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Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Guns and Roses Flower Box & a Chance to Win a Free Tutorial!! Metal and Roses Get it?

Want to win this Pretty Flower Tutorial and have it sent right to your inbox? Just leave a comment and I will let random.org select a winner Thursday morning. Can’t wait? You can purchase it on my right sidebar.

So what do you think should go into this Luxurious little box I made this morning? I think Jewelry but what do you think? It measures 3 1/4 square and just the right size to house a little necklace or bracelet. I think I’m going to make some of these for a craft fair I’ll be doing soon. Metal Box 003



Can you tell I’ve used some sanded metal on here. I love this stuff…so easy to work with and so impressive. You can purchase the metal sheets from Monica Weaver over at Add a Little Dazzle. Can you believe I used scraps from other projects to make this? My point…..don’t throw these scraps away, they are capable of creating wonderful things!!!!

I decided to add the Houndstooth Embossing Folder to add some richness to this box. Wasn’t sure how I liked the more masculine texture with the delicate flower but I do. By the way I got the template from my friend Sandi MacIver…well she actually gave me a beautiful box at convention and it was just the right size so I used the inside of the box for this template. Thanks Sandi!

If you are interested in supplies to make these flowers here is the Shopping List. Click on each product to read more about it.

Flower Fold Die #115970 $42.95

Extended Cutting Pads (if you don’t have them) #113478 $19.95

Cherry Cobbler Card Stock #119685 $6.95

Scraps of Always Artichoke for the leaves #105119 $6.95

The Box Base is made with Shimmery White #101910 $7.95

Sanding Blocks for the metal #124305 $3.50

I appreciate you stopping by and shopping with me. Not only am I going to give this Tutorial away to one lucky person on Thursday…I’m going to give it away with all online orders until Thursday morning as well.

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Have a great day!!!



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How to Make A Gelatin Plate For Printmaking

Written Instructions:

Watch my videos at
How to make the Gelatin Plate http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZgBkBv8y5s


To make a gelatin plate:
Use a cookie sheet, cake pan or plastic container with at least ¾ inch high
sides. Place on a level surface, very important, and measure how much water
it takes to fill the container ½ to ¾ deep. This will determine how many cups
gelatin you have to make.

For example 9” x 12” cake pan I will use 4 to 5 cups of gelatin, or 10” x 15”
cookie sheet I use 5 to 6 cups of gelatin.

2 Tablespoons of gelatin to 1 cup of water

I have measure the packet in the little Knox boxes and find that:
One box (4 packets) to 1.5 cups of water.

So if you need 3 cups of gelatin you need 2 boxes of gelatin
6 cups of gelatin you need 4 boxes of gelatin

Bring half of the total amount of water to a boil. Then put the other half cold
water in a bowl, sprinkle in the gelatin and stir to dissolve, then add the hot
boiling water. Stir until completely dissolved.
Skim foam and bubbles of the top and pour into your level pan. Skim the
bubbles of the gelatin again once you have poured it into the pan. To do this
gently drag wet paper (newspaper) over the top and guide the bubbles to the edge.

Let gelatin harden and then store in the refrigerator. Wrap in plastic and it will
keep for a while.

never pour excess gelatin down the drain - it will harden and clog the drain


Linda Germain's Written Instructions

To REMOVE Gelatin from the pan Video...





Remove Gelatin From Pan Video

Spellbinder Roses

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WEDDING CARD

I had many requests for instructions on making this card, I decided to feature it for the tutorial today.

Recipe:
Extra Large Heart Punch
Dimensionals
Basic Black card
Whisper White card
Pretty in Pink card
Basic Black 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon
Jewels - basic pearls
Paper Daisies
Multipurpose Liquid Glue
Elegant Bouquet Textured Impressions folder
Big Shot

Method:

• Fold your card stock and remember we are making this card in landscape fashion
• Run your card front through your favourite embossing folder – I’ve used Elegant Bouquet as I like the way it gives that direction down the card
• Take the smallest paper daisy and adhere on the right hand side of the card front (I used Multipurpose Liquid Glue) and place a Jewel – Basic Pearl in the centre.
• Now we’ll make our wedding couple:
• With your Extra Large Heart Punch, punch out 2 hearts in white, 1 heart in black and 1 heart in pink
• Take 1 white and 1 pink heart and adhere the pink heart so it shows just above the white heart, giving you a bodice effect. The take a strip of Basic Pearls and adhere down the centre of the embellishment you’ve just made. Put this piece to one side.
• With your black heart, take your snips and cut a ‘V’ shape – see picture above. Now these 2 little flaps you have cut off form the lapels. Adhere them to the outside of the ‘V’ you have just cut. With hindsight I may have used a dimensional under the lapels to give a bit of depth. Adhere the white heart behind your black heart as in the picture of the card. Tie your ribbon in a ‘bow tie’ shape (I trimmed the ends quite close to the bow) and adhere (I used Multipurpose Liquid Glue). I found I needed a weight on it for a few minutes so it would stick properly (I used the punch as the weight). I placed a pearl on the lapel to represent a corsage.
• Place dimensionals behind both embellishments and adhere to front of card where desired.

It was a surprisingly quick card to make. For the insert I chose a tent fold card in Publisher and typed in the sentiment on the correct page, printed it out, cut where needed and adhered to the inside of the card.

I found a few sites that had similar cards and some that had variations that were very effective. So, I will make some more samples and featured them at a later date.

I did find this video tutorial from Valita. She is so talented and has a different way of using the punches to gain a great looking card (much better than mine.) So, please take some time to view it and pop on over to her site and view all the inspiration she shares - click here.

Thank you for stopping by and don’t forget to return again next Tuesday for another tutorial.


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Snowman Ornament

Supplies Needed:
*All punches listed are Stampin' Up!

1 3/4" Circle punch - SNOWMAN BELLY
Ornament - HEAD
Small Oval punch - BOOTS
Medium Oval Punch - BOOTS & MITTENS
Modern Label - ARMS & LEGS
Large Oval Punch - HAT BRIM
Scallop Oval Punch - HAT BRIM
Full Heart Punch - HAT
Word window Punch - MITTEN CUFFS
Small Heart Punch - MITTEN
Boho Blossoms Punch - HAT
White cardstock (I used shimmery white)
Black cardstock for boots
Patterned papers for mittens and hat
Ribbon of choice for scarf
Peachy Keen Winter Faces 1 1/8" stamp set
black ink pad
pumpkin pie marker
pink pirouette ink pad and sponge dauber
glue, dimensionals, crop-a-dile, bone folder, 1/8" taffetta ribbon or cording

1) Punch out 16 white 1 3/4" circles. Fold each circle in half. Use a bone folder to sharpen the folds.

2) Start with the first circle folded in half. Put adhesive on the top side and attach another circle half to it. (I recommend applying adhesive to the centers of the circles. This way, the edges will be open and you can slip the head, arms and legs between the layers)



3) Continue to glue and stack the circles together, adding only adhesive to the top of the stack. After gluing all of the circles together, you will have a stack like this.



4) When you take your finger off the stack, it will naturally want to fan out like this.



5) Glue the ends of the fan together to form a ball. This is the snowman's belly piece.

6) Punch out 4 modern labels. Glue these onto the bottom and sides of the snowman for the arms and legs. (if you glued only the centers of the circles, the edges will be open and you can slide the arms and legs between the layers). You may have to clip a little off each end of the label to get the legs and arms positioned properly.

7) For the mittens, punch 2 medium ovals, 2 small hearts and one word window. Cut the word window in half and round out the end on each half to form the cuffs. Glue the cuffs onto the bottom of ovals. Glue the heart onto the back of the mitten for the thumb. Attach mittens to arms with dimensionals.



8) Punch 2 black small ovals and 2 black medium ovals. Cut each end off of the small ovals so that the total length of the piece is 5/8". Glue onto end of leg. Cut the bottom off of medium oval and attach to foot with dimensional. Add highlight with white gel pen.

9) Punch a white ornament. Stamp the face, color the nose and add pink cheeks with a sponge dauber. Apply some glue to the neck of the ornament and slip it between the top layers of the ball (this is where the tip in step 1 comes in handy).

10) For hat brim, first punch half of the large oval. Then, line up the scallop oval over the top of that punched hole and punch the brim. Glue the full heart onto back of head. Attach brim of hat with dimensional. Clip the ends of the small oval to form a point for the hat. Attach with dimensional. Punch a boho blossom and attach to hat (you may want to add glitter to the tassle).

11) Punch a hole in top of hat and tie on a ribbon or cording for a hanger.




My thanks to Kim Score for this fabulous tutorial.