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Saturday, November 18, 2017

Stamping Fun!!



Stamps
Pick A Pumpkin, Painted Harvest
Card Stock
Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Cajun Craze, Garden Green Painted Harvest Designer Series Paper
Ink
Lemon Lime Twist, Early Espresso, Peekaboo Peach, Tangerine Tango
Embellishments
Jute Twine
Tools
Patterned Pumpkins Thinlits

  1. Crumb Cake card base 8-1/2 x 5-1/2 score at 4-1/4
  2. On the 2-3/4 x 3 Very Vanilla stamp the following: squash and leaf stem in Lemon Lime Twist, large pumpkin in Tangerine Tango, small pumpkin in Peekaboo Peach.
  3. Take the piece you just stamped to Big Shot and cut the above along with taller stem and curly cue in 3 x 1-1/4 Garden Green, open pumpkin in 2-1/4 x 2-1/4 Cajun Craze.
  4. Stamp greeting on 2-3/4 x 4 Very Vanilla
  5. Adhere 1-1/2 x 5-1/2 strip of DSP to card base, then Vanilla stamped Greeting, then 2-1/2 x 2-1/2square brown DSP.
  6. Arrange and adhere pumpkins as shown, attach bow with glue dots
  7. Stamp a couple pumpkins on the envelope and on the 4 x 5-1/4 Very Vanilla inside.
  8. There is no message on the inside.
Stamps
Colorful Seasons
Card Stock
Wild Wasabi, Whisper White, Painted Harvest and Wood Textures Designer Series Paper (DSP)
Ink
Chocolate Chip, Crushed Curry
Embellishments
Mini Sequin Trim, Glitter Dots
Tools
Seasonal Layers Thinlits, 2" Circle Punch, 2-1/2" Circle Punch
1. Wild Wasabi Base calendar: cut 4-1/4 x 11 score at 5-1/2
2. Wild Wasabi easel mechanism: cut 4-1/4 x 5 score at 1, 2-1/2, 4 inches
3. Fold the center line of the easel mechanism in mountain position, then the two score lines on either side are valley folds. (It looks like a tent with side flaps.) Miter edges.
4. With the base calendar in the mountain position, stand it over the easel mechanism. Adhere the flaps to the inside of the base calendar to make it stand.
5. To line the flowers up on the branch, refer to the diagram below. Look at just three flowers. 

6. Stamp the branch on the left side of 3 x 5-3/4 Whisper White card stock in Chocolate Chip, and the flowers in Crushed Curry, then punch out with 2-1/2" Circle Punch.
7. Stamp sentiment on the other end of the Whisper White then punch out with 2" Circle Punch
  8. Use thinlit to cut chair from 2 x 2-1/2 Wood Textures DSP then adhere to circle
9. Adhere 4 x 2-3/4 DSP to top portion of calendar card. Adhere calendar to bottom portion
10. Adhere two stamped circles to card top, along with die cut chair.
11. Attach sequin bow with glue dot, and add THREE glitter dots.

Stamps
Colorful Seasons, More Merry Messages
Card Stock
Real Red, Whisper White, Gold or Silver Foil
Ink
Real Red
Embellishments
14" Gold or Silver-edged Ribbon
Tools
Swirly Snowflake Thinlits
  1. Thick Whisper White card base 8-1/2 x 5-1/2 score at 4-1/4
  2. Apply Adhesive Sheet to 2 x 5-3/4 Whisper White. Place wax paper on the side with no adhesive, then place Snowflake Thinlit on top and run through Big Shot.
  3. Peel backing of snowflakes and adhere to 4-1/8 x 5-3/8 Real Red Layer
  4. Place the scalloped edge thinlit on the bottom of Real Red card stock aligning with bottom of snowflakes
  5. Adhere Gold or Silver Foil 1-3/4 x 5-1/8 on top portion of Real Red card stock
  6. Stamp Greeting on 1-1/2 x 4-7/8 Whisper White and adhere over gold foil
  7. Tie knot in ribbon around glue bottle. Cut ends.
  8. Secure ribbon over Real Red card stock.
  9. Adhere decorated piece to card base
  10. Stamp message and snowflakes in Real Red on the inside, and on envelope