Paper Crafts

Tutorial ~ Easel Treat Box with a Tag

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Materials you will need:

Drawer – card stock cut at 4 7/8 by 4 7/8 (score at 1 inch on all four sides)

Wrap – card stock cut at 8 ½ by 3 (on the 8 ½ side, score at 1 inch, 4, 5 and 8)

Easel – Card stock cut at 6 by 3 (on the 6 inches side, score at 1 ½ inches and 3)

Tag Card stock cut at 3 by 3 ¼ (or if you’d like it to cover the top of the box, just cut the card stock at 3 by 3).

NOTE: THE DESIGNER SERIES PAPER THAT YOU WILL NEED TO USE TO DECORATE YOUR BOX IS JUST 1/8 OF AN INCH SHORTER THAN YOUR CARDSTOCK ON ALL FOUR SIDES.

I hope you found this tutorial helpful and easy to follow. Happy Crafting!

 

Witch’s Spell Books

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Alter some paper-mache books that you can get from a craft store and turn them into a Spooky Witch’s Spell Book! Decorate it with some cheap items found at the Dollar Tree and other inexpensive items that you can get from the craft store. This will be a perfect weekend project with your kids, or grand kids. Just please make sure you do the hot-gluing 🙂

Materials Used:

3 Paper Mache Books (bought from Michael’s)
Mod Podge
Immortal Love paper stack from DCWV
Hot glue gun and hot glue sticks
Black silk Roses (Dollar Tree)
Eyelash Trim (my own collection)
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist (to make the flowers stand out)
Red Roses (20mm~I think from Wild Orchid Crafts)
Creepy Cloth (Dollar Tree)
Tim Holtz Distress Crackle Paint (Clear)
Tim Holtz Ornate Frame
Chipboard and Card Stock
Black Acrylic Paint
Gunmetal Acrylic Paint
Tim Holtz Book corners
Creepy Skeleton Hand (Michael’s)
Plastic Rat (Dollar Tree)
Plastic skull with hands (Dollar Tree)
Skull Cameo (Hobby Lobby)

Screen/Panel Card

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I am so happy to be chosen as one of the many talented monthly contributors for Diecut Crazy Magazine and this screen panel card below, is my first project submission. Our theme for the month of July is “Summer”. I have to admit that I was just a bit perplexed. I didn’t have any stamp sets with a summer theme. The majority of my dies are for Halloween, fall, Christmas and spring. I had to look back at some of my past projects and for some reason I couldn’t find any inspiration that would perfectly describe summer.

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In my opinion, summer is all about spending quality time with my husband and kids, traveling around, barbecues, loving the longer daylight, playing with pinwheels, kites, picking flowers, bird-watching and just generally enjoying the great outdoors! So I decided to capture these moments and showcase it through this Screen/Panel Card. The sentiment that I used for this card is exactly what summer is all about ~ it doesn’t have to be perfect to be WONDERFUL!

Supplies and Tools I used:

Screen/Panel Card – 6 x 12 Card Stock (on the 12-inch side, score at 3 inches, 6 and 9). This will create the screen.

All Four Panels (Card Stock)

Bottom Layer: 2 3/4″ x 4 1/2″
Middle Layer: 2 1/2″ x 4 1/4″
Top Layer: 2 1/4″ x 4″

Stamp Sets – Perfect Pennants Stamp set, For the Birds Stamp set, Sweetie Pie Stamp set

Pinwheel sizzlit die
Decorative Punch (I used this punch to create the “legs” of the screen)
Petite petals punch
Banner Punch
Spellbinders Cherry Blossom Die
Fanciful Wings embosslits
Banners Framelits Dies
Grass Die (taken from the Garden Bench Pop it Ups Die)
Rhinestones
Brown Embossing Powder
Copic Markers
Bahama Breeze Memento Ink
Victorian Velvet Distress Ink
Xyron Sticker Maker (I used this to adhere the branch and grass die cuts to my project ~ it makes my life a lot easier!)
Glue dots and stampin dimensionals

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Gatefold Shutter Card

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When I saw this video posted by France Martin, I immediately wanted to recreate this card and share with my subscribers.  I thought this card is not only unique, but also stylish.  I wanted to make my version a lot easier and I hope I achieved that on this video.  I chose a simple black and white color scheme and I thought it turned out so pretty.

Materials Used:

Card Base — Very Vanilla Card Stock — cut at 8 ½ by 5 ½, then score at 2 1/8 and 6 3/8

Shutter — Basic Black card stock (2 pieces) — cut at 3 ½ by 4. On the 4 inch side, score both pieces at ½ inch. Then on 3 ½ side pencil mark at 1 ¾ then mark at 2 inches to find the center so you can cut the fish tail for the shutter.

Center Piece — Basic Black card stock — cut at 3 by 5 ½. DSP cut at 2 ¾ x 5 1/4 . Adhere together using your TG or tombow glue. Use your large circle punch or circle framelits to cut a hole on the middle piece. This will create the window to your shutter card.

Shutter DSP — DSP cut at 5 ¼ by 1 7/8.

Bellyband — 1 by 11 inches. Fold on your card to create the bellyband. Don’t make it too tight so it can still slide in and out. Decorate according to your style.

TOOLS:

Score board and scoring tool or stylus
Bone Folder
Stampin Dimensionals or foam dots
Mini Glue Dots
Rhinestones
Adhesive (tape runner of Tombow glue)
Ruler
Pencil
Scissors
Circle Framelits (about 1 ¾ inch. In diameter)
Pansy Punch
Boho Blossoms Punch
Petite Petals Punch

 

Birdhouse Tea Light Holder-DIY Mini Milk Carton

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Spring is already in full bloom where I am and in fact, it is already getting hot over here.  I know some of you are still experiencing snow and hoping that it’ll be over soon.   Maybe crafting is the best way to deal with snow days.  So here is a little cute project that I hope will cheer you all up.

I don’t have the mini milk carton die from Stampin Up.  I saw this tutorial by Sam of PootlesPapercraft and I was just so thrilled since I didn’t have to purchase the die to make these boxes. She made hers as a treat holder but I wanted mine to look like a bird house and make it as a home decor.  So I added the roof, and the tea light.  Thank you Sam for this inspiration and for giving us the measurements.  I tried to make this video as short as possible so some of the boring scenes have been fast-forwarded for your benefit.

Mini Milk Carton:

Baked Brown Sugar Cardstock – 8 1/4 x 5 1/2″

Score on the 8 ¼  side at 1 7/8, 3 3/4, 5 5/8, 7 1/2″

Score on the 5 1/2 side at 1 7/8, 3 3/4, 5″

Roof:

Chocolate Chip Cardstock – 1 7/8 by 5 (embossed using the textured arrow embossing folder)

Tools:

Trimmer and Scoring Board

Bird Builder Punch

Paper Snips

TIEF Arrow embossing folder

Sticky Strip

Circle Punch

Scallop Trim Punch

Polka Dot Parade Stamp Set

HAPPY CRAFTING!  HAPPY SPRING!

Pocket Tags and Flower Tutorial Using the Envelope Punch Board

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These tags are so easy to make. You can use them as gift tags, or for your mini-albums and scrapbooks. You can also create these paper flowers as a home décor.

Materials used:

Designer Series Paper (free) from Sale-A-Bration
Lightweight Chipboard or Cereal Box
Other scraps
Envelope Punch Board — Item No. 133774

Perfect Pennants Stmap Set

Pansy Flower Punch —

Adhesive

Crop-A-Dile

Ribbon

 

 

Easter Egg Card & a Pop-Up Card

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This project was inspired by a fellow Demonstrator, France Martin. In this video, I will also show you an alternative way if you don’t have the Adorning Accents edgelits to create the “crack” on the egg.

Materials used:

Whisper White Card Stock — Item No. 100730
Sweet Sorbet Designer Series Paper (free from sale-a-bration)
Oval Framelits Die — Item No. 129381
Adorning Accents Edgelits — Item No. 125595
Bird Builder Punch — Item No. 117191
Word Window punch — Item No. 119857
Modern Label Punch — item no. 119849
Pansy Punch and Flower Shop Stamp Set — you can get this in a bundle for 15% off — item no. 132726
Petite Petals Punch and Stamp set — Item No. 133322
Mini Brad — Item No. 122941
Mini Glue Dots — Item No. 103683
Tombox multi-purpose glue — Item No. 110755
Dimensionals – Item No. 104430
Blue rhinestones (non-Stampin Up product)
Express Yourself — Hostess Stamp Set — Item No. 130339
Scissors
Paper Trimmer

I hope you enjoyed this video. If you have any questions, please feel free to send me a message.. Craft with your loved ones and create some memories.

Easter Egg Treat Holder

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This treat holder is so cute, you can basically create this for any occasion.  I love the new Scallop Tag Topper Punch but if you don’t have the punches that I have on this video, please use what you have.  This is just an example and you can use other punches to create a decorative edge to your card stock.  I have used my decorative label punch, scallop punch and even my blossom punch.  You just need to insert the edge of your card stock to your punch, line it up slowly to make sure the card stock is in the middle of the image, then punch! Easy, peasy!

Materials used:

Blushing Bride Card stock (Item No. 131198)
Cut at 2 inches by 11 inches (base)
Cut at 3 ½ by 3 ½ (middle piece that will hold the egg securely)
Daffodil Delight Card Stock — 119683 – Used to punch the bird and the wing
Pistachio Pudding Card Stock (Item No. 130020) — used for the leaves
Chocolate Chip Card Stock — Item No. 102128 — for the branch
Scallop Tag topper Punch — Item No. 133324
Bird Builder Punch — Item No. 117191
1 ¼ circle punch – Item No. 119861
Extra Large Oval Punch — Item No. 119859
Scissors
Score Board
Red Rose Ribbon
Baker’s Twine

I hope you enjoyed this video. If you have any questions, please feel free to send me a message.. Craft with your loved ones and create some memories. Happy crafting!