Wednesday, September 27, 2023

DECORATIVE MASKS MISS YOU

I fell in love with these masks.  Of course color choices are yours as well as the choice to emboss or not. Play with them create something totally you. 

MISS YOU



HOW TO CREATE & ASSEMBLE: 

  1. For starters, know that you will be working with 4 different masks to create your floral designs so you want to select the colors you are going to work with and multiple blending brushes.  I selected 6 colors.  
  2. Also know that the masks are numbered but you don’t necessarily have to do your inking in that order.  There is a notch in the top left hand corner of each mask.  When you lie your first one down, you may want to mark the spot on you work surface so that you can then be sure to line up the resin the right spot.
  3. With that in mind. . .Start with your white (5” x 3 3/4”) cardstock and secure it into place on your work surface with wash tape. Set down your first mat over your cardstock. (Mark the notch spot) Starting with mat #1 (the flowers), Blend first with your lighter ink color.  In our case, the color is Crushed Curry and if you want you flower to be multi-colored, then add your other colors using a clean blending brush for each new color. 
  4. While doing this, if you want to add a flower to the inside of your card or to your envelope so that it will coordinate you may want to do it at this time while you have each ink color out.
  5. Repeat the mat placement and color blending with the next 3 mats.  Lining up the notch and always starting with the lighter color. When finished, please clean the mats.
  6. Run your floral piece through the embossing machine in the in the Exposed Brick 3-D Embossing Folder to give the page texture.  This step is NOT necessary.  Adhere this to the piece of Espresso cardstock (5 1/4” x 4”)
  7. Take your wavy ribbon and wrap it around this piece on the left side adhering it in the back, then adhering this to the front of your card base using dimensionals.
  8. On your small scrap of crushed curry cardstock, stamp your sentiment and run it through die cutting machine with the small oval die. Adhere to your card front using dimensionals. Embellish with in color dots.
  9. For the inside, stamp your sentiment on the other piece of white cardstock. Adhere this piece to the other piece of espresso cardstock and adhere to the inside of your card.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Post-it note book covers

When I saw these, I HAD to CASE them.  So fun and easy to make. Obviously you can select any color cardstock and any stamp set to create these cute little Post-it notebooks but this is what I chose.  I also used a designer series paper (Bright & Beautiful) that all coordinated together. On the inside cover, you can skip the designer paper and stamp on the white cardstock or put a personal message for the recipient.  Great little gifts for teachers. 

Also please not that the post-it notes and pens are not products of Stampin' Up!.  I purchased both on Amazon.  There are also tiny mechanical pencils that would fit as opposed to pens if you wanted to go that route.

Have fun!

POST -IT BOOKS

CASED Marsha LaFroth




 HOW TO CREATE & ASSEMBLE: 

  1. Take your base piece of cardstock (3 1/4” x 10 1/2".  Scored at 3 1/4, 3 5/8, 4, and 7 1/2.) folding in at the 7 1/2” score line, burnish and adhere closed.
  2. Adhere a (3”) square piece of green cardstock to the front and the back of first panel of your “book”.
  3. Stamp the design and sentiment on one of the white (2 3/4”) squares then adhere this to the front cover.
  4. Adhere the other white square to the inside of the front cover.
  5. Adhere the (2 1/2”) square piece of DSP over the white piece.
  6. On a scrap of white card stop, stamp inside sentiment and punch out with oval punch.
  7. Punch out a scalloped oval out of Berry Burst cardstock, and adhere the oval sentiment to this then adhere to the inside fold of your cover.
  8. Fold the at the 3 5/8” score line and make two cuts in to the other two score Iines about 1/2” apart, then fold at the score lines valley-mountain-valley.
  9. Adhere the post-it note pad to the inside back cover. (Make sure you don’t stick it in upside down.)
  10. Slip the pen into to slots cut out in step 8.
  11. Embellish with pearls that you have colored with stampin’ blend to coordinate with your design.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Bird's Eye View Sending Birthday Smiles

 SENDING BIRTHDAY SMILES




HOW TO CREATE & ASSEMBLE:

  1. Start with your (5 1/8” x 3 7/8”) piece of Crumb Cake cardstock and stamp it with the Rays of Light stamp and Crumb Cake ink. Set it aside.  If. You would like your envelope to coordinate, you can stamp the flap of your envelope with the same stamp and ink.
  2. On your scrap of Pecan Pie cardstock, stamp the branch in the pecan ink. Fussy cut it out with your snips. Set aside.
  3. Stamp your bird on the scrap of white cardstock, then stamp only the top part of his head again off to the side and stamp with the eye glasses over the eyes. Color in using the Stampin’ Blends. Fussy cut out the two pieces. If you would like to have the glasses have a little of “shine” to them, using the fine tip glue pen, carefully make a thin layer of the glue over the lenses and let it dry. Be careful not to get bubbles. Set it aside to dry.
  4. On the small piece of blue cardstock, stamp the sentiment and run through die cut machine with the deckled rectangle die. Adhere to the Crumb Cake stamped cardstock in the upper right hand corner with dimensionals. Embellish with gems.
  5. Using the scrap of mossy meadow, die cut out some leaves for your branch. 
  6. (Optional) I opted to give my Crumb Cake layer a “rough” look so to do this, take your open snips around the edges of the cardstock and scratch around all the edges. Adhere to the card front with dimensionals.
  7. Stamp the inside with your sentiment
  8. Create your scene for the front of your card and adhere using dimensionals. ** your bird’s glasses will not be dry yet so just set them aside until later before adhering.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

You're the Best Part of My Day

  YOU’RE THE BEST PART OF MY DAY HOW TO CREATE & ASSEMBLE: Fold and burnish card base. Set aside. Run (3 1/4” x 5 1/4”) piece of Crumb C...