Archive for Designer Paper
Bella Bleu Birthday Card, the Online Class Winners & the WICKED Challenge Winners
Posted: Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 | Comments
Hi everyone – long time no talk! *LOL* I wanted to add my apologies to Soph’s about how slow things have been here on the blog for the last week and a half. There’s been a lot of different things coming together that have made it challenging to keep up our regular blogging schedule. As Soph mentioned, she’s in the middle of trying to sell her house. From this end I was feeling pretty awful with another one of my nasty week long headache spells. If you’ve been reading my blog for awhile then you’ll now that headaches have been an ongoing issue of mine for awhile now. They’re not migranes, but pretty close to it. About 2-3 times a year I get a week long stretch of headaches that pretty much last round the clock and really knock me out. I’ve tried a bunch of different things to figure out what the problem is but have yet to find a solution. I’ve finally decided to go and see a naturopathic doctor (my appointment is tomorrow) to see if she can help.
I’ve also been having some computer/network issues. I recently switched internet service providers, hoping to eliminate the problems we were having with Rogers (they were throttling the internet so my upload and download speeds were crazy slow). However there seems to be a whole slew of new problems which my computer guys are trying to figure out. Then of course my husband had to unexpectedly go out of town on a business trip. He’s been gone since Monday and may not get back until Friday.
Anyways, on to today’s card. You can download the pdf handout HERE. The inspiration for this card came from one of the cards on the front cover of the Jan/Feb 2010 issue of Papercrafts magazine. I don’t have a video for you as I’m still not quite back up and running. I’ll probably be resuming my regular video filming next week once everything is sorted out.
I also wanted to announce the winners of the WICKED challenge which I had last week. They are Krissie84 and Karina Chin. You can choose either a stamp class by email or class planner of your choice. Please email me at andrea@sunnystampin.com and put WICKED challenge winner in the subject line and then your choice of stamp class by email or class planner in the body of the email.
As promised, I’m also announcing the winner of the Honoring Mothers & Father’s online class…..and the winner is….
Susie Neves-Sousa
March 4th, 2010 at 11:47 am
Yipeeeeee! Another blog give-away!I always have a hard time figuring out what to do for Mother’s Day and Father’s Day……This particular online class would be wonderful to win!
Susie please email me at andrea@sunnystampin.com and put Online Class Winner in the subject line. If you’ve already registered then we will either refund you your money or you can get the April online class for free. Please let us know which you’d like the body of your email.
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Paper: Not Quite Navy CS, Kraft CS, Bella Bleu DP
Accessories: Snail adhesive, Stampin’ Dimensionals, mini glue dots, Scallop Edge punch, paper-piercing tool, foam mat, Elementary Ribbon Originals, Chit Chat rub-ons, linen thread, Big Shot, Stampin’ Up! Finial Press Textured Impressions folder
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Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper Stack Card
Posted: Thursday, February 18th, 2010 | Comments
Today I wanted to share a card with you that is so unbelievably simple, yet oh-so-cute. This is literally a 5 minute card. The thing that I love the most is that it uses a designer paper pattern as its focal point. This double-sided designer paper (the reverse side the plaid orange that you see) comes from Stampin’ Up!’s Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper Stack.
You can download the handout on how to make the card HERE. The handout includes a full supply list and written directions (including dimensions) – it’s easy to print and pop into you inspiration book.
Directions:
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Take a 4 ¼” x 11” piece of Pumpkin Pie CS and fold it in half with your bone folder to create a 4 ¼” x 5 ½” card.
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Take a 4 ⅛” x 5 ⅜” piece of Chocolate Chip CS and dry emboss it using the Perfect Polka dots textured impressions folder and your Big Shot.
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Center and stick a 3 ¼” x 4 ½” piece of the flower pattern paper shown onto a 3 ⅜” x 4 ⅝” piece of Sahara Sand CS.
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Center and stick the matted DP piece onto a 3 ½” x 4 ¾” piece of Pumpkin Pie CS.
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Center and stick the Pumpkin Pie CS piece onto the dry embossed Chocolate Chip CS.
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Stamp your greeting onto a ½” strip of Whisper White CS (make sure the length is about 5”). You want there to be about a 1” space to the left of the greeting.
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Trim the right side of the greeting in a fish tail using your paper snips.
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Curl the greeting strip with the barrel of a pen or pencil.
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Position the greeting onto the card front and stick down the left edge with Snail and the right edge with a mini glue dot, leaving a bit of the curl in the center.
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Place the Chocolate Chip CS piece onto a foam mat. Pierce a hole through the greeting strip using a paper-piercing tool (in between the left edge of the Chocolate Chip CS and the left edge of the greeting).
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Insert a small Corduroy Pumpkin Pie brad and open up the prongs on the back.
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Center and stick the Chocolate Chip CS piece onto the Pumpkin Pie card front. You’re done!
I hope you enjoyed today’s project.
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Ink: Chocolate Chip Classic ink
Paper: Whisper White CS, Chocolate Chip CS, Sahara Sand CS, Pumpkin Pie CS, Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper Stack*
Accessories: Snail adhesive, mini glue dots, Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dots Impressions Folder,* paper-piercing tool, mat pack, bone folder
Friday Fun Folds Video: Top Note “Envelope” Gift Card Holder
Posted: Friday, September 11th, 2009 | Comments
Today’s Friday Fun Folds idea orginated with a project I learned from my upline many years ago that’s often been referred to as the Crimped Envelope Card which is created using regular office variety A2 envelopes. In my variation I actually created my own crimped “envelope” pouch using Designer Paper. My “top” was created using one of Stampin’ Up!’s Top Note dies.
As you can see from the picture above it has a tag insert that I’ve created. You could use the tag insert in several ways: you could stick on a gift card using a mini glue dot, you could include a small holiday photo and send it to long-distance loved ones, OR you could simply write in a message and use it as a card.
In the last Friday Fun Folds video I was lamenting over the fact that I always seem to have little bloopers in my videos regardless of how many “retakes” I try. It seems that not only do you guys not mind, but from your feedback, my bloopers give you guys a chuckle. It’s a good thing, because even after about 5 retakes, I still had a couple of bloopers. So here’s a little game for you. Watch today’s video and see if you can catch my bloopers. There are 2 (that I caught anyways). One of them I labelled with an “oops”, but the other one I didn’t. Can you find them? Leave a comment in the comments section but DON’T READ THE OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE YOU LEAVE YOURS when you do okay? because that would be cheating since the comments are all public *lol*. I’ll draw a name on Wednesday and the winner will receive my Christmas Stamp Camp Class by Email free (or planner version if you’re a Stampin’ Up! demo) when it’s released next week.
Here’s how I made this card:
- Take a 6″ x 9″ piece of Holiday Lounge DP and score it at 3 3/4″ and 7 1/2″.
- Rotate the DP 90 degrees and score it at 1″. If the DP has a pattern then make sure that you pay attention to it’s orientation before you start scoring. The first one that I made I ended up scoring it so that the ornaments were upside down *lol*.
- Fold along the crease lines with a bone folder. The 1″ flap that you scored along the bottom of the DP will be divided into three rectangular-shaped sections by the intersecting score lines. Cut out the left and right rectangles (see video for clarification).
- On the remaining bottom 1″ rectangular-shaped flap, round the two corners with a 3/16″ corner rounder punch.
- Lay your DP on the table in front of you so that the largest flap is towards the left, the small 1 1/2″ wide flap is on the right and the 1″ rectangular shaped flap with the rounded corners is at the bottom.
- Fold the large left flap inwards. Place some Snail adhesive on the small right flap and fold that inwards. Place some Snail adhesive on the small 1″ bottom flap and fold that upwards. You’ve now created your “envelope”.
- Rotate the envelope so that the top opening is towards the left and the bottom is towards the right and run it through a paper crimper. You may need to run it through twice.
- Punch a half circle in the front of the envelope using a 1 1/4″ circle punch. Set aside.
- Take a Top Note die cut out of Ruby Red CS using the Big Shot and Stampin’ Up!’s Top Note die. Fold the top note die in half along the long side. Punch a hole in each bottom corner (see video) with a 1/16″ handheld circle punch.
- Stamp a greeting on the front (towards the bottom right edge) in Basic Black Classic ink. Use a Stamp-a-ma-jig if necessary.
- Insert a silver brad into each hole that you punched in Step 9.
- Wrap a 16″ piece of Kraft Taffeta ribbon around the folded Top Note die and tie the ribbon in a knot. Trim the ends.
- Take a 3 1/8″ x 4 5/8″ piece of Whisper White CS and stamp the reindeer from the Sparkly and Bright stamp set, in Chocolate Chip Classic ink. Color in the nose of the Reindeer with a Ruby Red Stampin’ Write marker.
- Mat the Whisper White CS piece onto a 3 1/4″ x 4 3/4″ piece of Ruby Red CS using Snail adhesive.
- Punch out a tab from a piece of Holiday Lounge DP using the Round Tab punch. Fold the tab in half and center and stick it to the top of the Ruby Red CS tag using Snail adhesive.
- Insert the tag into the DP envelope pouch and then slide it into the Top Note die “top”. You’re done!
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial!
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Stamps: Sparkly and Bright (115346), Christmas Greetings (115448)
Ink: Basic Black Classic ink (101179), Chocolate Chip Classic ink (100908), Ruby Red Stampin’ Write Marker (100075)
Paper: Whisper White CS (100730), Ruby Red CS (102023), Holiday Lounge DP (115676)
Accessories: Bone Folder (102300), Paper snips (103579), Snail adhesive (104332), silver brads (104336), 1/16″ handheld circle punch (101227), Kraft Taffeta ribbon (109068), Big Shot (113439), Stampin’ Up! Top Note die (113463), Stamp-a-ma-jig (101049), paper cutter (104152), Cutting & Scoring Blade refills (104154), 3/16″ corner round punch (109047), 1 1/4″ circle punch (104401), paper crimper (101618)
“Thoroughly Modern” Thinking of You & Some Secret Comment Patrol Winners
Posted: Friday, August 14th, 2009 | Comments
Today’s card is an experiment and to be frank with you I’m not sure whether I like it or not. As many of you know, I strongly believe in the importance of challenging yourself in order to continue to develop your creativity and to grow as an artist. For me those challenges often involve combining colors that I wouldn’t normally combine or using products that I don’t naturally reach for. Stampin’ Up!’s Thoroughly Modern Designer Paper is one of those collections that wouldn’t be my first choice. I love each of the colors on their own and I love the patterns of each paper, but I wouldn’t ordinarily mix those colors together. Since a few of the patterns included in that collection do just that, I decided to mix the colors & patterns “on my own terms” *lol*. I also took the opportunity to use a few of the new dies that Stampin’ Up! released in the current catalogue. Here’s how I made the card:
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Take a 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece of Sahara Sand CS and fold it in half using a bone folder in order to create your card base. Set aside for a moment.
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Cut 4 strips of designer paper in four different patterns. The first strip is 1-1/16″, the second and third patterns are 1″ each and the last pattern is 2″ wide. The height of all the strips is 4 1/8″. Mat all your DP strips to your card front as shown.
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Take some Bermuda Bay CS (I happened to have a scrap of textured CS in my scrap drawer so I used that) and die cut the largest flower from the Stampin’ Up! Blossom Party die using your Big Shot. Die cut the second largest flower out of Rose Red CS and the flower that is the next size down out of one of the Thoroughly Modern DP patterns. Layer the flowers one on top of the other using Stampin’ Dimensionals. Pierce a hole through the center of the flowers with a paper-piercing tool and foam mat.
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Punch a 1/2″ circle out of one of the Thoroughly Modern DP patterns. Stick this circle onto the top of Pewter Build-a-Brad. Stick the clear plastic “bubble” from the Build-a-Brads on top. Insert the brad through the hole you pierced through the flowers and open up the prongs on the back. Set aside for a moment.
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Die cut the scalloped tag from the Stampin’ Up! Two Tags die out of Sahara Sand CS using your Big Shot. Stamp the greeting from the Three Little Words stamp set in Soft Suede Classic ink onto the die cut tag. Position the words close to the dotted line so that there is enough room underneath for your ribbon.
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Take a 4 1/2″ piece of ribbon and stick the right end of the ribbon down to the scalloped portion of the tag using Snail adhesive. Bring the left end of the ribbon around to the back of the CS tag and stick down with Snail adhesive.
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Stick the tag to the card front and then take a 6″ piece of Bermuda Bay dotted grosgrain ribbon and tie it in a knot around the first piece of ribbon.
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Stick the flower to the scalloped portion of the tag (so that it covers the ribbon end) with 2 Stampin’ Dimensionals. You’re done!
Since it’s been awhile, I decided that today would be a good day to announce some “Secret Comment Patrol” winners! For those of you that may be new to my blog I’ll take a minute to explain what the “Secret Comment Patrol” is. Basically it is my way of saying thank you to all of you that not only take the time to visit my blog – but who take the few extra minutes to leave me a comment. I absolutely LOVE reading all your comments, and through your comments getting to know you better. Every so often I draw names from those that have left comments – if your name is drawn then you are a “Secret Comment Patrol” Winner and you get to choose any one of my stamp or scrapbook classes by email OR my class planner versions for Stampin’ Up! Demos.
August 12th, 2009 at 11:17 am
love it. glad you mentioned the black glitter. when i looked really close, i could see some of it. really pretty
August 10th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
I love this card. I have also decided the same thing – I am just doing too much on a card. I was looking for the ooooo factor on each card. Time to simple it up. TFS and for the usual inspiration.
August 7th, 2009 at 6:14 pm
Very pretty card. I just love all the different greens. I have been trying out a few monochromatic cards lately.Congrats to the winners! Wish it were me!
Thanks for sharing and the tutorial really helps!
4. Candyce Mathews
August 5th, 2009 at 4:49 pm
So cute! I thought Christmas card when I first saw this one but would have to start now & glue all the letters on…
Like the new snowflake as antlers.
TFS
Candyce
5. Julie
July 28th, 2009 at 12:26 am
Oh, that planet just totally makes the card!!!!! I love how you punched out the holes for craters. And the swirls and stars in the sky really, really finish it off so nicely!!! You’re making me wish I had that stamp set now.
I hope your headaches quit for awhile. That’s really miserable. In the meantime, I hope your enjoy your wonderful family time
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Stamps: Three Little Words (113254)
Ink: Soft Suede (115657)
Paper: Sahara Sand CS (105328), Bermuda Bay CS (115217), Rose Red CS (102544), Thoroughly Modern DP (115673)
Accessories: Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Big Shot (113439), Stampin’ Up! Two Tags Die (115954), Stampin’ Up! Blossom Party (115971), Pewter Build-a-Brad (109128), 1/2″ circle punch (104390)
Simply Retro
Posted: Monday, August 10th, 2009 | Comments
As I was blog browsing this weekend I came across Teri Anderson’s blog and fell in love with her clean simple style and unique layouts. Teri’s was recently named a Paper Crafts Go-To-Gal – Congratulations Teri! When I first started this blog I did a lot of clean and simple, but somehow, as time went by and I started experimenting more and more, my style evolved to more layers and more details….i.e. more time consuming. While that’s all fun and good, and while I enjoy taking my time on a project, I can’t always afford to spend an hour or more on a card every time I papercraft. So I’ve decided that I’m going to start going back to clean and simple a bit more often.
I used one of Teri’s cards as my inspiration today (you can see her card HERE). I used Stampin’ Up!’s Pink Flamingo Designer Paper to create a “retro” feel to my card. It’s totally not my usual style of card (even when I stamped simply I was not really into retro) but I absolutely LOVE it – I love the clean lines, I love the simplicity and I love the “punch” that those bright colors give it. Here’s how I made it:
- Cut a 3 1/2″ x 4 3/4″ piece of Pink Flamingo DP. Round the top left corner and the bottom right corner. When rounding the corners I first tried Stampin’ Up!’s 3/16″ corner rounder punch but the corners were too sharp – it didn’t quite give the look I was going after, so I pulled out my retired Stampin’ Up! 1/2″ corner rounder and used that – which was MUCH better.
- Center and mat the Pink Flamingo DP onto a Whisper White card front (a 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece of Whisper White CS folded in half with a bone folder).
- Cut a 1 5/8″ x 3 1/2″ piece of Real Red CS. Round the top and bottom left corners with Stampin’ Up!’s 3/16″ corner rounder punch. Pierce a hole towards the left side of the Real Red CS and insert a large circle Designer Brad. Set aside for a moment.
- Take a scrap of textured Whisper White CS and cut out the “hi” greeting using the Big Shot and Stampin’ Up!’s Timeless Type Alphabet. Stick the letters onto the Real Red CS piece with Stampin’ Dimensionals. You could also create your own form of Thickers (the American Crafts thick alphabet stickers created out of a variety of different materials) by cutting the letters out of craft foam. It works beautifully with the Big Shot (I did want to try it for this card but turns out I didn’t have any of the white foam).
- Center and mount the Real Red CS piece to the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals. You’re done.
Hope you enjoyed today’s card.
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Paper: Whisper White CS (100730), Whisper White Textured CS (108693), Real Red CS (102482), Pink Flamingo DP (113976)
Accessories: Circle Designer Brads (112571), 3/16″ corner rounder punch (109047), 1/2″ corner rounder punch (now retired),Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Big Shot (113439), Stampin’ Up! Timeless Type Alphabet (115951)
Andrea Walford 
