Springtime ATC Coins

Hi Sweet 'n Sassy Friends! It's Julee Tilman popping in to share a little of what I've been creating with the new release.

During our Winter Stamp-a-thon, Lyn's challenge was to make ATC Coins, which are 2.5" circle pieces of art you can trade with other artists. I didn't have time to create any during the challenge window, but couldn't wait to try them out once I found a little me time!

At the end of the session I had six ATC Coins. I started with a 8.5 x 11 piece of cardstock and coated with one layer of gesso to prime it for paint.  Then I squirted on some distress paint in chipped sapphire, evergreen bough, salty ocean, and tumbled glass, blending in with my fingers.  I then added some brick stenciling randomly across the page with white Dylusions paint.  Once this was dry, I randomly added bits of stamping using the Texture Tiles 1 set and archival ink.  When everything was dry, I cut six circles from the page with a 2.5" circle die, placing the die where I thought it would give the most interest.  These top two coins are made with the Birthday Borders set and have already been sent out for trade!  The sweeter sentiment is from the So Sweet Cocoa set and much love is from Sentimental Mash-up.

The rest of my coins use the adorable new Springtime set. I stamped the butterflies and boots a few times on cardstock, then colored with Copics and fussy cut.  For the spring has sprung coin, I then colored in the white space on the image cut out so it appeared more natural. I softened the  coin up a bit with some white stamping with the hearts from Texture Tiles 5, then stamped my sentiment in archival ink.  The dream big sentiment is from Dragonfly Dreams and I stamped the butterfly in archival ink directly on the coin, then cut out the butterfly I had colored minus the antennae and popped up the wings.

The thinking of you sentiment is from Birds & Blooms and I used the same treatment with the butterflies, adding a bit of thin washi tape to break up my design.  My final coin uses the lovely boot image and I paired it with a sentiment from the Sentimental Wordfetti set.

I traded a couple of these, but also thought they would work great on card fronts, so created a couple cards using them.

For this one, I matted the coin with a black scalloped circle, then divided my pattern paper in half, adding a die cut border to break things up.  I stamped the flowers from the boot image at the bottom and lightly colored in, then added a few more butterflies to finish off the card.

My second card uses the same scalloped circle to mat the coin, but a few more layers of patterned paper.  I stamped one with the dots from Texture Tiles 5 and then finished off with a butterfly accent.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a fabulously creative day!

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heart candy

Good morning! I have a few Valentine cards to share today using the new Sweet ‘n Sassy Heart Candy stamp set. This set is so fun to use and brings back memories of those little boxes of candy! I also used In Stitches Alpha, So Sweet Cocoa, and Punny Love.

 

My first card is a pop-up box card which folds flat for placing in an envelope.

 

I added several of the stamped candies plus a few die cut hearts inside.

The word LOVE was stamped with the In Stitches Alpha and added to the back.

My second card is very CAS. I simply stamped the candies and hearts, then drew arms and legs with a black pen.

For my third card, I stamped the hearts and drew lines to "hang" them for decorations. Cocoa Mouse with his valentine cupcake is enjoying the party!

Have a great day!

Diane

 

 

A couple cards from the March release!

Hello! I am sharing a few cards today using stamps from the March release. 

For the first card, I used Birds & Blooms and Texture Tiles 1.

 

 

I wanted to use two of the Texture stamps together, with two colors, but I didn't like the combo I tried first so I ripped the bottom off and flipped it over. Sometimes those accidents make us get creative and the results are better than what we originally visualized! lol.

 

On my second card, I used Texture Tiles 1 and Long Stem Silhouettes. I kept the card to two colors and let most of the background show. A paper flower in my stash was the perfect color to match!

 

 

For my last card, I used the awesome new SNSS alphabet, Skinny Minnie Alpha, with an oldie but goodie... So Sweet Cocoa!

 

I stamped Cocoa Mouse and the alpha letters by lining them up in the MISTI. Then I simply used a ruler to quickly draw some lines to "box him in".

 

Have a great day!

Diane

 

 

Sweet! A Tutorial......

{Jane Bosi}  Happy Monday, Sweet Friends!  It's time for a project tutorial and, I have a SWEET one to share!  A few weeks ago, I shared this cute little owl candy box on my blog.  If you are interested in the back story, you'll see it there.  Today, you'll need a scoring tool, scissors, card stock (4 1/2" x 12"), ruler, pencil and adhesive.

Along the 4 1/2" side of the card stock, score at 3/4" and 3 3/4".  Rotate the card stock and score along the 12" length at 3/4", 2 3/4", 3 1/2", 5 1/2", 6 1/4", 8 1/4", 9", 11" and 11 3/4".

Remove the card stock from the paper scoring tool, but maintain the orientation as shown. The next step involves marking points on the first five vertical score lines.  You will be working on the wrong side of the card stock--your lines and marks will not show on the finished box.  You will measure from the top horizontal score along the 3/4" vertical score and mark a point at 5/8"; similarly, mark points along the 2 3/4" and 3 1/2" vertical scores at 1"; on the 5 1/2" vertical score mark a point at 5/8" and finally, on the 6 1/4" vertical score mark a point at 1/2".

 

Use your straight edge and pencil to connect each dot with a straight line.  This is the cut line which divides the card stock and creates the pour top! 

 

Continue moving down the card stock to the next two vertical score lines.  Between these scores, you will create the pour spout.  Measure approximately 1/4" from the horizontal score.  Mark a slightly curved lined between the two vertical scores.  Roughly 1/2" from the first mark, make a similar line, as shown.

 Using scissors, snip the 3/4" vertical scores that extend beyond the top and bottom horizontal score lines.  This will create 10 flaps on the bottom and 10 flaps on the top. 

For the purpose of this tutorial, I have numbered the flaps, from left to right,  for ease of omitting the correct spaces.  I have also "x" the sections to discard.  On the top row, omit section 1, 5 and 10.  On the bottom, omit 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, and 10.  I've also angle cut the smaller flaps as this will make them easier to fold and secure when building the box.

 Cut from the edge along the entire marked line, as shown.  Also, remove the interior of the pour spout.

 Apply adhesive to the small 1/4" tab on the right end.  Place the adhesive on the right (outside) side of the card stock  Folding along the scores, fashion the box frame.  In addition, adhere the box top closed.

On the opposite end, place adhesive on the wrong (inside) side of the cardstock.  Wrap this portion around the box frame and secure with the adhesive.  Do the same with the upper portion.  Fold the top flaps in to close and adhere the box top.  The top of the box functions on a hinge of sorts.  Therefore, the smaller end flap may need to be trimmed before securing it to the spine. 

Below, are two pictures of the assembled box and the box top function.  The final picture shows how I trimmed the smaller top flap prior to securing it with adhesive.  It is also important to note that the box should not be "opened" more than as shown.  The top should slide up just enough to reveal the pour spout and dispense the candy.

 Decorate as desired!!  I chose a colorful jar full of sweets from the Get Well Critters stamp set.  I used an eraser and lots of inks to fill my jar :)  The sentiments are both from So Sweet Cocoa.
 

Have a sweet day and don't forget to be awesome!
TTFN, Jane