Tag you're it Tuesday

Hello everyone and happy tuesday! This is Kathrin here today with a new tag, inspired by one of Whiff Of Joy's customers. I have been surfing around in the www and came across a calendar Michaela, also known as mgoll88, made:

Hallo Ihr Lieben, und wunderschönen Dienstag! Hier ist Kathrin mit einem weiteren Tag, zu dessen Design ich nich von einem von Whiff Of Joy's Kunden habe inspirieren lassen. Ich bin durch das WWW gesurft und habe so den Kalender von Michalea, auch bekannt als mgoll88, gefunden:

The top of the calendar is made from corugated paper, covered with Distress Crackle Paint. I really loved this and so I made my tag from this inspiration.

Das obere Teil des Kalenders ist aus Wellpapper, bestrichen mit Crackle Paint, gestaltet. Das finde ich wunderschön und so habe ich meinen Tag ebenso gestaltet.

To make the effect even stronger, I only covered about half of the tag with Crackle Paint, leaving the other half plain. Just the texture of the corugated paper adds so much.

Um den Effekt noch intensiver zu machen, habe ich nur etwa die Hälfte mit Crackle Paint überzogen und den Rest pur gelassen. Die Wellpappe allein hat schon so eine tolle Optik.

The tag itself has been handcut. On the bottom I used the Fancy Hearts border die.

Den Tag selbst habe ich mit der Hand geschnitten. Am unteren Rand habe ich den Fancy Hearts Die-Light verwendet.

On top of the tag I used some organza ribbon and a bow made from pink velvet ribbon. To these I attached a feather, matching the bird image, from the Box of Charms Nr. 16 and also a little hanger from the Die-Light Set Doorhangers. I love the one with this little heart and put some red cardstock underneath to make the heart pop a little more.

Oben am Tag habe ich weißes Organza-Band sowie eine Schleife aus rosafarbenem Samtband angebracht. Daran habe ich dann eine Feder aus der Box of Charms Nr. 16 angebracht, passend zum Vogel auf dem Motiv, und außerdem einen der Tags aus dem Die-Light-Set Türhänger. Ich liebe dieses Tag mit dem kleinen Herz und um es besser hervorzuheben habe ich es mit rotem Cardstock hinterlegt.

The image of this cute little bird with its heart banner is called Love is in the Air. Isn't this a cutie and perfect for any project you want to let someone know how much he/she means to you?

It was colored with Copics.

And to give the feeling that he is flying up in the air I put a cloud form the Nested Die-Light Set Nested Clouds behind him.

Das Motiv mit dem süßen Vogel und seinem Herzen-Banner heißt "Liebe liegt in der Luft". Ist das nicht niedlich und perfekt für alle Projekte, mit denen man jemandem sagen möchte, wie sehr er uns am Herzen liegt?

Das Motiv ist mit Copics coloriert.

Und um das Gefühl zu erwecken, dass der Vogel auch in er Luft fliegt, habe ich dahinter noch eine Wolke aus dem Nested Die-Light Set Geschachtelte Wolken angebracht.

Fancy Heart Die-Light

Charm from the Box of Charms Nr. 16

Die-Light Set Doorhangers

 Image Love is in the Air

Die-Light Set Nested Clouds

Corugated Paper Kraft

Distress Crackle Paint Picket Fence

Dear Michaela, thanks again for the inspiration and allowing me to post your picture here, and to all others thank you for stopping by today!

 Dir Michaela, nochmal Danke für die Inspiration und die Erlaubnis, Dein Bild hier zu posten, und allen anderen Danke fürs Vorbeischauen!

 

Valentine Treat Box Tutorial

Good morning, Stacy here with a fun little valentine treat box tutorial for you. I am using this adorable robot called Beep Beep, I Love you. Here is the supplies you will need for your box. 2 8x11 sheets of solid color paper, 1 sheet of designer paper, Desired shape in 3 stages, adhesive and embellishments.  

First thing you will need to do is die cut out (2 pieces) the lid and the base using the largest shape you choose. I am using Spellbinders Label one shape today. Die cut out the designer piece in the second largest shape now as well.

Set aside these pieces for now. To create your box lid and box base you will need 2 piece of solid color paper. Cut  them in 4x4 inch piece of paper for both. Once cut score at 1/2 inch on all 4 sides of each piece of paper as shown. Fold the edges and cut the two ends to create the tabs for the box.

Add your adhesive to the little tabs and also to the bottom of each box. This is what will adhere to your die shapes we cut.

Remove ONLY the side tabs to create your box. Leave the large strips to adhere in a bit. See picture below.

Once both boxes are created you will remove the center adhesive from one and center onto your die shape as shown.

When adding the box to the lid portion I place the box onto of the bottom as shown below. This works better for me when I attach the lid base for centering all edges evenly.

Your box now should look like this and ready to decorate!

Here is my final creation all decorated. I added some lace trim and ribbon along with some pearls for fun. The flowers and his heart have a little bit of sparkle added to them also.

This might be the little project I make for the twins classroom this year for Valentines day. :0)   Hope you enjoyed the tutorial, happy creating!

Heart Shaped Easel by Jane Johnson

Hi, Jane here.  I hope you all had a fabulous Christmas and New Year with your family and friends.  After our Christmas break it is time to start thinking about Valentine's Day creations and with this in mind I thought I would show how to create a heart shaped easel card. 

You Will Need:

1 x A4 cardstock
1x 6x6" cardstock
2x 6x6" paper
Image and embellisments
Heart shaped template or die cutting shape

Step 1.

Firstly, the principle is the same if you are using a die cutting heart or a heart template as I am here.  Place your A4 piece of cardstock onto your scoring board and find the size of your heart shape as in the picture above (mine is 5").  Remove your template/die and score the cardstock 1/8" smaller than the measurement of the heart (so in my case I scored at 4 7/8").

Step 2.

Place your template/die so that the rounded ends of the heart protrude over the fold as shown in the photo above.

Step 3.

Now, either draw around your template and cut it out or pass the die and cardstock through your cutting machine.

Step 4.

Open the folded heart shape out again and place on your scoring board as shown.  On the heart on your right hand side score a line half way down the heart - in my case this meant scoring at 7 3/8".

Step 5.

Fold this score line and you will now have the base of your easel card as shown above.

Step 6.

Cut out a complete heart shape from the 6" square cardstock.  Add glue to the part of the base indicated by diagonal lines in the photo above and adherer the heart shaped piece of card to it, matching the shapes together.

Step 7.

Your card base should now look like the photo above and is ready to decorate with papers, image and embellishments.

Here is my finished card using one of the fabulous new images to be released on 5th January.  For more details on how I embellished my card please see my blog post here.

Jane x

http://janeslovelycards.blogspot.com/

Valentine Gift Tag - by Sandie

Hi everyone and Happy Valentine's Day!! Today I would like to share with you how I made my Valentine Gift tag. 

Supplies -

• Chipboard Tag {mine is 4. 75" x 3"}
• White Acrylic Paint
• Rock Candy Crackle Paint
• Distress Ink
• Patterned Paper
• Lace, ribbon, trims
• Embellishments

1. Paint the tag using babywipes and white acrylic paint. Using babywipes gives it a distressed look. You can use a heat gun to gently dry the paint if you don't have time to wait for it to dry naturally. 

2. Add 'Rock Candy' crackle paint. This too can be dried gently with a heat gun but it doesn't 'crack' as much if you do it this way. 

Once your cracklepaint has dried rub over the outsides with distress ink, ensuring it goes into the cracks. Wipe off with a tissue. 

Add your patterned paper, with the edges inked 

Colour your image and trim it out. I used the super cute HenryMouse Hugging Heart.

Start to layer up your lace/ribbon/trim and once you are happy with them add your image, mounted on 3D pop dots.

Embellish as desired

These are so fun to make and can be added to a gift bag or tied around the top of a bottle, or even just given on it's own. 

I hope you like my this tutorial and thanks for dropping by.

Sandie

xXx

Heart-Hanger for valentine with "Beep-beep, I love you"

Herz-Hänger für Valentine mit

Beep-Beep, I love you

HEART HANGER for Valentine with the stamp "Beep-Beep I love you"

I have written a step-by-step tutorial to craft a "heart-hanger.
You can use it for Valentine's day or mothers day as well as for birthdays or simply as a "Thank-You" gift.

Here we go. I will show you how I created a beautiful border

You need:

- 2 long paper stripes
- adhesive tape
- Scissors
- Punch
- Spellbinders heart die
- two hearts - each in a different size

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Ich habe eine Schritt für Schritt Anleitung zum Thema „Herz-Hänger“ für euch geschrieben. Man kann diesen Herz-Hänger für Valentine, aber auch für zum Muttertag, Geburtstag oder auch Einfach so als Dankeschön schenken. Also, nun geht es los!

Jetzt zeige ich, wie man für das Herz eine gleichmäßige schöne Umrandung gemacht habe.

Man braucht:

· zwei lange weiße Papierstreifen

· Tesafilm

· Schere

· Stanzer

· Spellbinders Herz

· zwei Herzen in zwei Größen

Two long paper stripes
unch each stripe on each side with a a border punch

Zwei lange weiße Papierstreifen auf jeder Seite je Streifen mit einem Bordüren-Stanzer ausstanzen.

Now you need the scissors, adhesive tape and both hearts 

Jetzt kommt die Schere, Klebestreifen und zwei Herzen im Einsatz.

Cut the punched stripes in intervals 7 times with the scissors up to the hole.
Place the edge of the boarder exactly along the rim of the heart.
Check the picture 

So nun geht es weiter. Die ausgestantzte Streifen mit einer Schere 7x in Abstände bis zum Loch einschneiden. Die Bordürekante genau auf das Herzkante drauf legen. Schaut bitte genau die Bilder an und bastelt einfach nach.

Same procedure with the other half of the heart

Die gleiche Arbeit nochmal für die zweite Herzhälfte.

Now you need to cut at the bottom of the heart with a ruler and cutter the heart in half

Jetzt wird die untere Herzspitze in der Mitte mit dem Lineal und dem Cutter genau durch geschnitten. Siehe Bilder

This is what the back of the heart looks like

So sieht die Herzrückseite aus.

Adhere the back of the heart with a double sided adhesive tape and remove the protective foil.
Glue the punched Spellbinder heart on top

Die Herzrückseite mit einem doppelklebeseitiges Band bekleben und die Schutzfolie abziehen. Das ausgestanzte Spellbinder-Herz drauf kleben.

This is how the front should look like

Nun sieht die Herzbördure auf der Vorderseite so aus.

Now you can glue the heart with the heart boarder to the heart hanger.
To finalise you heart hanger you can decorate with coloured images, paper, flowers ect.
Once you have finished decorating you can punch two holes and fix a ribbon

Jetzt könnt ihr das Herz mit Herzbördure auf die Herz-Hänger kleben. Zum Schluß könnt ihr euch mit einem coloriertes Stempelmotiv, Papier, Blumen etc. dekorieren. Wenn ihr komplett fertig seid, könnt ihr die Herz-Hänger zwei Löcher lochen und mit einem Band befestigen.

This is what a beautiful heart hanger can look like

So sieht der wunderschöne Herz-Hänger am Ende aus ;o)

Have lots of fun crafting
Your Marushy

Ich wünsche euch ganz viel Spaß beim Nachbasteln!
Eure Marushy