Lifesaver Box

Here's a tutorial for the little lifesaver box I originally showed HERE on my blog. I've had a couple people request directions for this cute little box. Here's the thing, as I was designing the first one I wrote my measurements on a piece of scrap paper which has gone missing of course, lol. So I started from scratch, made another, and now I'm sharing it with YOU!

LIFESAVER BOX

1. Cut a piece of cardstock to 7" x 4 5/8".

2. With the 7" side across the top of your Scor-Pal, score at 1 1/4", 3 1/4", 4 1/2", and 6 1/2". Here are some tips to make this easier:
* For 1 1/4", place the left edge of the cardstock
on the 3" Scor-Pal line
and score at 4 1/4".
* For 3 1/4", place the left edge of the cardstock
on the 1" Scor-Pal line
and score at 4 1/4".

3. Turn cardstock one quarter turn to the left. The short side should be across the top, and the 6 1/2" score line from step #2 should also be at the top. Now score at 1", 3", and 3 5/8".
* For 3 5/8", place the 3" score line
on the 1 1/2" Scor-pal line
and score at 2 1/8" (the little dot right beside the 2).

4. Click on the diagram above if you need a better view. Cut in to the first score line where you see red lines in the diagram. Be sure you're cutting in from the correct edge of the cardstock!

5. The gray shaded areas of the diagram designate sections to be removed. So cut those out now.


This is what your cardstock should look like now. I have mine turned upside down from the diagram though, so don't let that confuse you.


6. Begin assembling your box. First, I adhere the 1/2" flap on the box (not pictured). Next, I adhered the bottom.

I used Scor-Tape for this project - have you ever used this stuff? Oh my gosh, I absolutely love it! It's plenty sticky and the GREAT thing is - you can tear it with your fingers! No need to take time for scissors like with other double-sided tapes. Just rip a piece off, put it on the cardstock, and peel off the white layer. And look how much is on that roll! Gotta love more bang for your buck!

Ok, now back to our regularly scheduled programming, lol.


7. Next, stack 5 lifesavers inside (the kind that are individually wrapped in cellophane) then adhere the top 2 flaps together.


8. Embellish as desired.

The stamp set I used is called "Dear Friend" and it's in the new Serendipity Magalogue by The Angel Company.

House savings bank

I made this little savings bank for a design team project and have done a step by step tutorial. The tutorial is rather long winded (although the house is really easy to make) so pop on over to my blog to get the tutorial and link to the template.

Have A Bright Quilled Birthday!

This past week was Anne's birthday. Happy birthday Anne! She's my Stampin' Up! demonstrator who has brought me into this whole new world of stamping. Anne let me teach a quilling class in her fabulous studio and one of the new quillers wanted to learn how to quill a birthday balloon. I thought I'd post a tutorial for everyone as it is so easy to do!
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How to Quill Balloons

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Princess Carriage

What do you think? I am absolutely loving how this little pretty turned out and I bet my niece who I made it for will love it too!!

Requirements –

Twidleybits pre-cut wood Carriage kit
Basic grey Patterned papers or assorted patterned papers to suit
Various paints and embellishments

To create –

Using the wooden pieces as templates trace each onto the back of patterned paper and cut out.

Adhere the patterned pieces to each of the sections. I also chose to cut pieces to fit each of the large floral shapes on either side of the carriage.

Use a piece of sandpaper or an emery board to smooth out fit of the patterned paper to the edges of your shapes. This will also help the patterned paper to blend into the shape as if it was always meant to be there.

Ink all your edges to hide any imperfections and to add greater contrast.

To complete my frame I painted each surface with the appropriate colour (eg green for the swirls and leaves and pink for the flowers). Once dry I dry brushed a pearlescent paint over the surface of the green to provide a means of tricking the eye into believing there was numerous layers of shading. Finally I added blended shades of pink to the flowers and the word princess before coating with a light glitter paint.

To decorate my frame I chose to add some large Tim Holtz chipboard hinges to the front section then painted them with a gold leaf paint. The inside pages I have only added a few embellishments so that I have plenty of room to add my photo’s.

Striped Background

I went through my bookmarked "ideas" links and can't find the person's blog where I first saw this background. I'm soooo sorry! I know the technique isn't new, but I liked the way she used it.

Anyway, here's mine:

I used Palette L'Amore Red ink, a sponge, white cardstock, a piece of scrap paper (I grabbed a piece of vellum I had left over), and I also used graph paper although you don't have to.

If you don't have graph paper, just measure and mark light pencil lines at each end of your cardstock so you know where to lay the scrap paper. Sponge ink over the edge of the scrap paper, then move the scrap paper down to the next line you want to ink and sponge again.


Here's a close-up view of how I used the graph paper as a guide.


Here's how I used my striped background on a Valentine's Day card. The stamp set is "Forever" by The Angel Company. I also used a Martha Stewart lace border punch.

Check out my Angel Stamper 2 blog sometime, Tootles!

How To Quill A Simple Flower

Spring is just around the corner! Here's a simple quilled flower to embellish any card, scrapbook or craft project.
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How to Quill Flowers

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How To Quill Teardrop Hearts!

I know Valentine's Day has come and gone but I thought you might enjoy these hearts for any project!
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How to Quill Double Hearts

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Nugget Purse

I came across Karen's 2 pack Nugget Purse, but again - who am I to leave well enough alone, LOL! I made it bigger to hold three nuggets. Who can stop at just two?! (ok, let's be honest - who can stop at THREE, LOL!)

I used double-sided cardstock by K&Co. cut to 4" x 4 1/2".

With the 4 1/2" side across the top of the Scor-pal, score at 1", 1 1/2", 3", and 3 1/2".

Turn cardstock so the 4" side is across the top. Score at 1/2" and 3 1/2".

As shown in the picture above, cut and remove the 1/2" side sections from the 3" score line to the 4 1/2" end. Also, round the two corners on the end and add red-lined tape (or a good glue) where shown in the picture.


Cut a 7" piece of ribbon (no wider than 1/2") and place it on the inside of the box with the red-lined tape. The picture above gives better details.


Now adhere the sides together with the remaining two pieces of red-lined tape, placing the tiny tabs on the inside of the box.


The top flap will tuck down inside the "purse".


Embellish as desired. I left it pretty simple and just added a ribbon and bow with more red-lined tape.


Here's a close-up of how I did the "faux bow".

Come visit me sometime at Angel Stamper 2!

Enjoy your weekend, Tootles!

Making an Organisational "How to" book

I have to admit that I really do enjoy creating different things to make my life easier and I also enjoy sharing them with others. It takes me no time at all to write up a how to (so long as its not report writing time that is lol) and I like the idea of helping others to create. My newest article is another how to on making this -

You need –

• 1 A4 sheet chipboard cut in half

• Patterned paper



• Embellishments

• Printout copies of template

• Ribbon Binding rings or binding comb
  

Directions –

Print out approximately 20 copies of the template below. Cut sheet in half and trim to size. Ensure the pages fit within the your cover (an A4 sheet of chipboard cut in half). Cut your patterned paper to the same size as your covers.

Cover both sides of the front and back pieces with patterned paper. Sand the edges to smooth.

Ink the edges of the covers, both inside and outside.

Use a binder or hole punch to punch binding holes along the left side of the cover and the inner pages of your book. I actually used my bind it all to punch a set of six holes along the top and bottom of my left edge.

Insert a binding comb or if you like the effect I went for then add a 1 inch binding ring to each of the holes.

To complete my book I tied a piece of ribbon to two of the rings, binding 2 at a time together. I then decorated the cover of my book with a variety of embellishments.

Tea Bag Mini Album

Hello papercrafters! Here's something different I've been wanting to try...a teabag mini album. I was inspired by one I saw a few years ago in the Stampington, I believe, magazine. Anyhow it was quite simple to make:


-Take 4 herbal tea bags. Make a small slit on each bag and empty the tea inside. (Leaves a nice fragrance.) Set aside for now.
-Cut 8 pieces of patterned paper, 2-1/4"x 2-1/8". These will be your album pages.
-Machine stitch a border on each piece of paper.

-Stamp and embellish each piece of paper.
-Adhere the 8 decorated pages on top of the 4 teabags (front and back, of course) using paper glue.
-Sew or machine-stitch the 4 decorated tea bags together to form the album.
-To form tabs, staple a piece of ribbon to the edge of each of the last 3 pages.
TIP: I then embellished the ribbon tabs with the small flowers I found at the bottom of my patterned paper, you know, the "color-code" strip. Just punch them out with a 1/2" circle punch. See picture below to see what I'm referring to:


TIP: to cover the staples used to adhere the ribbon tab, I just adhered a paper flower or embellishment on top of the staple. See picture below. I don't know if I like the "stapled" look yet.

To complete my Tea Bag Mini Album, I will fill it up with my favorite pictures!

KIMBERLEY'S BUTTONS

While blog surfing I came across Kimberley's blog and her fantastic handmade buttons


You can see an example on Kimberley's card below.

For a full tutorial on how Kimberley made this button head on over to her blog here

Fiona x

Embossing Paste Tutorial

by: Jane's Creative Process

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When I went to the craft show this past weekend, I was struck by one of the samples they had hanging in a booth. So... there went my first 20ish bucks at that booth. I bought the embossing plate and the embossing paste. They also gave me a sheet of directions on how to do the technique. I figured even I could manage to smother a metallic plate with goo and squeegee it off! LOL.

So here's what I started with supply wise:

Embossing plate of choice
Embossing paste (this is glossy white)
Dark colored paper
Spatula (I used a Pampered Chef pan scraper)
Tape (low tack)

First step is taping the stencil to the paper (so it doesn't move):

Back side:

Front side:

Next step is to add some embossing paste to your spatula and spread across the template. The trick here is to start off the template... drag across the template... and do NOT lift it up or put it down in the template itself (or it forces paste into areas where you don't want it). They sell spatulas (that look a lot like cake decorating spatulas...) but I just used a Pampered Chef pan scraper.

Turn over and take off the tape and gently lift the stencil away from the paper. If you want to add glitter... now is the time to do it (while the paste is still wet). I used the ultrafine clear glitter. Then set the cardstock aside to dry (do not use a heat gun). It'll take a few hours to dry. Then make your card!

Do you want to know a secret? I managed to get embossing paste on the outside border (where there should have been a solid outline around the tree background). So I just trimmed the cardstock right up against the trees and then mounted to another piece of cardstock the same color so you can't tell I made a boo boo.

Hope you enjoyed the tutorial!

Jane