PROJECTS

for Stampers Season Class

  

in

  

October, 2010

 

 

This Month's Projects at-a-glance

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TROPICAL COLORS

FISH or FLOWER VASE CARD

  

 

 

 

These two are actually exactly the same card;

I just switched the little picture in the very middle.

 

(That's why the bows look exactly

 the same; they ARE the same! )

 

 

 

The lighting is just a little off on this one,

but at least you get the idea:

 

 

 

 

 

Here is the prototype I got the idea from,

which is actually closer to the actual colors.

 

(I must have taken my pictures at night.)

 

 

 

 

 Project  Notes

  

  

CARDSTOCK:  White CS cut "hot dog style"; score at 5.5" and cut at 4.25"

(I'm not sure what the colors were that I actually used, and I have given the card away, so I can't look, but you could use any tropical-ish colors

 

 

 

SUPPLIES:   

 

■  Crystal Effects  

■  Aqua Painter  

■  Dimensionals

■  White Ribbon - 14" for a tie

(I'm guessing you'd want 20" or so for a full bow)    

                                     

 

 

DIRECTIONS:

  

1)  Cut all the cardstock.

 

2)  Stamp your image (vase, fish, whatever you're using) onto a small piece of cardstock.  Trim to whatever size you'd like it to be.  Then place this onto your first mat color, leaving 1/8" showing on the left side and top edges,  trimming the right, and then the bottom edges.  Then do the same for your next matt piece out.  (I do not measure these; I just start with whatever size looks good for the image I chose, and then layer my way out.)  As you can see in this picture with the vase, I have a narrower inside matt piece (the orange) than I do the pink.  This was planned.  

   

3)  I then worked my way IN from the outer edges of the card for the main, larger card matting.  I'm guessing that the dark pink matt is 4" X 5-1/4".  Then the orange piece is 3-3/4" X 5".  Then the designer paper (white with tiny hearts) is 3/16" less on each side.  (Notice the variance between the orange and pink pieces.)

 

4)  I mounted the inside (vase or fish) piece with Dimensionals.

 

5)  After it was all put together, I applied the Crystal Effects to the vase or the fishbowl and the balloon, and then allowed it to dry in place.

 

6)  And then last but not least, I tied on my ribbon ~ which went all the way around the card.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHABBY CHIC

SUNFLOWER

CARD

 

 

 

Click here to see this card at Splitcoast Stampers.

 

Ours looks pretty much exactly like this one, other

than we only did ONE banner of a word!

(instead of "happy" + "smile" + "wishes")

 

 

 

 

 

 Project  Notes 

  

  

CARDSTOCKS/PAPERS:  

 

■  Top "Top Note" piece is white CS, cut just on the inside of the dotted lines so that the dotted lines on the lavender piece matting it show.

 

■  Lavendar "Top Note" piece ~ in Lavender Lace, or you could use Opulent Orchid, if you still have that.  It'll be a little brighter and bolder. 

  

■  Card Base: Elegant Eggplant

 

 

STAMP SETS:  Butterfly:  "All a Flutter"

                                 Silver scrollies on the white piece:  "Elements of Style"

 

 

SUPPLIES White organza (taffeta is used in the picture) 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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BURNISHED  TOP NOTE

MASCULINE CARD

  

 

     This is such a quick and easy

"masculine card" to do!

 

 

 

I take out the signature only so you can actually

see the card, however, I want the artist, Debra Daam,

to receive credit, so here's the original photo:

 

 

 Project  Notes

  

 

STAMP SETS:  

 

■  "Perfect Punches" - (the "Congratulations" stamp" is from there, but any stamp from "Teeny Tiny Wishes" would work, too! ~ the sentiment punched with the Word Window Punch, and then the "mat" for it punched with "Modern Label Punch."

  

■  This medallion is from "Artistic Edgings", but I don't have that set.  Really, any circular, "medallionish" stamp combined with various sizes of circle punches will work.  If it's not big enough, then layer a larger circle behind it. 

 

 

CARDSTOCK:  

  
■  Sahara Sand- Cut at 4 1/4" X 11" scored at 51/2" 

  
■  Early Espresso - first die cut with "Top Note", then run through the "Vintage Wallpaper" embossing folder

 

■  Any white or cream CS for the sentiment.

 

 

 

INSTRUCTIONS/TUTORIAL:  Run the front side of the main card (Sahara Sand) through the Big Shot using "Square Lattice" embossing folder.

 

Stamp and punch your medallion piece(s).

 

Unevenly sponge edges ~ as shown in the picture ~ of main card, Top Noted brown piece, and the medallion.  Sponge also across the tops ~ again, unevenly.  (I used Early Espresso on the main card piece; and then that and/or black on the Top Note piece.)

 

Wrap Linen Thread around the Top Note piece as shown ~ 3, 4, or 5 times.  (Looks like 5 in the picture, but 3 or 4 would do.  To save thread, cut 5 (or 3 or 4) lengths of thread 1 inch wider than the wide end of the Top Note piece (that this will be going on), tape securely at one end, tape onto the back allowing 1/2 inch overlap (fold) to the back, then wrap around and across the front, folding around to the back on the other side, and tape in place.  (If using 5 strands, you will save about 20 inches of thread this way!)

 

Stamp and punch your sentiment.

 

Adhere medallion and sentiment to card, using Dimensionals.

 

Apply brads where you want them.  (They used way more than I felt was needed.  Let's see...  I counted TEN!  So just do how ever many you think is "enough"!  )

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DOUBLE  SCALLOPED-CIRCLE

WREATH CARD

 

 

 

 

 

Here is the original prototype...

 

Pretty, but I knew I wanted mine to

have more pattern and color.

 

 

 Project  Notes

  

  

for the

  

DOUBLE  SCALLOPED-CIRCLE

WREATH CARD

 

 

Stamps
• "Curly Cute"
 
 
Papers:

 
• Start with a Christmassy designer paper you'd like to use; cut at 4" X 4".

 

• Then find card stock to go with that, cut to standard card size of 5.5" X 8.5", scored at 4.25"

 
• Cut another piece of coordinating cardstock to go at the top (or bottom, if you prefer), which will be 4" wide by
1-1/8" high.

 
• And then find a green cardstock to also coordinate with the designer paper.  Use the large circle scallop Bigz die to get the larger wreath piece; punch the smaller inside wreath using the large scallop circle punch, but FIRST ~ before punching, punch out a circle in the cardstock using the 1-1/4" circle punch.  Then position the scallop circle punch evenly over the punched circle, and punch.  Run both of these through the small dots embossing folder (or any of them that look fun!), and then sponge the edges with the same color of ink.

 

 
Accessories:

• Pearls
• Ribbon to match

 

   
Stampin’ Up! Accessories
/ Tools
• Big Shot Die-Cut Machine
• Scalloped Circle Bigz Die
• Small Dots Embossing Folder

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies to Bring

to each class: 

     

  

  

  

 

Paper cutter

 

Snail adhesive (for those

who prefer that over glue sticks)

 

Reading (or close-work) glasses!

 

(A little tip...  I normally wear 2.50–2.75

reading glasses, but for closer, more-detailed work

like this, I got a pair of 3.00's and LOVE 'em!)

 

  Small sharp scissors

(which Stampin' Up calls "Paper Snips")

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

NAME

Coming to Oct. 2 class?

Meredith

YES

"I will be there Saturday but again

will have to sneak out early."

Wanda

YES

(hostessing)

Jean

YES

Lisa

YES

(only for the morning)

Mary

YES

Tracie

NO

Vicky

YES

Marilyn

YES

 


 

 

QUESTIONS?  

 

Email Barb at

beshelton@aol.com

  

  

  

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my favorite graphics website:

  

  

...except for the

steaming pizza which is from:

  

 

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