Step-by-Step Wednesday 1-8-14

Wednesday, January 8, 2014.

WOW!! Another change on the Cuttin' and Stampin' Blog.  We will be featuring a project each Wednesday with a picture tutorial showing the different step we've taken to create the project.  

This week we are working with Christmas paper and creating a Non-Christmas item.  I  have to tell you that the Bazzill Believe paper line was really great to work with.   I started with a Buttermint card base cut at 4 1/4" x 11" and created a top folding A2 card. My second layer cut out of Chili was 4" x 5 1/2".   The Woodgrain paper was cut at 3 3/4" x 4"  and a strip at 1".

I took the 1" strip of woodgrain paper and stamped it with the sentiment from Paper Smooches Salutation in Versamark ink and then used black embossing powder.

Then I used a heart die cut from spellbinders to create the cut in my larger woodgrain piece.

Once the first heart was cut, I left the die in place and removed the cut piece.  I made sure the die stayed in place and the cut line stayed lined up with the opening.  

I then put it on top of the Chili paper piece and used my craft knife to cut out around the inside of the die.  I wanted a little bit of the red to show through before you see the off white card base. 

I went back to my black embossing powder and the Paper Smooches We Connect stamp set to add the Mr. and Mrs. to the front of the card.

The final few steps was to stamp the ampersand in the middle of the heart.  Then I used one layer of foam tape on the back of the Chilli card stock and attached it to the card base.  I then added a layer of foam tape to the back of my fist sentiment piece, cut the end off into a flag shape and attached it. 

So here's my final card.  A little different than what I first envisioned, but not to bad.  I keep thinking I need to add something to it, but the baker's twine hasn't been uncovered yet and I didn't want to add flowers.  I'm sure the new couple will enjoy it just the way it is.

I hope you enjoyed this photo tutorial on how I created this card.  We will be featuring a tutorial every Wednesday.  If there's something you would like to learn about, leave me a note and I'll see what we can do to help you out.

If you feel inspired to create something using Christmas paper in a Non-Christmas fashion, you have until Monday January 13, 2014 to enter your project.  Just go HERE to check out the details.  

Thanks for stopping by.

Weekly Challenge #14-1

Week 14-1

Use some Christmas paper in a non-traditional way.  This week the Design Team is using Bazzill Basic Paper Believe collection to create with.

Here's a sneak peak at each of the Design Team members projects.  For a full view of the project and to give each of the ladies some blog love, click on their names.


Robin at Scrap and Chat

Denise from Craft Confectionery

Tammy of Life - Up, Down and Sideways.

Cuttin' and Stampin' Scrappy Supplies Facebook Store Believe album has the paper and stickers available for purchase.   

Lynda from Positive Force used paper from the Nordic Pines line for her project:

Now it's your turn to have some fun and create a project using Christmas Paper in a Non-Christmas way.  You have until January 13, 2014 to enter your projects HERE.

Mixed Media Monday - 1-6-14

Hello Everyone.  I'm SO excited to introduce this new weekly feature on the Cuttin' and Stampin' blog.  Mixed Media Monday's.  There's been a lot of interest in all the new types of things to create with on the market and we want to encourage you to use them.  This first week we have Karen Nofziger of Craftily Yours to inspire us. 

Flick of the Wrist

SO excited to be on the Stampin' and Cuttin' blog today with my very first Cuttin' and Stampin' design team post!  I'm super honored to have been picked for the mixed media team.  I love playing with paints, inks, sprays, pastes, paper, ribbons, twine, and on and on!  For my first post, I want to appeal to all of you card-makers to try your hand at mixed media.  It's seriously so fun because there are no mistakes.  It's just letting loose and letting your creative self come out. 

I thought I'd try to do a tutorial on my first post of each month, so here goes....  First, I cut a card base (5.5 x 8.5 in) out of white cardstock and folded it in half.  I cut mats from Stampin' Up Riding Hood Red  (4 x 5.25 in) and Not Quite Navy (3.75 x 5 in) and another piece of white (3.5 x 4.75 inch).  I took the white mat outside and used Dylusions Bubblegum Pink, Calypso Teal and Lemon Zest Sprays. I unscrewed the tops and simply did a flick of the wrist.  I love the random spots.   Yes, that is grass in the picture.  I have to go outside because this can be somewhat messy!

I punched a couple hearts from some Tattered Angels mistable papers.  I sprayed one with Calypso Teal and the other with Bubblegum Pink.

I layered up the mats and the hearts on the paper and tied some Timeless Twine around the white mat.  Yes, that is a perfect triple bow of Timeless Twine.  (I have a bow-maker!)  Finally, I added a sentiment some Candi dots (that I colored with Copic Markers).

And Voila!

I love how it turned out!  Thanks for checking out my mixed media project!  Let me know if you decide to flick your wrists!!  We also want you to let us know what you think of our new feature and what other media types you would like to see us use. 

Craftily yours,

Karen
 

Weekly Challenge #52 - Sunday, January 5, 2014

#52

Challenge: Anything goes using Something New

December 31st - January 6th, 2014

Our challenge this week is to use something new. 

 

Vickie from On The Fringe here!  For my project, I used my new We R Memory Makers Gift Bag Punch Board!  I embellished my bag with a Wilton Doily, a die cut bow, a snowman from the Paper Smooches Swanky Snowdudes stamp set, die cut with the Snowdudes die and colored using Promarkers.  The die cut sentiment was cut from the Paper Smooches love die.

 

Please make sure your creation post has a link back to Cuttin' and Stampin'. 

Thanks for playing along we will be announcing the winners on January 10, 2014.

Please link your projects HERE.

Spotlight Saturday - Debbie Owens

Hello Everyone.  We are starting a new feature here at Cuttin' and Stampin' were we can say thank you to our blog readers and give them and their creations some of the spotlight.  

Our very first Spotlight crafter is Debbie Owens.  Most bloggers will recognizer her by the name Indy of Indy's Designs.  

   

Debbie says that she's been crafting since she was a little girl.  She started with counted cross stitching and painting ceramics.  Debbie became interested in scrapbooking and making clay ornaments about 20 years ago.  She continue to cross stitch, make clay ornaments, and scrapbook, but her real passion is making cards.  The card making began about 4 years ago when she began blogging and was so inspired by all the different online stamp companies and all the amazing work by those in Blogland.  Debbie loves using stamps and trying new techniques on a small canvas.  

We are so happy that Debbie agreed to create a couple of projects for Cuttin' and Stampin' using the Paper Smooches stamps and other new items in her collection.  

This first card use the Group Hugs stamp set for the sentiment and the Crystal Clear stamp set for the jar, flowers and tag.

 Debbie's second card is more whimsical and uses both the Group Hugs and Swanky Snowdudes stamp sets.  

You can pick up the Paper Smooches stamp sets that Debbie has used in out Cuttin' and Stampin' Scrappy Supplies store. 

You still have time to create a project of your own using something new and enter it in this weeks challenge.  For more details you can look HERE. 

Thank you for stopping by today and be sure to give Debbie some blog love and let her know how much we appreciate her inspirations. 

Until next Time, Tammy

Challenge Winner Week 51 - Left Overs

Hi everyone, Doris here with the

winners of our Challenge Week 51

Using Your Left Overs.

This was a really fun challenge and we got

30 great entries.

True Random Number Generator

Min:Max:

Result:25

Here's the project from our winner

Elizabeth from Warmed Harted

This week's DT choice winner is #16

Kelly from KOScraps4u

To claim your prize, email tammy@cuttinandstampin.com.
Copy the blinkie and display it proudly on your blogs.

Congratulations to our winners - Hope to see you at the next challenge!

Use Something New this week - Thursday

#52

Challenge: Anything goes using Something New

December 31st - January 6th, 2014 

Starting off the new year, we want to start featuring different types of projects.  

Thursdays is going to be Pocket Thursdays and we will be featuring projects using pocket page style scrapbook pages. 

I have been working with Craffiti Direct on a few projects and they supplied me with the New Years Stamp set to use on this project.  

 

Here's a quick picture of some of the other item I started with.  

The first think I did was take an UmWow Studios mask and some gold embossing paste. I smeared the mask with the paste and let it dry.  I really thought I was going to use more of the stars,

I stamped the year on the star and used black embossing powder to bring out the year.  Then I punched a hole in the top of the star and threaded it with some bakers twine.  I wanted it to look like the ball dropping.

I used a Copic Glitter Gold pen to color the champagne glasses.  I stamped the stars in clear Versa Mark Ink and gold embossing powder.
 

Here's another filler card I created using the bottle and the bigger set of shooting stars.  I used the same glitter pen on the bottle and gold embossing powder on the starts.  I then used white embossing powder and the Celebrate stamp up in the corner. 

 There are some other stamps in the group that I used.  The Out with the Old and In with the New.  This is a great place to do some journaling.

So here's the full two page layout.  There's a nice  8x6 picture spot in the upper right corner and I can't wait to get the picture of my husband and I developed to put there.  This also left three other 4x6 picture spots and a full 2x12 journaling spot where I can write down our evenings activities.  

Here's a close up of the right side.  I used the embossed stars down one side of the top picture spot.

Here's a close up of the left side.  I used the My Minds Eye Chalk Studio Paper collection and I really like how I was able to use one of the wonderful printed sayings.  

 Please make sure your creation post has a link back to Cuttin' and Stampin'. 

Thanks for playing along we will be announcing the winners on January 10, 2014.

Please link your projects HERE.