June's Projects at-a-glance

 Project  Notes

CARDSTOCKS/PAPERS:  

■  Top white scrolly piece: "Bride" Specialty Designer Paper, cut at 3 5/8" X 3 5/8."  

■  Pink piece:  Pretty in Pink, cut at 3 7/8" X 3 7/8."

■  Card Base: Apricot, So Saffron, or Barely Banana can be used.  (So Saffron is in the above picture.)  Place the fold just barely inside the scallops of one side of the square scallop die, and run it through the Big Shot.  You should end up with a card that opens from a scalloped fold along one side. 

STAMP SET:  The new "From the Heart" stamp set is the sentiment in the above card, but anything that fits into the large (not largest) oval will work.

SUPPLIES: white taffeta (or other) ribbon, brad for the center of the flower, Pretty in Pink and So Saffron stamp pads.

TOOLS:  large (not "wide") oval punch and  scalloped oval punch for the sentiment; scallop circle punch for the pink carnation; paper piercing tool and pad for making holes in the flower pieces; 5-petal flower punch for the leaves;  sponges to apply ink to the top "Bride DP" piece, square scallop die and Big Shot.

INSTRUCTIONS:  

1)  TOP PIECE:   Sponge yellow and pink ink onto this piece as shown above.  Use a cotton ball to remove excess ink from the scrollies ~ to make them whiter/shinier.  Adhere this piece to the pink square.

2)  RIBBON:   Tie the ribbon as directed in the tutorial on this web page.  There are actually two ways to do this (both are on that same page).  The first is the one I used here, but either works!

3)  NEXT LAYER:   Adhere the above (now one) piece to the So Saffron scalloped square card base.

4)  LEAVES:   Punch one 5-petal flower out of green.  (I'm not sure what they used in the sample above, maybe Green Galore, but Certainly Celery is nice.)  Cut into two pieces, one having three leaves, and the other having 2 leaves.  If desired, use a bone folder to create a vein going up the middle of the leaf, out to the point, and then veins extending from that center line out to the edge of the leaf.  (See the leaves in the PUNCHED FLOWERS ON TOP NOTE  CARD at the bottom of this page.)

5)  CARNATION:

■  Punch 3 scallop circles out of the Pink Pirouette. 

■  Crumple each circle, opening and then crumpling again in different directions a few times. 

■  On two of these, do a little extra crumpling.  Then, when you see the edges of the scallops separating, go ahead and continue separating into two thinner flowers.  It's easiest ~ with the least amount of tearing the flower ~ to start at the outer edge of each scallop, separating from that down into the flower a little ways, then going to the next scallop and separating in a little ways from there ~ doing the same all the way around, until the whole flower is separated. 

■  Using the paper piercing tool AND the pad, pierce holes in the center of all three scallop circles. 

■  To assemble, place the whole scallop circle down first, then layer the other two split-in-half scallop circles, smooth side up, onto each other.  Push a brad through all five layers, and open in back.

■  Attach the leaves to the back of the flower, making sure you don't have adhesive showing on the front where the leaves are peaking out from behind the carnation.

6)  SENTIMENT:   Stamp the sentiment you want to use onto white cardstock.  With the large oval punch up-side-down, hover over your sentiment and punch.  Punch the light pink scalloped oval, and adhere the smaller oval to the larger.

 Project  Notes

STAMP SETS:  

     ■  The grass is from  "Inspired By Nature."  

     ■  The sentiment is from "Well Scripted."

CARDSTOCK:  

  
     ■  Chocolate Chip #102128 - Cut at 4 1/4" X 11" scored at 51/2" 

  
     ■  More Mustard #100946 - Cut at  3" X 5"

     ■  Whisper white # 100730 - Cut at 3 3/4" X 5"

INSTRUCTIONS/TUTORIAL:  Click on the picture below of the tutorial video to go to the web page for this card at Dawn's own site.  First there's a picture of the card, then a list of supplies, then this video screen ~ just click on the arrow in the middle, and Dawn will tell you how to make this card!  (Or come to class on June 12th and *I* will show you!!!  )  

SUPPLIES:  (These are listed on that same web page.)

BRADS:  I preferred the three brads toward the bottom of the card over the five brads along the whole left side. 

CARD PROTOTYPE:  Here is Dawn's original card:

 Project  Notes

CARDSTOCK:  White CS cut at 5" X 10" and scored at 5"

                                 Scraps of black to punch the face, ears, feet, tail etc.

TEXTURZ PLATE:  I used the swirlies one in "Backgrounds 1," but any swirly design would work ~ even a floral design.

SUPPLIES:    sponge   ■   grey stamp pad   ■   dimensionals

                                      movable eyes from a craft store

TUTORIAL:

1)  Fold the CS in half on the score line to make a folded 5" square ~ which is the card base.

2)  Lay the card base, folded, just inside 2 scallops of scallop circle (it will be at a slight angle to the sides of the die), carefully lay the clear cutting mat over it, and run it through the Big Shot. 

3)  Select the Texturz Plate or embossing folder you want to use to "fluff up" the sheep, front and back, and do so, being careful to place the edge of the folder or plate right at the fold of the card.  (One of the sides did not work as well as the other, so I used that for the front side since the head of the sheep covered it up nicely!)  ...  I did run the white scalloped oval through as well, but not the tail. 

4)  Punch the pieces for the rest of the sheep's body:

     1 wide (largest) oval in black - for the face

     6 small ovals in black - for the 2 ears and 4 feet

     1 scalloped oval punch in white - for the puff over the face

     1 flower (the largest of the 3) in white from the Boho Blossoms punch - tail

5)  Sponge all the edges of the scallops.  If there's a scallop, sponge it! ~ card front, card back, white oval scallop and tail.  I used Going Grey because it's lighter, and I wanted a softer look, but it's retired, so you'll have to use Basic Grey; just go easier with it.  If you're making the card for a baby, you might want to be less realistic and go for a light pink for a girl, or light blue for a boy!  Or yellow or green for "either.

6)  Assemble all the pieces to form the sheep's face and body, including the tail on the back.  Adhere the eyes with either snail adhesive or mini glue dots.

7)  Here is the sheet of "Ewe Sentiments" I made up for this card ~ or any card with a sheep or lamb.  Click here or here: www.homeschooloasis.com/EweSentiments.doc.  Here's a picture of it: 

You can't edit this (above) as it's just a picture of the document, but once you open the document, you can edit anything.  Just double-click on the text you want to edit, and then start typing your own text.)  I formatted these to be punched out using the small (original) scallop circle punch ~ to match the scalloped sheep!  Cut these in strips; do not just cut out all the squares or you won't have anything to hold onto when inserting the text into the punch!

 Project  Notes

CARD BASE:  This piece ~ the "regular cut" (8 1/2" X 4 1/4", scored at 5 1/2")  ~ can be any lighter shade of pink...  I used Pink Pirouette, but Blush Blossom (now retiring) could also be used, or Pretty in Pink.  Run the front of the card through your choice of embossing folder.  I used Finial Press here, but the dots one also looked really pretty, and so did "Floral."

STAMP SETS:  

     ■  The two olive green scrollies are from "Priceless."

     ■  The sentiment is from "Well Scripted."

SUPPLIES:  Punches:  Boho Blossoms and 5-petal

INSTRUCTIONS:  

1)  Punch all your flowers. 

2)  Wad each of them up quite thoroughly, in different directions.  Do this thoroughly so that you have a nice texture to them. 

3)  Using the paper piercing tool AND the pad, pierce holes in the centers of all the punched flowers. 

4) To assemble, ... Push a brad through all five layers, and open in back.

5)  Punch one 5-petal punch out of green cardstock and cut it into two 2-petal pieces and one one-petal piece.  If desired, use a bone folder to create a vein going up the middle of the leaf, out to the point, and then impress veins extending from that center line out to the edge of the leaf.

6)  Adhere the leaves to the back of the flower, making sure you don't have adhesive showing on the front where the leaves are peaking out from behind the carnation.