Twine Wrapped Corrugated Heart Tutorial by Tracey Sabella

It's Tracey here to share my final tutorial with you. I included an embellished corrugated heart on my August Kit project "Celebrate"

My heart in the tutorial is a little different than the heart pictured on this project, but the steps are the same.

Twine Wrapped Corrugated Heart Tutorial

Supplies:

Supply List:

Twine - (I used 20lb white bamboo, but you could use any twine.)

Inks - in colors to coordinate with project. One lighter and one darker

Embossing Powder to coordinate with your inks (Optional)

Heart Die

Corrugated Board (I used Donna Salazar's corrugated board by Zutter.) 

Tweezers (Optional but helpful for holding heart during embossing. 

Small Flower - I used one of the white roses from the Main Kit.

Paint or gesso - not pictured

Die cutting machine - not pictured

Embossing tool - not pictured. (Only needed if you use the embossing powder.)

**Note** If you do not have a heart die, you could also hand cut a heart from corrugated board.

**Note** There are many different sizes of corrugation from the tiny ridges in postal boxed to the larger ridges in the corrugated board I used here. Use what you have available and what goes with your project. 

Step 1. Cut heart from corrugated board. 

Step 2. Paint heart to coordinate with your project. Here I used DecoArt Americana Buttermilk craft paint. I often use white gesso as well. Sometimes I just paint the top of the ridges leaving more of the natural corrugated kraft color showing. Here, I left some small areas of the natural kraft color showing for a more rustic feel. If you want to just paint the tops of the ridges, dry brushing with a foam brush works best. 

Step 3. Select an ink for your primary color. I used Mix'd Media Inx and embossing powder in Chiffon. Ink the edges of your heart, drawing the ink towards the center, but not completely covering the heart. While your ink is wet, sprinkle with coordinating embossing powder and heat set. The heart is small, so a pair of tweezers comes in handy to hold it while heat embossing. If you desire a more rustic look, you can just ink without embossing like I did for the purple heart on my project. 

Step 4. Select a contrasting ink for your edges. I used Mix'd Media Inx and embossing powder in Honey. Just dab a little ink on the very edges, then sprinkle with embossing powder and heat set. 

Step 5. Wrap twine around your heart and glue ends to the back of the heart. 

Step 6. Rub ink on the twine. I used Mix'd Media Inx Honey. 

Step 7. Select a small flower that coordinates with your project.

Here's one final view of the lovely heart on my ScrapThat! August Kit Project ~ "Celebrate":

The ScrapThat! August Kit and Add-ons can be purchased in the ScrapThat! Store.

~ Blessings ~
Tracey

Shimmer Tile Tutorial by Tracey S.

All of us at ScrapThat! wish our US friends a happy
4th of July!

It's Tracey S. here to share a fun tutorial with you. The Scrabble tiles in the ScrapThat! Main Kit are so cool, but since I wasn't able to spell something with the ones I received, I thought I'd try my hand at transforming them into shimmery tiles. Here's what I came up with.

Shimmer Tile Tutorial

Supplies:

Supply List:

• Scrabble Tiles (ScrapThat! July Main Kit)
• White Gesso
• Prima Hello Pastel Clear Stamp (ScrapThat! July Main Kit)
• Whispers Clear Glitter Embossing Powder (Holographic)
• Perfect Medium or other clear embossing pad
• Donna Salazar Mix'd Media CHOX Inx ~ Sage
• Donna Salazar Mix'd Media Inx ~ Wisteria
• Heat Tool (Not Pictured)
• Paint Brush (Not Pictured)

Step 1. Place a small amount of gesso on a craft mat or paint palette. Add some water to thin down the gesso to create a wash. The amount of water will depend on how thick your gesso is. I used about 1 part water to 2 parts gesso. Brush the wash across the back and sides of the Scrabble tiles using a soft brush. Set aside to dry. I wanted just a touch of the wood grain to show through and used two coats of the gesso wash.

Step 2. Once the gesso has dried, stamp the tiles using the Prima Hello Pastel stamp included in the ScrapThat! July Kit. Ink the edges lightly. I used Donna Salazar's Mix'd Media Inx in sage and wisteria, but you can use any colors that coordinate with your page.

Step 3. Once the ink has dried. Press Perfect Medium or any clear embossing pad onto the painted and stamped side of the tile.

Step 4. Sprinkle with clear glitter (holographic) embossing powder and heat set. For even more sparkle you can repeat this step. (I used two coats of embossing powder.)

*****Tip: If you prefer a glossy finish that is not glittery, use clear embossing powder or UTEE.

Here are the finished tiles:

Thanks for dropping by to check out my tutorial! 

The July Kit is available in the ScrapThat! Store.

Featured Projects by Tracey S.

Hi, its Tracey S. here to share my projects created with the ScrapThat! "From Sunrise to Sunset" June Kit. This kit is packed with gorgeous scrapbooking goodness!! 

My first layout uses the Main Kit only and is based on Amy's gorgeous June Sketch.

"Bree"

MK Only

Close-Ups

I used Grand Peony, Bitty Blossoms, and Tattered floral dies to create these hand crafted flowers from kit cardstock and patterned paper. The Prima canvas flower was inked to coordinate. I simply adore the black mesh in the kit ~ so shabby chic when painted white then scratched to distress. I pulled apart some of the gems from the Sunrise Sunset gem sheet to scatter across the page.

More of my Bitty Blossoms flowers and a bejeweled flower trinket from my stash.

This butterfly is created using kit paper die cut with Wonderful Wings dies, then inked and brushed with stickles. The body was created with gems pulled from the Sunrise Sunset gem sheet:

 

My Vintage Rusted Ironwork Chipboard Tutorial can be found here:

Amy's June Sketch:

Challenge details can be found here.

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Photo booths are all the rage these days. This fun and whimsical photo of our daughter, Maria and her younger cousin was taken at our Elizabeth's wedding reception. The colors of Prima's Sunrise Sunset are so vibrant and fun. I had fun stenciling, and misting and creating a fun and funky flower from the chevron vellum included in the kit.

"Cousins"

MK, EAO, FAO

Close-ups

I used one of the fabulous Prima Zipper flowers and paired it with hand crafted flowers and colored some of the kit flowers with mists. The white flower is from a previous ScrapThat! Kit. I added a chipboard piece to anchor the title created from the kit alphabet set and used more of the fabulous grunged up kit mesh.

I used the chevron vellum cut with Tattered Florals dies to create this fun flower. I added a gem and snippet of eyelash yarn from my stash to finish it up. 

I used this Prima Sunrise Sunset stencil from my stash with molding page and mist to created the mixed media background and a lovely butterfly left from my May Anniversary Kit. 

This layout is the inspiration for my "Summer Stenciling" DT Challenge for June. Details can be found here.

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My parent's home is a summer gathering place for our family. Abby is showing off her messy hands resulting from an afternoon of fishing. I pulled in the blues from the lake to accent this page. 

"Abby"

MK, EAO, FAO

Close-ups

I used the main kit carnation and tissue flower which I lightly inked, another of the fabulous FAO Prima zipper flowers, and more FAO Petaloo flowers that I changed up with paint and glimmer mist. I also added some flowers handcrafted from kit cardstock and a couple twine flowers. The Maya Road butterflies were also altered with alcohol inks. The chipboard leaves are from my stash.

A close-up for more detail:

A close-up of my corner cluster. I just love the flat gems included in the kit and used them for flower centers and for extra bling in my cluster here.

For a touch of sunshine to this page, I inked the kit doilies and cut another from kit paper to layer at the corner of my photo. The kit hinge clip adds at touch of fun too.

The corrugated board from a postal shipping box was painted, then inked and heat embossed with clear embossing powder for a wavy, watery photo mat. I also tucked in a bit of a vintage map from my stash. This fabulous alpha set has several different alphas in a variety of shapes and sizes.

 The ScrapThat! June Kit is available in our store.

Thanks for dropping by to check out my projects!! 

~ Blessings ~

Embossed Vellum Flower Tutorial by Tracey S.

It's Tracey S. here to share a flower technique I tried out with the vellum in the May kit. One of my favorite things to do is to try out new flower techniques. I've seen some of my card making friends create amazing embossed vellum flowers, so I thought I'd give it a try. I was so please with the way they turned out. Here is a step by step tutorial on how I created them. First, here's a close-up from my "First Dance" page showcasing an Embossed Vellum Flower.

Note ~ Some of my tutorial photos are not as clear as I like. I don't think there was quite enough contrast for my camera to focus properly; however, they are plenty clear enough for you to see the process. 

Embossed Vellum Flower Tutorial

Supplies:

Supply list:

Vellum ~ ScrapThat! May Anniversary Kit

Heartfelt Creations Tattered Blossoms Stamps (two smallest stamps) or other flower stamp

Heartfelt Creations Tattered Blossoms Die Set  (two smallest dies) or other dies to coordinate with your stamp. (You can also use scissors to fussy cut around a stamped and embossed flower image.)

Stamp block

Donna Salazar Mixed Media Inx - Jasmine

Whispers Embossing powder - Pearl, or other white or pearlized embossing powder

Big Shot or other die cutting machine

Heat Tool

Ranger Distress Ink in color(s) of choice

Adhesive dots like Zots or Glue Dots

Helmar 450 glue

Queen and Co. Goosebumps clear gem or other flower center of choice - or leave plain.

**Note ~ while I have given the specific products I used, there is a great deal of flexibility with this technique, so I hope you will pull out the supplies you have and give it a shot.**

Step 1. Stamp flower image with Jasmine Ink. I have tried a lot of different white inks and Jasmine Mixed Media Inx by Donna Salazar/Clear Snap is the best I've used to give good coverage. It also stays wet for a long time, so is perfect for embossing. I highly recommend it for this technique. With the Mix'd Media Inx, you can stamp several flowers before step 2.

Step 2. Sprinkle embossing powder over stamped image while the ink is still wet. Tap off excess and return to jar

Step 3. Heat emboss until the powder turns glossy. Don't over heat.

Step 4. Cut the flower images into individual pieces.

Step 5. Place a mini adhesive dot or a tiny piece of a regular adhesive dot on opposite outer edges of each die, then place the embossed flower face down on the die, matching the edges of the die. Make sure the vellum is adhered where you placed the adhesive dots.

Step 6. Run through the Big Shot or die cut machine of your choice.

Hint: I found that occasionally when I place the image in the center of the platform the vellum cracked and one of my petals fell off. This was resolved by placing the die closer to the outer corner of the platform where it gets a little less pressure from the die cutting machine rollers. This may vary with your die cut machine.

Step 7. (Optional - do not color for white flowers.) If you want to color your vellum flower, rub Distress or other ink in the color(s) of your choice on the "back" (non-embossed side) of each flower.

Hint: Embossing powder acts as a resist; however, when I tried to color the top and then wipe the ink from the embossed area, it took most of the ink color off of the vellum as well. Inking from the back works better since vellum is transparent and you can see the color where it is not embossed.

Step 8. Place a dab of Helmar 450 or other liquid glue to the back of the smaller flower and match up the centers of the two pieces while offsetting the petals.

Step 9. (Optional) Add gem to flower center.

Variation ~ For a fuller flower you can use two of each petal size (four flowers all together) You would glue the two large flowers together first, offsetting the petals and then add the two smaller flowers, offsetting the petals each time.

Tip: I also used this same technique to create the blue strip of lace under my cluster. I do not have a matching die for this lace stamp, so after embossing, the lace strip was fussy cut. You can stamp and emboss any image to create delicate embellishments from flowers to lace and doilies. 

I hope you will give these
Embossed Vellum Flowers a try.

The May ScrapThat! Kit and add-on kits are currently available in our store. 

Tracey's April Featured Projects

Hi, it's Tracey S. here to share my ScrapThat! April Kit projects with you.

It's no secret that I enjoy designing with Donna Salazar's lovely designs, so it was a special treat for me to create projects with the fabulous ScrapThat! April Kit!! 

First up, I'd like to share a layout of our new son on his wedding day as he contemplated his future with our Elizabeth before the ceremony. When creating this page, I was inspired by the work Frank Garcia has been doing with cording.

"The Journey Awakens the Soul"

MK, EAO, FAO

Close-Ups

 

You can see the dimension much better in this photo. I tucked banner flags cut from kit burlap and handcrafted flowers underneath the rolled paper rays. I created the flowers with thick handmade mulberry paper using Donna Salazars Rose Creations and Bitty Blossoms dies. The flower centers are the sweet metal roses from the EOA Kit and the Prima corded hearts were perfect to edge this corner. 

The April FAO included this gorgeous Prima focal flower and the main kit included the sweet smaller Prima Flower. I kept a neutral color palette for a masculine feel and cut these gears using Donna Salazar's Sprightly Sprockets dies from a scrap of thin chipboard like the kind found on the back of paper packs. I painted them black then used Ranger gold paint dabber on top. While still wet, I used a heat tool to bubble the paint for added texture. The chipboard pieces are from my stash.

I am hosting the DT Challenge this month. The challenge is to use cording, thread, fabric - some kind of fiber other than lace or ribbon on your project. Stop by the forum for the details and to enter your project. There is a fabulous Prima paper pack prize, and if there are 10 or more entries, I will be giving away 6 of my handcrafted twine flowers in a variety of sizes and spring colors. 

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This next page is of my niece, the flower girl, in Elizabeth's wedding. I used Amy's gorgeous April Sketch for inspiration. 

"Flower Girl"

April Sketch:

 Details on Amy's Sketch Challenge can be found here.

Close-Ups

This amazing Petaloo Focal flower is in the FAO Kit. I painted the MK leaves, then stamped with a script and inked the veins and edges. The Flourish is from my stash.

A gorgeous Zva Creative flower from the MK along with the small white MK roses and more of my  Bitty Blossoms mulberry roses. The bird and cage were fussy cut from the kit paper. 

This gorgeous FabScraps Chipboard sign is included in the Main Kit. I painted the post with antique gold metallic paint and heated while wet to bubble for texture. The sign was painted, then edges inked, and when dry covered with Ranger Crackle Accents and allowed to dry overnight to develop the lovely cracks. I cut the title from scraps of kit paper. 

I used molding paste over this flower stencil and at the bottom of the page I used it with my Donna Salazar houndstooth stencil, then spritzed with glimmer mist and a spritz of water, lifting and tapping the page to achieve the drips. The cording in the main kit is just gorgeous. It's covered, so it doesn't look "twisted." It looped beautifully to create this photo frame. I got a bit too much glue in places and added the MK roses around the frame to hide the glue spots. :-) I used a corner punch to create the blue doily. The white doily layers are from my stash. 

The MK roses and Maya Road Metal roses from the EAO kit filled this peek-a-boo opening so beautifully. A few of the metal roses were a bit squished; however, easily put back into place.

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Next I have two cards to share with you created using the Main Kit only. First up is a birthday card I created for my husband.

Birthday Card

MK

Close-Ups

 

This card was a great way to use up bits and pieces of papers left from my other projects!! I cut a variety of strips and flags. All but the bird and happy birthday strips were stamped. I used my printer for the happy birthday piece. The red heart was also heat embossed with clear embossing powder over the ink. 

The flowers and leaves were handcrafted from kit paper using Rose Creations and Bitty Blossoms dies. I had one little piece of cording left and just couldn't bear to throw it out, so I pulled off the covering and took the pieces apart and added to my cluster. This Dusty Attic piece is from my stash. I inked it then heat embossed with clear embossing powder. 

" A Friend Knows Card"

MK

 

Close-Ups

The cluster includes this sweet Prima flower from a previous ScrapThat! kit and more of my mulberry flowers.

I created this sparkling butterfly with kit paper and the Kaisercraft pearls in the MK. My tutorial for this butterfly can be found here. 

This card was for my friend, Mandy, who celebrates her birthday on St. Patrick's Day. I chose this Irish blessing for the inside.

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