Archive for May, 2009:
Margoux is Painting
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.
Sarah Kay on the Internet
Free web images and clipart
The Adventures of Holly Hobby in print
Original Hobby Hobby
Colouring Book pages
A cute card
Cross Stitch kits
Cute Christmas card
A cute card
Subscribe to the comments for this postThere’s Something Fishy Here
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:Â Fish, Sunflowers and Dragonflies Creative Designs; Circle Dot Background, item 98K, Odd Bird Planet; Michelle’s Big Scroll, item 329U, Odd Bird Planet
Happy Birthday Johanna
Happy Birthday Johanna
Our Big Bird on Odd Bird Planet
Stamp:Â Odd Bird Planet Swirly Background
Tutorial Tuesday: 6 x 6 Envelope Card Box
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:Â 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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Believe in the Magic of the Season
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.
One Layer Thank You
Happy Memorial Day weekend to my American readers. I apologize for not posting my cards through the week but I threw out my back at Curves, and have been in a great deal of pain and haven’t been able to create.
When I finally felt a little better I was able to spend several hours playing and creating approximately 30 Technique Junkie backgrounds. When I played with the August 2008 Layered Collage technique, the idea for creating a one layer card came to mind.  With the cost of postage, one layer cards are very nice to have on hand. Stamps are by Fancy Pants.
Have an enjoyable and safe weekend!
Reader of the Week: Barb Deshima
Some of you may remember this tag that I posted a couple of weeks ago. It was made by Barb Deshima, this week’s Reader of the Week.
Barb just recently started leaving me messages on my blog, being a self professed silent viewer since I started blogging in 2007.
Barb misses the weekly challenges that Kim Prince and I had with each other.  Barb is right in that Kim and I have two different styles, which made the challenges all the more interesting. I miss them too! If only there were more hours in our day.
Barb has a wonderful husband who helps her with her Christmas cards. How lucky is that?!
Barb, thank you for reading my blog!
Barb doesn’t have a blog, but if you leave a comment and say hello to her here, she will be sure to get your little hello.
Want a chance to be in the spotlight? Leave a comment on one of my posts throughout the week and your name will be entered into a random draw.
Tutorial Tuesday: Cuttlebug Inspired Gift Bag
Last week I found a quick and easy gift bag tutorial at the Cuttlebug Challenge Blogspot. Natalie’s Custom Gift Bags post displayed lovely ideas and patterns for various styles of gift bags. My gift bag uses the Mini Gift Bag directions.
The gift bag was decorated with lace and my handmade roses. Leaves are by Prima and can be purchased on my website, Sunflowers and Dragonflies Creative Designs.
Now that the bag was complete, I needed handles. This tutorial will show you how to create handles for all your gift bags.
Place two Nestabilities onto chipboard. Use any shape you desire.
Place the Nestabilities facing up. Place the chipboard on top of Nestabilities. Place cardstock on top of chipboard. Run Cuttlebug back and forth, several times, to ensure the two layers are cut through.
This is what the pieces will look like once cut.
Both sides of the handles need to be covered, but only one side needs to be covered on the top half, which is the area that will be seen. The fully covered side will face the inside of the bag. If you cut enough shapes, you will have enough to cover both sides entirely. I didn’t cut enough shapes out so this is why I covered just half of one side.
The handles are ready to be glued onto the bag, and now you are ready to decorate your bag.
Close up of my handmade paper roses.
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Meet Beth Ullman
I am happy to announce the addition of Beth Ullman to my Design Team. Beth is a very talented card and project designer who loves to experiment with all kinds of techniques. A member of the Technique Junkie Newsletter, Beth is never without a new idea to share with her readers at Nana’s Memories and More blog.
Beth is an active participant with the Technique Junkie Yahoo Group and recently held the position of guest designer for the newsletter. As a subscriber to the Technique Junkie newsletter everyone one has the opportunity to contribute to the Yahoo Group.
Beth is an active participant over at the Cuttlebug Challenge Blogspot, and is the one who inspired me to join in too.
Whether it is a special technique, a challenge, or project, Beth is ready to dive in and try her hand at it. She inspires those around her to get active too.
Welcome aboard, Beth. I’m so happy you are on my Sunflowers and Dragonflies Creative Designs team!
Bam–Kick it up a Notch
Beth Ullman is a reader who who has become a very good cyber friend. She participates in many on-line challenges. Each week, Beth likes to make a card, using my tutorial as her inspiration. This is the lovely card that Beth created using this week’s tutorial, “Kicking it up a Notch with Double Embossing.”
Isn’t it pretty? Beth has loads of inspirational cards on her blog, “Nanas Memories and More.”
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The next card was created by the talented Kim Hutchinson. She used my owl stamp in her signature style that appeals to me so much. Kim is another very good cyber friend and a design team member for my on-line store.
Kim has a mixed media blog called Running on Ink, where she keeps us up to date with her husband, Mr. Ink, and their two children, the Ink Spots. She is so funny.
To my fellow Canadians, I hope you enjoy the long weekend!
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