May
30
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Tips & Tricks,
Uncategorized 
I just love Sarah Kay stamps don’t you? Sarah appealed to so many of us when she came out with Holly Hobby in the 70’s. Today she is turning her images into rubber stamps. You don’t have to look too far to find a place to sell these cuties; you can buy them right here at Sunflowers and Dragonflies Creative Designs.
Did you know that Splitcoast Stampers have awesome weekly sketches? For this card I used Sketch 209. When I work with Stampavie images, I enjoy pairing it up with BasicGrey paper. Prima flowers were added.
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May
29
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Sunflowers and Dragonflies Creative Designs 
This large fish is one of the wildlife stamps I designed. You can purchase it at Sunflowers and Dragonflies Creative Designs web store.
After I coloured the fish I decided that it needed a shabby chic background so I did Mesh Direct from the April 2008 edition of the Technique Junkie Newsletter. Pat offers lots of awesome backgrounds that go perfect with my stamps.
Stamps: Fish, Sunflowers and Dragonflies Creative Designs; Circle Dot Background, item 98K, Odd Bird Planet; Michelle’s Big Scroll, item 329U, Odd Bird Planet
May
26
Posted under
Tutorials 
I am happy to say that I sat down with a ruler and scrap paper, on the weekend, and came up with a gift card box to hold your 6″ x 6″ cards. The directions might look scary, but once you draw out your template, you will find that it is indeed an easy tutorial when you take one step at a time. Please don’t be scared away with my directions. I tried to play in Photoshop to make a nice sketch of the template, but I couldn’t figure it out. Instead, I have a well-marked hand drawing for you. Well, shall we get started?
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Supplies: Bristol Board or Poster Board (it is larger than 12 x 12 cardstock), Ruler, Pencil, Scor-Pal (or towel and bone folder)
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Lay your bristol board so the widest part is on the horizontal. Cut bristol/poster board in half. Now you have two pieces of cardstock to create two separate 6 x 6 boxes.
- Draw a rectangle 14 3/16″ (36.5 cm) x 10 1/8″ (26 cm)
- Along the long sides of the rectangle, draw a 2″ margin
- Create a triangle house shape on the narrow part of the bristol/poster board.
- House shape will have 4″ sides (10 cm)
- Find the middle point of the house shape which is 3 1/16″ (8 cm) and place a dot along the score line that is the closest to the top of the house
- From that dot, measure out 5 3/4″ (15 cm). Place a second dot.
- Create the roof of the house by running a line from the dot you just placed to the sides of the house
- Score the dotted lines and cut the solid lines
- If you do not have a score pal, score your template with a bone folder and ruler, on top of a folded towel
6″ x 6″ BasicGrey decorative paper fits nicely onto the front and back portion. Use a coordinating 6″ x 6″ sheet and trace the top of your box onto the backside. Cut out and trim the long end of the paper so it fits nicely on the flap, with the white bristol/poster board showing. The decorative top and end pieces are cut 1 1/2″ x 6″.
Punch two holes on the flap. This is for the ribbon that holds the box closed.
Fold template into a box shape, and mark two holes on the front, using the two holes as a guide on the flap. You want these holes to align so ribbon can hold the box closed.
With a sharp point, create two holes on the front of the box. Hold the point in the hole and move the pointed punch in a circle to create larger hole openings.
Thread ribbon through the backside of the front of the box. Once your box is ready to be closed up tight, you can then thread the front flap through the wrong side to the front and tie.
Punch a half circle on the front of the box for easy access to your cards.
Fold template into box shape and securely tape sides of box together. Double sided tape or Mono adhesive works best.
You now have a box for your 6″ x 6″ cards.
6″ x 6″ BasicGrey Sultry is available at Sunflower and Dragonflies Creative Designs on-line store.
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May
24
Posted under
cards 
Hello folks! Yes, it’s that time of year when I think of making Christmas cards. This one had a lot of detail put into it. Each layer of paper was machine stitched. The horizontal band was run through the Cuttlebug and a scalloped edge was attached. White dots were added with a stylus dipped into acrylic paint. Finally, a poinsetta was added. I really wanted to add more to this card, but I couldn’t think of what to do because the card front seemed busy already. My problem is that I just never know when to stop. Do you have this problem?
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Stamp: Rubber Stampede; Designer Paper: DCWV Ultimate Christmas Stack; Poinsetta and leaf (unknown source as I threw out the packaging). Image was coloured with Prismacolor pencil crayons and OMS.
