Getting a bit artsy with tanjaak

Hello everyone and good evening! Here I am sitting on my couch typing this tutorial...or should I say display of artistic mess LOL. My husband and I have been building a house for us and it is finally ready...move in day was last saturday and everything is a big mess still. But anyway I had an idea of what I wanted to show you... it incorporates material from our house building project and my love of stamping. So here it is... a message board made out of a piece of timber.

So here are the materials: a piece of timber, crackle paint, watermark ink, UTEE, black embossing powder, stamps and ink... and you'll also need a heat embossing tool.

First I went over the edges with some crackle paint.

Then it was time to stamp an image on my board. I chose a cute gnome from Norma Fickel, the image is called Delivering my heart to you. I stamped the image with watermark ink and covered with black embossing powder. Then heated with a heating tool.

Now next I added some UTEE. I added watermark ink randomly staright form the ink pad and sprinkled some UTEE over it. Heating proved a bit difficult as the UTEE didn't really want to stick to the board.

After heating the UTEE I kept adding stuff to mix...added more crackle paint and black embossing powder and of course UTEE and also satmped a sentiment with brown ink that is showing only a little bit. I also added a clip for some papers.

Thanks for looking!

xxxTanja

Mother's Day Coupon Book by Sandie

Hi again everyone. Today I would like to share a project that is easy to make and is a fun Mother's Day gift - A coupon book . 

Supplies you will need

• One 11" x 3" piece of cardstock
• One 4-1/2" x 2-3/4" piece of patterned paper
• coupons (print from PDF file)
• Paper Trimmer, corner rounder, score board, & perforating tool(optional)
• Embellishments of your own choosing
• Stamp - I used 'I am Sorry Gnome' but this image is very versatile and is perfect for any occasion.
• Border die

Score the 11" x 3" piece of cardstock at 5-1/2". Fold and score again at 4-3/4" to create the spine of the book.

Round the corners near the spine.

Print coupons onto cardstock. Trim them so that the coupons are just under 5" wide. Perforate or crease the coupons at 4-1/4" from the right side. 

Place a strip of strong adhesive along the left edge of each coupon. Adhere all of the coupons together and then adhere to book. Make sure that the perforated line remains outside of the book spine so that the coupons can be removed by recipient.

Cut out a border using your preferred border die and embellish the patterned paper. 

Pre colour your image and cut it out using the oval nesties, then using the same card as you used for your coupon book cut out a scalloped oval and adhere your image to it. Mount the image on dimensionals and place on your patterened paper

Adhere patterned paper to front of book. 

 And you're done!!

Thanks for popping in today. I do hope you enjoy this tutorial. 

Sandie

ProMarker Colouring Tutorial by Michele Roos

Hi there everyone!!! This is Michele and I firstly want to apologise for being so late in doing my tutorial (it was meant to be yesterday) but I've had such a problem uploading my videos to YouTube.

I've had some requests on how I coloured the adorable 'Delivering my heart to you' so I thought that I would create this video.

I hope that you've enjoyed the videos and has given you some inspiration on how to use ProMarker pens.

Hugs Michele x

Decorating a paperbag by Janne♥

Start with a paperbag and fold it over. Cut an opening for a tag (under this folder)

This is the papers I`m going to use:

Tim Holtz

Bazzil; vanilla

Maja Design; Karleksmums

Iron Orchid design; Caliope collection

I use Distress Ink alot. I use it on the edges on this tag.

(Some yellow pictures here. I blame it on my camera, it`s old)

I use Tim Holtz tool to rub the edges.

I will do the same proceedier to every piece of paper.

I use bazzil first, and then I add the pattern papersHere`s the paperbag-card before I add pattern papers

Don`t forget to attach the ribbon at the front and back.

I am going to use it to tie the card together.

Inside the card; the pattern papers are now ready for some distressing.

Then I use tape to attach the paper

also on the outside..

Here is the tag finished.

I put the tag under the folder and placed it in the opening(I did the cutting earlyer).I have added some glu under it. Then you can use a sentiment and some twine.

I have also added a charm.

Then I make corners with QK. And a label to write on (Spellbinders)

Garnish; corrugated cardboard,some crackle paint, button, flowers, twine and an image.

Add all parts to the front..

Then it looks like this;

Add some glitterglue

Then I start making a new tag; (Spellbinders) The tag is finished

And I place it in the paperbag opening;

Front;

Inside;

Back (My personal stamp);

Thanks to Katharina and her team for letting me be part of this experience.

It was fun and challenging.

♥

Have a nice week!

♥♥Janne♥♥

Simple notebooks by Alice

Hello all! Alice here. I like to have a little notebook/sketch book handy so that I can write down ideas or challenge information. I am at the end of my current one, so I decided to make new ones using the soon to be released digital images. The original sketchbook version is from Kristina Werner, I modified it a little to make it pocket sized. Here is a look at the finished project with the lovely Prima Ballerina Nora:

Isn't she adorable? =)
It is really easy to make. Here is how I made it:

You will need:

- A piece of heavy weight cardstock that measures 7 1/2" x 5" (I used PTI's kraft cardstock) for the cover with the desired image(s) stamped/printed and colored. 

- A few sheets of plain printer paper that measure 7 1/4" x 4 7/8"(I used 6 sheets) for the inside pages.

- Bone folder

- Long reach stapler

- Scoring tool

- Corner rounder (optional)

- Craft knife

- Ruler (not shown)

First, score the cover piece at 3 3/4". 

I scored on the wrong side of my kraft cardstock.

Fold at the score line then round the corners if you wish to. I used the adorable, soon to be released Ben Playing Guitar for this one. Set the cover aside for now.

Gather your inside pages.

Fold all the inside pages in half. This is easier if you fold them individually then stack them together.

After you stack the pages together, you will find that the right edges of the sheets are not even, so I cut them off by using a ruler and a craft knife. Although it shows my plastic ruler here, I found that it was easier to use a metal ruler and please be careful when you do this.

After making the right side even, I rounded the corners.

Insert the pages inside the cover. The inside pages should be slightly smaller than the cover.

Use a long reach stapler to secure all the pages together. I stapled mine about 1/2" away from the top and bottom edges.

And here you have it!! Easy Peasy! =)

Here is another look. They measure 3 3/4" x 5." Both Prima Ballerina Nora and Ben Playing Guitar will be available as digital stamps (along with a few others) starting April 1st at the Whiff of Joy Store!

Hope you will give this a try! =)

Thanks for stopping by!

hugs,
alice