Nov. 20, 2015

It's time to start preparing for the holidays!  I am going to show you how to make this adorable window pillow box today.  Pillow boxes are a great way to package up your goodies and gift cards for the holiday season.

To start we are going to die cut the hat and scarf from the Top Dog Dies Snowman die set and then lay your pillow box flat.  Place your snowman die where you want your window and run it through your machine.

Next you are going to apply adhesive to your  acetate and then secure it to the inside of the pillow box over the place you cut your image out as shown.  All you have to do is adhere your scarf and hat and close up your box and you are all done,  Here is a closer look at all the detail you get with these dies!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Jamie

Oct. 20, 2015

 

Do you love glitter?!  I do.  Today I have a tutorial showing you how I glitter my die cuts.

 

 

First grab some double sided adhesive sheets and adhere one side to a piece of thinner cardstock.

 

 

Next grab your die and die cut the snowman.

 

 

Peel off the top liner to reveal your adhesive.

 

 

Sprinkle your glitter over the adhesive and you have a super sparkly snowman! I like to really rub the glitter in good and burnish it with my fingers so none of the glitter falls off later.

 Here's a closer look at the finished snowman.

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today!  Go make something sparkly:)

 

Jamie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



September 20

It is almost fall!!  Fall is my favorite season, it is the start of the holiday season and much cooler temperatures.  So have you thought about your Thanksgiving Table yet?  I have.

  I know its a little early but I think you just have to plan a few things in advance, right?!  With work and three kids I try to get as many things done in advance as possible. 

 

 

This adorable little name tag is going to be on every place setting at my holiday table.

 

I used the new Top Dog Dies Make a banner set and Fall Foliage set to create this name tag.   So let me teach you how.

 

Gather all of your supplies

 

 

 I cut a piece of cardstock to 5 inches in length and scored it down the middle at 2 1/2.  Fold your cardstock and then we are going to die cut that banner.

 

 

 



 

Now the trick to making this a name tag is to place your die just above the fold line we created so you end up with one piece just like a card.

 

 

Next we are going to cut of the tabs on the end of each banner.

 

All you have to do now is decorate your name tag as you choose.  I used the banner layer cut with gold foil and the leaf from Fall Foliage and heat embossed my daughters name on vellum.

 

Here is a look from the side

 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

 

Jamie

 

Top Dog Dies necklace Tutorial

 

Hi!  I am going to show you how I made this sweet unicorn necklace today.

 

 

Gather all your supplies.  Your going to need some shrink film, unicorn die, hole punch and permanent markers.

 

 

 

Die cut your unicorn from the shrink film.  After you've cut the unicorn we are going to impress the details into the die cut.

 

 

To do this grab a rubber mat and place the die cut on the mat.  Tape the hair portion of the die to the die cut and run it thru your machine, the rubber mat will allow it to impress the image instead of cut it.  You should end up with something that looks like this.

 

 

Next we are going to color our unicorn with permanent markers and punch a hole for the string to be thread thru after it is shrunk.

 

 

You can bake the shrink film as directed on the packaging or you can use a heat tool like I did, just make sure you have a long piercing tool or something similar  to keep ahold of the little thing because it will want to move around like crazy.

 

 

Here is the finished necklace worn by my daughter.

 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

 

Jamie

 



Top Dog Dies Tutorial

Hi, I have a fun shaker drink tutorial to share with you today.

 

 

I started by scoring my card base every 1/4 inch for about 3/4 of the card.  This just adds a little interest to the card base.

 

 

Next we are going to cut the fun drink from the Party Drinks die set out of the top layer of our card.

 

 

After we have that cut put aside the actual drink cut because we will need that later.  Next die cut the drink again from a rectangle of fun foam just smaller than your top layer.

 

 

Next we are going to adhere the foam rectangle to the card base and fill it with sequins (I like to line up the top layer and the foam layer and then adhere the foam to the card base just so everything will be centered later).

 

 

We are almost done just a couple more steps;)  Adhere a piece of acetate over the foam and then the top layer making sure to line up the opening of the drink.

 

 

Remember how I told you to set the actual drink die cut off to the side?  Now we are going to adhere the die cut in the opening.

 

 

 

Pretty cool!  You can embellish your drink as you choose, I added some glossy accents to make it really look like a glass and a lime wedge to mine.  Here's a closer look.

 

 

Thanks so much for joining me today!  I hope you enjoyed the card and I encouraged you to make your shaker!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



PSA Essentials Blog Hop!

Hello and welcome to the PSA Essentials Blog Hop!  You should have arrived here for the PSA Stamp Camp Blog.    I have a really fun project to share with you today.

I gathered all my supplies to make some fun carrot sour cream containers for Easter this year.  You will need some Orange pattern paper, green cardstock, scissors, adhesive, circle and scallop punches or dies, a paper crimper for texture, candy and your Peel and stick stamps!  I used the Topiary Peel and stick pack.

Cut your pattern paper to a 4 1/2 x 51/2 rectangle and then apply adhesive to the back side as shown.  You then want to roll your paper to make a tube and adhere the 4 1/2" side with adhesive to the side without adhesive.  You will then want to close one end of the tube by pinching both sides together.  Now is when you want to fill your container with candy.  After you have added your candy you will want to seal the other end of your tube but you will want to pinch it closed in the opposite direction.  After you have both sides closed you can use the paper crimper on both ends.  I trimmed the top edges of mine to make it look more like a carrot but you don't have to do that step if you don't want.  Next you will want to get out your peel and stick stamps and stamp out Happy Easter or whatever image you want to use for your containers and then punch them out with your circle punch or die.  I backed my circle with a brown pinked circle.  I then cut some green cardstock to make the top of the carrot and adhered it to the container behind my stamped circle.  These are pretty easy to make and can be altered to fit any occasion you need.

Now your next stop on the Hop is Shelly.  After you have hopped through all the blogs make sure you go enter the giveaway on the PSA Stamp Camp Blog, it is a great one! One winner will win the grand prize giveaway of 1 custom stamp, 3 Peel & Stick stamp sets, 2 note cards, 1 alignment tool, 1 black ink, 1 2-color ink, and free shipping to the winner.   Value of the package is $150!  How awesome is that! 

Thanks for stopping by today.

Jamie