Scallop Trim Border and Corner Punch

SCALLOP TRIM RECTANGLES

I thought you might be interested.....I saw this great tutorial on Paper Pleasing Ideas blog explaining how to use the Scallop Trim Border and Corner Punch for any size of rectangle. It is so nice to see a visual on how to use these punches together.

Click HERE to view her video tutorial.

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Happy Valentine's Day Cards

Hi there. I have two Valentine's Day cards I would like to share with you. These are my two favorites that I made this season. Especially the one in Chocolate Chip, although I find the photo doesn't do it justice. Enjoy and Happy Valentine's Day to you too.

Follow Your Heart in Chocolate Chip

Supplies:

Stamps: Whimsical Words, I {Heart} Hearts

Paper: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Real Red

Ink: Real Red, Pretty in Pink, VersaMark

Accessories: White Signo Pen, Dimensionals, Scalloped Trim Border Punch, Black Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Corner Rounder Punch

4.25 x 5.5 card

Two Love Birds

Supplies:

Stamps: Well Scripted, Tiny Tags (heart)

Paper: Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry, Sending Love DSP

Ink: Pretty in Pink, Rich Razzleberry

Accessories: Sponge Dauber, Dimensionals, Two Way Bird Punch, Pinking Hearts Border Punch

4.25 x 5.5 card

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February Stamp Club

Birdhouses

When I first saw THESE paper birdhouses by Nichole Heady, I thought this would be a fun 3D project for the Stamp Club as well as cute Valentine's gifts for the boys' teachers. I plan to fill them with chocolate.


The Papertrey blog has a downloadable and printable template of the birdhouse with instructions on how to make the "siding" on the front of the house. Click HERE if you want to make one (or another one!) for yourself. I find that her instructions are fairly clear so I won't go into detail on how I put the front of the house together.


There are a few details that may not be clear from the photo so I will go into those a little bit:


Roof:

1. Fold the Chocolate Chip card stock in half and place one half in the Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Folder. (Unfortunately the Impressions Folder does not cover the whole piece of card stock.) Run through Sizzix Big Shot.


2. Flip card stock around to to emboss other side of card stock making sure that the impression will imprint the same way as the first time. You want both sides of the roof to have the dots poking up/debossed, not indented/embossed.


3. Use Scallop Trim Border Punch on ends of the roof.


4. Punch holes with paper piercer, hand held punch or horizontal slot punch in center of roof. Add hemp twine and/or ribbon.


5. Use Tiny Tags stamp set, Jewelry Tag Punch and White Embroidery Thread to create small tag. Add to hemp/ribbon.


House Front:

1. Complete bird house front by following THESE directions. Just a HINT: When you are punching through the card stock with the 1 1/4" Circle Punch, make sure you are not going through more than TWO layers. The card stock will be too thick for the punch to work.


2. Use the Two Way Bird Punch to create bird and branch image with Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper. Adhere with Tombo Liquid Glue. HINT: Instead of "wasting" precious patterned paper and punching the Bird Punch three times in three different paper patterns with two images going to waste each time....Cut three strips of patterned paper to fit each image - branch, bird and wing. For example, I cut a strip of Old Olive patterned paper in the width of the branch and placed it in my punch so that I would only the branch would be punched and nothing else. Hope that makes sense.


Completing the House:

1. Adhere house front/siding with bird punch to front of birdhouse.


2. Score on all dotted lines using a ruler. On the curved lines you will have to score free-hand.


3. I placed Sticky Tape on the four edges of the inside of the house. The six curved tags will be taped to these edges.


4. If you want to place anything inside the birdhouse, now is the time to do it!!


5. Place four pieces of Sticky Tape to outside of birdhouse. Attach roof.


Here are a couple more examples that I made. On this second pink birdhouse, I made a template by taking a strip of card stock and punching a scalloped trim border. I then began at the bottom of the roof and sponged along the scalloped edge using Chocolate Chip ink. I moved it up 1/2" and sponged again continuing until I reached the top of the roof. I repeated the steps on the other side of the roof.





Dimensions: Listed when you download the template.


Supplies:


Stamps: Tiny Tags
Paper: Sweet Pea DSP, Pretty in Pink, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White
Ink: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink
Accessories: Scallop Trim Border Punch, Two Way Bird Punch, Jewelry Tag Punch, Horizontal Slit Punch/Hand Held Punch/or Paper Piercer, Sponge Dauber, Hemp Twine, Pretty in Pink 5/8" Satin Ribbon, Perfect Polka Dots Impressions Folder, Big Shot, Sticky Strip, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, Scissors, Bone Folder, Ruler


Well, I'm off to make a couple for the boys' teachers. Thanks for stopping by.

Good Neighbors and Pinking Hearts Punches

This is the card I "demo-ed" at the Stamp Club last Friday night. If you notice, the word demo is in quotations. "Why?" you may ask. Well, let me tell you, it was a flop!! I was TRYING to show how you can use the Pinking Hearts Corner Punch. And it didn't work out BOTH times. I tried it at home again, and it WORKED THE FIRST TRY! Sorry about that everyone! My excuse is that it was the pressure of everyone's eyes on me :).

So far, I've found that the best way to use these punches is to use specific dimensions. I found a blog where Gretchen Barron has figured out these dimensions for you. (By the way, if anyone can figure out how to use the instructions that come with punch, PLEASE let me know, 'cause they don't make sense to me!) Here are the links:

Scallop Trim Corner and Border Punch

Pinking Hearts Corner and Border Punch

Supplies:

Stamps: Good Neighbors, Tiny Tags

Paper: Whisper White, Taken with Teal, Rose Red, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Sweet Pea DSP

Ink: Taken with Teal, rose Red, Old Olive, Pretty in Pink

Accessories: Pinking Hearts Corner Punch, Pinking Hearts Border Punch, Chocolate Chip 5/8" Satin Ribbon, Jewelry Tag Punch, White Embroidery Thread

4.25 x 5.5 card

Thanks for stopping by. Yes, yes, bird houses are coming soon!!

Sending Love with Hearts

Just a quick post....Here is a card using the Sending Love Designer Series Paper from the Occaasions Mini Catalogue. I think the card is fairly self-explanitory by just looking at the supply list. If anything is unclear, please feel free to ask in the comment section.

Supplies:

Stamps: I {Heart} Hearts, Well Scripted
Paper: Sending Love DSP, Whisper White, Chocolate Chip
Ink: Sahara Sand, Pretty in Pink,
Accessories: Chocolate Chip Marker, Edge Distresser, 1/4" Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon, Dimensionals, Corner Rounder Punch, Heart to Heart Punch

4.25 x 5.5 card

A 3D project will be coming soon.....Thanks for stopping by.

January Stamp Club

Reverse Applique Technique with Heart to Heart Punch


1. Open the up the Kraft card base so that you are looking at the inside of the card. (Make sure you are working on the front of the card, not the back.)

2. On the lower left hand corner of the Kraft card stock, use the Heart to Heart Punch to punch out the three hearts close to the BOTTOM of the card. Move the punch over to the center of the card base, moving it as HIGH as it will go. Punch again.

3. Still working on the inside of the card, use a Two Way Glue Pen or Tombo Liquid Glue around the edge of a heart. Place a piece of scrap over the heart hole, making sure the scrap does not cover a neighboring heart. Do this to each heart until all are covered with a variety of scraps. You might have to trim the scraps to fit each heart.

4. Flip the card over and stamp the Dotted Heart and "Love You much" sentiment in Chocolate Chip Ink.

5. On Very Vanilla card stock, stamp the group of Three Hearts in Real Red. Punch out with Heart to Heart Punch. Place a dimensional on the back of the "Plaid Heart" and add to the center of the Dotted Heart.

Dimensions:

Kraft card base: 4 1/4 x 5 1/2
Sending Love DSP: scraps

Pretty in Pink: 2 3/4 x 5 1/2 (for inside of card to cover up DSP scraps)

Supplies:

Stamps: I {Heart} Hearts, Well Scripted
Paper: Sending Love Specialty Designer Series Paper, Kraft, Very Vanilla
Ink: Real Red, Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Heart to Heart Punch, Two Way Glue Pen (Tombo Liquid Glue also works well), Dimensional

4.25 x 5.5 card


Rich Razzleberry I {Heart} Hearts





1. Use a Corner Rounder Punch to round two corners of Kraft card stock.

2. Flip Kraft card stock over and add a strip of adhesive along the edge of the straight edge (non-rounded cornered edge). Punch out five circle in Pretty in Pink using the 3/4" Circle Punch and starting in the center, place circles over the adhesive with about half of the circle overhanging the Kraft card stock. Once all circles have been placed, trim off outer edges of Pretty in Pink circles.

3. Use Pinking Hearts Border Punch on a small strip of Whisper White card stock. Tape onto Kraft card stock overlapping the pink circles.

4. On the Kraft card stock, stamp the Dotted Heart in Rich Razzleberry ink and the Solid Large Heart in Craft White ink.

5. On Whisper White card stock, stamp the Three Hearts two times. Once in Rich Razzleberry ink and once in Pretty in Pink ink. Use the Heart to Heart Punch to punch out hearts. Glue the smallest Pretty in Pink inside the Dotted Heart and the plaid Rich Razzleberry heart in the white large heart.

6. Complete card by stamping "Love You much" in Basic Black ink.

Dimensions:


Rich Razzleberry card base: 4 1/4 x 5 1/2
Kraft: 3 1/2 x 4
Whisper White: 3 1/2 x 3/4
Pretty in Pink: scraps for 3/4" circles
Whisper White: scraps for three hearts from i {Heart} Hearts stamp set


Supplies:

Stamps: I {Heart} Hearts, Well Scripted
Paper: Rich Razzleberry, Kraft, Whisper White, Pretty in Pink
Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Craft Whisper White, Pretty in Pink, Basic Black
Accessories: Corner Rounder Punch, Pinking Hearts Border Punch, 3/4" Circle Punch


4.25 x 5.5 card


Thanks for stopping by.

December Stamp Club Cards

Serene Snowflakes on Vellum with Rich Razzleberry

1. First use your Embossing Buddy to wipe the static off your Vellum card stock. (This makes sure that the embossing powder only sticks to the stamped image.) Next, stamp the snowflakes stamps randomly over the vellum with White Craft Ink (I used the three smaller stamps from the Serene Snowflake set). VersaMark also works well. Pour white embossing powder over the stamped images and heat carefully so the vellum doesn't burn or warp/bend.

2. Use the scalloped edge punch on the Rich Razzleberry card stock. Once you have a scalloped edge, attach the completed Vellum card stock piece to it with brads. Use a 1/16" hand held punch or paper piercer to poke holes through the two pieces. Tape Rich Razzleberry Polka-Dot Grosgrain Ribbon on card (I just used scotch tape to tape the ends of the ribbon at the back of the card).

3a. Use Big Shot to cut snowflake from the Snowflakes #2 Sizzlet Dies in Whisper White. Use Hand Held Punch to punch a hole in middle of snowfake. Add crystal brad or brad of your choice. (This is the "unadorned" snowflake as shown in the photo.)

3b. Use Big Shot to cut snowflake as stated in 3a. Ink up entire snowflake with VersaMark ink and sprinkle with Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder. Heat with heat gun. Be careful not to burn snowflake! Complete snowflake as in 3a. (This is what we did at the Stamp Club.)

4. Use a paper piercer or hand held punch to make a hole through the ribbon and the vellum and Razzleberry card stock. Attach snowflake to all pieces with brad.

5. Stamp "Noel" in Rich Razzleberry ink to bottom of Whisper White card base. Use the stamp-a-ma-jig if you need perfect placement.

6. Complete card by adhering all pieces together.

Dimensions:

Whisper White Card Base: 5 1/2 x 8 1/2

Rich Razzleberry: 3 3/4 x 5 1/4

Vellum Card Stock: 3 x 5

Supplies:

Stamps: Serene Snowflakes, Many Merry Messages

Paper: Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry, Vellum Card Stock

Ink: White Craft Ink, Rich Razzleberry

Accessories: White Embossing Powder, Embossing Buddy, Heat Gun, Paper Piercer, Silver Brads, Hand Held Punch, Crystal Brads, Snowflakes Set #2 Sizzlit Dies, Big Shot, Scalloped Edge Punch, Rich Razzleberry 1/2" Polka-Dot Grosgrain Ribbon

4.25 x 5.5 card

Cute and Cuddly Keeps You Warm

1. On "scrap" Naturals White card stock, stamp bear in Taken with Teal ink, cap in More Mustard ink, mug and sentiment in Real red ink and iceberg in Basic Black ink. Cut out using Paper Snips or good cutting scissors for fine details.

2. Punch out sentiment using Modern Label punch and add eyelet using eyelet setter or crop-o-dile. Add white embroidery thread to tag.

3. Use scallop edge punch on Real Red card stock strip.

4. "Texturize" the Naturals White card stock square using the Big Shot and Texturz Plate.

5. Tape the pieces together in the following order: Tape the Old Olive Designer Series Paper on to the Naturals White textured card stock. Tape the thin strip of Taken with Teal card stock to left edge of Old Olive DSP. Tape Real Red scalloped strip UNDERNEATH the Naturals White textured piece so that it sticks over the edge about 1/4". Place a strip of Sticky Tape to left edge of Taken with Teal strip.

6. To ruffle the ribbon, gently pull the two red threads while scrunching the ribbon together. Be careful otherwise you might pull the ribbon too far and the threads will come out leaving a plain white ribbon.

7. To attach the tag to the ribbon, thread Mistletoe scrunched ribbon through the embroidery thread. Now place scrunched ribbon on top of Sticky Tape. Tape ends of scrunched ribbon to back of Naturals White textured square.

8. Tape entire front piece to card base. Add bear and other pieces to the Old Olive DSP. Don't forget to add dimensionals to the bear to pop him up nicely.

Dimensions:

Old Olive Card Base: 4 1/4 x 4 1/4

Naturals White: 4 1/8 x 4 1/8

Old Olive DSP: 3 x 4 1/8

Taken with Teal: 1/4 x 4 1/8

Real Red: 1 x 4 1/8

Naturals White: scraps for bear, hat, mug, iceberg and tag

Supplies:

Stamps: Cute and Cuddly

Paper: Old Olive, Naturals White, Taken with Teal, Real Red, Old Olive Designer Series Paper

Ink: Taken with Teal, Real Red, More Mustard, Basic Black

Accessories: Eyelet, Crop-o-dile, Modern Tag Punch, White Embroidery Thread, Dimensionals, Scalloped Edge Punch, Paper Snips, Mistletoe Ribbon Originals, Sticky Tape, Perfect Details Texturz Plate, Big Shot

4.25 x 4.25 card

Whew!! I finally got this posted. Sorry it took so long.

Hope you have a wonderful holiday season and I'll see you in January.