Quick Quotes Altered Canvas Mini

Hello out there!  It has been a while since my last post, so it's time to share a project with you.  This one was very special.  My niece lost a very dear friend and had very few photos of him, so I put together this little canvas kit from Quick Quotes for her to look at whenever she was missing her friend.

All the chipboard pieces (in silver) were inked up with Silver Metallic Stazon.  After the ink was dry, Tim Holtz Fabulous Flourishes stamps were used on the page tabs and black metallic paper was placed behind the cut-out letters.  The chipboard photo frames were done in the same technique, using a  stamp from Hot Off The Press, Artful Collection. A close-up is below.

Inside Pages:

A closer look at the metallic ink with the stamping.

The entire project was inked with Quick Quotes Midnight Confession Powder Puff Chalking Ink.

Thanks for stopping by the blog today!

Be Inspired!

Jules

Product Links:

Quick Quotes

Midnight Confession Powder Puff Chalking Ink

Silver Metallic Stazon

Fabulous Flourishes stamps

Artful Collection stamps

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

Christmas Gift Card HoldersTutorial

Hello fabulous Bloggers!  I am sharing a tutorial for gift card holders today.  For this card, start with a strip of double-sided card stock, 5.5" x 12".  To conserve on paper, up to 6 x 12 may be used (2 cards per sheet of 12 x 12 card stock!  Yay!).

• Score the 12" side at 4, 6 & 8''
• Fold the card stock so that it looks like  the picture below, with the 4" and 8" scored sections meeting to form the card fold
• Use a 2.5" circle punch to create a slot in the 2" section on the inside center of the card.  For for thicker paper, make a slit where the punch would have been used.  If a slit is cut, it can be cut so that the gift card is either vertical or horizontal.  In the photo below, the gift card is horizontal.
• Add any mats for the center section, then glue ONLY the sides and bottom of the center section, forming the pocket to hold the gift card.
• Decorate as desired!
• There is a variation for this card:  the center section can be glued to either side of the card inside, so that the card pocket stays put.

The finished size is 5-1/2"h x 4"w

An A2 sized envelope will work for this, but I made a top-fold envelope to fit these cards. 

•  start with an 8-1/4 x 9-1/2 envelope weight paper ( I use 65lb. paper) or coordinating cardstock

•  with the 9-1/2" side at the top of the scoring tool, score at 2-1/2" and 6-3/4", top to bottom

Score @ 2-1/2 "

Score @ 6-3/4"

• rotate to the 8-1/4" side and score at 3/4" & 6-7/8", top to bottom

score @ 3/4''

Score @ 6-7/8"

• cut away the four corners, at slight angles for a nice fold
• use a corner rounder on the 1-3/8" flap, 3/4" flap and top of the large flaps

Showing cut-away corners and rounded edges

• fold the two large flaps into the center and glue

• fold the 3/4" flap up and glue

Assembled envelope 4-1/4 x 6" when closed

• embellish the top flap with  patterned paper to match the card to be placed inside using a 1-3/8 x 4-1/4" strip with two corners rounded to match the flap

Tip:  If you tend to over-embellish cards that are too thick for a normal envelope, you can make an envelope box by adding 1/2'' to the length and width (now 10 x 8-3/4'').  For this size, score the 10'' side @ 2-3/4'', 3'', 7-1/4'' & 7-1/2".  Score the 8-3/4'' side @ 3/4'', 1'', 6-1/4'' & 6-1/2''.

Cosmo Cricket and SEI papers and embellishments were used for these cards
red ruffled ribbon: Recollections
red glitter ribbon: JoAnn
EK Success punch-Edger Flourish Scroll
Wausau Pearlized card stock (red & green)
Christmas Stamps  / Red Stazon



I hope you enjoyed the tutorial.  Come back to the blog soon!

Be Inspired!

Jules

Teresa Collins Christmas Cottage Card

Hello Bloggers!  Up today on the blog is a card made with the TC Christmas Cottage line and some POW! glitter paper provided for my crafting pleasure from The Scrapbooking Studio in Bloomington!

It is a matchbook card with a few layers added in...a Fabrications brad topped off the layered die-cut flower from the line.  It was painted with Tattered Angels Glam in purchased during one of the TA classes held at The Studio last summer!  Fun!

The next layer down is the POW paper.  It is very glittery!  The matting layers were reversed for the "strike" area on the matchbook and it was topped with a stamp from "Just Rite" (CR-03820 Christmas Vintage Labels One) and die cut with a matching die from Spellbinders Antique Labels One.

A closer look at the dimension...

The inside is layered with a gift card pocket and more vintage label dies and stamps and some gems from the TC Fabrications line.

I must say, this was a beautiful line of papers and embellishments to work with!  Thanks TSS!

Baby Boy Card with Quick Quotes and Paper Wishes

Hello to everyone out there on the blog today!  This is a baby card I made a while back, but I guess I neglected to share...so here it is...

The left side with the knotted ribbon is on the envelope.  The card background and the envelope matte were stamped with a patterned stamp, embossed with baby blue embossing powder and then colored in with Quick Quotes Chalk Inks in Green Tea, Amaretto and Mocha Mama.  The patterned paper with stars is from Quick Quotes, heavily inked with Mocha Mama Chalk Ink from Quick Quotes.  The sentiment and baby picture are also from Quick Quotes - It's a Boy vellum strip.  Smooch inks were used on the back of the vellum to color in the picture of the baby in the cradle.  For the main focal, a frame stamp from Paper Wishes Labels & Frames set was stamped onto blue card stock.  The vellum piece was cut to fit the center shape and adhered with vellum Glue Dots.  Corner punches and little blue pearls finished off the focal.

On the inside, corner punches hold the vellum in place and an extra Congrats stamp(from Paper Wishes Labels & Frames stamp set) was added to the bottom of the quote.

Everything was inked with Mocha Mama Chalk Ink from Quick Quotes.  Click on the links to see the products used for this project.

Thanks for peeking in on the blog today!  Be Inspired!  Jules

Bridal Shower Time!

Well hello fab bloggers!  Just a quick post today to share a card made for bonus daughter, Allison's bridal shower.  By the way, the shower was just lovely ~ great company and great food, too!

For this card, Teresa Collins Mr. & Mrs. collection was used.  The sentiment was matted with purple card stock sprayed with Mister Huey's color mist in Shine.  An organdy sheer ribbon was tied onto the left side of the card.

The inside was a little bold, so it was toned down with some printed heart vellum from Paper Wishes.  The stamps used are from the Stamp & Punch set, also from PW.  The ink is Royal Purple Stazon.  The card edges were inked with Dusty Concord Distress Ink and a blending tool.

And here are "The Moms" at the shower l-r: future MIL Pauline, yours truly, bride-to-be Allison and Allison's mother Sally.

It was a great evening and everyone is so happy for Allison and Chris!

Just click on any of the highlighted text to see the actual products used.  If  the pictures are clicked, a larger view will pop up, too.  

Stay tuned ~  the next post will be one of the gifts made for Allison!  Thanks for stopping by today!

Be Inspired!  Jules

Americana Celebration

Hello there, fabulous Bloggers!  Thanks for stopping by today!

 The card being shared with you today was made from scraps of cream card stock, red and navy blue glimmer paper and packaging from a Quick Quotes Just Jackson paper pack!  Add in Martha Stewart Double Loops Punch Around the Page punches, See D's stamps, Tiny Words and Images stamp from Paper Wishes, some REALLY OLD star and flag brads from Karen Foster, star shaped paper clip (from where, I have no idea), red button and Making Memories(?) star ribbon!  

Can you tell where the packaging is?  It is behind the sentiment label and on the banner at the bottom!  It was fun to layer the brad onto the button and then onto the star for the banner embellishment!  The ribbon was looped and stapled on.

That's all for today!  Thanks for stopping by, and...be inspired!  Jules

Mom's Birthday

Hello Bloggers!  Thanks for stopping by the blog today!

My mother recently had her 75th (!) birthday, but you would never know it!  I sure hope I have her anti-aging genes!

For her card, a Paper Wishes Personal Shopper kit card was embellished with some really cool gathered purple ribbon - it came from my stash of thousands of ribbons (not kidding, thousands!).  Also, some gold outline stickers were added in the corners. 

On the inside, I cut a pocket from the TBBM Cricut cart, inked the edges with Quick Quotes Purple passion and stamped and image in Purple Stazon from PW's Birthday Greetings stamp set.

Thanks for stopping by today...be inspired!   Jules

Graphic 45 Tags

Hello my dear blogging friends!  Today I am sharing a design team project for The Scrapbooking Studio, using Graphic 45 Olde Curiosity Shoppe Cling 3 stamps.  

This sweet "wind-up lady" was framed onto a manila tag blended with distress inks.  The frame was cut from Bazaar of Wonders.  A chipboard bee from Die-cuts 1 was added, along with a metal clothespin.  The clothespins are really cool!  Last but not least, some Tim Holtz metal foliage and Chitchat stickers added the finishing touches.

Next up,  This little beauty was made from the corset and butterfly of the same stamp set.  This time, archival inks and distress inks were used on gloss paper, then mounted on a black tag.  Wild Plum Adirondack Alcohol Ink was used to color the tulle at the top of the tag and Adirondack acrylic paint dabber in Pool was used on the Tim Holtz Philosophy Tag.  A pearl bauble and the philosophy tag were attached to a trinket pin with jump rings, all from TH.

All products listed here are in stock at The Scrapbooking Studio!




Thanks for stopping by the blog, today...and... be inspired!   Jules

Someone Turned 50

Hello Fabulous Fellow Bloggers!  Someone turned 50...It was my Sister!  Even though the inside of the card was a little "in her face" about her age, I still wanted it to be pretty.  Quick Quotes French Quarter was used for all the papers.  Spellbinders Nestability beaded ovals for the focals.  The bird is also Nestabilities, a closer look below. 

 The flower is alternating layers of cream and black silk and paper flowers topped with a seam binding bow.



The stamps are from Paper Wishes Birthday Greetings Set with black Stazon.  The "50" is black glittered Thickers.

 A black skeleton leaf and some tulle layers were also tucked in there, too!

 The card was so thick, an envelo-box was made from matching paper and wrapped with a belly band to match the card front.

I was very happy with the result and my Sis loved the card, so mission accomplished!  Thanks for stopping by the blog today!   Be Inspired!  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

Bundle of Mischief Cards

Hey Bloggers!

These are fast and easy cards made with a few stamps or computer printing, circle and scallop punches, scallop-edge scissors, ribbons buttons and scrapper's floss.






 The front panels of the cards were dry embossed with Fiskars embossing plates on the Big Shot, although the photos do not show it well.  I am trying to get better at photography!

Thanks for stopping by tonight!  Jules