Showing posts with label Paper Craft Planet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Paper Craft Planet. Show all posts

Friday, June 14, 2013

PCP and CC Sketch!



Today the design team members from Paper Craft Planet are excited to play with the Crafter's Companion team for the weekly sketch challenge, and we would love to have you play along too. Here's the fun sketch!  You can find more info on the PCP Blog.  If you would like to play along, upload your card to the PCP Gallery and tag it with SK061413.

YES ~ there is a prize!!!  For each comment left on the blogs listed below, you will be entered into a drawing for a $20 gift certificate.  ALSO, if you play along with our sketch challenge, you will be entered into the drawing again (just make sure you upload your card to the PCP Gallery with the tag listed above).  The deadline to enter your comments and/or sketch challenge cards is June 21, 2013 at midnight Eastern Time.

Now here's who is playing along with us today ~ don't forget to leave some love for your chance to win the Crafter's Companion Gift Certificate!
I kept my card very clean, simple and true to the sketch.  LOVE these summer ocean colors!  

Notes:
Wplus9 Lacey Layers stamps and matching dies, Blanket Stitched Blooms sentiment
Chantilly Trim stamp (peeking from underneath the sentiment)
My Mind's Eye Remarkable designer paper
Graphic 45 button
pearls

Friday, May 17, 2013

PCP Friday Sketch


Here's my card for today's Friday sketch at Paper Craft Planet, using the fun new Fabulous Floral Gerbera stamp from Flower Soft and components from one of the new digital downloads.  I was inspired by "watermelon" colors in anticipation of summer!


Notes:

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Two Points of View!

 
Hello friends!  I have a fun little project for today's Paper Craft Planet 3d challenge!  It is a mini-album with "two points of view" that I found on Pinterest.  I used a Martha Stewart scoring tool, and modified the scoring just a little bit because mine was made with textured 12 x 12 card stock and needed a little extra room to fold squarely, but otherwise, I followed the instructions from the original post.

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What's unique about this album is that it has two "fronts."  The fold lends itself nicely to giving a contrasting perspective of one theme. I chose to use the same colors throughout, although it would be fun to make another with some bold contrast...maybe even half dark, half light.

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This would make a great "his and hers" keepsake album for a newlywed couple to jot memories of their treasured moments or collect trinkets from their wedding or honeymoon.  It's tall and thin, so only tiny photos would fit, but it would be fun to include theatre ticket stubs, receipts, and other small sentimental memorabilia.

Visit the 3d challenge thread for my modified "how-to's" and to share the link to your completed project!

Notes:
No stamps!
Martha Stewart score tool
12 x 12 inch card stock
Tim Holtz tea-dye distress ink
Prima and My Mind's Eye designer papers

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Coffee Quick!

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Here's a cute coffee project for this week's Paper Craft Planet 3d challenge.  It was inspired by a darling project I found on Pinterest! I hope you'll play along!

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Friday, April 19, 2013

More than Meets the Eye!




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Hi! I'm here with a simple Paper Craft Planet sketch to help you welcome the weekend!  At first glance, it is a super clean and simple design, but you'll see from the open tri-fold card that there is more than meets the eye.  I've used a couple of newly released Flower Soft stamps (You've Reached the Top! and  Little Friend) to construct a cute scene that goes along with the sentiment, which is the only thing that's visible when the card is closed. 



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Feel free to make your design as simple or as detailed as you like!  Can't wait to see what you come up with!  Be sure to upload it to the PCP gallery, and link to your creation in the challenge thread

I have a little surprise BONUS for you on the PCP blog, so be sure to check the bottom of that post for more info!

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Hinge Card


Hello friends!  It's been a while!  There have been lots of "behind the scenes" things happening here that have been keeping me from stamping and blogging, but they seem to be settling down now, so I'm looking forward to getting back to a more creative routine.  :)

The BIG thing is that my mom finally was able to get all of her testing done in Lafayette, and the doctor said everything is as it should be!  Whew!  We were very relieved to hear that!  Thank you for all your prayers.

I'm sharing a card today that I blogged over on Paper Craft Planet last week...my friend, Wendy, showed me a hinged card that she had made, which had a decorative border with clever matching corners. She even used that pretty border to cover up the mechanics of the card.  Hers inspired me to make a much more basic version, using three coordinating prints from one pack of patterned paper.  The mechanics of mine are hidden in the more traditional layers.   

Notes:
The Stamps of Life pinwheels2stamp
Stephanie's Colorbox inks, Set 2
Authentique designer paper
SU tab punch
ribbon and button from the stash (? i think from Hobby Lobby)

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Drape-fold card front



My friend, Kendra, is hosting a "Pin-spired Christmas Celebration" on her blog, and she has invited me to play along.  We're hoping you'll play along too!

If you hang out over at Paper Craft Planet, you might've seen this card posted for Monday's Tutorial!  It is a fashion/home-decor inspired project that is elegant and yet very simple to make.  Here's the pin of a vest from Saks that inspired this look, and some beautiful drapes that influenced my choice of colors and designer paper.  


While the tutorial I shared features this fold on a card front, it can be easily adapted to use on the front of a pretty gift package!  That's why I really wanted to share this technique for the holidays.  I hope you'll try it!

Notes:
Gourmet Rubber Stamps Made of Snow
Carta Bella Winter Fun designer paper (the 6 x 6 is sold out, but the 12 x 12 collection kit is still available)
Memento Espresso Truffle ink
Ranger ink
crocheted lace trim
pearls

Friday, November 30, 2012

Made of Snow


Hello friends!  It's been a crazy day in our household!  The phone was ringing off the wall, and it seemed like there was just one interruption after another all day long!  I kept trying to stamp, but I just wasn't making much forward progress!  I think it's gonna be that way for the rest of the weekend...on Monday morning some guys are coming to rip up the carpet and install some beautiful porcelain tile in our great room, so sometime before then we have got to get everything ready for them.  I've got community chorale practice from noon until 2:30 tomorrow, church Sunday morning, and the Advent Lessons and Carols service Sunday evening, so it is definitely gonna be a busy weekend!  And that doesn't even include any stamping deadlines!

The card that I was trying to work on ended up being more technique-based, so I decided to save it for a later date and start anew.  I decided to make this clean and simple card following a layout from another card in my gallery. It is a tall, skinny card with an overhanging horizontal strip that brings the card width to the standard 4 1/4 inches...which is nice because it still fits in a standard sized envelope. It's this week's sketch challenge over at Paper Craft Planet.

This Made of Snow man sports a paper-pieced scarf, and a hat colored and shaded with Copic markers...a layer of cool grays creates some dimension under a mint green top coat, which gives his hat a magical glow.  If I hadn't been so in a hurry to get this photo'd and uploaded, I would have given him a little Stickles sparkle, but I was too impatient to wait for it to dry!  I will definitely add it later!

Notes:
Gourmet Rubber Stamps' Made of Snow
Carta Bella Winter Fun designer paper
Copic blending paper
Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Copic markers
gold gelpen
Clearsnap white pigment ink
detail white embossing powder
Latte pearls
jute thread

Monday, November 26, 2012

Emery Board Sleeves


Today I'm revisiting a project from a few years ago for the Monday Tutorial on Paper Craft Planet.  These are perfect little "thought gifts" that would also make great stocking stuffers for Christmas.  In fact, they make nice girlfriend birthday presents any day of the year!

My project uses a new product from Flower Soft/Katy Sue Designs, cake baking embellishment molds.  I used mine with some Martha Stewart white crafter's clay, which I colored with my Copic markers.

These little sleeves are really fast and easy to put together, so you can make a batch of them!  You can either view a video or see step-by-step photos here!

Monday, October 22, 2012

Happy Birthday, SB!


Today, October 22nd, we are celebrating our PCP leader, Susanna Boyd's, birthday with a week-long Blog Hop celebration that every member on the Planet can participate in!

The Super Novas got together and each made a special birthday gift for Susanna's birthday. In honor of this momentous occasion, we invite everyone to join in the hop and post a birthday greeting on each of our blogs for a chance to win some fun blog candy! Extra points for commenting on the designers’ projects too!

So, join us for Susanna’s birthday party celebration from October 22nd through October 28th. Random winners will be announced on Monday, October 29th on each designer’s blog.


Of course, taking care of a galaxy of Super Novas means that SB has got to be organized!  I figured she might enjoy having a pretty portfolio!  It was inspired by an expanding file folder with a twine-twist closure, but this one is a whole lot more fun!  The outside is deceptively plain, but from the inside you can see that in this case, SB could also stand for super-blinged!

I really had fun making this project!  Surprisingly enough, the only stamps I used were for Susanna's monogram!  The rest was just cutting, die-cutting, distress-inking, taping and gluing.  Although the decorating process took a little time, the actual construction part is fairly quick and simple.  This project has lots of pockets to stash bookmarks, etc.  The bonus is that it keeps a pencil handy, and allows for the notepad to be replaced when the paper's all gone...

Since the designer papers I chose are from a 6 x 6 inch pad, some of the elements had to be pieced together, which provided ample opportunity for plenty of mixing-and-matching of patterns and colors.  Gotta love the coordinating washi tape!  I used lots of want2scrap bling, along with a few rhinestones from Kaiser Craft and Jolee's.

I absolutely love how this turned out!  Since it is also today's PCP tutorial (video on YouTube), I have a head-start on making one for myself!  Otherwise, I might've had a hard time parting with this one!  ;)

Love you, Susanna!  I hope you have the best birthday ever!  Let's make a date to celebrate together when we go to CHA in January! Cannot WAIT to see you! xoxoxo

Notes:
Gina K Pure Luxury "tan leather" card stock
Scor-Pal
Teresa Collins' Vintage finds designer paper
Vintage finds washi tape
TSOL monogram stamp set
Clearsnap ink
Ranger distress ink
Spellbinders classic circles large and small
want2scrap, Kaiser Craft, and Jolee's bling
velvet ribbon
Sew Easy fancy floss

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUSANNA!

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

ihp and Zva Bling It On!


Do you LOVE bling? So do we! This month the i {heart} papers design team and the team from Zva Creative are celebrating the love of beautiful bling! Since each of our teams have designers that are also Paper Craft Planet Super Novas, we asked the PCP team to host some special challenges throughout the week. There will be lots of beautiful, blingy inspiration!

You should have arrived from Andrea's blog...if you missed the beginning, head straight to Kate's blog so you won't miss a single gorgeous project!



i {heart} papers retails the industry's best paper crafting supplies from your favorite manufacturers while offering stellar customer service and super fast and FREE US shipping with any $60 order. (We also ship internationally.) We are proud to offer our exclusive i {stick} papers redline tape, which is manufactured just for us in long-lasting 60 yard rolls, at an amazing price! We also provide a publication incentive for our three private stamp lines, Mint Motif, The Petal Press and Chicken Girl. Visit our website and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and our blog for news, sales, coupons and more!


Zva Creative produces many beautiful color groupings of high quality pearls, flowers and crystal embellishments that can be used on scrapbooking, card making and mixed media projects. Visit Zva’s gallery or blog for great project ideas and to find a list of stores and online retailers that sell Zva click HERE.

Zva Creative will be selecting one lucky winner who comments along the blog hop to win a Zva prize package worth $30. All comments must be received by 11:59 pm on Wednesday, September 19th. Winners will be announced on Zva’s blog on Thursday, September 20th.


My project, also for today's PCP 3D challenge, is a tea caddy.  I found the template via Pinterest on Heidi Bak's blog.  I kept the basic scoring and construction in keeping with Heidi's instructions, with some beautiful Teresa Collins designer paper and washi tape...the washi tape was functional as well as decorative!  The picture at the top of my blog shows the pretty tape that decorates the outside...the picture above shows the washi tape that helps hold the flaps of the box lid flat while it also looks beautiful!


Since my Card Positioning Systems project was also due, and the supplies from this project were still cluttering my desk, I made a card that could coordinate with my tea caddy.  It's minus the rich golds of the designer paper, so I'm not sure I'd actually present them together, but still, I really like the way the card turned out! This layout is absolutely perfect for washi tape and Zva Creative!

Notes:
GRS stamps tea pottea bag, and sentiment
Tim Holtz distress ink
Zva Creative bling
Teresa Collins Vintage Finds washi tape


From here, you're visiting Lisa Gregory. Thanks for visiting, and enjoy the hop! We hope to see you and your creations this week on Paper Craft Planet!

Monday, September 10, 2012

Onesie Template and Tutorial


I made a onesie card quite a while back, and one of my readers recently requested a template.  I finally got around to finding the card (Yes, I still have it! Some are hard to part with!) and thought I would show you how I constructed my template.  I'm sure you've seen these here and there, but maybe mine is not exactly the same...I made it so that the openings on the template are 1/8 inch larger than the finished card size because I like being able to see my trace marks and use them to align the dies to cut the openings.  They come out so much prettier die-cut than just trimmed with scissors!

You may prefer to just download the template and use it as it is, but some of you like to see the process, so I've included the template construction in my video.  I hope you like it!  It's today's Paper Craft Planet Monday Tutorial.


Notes:
Gourmet Rubber Stamps' Bloom and Grow
Memento ink
Ranger tea dye distress ink
Copic markers
Spellbinders circles, ovals, scalloped ovals, and labels dies
BoBunny designer paper
Maya Road elastic trim
teeny tiny baby buttons (colored with Copics)
products for the original "Baby's First Christmas" onesie 

Friday, September 7, 2012

OCL challenge and PCP sketch


Do you remember telling spooky stories when your family went camping? I have two older brothers, and when we were kids they LOVED to tell stories that would scare the ever-living daylights out of me! My card for today is inspired by those memories! I used several OCL stamp sets, old and new, to make a little Halloween easel scene with a paper-pieced tent and a misty moonlit graveyard. It's a combo card for this week's OCL challenge and Paper Craft Planet's sketch challenge!  

OCL's challenge this week is to use OCL stamps.  What?!  Don't have any?!  Well then, make sure to visit the OCL blog on Monday for a fun surprise!  Until then, save 25% on orders of $25 or more (before tax and shipping).

When this photo was taken, it was hot enough to fog the camera lens, and it was just about to rain...maybe that's why the colors seem gray instead of amethyst!  No matter how I tried to color correct and brighten them as I edited the photo, I just couldn't get the color to be life-like, so this card is actually much cuter IRL!

That horizontal striped panel just above the sentiment has a practical purpose as well as an aesthetic one…it is what keeps the easel from sliding shut. 

If you play along with either of these challenges, be sure to use the appropriate keyword with your upload!
  • use OCL stamps:  OCL133
  • and for the sketch on Paper Craft Planet: 090712
Notes:
Our Craft Lounge stamps:
Memory Box designer paper
amethyst velvet ribbon

Monday, August 20, 2012

A few tips on bow-tying!

Here on my blog and also in the card-making classes that I teach, I get lots of comments on my bows.  :)  I love ribbon!  Most of my cards have bows of some sort...sometimes a small, stylish bow, but more often than not, a big, poufy one!

Last week over on Paper Craft Planet, Lyn shared her method for the perfect bow.  For this week's tutorial, I'm sharing a few of my own tips and tricks for tying bows.  Hopefully you'll learn something new that will help you tie a gorgeous bow on your own projects.

I'm happy to say that you'll be seeing lots of bows here on my blog...May Arts shared a lovely package of ribbon with each of us on the Our Craft Lounge design team, so I have lots of beautiful ribbon to play with!

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Something New and Different!


I really LOVE my Copic markers, but usually use them with line art images and Memento ink.  I decided to try them with something a little different for today's Dreamweaver Thursday Tutorial on the Paper Craft Planet blog.  I really love how it turned out!  The colors look so soft and transparent on the subtle texture of the embossing.


My other fun find for this project was a 4-inch square artist's board block from Michael's.  It has a smooth texture that I painted with Tim Holtz distress crackle paint and sponged with distress inks.  I had never seen this product before, but I'll be looking for them again because they are so easy to work with!  

Notes:
Prima "Parfait" designer paper from the Madeline Collection
artist block from Michael's
Tim Holtz worn lipstick crackle paint
May Arts ribbon, twine
EK success swirl punch

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

PCP 3D Challenge

It's been an exciting weekend for us here in North Florida...late Sunday evening the winds of TS Beryl snapped a big hickory tree at the edge of our driveway.  I was up in my craft room gathering supplies for a Copic class that I was scheduled to teach the next morning, when I heard the tree trunk begin to crack.  Since I have prior experience with big trees, instinct immediately sent me FLYing down the stairs...I think it took me less than three seconds to make it from top to bottom!  I hit the landing about the time the tree trunk thundered to the ground.  It literally shook the earth...neighbors on both sides felt it!  Here's what we saw when daylight finally dawned after a stressful, blustery night:


Thankfully, this monstrous tree missed our house by about 20 feet!  Once again I am telling stories of angels' protection in the face of a storm!  I am so grateful no one was hurt and that our home was not damaged.    The beautiful oak tree that overhangs our front lawn has a few battle scars, but hopefully will be just fine in the long run!  (More pictures on FB!)

Today we are still experiencing some wind and rain, but slowly things are settling back to normal!  The tree guys are here to start the removal process as I type! Yay!  As relieved as I am to get the mess out of our front lawn, I feel so sorry for the guys working on it...there is a steady drizzle that sometimes turns into a real downpour.  I will keep 'em in coffee and cold drinks to let them know we're very grateful!  Because of the rain, it will likely be a two-day clean-up.

I'm happy to be hosting the Paper Craft Planet 3D challenge!  Our son, Matthew, is scheduled for a church youth group hiking trip in a few weeks, so when I came across this cute backpack album and tutorial, I decided to make one.  I combined several Paper Smooches stamp sets to celebrate forest friends, s'mores and spooky stories by the campfire!  It was so fun to put this little album together using stamps and sentiments in unusual combinations that worked great for this theme!  All of the images were stamped with Memento ink, and colored with Copic markers.  The edges of all the Simple Stories designer paper and card stock were distressed with tea-dye distress ink.

The cover, with Label 3 dies for the flaps.
Page 1: Boot prints from Happy Camper with a sentiment from Get Outta Town.
 Pages 2 and 3:  images and sentiments from Happy Camper.
 Pages 4 and 5:  More images from Happy Camper along with the moon and stars from Metropolis and "steam" from Surf and Turf.
 Pages 6 and 7:  Spooky eyes from Alfresco, "bats" from Get Outta Town, and the owl from Chubby Chums.  For the branch, I stamped the branch from Happy Camper, omitting the marshmallows and sketching in more leaves.
Page 8:  An ant "Conga Line" from Alfresco, with a sentiment from Metropolis.
The back...here you can see the brads for the straps, and the contours of the Labels 3 flap closure.

I hope you will join me in the challenge...it is a fast, really fun project!

Sunday, May 20, 2012

OCL Inspiration Challenge


Our Craft Lounge's challenge for the week is a gorgeous inspiration photo!  It's dreamy and romantic which made me think of our long ago trip to France, so I grabbed my Clearsnap Donna Salazar Mix'd Media Inx and OCL's Vintage Traveler...and I love how it turned out!

I sponged Honey, Peridot, and Chiffon inx onto a 7 Gypsies tabbed manilla ATC card, then misted it with Cashmere Smooch Spritz and allowed it to thoroughly dry before stamping the Eiffel Tower image with Truffle.  There are several other images in Vintage Traveler that I stamped off before stamping them onto the edges of the card.

For my card base, I scored and cut a tri-shutter card, accenting some of the panels with beautiful BoBunny Gabrielle designer paper matted with kraft card stock.  The scored and cut edges of the card base are inked with Chiffon, the designer paper with Honey, and then everything was misted with Smooch Spritz before adhering the focal image.  A soft bow of May Arts silk ribbon embellished with a pretty Prima blossom and Jenni Bowlin rhinestone pin balances the colors.

Notes:
OCL's Vintage Traveler
Bazill, Gina K card stock
BoBunny Gabrielle 6 x 6 designer paper
Clearsnap Donna Salazar Mix'd Media Inx
Cashmere Smooch Spritz
May Arts silk ribbon
Prima Espirit Champagne Rose flower 
Jenni Bowlin rhinestone stick pin

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Outta This World!


It's my pleasure to host this week's Paper Craft Planet 3d challenge!  I hope you will join me!  We're making a cute pop-up box card following Jill Coleman's excellent youtube video tutorial.

I love the presentation of this card!  It looks like a normal square card when it's closed, and then, surprise! Isn't it fun?  It works best with thinner two-sided designer paper as opposed to card stock, and can be embellished with ribbon or a belly band for closure.

Notes:
Our Craft Lounge Beyond the Universe
October Afternoon Space Station designer paper
Memento ink
Copic markers
Queen & Co rox

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Sweets for My Sweet!


It's time for another i {heart} papers design team challenge...we're playing with Mint Motif stamps.  The set I'm sharing is Sweet Hearts...the fun little gum ball dispenser in this set gave me the idea to find a way to display and dispense gum balls right from the front of a card!  I have constructed a little box with a hidden internal mechanism that slides open to let out all that sugary goodness!
My post is actually a combination of two challenges and a tutorial.  
  • ihp challenge:  be inspired!  Visit the blogs of my design team mates, and let their creativity inspire you to create whatever your heart desires, so long as you use products available from ihp!  Link your creation on Kate's blog!  One lucky winner will have their design published on Kate's blog next Tuesday!
  • Paper Craft Planet 3d156:  Make a candy dispenser!  You can follow my instructions here, or come up with something of your own!  Mine dispenses gum balls but it would be easily adapted to dispense jelly bellies from the Easter Bunny! Upload to the PCP gallery with keyword 3d156.
Making the box is easy, and the mechanics are all hidden inside.  The pull-tab protrudes from the fold on the right side.  The actual card front is a separate piece adhered to the front of the box with dimensional adhesive.

Don't let the length of this post keep you from giving this a try! It was much harder (and wordier!) to describe than it is to do!  The only complicated part is getting the openings of the box, pull-tab, and card front to align.  Just refer to the pictures as you follow along and don't get confused in your orientation left-right, inside-outside!  While the photos don't display every step, they show enough for you to get the gist!  Jump in!  Come on!  ;)

Begin with a 6 3/4 x 8 inch piece of card stock, then score 1/2 and 1 1/2 inches from each side.  Trim an L-shaped piece from each corner and cut along one fold to make flaps (see the photos).  Once the inside mechanism has been constructed, this piece will be adhered to a mat to form a box, and then that is adhered to a standard sized top-folding card.  For now we'll leave the box flat and set it aside to work on the pieces of the mechanism and the card front.

Cut a 3 1/4 x 1 1/2 inch piece of card stock.  With the long edge along the top of the Scor Buddy, score at 1 and at 2 1/8 (the dot on the Scor Buddy), then rotate the piece 180 and repeat.  Glue the flaps together to form a flat tube.  Once it's dry, cut it into two pieces (1 inch for the left, 1/2 inch for the right) to form the guides for the sliding tab...those 1/8 inch sides give just enough room for it to move without so much friction between surfaces.

Although the opening for the gum balls must be centered horizontally and toward the bottom of the box to function properly, the images you're using will dictate where it should be positioned vertically.  I chose to make a separate card front (to be adhered later), and decided upon my image placement before cutting the opening through all three layers at once with a small Spellbinders circle die.  Next I aligned the card front on top of the still flat box front, traced through the circle, then used a template to perfectly align the die and cut the opening on the box front.  (If you're using a narrow die-cutting machine, you may need to fold the outermost flaps under to get the piece to go through).

The slider must have an opening too, so the next step is to decide where it should go.  The easiest way to align this piece is to place it on the inside of the box front with the long edge parallel to the scoring along the lower edge of the box.  Carefully lift these pieces in this position to the light to make certain everything is centered relative to the opening...the left edge of the pull tab should be aligned with the innermost fold on the box.  Lay it down again, right side up, and make a light tracing of the circle to show where your stamped image will go when the pull tab is in the closed position.  Flip it over and mark on the inside where the tab crosses the fold of the opposite side...use a blade to cut a slit right on the fold for the tab to pass through to the outside.  Slide the guides onto the pull tab (refer to the pictures for placement...the bottom of the box is to the right)!  No need to pass the tab through the slit quite yet!), making certain that the narrower guide on the right (toward the slit) will not obstruct the opening.  Glue the guide on the right into place, but do not adhere the one on the left just yet!  (Remember that what appears to be "left" on the inside, near the bottom of the above photo, is actually the right side of the card!  Don't let this confuse you!)

Notice that, when looking at the box from the front, the hidden opening on the tab is to the left of the stamped image that is visible when the tab is in closed position.  Gently pull the tab to the right until it hits the stop, and after making sure the long edges are still parallel to the box bottom, lightly trace through the opening.  Remove the tab, die cut the opening, then slide the tab through the guide and the slit.  Slide the wider left guide into place..again, make sure it is not visible through the opening, trim if necessary, then adhere to the box.  It's easiest to align and adhere the decorative card front to the box while it is still flat.

Adhere i {stick} papers tape along three of the long edges.  Fold the box and adhere to a 4 x 5 1/4 inch mat, taking care to keep the box "square." Finish embellishing the box front, and then adhere the entire piece to a standard top-folding card.

Notes:
Mint Motif Sweet Hearts
Scor Pal/Scor Buddy
Memento Tuxedo Black ink (stamped off)
My Mind's Eye designer paper
Copic markers (colors, plus neutral grays to shade)
Spellbinders classic circle nestabilities, large and small, scalloped heart dies
i {stick} papers red line adhesive
Mono multi-adhesive
dimensional adhesive
light pink crepe ribbon
Kaiser Craft pearls (argh, one fell off and was lost...the last one I had of this size/color!)
jute thread
button, pearl bauble from my stash

Visit my i {heart} papers design team mates for more inspiration...and don't forget to link your project to Kate's blog!

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

ihp + PCP trends challenge


Walking the floor of the Craft and Hobby Association (CHA) Trade Show is always an adventure! What could possibly be more exciting than getting to see three huge showrooms of brand new products that you can hardly wait to get your hands on? Only one thing: getting to share that experience with your girlfriends!

From the very beginning, the i {heart} papers team has had strong ties to Paper Craft Planet. Our mutual love of paper and paper-crafting was the foundation for our friendship, and CHA has given us the opportunity to meet face-to-face and translate those online friendships into real life. It's so much more fun in person than it is on screen!

As we walked the CHA floor we were drawn to certain products and projects...when we discussed them over dinner we discovered some emerging trends. That's what today's combined team challenge is all about.

Of course, not everyone can attend CHA. We were quite sorely missing some of our team mates...and the general public is not eligible to attend. Thankfully, those of you who couldn't be there can live vicariously through the next best thing: photos! Check out these in this post from Susanna, and several posts from MoxieFab!

Chevrons seemed to be everywhere in the showroom!  I also saw lots of projects featuring flowers of various shapes, sizes, and styles, so I decided to combine the two for a little flower pot pocket card.  It features one of the new tiny "wows" that we saw at CHA this year, a little wiggly spring called the Action Wobble.  Here's a close-up, so you can see the way it works...it is self-adhesive, so that makes it really easy.  I wanted this flower to sit higher than the others, so I adhered the top portion of the spring to a clear button, then adhered the flower to the top of the button with a glue dot.

Notes:
Echo Park Metropolitan Dots and Stripes designer paper
My Mind's Eye Kraft Funday Happy Days designer paper
Spellbinders dies
Tim Holtz distress ink
Two-toned taupe satin ribbon
Kaiser Craft pearls
Pink Paislee charm
Action Wobble
Scor-buddy
glue dots
dimensional adhesive

There was also a brand new vendor at CHA that you're already familiar with...Gourmet Rubber Stamps, which includes the fabulous art of Tricia and Meredith, aka Lizzie Anne.  I'm so happy Kate will be carrying their amazing designs!  Couldn't resist creating more chevrons from stripes for this week's CPS sketch.  The inside of this card includes a stamped image of the chess set's king.


Notes:
Gourmet Rubber Stamps Abracadabra! Diners' Club Set
Memento ink
Echo Park Metropolitan Dots and Stripes designer paper
Spellbinders dies, want2scrap bling
The Twinery twine

Here are the links to more great TRENDS projects created by the members of our two teams!

the ihp design team:
and our guests from PCP: