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September 2008
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September 2008

Supplies:

  • Green Spring cord (recycled)
  •  brown paper bag
  • Coke can opened
  •  mini clothes pins
  • dryer sheet (used)
  • Crop-A-Dile or hole punch
  • adhesive ( I use and ATG gun)
  • super glue
  • paper: white cardstock and green flecked hand made paper, brown paper (paper bag), cardboard.
  • shredded paper
  • Adirondack Color Wash: Stream and Butterscotch
  • Adirondack Ink: Meadow
  • MSE stamps: Multi Collage
  • Just Rite Monogram stamper and accessory kit of letters
  • DMC thread: Brown
  • 1/2 inch dowel
  • Krylon Pen: Silver
  • Sharpie Marker: Black
  • Plastic for wine bottle.
  • Scor-It Board

 

 Directions:

  • Spray dryer sheet with color wash and set aside to dry.
  • Cut cardstock 5.5 inch x 8.25 inch score and fold in half.
  • Cut dowel to one inch. Cut can to a piece that will wrap around dowel. Set aside.
  • Make paper bag, punch holes, attach DMC for handles, Stamp saying on front of bag with Just Rite Stamper in black. Place paper bits inside bag.
  • Make wine bottle out of plastic, edge with Sharpie, and write wine on it.
  • Attach dryer sheet to cardstock trim to size, and cardboard to inside of card
  • Punch four holes as shown in card and thread the spring though them.
  • Stamp "Think Green", using Meadow, on piece of hand made paper, tear around edges and attach as shown.
  • Attach paper bag and wine bottle to spring using mini clothes pins.
  • Attach third clothes pin to spring and super glue can right underneath.

Supplies:
 
  • Black cardstock 8.5 x 11 inch
  • Keepsake Crafts embossing board: Victoriana Varieties & Dress to Impress.
  • Embossing tool
  • Copper metal
  • ATG adhesive
  • 20g Copper Wire
  • Assorted beads
  • Hook and loop tape with adhesive.
  • Large Brad
  • Black Flower
  • Crop-a-dile

 

 

Directions:
 
  • Cut .25 inch off of black cardstock so it will fit on the board.
  • Emboss purse and cut out
  • Emboss metal using the inside design and then emboss heart inside then cut out. Adhere to purse as shown
  • Emboss metal edges and top flap then cut out and adhere to purse as shown.
  • Punch 1/8th inch holes at top of purse.
  • Cut a 20 inch piece of copper wire.  Bead as desired and attach.
  • Punch hole and attach flower with brad
  • Attach hook and loop tape on front and flap of card

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June 2008


Supplies:

  • Stamps: MSE alphabet Multi Retro, Posh - Celebrate, Impression Obsession - Flower Background
  • Inks: Distress Ink Mustard Seed and Faded Jeans
  • Lyra Watercolor Crayons
  • Paper: White Cardstock, Gold Canson paper, Turquoise Mulberry Paper
  • ATG Gun (Scotch)
  • Scor-it Tool
  • Acrylic Blocks (to use with clear stamps)
  • Green Flower and Yellow Sweet Bella Bloom
  • Gold Ribbon
  • Craft Knife
  • Turquoise Brad
  • Hole punch (I use a Japanese drill punch)
  • Mini Mister

 

Directions:

  • Cut white cardstock to 5.5 inch x 8.5 inch (score to make card with Scor-It tool.), 4 x 5.25 for background and 1.5 x 5.25. Cut Gold paper 4.25 x 5.5 apply to front of card
  • Color background stamp with water color crayons. (yellow, pink and turquoise).  Spritz with water and stamp on paper, let dry.
  • Edge background with Faded Denim Ink.
  • Color Celebrate stamp with same colors stamp and let dry.
  • Edge Celebrate with Mustard Seed ink. Layer onto turquoise mulberry paper. Attach at shown using ATG Gun.
  • Layer flowers push brad through and around bow. Punch hole and attach as shown.
  • Apply as shown to front of card

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May 2008
Happy Spring
 
Supplies
  • Stamps: Flower
  • Fantasy Fibers: Aqua, Pink, White
  • Clover Craft Iron
  • Paper: White Cardstock, Parchment (to use with Fantasy Fiber) , Piggy Tales -Gretel
  • ATG Gun (Scotch)
  • Scor-it Tool
  • Class-A-Peels
  • Green Glitz Rhinestones

 

 Directions
  • Cut white cardstock to 5.5 inch x 8.5 inch (score to make card with Scor-It tool). 
  • Cut patterned paper (Gretel)  4.25 x 5.5 inches apply to front of card with ATG gun.
  • Take Fantasy Fibers and blend colors. Place on red rubber of stamp cover with parchment paper and heat with Clover craft iron. 
  • Apply to front of card with ATG gun tape.
  • Cut circle large enough to fit Fantasy Flower fiber.
  • Mount stripe on reverse side of paper so blue shows through circle. 
  • Attach Fantasy fiber as shown.
  • Using Glitz Rhinestones create the stem and leaves of the flower.
  • Apply Happy Spring Class–a–Peels (or saying of your choice) as shown.

 

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  March 2008

Spinning Flower

 

  Supplies
  • Stamps: MSE alphabet Multi Retro
  • Inks: Adirondack Red Pepper
  • Adirondack Dabbers: Red Pepper, Mountain Rose, Salmon
  • Cardstock: White
  • ATG Gun (Scotch)
  • Scor-it Tool
  • Acrylic Blocks (to use with clear stamps)
  • Decorative Corner Punch
  • Flower Brads
  • Ellison Big Cuts Die: Flower Daisy
  • Craft Knife
  • Two pennies
  • Pop Dots

 

Directions
  • Cut white cardstock to 5.5 inch x 8.5 inch (score to make card with Scor-It tool.)
  • Paint cardstock using the dabbers so you have enough to die cut the daisy having 2 of each size in different colors.
  • Layer the daisy as shown or how you like and attach white brad to center.
  • Cut 3/8 inch x 4 inch wide channel and round each end.
  • Paint polka dots on front of card using Salmon
  • Stamp Happy Birthday inside the channel on the inside of card.
  • Cut tag .75 x 2.5 inch. Punch each end with decorative punch. Also punch holes at each end.
  • Paint tag with Salmon and distress with Mountain Rose.
  • Stamp - now you are one - on tag. Mount to front of card as shown.
  • Adhere penny to flower, adhere 2 pop dots between pennies and mount in slit.
 
 
 

  February 2008

Love
Supplies
  • Stamps: Hugs and Love (Sunday Int’l)
  • Inks: Distress Ink. Black Soot, Worn Lipstick
  • Stitch-A-Crylic
  • Cardstock: White, Red, Black
  • ATG Gun (Scotch)
  • Scor-it Tool
  • Acrylic Blocks (to use with easy mount stamps)
  • Corner Rounder Punch (EK Success)
  • Embossing Powder: Red and Fine Detail Black
  • Silver Leafing Pen (Krylon)
  • Ribbon: 2 yards .25 inch sheer pink, 12 inches of green leaf ribbon
  • Craft Needle

 

Directions
  • Cut white cardstock to 5.25 inch x 8 1/8th inch (score to make card with Scor-It tool.) Round corners with punch.
  • Cut Black card stock 4 1/16th x 5.25 inches. Round corners with punch
  • Cut Red card stock 3.75 inch x 4 7/8ths inch. Round corners with punch
  • On the red cardstock:  Stamp LOVE, as shown, with Worn Lipstick and emboss using red embossing powder. Stamp Vase, as shown, with Black Soot and emboss using black embossing powder
  • Run silver Krylon pen around edge of Stitch-A-Crylic heart
  • Thread the craft needle with pink ribbon and stitch through holes as shown. Stitch heart to red cardstock above the vase
  • Run leaf ribbon under bottom of heart as shown
  • Layer as shown using ATG gun as adhesive
 
 
 
  January 2008

Thank You! 

  Supplies
  • Alphabet stamps: Brush Stroke, MSE Multi Collage
  • Flower Stamp Spring Blooms (IO)
  • Inks: Distress Ink. Orange Marmalade, Faded Denim
  • Art Glitter Elements: Carrot
  • White Cardstock
  • ATG Gun (Scotch) with ¼ inch adhesive
  • Mini Scor-it Tool
  • Acrylic Block

 

 Directions:
  • Cut white cardstock to 5.5 inch x 8.5  inch (score to make card)
  • With the Mini Scor-It tool. Scor lines on each side 5/8 inch in from edge.
  • Run adhesive 1/8 inch from scored lines.
  • Sprinkle Art Glitter Elements on the adhesive then tap off.
  • Write out Thank You as shown and stamp with Orange Marmalade.
  • Stamp flowers in three corners with Faded Denim

 

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