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Alcohol Ink Gift Tag Step x Step

Hi All!  Happy Tuesday.  It's Scarlett here today a bit later than I had planned but the weather around here has just not been cooperative.  It still isn't all that great but at least I was able to get a bit brighter pictures for you.  So let's get started!

Here are the supplies you will need to complete the gift tag we are going to create today:

Supplies:

Alcohol Inks

Alcohol Ink Applicator/Felt Pad

Spellinbinders Nestabilities Scalloped Circle Dies

Marvy Scalloped Circle Punch

Embossing Folder (I used Sissix Tim Holtz Retro Circles)

Patterned Paper (I used Crate Paper Snow Day 6x6 Pad)

Cardstock

Metallic Cardstock

Not Shown: Baby Wipe, Shimmerz Spritz

Step 1:

Cut circle from metallic cardstock using a Nestabilitie die and emboss with embossing folder.

Step 2:

Ink up applicator tool felt pad with choice colors of alcohol ink.  I used butterscotch, stream, and wild plum.  Apply alcohol ink to embossed circle in a pouncing type motion.

Step 3:

Using a baby wipe, rub away alcohol ink from select embossed areas revealing the metallic color below.

Step 4:

Punch out large circle from cardstock. Cut small circle from patterned paper. 

Step 5:

Adhere embossed circle to cardstock circle.

Step 7:

Ink up small patterned paper circle with remaining alcohol ink on applicator.  Spray with mist to give a shimmer.

Step 8:

Attach patterned paper circle to tag with dimensional adhesive and get ready to attach to gift. 

Hope you've enjoyed this step x step and give this uniquely beautiful gift tag a try!

Getting Grungy - A Technique For You To Try!

Hi!!  It's Scarlett with you today and I am here to share another grungeboard technique for you to add to your arsenol.

Here are the supplies you'll need for this project:

Grungeboard with raised pattern - I chose swirls to work with

UTEE

Distress Inks

Perfect Pearls

Not Shown - heat gun, water in a mister, paintbrush for perfect pearls

Let's get started!!

Step 1:

Rub your distress ink pad over your grungeboard and immediately cover with UTEE so it will stick to the distress ink.  Heat up UTEE until it has a nice sheen.  This will create a surface that acts as a resist for the next step.

Step 2:

Using some other colors of distress ink, ink up the rest of your grungeboard.  Notice how the portion I already inked with Barn Door Red still shows up because the UTEE acts as a clear resist allowing the color to shoe through.

Step 4:

Dab on some perfect pearls with a fluffy paintbrush (it is even better if you use the brush that comes with the set of Perfect Pearls).  When you have the coverage you desire, spray the area with some water.  This allows the Perfect Pearls to set up.  Tip: Keep a paper towel on hand so you can dab away excess Perfect Pearls if you are not happy with the initial results.

Now you have some sparkly grunged up grungeboard to work with as embellishments for your projects. 

Here is what I did with one of my circles to have for a future LO:

Can you tell I have Christmas on the brain right now?! To make this look like an ornament I added some metal tape (you coud certainly use some aluminum foil) and then bent some wire to look like the hook.

Hope you enjoyed learning this technique and use it the next time you are wondering how to jazz up your grungeboard!

 

Gulp...Gee, Thanks!! A Tutorial for when you need a Gift NOW!

Don't you hate it when someone gives you a gift and you forgot to get them something?  Sometimes it's a co-worker, a neighbor, the mailman...  No matter who it is, it's always rather uncomfortable when you get a little something from someone you weren't expecting.  So, here is a super quick little treat box that you put together for just one of those moments!

You will need:

*Patterned Paper for your box cut at 6"X 8 1/2"

*Cardstock or Patterned Paper for the lid cut at 4" X 4"

*Something to decorate the front of your box.

*A Ribbon Scrap (at least 20” long)

*Scissors

*An Edge punch

*Adhesive

*Scoring Tool

*Cutting Blade

 

Step 1:  Score your patterned paper at 2" along the long side of your paper.  Then, turn your paper to the 6" side of your paper and score at 2", 4", 6" and 8".  The Score lines are hard to see in the photo, so I put some arrows in so you can see where they go.

 

Step 2: Along the bottom of your paper, cut on the score lines up to the 2" score line.  Then, cut off the 1/2" piece at the end of the paper.

 Step 3: Fold on all score lines.  Then, turn your paper over and add adhesive to the 1/2" flap and the three RIGHT bottom flaps leaving the bottom flap on the LEFT withouth any adehesive (the one closest to my thumb).

 

 

 Step 4:   Fold the 2nd flap under the 1st flap and press to adhere it to the bottom.  Then, fold the 3rd flap under the 2nd flap and press to adhere.

         

Step 5:  Now, fold the last flap under the previous one and press to adhere.  Also, press the side of the box onto the 1/2" side flap to ahdere and close your box.  Here is what it looks like looking straight down into your box.

Step 6:  Now for the lid...  Score your piece of 4"X 4" paper at 1" on all four sides.  Then fold on the lines.  Each side will have a square on each end.  Make a cut on the line that forms the sqare on the RIGHT.  Cut only up to the score line that runs perpindicular.  Then, turn your paper and repeat making only ONE cut on each side of the paper and always on the right.  Then, cut a small piece off of each sqare so that it won't show after you use the punch.

 Step 7:  Use your punch on each side of the lid.  I started by centering it and then moving it to the left and right to go to the edge.  I found that when I used this punch, I needed to trim a bit more off my "sqares" so that they wouldn't show when I finish my lid.  This may not have to be done depending on the punch you use.

 Step 8:  Use a blade to cut a slit on two sides of your lid that is wide enough for your ribbon.  Make your slits right on the score lines.

Step 9: Put adhesive on the bottom of each corner flap.

Step 10:  Now fold over each side of the lid and press the flaps with the adhesive underneath each side to form the lid.

Step 11:  Fill your box with goodies.  I used Hershey's Kisses.  Lay your ribbon under your box.

Step 12:  Thread the ends of your ribbon under the lid and out through the slits that you cut.  Then, fit your lid on top of your box.

Step 13:  Tie and trim your ribbon.  Adhere a decoration to the front of the box, and you are DONE!

 

I know it looks like a lot of steps, but it's really easy!!  When I made one without stopping to take a picture at every step, it took me under 10 minutes!  It's quick AND cute!

 

Materials and tools used in this tutorial:

Bo Bunny 'Tis the Season Paper

American Crafts Cardstock

Nestibilities Dies

Prima Whispered Words Flocked Alphabet Stickers

Fiskars Apron Lace Punch

ATG Adhesive Gun

Fiskars Fingertip Swivel Knife

EK Success Cutterbee Scissors

 

Have fun!

~~Nicole~~

{12 Days of Christmas} Mini Album

Its our last of the 12 Days of Christmas. I hope you enjoyed the wonderful projects that the designers posted here the last 12 days.

A Walk Down Memory Lane Store Sales are good till Dec 13th....so act fast and order your goodies from Lisa

All projects must be posted in our Mr.Linky thread by Dec 24th at Midnight PST.

You can get the link for the sales and Mr.Linky HERE

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Mini Album 
By Lucy Chena 

 

Supplies 
4 pieces- solid cardstock 5 ½ x10 
1 piece - sold cardstock 5 x 5 
2 pieces- chipboard to make album covers 5 x 5 ½ 
2 pieces- pattern paper 6x6 
2 pieces -coordinating paper that will cover the inside of the covers for the album 4 ½ x 4 ½ 
Circle cutter or 1 inch punch (I used my CM circle cutter) 
Scraps or paper that will be used to decorate your album 
Ribbon 
Inking (optional) 

Part A- making of the inside pockets 
Take your 5 ½ x 10 pieces of cardstock and take out your scoring tool out 
 
At the 10 inch side- score at 5 inches 
As the 5 ½ inch side- score ¼ inches on each side 
 
Cut only one side of the ¼ inch to the 5 inch score line 
 
Fold score lines 
Add adhesive to the ¼ inch strip and fold over the top part to make a pocket 
 
 
Repeat the steps to make 4 pockets 
 
Use your circle punch to make a half a circle in the middle of the pocket (optional) 
 

Part B- making your covers for the album•Take the 2 pieces of the chipboard and cut them at 5 x 5 ½ inches 
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Cover it with the 6 x 6 pattern paper 
Cut the sides in a angle to fold better 
 
Adhere all around and firm it with a bone folder 
 
Then cut 4 ½ x 4 ½ coordinating pattern paper or solid cardstock for the inside of the album covers 
 

Part C- making of the binder for the album 
Cut a 5 x 5 piece of sold cardstock 
Score ½ all the way to the end. You will have 9 score lines when you are done 
Fold the score lines in and out so they look like mountains and valleys 
 
 

Part D- Putting it all together•Now take the binder and adhere one to one of the album covers 
 
 
Adhere your first pocket on the top if the first “mountain of that binder and continue to do this till all the pockets put in the mini album 
 
 
 
 
 
 
After this is done , use a bone folder to secure it better 

Part E- finishing up the album 
You are done with your book and you can start decoration it in any style or theme 
 
 
 
Enjoy and have fun

    12 Days of Christmas Sale 

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{12 Days of Christmas}On the 11th Day of Christmas ... A paper bow Tutorial

Supplies needed:

A Button, Double sided sticky tape, Double sided Patterned Paper ( I used Heidi Grace Holly and bright decor stripe)

Cut paper into :

4 strips of 1 1/2 in x 7in

4 strips of 1in x 7 in

4 strips of 3/4in x 3 in

Cute your Large strips

Fold and tape them them 2 opposite sides showing.

Heres all your strips once finished

Attach all 4 of the same ones like shown

You should have this

Attach them all and stick a button in the middle.. easy huh? :)



Our 11th day AWDML Sale is..

Fiskars Border Punches $10!!

{12 Days of Christmas} On the 10th Day of Christmas...

Mini Coaster Clipboard
By Lucy Chesna

Supplies
scraps of paper
scrap pf cardstock
4 inch coaster
black binder clip
inking
ribbon
strong adhesive



CLick HERE for the 2010 Calendar to be used for the Mini Coaster Calendar

1. Grab some scraps from your scrap box or any pp that you like to use for this project

2. Trace around the coaster and cover both sides of the coaster. I used a pp on the front and a solid in the back. After tracing it then cut it our and adhere to the coaster. Sand the sides of you like then ink it


3. After that take your black binder clip and cover the front of it


Print your calendar and cut them down to size for the mini coaster clipboard. Attach it with the binder clip and add ribbon as your finishing touch



Options: for the back you can add a magnet so it can stick it to a frigerator or use a push pin and hang it on a wall or office space

You can also take a 6x6 chipboard and decorate it the same way and add some embellishments and pics to it. I made one and combined it with the 4' mini clipbaord coaster for a gift.


Enjoy and Merry Christmas to you and your family~~~~LUCY~~~~

12 Days of Christmas Sale0 Day 10

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{12 Days Of Christmas} On the 9th Day of Christmas...

Today is Day 9 of our 12 Days of Christmas Celebration, and today the amazing deals continue!  Bazzill Cardstock packs are on sale today!!!  

Bazzill cardstock multipacks Smoothies for $5, Bling for $8, Special Value packs $7

I always love all things Christmas, so I had a lot of fun making this set of Christmas cards.  Creating several matching cards really cuts down on a lot of the time involved, while still allowing you to give handmade cards.

For this card design, I was going for a kind of primitive, rustic design and I'm happy with the way they turned out. 

 

To create this card:

1. Cut card base, 5.5 x 4.25 (folded size)

2. Cut mat out of coordinating paper.  I am using Making Memories Mistletoe.

3. Create the Christmas Tree.  To do this, I cut a rectangle from kraft cardstock, to get the height and width that I wanted.  I then measured the halfway point at the top and used that measurement to connect the bottom corner of each side to that halfway point to cut out a triangle shape to use as a template for the tree.

 

4. To create the swirl design, I took a large piece of kraft cardstock and stamped red swirls all over it, as shown.  I then used my template to cut out a tree for each card.  I then inked the edges of the trees.

 
5.  After adhering the triangle tree to each card, using brown cardstock or marker, add a trunk to the tree.

6. Cut out star to adhere to top of tree.

7. Add coordinating button to the star.

And, now you have a quick and easy card that is easy to reproduce :)

{12 Days of Christmas} On the 8th day of Christmas...

Who doesn't need more cards at Christmas? I know I always forget someone on my list and have to run out and get a card. I started making some "extras" just in case. I display them on the end table in my living room so they look festive and are right by the door if I need one in a hurry! I have seen some really cute cards made with overlays so I thought I give it a try.

For these cards I used an old Pink Paislee overlay I had in my stash that is not at all Christmas themed. This is a great way to use up those old overlays you have laying around. I also used the super cute Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses patterend paper and chipboard shapes. I love how the pink looks on holiday cards.  I cut the cute little snowwoman with my cricut using the winter woodland cartridge. This is my new favorite cartridge. I have already used it dozens of times for both holiday themed projects and other. There are some really cute scalloped shapes on it. I threw in a few buttons, some ribbon and October Afteroon Good Cheer stickers and I had two cards in no time.

Directions:

• Trim patterend paper to 3 x 7 inches.

• Trim overlay to 3 x 6 inches.

• Score patterned paper one inch from top and fold over.
  

• Adhere overlay under folded part of patterend paper.

• Decorate with ribbon, buttons, diecut and chipboard.

• Give to someone special or display at home!

 

And for today's christmas special- ALL AWDML collection kits are $10 (does not include Copic or card kits)! 

Enjoy! - Sarah

{12 Days of Christmas} On the 7th Day....

Today we are making Scalloped Circle Ornaments!  This is another simple, fun project that makes a great gift, but is also something you would love to keep and hang on your own Christmas Tree!

Here's how you do it:

First, cut your patterned paper into 12 scalloped circles.  I used my Nestibilities Scallop Circle Die Set and papers from the Three Bugs in a Rug Let it Snow Caboodle Kit.  You can use all the same paper, or different ones.  I chose to do FOUR circles of THREE different papers.

Now, score each scallop circle down the center.

Now, you need to prepare your ribbon.   The length of your ribbon will depend on the size of the scallop circles you are using.  I used an 18" piece of ribbon.  Then, fold the ribbon in half and tie a knot at the bottom and one a little ways from the top.  Make sure that the knots are far enough apart so that one knot will be above your circles and one below.  The top knot will create the loop that your ornament will hang from.

Fold each circle in half and add adhesive to the back of one side.  I used my ATG Gun for this step.

Now, carefully adhere the half with the adhesive to the back half of another circle.  Be sure to line up the scallops.  Also during this step, put your ribbon along the straight, folded edge.  The idea is to get the ribbon to run down through the middle of the ornament as you keep adding pieces. 

 Continue adding the folded circles back to back.  If you have used different papers, be sure to follow the pattern. 

 
 

When you add the 12th circle, adhere the second side to the first circle that you put on to complete the circle.

Your ornament is now complete.  Hang it on your tree, or give it as a gift!  

Be sure to share your Scalloped Circle ornament at the top of our DT blog using Mr. Linky to get your name put in for a prize drawing!

TODAY'S SALE ITEM IS: Scor-it Mini Board for $20 (regularly $34.99)

 

This sale goes until December 13th at Midnight and there is a new sale item each day for our 12 Days of Christmas.  There are limited quantities available, so if you don't want to miss out, you can shop each day and Lisa will ship everything at once after the 13th!

Be sure to check back tomorrow for a new project and a new sale item!

Happy Holidays!

~~Nicole~~

{12 Days of Christmas} Origami Tree Card Tutorial

Origami Tree Card Tutorial By Lucy Chesna

Supplies

•Double sided paper •Trimmer •Bone Folder •Adhesive •Inking (optional) Directions You need to make 4 squares for the tree and each one has to me ½ smaller then the next one

Fold them in half then open them up  

Then you will fold each from corner to corner to make a triangle

Pinch and push the 2 sides in like this, then crease it so you have a triangle

 

Then take 2 points and fold it down so it looks like a little arrow  

When you have them all done then you will tape then to your card. I cut up a scrap of paper to make the truck and start fron the bottom and work up to create the tree.
You need to nest them inside of each other.  

Then put the finishing touches on the tree and add your star on top…You are done!!!!

12 Days of Christmas Sale Day 6

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{12 Days Of Christmas} On the 5th Day of Christmas....

Today we are making magnets as gifts!  These are a wonderful teacher gift, or a gift for neighbors, co-workers...ANYONE!  You will notice that in some of the photos of the steps, there are small hands- my kids' hands!  This is a great family activity that your kids can do with you.  And, it uses up some of your scrappy scraps!

Here are the materials you need:

 Mod-Podge, scraps of patterned paper, circle punch, paint brushes, flat glass beads (from the Dollar Store), magnets, Quick Drying Adhesive (not pictured).

First, punch as many circles as you have glass beads from your patterned paper.

Then, add a thin layer of Mod-Podge to your glass bead with a paint brush.

Now, press your patterned paper face down onto the back of the bead- you want your pattern to show through the top of the bead.

 Now, put another layer, or two of Mod-Podge over the paper to seal it to the bead.

Once the Mod-Podge is dry, put a dab of Quick Drying Adhesive onto the magnet and glue it to the back of the glass bead.

      
 

Once the glue is dry, the magnet is done.  We made an assembly line and made about 25 of them all at once.

Here is how one of the magnets looks from the top.  You can see the patterned paper through the glass!

And, here are our magnets on the fridge, ready to be given to family and friends! 

Now, you can make a gift bag that Sarah showed you on DAY 2 and give them away!  Have a great time!!  

TODAY'S SALE ITEM IS: ALL MAYA ROAD CHIPBOARD in LUNCH BOXES are $4.00 (Regularly $7.99!!)

This sale goes until December 13th at Midnight and there is a new sale item each day for our 12 Days of Christmas.  There are limited quantities available, so if you don't want to miss out, you can shop each day and Lisa will ship everything at once after the 13th!

Be sure to check back tomorrow for a new project and a new sale item!

Happy Holidays!

~~Nicole~~
   

 
 

{12 Days of Christmas} Day 4- Brag Book

6x6 brag book By Lucy Chesna

1-Take your (2) 12x12 pieces of cardstock and cut them to 6x12 2-Now fold each of them in half to look like 6x6 when folded 3-Take one of the 6x6 and open it; add adhesive to the back of another 6x6 and put it on top 4-Repeat the steps all around till it looks like a cross 5-Folding : start from the top and bring it down, then the bottom goes up to fold; right one then left 6- Decorating the mini album •(9) 5x5 pattern papers for the album •(3) 4 ½ x 4 solid cardstock •(3) 1x5 pieces of pattern paper •(1) 1x6 piece of pattern paper •various buttons, chipboard, flowers and stickers to create the mini album

You are done to add your favorite pictures into your mini album All Rights Reserved ©Lucy Chesna

12 Days of Christmas Sale-Day 4 

Basic Grey Card Kits for $9

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