Sketch Saturday - Sketch #55

Sketch Saturday posted sketch #55 and I knew that I had to try it out with the new Technique Tuesday stamps that I purchased.

Here is my little ballernia card for the little ballernia in my life:

Creativity Bug's Shutter Card - Father's Day Card

What started out as a regular shutter card (see earlier post of card Sandy made for teacher) turned into a new kind of trifold shutter card due to a few scoring and cutting errors. Here is the finished product and directions on how to make one of your own.

Supplies:
1 sheet of 12 x 12 cardstock
2 or more sheets of coordinating cardstock or pattern paper (8 ½ x 11 or 12 x 12)
Scor-Pal
Cutting Blade/Exacto Knife
Adhesive
Stamps/Inks, Die Cuts
Ruler

Diagram:
Purple lines are scored lines
Red doted lines are cut lines

Instructions:
· Cut 1 sheet of 12 x 12 card (base of card) to 5 ½ x 12
· Using your Scor-Pal, score at 4”, 6”, 8” and 10”
· Measure 1 ½ from top and with pencil draw a line from the fold of “B” to the fold of “E”
· Measure 1 ½ from bottom and with pencil draw a line from the fold of “B” to the fold of “E”
· Using your cutting blade or exacto knife and ruler cut the pencil lines you just drew
· Mountain and valley fold per picture below
· Decorate

Panel Dimensions:
A = 5 ½ x 4 , A inside = 5 ¼ x 3 ¾
B & E = 5 ½ x 2 , B & E inside = 5 ¼ x 1 ¾
C & D top = 1 ½ x 2 , C & D top inside = 1 ¼ x 1 ¾
C & D middle = 2 ½ x 2 , C & D middle inside = 2 ¼ x 1 ¾
C & D bottom = 1 ½ x 2 , C & D bottom inside = 1 ¼ x 1 ¾

Reynolds - Cupcake Bouquet

I found this great idea on the Reynold website that I just had to share. It is great for bridal showers, ladies luncheons, and even garden parties.


Supplies:

48-52 cupcakes baked in pink pastel baking cups
2 containers (16 ounces each) of white frosting
1 sturdy glass vase (at least 16 inches around at the top)
1 piece tissue paper (your choice of color)
1 8' Styrofoam ball (purchase at your local craft store)
1 glue gun and glue sticks
1 piece wire ribbon, long enough to tie a bow around vase
24-28 wooden Popsicle sticks, broken in half
1 small paring knife



Instruction:
1. Bake and Frost Cupcakes using the technique and decorations of your choice


2. Let frosting stand and harden about 1 hour before arranging into bouquet.



3. SOFTLY CRUMBLE tissue paper into a vase. More paper produces a more vibrant color. For a hint of color, use a small single sheet.

4. SECURE Styrofoam ball onto the top of the vase using glue gun and glue sticks. You should only need to put glue onto the vase and then center the Styrofoam ball. When you're done, the ball will easily pop off the vase so you can reuse the vase.

5. TIE A BOW with wire ribbon near the top of your vase.

6. STARTING at the bottom of the Styrofoam ball, insert one (1) half Popsicle stick angled 45 degrees down to hold a cupcake along the lowest layer.(Optional) Depending upon how precise you want to be with your cupcake placement, you may want to consider making a quide for positioning your cupcakes by placing a cupcake on the base of the ball.Using a pencil, trace the bottom of the cupcake on the Styrofoam ball. Repeat with the same cupcake until you have a traced pattern for the whole bouquet.

7. Using a pairing knife, MAKE a thin slit into the bottom of the decorated cupcake.

8. SLIDE decorated cupcake onto the halved Popsicle stick.

9. REPEAT these steps, one row at a time working from the bottom of the ball to the top. Placing cupcakes as close together as you can get them.

10. Finished Cupcake Bouquet

Raspberry Suite Color Challenge #9

Dawn posted the latest Raspberry Suite Color Challenge at My Favorite Things.

As soon as I saw the challenge I knew that I had to get out my fall color pack from DCWV and make a card with this cute Inkadinkado stamp.

Supplies: DCWV cardstock, Inkadinkadoo clear mini stamp, Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Shabby Shutter, Fiskars edger punch, Making Memories pattern paper

Limelight - Bling it up with Rhinestones

Limelight Papercrafts is having a challenge called Bling it up with Rhinestone. The Challenge is to take the supplied sketch and make a card with bling and rhinestones. Here is the sketch and the completed card:


Supplies:
Autumn Leaves - flower stamps by Rhonna Farrer
Bazzill & DCWV cardstock
rhinestones
Stickles - Star Dust
Tim Holtz - Distress Ink Shabby Shutter

Let me know what you think of my challenge card!

Hero Arts/QuicKutz Challenge – Birthday Wishes

Hero Arts stamps and QuicKutz are hosting a cross promotion challenge this month. The challenge is to create something using at least one Hero Arts Stamp and one QuicKutz die. I created the following birthday card and took close-ups so you could see the details.





Hero Arts/QuicKutz Challenge – Birthday Wishes
Supplies:
QuicKutz – Revolution cupcake (REV-0160-S), Revolution candles (REV-0156-S)
Hero Arts Stamp – Special Birthday (F2540)
Paper – DCWV pattern papered, Bazzill cardstock, DCWV cardstock
Ink – Tom Holtz Distress Ink Faded Jeans, ColorBox Chalk Ink Yellow Citrus
Other – seed beads, Stickles Star Dust

Let me know what you think!

Challenge 45 - Butterflies

A Spoonfull of Sugar is having a challenge called "Butterflies". The challenge is to have a butterfly somewhere on your card. I enjoyed making the flower pot card earlier this week that I thought I would make another, but this time including a butterfly or two. The supplies include Bazzill cardstock, jewels, Cloud9 heart/leaf stamp, TAC butterfly, Ranger ink, and misc pattern paper.

This was so much fun to make! Leave me a comment if you like the card.