Blossom Designs

Chloe

My friends little girl is turning 1 soon and this is the card I made for her.  I borrowed Nicky's jumbo outline alphabet set when she was here stamping with me a few weeks back and stamped onto some DSP to spell 'Chloe'.  I still have chipboard from the last catalogue so I used the number 1 and inked it up with Riding Hood Red.  Then, I used my stickles to add some bling. 

A close up of the bling!!  I just had to use it for a girls card didn't I?

This is a simple card and a quick card to make too.  A good one to make if you need a card in a hurry (apart from the cutting of the letters).

Happy Stamping,

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Supplies
Stamps: Jumbo Outline Alphabet.
Ink: Black Stazon, Riding Hood Red.
Paper: Pink Pirouette, Close To Cocoa, Candy Lane DSP.
Accessories: 5/8" Riding Hood Red Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Scallop Circle Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, Chipboard, Diamond Stickles, Piercing Tool & Template.

Birthday Gift & Card

I have a friends birthday coming up next month and thought of a nice gift set for her (can't giveaway WHO it is!).  The notebook is for her thoughts or to just write things down during the day.  I even managed to accessorise the pen!  I also made the matching card.

I've wanted to cover a notebook for ages but have been trying to find the right size.  I ended up finding one yesterday while out and bought 10 of them!! The pen was an after thought so that is why I haven't attached it to the notebook.  NOTE: remember for next time.  I have used Basic Grey paper along with SU! cardstock (Sahara Sand & Chocolate Chip) and the lovely 5/8" grosgrain ribbon in Chocolate Chip.  The letter "n" is from the Big Deal Alphabet set.  I used my nestabilities to cut out the circles in Sahara Sand and Basic Grey paper.  I covered the chipboard flower in Chocolate Chip cardstock and used my white gel pen for the dots.

Here is the matching card.  It's really strange that I haven't done this before but I usually only make a card and then buy a gift.  I am really pleased with how the card and the notebook have turned out.  I will be doing more in the future.  Watch this space!  LOL

I've added this photo as you can see the sparkle better.  I used my gelly roll pen to outline the letter "n" and on the Basic Grey paper.

Happy Crafting,

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Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge #42

Okay, so today you are going to get 2 cards - yes, 2 cards !!  LOL  I finally got to Beate's sketch today as Oliver had a birthday party to attend yesterday which was about 2 1/2 hours away.  Fred was one of his swimming buddies before his family moved further north and this is the first time we have been there.  Oliver had a ball and there was a bouncy castle !!

Anyway, back to the card !!  A friend of mine is having a baby and they know they are having a girl so I thought I would get in early and get one made.  I'm really liking this sketch, it was so easy to put together.

I got to use my SU! chipboard flower which I painted white with acrylic paint in pink first then painted a coat in white.  You can see that it is glossy where it should be crackled !!  I used my Ranger Crackle Accents medium but so far nothing has crackled - I don't know why, I'm thinking that the bottle has been labelled wrongly.  Who knows ????
I cut out two separate flowers from the SU! DP and layered them on top of the bazzil yellow flower sitting on the chipboard.

I also used my cuttlebug embossing folders instead of stamping.

Here is Beate's sketch.

Happy Crafting,

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Binder Journal - Tutorial

Okay, so here is the tutorial for the Binder Journal.

Materials needed:
12" x 12" Card stock
12" x 12" Patterned Paper
Ribbon (other embellishments if required)
4 Ring Binder
A4 Page Protectors
Paper Trimmer
Eyelets (I used 16)
Crop-a-dile
Die Cutting Machine
Index Tab Die
Double-Sided Adhesive


TIP: If you are going to use varnish on your chipboard letters, I suggest you do this first to allow drying time.

Step 1:


Cut your patterned paper to 12" x 6".










Step 2:
Cut your card stock to 12" x 4 1/2".












Step 3:

Stick the two sheet together. I allowed the extra 1/2" on the card stock to apply the tape and placed the patterned paper over the top of the card stock.

Step 4:

You should have already varnished your chipboard letters (optional). Stick your letters to the card stock - I used silicone glue for this and then place a heavy object on top of the letter to hold them down.

Step 5:
Next, I cut the blue card stock to fit the spine of the folder to 12" x x1 1/2". I printed the letters H O M E on the PC in blue on white card. I then cut each letter out and glued it to the blue card stock.

Step 6:



Here is the finished spine.














Step 7:

I cut cream card stock to us as the dividers for the inside of the folder. I didn't get to finish this off completely as I do not have a "index tab" die - need to get one fast!! LOL





I put all our take-out menus in the folder in one tabbed section along with emergency numbers in another tabbed section. If your child has food allergies you could leave any important information in the folder for the baby sitter. The possibilities are endless and it could keep that messy "THE DRAWER" neat and tidy.

See what you can come with - enjoy!

K.

New Project - Binder Journal

Here is the start of my new project. I got the idea from Step by Step Projects - Decorative Journals by Donna Downey. I bought it from amazon UK.

Donna uses a 3 ring binder in her book but I thought a 4 ring binder was better for me. I decided to use my Paper Salon paper with Bazzil blue cardstock. The letters are chipboard which I have coloured with SU! Chocolate Chip and the other 'home' in blue was done on the PC. I will use this on the spine of the folder.

I will post the finished project later today (hopefully!) and post a tutorial on it. It is pretty simple. I did not do it EXACTLY the same as Donna did - I didn't have all the products she used handy.

K.

Thank You!

My neighbour baby sat for me today while I went to a craft class and it turned out that we were using chipboard letters. How great as I was able to make this thank you card for her.