Sunday, October 30, 2011

Flower tutorial by Angel..Sunflower great for your fall layouts!

Hello everyone .. Time for me to give you another tutorial. You never can get enough Flower How too's and with that said I have a Sunflower to share with you...With fall here It just made me in the mood.If you do not have these punches you can used what you have at home maybe a daisy punch or your cricut.

Here is what you will need...

Yellow,brown and green cardstock (shade of your choice)
Tim Holtz distress ink-Vintage Photo
Blending Tool
Fabic Tack(or any fast drying Glue)
Moulding mat or mouse pad
Large stylus 8mm with ball
Punches- Star Lily, Large Highland Snowflake,Sun,Birch Leaf
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Now you are to punch out the following....
Star Lilly -12 of each petal (yellow)
Highland snow flake -One (yellow)
Sun- 3 in brown
Birch leaf-4 in green
Ink all your petals in vintage Photo...
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Then using the Stylus and mat, You will press down on the punch piece using the stylus in a circular motion to loosen the paper.
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Do this to all the pieces...
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Now using the highlander snowflake as the base,you will then glue the large petals all around then layer the second to largest over that offsetting between the petals...
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Continue with the rest of the petals and then add the sun by layering them in each other and glueing in the center.. now add the leaves to your liking..
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You can add what you want to them Here I added some Glimmer mist in Clear just to get that sparkle. You can always turn this into a pointsetta if you wish..
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I hope you enjoyed this.. Lots of fun...

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Recipe Book Video with Jolaine....

Jolaine Frias has created this awesome Video using our October's Main Kit... It's a gorgeous Recipe Book...Enjoy!!!

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

My Creative Sketch Contest is Not Over Yet....

Head on over to My Creative Sketches and join in the fun. Lots of  FABULOUS PRIZES to be WON!

Here the Sketch # 2 by Kim Keane and a Gorgeous LO created by Guest DT  Member, Zoe Nemburt...





 What are you waiting for ??? Come play along!!!

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

How did I do that ..Fall Wreath by Zoe

Making a Fall Wreath

Gather up your scraps from your kit...believe me there is plenty I created 4 layouts 2 cards a canvas AND a wreath!!! and I still had a little left over. Great value for money :)
You will also need a score board I use a martha stewart one
Strong glue like Fabri-tac or a Hot glue gun
Buttons left over from your kit
some cardstock
circle punch or you can hand cut them
and a little bit of patience!!

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For the big flowers I cut 2 12 inch strips I needed about an extra 3 inches to make the full flower but mostly I used 1 inch strips anything 8 inches and longer will work.

Score the strip every 1/4"

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Fold back and forth all the way to end, then add some glue to hold it all in place.

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This picture gives a good idea, I glued an overlap so that it will have a stronger hold over time.

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Now here's the fun part, I hadn't actually ever made these before I made this wreath... so lots of trial and error. I found as I would flatten them down they would just pop right back up again... so I decided to cut some reinforcement! I punched out some circle and glued one to the back AND to the front of each flower.

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if you have a few bottles of "anything" sitting around just place them on top while waiting for the glue to dry!!

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next I punched out some circles from the patterned paper and used some natural twine to thread the buttons with.

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Once everything is dry you can layer the 1inch flowers on top of the 2inch flowers and then add the patterned paper circles and buttons.

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Adhering to the wreath would be easier with a hot glue gun... however if your like me and would burn yourself if you owned one fabri-tac or a similar strong glue will have to do instead! lol I found adding the glue to the backs of the flowers placing them where I wanted on the wreath and then setting the wreath backside up worked best, as otherwise your liquid glue would just slide through the holes! so place them where you want them then lay face down on the table and let dry. it was really sturdy when I picked it up an hour later!!

Last just add a sentiment and a few last flowers and you are done!! I actually had an extra left over so I made an extra card!!

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Enjoy making this fall wreath

Zoe

Monday, October 24, 2011

How did I do that...Misting thru die cut by Hilde

take your sheet of paper and the chickenwire together with glimmermist:

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spray the glimmermist on top of the chickenwire:

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then you have your great misting!

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Another thing I did with the chickenwire is using white paint on a tissue and simply stamp on your chickenwire.
It doesn't give this detailed look, but it still looks fun!

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Enjoy this misting technique !!!

Hilde

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Making an Awesome Stamp with Tomoko....


***Making a stamp***
I used a clear stamp from Bo Bunny to make this, but if you don't have something like it, you can make your own stamp out of bubble sheets.

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Cut the bubble sheet into your desired size.
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Press in onto paper.
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Add liquid pearls or paint in the center of the dots.
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Thursday, October 20, 2011

How did I do that ..lattic work by Angel

For the Frame on this Layout...I Used my Cropadile to Punch Three holes where the light dots where to give it that extra it needed... Then used pop dots to adhere it to the page...

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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Make You Own Brick Mask....from Kerry Murray

I just wanted to share this gorgeous technique from Kerry with you today...Hope you enjoy!




First get yourself a sturdy piece of cardboard,then draw some bricks some small some large they do not have to be perfect.
As shown below.
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Then i used a craft knife and cut them out,once again they do not have to be perfect.Once you have cut them out that becomes your mask.

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Then i cut one of the flowers from the paper and used this as a mask as well.I have reversed the flower and I put the flower down on the paper and glimmer misted it lightly.
From there i lifted the flower off,then i used this flower the right way and put it on the opposite side of my layout,you can see it in the layout photo.
then i laid the brick mask onto the paper and used ranger inks and masked it with antique linen.

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And this is what it ended up like.
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

How did I do that ..Dusty Attic mask using mist by Sarah

I love to use masks and mists on my layouts, but I don't always want them to be the center of the layout or to overwhelm the photos.
Here's how I use embellishments as a mask to create subtle details on my layouts.

1. I used the MDF chicken wire embellishment as a mask on my background just by simply lying the chicken wire embellishment
onto the page then using a mist to spritz over top of the chicken wire.
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2. I also did the same thing at the bottom of my page. I used a mist that was similar in color to the background paper in order to keep
the detail subtle so that it didn't take the focus away from my photos.
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Here's my final layout. The great thing about using an embellishment as a mask, is that you can still use the embellishment on another
project once your finished!
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LOVES :) -Sarah

How did I do that...Altering Die cuts by Romy

I loved the die-cuts in the main kit this month, especially since you can turn them into chipboard pieces very easily too! I'll show you in a short tutorial how I turned this tea can into a dimensional chipboard embellishment.

I used the box my kit came in as the chipboard layer behind the tea can. I simply attached the die-cut to the cardboard using tacky tape and then started cutting it out.
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Then the tea can looked like this:
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After that I sanded the edges to make sure the cardboard wouldn't peek out behind the die-cut.
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And in the end I inked the edges using Colorbox 'Chestnut' ink.
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This is how the tea can looked on my layout '100% Pure Honey'. As you can see I also decorated it with some liquid pearls for a perfect finishing touch.
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Love,
Romy

Friday, October 14, 2011

How did I do that...Modeling paste by Delaina

This a simple, yet effective tech for your pages and projects...Below are step by step pics that are easy to follow.


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Below are the supplies you will need... Dry Wall Tape (from the Hardware store), Modeling Paste, Paint, Paint Brush, Pop sicle stick to apply modeling paste.

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Be sure the modeling Paste is completely dry befor adding the paint.

I drop a dab of paint on a scrap paper...dip the brush in the paint and then wipe away most of the excess...helps with the dry brushed look.

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This is so easy to do....hope you will give it a try.
Delaina