to ask.  (Or if your eyes are better than mine, CASE the catalog!)

Thank you for stopping by today.  I hope you leave here inspired to put stamps to ink to paper.  Until next time, stamp on my friends.

Linda

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Painted Harvest of Patterned Pumpkins

Posted on September 12, 2017 by Linda Tolson Yarbrough

I thought I would switch back to some Fall cards to start off the week so I could use one of the new products from my latest order – Patterned Pumpkin Thinlits Dies.  The dies are sold in a bundle with a coordinating stamp set (Pick a Pumpkin), however, I used my Painted Harvest stamp set simply for the sentiment for the front of the card as well as for the leaves that I punched out with the coordinating Leaf Punch.  Enough talk, here is today’s card for your viewing pleasure.

The particular thinlit that creates the pumpkin I used on this card makes just the “veins” that you will see on the loose pieces in the first picture.  However, I wanted my pumpkins to have guts so I used the bits and pieces that were cut out by the thinlit to fill in each alternate pumpkin.  I used liquid glue and assembled all of the pieces on scrap paper and then cut out the pumpkin with my paper snips and attached to card front with dimensionals.

The stack of logs is a design on one of the Wood Textures Designer Series Papers and I cut out a small portion and glued it to the bottom of the card front with snail.

The bow is made using the Burlap Ribbon; I separated the strands to make it easier to make a bow.

Below are the Stampin’ Up! products that I used in the design of this card, all of which can quickly be added to your shopping cart by clicking on the thumbnails:

If you should have any questions regarding any other design elements of this card, do not hesitate to contact me.

Thank you for stopping by today.  I hope you are enjoying my posts and the projects that I have been sharing with you.  My goal is that you will leave here inspired to put stamps to ink to paper.  Let me know how I am doing.

Until next time, stamp on my friends.

Linda

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Merry Patterns Candles on a Quilt

Posted on September 11, 2017 by Linda Tolson Yarbrough

I have so much new stuff to play with it is really difficult for me to pick what I want to create with next.  What a dilemma!  On my last order I qualified to receive the Merry Patterns stamp set for FREE.  I have been anticipating its arrival so I selected this stamp set to be featured on today’s card.

This stamp set is photopolymer (transparent rather than the normal red rubber stamps) so that it is easy to line up your images for two-step (or in the case of the candles, four-step) stamping.  Yes, you read that correctly, there are four separate stamps that when stamped together create those candles.  I love those candles – and with just a change of the ink color, you could transform them into birthday candles or candles for any other occasion.

I used scraps of the Quilted Christmas Designer Series Paper to make the “quilt” mat on the left side of the card.  This is a great way to use up some of those left over scraps that you just can’t seem to toss in the trash (at least I can’t).

The pine boughs were stamped five times on Whisper White card stock and then fussy cut using my paper snips.  I assembled with glue dots, putting two together branch to branch straight across.  I then cut the branch off the other three and placed one on each side and the last one in the middle.  I added a small piece of washi tape from the Year of Cheer suite to cover up the rough edges and it kind of looks like a gold plate (right?).

For the tag, I cut it twice in Garden Green and offset at top and bottom.

Below are the Stampin’ Up! supplies that I used in the design of this card, all of which can be quickly added to your shopping cart by clicking on the thumbnails:

Why the silicon mat?  When I use the photopolymer stamps, I put it under my paper that I will be stamping on to get a better stamp impression.  You could also use a mouse pad.  (You’re welcome!)

If you should have any questions regarding any other design elements of this card, or if you would like to get together and make some Christmas cards, just ask.

You too can get the Merry Patterns stamp set for FREE.  Ask me how!

Thank you for stopping by today.  I hope you leave here inspired to put stamps to ink to paper.  Until next time, stamp on my friends.

Linda

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