30 July 2013

29 July 2013

Caged Florals, by

Monday, July 29, 2013

Caged Florals

Good morning, folks! I've created a summery country card to share with you today. My card starts with a card base of 8.5" x 4.25" of Kraft cardstock, folded in half. I cut a smaller piece of polka dot paper from the funVintage Bliss 6x6 paper pad and adhered it to the card base. While I had this paper pad out, I fell in love with the floral text paper, so I cut a 3" square of that and matted it with a slightly larger Kraft cardstock base.

I thought it would be fun to ramp up the "country-ish-ness" of this by adding a panel of chicken wire over the floral paper, so I cut out theChicken Wire (Cheery Lynn Designs) from Kraft cardstock. To get this to look silver, I dabbed over the Chicken Wire die cut with the Brushed Pewter Distress Stain - it works GREAT for coloring delicate die cuts like this!

To age the silver chicken wire a bit, I ran a black ink pad over it - just randomly here and there. I wiped off some of the black ink with a tissue to distress it further - love that look. It's just a hint of black here and there so the silver really comes through.

Next, I cut a small piece of the polka dot paper and notched the ends with scissors. I added a little piece of a Mini Fanciful Flourish die cut (Cheery Lynn Designs) to the left side and glued a white button over that. The last thing I did was cut the Mini Butterfly (Cheery Lynn Designs) and affixed it to the button.

I love these papers! The butterfly and the chicken wire die cuts match perfectly with these papers for that sweet little country touch. :-) As always, you can use this code, Holly-10, to save 10% off your orders at Classy Cards 'n Such. You can order any of the above items that are underlined (click on them to go shopping) or anything else that catches your fancy in the shop. I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Cheery Lynn Designs #91 - Hot Time in the Summer

Cardabilities #79 - sketch (just saw it's too late to enter as it closed yesterday, darn)

Crafting when we Can #49 - Floral

613 Avenue Create #30 - Anything Goes

Amusing Challenges - Anything Goes

Catered Crop - Summer Loving

Holly's Blog

27 July 2013

Flower Shaped Crocheted Coasters

Flower Coasters Pattern

January 10, 2013 by ChiWei
Difficulty: Easy

Do you crochet? Or do you want to learn how to crochet? Well, stay tuned because in a few short weeks, I’ll be having my very first Crochet-Along right here on this little ol’ blog! We’ll be choosing a project to work on together and going through the pattern with lots of pictures and lessons on the basics. I’ve also teamed up with a few of my favorite crocheting friends to help answer any questions you may have, and offer some awesome prizes to those who participate. Excited yet? The crochet along will start at the beginning of February, so keep in touch and you won’t miss the fun!

Now onto the pattern! These little flower coasters are perfect under a pint glass (with beer? rootbeer?) or under a mug, perhaps matched up with a mug cozy for a quick gift. Or switch it up, and use it as a facial scrubber. By the way, this will be one of the patterns up for the Crochet-Along pattern vote, so take a look and enjoy! I’m pretty new to writing patterns, so let me know if there’s anything that is difficult to understand.

If you’d like to sell items from this pattern or share it with your friends, I just ask that you give credit back to One Dog Woof. Please do not repost or re-distribute the pattern in its entirety. Thanks!
What you’ll need:
G size (4.25 mm) crochet hook
1 ball Sugar n’ Cream cotton yarn
stitch marker
yarn needle
Abbreviations:
sc = single crochet
sl st = slip stitch
Mark the end of each round with the stitch marker, since the pattern is worked in a continuous spiral.
Round 1: Start with a magic ring. Work 6 sc into the ring.
Round 2: Work 2 sc in each sc of previous round. (12 sc)
Round 3: Repeat *sc in next sc. 2 sc in next sc* around. Do not join. (18 sc)
Round 4: Repeat *sc in each of the next 2 sc. 2 sc in next sc* around (24 sc)
Round 5: Repeat *sc in each of the next 3 sc. 2 sc in next sc* around (30 sc)
Round 6: Repeat *sc in each of the next 4 sc. 2 sc in next sc* around (36 sc)
Round 7: Skip 1 sc. *sl st in next sc. skip 1 sc. 5 dc in next sc. skip 1 sc* around. Join with a sl st to the last stitch of previous round. Fasten off and weave in ends.

One Dog Woof

Beaded Wedding Cake Card by

Beaded Wedding Cake

Okay, one more beaded card for you to peruse.
I am having a garage sale tomorrow and have been busy getting ready for that.
This card I did last week - no time for a new card today.

Again, using a pattern, I pricked holes in a piece of whisper white card stock and using pink and silver polyester thread, as well as pink and silver/white beads beaded the wedding cake,
It looks more complicated than it actually is. I have done so many of these I can probably do it blind folded. This is probably my most popular beaded wedding card.
I chose not to put a sentiment on the front of the card so as not to detract from the beading.
The bow, made with white organza ribbon,however, adds a touch of sophistication.

The base card is Basic Black, layered with a gray wedding paper.

Maria Vanderform's Blog

Birthday Cake Easel Card - by Carrie Rhoades

Birthday Cake Easel Card

Hi Stampin' Friends!
Just wanted to share the Birthday Cake Easel Card I made for my friend Patty for her Bday.

Here is how it looks popped up..

I had to make a cake card so that I could use the "carbs, scharbs! {EAT THE CAKE}" stamp!
I thought you might like to see how I made it.
Start with a 4-1/4" x 11 piece of card stock. Score at 5-1/2" and at 2-3/4" . Add a scrap of card stock to hold up the top piece of cake. Mine was approximately 2-1/4" x 1-1/4". Attach the scrap only to the bottom half of the card.

Next I attached the Island Indigo patterned paper to the bottom of the card.

Then add the second piece of patterned paper to cover the bottom half othe scrap of card stock.

You can see this paper has a scalloped pattern, I just cut along that instead of a straight line. But you could add a punched scalloped piece if the DSP you choose does not have a scalloped pattern.
Now you mount the top cake piece to the scrap of card stock sticking up. Remember to only put adhesive on the scrap, so that you cake does not stick to the card when it is flat.

I forgot to write down the measurements before I gave the card away, so I do not remember the size of my top cake piece. But here is a tip... I cut the designer paper and a piece of card stock the same size for the top cake piece, mounted them together and then stuck that to the scrap to make the top of the cake. This will make it sturdier.
I accented the cake with a scalloped trip, dsp and a flower. Lastly, I added some candles with flames, all cut free hand.
The best part about the card was the PRESENT inside, a BOOK!!!

Okay, it is not the ACTUAL Book. The Pioneer Woman has a new cookbook coming out in October! So, I preordered it for Patty for her Bday! So I put a picture of the book in her card.
I should also mention that the yellow gingham band going across the bottom layer of the cake is Washi Tape, but it was too transparent to just stick to the cake, so I mounted the tape on a strip of whisper white card stock and then mounted that to the cake.
I love this card and can not wait to make another, play with some more DSP!
recipe:
stamps: remembering your birthday, yippee-skippee
ink: island indigo, daffodil delight
paper: island indigo, daffodil delight, whisper white and gingham garden designer paper
accessories: gingham garden designer wahsi tape, rhinestone basic jewels
tools: sponge, corner rounder punch, boho blossoms punch, stampin' dimensionals, simply scored tool, decorative label punch, extra-large oval punch, big shot, tasteful trim bigz die

Carrie Rhoades Blog

26 July 2013

9/11 Budweiser Clydesdales Video

24 July 2013

Create Your Own Stamp - by 'Stampin' Up!

23 July 2013

Crepe Paper Flowers Video - by Jessica

Jessica's video is located HERE

Crepe Filter Paper Flowers

These are some flowers I made out of crepe filter paper circles. The crepe paper is available in the catalogue, or you can use coffee filter paper. I used a video tutorial as my guide to making these flowers. The video demonstrates how to made flowers using coffee filters, but the principle is the same.

I used a total of 6 crepe paper circles for this flower - 3 that were the 6" and 3 that were about 5" in diameter.
The three larger ones I dyed using Calypso Coral reinker in a bit of water; the three smaller ones Strawberry Slush reinker. I just love the 2 colours together.
These flowers are so easy to make and they come together so quickly. All you need is crepe paper, a pair of scissors, a stapler and a piece of masking tape. The hardest part is waiting for the crepe paper to dry.

The lighting wasn't the best for this picture, but I made 3 of these flowers and made it into a bouquet. This is the top view.

21 July 2013

Puff Quilt Tutorial

Bubble Quilt – Puff Blanket – Biscuit Quilt

I’ve been working for a long time on this puff quilt, I started it around Christmas time and it just kept getting pushed to the side. When we were little we had this great bubble quilt that our grandma made us, and I wanted to make one for Ada. I only vaguely remembered what it looked like, so my puffs are much bigger, but it turned out great and Ada loves squishing the colorful puffs! I made a practice puff a while ago for my Puff Pin Cushion and kept the same dimensions.
I finally finished making an alternative method for making a bubble quilt, You sew the entire top together before you stuff the puffs! Check out the new tutorial here!
Check out my newest finished bubble quilts!
Here are some other bubble quilts!
The size I made is a little strange, it’s quite long and narrow, so for now we just play with it on the floor, but I’m thinking it would look amazing at the foot of her bed when we eventually turn it to a toddler bed.

Materials (for the size I made which was about 24×44 without the ruffle):
16 different colors of scrap fabric (if you want to do the rainbow)
1 yard cheap crappy fabric for the base of the puffs (you won’t be able to see them)
1 yard minky
1 1/2 yard silky fabric for the ruffle
Some poly-fil
Step 1: Pick out a bunch of scrap fabrics that you like.

Step 2: So for my blanket, I cut 7″x7″ squares for my bubbles, but they ended up being quite difficult to work with at the end since they were so big. I’d recommend making them 6″x6″ instead. So out of your fabrics cut out your squares and arrange them to your liking with 11 on the long side and 6 on the short side, so you end up with 66 total squares.

Now out of your ugly fabric (yes, mine is sweet quail fabric I got for free) cut out 66 4.5″x4.5″ squares.

Step 3: Now we’re going to make the puffs, all 66 of them. Place your two squares together so that the large square has it’s right side out and the small square doesn’t matter if it’s right side out or it. Pin the corner of one square to the corresponding corner of the other square. Repeat with all four corners.

Make two pleats on each side of the square and pin in place. On each side the folds should go in towards each other and make it so that the larger square sides match up with the smaller square’s sides.

Repeat on all four sides. Sorry about the blurry picture.

Here’s a quick video of how to make the pleats as well as an alternative single pleat method. I made this in about 5 minutes, so it’s not perfect, but it does the job!

Sew around your square using a slightly less than 1/4″ seam to secure your pleats. Leave one of the corners open, but make sure your seam goes past the pleats on each side.

Now you can stuff your puff. I know it’s tempting to stuff them really full, but don’t because we’re going to have to sew the puffs together on the machine, and if they’re too big, they won’t fit. Repeat with all 66 bubbles.

Step 4: Lay out your puffs in the arrangement you want and then take to, pin one of the edges together and sew. I used a zipper foot because it enabled me to get the seam closer.

I sewed mine together in rows of 6.

Once you have all 11 of your rows of 6, you’ll need to sew them together. It’s crucial to pin them before you get going. I pinned at the seam and then again in the middle to help everything stick together.

Sew all of your rows together until your entire top is completed!

Step 5: Make a ruffle to go around your blanket. I didn’t show the steps to making a ruffle, but you can look here to learn how to make one. I cut six strips out of my silky fabric that were each 8″ wide. Then I followed the same steps. Cut our your minky to the size of your bubble top. Pin your ruffle on to the correct side of the minky with the ruffle going in toward the center and then sew it in place.

Lay your puffs right side up and your minky and ruffle piece right side down on top. Make sure all of the ruffle is going in toward the center (so you can’t see any).

Pin in place and then sew around. Be very careful not to snag the ruffle in the seam during this process. Just go slow and stick you hand in between the pins to straighten the ruffle as you go. Leave a large-ish opening, mine was about 7″ wide.

Turn you blanket right side out and hand stitch up the opening.

You’re all finished!

It’s beautiful and squishy too!

http://www.awaitingada.com/2012/06/bubble-quilt.html

19 July 2013

Easel Card Instructions by Cathy Parlitsis

Gatefold Easel Card

I love both Gatefold Cards AND Easel Cards - so when I saw this card that is BOTH, I knew I had to make one! The original creator of the Gatefold Easel Card is Dayanna Donng - you can see her blog HERE and she has kindly given me permission to share this with you! (Thank you!) I've created my own version of it with a VIDEO and PDF below so you can see EXACTLY how it is done.

The base of the card is Crumb Cake Card Stock and the layers are Designer Series Paper so all of the "work" is in the cutting and scoring - and then of course, embellishing! I made this one for my High School Class President who planned our Reunion last weekend.

I tried to keep the "work" simple on the card while still making it "look" nice. Framelits and the Big Shot Die Cutting Machine made that easy. All supplies are Stampin' Up! and are available in my ONLINE STORE. The PDF has a full supply list as well. Reunion Card

PDF Step-by-Step Instructions

Gatefold Easel Card

Materials Dimensions Accessories/Tools/Etc.

Crumb Cake Card Stock (For Main Card) 8 ½" x 11" Score vertically at 2 1/8" in from each

(For Framelit) 4 ¼" x 3 ¾" side

(For Easel) 4" x 5 ¼" Score horizontally at 2 ¾" & 5 ½"

Very Vanilla Card Stock (Inside of Card )

(For Framelits)

Epic Day This and That Designer Series Paper

(Front Panels & Inside Panels - 4)

(Inside Easel Card)

Early Espresso Ribbon (For Easel)

Million & One Stamp Set

Early Espresso Ink

Crumb Cake Ink

Pearl Basic Jewels

Large Pearl Basic Jewels

Very Vintage Designer Buttons

Paper Trimmer

Stampin' Sponge

4" x 5 3/8"

4 ¼" x 3 ¾" inside

3" x 3 ¾" outside

1 7/8" x 5 3/8"

3 ¾" x 5 ¼"

Big Shot Die Cutting Machine

Magnetic Platform

Label Collection Framelits

Beautifully Baroque Embossing Folder

Adhesives: Sticky Strip, Glue Dots,

Snail Refill

Craft Scissors (for ribbon)

7/8" Scallop Circle Punch

Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz

Step-By-Step Directions

1. Put an 8 ½" x 11" piece of card stock into the Paper Trimmer and score vertically at 2 1/8" and then flip over and score at 2 1/8" from the other side.

2. Turn card stock horizontally and score at 2 ¾" and 5 ½".

3. Turn it vertically again. This time, put the edge of the card stock at 2 ¼" - Cut from the top down to 5 ½". Flip the card stock and repeat it on the other side. Then remove those pieces by either cutting with

a scissor or use your paper trimmer as shown in the video.

4. Fold all your score lines and you'll quickly see how your card will come together. Take the 4 panels of Designer Series Paper you cut at 1 7/8" x 5 ¼" and adhere them to your card panels - inside and out.

5. Adhere the 3 ¾" x 5 ¼" piece of Designer Series paper to the 4" x 5 ¼" Crumb Cake card stock.

6. Put Sticky Strip on the bottom panel of the easel - as shown in the video - and adhere the Crumb

Cake/DSP piece to the panel - MAKING SURE NOT TO ADHERE THE TOP!

7. Attach a glue dot to a piece of Early Espresso Stitched Ribbon and wrap around the inside piece of Very

Vanilla card stock - secure with a glue dot on the other side. Adhere this piece to the inside of your

card. This will create the STOP for the easel card.

8. Stamp "A Million Thanks" onto a piece of Very Vanilla card stock in Early Espresso Ink. Stamp

"Fabulous is What You Are" onto a piece of Very Vanilla card stock in Early Espresso Ink. Using the

Framelits - Labels Collection, center the Framelit that best fits your greetings over the words and run

them through the Big Shot to cut them out. Cut out a piece of Crumb Cake Card Stock to border the

"Thanks" greeting for the front of your card..

9. Use the Beautifully Baroque Textured Impressions Folder to emboss the Crumb Cake cut out.

10. Sponge the edges of both of your greeting pieces and your Crumb Cake cut out as well. Adhere the "Thanks" Greeting to the Crumb Cake cut out using sticky strip.

11. Adhere the "Fabulous" greeting to the inside easel card using SNAIL Adhesive.

12. Put 2 pieces of Sticky Strip on the back of the Crumb Cake cut out/greeting - BUT¼only put it on ONE

HALF of the piece because you are only adhering it to ONE SIDE of the card!

13. Decorate the points of the greetings using Pearl Basic Jewels.

14. Punch out a piece of Calypso Coral card stock with a 7/8" Scallop Punch and sponge it with Crumb

Cake Ink and a Stampin' Sponge. Adhere a Very Vintage Designer Button to the punch out using Glue

Dots. Embellish the button with a Large Pearl Basic Jewel. Adhere to the front of the card.

15. Spritz card with Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz, if desired.

SU Catalog Products Used For the Gatefold Easel Card

Description

Million & One Stamp Set Stamp Set (wood OR clear)

Crumb Cake Card Stock

Very Vanilla Card Stock

Epic Day This and That Designer Series Paper

Early Espresso Ink

Crumb Cake Ink

Stamping Sponges

Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz

Very Vintage Designer Buttons

Pearl Basic Jewels

Large Pearl Basic Jewel

Glue Dots

SNAIL Refill

Sticky Strip

Stampin' Trimmer

Grid Paper

Craft Scissors

7/8" Scallop Circle Punch Big Shot Die Cut Machine