Happy Wednesday my friends! Today, Irit Shalom is here from Irit Shalom’s Designs to share with us a great background technique for our tags!
As always, if you have any questions or comments, please post them at the bottom of this post! We would love to hear from you! I will available all day to answer them! Hugs to you all!
Hello friends! Today, it is my turn for the Whoo Hoo Wednesday and I have a quick tip on how I keep my Dies from moving when running them through the Big Shot! I hope you enjoy!
I had a lot of fun creating this Halloween card with all its details! I let my imagination run wild with this one. My labels and image come from the Halloween Labels and Fancy Labels 18 stamp sets. After cutting them out with the Big Shot, I then lifted each one with dimensionals.
On the top of my card is a spider web from My Mind’s Eye paper, so I thought it would be fun to have spiders running down the side of my card stock. These spiders are from last years Tricks & Treats stamp set.
What better than some dead dried flowers and leaves added to the corner of my card?! I distressed each IBS White Rose with distress ink and then bent the wire to give them that dead and droopy feel.
I hope that you enjoyed today’s quick tutorial!
A Personal Note:
Today was a super special day for my oldest daughter Tessa. She competed against regional kids from grades K-7 in a drawing competition and was one of the winners. The competition was about saving the Great Barrier Reef and how picking up our trash helps the ocean. She is the June month and is the center page for the calendar. I am so very proud of her. xoxo
Please leave a comment! I love hearing from you!
Have a great day!
Here is Kendra with this weeks Whoo Hoo Wednesday featuring the Halloween Tags! Hugs, Joanna
Do you know what day it is?
Wednesday, right!
But better yet, it's.....
Whoo Hoo Wednesday!!
It's time for another Whoo Hoo Wednesday tutorial with Inspired By Stamping's wonderful stamps!!
Today, I decided I would share an easy tutorial with you on some fun little treat packages I created!
I just LOVE the new Halloween Tags set!! This set is so fun to use to create Halloween packages! With my little guy starting 4K this year, I was excited to use this set to create some treats for his classmates!!
1. Cut black cardstock 8 1/2" x 3" for base and score on the long side at 3/4" and 2 3/4".
2. Cut designer paper at 3 1/2" x 2 3/4" for the front panel. Cut a piece of designer paper in contrasting pattern for the bottom panel at 2 3/4" x 1/2".
3. Ink all the edges with black ink.
4. Place your package of M&M's under the little flap. Use a stampler to add a staple in the center.
5. Then add your little piece of paper to cover the staple.
6. Add the front piece of paper.
7. Finalize by adding embellishements. On a few of them I added a belly band, which measures 7" x 1". Then I added the Halloween Tag.
Here are the six I created for his classmates!
I love how they turned out! So cute and fun for the little kids!
You can also add ribbon and gems if you like, I tried to keep them clean and simple, since they are going to little four year olds.
Some close-up pictures of the packages:
Isn't this Halloween Tag set fun?!?! I sure think so!!
These would be great for birthday favors, wedding favors or any other holiday/party favors!
As I mentioned before, I have had so much fun creating cute little projects with this set!!
Make sure to check out the IBS store for all the wonderful products!
Have a wonderful day!
Today, Colleen has a beautiful technique using Crackle Paint with a gorgeous card. Please scroll down to download the PDF file. Hugs, Joanna
It's my turn to show you a project for Whoo Hoo Wednesday, and I've got a larger-than-A2 Victorian card to feature.
I began with a dressmakers form made from chipboard (thanks to my friend Carol for sending me a slew of them!), and painted it with white Crackle Paint.
When the paint was dry and crackled, I sponged on Walnut Stain Distress Ink with a soft, swirling motion, to get it in the cracks.
Time for a skirt. Turn the dressmakers form upside down on a piece of patterned paper that is also upside down, and trace with a pencil.
After adhering the trimmed patterned paper skirt, it's time to glue on some pretty lace. This is a remnant from my stash.
I added a bit of ivory braided trim to the waist (yes, it's quite high-waisted!) and then glued on a piece of a cheap pearl necklace. I set an acrylic stamping block over the pearls to apply pressure until the glue set.
As a last minute idea, I sponged some white ink to the edges of the dressmakers form. I also added some BEAUTIFUL little pink roses from the Inspired By Stamping store (link at end of post).
The patterned papers are retired Anna Griffin pieces, and gave such a Victorian flavor to this card.
See the crackle on the stand?
I stamped a portion of a sentiment from the Daisies set on this oval die cut, and gently shaded it with sage chalk ink.
This is a peek inside the card.
Thank you SO much for joining me here today!
Colleen Dietrich
www.colleendietrichdesigns.com
Hello friends! Today Deb Hickman has a great tutorial on how to emboss resist your cards! Please scroll down for the PDF file to save on your computer!
If you are looking for today’s release, PLEASE CLICK HERE! Hugs, Joanna
Emboss Resist Technique
by Deb Hickman
Hi, it's my turn to host Inspired by Stamping Whoo Hoo Wednesday and I'm going to show you a simple tutorial on the emboss resist technique.
You will need:
Stamps
light colour pattern paper/cardstock
VersaMark ink
white embossing powder
heat gun
coloured inks
paper towel
Using VersaMark ink, stamp your image onto the paper/card, I used the large doily from IBS Delicate Doilies II and cover the image with the white embossing powder, tip the excess back into the pot.
Heat the image with your heat embossing tool until the image becomes glossy be careful not to overheat as the image will flatten. It doesn't look much at the moment, the magic happens once you add the ink.
Sponge over the entire image with inks or PanPastels, I chose to use TH Distress ink, once you've got the depth of colour you want, wipe over with a paper towel, to take off any ink from the glossy white image, leaving you with a beautiful sharp image that seems to pop off the paper.
Here's my finished card.
Supplies
Stamps- IBS Delicate Doilies II, IBS Fancy Sentiments (released on Saturday)
Papers- October Afternoon Thrift Shop, SU First Edition.
I hope you enjoyed this simple tutorial and thanks for stopping by.
Happy Crafting
xxxxDebxxxx
Download Deb Hickman Embossing Resit Technique Sept. 12, 2012
Today, Tammy has a wonderful technique showing us how to use only part of Inspired by Stamping sentiments! Don’t forget to scroll down to download the PDF! Hugs, Joanna
Hi!
It’s Tammy here and I have a simple tip and trick on how to ink only part of your sentiment stamps without cutting them apart. Many times we have the perfect sentiment in our collections, but we only need to use part of it or maybe would like to use different colors to add visual interest. This really stretches the use of your stamps and no need to cut the words apart to achieve this goal. It’s the perfect way to customize what you have.
Gather some well-loved sentiment stamps!
You will need scotch tape, ink, and the item you are going to be stamping on. In my case, it’s a tag that I have created.
You are going to place a piece of scotch tape over the portion of the stamp you DO NOT want to ink up. This is a pretty neat trick to achieve only stamping part of your sentiment.
As you can see the left side with the ink pooling is the side with the Scotch Tape.
Be sure to pull the tape off before you stamp the image.
The cool thing about this technique is it allows you to mix fonts and sentiments from different sets to keep it interesting and get more bang for your buck!
Here is the completed sentiment tag! The edges have been distressed and the flower was stamped using the “Stamping Off” technique.
Listed below are the Inspired By Stamping stamps used.
· You from Inspiring Sentiments
· are from Big Treasures
· sweet from Cross Stitch
· as from Oh Baby
· Sugar from Yummy Food Labels
· Flower from Floral Love
Here is a card I created using this fun sentiment tag !
Hope you enjoyed this quick little tip! It’s a fun way to customize sentiments without cutting your stamps apart.
Thanks for stopping by!
~Tammy~
Today I have an updated Inspired by Stamping Scallop Circle Tutorial. I had many requests yesterday on how to make my card for the Inspired by Stamping Inspiration Challenge. Click Here to see the post. I have a 1 minute video for you and some photos for those that prefer that too. I hope you enjoy!
Cut and score your card stock.
Leave four scallops uncovered as shown. This will be your "hinge".
This is what the card looks like after running it through the Big-Shot! Voila! You have an awesome scallop circle card (4.5" wide x 4.25" tall).
For more information on how I made this card, Please click here to see my full post.
Hello blog friends! Today, Irit has a fabulous tutorial this week using Elegant Flowers stamp set! Scroll down for the PDF file. Hugs, Joanna
Inspired by Stamping tutorial August 2012
by Irit Shalom from Irit Shalom Designs
In this short tutorial I decided to show how to use Faber Castell DMC Big Brushes and Gelatos on stamping and not the usual inks and distress stains. The overall technique is the well known and loved masking, but the use of an uncommon coloring materials make is more interesting.
So here we go!
Step 1
Grab your Elegant flowers stamps , your dirty clear acrylic block (in my case not so clear, as I clean it maybe twice a year), you Red set of FC DMC Big Brushes (the only set I own and one green , I sure need more) and a pre- made tag. You can make your own tag, but as far as I have some, I use mine Ranger's ones. Stamp all 3 roses on some scrap cardstock and cut them to use as your masks. Some of us keep those masks for a future use and even laminate them. Not me. I am a very messy and unorganized stamper, so I most probably never find those masks later. Anyway, the chance to use the same stamp in real time is close to zero, so I make them for the particular project only.
Now add the Brush ink over the biggest Rose stamp as shown. This is a kind of a permanent ink and it's pretty much dry in 5 seconds, also we do need some heating later as it bleeds with water.
Stamp the rose on the corner. Now a quick reminder : when you make masking stamping the upper image is the first one you stamped. So if I want the biggest rose to be the upper one on my tag I need to stamp it first and so I did.
Step 2
Adhere the largest rose mask with some non permanent tape as shown. Believe me or not, but I use this drugstore paper tape as it's cheap and always at home.
Stamp the second rose , using another color of Big brush, over the masked largest rose and from the both sides. Leave your mask as is, we will use it later.
Now cover the upper rose with your second rose mask and stamp the smallest rose over it as shown .Stamp a partial image of the smallest rose over the large corner rose (your mask is still over the image).Leave all masks in their place as we are not done yet.
Step 3
Stamp your leaves stamp with Green Big Brush over the upper rose and in the middle.
Our stamping is over and now for some water fun.
Step 4
Pull some Faber Castell's DMC Gelatos, try to figure the colors that work best with your images and spread 2 lines of each color over the non sticky mat.
Add some water . I added too much, but it still works.
Grab your tag over the watered paints and do it a few times. This paint is very delicate, so we just make a mute and light coloring and then I mixed it with fingers. And yes, my fingers are pretty much dirty when I craft, but this is a water color and you can clean it in a second.
Your tag is done. Heat it with any heat gun or just let it dry in the sun , then iron it if you want (or not... ). And now you can use your finished tag as a part of your card as I did here or to keep it for a future use on your altered project or scrapbooking page.
Triple Tier Easel Card
Designed by Kim Score
Supplies:
Daisies stamp set by Inspired by Stamping
Mason Jar Add On II set by Inspired by Stamping
Stampin’ Up! Orchard Harvest designer series paper
Chocolate Chip card stock
Shimmery White card stock
Nestabilities Circles die set
Nestabilites Big Scallop Circles die set
Big Shot die cutter
Chocolate Chip and Old Olive ink pad
So Saffron, Daffodil Delight and Chocolate Chip markers
Large oval punch
Scallop oval punch
Dimensionals, glue
Scissors
Instructions
Step 1
For the front tier, cut a piece Orchard Harvest DSP 3-1/2” x 7” and fold in half. From the Big Scallop Circle nestabilities set, use the 3rd from the outside die. Lay the die face down on the paper with one edge of the die hanging off of the center fold of the paper. Die cut the paper and open up.
Step 2
On the left side, fold the scallop circle in half. The scalloped edges should align on the sides and the top edge of the scallop will be a little over the center score line.
Step 3
Die cut a single scallop circle using the same size die from step 1. Cut a frame from early espresso card stock using two of the Nestabilities circles dies. Stamp three flower stems from the Daisy stamp set with old olive ink on shimmery white card stock. Cut stems out and glue onto back side of circle frame. Stamp three flower heads from Daisy stamp set with Chocolate Chip ink pad. Color flowers with so saffron, daffodil delight and chocolate chip markers. Cut out flowers and mount to outside of frame with dimensionals. Mount frame onto front easel with dimensionals.
Step 4
Repeat steps one and two to create middle and back easels. For the middle easel, start with a 4” x 8” piece of designer paper folded in half and die cut with the 2nd largest die. For the largest easel, start with 4-1/4” x 8-1/2” piece of designer paper folded in half and die cut with the largest die.
Middle easel is decorated with a circle cut out of coordinating paper and a victorian crochet trim bow. The back easel is decorated with a big scallop circle cut out of coordinating paper.
Step 5
Starting with the back easel open, glue the middle easel onto the bottom half of the back easel. Attach the front easel onto the bottom half of the middle easel. Stamp greeting onto designer paper with chocolate chip ink and punch out with large oval punch. Layer onto scallop oval punch piece with dimensional. Layer scallop oval onto front of easel with dimensionals.
Thank you for checking out my tutorial! Links to my blog are appreciated!
Kim Score
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