3D projects – Page 21 – A Stamping Journey

A NEW DESIGNER TOTE BAG!!

March 28, 2014May 23, 2015 Jenny Hayward

I have been wanting to create another Tote Bag for a long time but I haven’t had a chance – until now! The ‘Large Tote Bag’ has been my most popular post over the last 2 years but I wanted to freshen it up. Here is my new Tote. Below I will share all the details for you.

Here are a few other views.

Front.

Left Side.

Right Side

Back.

Top.

I have used the lovely Venetian Romance DSP and Baked Brown Sugar Cardstock. I added the Soft Suede Candy Dots to the tabs. They match in so well I think. I added a flower to the top to hide the join. I will tell you about that below. The greeting is from ‘World Treasures’. I coloured the words with markers (Baked Brown Sugar and Crisp Canteloupe) and cut around the inside of the border. I cut a piece from Baked Brown Sugar with the Apothecary Framelits and layered this under the greeting and then cut another in Crisp Canteloupe and cut this one in half to layer underneath.

Let’s move on with ‘HOW TO MAKE THE TOTE BAG’

The original post for the Tote Bag with step-by-step instructions is HERE. These are in metric.

** Edited to add: I have since updated that post to have Imperial measurements as well.

If you would like the tutorial emailed to you then drop me a comment.

Let me tell you the modifications.

1. Omit the card strip for along the bottom edge. Punch 2 circles in Baked Brown Sugar with the 2 1/2″ circle punch. Cut them in half. You then have 4 pieces. Fold each one in half and then adhere these to the corners of your bag.

2. For your handle, Omit the 2 card strips and the steps to prepare your handle.

Cut 2 pieces 3.5cm x 25cm (1 3/8″x10″). Join the 2 strips. Adhere the handle to each end of the bag. I used Sticky Strip for strength. Cut small tabs to add to your handles. Cut 2 pieces 4cm x 3cm (1 5/8″ x 1 3/8″). Round the corners on the bottom edge. Adhere these to the ends of your bag. Add the Candy Dots or Brads for decoration. (If you are using Brads then place them on your tabs before you add the tabs to your bag).

3. For your Bag Closure: Cut your card 5cm x 16cm ( 2″x 6 1/4″). Punch one end out with the Scallop Tag Topper Punch. Adhere the other end to the back of your Tote Bag. Gently bend the closure over and mark the point on the front. Place a Brad on the front to that will hold your closure. I used a Candy Dot on a Brad.

4. To cover the join in the handle I added a punch flower. I punched out 3 flowers using the Pansy Punch and curled them a little. Join these together by overlapping a little and adding Sticky Strip. Add a small flower punched from the Boho Blossoms punch. Adhere a large Adhesive Pearl to the middle.

I hope you like this version. I hope you can go and make a Tote Bag yourself. I hope the instructions are clear. If you have any problems then please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Have a great day. 🙂

Jenny

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PETAL PARADE GIFT BAG!

March 18, 2014March 18, 2014 Jenny Hayward

I wanted to show you a little gift bag I have been making at my workshops this month. They are so easy to make and gotta love the Sweet Sorbet DSP!!!

You can make these too. Just head to Ronda’s blog here and and she will show you how.

To create the label on the front I have stamped Whisper White cardstock firstly with the greeting from ‘Simply Sketched’ and then stamped randomly in Pool Party, Crisp Canteloupe and Summer Starfruit using Petal Parade. You make the enclosure with the Scallop Tag Topper Punch and I have tied it off with Crisp Canteloupe Ruffled Ribbon.

I hope all is well where you are??? Have a good day 🙂

Jenny

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ESAD OCCASIONS BLOG HOP

February 16, 2014February 16, 2014 Jenny Hayward

Have you checked out the Occasions Catalogue yet??? There are some fantastic products in there! Today you can join in on a Blog Hop and check out the fantastic projects that some Demonstrators have been creating. This Blog Hop you are joining in with today is the ESAD Demonstrator group. Hopefully the projects will inspire you!!!

Firstly though, What is ESAD?

ESAD –

stands for “Extra Special Australasian Demonstrators” and it is an on-line group just for Australian and New Zealand Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators.

We love what we do & love to share with our customers, friends, and wonderful blog visitors. We also share what we love in our ESAD Demonstrator community, through swaps, challenges, sharing knowledge, ideas & friendship, and we’re always there to help and support each other.

So, if you are a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator located in Australia or New Zealand then please feel free to leave me a comment with your email address then I’ll contact you with information on how to join our group.

Now onto the Blog Hop. You may have come from Angela’s blog or starting here. Either way, Grab your coffee and settle in for the ride.

Today I have chosen to use the ‘Petite Petals’ Bundle. This is a cute little stamp set AND matching punch. You can see these on page 33 of the Occasions Catalogue. Not only is it a cute set but it co-ordinates so well with many other stamps and accessories you probably have already. I have shown you some projects here and here already with this set but I have created some other projects just for you today.

Firstly – a card.

I have layered some of the gorgeous Watercolor Wonder DSP behind the lattice Diecut. One of the flowers from Petite Petals were stamped 5 times in Tangerine Tango and punched out with the matching petal punch. No cutting out these little flowers!! I added some Gumball Green leaves punched with the 2 way Bird punch and a little Dazzling Diamonds to the centre of the flowers for some dazzle. The greeting is from Label Love and punched with the Label Punch. A second label was punched in Island Indigo and cut and layered behind the label. I tied some Linen Thread around the card too. Now this card turned out differently to what I had planned. I think it is kind of tropical though, don’t you???

I have another project for you too. This is a cute little gift box and matching card.

For these projects I have used the paper from the free Sale-A-Bration ‘Sweet Sorbet’ DSP. The instructions for this cute little box can be found on Sam’s blog here. Now if you scroll down in that post you will see the measurements. I followed the metric measurements. I didn’t bother trimming off the 4 or 5 mm that Sam suggested. It is not really necessary. It is just the cutest box and way easy, so go and make yourself some! The circles layered with the flowers are punched out with the 1 1/4″ circle and 1 3/8″ circle. The greeting is from ‘Simply Sketched’ and I just finished the card and box off with some Crisp Canteloupe ruffled ribbon and some pearls.

Now you can head to your next stop. Go and see the wonderful creations that Libby has in store for you here.

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CRAFT FAIRS PART 3 – GIFT BOWS!

January 22, 2014January 22, 2014 Jenny Hayward

Another project I wanted to share with you today are these cute little gift bows I made to sell.

There were 3 little gift bows per card. I thought they would be cute for people to stick just straight onto a card or gift box. To sell them I adhered them to card that I had stamped with the Postcard background stamp. I have to say though they didn’t sell well. I think I should have had some samples of cards or gift boxes with them on to show how to use them. Next time! Here are some close-ups of them.

I used retired DSP to make the bows. The original idea came from Karen’s blog here. She has the measurements there but I will give them to you in Imperial and metric.

Large Bow

Cut 4 strips:

1″ x 8 1/2″ (2.5cm x 21cm) – Fold loops over and secure ends to create a circle.

1″ x 6 3/4″ (2.5cmx17cm) – Fold loops over and secure ends to create a circle.

1″ x 5 1/4″ (2.5cmx13.3cm) – Cut a ‘V’ from each end. This is your tail piece.

5/8″x 3 1/2″ (1.6cmx8.9cm) – After layering all the pieces, wrap this piece around the middle and adhere.

Small Bow

3/4″ x 7″ (1.9cmx17.8cm) – Fold loops over and secure ends to create a circle.

3/4″ x 5 1/4″ (1.9cmx13.3cm) – Fold loops over and secure ends to create a circle.

3/4″ x 4″ (1.9cmx10cm) – Cut a ‘V’ from each end. This is your tail piece.

1/2″ x 2 1/4″ (1.2cmx5.6cm) – After layering all the pieces, wrap this piece around the middle and adhere.

Oval Bow

Punch 4 Extra-large ovals. With 2, fold over and secure the ends with adhesive. Don’t crease when folding though. With the other 2 ovals cut a ‘V’ from one end of each of them. Layer them to form a bow.

These don’t take long to create and is a great way of using up those little bits of DSP you have lying around.

Are you enjoying these posts?? I have one more post to share with you tomorrow on Craft Fair projects. See you again then,

Jenny

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CRAFT FAIRS PART 2 – GIFT IDEAS!

January 21, 2014January 21, 2014 Jenny Hayward

In today’s post on Craft Fairs I thought I would show you some Gift Ideas that I made to sell.

Firstly, some little notebooks. I found these at a local discount shop. I was going to cover them but time was running out. I think this was one week out to the Craft Fair! The notebooks had a plastic type plain cover so I decided just to stamp directly on them. They are not as exciting as I could have done BUT ……

I used Black Staz On and stamped images from ‘Timeless Talk’. They were simple but cute!

Next I made some Whiteboard Frames. Another idea from my Internet travels.

For these, I just grabbed some photo frames and you can use whiteboard markers to write directly on the glass. For the insert inside I used different pieces of DSP that I had. I created the heading using MDS and printed this on Whisper White card. I added a trim from card punched with the Scallop Border punch. I cut some butterflies using the Butterfly Bigz die and and Beautiful Wings Embosslits and adhered them to the front. They make really nice gifts in no time.

Some more projects tomorrow so come back and visit.

Jenny

PS. One more Week to Sale-A-Bration and the new Occasions Catalogue starts. I am mailing out the catalogues now. Drop me a message if you want them mailed out to you.

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SOMETHING DIFFERENT – HOW ABOUT CRAFT FAIRS!!

January 20, 2014January 20, 2014 Jenny Hayward

I have been wanting to share these projects with you for a couple of months now but with all the busyness of Christmas they were just put aside. So, before we get right in to Sale-A-Bration and sharing any more from the new Occasions Catalogue coming out I thought I should show you these NOW!! At the end of October last year I had a stall at the local craft fair here. I only had 2 weeks to get organised but I made a number of different projects to sell. I know that when I do craft fairs I go searching for ideas on the internet and I am sure you do the same too if you do markets or fairs. These projects are nothing startling but I thought I might share them with you if it might help you with ideas. I will share these ideas through a number of posts this week.

Firstly, since it was leading up to Christmas I created some little Christmas treat boxes.

I found this idea on Pinterest. This is using the Milk Carton Die. I cut 3 of them – 2 in Gumball Green and one in Cherry Cobbler. I wrapped Cherry Cobbler Grosgrain ribbon around the 3 and added some mini clothes pegs to seal them. On the front of the boxes I added scallop circles punched from retired Christmas paper and cut ‘JOY’ from silver Glimmer paper.

Another quick project was some Mini purses using the Petite Purse die. I used some retired DSP and added some simple embellishments on the front. Inside I added a few chocolate treats.

I have some more projects to share with you tomorrow so stop by again to check them out.

Jenny

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IT’S A CRACKER!!

December 13, 2013December 13, 2013 Jenny Hayward

I have been wanting to share this with you for a while. Finally I can! Giving Gift cards are popular at Christmas so why not dress them up in a novelty gift holder. Here is a Cracker Gift Holder made with the Envelope Punch Board.

So how can you make it?? Check out the tutorial below.

1. METRIC: Cut card 14.8cmx14.8cm. Score your card at 6cm and 12cm. Fold on the score lines.

IMPERIAL: Cut card to 6″x6″. Score your card at 2 3/8″ and 4 6/8″. (I hope those sound right as I am not too sure of the correct way to represent it!!). Fold on the score lines.

2..On the folded edge, line the left hand side of the card on the Envelope Punch Board at 2.5cm (1″). Punch. It is a bit hard to punch through so press firmly.

Flip your card over to the other end. Line up at 2.5cm (1″) and Punch.

3. Now punch on the front bottom edge of the holder. It is easier to open it out. Line up at 2.5cm (1″) and punch. Then flip and punch at 2.5cm (1″) on the other end.

4. Fold up where the narrow scored line is. Does this make sense?? The part that forms the pocket. Turn it over. Line up at 2.5cm (1″) and punch, flip the holder over and punch again at 2.5cm (1″) on the other end.

This is how it should look when you fold it out.

There you have it. I hope this makes sense. Please comment/email me if you are unsure. Sometimes it is hard getting all the details in writing.

To assemble this, add Sticky Strip inside on the narrow edge on both ends. Adhere together to form a pocket. Now decorate it as you like and then add your Gift Card.

Why not make it a Stampin’ Up! Gift card to give this Christmas?? These ones are available especially from me (Australian residents only).

Now go and enjoy making your own Christmas Cracker Gift Card Holder.

Until next time,

Jenny

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CHRISTMAS BON-BON WITH THE ENVELOPE PUNCH BOARD!

November 11, 2013November 11, 2013 Jenny Hayward

The Envelope Punch Board is one HOT item at the moment. I have been having so much fun with mine. Last week I made this Christmas Bon-Bon. I shared it on my Facebook Business page and realised I hadn’t shown you all yet. (If you haven’t LIKED me on Facebook yet, make sure you look me up so you don’t miss out on some of the projects I post).

These are so easy to make. You can whip up a few of these at a time. They will be great filled with some treats to give out at Christmas. You can find the video on how to make these here. I have used the lovely ‘Season of Style’ DSP. For the tag I have used ‘Chalk Talk’ stamped in Gumball Green and the Christmas Bauble is from the ‘Best of Christmas’ set. Here is a close-up of the tag if you want to see it.

So have you got your Envelope Punch Board yet??? If not, why not??? You do have to have one you know! Don’t just think they are for envelopes!

We have a wet Monday here but that is good. The ground is so dry. We so need the rain.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jenny

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SO MUCH FUN WITH THE ENVELOPE PUNCH BOARD!

November 5, 2013November 5, 2013 Jenny Hayward

Two posts in one day but I can’t help it. I am having so much fun with the Envelope Punch Board that I JUST HAVE to show you what I just made with it. There are lots of fun little treat holders in the blogosphere if you look around. I came across this cute little one yesterday and had to make it today. Check it out!

For my box I used black cardstock and wrapped around some ‘Modern Medley’ DSP. The “For You” tag was stamped from ‘Chalk Talk’. I die cut a Melon Mambo label from the Chalk Talk Framelits and then ran it through the Big Shot with the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder. The box measures 12.5cm x 3cm.

I found this cute box on Pinterest and went to the blog. You can find the tutorial for it here on Jen’s blog. This was for a chocolate treat holder. I am not sure if our size chocolate bars fit in this. I will have to investigate that one. After I finished this box I searched out some ideas around the house for some little gifts that will fit in it. It does fit the ‘Summer Roll’ bar and fits 6 mini Hershey Chocolate bars. For the young girls it will fit 2 little eye liner or lip gloss sticks. I think you could find some other low-fat ideas for this little box.

So have you got your Envelope Punch Board yet??? You have to have one you know. Contact me if you need to order one and haven’t yet got yourself a Local Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator.

Maybe I should try and make some envelopes with it now!!! LOL

Jenny

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ENVELOPE PUNCH BOARD CARD BOX!

November 5, 2013November 5, 2013 Jenny Hayward

I am loving playing with the new Envelope Punch Board. It is so easy to use and makes such great little boxes and treat holders. This was one of the first projects I made using the Punch Board. Forget the envelopes (although it is fantastic for that) I thought I would make a box.

I had seen a few card boxes using the Envelope Punch Board but being US sites they don’t fit the Australian and New Zealand card sizes, SO I played around with the measurements to make them fit our cards. For all my Australian and NZ friends I thought I would share them with you. Here goes.

CARD BOX USING THE ENVELOPE PUNCH BOARD

(FITS THE STANDARD AUS/NZ CARD SIZE)

Cut card 25.4cm x 25.4cm. On the Envelope Punch Board line the left hand edge of the card to the 12.7cm mark. Punch and then score. Move card along to the 9.5cm mark and punch and then score.

Turn card 90’. Line the score line up with the score line notch on the punch. Punch card and then score. (See the photo). Move along and line up the next score line, punch and then score.

Turn card 90’. Line up score lines and punch and score as before. Turn 90’ again, line up score line, punch and then score.

Round corners using the corner rounder of the punch. Place the card so a flap is at the top. Cut off the small tabs at the top. At the bottom, cut up on the small score line on the small tabs. Trim off the bottom flap to straighten the edge. This gives a neater appearance when you fold it up. Add Sticky Strip to the tabs and under the sides on the bottom flap.

Stamp the card box before assembling if you wish. The Belly Band around the box to hold it closed is 5.5cm wide by 29.8cm. You could use a magnet to hold the box flap closed if you wish.

For this box I used the set Mixed Bunch and stamped it in Pistachio Pudding and Coastal Cabana. It is hard to see but I also stamped over it with Illuminate too.

Here is a close-up of the card too for you to see. It is a little blurry as I just cropped the photo from above. Sorry, I realised I hadn’t taken a photo of the card by itself.

I stamped the Whisper White card with the Pistachio Pudding and Coastal Cabana. I stamped a flower in Coastal Cabana on scrap white card and punched it out and also punched out a flower from Pistachio Pudding Card. These were raised up off the Whisper White card which had been layered onto a Pistachio Pudding mat with a Coastal Cabana card base. The greeting is from ‘A Dozen Thoughts’.

I hope you can make up a card box yourself. With Christmas fast approaching it might be a nice gift idea.

Thanks for visiting me today,

Jenny