Category Archives: shaped cards

the tweet family

Posted on March 18, 2012 | 2 comments

Are you enjoying this glorious weather?  ♥   I hope so!

Today I have my last CHA card to share.  On this one I used the Penny Johnson image called The Tweet Family and a sentiment from Tina Wenke’s Sweet Wishes.

Some of the flowers and 1 bird were popped up.  Here’s a side view so you can see the dimension…

I haven’t used my octagon dies much but I was really liking this look.  I think I may get them out again soon!

stamps- The Tweet Family and Sweet Wishes by Stampavie; paper- Kraft, SU! Wasabi, Claire Fontaine white, DCWV Garden Party; ink- Memento Tuxedo Black, Distress Vintage Photo; accessories- Octagon Nestabilities, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots, brad, glue dot, pop dots, Matha Stewart Frond punch, Stickles.

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Scor-Pal hops with American Crafts!

Posted on March 17, 2012 | 121 comments

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!  Are you wearing green?  We hope you’re excited for this fun little adventure we have planned today where you have lots of chances to win goodies on lots of different designer’s blogs.  The Scor-Pal team has joined with the American Crafts gals to show you how you can enhance your scrapbooking layouts, cards, and projects with the Scor-Pal tool and the wonderful American Crafts products.

Just in case you get a little lost or simply want a list of all the blogs up front, here is the order of the hop:

Corrie Jones
Amy Heller
Katie Tate
Leah Farquharson
Diane Zechman (me)
Mandy Koeppen
Melissa Mann
Paige Evans
Pamella Brown
Rahel Menig
Tami Mayberry
Suzy Plantamura
Virginia Nebel
Lilith Eeckels
Shimelle Laine
Julie Koerber
Jamie Harper
Leslie Ashe
Lisa Andrews
Piradee Talvanna
Heidi Sonboul
Steph Ackerman
Jenny Chesnick
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Make sure to stop by each designer’s blog (and the company blogs too) and leave a comment to enter to win American Crafts products as well as a Scor-Pal!

For today I used the ADORABLE Garden Cafe line of paper and some coordinating accessories to create an apron card (Anna Wight’s template) and a matching little teacup with a Keurig tea pod (K-cup) inside.

On the pocket of the apron card, I scored some diagonal lines in both directions and then sponged over them to highlight the embossing.  The pocket was attached with Scor-Tape.  I added American Crafts buttons and a coordinating dimensional sticker.

To make the teacup, I followed the directions for the coffee cup, except I made it shorter in height.  I started with a 9 x 3 1/2″ strip instead of 9 x 4 1/2″.  The handle was made with circle punches and I inserted the ends in the side seam instead of attaching them to the outside.  The Scor-Pal and Scor-Tape are AWESOME for projects like this!

To decorate the teacup a bit, I used my initial from the American Crafts Thickers (glitter foam stickers).  I also placed a little flower from the Accents & Phrases Sticker Book onto a scrap of the paper, cut it out, and inserted a medium jewel brad before attaching it to the cup.

Here I removed the Keurig pod so you can see the cute dotted design on the inside.  The tag on the Keurig pod is also from American Crafts.  I altered it a bit with a thin strip of the Garden Cafe paper and punched the bottom edge.  The “doily” underneath  the cup is a diecut.

I had a lot of fun creating this…I hope you enjoyed it too!  I have to say…the American Crafts paper is a nice thickness…not flimsy at all…and was perfect to use for my projects!  The accessories are delightful too!  ♥  They make a great combination with the Scor-Pal products!  

Next up on the hop is Mandy Koeppen!  Go check out her wonderful project.  Thanks for hopping with us!

paper- American Crafts Garden Cafe, cream cardstock; ink- Memento Rich Cocoa; accessories- Scor-Pal, Scor-Tape, American Crafts: Garden Cafe buttons, Meringue dimensional sticker, decorative tag, Thickers, Accents & Phrases Sticker Book, and medium jewel brad, ribbon, crochet thread, circle punches, Martha Stewart Flourish punch, Spellbinders Floral Doily Motifs.

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sweet Katie

Posted on March 9, 2012 | 1 comment

Today I’m sharing another card I made for the Stampavie booth at CHA.  Here I used the Sarah Kay Katie image.  The sentiment and tiny flower are from Tina Wenke’s Happy Birthday set.

I diecut a Sizzix File Folder for the card base.  The circle layers are from Spellbinders dies and the grass is by QuicKutz.  This was made to hang on a wall for display.  If I wanted to make it stand up, I would cut off the bottom of the doily die so it was flush with the bottom of the file folder base.

Hope you have a great weekend!

stamps- Sarah Kay Katie and Tina Wenke Happy Birthday by Stampavie; paper- Claire Fontaine white, SU! Pink Pirouette, Kraft; ink- Memento Tuxedo Black and Rich Cocoa, Distress Vintage Photo; accessories- Spellbinders Floral Doily Motifs and Circle Nestabilities, Sizzix Original File Folder #2, Copics, QuicKutz grass, rhinestones, Stickles.

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Happy Valentine’s Day!

Posted on February 14, 2012 | 3 comments

Here’s the last of my valentines.  Once again I used a silhouette image…they are just so charming!  Love the boy and girl on a bike!

I used Dina Kowal’s Word Card template for this shaped card. 

And here’s a CAS (clean and simple) masculine card I made.  I don’t have the SU! heart dies so I improvised with Spellbinders.

Word Card: stamps- SU! Take It To Heart, Love Letters, and Well Scripted; paper- white, red, Kaiser Craft Love Notes; ink- Memento Tuxedo Black, SU! Pink Pirouette, black Micron pen, red Gelly Roll pen; accessories- Cuttlebug Once Upon A Princess (roses) folder, sponge, craft knife, metal ruler, felt heart (JoAnn’s), glue dots, Martha Stewart Dove punch, SU! Oval punches.

Masculine card: stamps- SU! Take It To Heart, Well Scripted, and Pretty Postage; paper- SU! black, white, red; ink- Memento Tuxedo Black, SU! Real Red; accessories- SU! Postage Stamp punch, Heart Nestabilities, felt hearts (JoAnn’s), glue dots.

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Scor-Pal hops with MFT!

Posted on January 24, 2012 | 102 comments

Hello!  Today the Scor-Pal design team is blog hopping with our friends from My Favorite Things!  Fun, fun!  I can’t wait to see what everyone created!

      

I have 2 projects to share today combining these great products.  The first one is a round Tent Card.  I’ve made tent cards before but I was inspired by my friend Bev to make a round one…and I loved how she created a pocket on the back for a message so I made a pocket on mine too.  I think I need to do that more.  :0)  Here’s her lovely card that inspired me.

I had several friends that I wanted to send a card to, so I actually made 4 of these…

I chose to use an adorable Pure Innocence image called Because You’re Special.  Her dress was perfect for paper piecing.  I also used MFT’s Die-Namics Vintage Flourish and Prima Donna Petals.  The butterfly inside the window was also paper pieced and the wings were lightly lifted… 

Here’s a side view of the mountain and valley folded piece attached to the inside.  Very simple and super easy to score with the Scor-Pal!  I started with a piece of 1 3/4″ x 2″ cardstock.  Score the 2″ side @ 1/2″, 1″, and 1 1/2″.

And the back has a cute pocket with a tiny tag…just large enough for a simple message to tuck inside.

Next I made a card with MFT’s Fred Bear.  I ♥ this bear!  This one is called Oopsie Daisy. 

Fred Bear was die cut with the Die-Namics Oval Open Scallop Doily.  I also used the Wonky Scallop Border die and the Prima Donna Petals to make the flower.

On my yellow gingham checked paper, I diagonally scored lines every 1/4″ in both directions with the Scor-Pal to give the patterned paper some texture.

Here’s the inside.  I always liked the “If friends were flowers…” sentiment, but I adore the “Every Single Time” sentiment in this set!

That’s it from me…now hop on over to the Scor-Pal blog for a list of all the participants and to find out about a prize give-away!

Round Tent Card: stamps- MFT Pure Innocence Because You’re Special, Fred Bear Oopsie Daisy (butterfly); paper- Claire Fontaine white, SU! Baja Breeze, Daffodil Delight, Certainly Celery, My Mind’s Eye Stella and Rose; ink- Memento Tuxedo Black, brown Marvy LePen; accessories- Copics, Scor-Pal, Die-Namics Vintage Flourish and Prima Donna Petals, Circle Nestabilities, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder, SU! Small & Large Tag punches, ribbon, Stickles, Baker’s Twine, hole punch.

Fred Bear card: stamps- MFT Fred Bear Oopsie Daisy; paper- Claire Fontaine white, Daffodil Delight, Baja Breeze, My Mind’s Eye Stella and Rose; ink- Memento Tuxedo Black, Baja Breeze; accessories- Scor-Pal, Die-Namics Oval Open Scallop Doily, Wonky Scallop Border, and Prima Donna Petals, SU! Daffodil ribbon, Copics, white gel pen, Stickles, adhesive pearl.

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a sneak peek of Little Tobi

Posted on January 22, 2012 | 5 comments

This past week the Stampavie Design Team started showing sneak peeks of the new images for CHA.  Have you seen them?  Are you loving them so far?  I am!  ♥  And we have lots more to come so be sure to check back on the blog each day.

Today I am sharing a card made with a new Penny Johnson image called Little Tobi Watering the Roses.  So sweet, isn’t it?  The image was colored with Promarkers and Flexmarkers, then I cut her out with the “Out of The Box” technique.

I thought that this cute little girl with her watering can would be perfect for a watering can shaped card…I love shaped cards!  So I created a watering can pattern to place her on.  Below are three sizes of my template…I used the Medium size one here.

  

Click on the thumbnail pic.  Then right click on the image and “save image as” to download the template to your computer.

Trace and cut the pattern from desired cardstock or patterned paper (the heart is optional).   Attach the handle.  Then attach the watering can to your card base with your card fold at the top.  Be sure the size of your card base is slightly smaller than the body of the watering can so it’s not seen from the front.  Decorate as desired…have fun with it!

stamps- Little Tobi Watering the Roses by Stampavie; paper- Claire Fontaine white, Kraft, SU! Pear Pizzazz, DCWV Garden Party; ink- Memento Tuxedo Black, Distress Vintage Photo; accessories- Labels 11 Nestabilities, Flexmarkers, Promarkers, rhinestones, Stickles, Martha Stewart Frond punch, Prima flower.

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i scream…you scream…

Posted on June 27, 2011 | 7 comments

Happy Monday!  I’m popping in today with a sweet paper treat…and who doesn’t like ice cream?

These popsicle cards have been around quite a few years but they are still fun to make on occasion.  With summer here, I’ve been seeing them pop up again around the net and so I pulled out an old SU! set to create one.

I thought it would be cute to stamp the sentiment on the stick.  The image was stamped once onto the brown cardstock and then again onto white.  The girl and balloon were paper pieced.  Then I traced over the balloon string and drew some grass with sparkly gel pens.

The ribbon slides down the stick a bit to open the card.  Here’s the inside.  

This is really quick and easy…here’s some basic directions:

Start with a 5 1/2 x 3 3/4 piece of cardstock.  Score it in half at 2 3/4.  Round 3 of the corners.  Punch part of a scalloped circle on the remaining corner.  Layer a piece of white or colored cardstock (for different flavors) on the inside of the cardfront, making sure it shows a little from the front. 

For the inside layer,  cut a 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 piece of cardstock.  Round 3 corners and attach.  Line the scalloped punch up to the previous cut and punch again.  Add a popsicle stick to the back with red line tape or strong glue.  Tie a ribbon onto the stick and slide it up to keep the card closed.

Thanks for stopping by!

stamps- SU! Time For Fun and So Many Sayings; paper- Choc. Chip, white; ink- Memento Black; accessories- Copics, popsicle (craft) stick, scallop circle punch, corner rounder, ribbon, sparkly gel pens.

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digi bee in disguise

Posted on June 11, 2011 | 3 comments

Yesterday I had some more fun with the Paper Smooches free digital images.  What I’ve really been doing is biding my time until I decide which sets I want to order.  ha!

Here I used the digi Bee and turned him into a ladybug…

I cut the bee’s stripes off the bottom, traced his head for the body, and relocated his wings.  😉

Thought that a flower shaped card would be cute to attach him to.  And I couldn’t help pulling out the same DCWV Citrus papers again.  They’re just so bright and fun and work great with Kim’s images! 

The text was printed onto a scrap of paper I had left from one of my previous projects.  It’s super easy…just print your text on regular printer paper.  Then attach your scrap of paper overtop of the text with removable adhesive and run it back through the printer a second time.  Easy peasy!

Tomorrow I will have another card I made with some different P.S. digis.  And this time I didn’t use the Citrus papers.  LOL.

digital images- Paper Smooches Bee and Thanks sentiment; paper- white, DCWV Citrus Stack; ink- Micron pen; accessories- Blossom Nestabilities, Copics, circle punches, brad.

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Hedgie’s reading

Posted on June 4, 2011 | 2 comments

Happy Saturday…yay for the weekend! 

Today I have a birthday card with Tina Wenke’s Hedgehog Reading image.  School is almost out where I live so this image would also be perfect for all those students studying for finals!  I actually made 2 of this card and added a little something to one of them for a special someone…read on!

When I first bought the Labels 7 Nestabilities I knew I wanted to create a book-shaped card.  It just took me a while to take time to do it.  LOL.  The edges were sponged with distress ink and I also folded and sponged the center of the patterned paper.

In this photo I hope you can see the Crystal Effects used to make the glasses shiny.  And I used a silicone dimensional glue to pop up a few areas.  We learned about using this from the lovely ladies at the Buffalo Stamps & Stuff store.  I need to practice more with this but you can see the top edge of the flower raised up here.

From this angle you can see the flower again…how the top edge is raised.  And Hedgie’s arm was popped up as well.

I mentioned that my second Hedgie card was for a special person…Stuart (one of the owners of Stampavie) recently had a birthday and so I personalized his card with a special book…LOL.  Stuart is always teasing the design team (all in good fun!) and this was a chance to tease him back.  😉  I know it isn’t proper English at the end but I was running out of space.  LOL.

Stuart, I hope you had a great birthday!

stamps- Tina Wenke Hedgehog Reading by Stampavie, SU! Vintage Labels (sentiment); paper- Claire Fontaine white, SU! Riding Hood Red and Bermuda Bay, October Afternoon Thrift Shop; ink- Memento Black, Distress Vintage Photo; accessories- Labels 7 Nestabilities, Copics, Promarkers, Crystal Effects, Silicone dimensional glue. 

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more candy corn cards

Posted on October 25, 2010 | 5 comments

Happy Monday!  I hope you had a great weekend!  On Saturday I attended another SCS shoebox gathering.  Fun times! 

I was real busy last week getting my swaps ready.  That meant making a bunch more of the candy corn cards.  This one was my shoebox project for the ladies at my table to make. 

I used the C.C. Designs Mummy Trevor image here and I just happened to find a Cuttlebug gravestone die that I forgot I had…perfect! 

The other candy corn card I made was smaller…this one was my ATC swap.  I reduced my A2 size pattern down to be 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches (ATC size).  And I stamped a face from the old SU! set…Fun Faces.  The teeth were colored in with a white gel pen and I couldn’t help but to add some wiggly eyes.  The words are from AmyR’s Autumn Sentiments.

Here’s the pattern I made for the ATC.  And in case the downloads aren’t working, I’ll also attach a jpeg image.  Just click on the thumbnail for a larger pic.

candycorn ATC size diane zechman

Thanks for stopping by & I hope you stop by again…I still have my recipe and gift swap to share. 

Mummy card:

stamps- Mummy Trevor by C.C. Designs, unknown $ stamps; paper- Pumpkin, white, Curry, Basic Grey, Black; ink- Memento Black; accessories- Cuttlebug Swiss Dots and Forest Branches folders, Cuttlebug RIP and Creepy dies, Martha Stewart Picket Fence punch, Copics.

Fun Faces ATC:

stamps- SU! Fun Faces, AmyR Autumn Sentiments by C.C. Designs; paper- white, Curry, Pumpkin, Black; ink- Memento Black; accessories- Cuttlebug Swiss Dots and D’vine Swirl folders, Black Stickles, wiggly eyes, gel pen, SU! oval and circle punches, Cuttlebug Halloween die.

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