May Stamp Club Projects

OK, I promised I would post directions for the projects for May's Stamp Club and I finally had time to do them! There are 4 projects and I am going to describe how we did each one below the picture.

This is the Father's Day Trifold card we made. There is a very good tutorial here by the very talented Beate Johns, it has all the dimensions and steps for construction of the card.

• First step is to take an 8 1/2 x 11 piece if Blue Bayou (BB) paper and make it into 2-sided patterned paper. Use the Rough Texture jumbo wheel with Choc. Chip ink cartridge to cover one side.
• Flip sheet of paper over and use BB ink with the medallion stamp to create a random pattern.
• Then use Craft White ink with the paisley image filling in the larger spaces. You will then need to heat set the white with a heat gun so it won't smear, or you can let it sit for a few minutes.
• Then use Close to Cocoa with one of the small images to fill in the remaining spaces to create a pleasing pattern.
• Sponge BB and Close to Cocoa ink all over the paper to give it a distressed look.
• Trim paper to 8 x 8 1/2"
• Take cutting blade out of your paper trimmer and put the scoring blade in.
• Put the longest edge of paper against your paper trimmer and score at 6 1/4" and 2 1/4"
• Turn paper 90 degrees and score at 2 1/4"
• With a scissor, trim 2 bottom corners of, using score lines as a guide.
• Take a large dinner plate and center it over top edge. Then either trace with and pencil and cut with scissors, or with a self healing mat, use the cutting blade on the Cutter kit, use the plate as a guide to cut a curved edge.
• Trace the curved edge on the Chocolate Chip and Whisper White, trim off.
• Now take the cut and score piece of BB and fold at score lines, folding bottom edge up last. You may want to trim the bottom edges of the side flaps a little to make it fold in easier. then glue flaps done, creating a pocket for the insert to slide in to.
• Cut a piece of the patterned paper to 2 x 3 1/2"
• Distress edges of WW and BB pieces for insert and ink with Close to Cocoa. Glue to Choc Chip insert base.
• Use the Rough Texture jumbo wheel with Creamy Caramel (CC) on CC strips
• Use paper piercer and piercing guide to create faux stitching on edges of both CC strips.
• Use Close to Cocoa marker to make stitch lines.
• Distress CC strip edges.
• Glue small strip over seam between WW and BB on insert.
• Use Crop-A-Dile (CAD) to attach 2 eyelets to CC strip on insert.
• Fold, slightly loosely, Chocolate chip strip around the pocket with over lap in the front about1 1/2"from the left edge. Repeat with the 1 1/2" wide strip of CC over the top of the Choc Chip strip. If you glue them together and then fold, the edges don't match well.
• Now glue strips together and then glue to create the "belt".
• Punch 2 small stars and a Round Tab punch from the BB patterned paper and ink edges with Close to Cocoa marker.
• Punch a large star from Close To Cocoa paper . Ink with Rough Texture wheel and Close to Cocoa ink, and ink edges with Close to Cocoa marker.
• Glue small star to center of large star and use CAD to attach an eyelet in the center.
• Glue Large star over seam on the "belt" turning just right to completely cover the seam.
• Fold the Round Tab punch in half, glue to top of insert, glue small star to center of Tab. Use CAD to attach an eyelet in the center of small star.

All done!

This is the 12 x 12" scrapbook page we did. Many of the steps below can be done in any order.

• Use the Classic Stars JW with Versamark cartridge with the wheel guide to make 3 stripes of stars on Kraft paper.
• Use Classic Stars JW with Versamark again and cove the Old Olive strip with stars.
• Distress and ink edges with Close to Cocoa ink. Glue to left side of page approx 1/2" from left side and approx 3" from bottom.
• Punch 3 large stars and 4 small stars from the leftover BB patterned paper from previous project. Punch 4 small stars each from Really Rust and Old Olive paper.
• Use a stamp from Totally Tabs set to stamp with coordinating ink one each on Really Rust and Old Olive, then punch out with Round Tab punch.
• Use the star and heart chipboard pieces to trace onto a piece of 2 sided patterned paper, then cut out, apply to chipboard pieces with glue stick and sand edges down with and emery board or sanding block. Ink edges with a marker in color of your choice.
• Glue a large BB star onto the chipboard star.
• Use CAD to put Jumbo eyelet into of chipboard star.
• Cut a 1/2 x 2 1/2" strip of Kraft cardstock (CS), distress and ink edges with Really Rust.
• Use Stamp-A-Ma-Jig stamp positioner to stamp the word DAD on Really Rust CS in Bayou Blue with an alphabet set on the oval, starting with the A in the center.
• Use large oval to punch the DAD from Really Rust CS, ink edges with Really Rust.
• Glue to the strip of Kraft CS, punch 1/16" holes in Kraft CS strip, one on each end.
• Stamp All Star from Sporting set in Really Rust near top of Old Olive strip of CS.
• Glue Dad title strip to Old Olive strip below ALL*STAR . Use paper piercer to poke hole through all layers then put brads through.
• Punch Photo corners from Really Rust and Blue Bayou. Glue together and apply to page as pictured.
• Finish by gluing accents as pictured or as desired.

This is a close up of some of the accents and the background.

Here is a cute little gift box idea I cased from Sara Gough at http://thinkingstamps.blogspot.com/search/label/Genuine%20Articles. I found a template for this fry box on the Stampin Up! demonstrator's site and traced it onto Creamy Caramel CS then cut them out.

• Used the Canvas background stamp to stamp all over the box front and back.
• Use Creamy Caramel ink and the mistletoe branch stamp from Peaceful Wishes set to stamp on front of box and back of box.
• Stamp Genuine Article or Authentic stamp from Stamp of Authenticity set in Creamy caramel on inside top of box.
• Ink all edges, front and back of paper, with Creamy Caramel
• Fold at score lines and ink the outside edges.
• Glue side edges together to form box.
• Take 12" length of Choc Chip 1/4" polytwill ribbon and glue in 4 spots to box and tie at front.
• Stamp Genuine Article stamp in CC on Very Vanilla paper, then punch out with 1" circle punch
• Punch Creamy Caramel 1 1/4" circle and Close to Cocoa 1 3/8" circle. Glue these all together and stick to box front with a dimensional.
  Done!

This is the Graduation card we made with River Rock (RR) and Always Artichoke (AA) CS and AA ink. You will need:

1. 6 x 6 1/2" RR, folded. Card front will be 3 x 6 1/2"
2. 1/2 x 6 1/2" strip AA
3. 1 x 6 1/2" strip AA
4. 1 3/4" square RR
5. 2" square AA
6. Scrap of RR
7. AA ink
8. Great Grads stamp set

• Mask top portion of card front and stamp the word block repeatedly across bottom.
• Stamp GRAD in upper right of card front.
• Ink edges of thin strip of AA with AA and glue at top edge of stamped word blocks.
• Stamp G on the RR square, distress edges of AA square, and ink edges of RR and AA squares with AA. Glue together, then on to card front.
• Use AA marker to ink 1 of the congratulations on the 3 congratulations stamp, stamp onto RR.
• Use Word Window punch to punch out the congratulations. Ink with AA ink, and glue to AA strip on cardfront.

• On wider strip of AA, stamp the Destiny stamp.
• Glue to inside bottom of card on 3 outer edges, creating a pocket for cash, check, or gift card.

All Done!

Hello all! I hope you are all having a wonderful weekend! I am working so making $$$ for the family then I will be off for 5 days starting on Tuesday, which is probably the first I will be able to do a post with the projects from our last meeting for those of you who couldn't make it. I am posting the link to the tutorial for the Trifold cardright here. Enjoy until next time!

Sorry ladies, I have been doing birthday party stuff, been sick, or been working for the last little over a week! I will try to post something in a few days. I think our next meeting will be on May 22nd at the Quilted Loon. We'll all pitch in $2.50 to cover the rental fee and Crystal will be the hostess, so will provide a little refreshment. I hope you all get to see this post! Let me know if this will work.

More Address Books

Ok, so I took the first address book and card to work for everyone to contribute to before we gave it to our departing coworker and everyone loved it! "You should sell these!" Was something I kept hearing. So I went home and made 2 more, trying to see how long it would take and if it could be profitable. It took me about 5 hours to make 2 of these little beauties! So I would have to charge about $16 to make $5/hour and pay for the materials. I didn't think anyone would pay that, but one coworker already has, for $15! This is not something I would make and think I was earning alot, but if I just made some now and then to sell, and it didn't feel too much like work, I might do it. I can make much better money other ways and I always say work smarter not harder, but as long as this is still fun to make, what the hey! Why not.
So this is ALmost Amethyst, So Saffron, and Vintage Violet. I didn't have ribbon to match, so I used reinkers to die some in each color. The ribbon in the ribbon slider looks more amethyst in real life. I shouldn't have taken this photo in the basement, I couldn't get the right lighting! I used the Cuttlebug Textiles embossing folder and rubbed the raised parts with Vintage Violet ink pad. This is the inside of the amethyst book, using Baroque Motifs set with the Saffron, Amethyst, and Violet inks.
This is the So Saffron front, using the Stylized Flowers embossing Folder. I used Amethyst and Saffron dyed ribbons on it.
This is what the pages look like on both books. There are lots of putzy little details in this project. I used a marker to distress the edges of every Round Tab punch, and stamped the starburst/flower thingy in 2 colors on the edge of each page front and back and there are 24 pages. I also attached the tabs with 2 eyelets each. I had to punch all the holes in all the pages and the covers, I could do 2 covers at a time and 5 pages at a time with my Crop-A-Dile, LOVE that thing! The hardest part was trying to find enough coordinating eyelets from my stash!
And this is the inside cover of the Saffron book. I think I really like the alternating color thing.

Going Away Present

One of the nurses I work with is leaving us to go back to her home state, and I wanted to give her something to remember us by. So I made her a card and mini address book. I think they turned out pretty well!

Here they are together. I decided to try making a Trifold Pocket card. I have never made a coaster book before but after a bit of fiddling it all worked out. I brayered some Close to Cocoa ink on the back of a sheet of textured Soft Sky paper to give it the 2-sided look. I still have a stash of the gold and silver elastic cord from SU and I tied it trough the eyelets, then tied the ribbon to the cord on the outside. That took me a while to figure out! I also made tabs with letters on them to help thumb through the addresses quickly. I had collected a bunch of contact info from people at work, typed it up on my break, then forgot to email it to myself! Ugh! I had planned to fill it all in before we give it to her. Oh, well, it'll still get in there, just not right away!
Close up of the card.
Stamps: Boho Backgrounds, One of a Kind
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Soft Sky, Groovy Guava, Whisper White
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Soft Sky, Groovy Guava, Versamark
Accessories: Rhinestone brads, large and mini eyelets, CAD, Iridescent Ice EP, heat gun, circle punches, Cuttlebug and square Nestabilities, double stitched Soft Sky ribbon, Chocolate Chip polytwill ribbon, gold and silver elastic cord, paper piercer and mat pack, choc chip marker, Silver Hodge Podge ribbon slider, crystal effects, Cosmo glitter, Round Tab punch, sponge

Close up of the address book. I might have to make more of these, now that I have it figured out!

Inside view of the address book. It does open and lay flat easily. I was worried that it would be cute, but not functional, but it really is great!

I hope my friend loves it!

We had a great time at Retreat this weekend, stamped alot, laughed alot, ate alot, slept a little!
;) We definitely have to do this again, and next time I need to take a group photo! As it was, I didn't remember to take pictures of the challenge entries until right before the last few people left, so I only have some of them. Sorry Sara, Mary, Mary K., and Elli!

Sandy was definitely the Queen of staying up late, even though I forgot to pack underwear and had to drive home in the middle of the night on Friday to go get some! Good thing I only live 6 miles away...

Elli completed 16 pages! WOW! Deb proved her creativity this weekend, playing with her toys for the first time outside of Stamp Club... Sara joined our little family, Welcome Sara! She already makes beautiful pages of her darling boys. And Dawn, wow, I don't know how many cards you made, but you made a ton! Thanks soo much for bringing your stash to share!

This is Sandy's entry for our first challenge of the weekend :

• flower
• fibers
• red

And these are some cards from our second challenge, Dawn, Kathy, and Sandy's. Great Job! Kathy even used the sketch!

• Blue
• Yellow
• Green
• Glitz

These are for the third challenge. Left top Dawn, left bottom Deb, middle 2 Kathy, right Sandy. Everyone used the sketch this time and Dawn and Deb used all the options! And what a creative way to include the squares Sandy!

• Brown
• Pink or Blue
• Squares
• 

The top left is Kathy, top right Dawn, middle Sandy, and page on bottom Deb for the last challenge. Everyone does such a good job and I think the sketches were a hit!

• Purple
• Tan
• Stars
• Metallic

This is the nugget box that Sandy made when we did Stamp Club projects, LOVIN' the color combo of Teal, Red, and Choc Chip!

Everyone got alot done, except me. I did 3 pages, yep just 3 lol! Maybe I'll post them later, but for now enjoy these wonderful ladies creations!

Stamp Club Projects for the Retreat

I am posting a couple of the projects we will be doing on Saturday evening for Stamp Club at the retreat. I am so excited! Tomorrow will be a busy day setting up and getting everybody started on a fun-filled weekend!

This is a slider card that I made with Mother's Day and birthdays in mind. The cutting and scoring will be a new thing for most of you.

This is a view of the card open. You can stamp another image inside or write a message or both!

This a close up of the scrapbook page we will be doing, lots of Spring color here and something new to do with cardstock!

Can't wait to see everyone tomorrow!