Addicted to Stamping

Flip Flop Album

I saw this at our local stamp store and thought it was the cutest idea. You need a pair of flip flops. I used the largest pair I could find and cut them shorter with a pair of scissors and sanded the rough edge with a sanding block (I didn't want my pages to be long and skinny). I used the daisy die to make the flower.

Trim a scrap rectangle of paper or cardstock to establish how large your scrapbook will be. Keep trimming the rectangle until it can be hidden by the sole of your flip flop. My rectangle ended up being 6" x 2.5". I used 3 pieces of 6" x 10" cardstock scored every 2.5", accordian folded the pieces and attached them to each other to make one long piece for my album. Attach it to your flip flops using sticky strip.

Matchbox Pop Up

Save your scraps of window sheets to make a pop up for your matchbox. The piece I used was 2/3" x 2-1/2". Stick it to the inside front of your box. I used a flower for this sample but a pop up sentiment would work well too. 

After youve finished your flower fill the box, fold the flower down as shown below and slide the box closed. When you open the box your flower will pop up.

Watercolouring Class

This was a watercolouring class we did that uses a variety of the watercolouring mediums that Stampin' Up offers. There are four 3x3 cards and a little pizza box to put them in. Here are the instructions.  

Explosion box & Scrapbook

This is an old project I made last year with the Loonies for Littles kit. There's 5x5 on board journal and an explosion box. One of my customers asked for the pattern for the explosion box so here's the link.
http://jackietopa.typepad.com/Loonies.pdf

Moving Circle Card Tutorial

Here's one of the swap cards I made for the London Regionals. Click here for the tutorial. 

    

Side Step Card

Here is an Easter Side Step Card made with the Sale-a-bration paper and ribbon bundle. See the photo below for a side view. It opens like a regular card so you can stamp your sentiment on the inside. It's pretty easy to make. Here is the tutorial.

 

       

Punch Bunny

Ears-small & large ovals (cross them at top and cut tips where they meet)

Head & Body-1-3/4” circle

Eyes-small oval, ½” circle, ¼” circle

Cheeks-3/4” circle

Nose-heart to heart

Hands-large oval (folded and trimmed on top)

Feet-large oval (trimmed flat on bottom)

Eggs-wide oval

Stamp Sets: A Good Egg

SAB Ribbon and DSP

CS: Celery, Whisper White, Pretty in Pink

Shaker Baby Card

This is my first attempt at a shaker card. It's difficult to see but there are clear micro beads in the letters . Since this is a scanned photo the beads aren't at the bottom. Shaker letters are easy to make with the Serif Essentials Alpha and the Big Shot.

1. Cover some craft foam on both sides with carpet tape and cut out letters. 

2. Peal the backing and stick the letters down.

3. Pour in your beads.

4. Cut a piece of acetate large enough to cover the hole with the beads. Centre it on your letter and stick it down.

5. Cut another set of letters from cardstock or designer series paper and stick on top. Finish embellishing your card and you're done.

Sweet Stems Embosslit

 Many of us purchased the sweet stems stamp set and embosslit with plans of cutting out embossed stamped images. The stamp doesn't line up perfectly with the embosslit but with a little tweaking you can get it close 

Here is a short tutorial to show you how. 

Moving Circle Card

This is a moving circle card. Below I have photos of the card as it turns. It's not hard to make   

1. Cut two scallops or circles   2. Find your center and poke a hole   3. Make a slice in both scallops from one edge to the middle. Decorate both scallops leaving 1/8th it empty     4. Attach both scallops to your card by putting a brad through the centre holes    5. Your top layer needs to be stationary so stick it to your card by putting a glue dot on the bottom of the first scallop to the right of the cut. Do Not glue down the whole scallop   6. Glue a small handle to the bottom scallop just to the right of the cut   7. Stick the slit of the bottom scallop through the slit on the top scallop and you're done.

 

 

 

 

Felicity's Star Card

This is a sample of Felicity's star card featured on Shelli's Blog. When folded it looks like a small card or tag but it opens up into an ornament. It's easy to make a great way to use up your DSP scraps.

For the tutorial click here