Wallet Card

Hello! It's Alice here and I am sharing a fun wallet card idea with you today. I didn't come up with the idea, but I adjusted the measurements to fit a gift card inside. Here is how I made mine.

You will need:
Two pieces of 8 1/2" x 3" patterned paper
One piece of 7 1/2" x 2 1/2" patterned paper
Small circle punch
Corner rounder
Scoring tool
Strong adhesive (I used Score Tape)
Ink pad and inking tool (optional)
Sewing machine (optional)
Colored image and embellishments

First, score the larger pieces of patterned paper at 4 1/4" on the long sides.

Score the smaller piece of patterned paper at 3 3/4" on the long side.

Fold all three pieces of paper, round bottom right corners.

Use a little circle punch and punch a little half circle notch on one side of the smaller piece. You can definitely use a bigger circle punch for this.

Ink paper edges if desired.

Position the smaller piece of patterned paper in the middle of one larger patterned paper. This forms the inside pockets. Use sewing machine to attach the two pieces together. 

I started by sewing the center fold first then saw on the sides separately to make sure that the two pieces can still fold up after sewing. If you don't have a sewing machine, you can use strong adhesives like Score Tape for this part.

After sewing, put strong adhesive on one piece of the larger patterned paper and starting with the center fold, adhere the inside of the wallet to the outer piece. I used TWO pieces of double sided patterned paper as the wallet base for this project since I knew that I'd be using sewing machine and I wanted to hide the sewing on the back by sandwiching up the inside and outside pieces. If you are not using sewing machine, one piece of strong cardstock as the wallet base should also work just fine.

After gluing down the center fold first, I adhere the sides one at a time and did it with the card folded to maker sure that I can open and fold the card without difficulty.

And here you have it. A wallet card! 

Here is my card after some decoration.

I used the adorable Henry With Large Bow for the main image.

Here is the inside. I cut a tag using Sweet Tags With Hearts to write my message on and tucked it in the other pocket. I also covered the die cut hearts with Glossy Accents for a nice finished look.

That's all from me. Hope you will give this a try! =)

hugs,
alice

Garden Door Hanger tutorial

Good Morning Everyone! Spring is nearly here and I (Jane) am hoping I will be able to get out in my garden soon to give it a tidy so I thought I would make myself a door hanger using the lovely Henry 'You have Green Fingers'. 

To make the door hanger, you will need:

Henry 'You have green fingers' coloured in image

Whiff of Joy fence die

Whiff of Joy Butterfly die

Whiff of Joy gems

Paper flowers

12x12 patterned paper

Distress ink

Wooden door hanger blank

Whiff of Joy twine

Sanding block or emery board

To decorate the hanger:

1. Ink all the edges of the hanger blank with distress ink

2. Use the hanger as a template and draw around using a pencil

3. Cut out using scissors and a craft knife.

4. Stick cut out pieces to wooden blank using glossy accents. 

5. Sand and ink around all the edges for a neater finish

6. Add letters and image to hanger tucking the fence die cut behind the image panel

7. Decorate the image with a Butterfly die cut and flowers

8. Tie some twine around the top of the hanger and finish with more flowers and gems

I hope you have enjoyed my tutorial and will be inspired to give this a go with one of the lovely new Henry images released this month at Whiff of Joy.

Jane

x

Bookmark...

Hi Lori here with a quick little tutorial on making a bookmark. My daughter has been asking for weeks for her own special bookmark and I finally got around to making one. She adores it!

Supplies: Piece of cardstock (2.5 inches wide by 5.25 inches tall), piece of designer paper or cardsock (2.75 inches wide by 5.5 inches tall), Stamp pad for sponged edges, embellishments, ribbon, lace, stamped image.

Stamp your image on the base and colour. I have used Hitting the books from Whiff of Joy. I also printed out my daughter's name. Sponge all around the edges of the cardstock.

Add your lace or ribbon to the back of the stamped panel using double stick tape.

Stick the white panel to the designer paper panel and add twine around the lace or ribbon. Tied in a bow.

Add your embellishments. I used flowers and stamped some extra swirls around the edges. Make sure to keep your embellishments fairly flat so it fits inside a book nicely.
Just grab your favourite book and enjoy!

Spellbinders Gift Box

Hello everyone its Colleen here today! I have a little gift box tutorial to share with you, using Spellbinders dies and one of the newly released stamps 'You Have Green Fingers'.

You will need Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels One, stamped image 'You Have Green Fingers', WOJ Picket Fence die, cardstock, patterned paper and flowers.

Cut two pieces of cardstock using the largest die.



Using the next size down of Labels One die, cut one piece of patterned paper. You should have two larger pieces of cardstock and one piece of patterned paper slightly smaller.



Cut two pieces of cardstock 11cm x 11cm and score at 1.5cm on all sides on both pieces.



Snip on score line on one corner on each side of both pieces of cardstock. It should look like this.



Adhere double sided tape on the corners and fold in to form your boxes.



Adhere double sided tape on the bottom of the boxes.



Take one of the boxes and adhere to one of the large pieces of cardstock to form the bottom of your gift box.



I find it easier to embellish the top of the box before putting it together. Adhere the patterned paper to the cardstock.



Adhere the picket fence, stamped image and finish off with some flowers and leaves. Now that this is complete you can adhere it to the second box. I find this step easier to do standing with the two boxes closed and lining the top piece with the bottom one.




This is a really fun box to make and can be done with a variety of Spellbinders and Whiff of Joy stamps, hope you enjoyed it!

Join the team

Whiff of Joy is looking for motivated, committed Creative Designers to stregthen our team of talented Ladies. Are you interested to work with the newest stamps and dies, which belong to the hottest on the market? Write an email to info@whiffofjoy.com, letting us know why we should choose you and share some of your artwork.

Whiff of Joy sucht nach motivierten und begeisterten kreativen Designern, die unser Team von talentierten Ladies verstärken. Wenn ihr Interesse habt mit den neuesten Stempeln und Stanzen zu arbeiten, die zu den aufregendsten am Markt gehören, dann schreibt ein Email an info@whiffofjoy.com Sendet darin ein paar eurer kreativen Werke und lasst uns wissen warum gerade ihr perfekt in unser Team passen würdet?

Altered Valentine's Box

Hi everyone! It's Sandie here. Today I am sharing with you a box I altered to make a Valentine Candy Box for my sweet daughter. 

To create this box you will need:

Charming Henry mini stamp

1x Papier Mache box

White Acrylic Paint

A selection of Patterned papers

Pink Satin Ribbon

Embellishments of choice

Adhesives

Paper trimmer

 #1 - Seperate all the components of the box and, using a baby wipe, distress paint all the edges with the white paint. Leave to dry for a few minutes. While it is drying you can go ahead and trim your papers to size

#2 - When the paint has dried adhere your papers to the box using a strong adhesive. 

#3 - Trim out the centre of the lid by cutting an X and folding back each side. Adhere to the underside and then adhere the centre piece, which you have covered in contrasting paper. 

#4 - While your adhesive is drying you can go ahead and stamp, colour and trim out Charming Henry, or the stamp of your choice. 

#5 - Embellish the lid of the box adding the ribbon, which you will tuck and adhered to the underside of the lid. Make a bow to go on top of your ribbon. 

#6 - Mount Henry on 3D foam dots and secure him on top of the embellishments once you are happy with how it looks

Fill the box with chocolates or love hearts candy. 

And that completes your Valentine Candy Box. I do hope you like it and we would love to see your creations. Please do share in our Gallery over on Splitcoast Stampers or on our Facebook page. 

Sandie

xx

Liquid Pearls

Ich liebe ja die Liquid Pearls, aber was mich so sehr daran stört, ist, dass wenn man sie direkt aus der kleinen Flasche aufs Papier bringt, meist große Blobbeln heraus kommen anstatt kleine feine Perlen....

Aber ich habe dafür eine andere Alternative gefunden um schöne kleine Perlpünktchen aufs Papier zu bringen.

Ihr braucht dafür nur so einen Nageldesign Stift, mit dem man hübsche kleine feine Verzierungen auf die Nägel macht und Liquid Pearls, oder was es da sonst noch so gibt.

Ihr macht euch etwas von dem Liquid Pearls auf eure Arbeitsunterlage

Dann taucht ihr die feine Spitze ein und tupft kleine feine Perlen um euer Motiv 

 Und so schaut es fertig aus

 ich finde es ist ein toller Effekt

XOXO Sonja