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Box Template and Tutorial AND Coming Soon... Blog Candy!

Oct 172008

I just love making these little miniature boxes. Aren’t they cute!

Last week I made one for a door hanger project and promised a template for it this week. So here it is.. more or less. lol

I tried to make it such that the template actually printed to the size/measurements shown on the template. However, I could not get it to be exact. Sorry I’m so computer challenged. However because of the angles and shape of the template it is relatively easy to tell where the folds and cuts go without doing any measuring.

So the easiest thing to do is simply print the template, cut it out and then just trace around the outside of it. As long as the proportions are kept the same, the template will work fine to make a smaller or larger size box. When I printed it out the longest measurement (which shows as 9″ on the template) was just over 8″ in actuality. So it printed a little smaller. The picture of the boxes at the top of this post shows this smaller box in front (“friend”) and the actual measured to scale box is shown in back (“thanks”).

If you do want to make a box the exact size as the template and you want to measure it, I have all the measurements on the template in a 1/16″ scale, ie 4/16″ instead of 1/4″. This was just to keep it consistent.

Here is the template: 4blog115boxtemplate.jpg

Here are some pictures of the box construction. Just a note.. on the “Flap” I used a corner rounder punch to round the corners. On “Bottom B” and “Bottom D” I used scissors to snip off a small triangular shape at the angled corners as shown in the pictures below.

All folds are in the same direction.

The Glittering Christmas paper on the green box is from Flourishes.

And it’s done! If you have any questions, just ask. I will answer them as soon as possible which will most likely be next week. Got a big weekend planned. Tonight is a craft night of sorts at our church, and I will be teaching a couple of ladies how to make a few cards. And then tomorrow is my 17 year old son’s homecoming dance. There are 14 couples in his group. He has organized the whole thing, has everyone showing up at our home for pictures to start the evening off (14 couples and parents) and then 2 huge limos will come to take them to dinner and the dance, etc. Plus they are all returning here around midnight after their haunted house adventure to watch a movie in our little home theater. Should be some crazy fun. He is my last of 4 sons and I am cherishing every minute of it. They grow up so so so fast…

Finally… the BLOG CANDY! A Muse has just released the coolest set called “Hero Mail”. $2 from the sale of each set goes to Operation Troop Aid. Well I just love the set, and so I bought 2… one for me and one for you if you are the winner! I’ll have it up on my blog sometime next week. It’s a perfect set for Veteran’s Day!

Hope everyone has a great weekend. Oh and if you do make a box or two and post them somewhere, PLEASE leave me a link. I would LOVE to see them!!

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Stamps: SU! Everyday Flexible Phrases

Papers: SU! DSP Autumn Vine, Really Rust, Sage Shadow; PTI White

Inks: SU! Really Rust Classic

Accessories: SU! 1/2 inch Striped Grosgrain; McGill Leaf Punch

Beate's Tuesday Inspiration Challenge #27

Oct 142008

Such beautiful colors in Beate’s inspiration piece today. And I totally went with them.

All images are from Flourishes. The ornament is from their newly released set All That Glitters. The sentiment is also from a newly released set Sleigh Ride. The background is Damask. The sentiment and background were stamped with craft inks. The ornament was stamped with Bravo Burgundy classic ink and VersaMark on watercolor paper and then clear embossed. It was then watercolored with Regal Rose and Bravo Burgundy reinkers. A Bravo Burgundy marker was used to outline the flourishes on the ornament.

The ribbon treatment was inspired by this card by Jan Marie Curuso.

Be sure to check out the other Inspiration Team’s creations:

Jennifer Buck
Charmaine Ikach
Silke Ledlow
Danielle Lounds
Dawn McVey

Flourishes All That Glitters – Set of 12 Stamps

Flourishes Sleigh Ride – Set of12 Stamps

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Stamps: Flourishes All That Glitters, Sleigh Ride, Damask
Papers: SU! Very Vanilla, Bravo Burgundy, Watercolor, Vellum
Inks: SU! Craft Whisper White and Bravo Burgundy, Classic Bravo Burgundy, Reinkers Regal Rose and Bravo Burgundy, Marker Bravo Burgundy, VersaMark
Accessories: Kaiser Pearls; SU! Regal Rose 5/8 inch GG Ribbon, Clear Embossing Powder, Aquapainter; Gold Cording (non elastic); Heat Gun

Flourishes Release - "All That Glitters"

Oct 102008

My project today features the Flourishes “All That Glitters” set. The stamp I chose to play with is the beautiful bird ornament image.

Because of the delicate detailing on the different ornament images in this set, I think they are very flexible as to how you can use them. Here I have simply stamped and heat embossed in gold on red card stock. But these images could completely lend themselves to coloring from just a little to as elaborate as one desired.

At Christmastime gift wrapping at our house generally takes place in the room where all of the ribbons, bows, tags and wrapping papers are stored. I thought that it would be fun to have a warning for the door for those times when everyone really must stay out!

Now that my youngest is 17, something like this might actually work! I wouldn’t have counted on it years ago, though. In fact this would have probably had just the opposite effect! “Oh look, Mom’s wrapping our gifts. Let’s go help” *chuckle*

To start I used Mod Podge on a chipboard door hanger. I adhered this GORGEOUS Glittering Christmas paper to the hanger and then Mod Podged again right over the top of it. The result was wonderful because the glitter still showed, but it was now permanently sealed to the paper instead of getting all over everything everywhere!

I used my Circle and Scalloped Circle Die Cut Nestabilities to cut and make the holly and scalloped rings around the hole for the door handle. The holly ring image is from the new JustRite “Christmas Stamp Ensemble”. The lettering is from two different JustRite Fonts “Curlz” 50 pt. size and “Times Roman” 50 and 95 pt. size. May Arts velvet ribbon and lots of Kaiser rhinestones along with some gold cording and a miniature bow (store bought.. sh-h-h-h-h don’t tell anyone) finish out the project.

Oh yes and the box… I made the box with PTI white card stock and adhered strips of the Glittering Christmas paper to the top and sides. I love this little functional box. It measures approximately 1-1/2″ X 2-1/2″ and is the same-ish size as the metal tag/frame on my yesterday’s “Sleigh Ride” card. I am putting together a template and tutorial for it and hope to have it ready to share in a few days.

Flourishes All That Glitters – Set of 12 Stamps

Last month Flourishes offered a discount on the new releases – this month they’re offering you an even better deal! From now through Monday, October 13, get 10% OFF YOUR ENTIRE ORDER!!! So, now is the time to load up on that great Basic Grey paper and matching brads, or perhaps some luscious ribbon. To get the discount you must put this code in the promotion code box at checkout: RSC88 Now, because you have to put that code in the promotion code box, you will not be able to enter the code for which design team member inspires you. So…just send Flourishes an e-mail at [email protected] and they will reward your favorite designer!

To see more cards or projects made with this week’s new releases, check out the other Flourishes Design Team and Friends of Flourishes blogs:

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Stamps: Flourishes “All That Glitters”; JustRite “Christmas Stamp Ensemble”, “Font Set – Curlz”, “Font Set – Times Roman”

Papers: Flourishes “Glittering Christmas”; SU! Whisper White, Garden Green, Real Red; PTI White

Inks: SU! Real Red Craft, Real Red and Garden Green Markers; VersaMark

Accessories: JustRite 3-1/4″ Circle Wood Stamper; May Arts Velvet Red Ribbon; Kaiser Rhinestones; Cuttlebug; Circle and Scalloped Circle Die Cut Nestabilities; Gold Embossing Powder, Gold Cording, Imaginations Chipboard Door Hanger, Bow, Corner Rounder Punch (box flap); Mod Podge

Flourishes Releases - "Poinsettia and Boxwood" "Holiday Greetings" and "Sleigh Ride"

Oct 092008

Today I have two cards which feature three of the Flourishes newly released Christmas sets. The first card is made with the large poinsettia image in the “Poinsettia and Boxwood” set. It also uses one of the sentiments in the “Holiday Greetings” set.

The images were all stamped using Ruby Red classic ink and VersaMark. (I have two VersaMark pads. One is kept clean. The other is almost black as I often use it to put VersaMark on a stamp that already has ink on it. Such was the case here. Because of the “dirty” VersaMark ink, it changed the color of the Ruby Red ink to more of a brownish color.) The flowers and sentiment were stamped on Basic Grey’s “Two Scoops” designer paper and then heat embossed with clear embossing powder. Two of the four cutout flowers were stamped on the darker of the two pink papers in the series. (This was also how the background panel was made.) One flower was stamped on the plaid and one on the dotted design. The patterned flowers were cut out in whole. The pink flowers were cut out around selected petals. I watercolored the centers of the smaller pink flowers with Ruby Red reinker. Once it was dry I added Stickles.

Flourishes Poinsettia and Boxwood – Set of 10 Stamps

Flourishes Holiday Greetings – Set of 19 Stamps

The second card uses the new “Sleigh Ride” set.

So where’s the sleigh? Well I just couldn’t resist those cute little miniature images. I made a scene, sparkled it up with my Stardust Clear Glitter Pen and some Stickles and framed it with a metal tag.

I finished the card with some dotted May Arts ribbon and Kaiser rhinestones.

Flourishes Sleigh Ride – Set of12 Stamps

To see more cards or projects made with this week’s new releases, check out the other Flourishes Design Team and Friends of Flourishes blogs:

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Poinsettia Card

Stamps: Flourishes Poinsettia and Boxwood and Holiday Greetings

Papers: Whisper White, Basic Grey Two Scoops DP

Inks: Ruby Red Classic and Reinker, Handsome Hunter Classic, VersaMark

Accessories: Clear Embossing Powder, Stickles, Gold Cording, Aquapainter, Heat Gun

Winter Wonderland Card

Stamps: Flourishes Sleigh Ride

Papers: Real Red, Whisper White

Inks: Versafine Onyx Black, Bashful Blue Classic, Bashful Blue, Real Red, Yoyo Yellow, Only Orange, Certainly Celery Markers, Stardust Clear Glitter Pen, White Gel Pen, Copic Multiliner 0.1

Accessories: Cuttlebug, Dotted Swiss Embossing Folder, Metal Tag, Snowflake Brad, Kaiser Rhinestones, May Arts Dotted Ribbon, Stickles, Blender Pen

Flourishes Release - "City of David"

Oct 082008

It’s Christmas time at Flourishes, and I was so excited when I saw all of their releases for this month. They are all unique and wonderful. My card today uses the new set “City of David”.

The images and sentiment were stamped on watercolor paper with Versafine Onyx Black and VersaMark then heat embossed with black embossing powder. Markers and a blender pen were used for coloring. Sparkle was added to the roofs with a Stardust Clear Glitter Pen.

The back wise man and the sentiment were popped up on dimensionals. Some May Arts Sheer Ribbon, gold cording and a star brad finished off the card.

Here is a picture of the new “City of David” stamp set. It has 7 images.

To see more cards or projects made with this week’s new releases, check out the other Flourishes Design Team and Friends of Flourishes blogs:

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Stamps: Flourishes “City of David”

Papers: SU! Watercolor, Whisper White, Not Quite Navy

Inks: SU! Classic Not Quite Navy, Sahara Sand and Markers Blush Blossom, Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa, Old Olive, Certainly Celery, Gable Green, Green Galore, Barely Banana, Summer Sun, Ruby Red, Ballet Blue, Bashful Blue, Lavender Lace, Basic Black, Versamarker, Blender Pen; Versafine Onyx Black; VersaMark; Stardust Clear Glitter Pen

Accessories: May Arts Sheer Ribbon; Gold Cording; Star Brad, Black Embossing Powder, Heat Gun

Peony's Bugs, JustRite Fun and a Balance Beam

Oct 012008

I couldn’t make up my mind what to title this post so I just went with a little of everything! LOL

This week Flourishes has asked their designers to feature the Peony set. Chances are they wanted us to do a card or project with… well… the Peony image. But I just couldn’t take my mind off of the bugs in this set. I’ve mentioned before that I love the bee. So I decided to combine the bee image with some of my JustRite Stamper’s Toys to make a gift card and wrapping paper. Oh yes, I also used a small flower image from Flourishes Fantasy Floral Garden set to stamp the tissue paper. Here is the finished project.

Using SU!’s Whisper White wrapping paper I stamped and masked and stamped some more with one of JustRite’s new borders in their 2-5/16″ Harmony Classic Circle II Stamp Ensemble. And aren’t those bees cute! I added Twinkling H2O’s in Lemondrop to give each bee a pretty shimmer.

For the gift card I also used the flower border from JustRite’s 1-5/8″ Curlz Monogram Stamper Kit. It is embossed with black embossing powder. The letters are Times Roman Font.

Click on photos to enlarge.

As much fun as I have had with the bee, the cute little beetle in the Peony set had not been inked. That needed to change. See him peeking out from behind the panel of the new Sparkle DP from Memory Box. The sentiment is from JustRite’s Curlz Monogram Stamper Kit. It is one of their new centers.

I know exactly who I’m going to give this card to. My oldest son’s girlfriend LOVES bugs. She has been on expeditions/grants to Costa Rico to study butterflies and the Amazon to study ants. Well I have a deathly fear of spiders. The good news is that whenever she is around, if a spider decides to appear, I can call on her and she will just go over to the thing, pick it up and put it outside!!! So ya… she LOVES bugs and her birthday is next week. This one’s for her.

A couple of weeks ago I mentioned that my 17 year old son wanted only one thing for his birthday and that was tickets to see Shawn Johnson in the “Gymnastics Superstars” at the Tacoma Dome. I had managed to get him 5th row tickets in the center section. I was very pleased with myself. WELL….. It was this past Saturday. He came home floating on air. It turns out that rows 1-4 are bleachers which they couldn’t set up because they had the gym floor elevated for the gymnasts. So… HE WAS IN ROW 1!!!! He told me that if he could have picked his seats out of the entire dome, he would have picked the ones he had. How cool is that. The balance beam was set up not even 10 feet from him! When Shawn finished her routine she came over and high-fived him!! So did Nastia. The funniest thing was his comment about Shawn’s floor routine. I guess after she finished with it, she once again came and high-fived him. Well he said that she was “a little sweaty” after her routine. So when she touched him he got some of her sweat on him. I thought he was going to say it was kinda gross. But no… his response? “It was great!!!!” Life is good.

Shawn Johnson (above) and Nastia Liukin (below)
Tacoma Dome – September 27, 2008

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Wrapped Box Project
Stamps: Flourishes “Peony”, “Fantasy Floral Garden”; JustRite “Curlz Monogram Stamper Kit 1-5/8″”, “Harmony Classic Circle II Stamp Ensemble 2-5/16″”, Times Roman Fon t
Papers: SU! Wrapping Paper, Really Rust, Whisper White; Tissue Paper
Inks: VersaFine Onyx Black; Memento Rich Cocoa; SU! Really Rust Classic and Yoyo Yellow, Summer Sun, More Mustard Markers, VersaMark
Accessories: LuminArte Twinkling H2O’s Lemondrop, May Arts Sheer Ribbon, Gingham Ribbon, Raffia, Cuttlebug, Nestabilities Circle Die Cut, Jumbo Eyelet, 1″ and 1/4″ Circle Punches, Ticket Corner Punch, Black Embossing Powder, Eclipse Masking Tape, Gift Box

Card
Stamps: Flourishes “Peony”; JustRite “Curlz Monogram Stamper Kit 1-5/8″”
Papers: SU! Kiwi Kiss, Tangerine Tango, Basic Black, Very Vanilla; Memory Box “Sparkle”
Inks: VersaFine Onyx Black
Accessories: May Arts Ribbons Polka Dot and Satin, Kaiser Rhinestones, Cuttlebug, Nestabilities Circle Die Cuts, McGill Super Giant Flower Punch, Photo Corner Punch

Flourishes "Menswear" Goes H.O.G.

Sep 252008

Had some fun yesterday playing with the “Menswear” set from Flourishes. I actually felt a little guilty cutting off perfectly good sleeves. You would have thought it was a real shirt that I was altering!

Here is the card I made yesterday.

Well have you ever made a card and decided that you wanted to add just one more little detail? That’s what I did this morning with this card. I wanted to add/draw a black line around the border of the orange background. So I did. But there was a little problem that was totally driving me nuts. Since the sentiment panel was already there (yes I should have removed it before drawing the line) it was hard to draw a line the entire distance on the left side of the card. So I did it in two steps. Unfortunately I didn’t get both lines at the same angle. D’oh. I tried to ignore it but ended up trying to fix it. BIG MISTAKE! lol

Oh my, I had to add a Harley symbol “leather” ribbon to cover up the goof. It made the bottom of the card too heavy. It felt unbalanced so I added the brad. I got the brad too close to the corner. Had to move it in which of course left a visible gaping hole. So I added the hardware ring. Now the top of the card was too heavy. So I added a second ribbon. Was this ever going to end!?! LOL Well for better or for worse I ended this journey! Do you ever have one of those kind of days?

Before I go I wanted to share a scrapbook page that I did a couple of years ago.

(Click photo to enlarge.)

I originally started this hobby with the intent of scrapbooking. Well this was my first page. I’ve only done three pages since! The layout is a CASE of a page that I saw on display at Ben Franklin. That’ my DH and his biker buddies on their ride to the Grand Canyon. Aren’t they adorable!

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Stamps: Flourishes “Menswear”
Papers: SU! Tangerine Tango, Yoyo Yellow, Basic Black; EK Success Harley DP; Flame DP Unknown
Inks: Versafine Onxy Black; Copic Black Multiliner
Accessories: EK Success Hardware, “Leather” Ribbon, Fabric Sentiment

JustRite Has It

Sep 182008

What does JustRite have? How about some new images, new sizes, new shapes, oh my! On today’s card I used one of JustRite’s new and larger circle stampers. The wooden stamper along with the border and center that I used are from the Harmony Classic Circle Stamper II Stamp Ensemble. This stamper has a 2-5/16th” diameter!

The border image was stamped on card stock and then die cut and embossed using the Circle Nestabilities. I punched out the center with a 1-3/4″ circle punch and mounted it with dimensionals onto the stamped border. That sweet bird is from Flourishes newly released “Birds and Vine” set. A Kaiser pearl was placed on the bird to keep an eye on things. (Sorry couldn’t resist.) The wonderful May Arts satin ribbon was added for a touch of *yummy* along with the beautiful Memory Box “Sprout” designer paper.

If you haven’t had a chance to see the new products from JustRite, be sure to visit Flourishes and check them out! They are there under “Stampers Toys”.

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Stamps: JustRite “Harmony Classic Circle Stamper II Stamp Ensemble”; Flourishes “Birds and Vine”
Paper: SU! Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla; Memory Box “Sprout”
Ink: SU! Classic Garden Green, Chocolate Chip, Really Rust and Markers Garden Green, Chocolate Chip
Accessories: May Arts Satin Ribbon, Kaiser Pearl, Circle Nestabilities, Cuttlebug, 1-3/4″ Circle Punch

Zindorf Style

Sep 172008

I so love Michelle Zindorf’s style. She makes the most unique and stunning cards. So for my card today I decided to try following one of her many fantastic tutorials. The one I chose can be found here. I changed (or should I say omitted) some steps to make it more beginner friendly! lol Thank you, Michelle!

I used a tree image from one of Flourishes most recently released sets, “Forest of Trees”. I also used Flourishes “Flourished Elements” and “Flourished Words” sets. That yummy ribbon is by May Arts.

And finally I just had to post a close-up-taken-in-the-sunlight picture of the Flower Soft product that can be purchased at Flourishes. This stuff is so cool and adds so much texture and interest. Plus it’s so easy to use. (But be sure to turn off all fans before opening up the package. It’s really light and fluffy.) Nancy Kirk, one of Flourishes owners, has made a video demonstrating this product.

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Stamps: Flourishes “Forest of Trees”, “Flourished Elements” and “Flourished Words”
Paper: SU! Whisper White and Really Rust
Ink: SU! Soft Sky, Not Quite Navy, Ruby Red, Really Rust, More Mustard, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip (marker), VersaMark
Accessories: May Arts Satin Ribbon; Flower Soft, Glue; Clear Embossing Powder; White Gel Pen

Flourishes - "Mixed Greetings" and an Orchid

Sep 122008

Here is a card using Flourishes newly released set “Mixed Greetings”. Huge congratulations to Leslie Miller for coming up with the wonderful concept for this set! It’s SO versatile!!

To get my huge pile of envelopes I stamped the envelopes image several times at slightly different angles and used some Eclipse masking tap e here and there. It was then cut out. I stamped the basket image three times, cut them out and then applied the ric-rac, a prima and a tiny dot of Summer Sun card stock to each of them. The baskets were popped up on dimensionals. The pile of envelopes and the greetings sentiment were then tucked inside and also popped up with dimensionals.

The main sentiment is from Flourishes “Many Sentiments”. What fun this was and so quick and easy.

Here are the three sets released this week at Flourishes.

And just one last reminder about Flourishes “New Release Bundle” deal. You can purchase all the new sets for 10% off! This offer is good through September 17th. The three new sets this month are “Birds and Vine”, “Forest of Trees” and “Mixed Greetings”. Also if you want to see more cards made with this week’s new releases, be sure to visit the other Flourishes design team member’s blogs.

Linda Duke
Faith Hofrichter
Julie Koerber
Leslie Miller
Barb Schram

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Stamps: Flourishes “Mixed Greetings” and “Many Sentiments”
Papers: SU! Old Olive, Really Rust, Very Vanilla, Summer Sun
Inks: SU! Chocolate Chip, Really Rust
Accessories: Eclipse Masking Tape; Ric Rak; Primas; Hole Punch

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In yesterday’s post I talked about the Vellum Glue Dots that weren’t really “dots” at all but rather sheets of adhesive that you transfer to an object that you want to adhere. Well I had a few questions about it. So rather than try to explain it further, I decided that a picture was worth a thousand words. So here is a picture of a sheet. You can see the area of “sticky”. You just place the sheet on an object (like acetate) and rub the back of it, and the sticky transfers over to that object.

Now on yesterday’s card you really could not see the adhesive at all. However I did another card using the clear card stock that had a plain Very Vanilla background. The adhesive is slightly visible, but still does not look too bad. Here is the card I made. I used an orchid that my son’s girlfriend grew and dried and then gave to me. This past week I learned that a very dear friend just lost her mother to Alzheimer’s. This card is for her as I truly have been thinking of her, her dad and her whole family so much this week.

I know I’ve mentioned this a lot before, but I love Fridays! My youngest son’s 17th birthday is tomorrow. We may have something a little rowdy planned! lol The ONLY thing he wanted for his birthday was tickets to the “Gymnastics Superstars” at the Tacoma Dome later this month. He has a total crush on that little darling Shawn Johnson and isn’t afraid to admit it! *chuckle* Well together we searched Ticketmaster and Ebay and couldn’t find any good seats. And then a few days ago, on a whim, I checked Ticketmaster again totally not expecting to find anything. BUT… woohoo… I got him two tickets… 5th row… smack dab in the middle of the center section!! It may be the 5th row but he is going to be in 7th heaven!! Don’t you just love it when things like that happen!

Hope everyone has a happy and fun weekend.

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Stamps: SU! “Baroque Motifs” and “Essence of Love”
Papers: SU! Very Vanilla; Crystal Clear Card Stock
Inks: White Stazon
Accessories: Orchid, Vellum Glue Dots (Sheet)