Archive for Glitter
“Hi Girl Friend” card featuring the Sweet & Sour Specialty DP
Posted: Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 | Comments
This newsletter issue’s card is this fun, bright card featuring the Sweet and Sour Specialty DP. The layout comes from the front cover of the Paper Crafter’s Card Creations Vol. 8 special issue. When I saw the layout and that yummy flower, I immediately knew I just HAD to make one too!
Here’s how I made the card:
- Sponge a 4″ x 5 1/4″ piece of Crumb Cake CS with a stamping sponge and the tea stain distress ink.
- Die cut a Top Note die out of Sweet and Sour DP, cut it in half and then stick it along the top half of the Crumb Cake CS piece with SNAIL adhesive.
- Lay a 6″ piece of Whisper White grosgrain ribbon across the Crumb Cake CS so that it covers the cut edge of the Top Note. Bring the ends of the ribbon around to the back of the CS and stick them down.
- Center and stamp the “hi” greeting below the ribbon, and stamp the “friend” greeting towards the bottom right of the Crumb Cake CS. Use Early Espresso Classic ink and a Stamp-a-ma-jig if necessary.
- Create the ribbon flower with the ribbon leaf as directed in the free video tutorial (see intro paragraph) and stick it to the left side of the ribbon with a liquid glue (I used Fabritac).
- Ink the chipboard letters with Pumpkin Pie Craft ink, sprinkle on Heat and Stick powder and heat with a heat tool. Sprinkle on orange glitter and then heat once again to set. Stick the letters directly over the ribbon, to the right of the “hi” greeting, with mini glue dots.
- Add some orange peel-and stick rhinestone brads to either side of the “friend” greeting. You’re done!
I hope you enjoyed today’s card
Accessories: SNAIL adhesive, mini glue dots, paper snips, 5/8″ white grosgrain ribbon, chipboard letters, heat and stick powder, Fine Supernova Glitter, heat tool, 1″ wide double stitched Rose Red ribbon (retired), 5/8″ Old Olive wide grosgrain ribbon, Big Shot, Top Note die
Mini Backpack Scrapbook Album TutorialLearn how to make this one-of-a-kind mini backpack-shaped scrapbook album. This 6″ x 8″ album was designed with a unique binder ring system to emulate the look of a binder. With both a boy and girl version, the 18 page layouts and custom-designed, coordinating page elements allow you to capture a snap shot of a child’s life. To purchase the tutorial click HERE.
Calendar & Note Pad Tin – Kit, Tutorial or Calendar & Note Pad refillsDo you ever find yourself scrambling to find something to write on and write with? I sure do…whether I’m home on the phone trying to take a message, or out and about trying to make a note to myself or wanting to check my calendar. If you’re like me then you’ll love my new Calendar & Note Pad tin…it’s portable, durable, small and of course pretty. This project is available in several formats: as a digital tutorial, a class kit by mail, or if you are a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator and want to offer it as a class, you can purchase just the custom-designed calendars and note pads. For more info click here.
Makeover Monday: Birthday Star
Posted: Monday, June 28th, 2010 | Comments
Happy Monday! Today is our first official day of “summer vacation” as the kid’s finished school on Friday. It was so nice not having to rush out the door first thing this morning. I actually got to linger in bed a little later than usual – which felt great!
Today’s card was “made over” from a card I saw in the June 2010 Cards magazine on pg. 99. Unfortunately I can’t link directly to the picture of the card for you. It was a 4th of July card which was very easily made over to a birthday card.
You’ve probably noticed that I tend to do a lot of birthday cards and thank you cards. That’s because I’ve started thinking in terms of what types of cards I use the most. I used to love to use all sorts of funky phrases and greetings for my cards, but over the years, those are the ones that seem to stay sitting in my card storage boxes because I can’t find an appropriate occasion for which to give them away.
Okay, on to today’s card:
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Take a 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece of So Saffron CS and fold it in half with a bone folder to create a 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ card.
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Ink up the swirl stamp from the Season of Joy stamp set in So Saffron Classic ink, and stamp it twice around the top right corner of the card. Make sure you re-ink in between.
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Cut a 3″ x 4 1/4″ piece of striped DP from the Happy B-Day Simply Scrappin’ Kit and stick it to the bottom of the card front with Snail adhesive.
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Stamp the greeting from the On Your Birthday stamp set just above the DP and towards the left edge of the card, in Basic Black Classic ink.
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Take a 10″ piece of the Real Red Polka Dot Grosgrain ribbon and wrap it around the card front with the stitched side facing upwards. The ribbon ends should be overhanging the right edge of the card. Stick the ribbon to the card front with Snail adhesive.
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Trim the ribbon ends on an angle.
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Take a large chipboard star and color it using Brocade Blue Craft ink. Dry the ink with a heat tool.
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Brush some Crystal Effects onto the star and sprinkle on the Iridescent Chunky Glitter. Tap off the excess.
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Stick the star to the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals. You’re done!
Glittery Birthday Card
Posted: Thursday, June 24th, 2010 | Comments
Where is the week going? For some reason I’ve been finding that for the last month or so, time has been just flying. I’m sure it probably has to do with the end of the school year rush – there’s just so many things going on at the kid’s school and so many things that need to be prepped for the summer. I’ve been finding it a real struggle to fit in stamping time. Normally, when I’m stamping every day, coming up with new creations is a breeze because I’m “in the mode”. At times like this when I am stamping more sporadically, each card is more of a struggle. it just doesn’t want to come together as easily.
Today’s card was inspired by a card I saw in the Paper Crafts Card Creations magazine volume 8. There was a birthday card with a glittery border which I just loved. Since it wasn’t a technique I’d ever tried before I decided to give it a go. I was amazed at how easy it was.
Here’s how I made the card:
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Cut a piece of Whisper White CS that is 1 3/4″ x 5 1/4″. With the 1 3/4″ side aligned with the top of your paper cutter, use your scoring blade to dry emboss a raised line at 1/2″ and then just slightly bigger than 3/4″.
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Place a strip of Sticky Strip in between the two embossed lines. Run your embossing buddy along either side of the Sticky Strip. This will make it easier to brush off stray glitter.
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Peel back just a small amount of the red backing from the Sticky Strip and sprinkle on your first color of glitter. Tap of the excess. Peel back a little more of the red backing and then sprinkle on the second color of glitter. Tap off the excess. Continue until you’ve added as many colors of glitter as desired.
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Brush off the excess with a soft-bristled brush.
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Using a Stamp-a-ma-jig and Basic Black Classic ink, stamp the greeting from the “Heard from the Heart” stamp set just above the glitter towards the right edge of the CS. Set aside for a moment.
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Take a 2″ x 5 1/4″ piece of Certainly Celery CS and scallop one 5 1/4″ edge with the Scallop Edge punch. Pierce a hole in the center of each scallop.
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Stick the Whisper White CS piece with the glitter to the scalloped CS leaving only the scallops showing. Make sure that the scallops are along the TOP of the Whisper White CS piece.
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Center and stick a 4 1/8″ x 5 3/8″ piece of Certainly Celery CS to a 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ Tempting Turquoise card (created by taking a 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece of Tempting Turquoise CS and folding it in half using a bone folder).
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Center and stick a 2 1/2″ x 4″ piece of Tropical Party DP (the Turquoise with the white Polka Dots) along the top of the Certainly Celery CS piece.
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Center and stick the Whisper White CS with the Scalloped Certainly Celery CS piece along the bottom of the Certainly Celery CS. Make sure the scallops are facing upwards.
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Stamp the cone from the Sweet Scoops stamp set onto a scrap of Whisper White CS using Creamy Caramel Classic ink. Cut it out with paper snips leaving a small white border. Stick it to the Whisper White CS piece, to the left of the greeting with 2-way glue.
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Ink up the ice cream scoop stamp in Pretty in Pink Classic ink. Ink up the stamp with the stripes in Rose Red Classic ink. Stamp the ice cream scoop onto the lines and then stamp it onto a scrap of Whisper White CS. Cut it out leaving a small white border around.
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Stick the ice cream scoop on top of the cone using Stampin’ Dimensionals. You’re done!
I had a question in the comments section of the last post asking whether we would be continuing to provide pdf’s of the projects. At the moment, I think my answer is probably not. The reason has to do with search engines and how they work. When you type in a search term in google (or another search engine), it looks for occurences of that search term on websites/blogs/etc, and then presents you with links to sites it thinks are relevant to your search. If instead of posting the directions to the project in my blog, I simply create a pdf for it, the content of the pdf does not get “found” by search engines in the same way as it does when it is in the post itself. So, by keeping our content in the posts themselves, it continues to keep our site “relevant” to search engines and makes sure we get found when people query things that we may have talked about. Make sense?
Anyways, I hope you enjoyed today’s project!
Andrea Walford 
