Kate's Paper Creations

This month we decided to make items of our own choosing.  You would think this would be an easy thing to do but it isn't necessarily because there are so many options to choose from.  I knew I wanted to use current Stampin' Up! supplies and as I usually do I wanted to incorporate the use of my Silhouette Cameo cutter as well.  I came up with making a "fancy fold" card.  I made is the infamous "Bendy Fold" Card.  A fun and easy card to make it offers a little bit of a 3D look.

This card was made using the following:

• Peekaboo Peach, Whisper White card stock
• Peekaboo Peach, Smokey Slate ink pads
• Brick Wall embossing folder
• Papillon Potpourri, Flourishing Phrases stamp sets
• Detailed Floral, Flourish Thinlits
• Bitty Butterfly Punch
• Brayer
• Big Shot
• xacto knife
• Glue Dots and Dimensionals
• Silhouette Cameo

The background is created using the Brick Wall embossing folder.  With the Brayer I inked the side that has the raised lines that make the grooves when it is used.  On mine this is the side that has the word "Sizzix" stamped on it.  I rolled lightly first just to get the raised lines inked and then pressed a little here and there to get some color on the "bricks" when pressed.  It came out perfectly!

Next comes making the two pieces that will form the bendy part of the card.  For this I used the Delicate Floral thinlits images that I scanned into my Silhouette.  Once I brought them in I was able to add the tabs needed to attach them to the card and to fit into the slits that would hold them in place as well as background mats that would fit behind the cutout.     

I used a sponge brush to brush glue on the backs of the cut out pieces and attached them to the background mats.  Then I used glue to attach the flaps to the back of the base card piece.  I used the Big Shot to cut out the flourish. When they are all attached this is what it looks like.

Next was figuring out where to cut the slits for the tabs to slide into.  To do that I just held the right flap at about the curve I wanted to achieve and drew a pencil mark where the tab would be and then cut it with an xacto knife.  I did the same with the left flap cutting a slit in the right flap.

For the back of the card I wanted to cover up the tabs so I cut a second piece of Whisper white card stock 4.25 x 5.5 and attached it the to back.  To lift it just a bit so the bendy fold tab would still slide in easily I used 3 layers of glue dots just at the corners and attached it to the back of the base card.  

Before attaching I stamped it with the sentiment and the flourish, both  from Flourishing Phrases stamp set.

That was fun but I wanted something more to share with you today so I have some simple cards I made using the High Tide stamp set.  For the monochromatic gray cards I used Smoky Slate ink pad.  That was easy! No instructions necessary.  I stamped directly on the base card, no mat, no layers no fuss.  They really do look great!

 

   
For the two colored images I created a mat for the "beach" and the lighthouse cutting them out of regular copy paper with my Silhouette but you could fussy cut them too.  I have Tombow removable adhesive that I placed on the back of the mats so they would stay in place.

 
Here is how I made the scene:

• Place the light house first and then the "beach" piece over that.  
• Stamp the water.  For the blue lighthouse card I used Dapper Denim for both the lighthouse and the water but the water I stamped off once so it was a lighter blue.  For the red lighthouse I used Pacific Point and did not stamp off
• Peel away the "beach" mat.  With a sponge dab the beach with Crumb Cake ink. Then using the small "ground" stamp stamp over the sponged area to give it more depth and texture
• Using Basic Gray ink pad stamp all the birds
• Using Early Espresso stamp the grass
• Peel away the lighthouse mat, stamp the lighthouse.  I used a Stamp a ma Jig to line mine up.

One tip, the Basic Gray ink pad is no longer available and the Smoky Slate wasn't dark enough to work over the Crumb Cake.  Also, I discovered that the Basic Gray soaked through the Whisper White card stock and showed on the back side so when I make these again I will create a layer that will attach to the card front so I don't have to worry about bleed through.

Again, fairly easy, save those mats they can be reused.  I stick mine to the inside of the stamp case so they are there if I need them again.

 I hope you enjoyed stopping by today.  Please leave me a comment I'd love to hear from you.  I would also appreciate your support so if you are not already a Stampin' Up! customer or demonstrator let me know I'd be glad to help you out with either.  I offer rewards to my loyal customers and you could be one of them.  Let me know in the comments that you want to know more and I'll get back to you.

Again, thanks for stopping by.  The others in the hop are listed below be sure to check out what they made for March Madness!

Sandra Mott

Liz Holloway

Lynn Streifert

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With Christmas coming in just about 10 weeks it is time to give Christmas cards some serious attention.  I am a Stampin' Up! demonstrator and I bought the Detailed Santa Thinlits set and sat down today to see what others had made using this cute die set.  I came across this example made by Betty at Sweet Irene's Inspirations.  

Cute isn't it?  I really liked the way Betty put the face color behind the face and the sparkly red hat on. On her page she tells you she cut the background pieces for the face and beard free hand and used the die for the black pieces and the red hat.

BUT, I'm a Silhouette Cameo user as well as a Stampin' UP! Demonstrator and I want to make more than one or two of these and I don't like to spend that much time cutting so here is what I did.

• I used the die to cut one image out of Basic Black card stock, scanned it as a jpeg, saved it and opened it up in my Silhouette software.   (all images increase to full size if you click on them)
• Then I opened the trace window, prepared the image for tracing and traced it
• Now, I had an image to work with

    

• Next, I made a duplicate of the traced image so I had one that remained complete and one to work with to make the background and filler shapes I needed.
• Setting the duplicate aside, I released the compound path on the remaining image and removed the outside border.    Once this was done I pulled away the black pieces and the red hat piece

     

• Next, I grouped the pieces that made up the face area and the pieces that made up the background for the beard without moving them so that they maintained their basic overall shape.  I separated the grouped face piece from the grouped beard piece so I had room to work and used the Polygon tool to trace around the grouped images.  To perfect the outline so it was as close as possible I used the Edit Points tool.  In the image you'll see the outlines I created in black.
• To make the front card layer I took the original image and again removed the border.  I created a rectangle 4 x 5.25 and centered the image in it with an even gap at the top and grouped it to make the layer.

  

Now I was ready to cut.  I cut the black pieces from Basic Black, the face piece from Pink Pirouette, the hat from Real Red Glimmer Paper and the beard and hat pom pom from Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper.

Assembly is next.  First, I attached the face piece because it and the beard piece overlap just a bit on the backside so it needed to go on first.  I used Aleene's Quick Dry Tacky Glue put it on the back of the card layer and attached the face piece.  Next I attached the pom pom backing and last the beard backing all the same way, by using glue on the backside

     

• This is what the piece will look like so far.  I then turned it over one more time and placed glue all around the edges and on the centers and attached the layer to the card front.
• After it was attached I put glue in the openings where the red and black pieces would go and inserted them into the openings.  Once those pieces were inserted I used a Project Life journaling pen to add dots for the eyes and a cotton swap with Pink Pirouette ink to add the cheek color.

     

• I didn't have the stamp set with the cute Ho,Ho, Ho, the Betty used so I found one in Silhouette store and cut it out of Whisper White.  It is made by Simple Stories design #70171.
• I did resize it to 1.310 tall by .974 wide so it would fit on the card.  Because it is a delicate piece and hard to glue I used the Xyron sticker maker to place adhesive on the back.  When I used this I take a stylus, the smaller end and run it around the outside edges and around all inside openings.  This makes the glue stay away from where I don't want it.  Then all I have to do is peel and stick.

     

I stamped the Merry Christmas from the Hang Your Stockings stamp set in black and the card was complete.  I hope you like it.

I can't share the complete image because it belongs to Stampin' Up!  I can share the background image files though as they don't give away the actual image and if you would like them to use with your Silhouette you can private message me and I'll let you know how you can get them.

Thanks for stopping by,  let me know if this post was helpful to you.  I like to hear from those that read my blog.

Kate

As a Stampin' Up! demonstrator I have to say this year's catalog is full of amazing "bundles".  Stamp sets with either framelits or thinlits to cut out the images.  I purchased two sets from the new catalog.  The "Swirly Bird" stamp set and the "Swirly Scribbles" thinlits and the "Weather Together" stamp set with the "Umbrella Weather" framelits.  

Either set has mulitple design possibilities and together they offer even more.  AND, because I am a Silhouette Cameo user as well I made a card using my wonderful machine in combination with the stamps.

Let me explain how I achieved this look.

First I went into my Silhouette Cameo library and found the "Cloud Border" image #2320.  Yes, a really old one from way back, this one was designed by Silhouette.  The image was too large so it needed to be resized but that is soooo easy.  I just chose the "Scale" window, left the "lock aspect" on and made it 4.25" long since that was the width of the card I was making.  I then made a rectangle using the "Draw A Rectangle" tool and sized it 4.25" by 5".  

Next I overlapped the cloud border with the rectangle

Last, I selected both images and used the "Welding too" to attach them to each other.

This gave me the white layer for my card.  Then I used the clouds from the Umbrella Weather framelits set to cut out the two clouds.  I saved the two cutouts and stamped them with the stamp from the Weather Together stamp set.  Always trying to save scraps you know. BWG!  I then stamped and cut out one more large cloud.

The kites are stamps from the Swirly Bird stamp set.  There are two stamps to make them, one is the solid sections and the other the striped sections.  I found that it was easier to line up the pieces when stamping if I stamped the solid piece first and then the striped piece.  The striped piece is a little easier to see through and makes lining up the images a little bit easier.  It is tricky though and I do suggest practicing on scrap paper first to get the "feel" for it before stamping on your card stock.  I stamped these on separate pieces of Whisper White card stock and then just free hand cut them out.  

The clouds and kites are attached with Stampin' Dimensionals.  The white background is attached with glue dots, this gives it just a little bit of lift off the card front without adding too much bulk to the overall thickness of the card.  

I used the Project LIfe .01 black pen to hand draw the strings on the kites and added the bows using the stamp from Swirly Bird.  

I also added a stamped cloud and a kite to the inside of the card.

The cardstock used is Pacific Point and Whisper White.  The inks used are Pacific Point and Crushed Curry.

I hope you enjoy seeing this card and learning how I made it.  The original was posted by Stampin' Up! and I CASE'd it.  

If you are interested in learning more about becoming a Stampin' Up! demonstrator contact me and I will be happy to answer any questions you may have.  The start up kit is only $99.00 and you get to choose which products you want to receive.  Go to learn more and when you join be sure to list me, Kate Creasey, as the demonstrator to sign up under. 

If you just want to know where to buy Stampin' Up! products, I can do that for you too.  Orders can be sent to me via email and I can have them shipped directly to your door.

Lastly, if you want to know more about the Silhouette Cameo and what a great companion it is with Stampin' Up!  just ask, I'd love to share with you all the things it can do.

Enjoy!

Kate

What a fun combination!  Stampin' Up! papers and card stock and Silhouette Cameo Electronic cutter and design software.   The two go together like "horse and carriage", peanut butter and jelly or lock, stock and barrel.  

To make this card I utilized the design features of the Silhouette Cameo software to put together the layout concept and to bring in the giraffe and balloon graphic and text.  It's so easy to bring in a jpg or pdf graphic and size it to fit the design.  When designing a project I add colors to the pieces so that I get an idea of what the finished project will look like.  You can size all the layers, add a scallop edge and know that everything will fit just as it looks on the screen.

I then took the designed concept and printed and cut graphic pieces and assembled the remainder of the card with various pieces cut from card stock and designer paper. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The graphics and text printed perfectly on the Whisper White card stock.  The rest of the card is built using Basic Gray and Smokey Slate card stock and the neutrals designer series polka dot paper in basic gray.  It looks like black in the photo but the basic card is Basic Gray which is a dark gray.

Thanks for stopping by.  If you want to know more about using Stampin' Up! products with your Silhouette Cameo just leave me a comment and I'll get back to you.  I'd love to have your join me by becoming a Stampin' Up! demonstrator.  Check out the articles in the right hand margin of this page which will give you some basic information.

Enjoy!

Kate

 

Can you tell from the red type that I'm back to Valentine cards?  To continue with the fancy fold concept I have one for you today called a "Double Slider Card".  This one is soooo stinkin' cute I'm sure you're going to want to make it so read on.

 

I knew you would agree it is a lovely and "fun" valentine card.  Now to show you how I put it together.  I designed a cut file for all the pieces that can be used in the Silhouette 3 program.  Read on and I'll tell you how you can get that cut file for FREE!

These are all the card stock pieces.  The base card and slider mats are cut from Real Red, the mat for the front art piece from Red Foil and the remaining art pieces from Whisper White

 

 

Stamp your images onto the Whisper White art pieces. The stamp set used here is Bloomin' Love from the Stampin' Up! 2016 Occasions catalog.  The ink used is Real Red.  The smaller one on the left is for the front of the card.  The other two are for the sliders.  In your cut file the one for the front will have a hole in the top center to tie a piece of ribbon to. Attach the art pieces to the appropriate mats and set aside.

 

There is one more piece you need to make the slider portion work.  For this I used the large cellophane bag from Stampin' Up! and cut a 1.25 piece off of the open end.  Cut about 1/2" off one end removing the side seam.  This cello is lightweight and flexible enough to work for the slider portion.

Put a piece of Tacky Tape on one end of the cello piece you cut.  Wrap the cello around the base card where the two indents are at top and bottom with the tacky tape facing up bring the other end round and overlap it over the tacky tape and attach it leaving just a little bit of slack.  This will create a cello loop that should move easily.  If there is any overlap not stuck down trim it off.

To attache the top slider piece lay the base card out as shown.  Lay the art piece down matching the top edges and lay a ruler down at the bottom edge and hold it in place.  

Pull the art piece aside and attach a piece of Tacky Tape onto the cellophane at the edge of the ruler.  Don't let it overlap onto the card you don't want the cellophane to stick to the card.

Place the top slider piece in place keeping the top edges even and centering left to right.  The bottom edge of the slider will now be held in place by the Tacky Tape.

For the bottom slider piece lay the base card as shown.  Place the bottom slider piece onto the base card and use the ruler to designate the edge where you will place the piece of Tacky Tape on the cellophane.  Once the Tacky Tape is on place the bottom art piece slider onto the card keeping the bottom edges even and centering from left to right.  The art will be facing away from you and the top edge of the piece will attach to the Tacky Tape.

With both sliders attached fold the card closed.  You should be able to grasp the edge of the top slider and when you pull it will come up and the bottom slider will go down.  Once you know everything works as it should.  Glue the narrow edge with Aleene's Quick Dry Tacky glue.  When gluing this edge be sure to not catch the edge of the slider piece in the seam.

Attach a piece of ribbon or yarn through the hole of the top slider to make it easier to pull.

Wrap the Designer paper around the finished card fastening it in the back.  For this I used the Foiled Vellum with silver hearts.

Attach the front art piece

And there you have it.  A lovely card and with the file to use in your Silhouette Cameo very simple to assemble indeed!

If you would like the cut file I made just like my post by clicking "like" below and then leave me a comment saying you've done so and include a link to your FB page in the comment and I'll sent the file right off to you.

Enjoy!

Kate