Vintage Flowers with Distress Inks and Book Pages

Hello it's Mag :-)

Today I have a little tutorial for you :
How to make vintage flowers with distress inks
and book pages.

I hope you will enjoy,
here are the 7 steps in photos :




For sure, you can use the distress iks colors of your choice.
But just for info, I used :
Bundled Sage, Aged Mahogany, Rusty Hinge and Barn Door.














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And now my flowers in action !!! lol

(You can click to enlarge)



See you soon !!!

Mag

Wedding card with clear front by Jorunn

Today I will make a card with clear front, as these cards are a little elegant I wanted to make

it a wedding card...

*Card stock
*Transparent plastic cover
* Pattern papers
*Image - I have used "wedding carriage"
*Text stamps - I have used "Wedding wishes"
*Embellishments of your own choice

Start with cutting the card stock into the size of the card you are making, 

I have used 15 cm x 15 cm (6" x 6").

Now, cut the transparent plastic cover to fit the card, and add 2 cm at the top...

15 cm x 17 cm.

Score and fold at 15 cm on the top on the plastic cover.... 

leaving a square part of 15 cm x 15cm, and a folded part of 2 cm x 15 cm.

Place the transparent paper on the card stock like this, and glue it 

on to the card stock

Also... glue both the sides on the card stock together after gluing the

plastic cover on.

You now have a pocket on top of the card and a clear front.

Make a tag to fit into this pocket on top of the card....

Let's start to decorate....

I have decorated a base of pattern papers - 14 cm x 14 cm, 

and now glue it on the card stock underneath the clear front...

Now it is time to decorate the transparent plastic paper a bit too... to make it show a little....

I have used a pearl swirl on my card....

Another tip is to use dry embossing on the plastic sheet too....

And now we are all done.....

I hope you liked my card with clear front, and please let me know if you try this,

I would love to see your take on cards with clear front.

Have a nice day, and thank you for stopping by today! 

Creating a 3D Christmas card decoration

Hi everyone! It is Kylie here with my first tutorial on this blog! I am going to show you how to make 3D Christmas ornament decorations for your cards using dies or punches.

First, gather your supplies....

• Scalloped Circles dies - I used Nestabilities Scalloped Circles but you can use any die or decorative punch
• Glue stick
• Scoring tool (I used my bone scoring tool and paper trimmer)
• Card topper
• Stamped sentiment (I used Seasons Greetings)
• Ribbon
• Embellishments

First I made my card topper, then using the second largest scalloped circle die, I cut a piece of cardstock for the ornament to be adhered to. I then used the scalloped circle die next size down and cut eight (8) circles using designer paper.


I scored these circles exactly in half and using my glue stick, I attached one half of the first circle to the next circle, carefully matching up the scallops.


Continue to do this with all of your circles to get a fan effect, but make sure you don't attach the last half to the first. When the eight circles are all securely adhered to each other, apply glue to the remaining half circles


And attach this to the centre of the larger cardstock scalloped circle

Then attach this to your card. Adhere some ribbon and a bow to the top and even out your half circles so they all stand up.

Then decorate your card, adding your Seasons Greetings sentiment! I added generous amounts of stickles to the edges of the scallops so they sparkled, unfortunately that doesn't show so well in the photos. If you wanted to post your card, the ornament easily flattens to be placed into an envelope.

Here is another example of the 3D ornament as an embellishment rather than the focal point of the card. On this card I used Nestabilities Labels 4 to cut the shapes and Classic ovals to cut through the front of my card. I attached the ornaments to the inside of my card. This card features Henry Mouse with Christmas Bauble and coloured him with Copics.


Thanks so much for bearing with me on my first tutorial! I hope I have inspired you to try one of these 3D ornaments.

Have a wonderful weekend,

Hugs Kylie

http://kylieskraftroom.blogspot.com/

Tealight gift card by Jane Johnson

Today I want to show you how to make an easel card which has a tealight box attached. These are great to give as small gifts.

You will need:

a 6x6 easel card

cardstock 8 1/2" x 11"

acetate

Glossy accents or other glue that will stick acetate

craft knife and cutting mat

scissors

score board

1.

With the short edge of the cardstock at the top of your scoreboard, score at 1/2", 1 1/4", 7 1/4" and 8 ". Turn the cardstock so that the long edge is along the top of your scoreboard and score at 7 1/2", 8 1/4", 9 3/4" and 10 1/2" all the way across.

2.

Using your craft knife cut away all of the areas that are shaded grey on the above diagram (not to scale).

3.

Using scissors create slight diagnonals to form tabs as above on the pieces numbered in the diagram below.
4.

This is how your cardstock should look when you have completed the first 3 steps.

5.

Cut a window in the larges scored panel as above. You can cut a rectangle with your knife or use a die cut as I have. Tip: if you are using a die cut you will need to fold all of the side tabs in so that they are not creased in the machine - ensure your die cut won't cut into the folded under tabs too! Now make firm creases on all the fold lines.

6.

Cut some acetate to size and glue on the wrong side of the cut out window using glossy accents or similar glue suitable for sticking acetate. Take card not to apply too much or it will spread out and be visible in the window from the other side.

7.

Apply glue to the longest end tab as shown above......

......and fold over and stick down so that you create a box who's edge meets at the 6" along the cardstock. Tip: If you place your cardstock onto your scoreboard you can line it up correctly as in the picture above.

8.

At each end fold in the smallest tabs first as shown in the picture above and then the larger tab.

9.

Here is the finished base card. The box will fit four tealights inside. Now all that is needed is to adhere a ready made easel card on top of the flat portion of this card base. You can also decorate the tealight portion of the base card as I have.

10.

Here is my finished easel tealight gift card. I have decorated the top of the tealight box with some paper cut with the same window shape and added some gold ivy and pearls to match the easel card which has been created using images and sentiment from Whiff of Joy's Christmas Blessings kit. Thanks for looking and I hope I have inspired you to have a go at one of these gift cards!

Jane

http://janeslovelycards.blogspot.com

Perpetual Pumpkin Lantern by Jane Johnson

Hello, today I want to show you a quick and easy Halloween project using Whiff of Joy's new pennants die.

You will need:

2 pieces of 6x6 orange cardstock

Walnut Stain distress ink (or another brown ink of your choice)

Sandpaper

Pennants die

Oval nestie (optional)

Striped embossing folder

cleaned glass jam jar or similar

tealight

1. Firstly emboss your cardstock pieces with a striped embossing folder. (I used Sizzix Diagonale embossing folder)

2. Using the larges oval nestie as a template create a pumpkin shape making sure that from top to bottom of the shape is the same height as your jar. (make sure it is not higher than the jar so that the candle is only enclosed by glass) I drew around one side of the oval and then moved it slightly to draw around the other side to create a more natural pumpkin shape. (NB it is optional to use nesties as a template, you could just draw freehand). Do this on both pieces of cardstock and cut out.

3. On one piece of cardstock only, position the Whiff of Joy pennant die towards the bottom and in the middle of the pumpkin shape so that it will create a mouth. (NB. As this die has circles to enable positioning with stamps you will need to cover the holes of the die with several pieces of cardstock so that only the pennant shape cuts out. See Katharina's tutorial here for a more complete explanation of this).

4. Using the cut out pennant shape as a template create two triangular eyes with your craft knife.

5. Ink around the edges of both pumpkin shapes with distress ink using a sponge.

6. Sand the whole area so that the raised embossed areas become distressed.

7. Glue both pumpkin shapes together at the sides only checking to ensure it will fit around the jam jar. Once the glue has dried slide the pumpkin lantern over the jam jar. Decorate with leaves, twigs and autumn flowers and place a tealight at the bottom of the jam jar.

Here is my finished pumpkin lantern.........

............and here it is lit. PLEASE NOTE - EXTREME CARE MUST BE TAKEN WHEN LIGHTING DUE TO THE JAM JAR BEING COVERED IN CARDSTOCK - I USED A TAPER TO MAKE SURE TO STAY AWAY FROM THE EDGES OF THE JAR. ALSO PLEASE REMEMBER TO NEVER LEAVE IT UNATTENDED WHEN LIT AS WITH ANY CANDLE.

Thanks for visiting today!

Jane x

http://janeslovelycards.blogspot.com/

Twist Top Box by Michaela

Hello! This is Michaela from CardHeaven and I came by to share fun project with ya'll - a Twist Top Box.

You will need:

* Heavy cardstock sized 10" x 11 1/4"

* Scissors

* Scoring tool (Bone Folder)

* Scoring board (Martha Stewart or Scor-Pal)

* Extra strong glue tape (or glue)

* WoJ stamps and Embellishments of your choice

This is my first video tutorial, so pardon my mistakes. :)

Below is a reference for the score lines.

* 2 3/4"

* 5 1/2"

* 8 1/4"

* 11"

Turn the paper the other way and score at 2 3/4" and 7 1/4"

I hope you like this little tutorial and that you will make many Twist Top Boxes. I think they make neat treat, favor or gift boxes. You could even attach a ribbon to the top with few brads, put one of those battery operated tealights in it and voilà ... you made a lantern ... let's see what you can come up with!

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask!

Enjoy!

Copic Coloring Black or Dark Grey Tones

Hi! This is Jeanette and today I have a short video for you showing how I color black or grey tones with my Copic Markers.
I have used the sweet Halloween  Little Witch stamp and here is a sample of the finished coloring:
and here is the video:

Hope this helps! Have a great day!