Christmas Cash Gift Card

Hello fabulous Bloggers!  I hope you all had a wonderful holiday time surrounded by loved ones!  Tutorial Time!  I did this project for Christmas 2011, but by the time I wrote the tutorial, it was long after the holidays, so it was saved for this year!  I know it is now after Christmas, but this tutorial can be used with any paper theme!

This cash holder starts out as 12" w x 7" h double-sided patterned card stock. If you edge punch the top of the card, as in this example, make it 7.5" h

1. All pieces were inked with Ranger Festive Berries Distress Ink prior to assembly. 
2. Score the card stock at 4 and 8 inches from the left side.
3. Crease and fold so that the card front is facing you.
4. Open card and make a light pencil mark about 2 1/2 inches from the BOTTOM of the right edge.
5. From the pencil mark to the 8" score line, cut away the paper to make the angle for the cash pocket. Do not glue, yet!
6. For the lattice trim, punch a 12" strip of paper or card stock, layer with a stripe, then a solid.
7. Begin layering onto the card at the inside of the pocket, wrap around the back to the front and then inside, gluing as you are wrapping.
8. Glue the short edge and bottom only to secure the pocket.  
9. Cut a tag, layer, stamp a sentiment and add a knotted ribbon.
10. Foam tape the tag over the end of the lattice trim.
11. Add a layered sentiment and a bow onto the front with foam tape.
12. Stamp and layer a sentiment to the inside, left.
13. Make an envelope box to fit the card. This one was made with The Enveloper from Crafter's Companion.  There is a downloadable chart here to make over 100 sizes of envelopes.
14. Punch a 12" strip with the lattice punch and layer onto a second 12 " strip.
15. Wrap the layered band around the envelope and secure the ends to each other, not to the envelope, you want the band to slip off to open the envelope!
16. Layer Poinsettia Silk Flowers (mine are from Paper Wishes) and silk leaves.  Attach to the seam on the band.
17. For the envelope tag, an EK Success slim square bracket punch was cut from cream card stock and stamped with To and From stamps in Red Stazon.

Inside Pocket

Graphic 45 Squeeze Box Altered Project

Hello, fabulous Bloggers!  I am back again today with another Graphic 45 project for The Scrapbooking Studio design team.  One of the products in my kit this month was the G45 metal film cannister...hmmm, I thought, "how could I make it different?"  Well, it's different alright!  Is an old fashioned squeeze box different enough for you?

Side View

Front

Back

Top View

Here are a few of the details: the edges of the cannister were wrapped with ribbon using wonder tape, the "straps" were salvaged from an old purse and attached with pop rivets (thanks again to Jeff & Cathy at Scrapbook Dreams for attaching the straps and for the fabulous acrylic stands!), the tabs inside and circle shapes on the outsides were cut with Plantin Schoolbook and Gypsy Wanderings carts on the Cricut Expression.  All the papers were inked with Rusty Hinge Distress Ink. The squeeze box portion was adhered with X-press It double sided tape.  It worked great and held the project together really well.

G45 Papers used for this project are from the Olde Curiosity Shoppe line:  Parlor Wall, Butterfly Specifics, Genuine Article, Bazaar of Wonders, Counting Down and Race for Time.  Also used were Chipboard Die Cuts 1 & 2 and Cardstock Stickers.

The inside photo mats:

All the G45 product shown is available in stock at The Scrapbooking Studio...I expect them to run out soon!  Ha!  This was a really fun project!  Maybe I'll make a class out of it.....hmmm, food for thought!

Thanks again for stopping by the blog today, and...Be Inspired!   Jules

Create Banner

     Hello bloggers and friends!  Today, this adorable banner is being shared.  One very similar to this was on Maya  Road's website a couple of years ago, which provided the inspiration for this project.
     The dress forms, scissors, sewing machine, spool and needles were custom laser cut at Scrapbook Dreams .  The layering for the flocked chipboard letters and the flags were cut with Cricut-Mini Monograms.  The dress 'fabrics' are Paper Wishes patterned paper Vintage - which is discontinued.  I just loved the color combinations in these papers and they just happened to match that cute little teal pom-pom trim, which was layered over some tan lace!

Bows were tied with tape measure ribbon and topped with paper mini roses...to inspire my daughter's creativity...she was in fashion design school when this was made as a gift for her...

After all the embellishing, all the elements were laid out, including the beads, and strung onto some gold wire.  Loops  for hanging were also made from the gold wire and attached to the ends.  The excess gold wire on the loops was spiral curled.  The photos could have come out better, I have a better camera now...thanks to my kids!

Well, thank you for stopping by today and happy crafting!  Jules

50th Birthday Collage Card

Hello there, bloggers!  Two posts in one day!  Today I am sharing a collaged card for the "special" birthday of a dear friend! 
A piece of Julie j'et aime from Quick Quotes was first layered onto a white 5" x 6.5" card base.  A piece of cream cardstock was then stamped  with a Hero Arts design block stamp called "variety & quality" and embossing ink -then embossed with black embossing powder. 
All the layers were inked Purple Passion QQ chalk ink and possibly some Old Paper Distress Ink.  The "paper bag" flower, was made with this Paper Wishes template from a Scrapbooking Studio product bag and chalked with Very Berry and Purple Passion from Quick Quotes.
The doily was spritzed with some glimmer mist ( sorry, forgot which color combo was used!), with a big 50 die cut, flowers from stash, EK Success layered butterfly punch, buttons, satin ribbon, twine, stick pin, bling brad and a Dress It Up shoe button.  Whew!  What a list!

The 50 was re-purposed from my own 50th and was die cut and stamped by my dear friends at Scrapbook Dreams.  There was alot going on with this card, but my friend loved it, so I'll be incorporating some of the design elements into a special card for my baby sister, who will also be turning a special age in a week or so!

Thanks for stopping by today!  Jules

Valentine Projects-Pinecone Press

Hello  and Happy Monday, bloggers!  Glad you could stop by today!  The projects I am sharing today came from a Pinecone Press papercrafting kit.  My  LSS, Scrapbook Dreams handed it over and said, "Make some things for us to display in the store!"







First up, a gift card holder, pretty simple. The scallop heart is a Marvy Uchida  punch - 2" and the little red cherubs are from a cassette punch set - are they not adorable!?

     Inside, the pocket is trimmed with one of the edges of the papers - they all have a cute little design on them & that means I didn't have to throw anything away!

   

 All the papers and ribbon seen in the projects were included in the kit.  All I added were the punched items (from kit papers) buttons with scrapping floss on the box lid (below) pop dots and Ranger Distress Ink in Festive Berries!  Those Ranger seasonal inks are becoming quite versatile!




Next up, is this adorable exploding box!  This was so much fun to make, and really easy, too! The two inside layers of the box are tag pockets.  If I counted correctly, this little gem will hold almost 30, yes 30(!) photos!  There was still paper to make a few more cards, but time was running out to get them displayed at the store for Valentine's
Day! 


Another Valentine project coming soon!  Thanks for peeking in today!

Inside Box Lid

Two Layers of pockets with tags for photos

Wedding Projects and hints for making them!

Welcome to my blog today! Today's photos are projects designed for my son and dil's wedding rehearsal and reception.
The rosette ribbons were decor for the chair backs at the rehearsal dinner.  They are quite large and "in your face," but fun and easy to make!  Bazzill card stock in Swimming Pool and Strawberry from my LSS, Scrapbook Dreams, were used.  The white is shimmery card stock from my stash.  The rosettes were made by hand with the Martha Stewart scoreboard (that was before the Cricut Ribbons and Rosettes  Cart was released!).  Once the rosettes were scored, they were punched with the scallop doily lace and heart lace edge punches from Martha and an EK Success scallop edge punch.  Tie the Knot Cricut Cart was used for the lettering and swirly hearts.  Satin ribbon was attached to the backs of the items to tie them to the chairs

 

 Now, onto the place cards.  Here's a hint for making these right, the first time!!  First, cut out the lettering in the sized needed, lay it out and figure the matting area (embossed on the Big Shot with a Fiskars heart embossing plate), then figure the dimensions of the tri-fold bases!                                                                                                      

Bride & Groom

 For the Lettering, the capital letters were cut with Tie the Knot cart and the remaining letters, with Plantin' School Book.  All the letters were laid out on my Gypsy to save paper.  Those Tie the Knot letters take up alot of space! Also, because Bazzill is not very Cricut-friendly (it has that layer of plastic in it), I set my Gypsy to cut twice.  It took a long time for the letters to cut, but the end result was worth it!  Make sure the mat is very sticky and the blade is sharp!

Notice that each place card is proportional to the length of each name.  I devised a formula to add an allowance for the punched edges,  to conserve paper "boo-boos!"  The corners of the white mats are rounded and have hearts from the the punched-out edges, with half pearls in the centers and string pearls through the punched heart lace.

I hope you are "inspired" by these projects.  Thanks for peeking in today!

Attendants

Gift Card Set

Hello Bloggers!  Sharing a gift project with you today.  The card set (sorry, only pic I have) fit perfectly into the box (after a whole lot of experimentation!) cut from Tags, Bags, Boxes & More cart from Cricut on Quick Quotes papers Ode to Joy line.  The flowers were punched and dry embossed from coordinating papers.  After this project was completed, I had secretly wished I had made all the cards to match the packaging.  That is a project for another day!

The two cards on the left were made from Karen Foster papers and matching stickers from my LSS, Scrapbook Dreams.  The gold card has Heidi Grace papers and HUGE bling on the Paper Studio flowers(!).  It has stamped sentiments from Paper Wishes on it.  The purple card has a white base, embossed with a Big Shot embossing plate, then tapped Purple Passion Chalking ink from Quick Quotes over it.  The mat layers were cut from Spellbinders Nest-abilities dies.  The layers were cut from lavender card stock and a very tiny blue and lavender check pattern, then cut apart and placed as shown.  The flower started out white and was also colored with the purple ink, embellished with a butterfly brad and, of course, some purple satin ribbon!  Enjoy and thanks for peeking in today!